Calling all students! Phytogen welcomes contributions showcasing your research, conference experiences, or methodologies. Great way to boost your research profile and connect with the plant science community. Contact our Phytogen co-editors for details! #PlantScience #StudentResearch

🌱🧬 "Advances in seed omics" now published in its complete form @jxbotany.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... Covers how omics tech are revolutionising seed research - single-cell and multi-omics integration towards climate-resilient crops. La Trobe (@lewseylab.bsky.social) and Zhejiang Uni.

Received a travel award from the ASPS (@asps-oz.bsky.social) for their 2025 conference in Adelaide! Grateful for the support to present my seed research (one cell at a time). Looking forward to connecting with the plant science community! #PlantScience #Research #PhD #ASPS2025

Our registrations close this week for our in-person mixOmics workshop in Lund. Come and join if you are based in Europe! There will be plenty of opportunities for you to try mixOmics methods on your own data!

Spatial joint profiling of DNA methylome and transcriptome in tissues www.nature.com/articles/s41...

AFRAN webinar www.afran.org.au/event-info/a...

Now out at www.asps.org.au/phytogen! So nice to publish the Phytogen newsletter on the new website www.asps.org.au

Pretty cool to see my own photos on the new @asps-oz.bsky.social website!

Presented single-cell 'omics work on seeds at the International Seed Testing Association & @intlsocseedsci.bsky.social webinar - what a blast! 🌱 Great questions from ~250 seed enthusiasts (academics + industry). Cool to see how lab science connects to real agricultural impacts. #SeedScience

How is @10xgenomics.bsky.social spatial technology transforming plant research? Join us for an AgBio-focused webinar showcasing cutting-edge applications of 10x Genomics spatial technologies in plant systems. 📅 16 Sept | 🕓 4pm AEST 👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #AgBio #PlantResearch

Webinar with The International Seed Testing Association and The International Society for Seed Science: Tuesday, 26 August, 2025, 13:00 - 14:30 CEST Register here: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/909... #seedquality #seedtesting

Honoured to be featured in the May 2025 Phytogen as the new Cell Biology Discipline Representative for ASPS! I reflected on my journey through plant science. Grateful for all the connections and moments that have shaped this path, especially now, as I begin to explore new ways of connecting science.

📰 June Phytogen is online! ASPS 2025 conference updates with travel awards for students and indigenous members. Alice Temara: leaf respiration-photosynthesis relationships, from Brussels to ANU! Dr. Sharwood: developing heat/drought-resistant crops via photosynthesis www.asps.org.au/archives/57774

insightful review on how seeds decide to germinate from omics research perpective transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenetics - it’s not just germination, it’s well-organized coordination worth reading! doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #seedomics #plantdevelopment #spatialomics @lewseylab.bsky.social

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New review out from the lab on applying 'omics technologies in seed biology, led buy @aurouxlucas.bsky.social with Lim Chee Liew. Well done guys!

🌱🧬 New paper "Advances in seed 'omics" is out and available as advance access article in @jxbotany.bsky.social. Covers how omics tech is revolutionising seed research - single-cell and multi-omics integration towards climate-resilient crops. La Trobe and Zhejiang University. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

I have been awarded the SABE HDR Travel Award! $2,000 to support my professional development. Grateful to @latrobeuni.bsky.social and the school (SABE) for this opportunity to advance my PhD work and connect with the wider genomics community. #Genomics #PhD #PhDLife

Most recent review from the lab on spatiotemporal dynamics of activity during seed germination. Short version: there's a lot going on! doi.org/10.1016/j.pb...

Cover in Ukiyo-e (浮世絵) style 🎨 An octopus in a glass jar symbolizes chromatin within the nucleus. Flowing cursive script (草書) represents dynamic chromatin regulation. The Yang seal (朱文) in seal script (篆書) signifies chromatin; The Yin seal (白文) signifies nucleus. Artwork: Dr Yihan Dong

🔬 Meet Dr. Lim Chee Liew, our new ASPS Cell Biology Discipline Rep! From studying whole plants to single-cell transcriptomics, she's bridging wet lab with computational analysis. Her mission: connecting cell biologists through symposia, social media & outreach! www.asps.org.au/archives/55391

📰 May 2025 Phytogen is now online! Featuring updates from President Brent Kaiser, Cell Biology Rep Dr. Lim Chee Liew, EMCR research from Dr. Francine Perrine-Walker, plus ASPS 2025 conference details & JXB 75th Anniversary Symposium info. www.asps.org.au/archives/55391 #AusPlantSci #PlantScience

Together with @10xgenomics.bsky.social, we're proud sponsors once again of the @wehi-research.bsky.social Spatial Technologies Symposium. Bring on 2 days of #SpatialOmics!

MIG has an official linkedin account now! It's time to follow it (we need just five more followers before start posting exciting content 😂) www.linkedin.com/company/melb...

