I am happy to see this out! Plant-microbe relationship (mutualistic, commensalistic, parasitic) is not fixed, but rather dynamic, depending on the specific context. We summarize the current knowledge on this. Hope you enjoy~ www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/plan...

UK artist Helen Musselwhite combines hand cutting, folding and scoring paper and card to create her artworks, which are often inspired by nature #WomensArt #Autumn

📣 #Vacature: Student Assistent Afterlives of Slavery 🔎 Onderzoek de doorwerking van slavernij in het heden en de rol van voorouders in processen van heling met onderzoekers, een Winti-priesteres, een psychiater en de Vereniging voor Surinaamse Genealogie 📅 3 okt | 🔗 tinyurl.com/54w768m6

The algorithms that promise to predict wildfires and optimize energy grids are powered by servers that drink up rivers and belch out more carbon than cars. https://bit.ly/3KbHzYY

The video recording is now available free of the Plant Initiative webinar Strangers at Home: Plant-Human Migrations: A conversation with Yota Batsaki and Giovanni Aloi, that was held Sep 18, 2025. Topics include invasive plants, plant humanities, and more. youtu.be/TLpmI9sIlJs

"(...) biology, which, like philosophy, IS its own history; and a study of the course, which biological science has taken, confirms the idea that repeated scrutiny of its embryonic phases is essential to its progress." Agnes Arber in her 1950 book "The Natural Philosophy of Plant Form". 🌱

🎉 Help us celebrate Natalia Pabón-Mora (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia), the 2025 BSA Corresponding Member! This recognition is given to distinguished international scientists who have made major contributions to the plant sciences. botany.org/home/awards/... #BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist

Parasitic plants for the win!

A translation of a thread from our Brazilian comrades: Jair Bolsonaro and his allies have been convicted of attempting a coup after losing the 2022 elections. This is the first time those responsible for a coup attempt in Brazil have been convicted in a country that has suffered more than a dozen.

'Because of the genocidal nature of the violence' by Israel, the scientific advisory body Dutch state @knaw-nl.bsky.social is calling on the Minister of Education, Culture and Science to actively work to suspend Israel's participation in the European Horizon Programme for Scientific Cooperation.

🪴🧪Learning from the fascinating relationship between mistletoe and its host for functional materials: My latest #OpenAccess publication in @beilstein-institut.bsky.social J of Nanotech transfers this concept to bioinspired functionally graded polymers: www.beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/artic...

I listened to it three times. First, to enjoy it. The second time, to soak it in. The third, to write down quotes and references. By the end, I was still in awe and vigorously bobbing my head in assent. A great way to close off a phenomenal series!

Hey, that's our paper making the rounds again! Very cool research done with @plantbiomax.bsky.social and other colleagues at @uni-freiburg.de

"The destruction of Palestine’s seed banks reveals ecocide as a weapon of temporal control — a strategy for extending genocide beyond the present moment into an undeterminable future."

Artist Kate MacDowell explores the interaction between humans and nature through ceramics, porcelain #WomensArt

Surprise publication day! Earlier than anticipated, you can now read my #firstbook (digital version in #openaccess) or order a printed copy through the link. Official announcement and info on book presentation event coming soon! brill.com/display/titl... #NatHist, #HistNatHist, #flowers

This cover illustration reimagines the monster first conjured in Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's 1818 novel. On #FrankensteinDay, learn more about the story's lasting legacy on the scientific enterprise, which was investigated in a 2018 issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3UPzBH7

🔎 INSIGHT 🔎 🌱 Secure but flexible: temporary adhesion in mistletoe seedlings - Ornelas & Morales-Saldaña 📝 Insight: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 🔬 Research: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

What a treat it was to have attended #ESEH2025 in Uppsala! A tremendous conference overflowing with knowledge and insights shared by inspiring and generous people! This #PlantEnthusiast and #MuseumNerd is now heading back home full of ideas and enthusiasm!

This study reveals just how far parasitic plants can go in reducing their own structure, while still maintaining complex, intimate ties with their hosts. (8/8) 👉 doi.org/p2bd #AoBpapers #PlantScience #Botany #ParasiticPlants #PlantAnatomy #PlantMorphology #PlantParasitism

In short, Pilostyles blanchetii: - Lives entirely in host bark - Forms a vascular network of only vessel & sieve tube elements - Directly connects to host xylem & phloem - Links flowers internally (7/8)

🌸 The parasite’s internal network links male & female flowers, suggesting that P. blanchetii is monoecious, having both sexes on the same plant. (6/8)

💧 For water transport, Pilostyles builds modified vessel elements in “sinkers” that connect to the host xylem. For sugars, it develops tiny sieve tube elements in the bark—without companion cells! (5/8)

📅 They found parasite tissue in the host before flower meristems form, showing that Pilostyles spreads inside the host long before its reproductive stage. (4/8)

🔬 Using iodine & lead contrast solutions + microtomography + microscopy, researchers traced the parasite’s structures within host tissues and mapped xylem & phloem connections. (3/8)

