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Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford
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Kelly Dawe
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The UGA Plant Biology Department is hiring! Please help spread the word. We have an opening for an Assistant Professor in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research. See ad for details – and join us here in Athens, GA!
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Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
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Looking to host a fellow to explore regulation of duplicate genes in plant development & adaptation using single-cell & spatial transcriptomics. Ideal for candidates with backgrounds in genomics, evolution, or computational science moving to Plant Biology. Reach out if interested and eligible!
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Applications for Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Now Open
Applications for Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Now Open on Simons Foundation
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/10/13/applications-for-simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology-now-open/
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Stanford University
11 days ago
Congratulations to 2025
#MacFellow
William Tarpeh! The Stanford chemical engineer is working on sustainable and practical solutions to treat wastewater and recover valuable mineral resources. 🗞️:
stanford.io/3IZIBqF
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Maddy Seale
12 days ago
Out First Release in
@science.org
this week: The development of a directed evolution strategy with proof of concept in plant immune protein engineering.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Engineered geminivirus replicons enable rapid in planta directed evolution
Directed evolution can rapidly generate genetic variants with new and enhanced properties, yet efficient platforms for performing such evolution directly in plant cells have been lacking. We developed...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady2167
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Maddy Seale
12 days ago
Wonderful to see this beautiful image on the cover of Science this week highlighting a paper that uses high resolution imaging to show the spatial patterns of bacterial attraction to glutamine from roots. Paper here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Polly Fordyce
12 days ago
Come join us at
@stanford-chemh.bsky.social
! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾
12 days ago
Game changer for cell-based plant genetics: the labs of Caixia Gao & Jin-Long Qiu have developed very efficient self-replicating vectors and they just published a very nice proof-of-concept paper.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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It was our pleasure to write the perspective for such a beautiful piece of work on bacterial colonization of plant roots! 🌱❤️
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Thanks also to the great perspective on our article written by
@katekozaeva.bsky.social
and
@jennbrophy.bsky.social
and our team
@fbm-unil.bsky.social
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@unil.bsky.social
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A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu4235
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Sarafan ChEM-H
25 days ago
Congratulations to our Institute Scholar
@hawa-racine.bsky.social
for winning the 2026 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award!
@biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
www.biophysics.org/news-room/bi...
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Nick Desnoyer
28 days ago
Color changing flowers 🧬🎨- attempt #2 Older flowers (bottom) show dark red/ orange tints whereas young buds (top) display strong fuchsia color. Getting closer..
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Engineering Biology Research Consortium
about 1 month ago
Explore plant synthetic biology with Stanford’s Jenn Brophy
@jennbrophy.bsky.social
on EBRC In Translation. We discuss engineering genetic circuits in plants & microbes, lab sustainability, fostering the next gen of synthetic biologists, and championing diversity in science!
tinyurl.com/473b4dky
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EBRC In Translation
EBRC In Translation is a podcast working to bring you conversations with leaders in the world of Engineering Biology. The show is the official podcast of the Engineering Biology Research Consortium St...
https://tinyurl.com/473b4dky
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Great chatting with you Ross! Here’s the link:
www.buzzsprout.com/1581817/epis...
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Ross D. Jones, PhD
about 1 month ago
Had a fun chat with
@jennbrophy.bsky.social
! Listen in to hear about the solarpunk future of plant bioengineering ☀️🌿
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Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
about 1 month ago
Want to dive into the datasets from our recent
@natcomms.nature.com
paper? 🌱📊 Check out this step-by-step guide on how to explore and analyze the
#drought
#recovery
#datasets
with Omnibusx: Check out the paper and datasets:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tutorial:
youtu.be/YI0RVFiQnMs
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Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation - Nature Communications
Post-drought rehydration triggers a preventive immune response in plants, revealing targets to enhance crop resilience by linking drought stress recovery with improved pathogen resistance.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63467-2
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Latest BIOPUNK interview by the amazing Sophia Sanchez is focused on plant engineering!
@vivzhong.bsky.social
and
@atborowsky.bsky.social
discuss their goals and motivations 🪴 💕 .
www.biopunk.life/p/full-video...
Check out Sophia's whole series at
biopunk.life
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Inside a Plant Engineering Lab
Challenges and opportunities in plant (genetic) engineering with Vivian Zhong and Alexander Borowsky from the Brophy Lab
https://www.biopunk.life/p/full-video-inside-a-plant-engineering
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A great read on topsoil preservation by the multitalented
@vivzhong.bsky.social
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Vivian Zhong
about 2 months ago
Side quest # TooMany of this PhD: I co-authored an article for
@issuesinst.bsky.social
on the need for better soil data to monitor topsoil loss, plus farmland price valuation that reflects the true quality of soil to incentivize topsoil preservation. Feedback most welcome!
issues.org/better-soil-...