This week we have been in Sydney with @10xgenomics.bsky.social at #OzSingleCell2025. Thank you @ozsinglecell.bsky.social for another great conference. #OzSingleCell25 #SingleCell #SpatialTranscriptomics #Genomics #Omics

Species-agnostic poly-A based #VisiumHD is here!!! Now you can use the most reliable #10xGenomics whole transcriptome #spatialtranscriptomics at single cell scale on fresh frozen samples of your species of choice. #RNA #transcriptomics #spatialbiology #tissue #histology #pathology #cancer

🌿 SAVE THE DATE: ASPS Conference 2025! Join us 24-27 November at Flinders University, South Australia! Registration opens in June. Stay tuned for program details and abstract submission information. www.asps.org.au/asps25 #ASPS2025 #PlantScience #Conference #Adelaide

📣 Is your ASPS membership up to date? Don't miss out on these benefits: - Discounted conference registration - Award & travel grant eligibility - Regular Phytogen updates - Network with plant scientists Renew or join today! Student rates available! Check your status: www.asps.org.au/members

This year the ASPS was represented by Dr. Nipuni Peththa Thanthrige and Dr. Ashley Jones at Science Meets Parliament. Read about their experience at www.asps.org.au/archives/54015

🌿 SAVE THE DATE: ASPS Conference 2025! Join us 24-27 November at Flinders University, South Australia! Registration opens in June. Stay tuned for program details and abstract submission information. www.asps.org.au/asps25 #ASPS2025 #PlantScience #Conference

Seems that geneticists realised very early on (soon after the ‘rediscovery’ of Mendel in 1900) that Mendel’s data collection violated some fundamental principles of statistical experimental design. This led to Fisher’s famous criticism of Mendel’s results as ‘too good to be true’.

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Just Published: Specialised Metabolites of Australia's Customary Medicinal Flora Summarises over a century of natural product research in Australia on plants used customarily by First Scientists, and provides a breakdown of the specialised metabolites present. www.publish.csiro.au/book/8174/

A nice issue thanks to all the contributors!

Next up at #10xOmiX Melbourne, Lim Chee Liew @limcheeliew.bsky.social from La Trobe University is exploring plant biology with ‘omics with @10xgenomics.bsky.social.

Applications for the prestigious ASPS awards (Jan Anderson Award, Peter Goldacre Award, Teaching and Outreach Award) have been extended until 6 June 2025. For detailed information and application guidelines, see www.asps.org.au/awards

Hi Bluesky 👋 ! The Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) promotes #PlantScience in Australia, and provides professional contact within our community. Tag us using #plants #ozplants

Save the date for this year's ASPS conference! See you in Adelaide! Date: 24th - 27th November 2025 Location: Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA Registrations open: June If you have any questions about the conference please contact Dr. Crystal Sweetman at [email protected].

Exam papers of UniMelb in 1891, not a single question in biology exams was about Darwinism. This reflects a period which Julian Huxley referred to a ‘the eclipse of Darwinism’, ie late 19th early 20th century when Darwinism was seriously challenged and went into oblivion.

Grateful to share that our study on "The genetic architecture of cell type–specific cis regulation in maize" is now published in @science.org! Huge thank you to all co-authors and the 4 tough, but fair, reviewers who all helped to improve the study 🌽🧬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Synthetic deconvolution of an auxin-dependent transcriptional code www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Nice!

Save the date for the 2025 ASPS conference! @asps-oz.bsky.social

It was such a pleasure to be part of this special issue of Phytogen!

Our lab's first review article written with @yadhusankar.bsky.social and @vijayalakshmi.bsky.social is out now in The Plant Journal! 🎉🌱 We discuss temporal regulation of (plant) development. When and how do plants control organ and cell identity progression? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 New method from our team: NNet developed by Yidi Deng! 🚨 - Aggregate and cluster networks into meta-networks - Integrate prior knowledge to infer active signalling -Explore dynamic regulation in contexts like haematopoiesis, tumour microenvironments, and transcription factor activity

It was a pleasure to be interviewed by @aligill.bsky.social for the Phytogen! Thanks to @bethloveys.bsky.social and @alisonrbentley.bsky.social for editing this amazing issue celebrating women shaping the future of plant science in Australia 🌿

Don’t miss the latest edition of Phytogen @asps-oz.bsky.social Featuring just a few of the incredible women shaping the future of Australian plant science. It was a joy to guest edit this special issue with @bethloveys.bsky.social & the Phytogen team & a big thanks to all contributors!

The Phytogen special issue (women shaping the future of plant science in Australia) is live: www.asps.org.au/archives/53736 Guest-edited by @bethloveys.bsky.social and @alisonrbentley.bsky.social. With @tatiana-biochem.bsky.social, @bethpenrose.bsky.social and other scientists! @asps-oz.bsky.social