Unlike most plants, Pilostyles doesn’t have leaves, stems, or roots in the usual sense. Its vegetative body exists as microscopic clusters that connect directly to the host’s vascular system. (2/8)

Calling all #ParasiticPlants enthusiasts, especially the fans of #endoparasites: our recent paper on #Pilostyles will be under free open access for 2 weeks! We combine #PlantAnatomy, development, and #microCT to provide insights into the physiology, sexual system, and ecology of these strange plants

🚨 Travel Grant Deadline: 14 Aug! Heading to the Black in Plant Science Conference? Apply for a travel grant and attend stress-free! 🎟️ Awardees get: ✅ Free registration 🚆 Up to £75 for UK travel Celebrate Black excellence in plant research 🌱🖤 Email: [email protected]

Acaba de salir en versión digital el Diccionario de biología evolutiva para las ciencias sociales y las humanidades, compilado por Jorge Galindo y Max Martínez, en el que participaron miembros de AIFIBI. ilitia.cua.uam.mx:8080/jspui/handle...

Embroidered hanging, 1891-2 by May Morris influential textile artist & designer, often overshadowed by a focus on the work of her father, William Morris #womensart

Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Beautiful Digital Edition of the Poet’s Pressed Plants & Flowers Is Now Online

Despite progress, gender bias in scientific publishing is far from solved. @springernature.com’s latest Gender Gap Report reveals persistent disparities in submission, peer review, and authorship: 🔗bit.ly/40JTT8c @natureportfolio.nature.com 🧪

This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.

🚨Call for entries!🚨 We're looking for the best original, unpublished essay in the history of natural history from undergraduate & postgraduate students worldwide. 🥇£300, publication in Archives of Natural History 📅Friday 15 August Find out eligibility & how to apply 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/awards-honou...

The work of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1866-1933) of the Glasgow School, who pushed the boundaries of Art Nouveau #WomensArt

Fennec fox (dog star) by Anne Lemanski #womensart

The reproductive system of birds is an evolutionary marvel. Their only functioning oviduct is a fantastic conveyor belt of weirdness, of which parts are still mysterious. An illustration made for a pet bird magazine. You can read more on my Cara page: cara.app/post/e9f92d4...

An #OpenAccess Insight Article, including a brilliant illustration comparing plant parasite germination, has just been published in @jxbotany.bsky.social, commenting on my latest @livmats.bsky.social paper on mistletoe germination: academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-... 🌱📝 @l-teixeiracosta.bsky.social

If I knew the answer to "how do we get more women into <insert STEM related thing here>" I'd have made my fortune selling the idea*. So just because I AM a woman in STEM pls stop asking. *actually I do have an idea but it involves dismantling the patriarchy and no one is willing to hear that

I don't agree with everything in this article, but I do agree with this: "The act of writing the thing is the same thing as the thinking of it. If you can’t write it, you haven’t actually thought it." And AI allows us to 'not' think. engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-war... #academicsky #ai #teaching

Free webinar from @theplantinitiative.bsky.social Strangers at Home: Plant-Human Migrations - a conversation with plant humanities scholars Yota Batsaki & Giovanni Aloi about cultural histories of 2 invasive plants, Kudzu & Agave. Thu, Sep 18. 2025, 12-1pm CT. www.eventbrite.com/e/strangers-...

Please spread the word! Authors based in Latin America receive discounts from 35-100% when they publish in #AppsPlantSci, thanks to Wiley's Open Access Pricing Power Parity Pilot (OAPPP Pilot). Discover your discount at authorservices.wiley.com/author-resou... #OpenAccess #SocietyJournal #botany

From the pages of @jxbotany.bsky.social to the poster session of #SEBconference @sebiology.bsky.social: our latest on #mistletoe biomechanics, anatomy, and seedling development! @plantbiomax.bsky.social and I invite you to stop by poster A5.49 to chat and see mistletoes come to life with 3D glasses!

Attention all plant trait researchers! 🌱 The call for proposals for a Special Issue of Annals of Botany on Seedling Traits and Climate Change is now open. We're seeking contributions that explore seeding performance in a changing climate - academic.oup.com/aob/pages/sp...

This account (a.k.a., me) supports all sorts of parasites, plant and animal alike

* fingiendo sorpresa *

Ever wondered...? ✏️ How can I find reviewing opportunities? ✏️What is expected of reviewers? ✏️How can I receive credit for my review? Then come along to our #PeerReview workshop at #SEB2025! With @jxbotany.bsky.social & ConPhys. ➡️ Thurs @ 2.30pm www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... (Workshop 2)

Since its inception in 2010, Plant Ecology and Evolution has published exactly 600 papers about plant ecology, systematics, and evolution. Will your research be next? plecevo.eu

News is awful. Post a Godzilla.

Interesting! The Tree that Owns Itself lives in Athens, Georgia, USA. In 1890, "Colonel William H. Jackson's will deeded the tree possession of itself and all the land within eight feet of its trunk...no one has ever contested the tree’s property rights" www.visitathensga.com/things-to-do...