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For Better Soil, Get Better Data
Relying on outdated soil quality data to value farmland creates a disincentive for farmers to invest in conserving topsoil.
https://issues.org/better-soil-data-zhong-mitchell/
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Delighted to be speaking at Synthetic Biology Australasia November 2025 in Wellington! I’ll be sharing our latest work in plant syn bio - come explore how biology can be redesigned to solve global challenges! 🔗
synbioaustralasia.org/upcoming-conference
#SBA2025
#SyntheticBiology
#SynBioCommunity
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SBA 2025 conference
SBA 2025 conference Synthetic Biology Australasia New Zealand synbio conference
https://synbioaustralasia.org/upcoming-conference
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Conor McClune
4 months ago
Today in Nature we report a systematic strategy to activate & identify gene sets in plants. We identify 8 new genes from the yew tree's Taxol biosynthetic pathway, enabling us to engineer tobacco with 17- & 20-gene pathways to Taxol precursors baccatin III & deBz-deoxy-Taxol
#SingleCell
#secmet
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Discovery of FoTO1 and Taxol genes enables biosynthesis of baccatin III - Nature
An approach that combines single-nucleus RNA sequencing and multiplexed perturbation identifies genes that enable the biosynthesis of direct precursors of the anti-cancer drug Taxol, whose curren...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09090-z
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Thomas Gorochowski
5 months ago
Recombinases your thing? In the latest from my lab, Veronica Greco shows how @nanopore sequencing + automated liquid handling provides the perfect platform for characterising these systems at scale! Awesome collaboration with
@jennbrophy.bsky.social
@sarah-guiziou.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Pam Ronald
5 months ago
Call your senators and ask them to restore full science funding to the budget. Cutting the $25 billion allocated to the massive “Golden Dome missile defense project” would leave plenty of money for our science programs AND money to spare to augment the salaries of our amazing young scientists.
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Denis Wirtz
5 months ago
What cutting science and biomedical grants mean for the nation...
www.npr.org/2025/04/25/n...
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What losing billions in federal grants means for universities, and the nation
The Trump administration has so far frozen about $11 billion in research funding. University leaders say no other source can fill the void.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/25/nx-s1-5375033/trump-federal-grants-cuts-universities-could-mean
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Emma Chory, Ph.D.
5 months ago
HHMI halting fellowships right after a proposed 10% endowment tax on foundations isn’t a coincidence. The public needs to understand: this directly harms our brightest young scientists. These aren’t slush funds—they’re the pipeline. And their future is what’s being cut.
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Pam Ronald
5 months ago
The costs of disinvestment in science: nondefense government R&D yields returns of 150% to 300% & accounts for roughly a QUARTER of American productivity growth since World War II. The authors conclude:“Our findings point to a misallocation of public capital & substantial underinvestment in R&D.”
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Marc Somssich
5 months ago
📜 In defense of funding foundational plant science 🧑🔬
@jfriesner.bsky.social
,
@cargueso.bsky.social
,
@plantteaching.bsky.social
, Shuang Wu,
@roederlab.bsky.social
, et al. 📔
@theplantcell.bsky.social
🔗
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
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#PlantScience
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In defense of funding foundational plant science
Abstract. Plants are essential for life as we know it on Earth. They oxygenate the atmosphere, regulate the climate, and comprise much of the primary produ
https://academic.oup.com/plcell/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plcell/koaf106/8125279
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Danny Caballero 🇲🇽💚🤍
6 months ago
Donald Trump spent $23M on golf (up to mid march). Over 56 days, he spent $410k of our tax dollars each day at his own clubs. That is one 3-year NSF grant per day. Waste and abuse, my ass.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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HHMI
6 months ago
Plant health is essential to food security, yet pathogens continue to threaten crops worldwide. To better understand how disease takes hold—& how to stop them—HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow
@shanice-webster.bsky.social
is exploring the dynamic relationships among plants, microbes, & disease-causing agents.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️🌈
6 months ago
I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME
#SaveNSF
website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
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Sebastian S. Cocioba
6 months ago
I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please repost for reach 💚
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Flora Rutaganira
6 months ago
Hello Community! Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium:
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com
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Cell - a Cell Press journal
6 months ago
Now online! Root microbiota regulates tiller number in rice
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Root microbiota regulates tiller number in rice
The root-associated bacterium Exiguobacterium R2567 regulates tiller number by producing cyclo(Leu-Pro), which activates the rice strigolactone signaling pathway.
http://dlvr.it/TKJPzM
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Hakeem Jefferson
6 months ago
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/what-dei-threatens-isnt-merit-its-monopoly/
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Britt Koskella
6 months ago
Know any soon to graduate or recently graduated postbac researchers interested in / with experience working with phages? We are hiring a junior specialist/research tech! Apply here:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04863
(start date more flexible than stated in ad!)
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Junior/Assistant Specialist - Koskella Lab - Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04863
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Science Magazine
7 months ago
Xiaojing Gao has won the 2025 BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation for developing an innovative programmable RNA sensor and molecular tools to improve mRNA vector therapeutics.
scim.ag/3Rwsrpq
In this video, Senior Editor Michael Funk describes the prize and the winning work.
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Xiaojing Gao
7 months ago
LIDAR is out!
rdcu.be/efugD
We are one baby step closer to making it useful for therapeutics. NIH high-risk high-reward program provides key support.
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Aaron Straight
7 months ago
I am honored and humbled to be elected as a AAAS fellow (
www.aaas.org/news/aaas-we...
) with such great colleagues here at Stanford (
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
) and abroad. It really drives home the amazing nature of our scientific community. Special thanks to
@dutcherlab.bsky.social
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AAAS Welcomes 471 Scientists and Engineers as Honorary Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals, announces the 2024 class of AAAS Fello...
https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-welcomes-471-scientists-and-engineers-honorary-fellows
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Polly Fordyce
7 months ago
I am honored to be elected into the 2025 class of AAAS Fellows! It is surreal to see my name in the list. I am very grateful to lab members over the last 10 years & to Aaron Streets & Jason Sello for the chance to co-launch the Next Gen Symposium (1/2).
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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Four Stanford faculty named AAAS Fellows
The faculty are among 471 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/03/four-stanford-faculty-named-aaas-fellows
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Stanford Department of Bioengineering
7 months ago
Stanford BioE PhD student Bella Archibald named Top 30 Young Scientists working on breakthrough solutions to climate change 🌍🛠️🌿 Honored by Inflection Award for her impact
@jennbrophy.bsky.social
Read more:
bioengineering.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...
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Stanford Bioengineering PhD Student Named Top 30 Young Scientists for Climate Research
Bella Archibald receives the Inflection Award, which recognizes the world's Top 30 most promising young scientists.
https://bioengineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-bioengineering-phd-student-named-top-30-young-scientists-climate-research
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Could not be more proud of Bella and her well deserved recognition as a leader in climate research! Bella is an incredible scientist and person who we are so fortunate to know and work with!
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Tonni Andersen
7 months ago
Finally! Im so excited to present to culmination of many years of work from the fantastic Defeng Shen and some great collaborators. For details, I have made a digested thread below, but if you are more interested feel free to reach out (and read the paper of course).
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Apoplastic barriers are essential for nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus
Establishment of the apoplastic root barrier known as the Casparian strip occurs early in root development. In legumes, this area overlaps with nitrogen-fixing nodule formation, which raises the possi...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8680
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Hawa Racine Thiam
7 months ago
Another heartwarming moment in my
#NewPI
life : seeing Aidan present at
#APSDBIO
! I am beyond grateful for the amazing trainees in my lab!!
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meter
7 months ago
Something we have been working on. Built off the work of the unforgettable Dr. Joanne Chory.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Loss of PIF7 attenuates shade and elevated temperature responses throughout the lifecycle in Pennycress
Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) is under development to be grown as a winter annual intermediate oil seed bioenergy crop in the Midwest during typical fallow periods. Crucial work remains to domesticate ...
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.17.643809
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching
7 months ago
Today marks the launch of "Build A Plant"—Joyce G. Onyenedum's new educational video series on plant anatomy! Whether you're a student, instructor, or plant scientist, this free resource is for you. Watch the first 4 episodes here:
youtube.com/@joyceonyene...
#BuildAPlant
#NYCBotany
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Professor Joyce Onyenedum
Welcome! This channel is dedicated to sharing my love of plants with anyone who will listen. My name is Dr. Joyce G. Onyenedum, and I am a Botany Professor at New York University in New York City. ...
https://youtube.com/@joyceonyenedum
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Jim Haseloff
7 months ago
chinnadevarapu.bsky.social
has updated his tiny, low cost Pocket Spectrometer design that uses an M5StickC microcontroller and AS7341 spectral sensor - simplified hardware connections and software improvements. Nice job! Details at:
github.com/scientistnob...
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Carolyn Bertozzi
7 months ago
Wow, major breakthrough in the development of broadly neutralizing bispecific antibody therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2, led by
@stanford-chemh.bsky.social
institute scholar
@cobarnes27.bsky.social
😃
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Bispecific antibodies targeting the N-terminal and receptor binding domains potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Bispecific antibodies incorporating a cross-reactive NTD-specific antibody are resilient to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adq5720
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Jeremy Berg
7 months ago
Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
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Tom Pepinsky
7 months ago
The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history. We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
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meter
8 months ago
Big paper out from
@kcox-bioguy.bsky.social
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source.washu.edu/2025/03/brin...
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Bringing expansion microscopy to plants
Biologist Kevin Cox, in Arts & Sciences, has discovered a low-cost way to more easily study the detailed makeup of plant cells. The ultimate goal is to help grow better crops, improving food security.
https://source.washu.edu/2025/03/bringing-expansion-microscopy-to-plants/
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