Some good things happened in 2025. Some highlights! 1. Huntington's disease has a treatment. 🧪2. FDA approval of antiviral drug Lenacapavir to prevent HIV 3. Brazil reduces deforestation by 32% 4. Columbia declares that the Amazon is off limits 5. India increases its tiger & lion population

Oxford City Council has extended SWEP (emergency beds for rough sleepers) until 4 January due to freezing overnight temperatures .

The Platonic Ideal "The key point with figure legends is that it should be possible for a reader to ignore the entire manuscript! With only the figures & fig legends to go on, they should be able to understand what you've done & (roughly)what you’re trying to demonstrate" @tirscienceblog.bsky.social

I’ll see yall next year ✨

Celebrating Plant Science Excellence: 2026 Rank Prize in Nutrition The Global Plant Council warmly congratulates Professors David E. Salt and Martin Broadley on receiving the 2026 Rank Prize for Nutrition. buff.ly/S5pa3jP via Rank Prize #PlantScience

We are #hiring! Join Miltos Tsiantis’s lab within the IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social to identify genes driving root sucker formation in crucifer plants — combining evolution & genetics. 📆 Deadline: Jan 5, 2026 ✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de ℹ️ More info: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs

🧪📢Forest Research in the UK is seeking two new members for the Expert Committee on #Forest #Science. 🧬🌳📖🌲🪵 * one early-career, * one from the forestry sector, Please see details on the link below. Closing 30 Jan. ➡️ www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car... #forestry #plantsci #trees

Bummed to see corn plants drawn so clearly wrong. The tassel does not magically turn into an ear on the top of the plant. Not a great look for a plant journal.

The one that works for me: - a million seconds is ~11.5 days - a billion seconds is ~31.7 years - a trillion seconds is ~31,700 years Big difference

🧪 This will blow your mind

Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1. Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)

How the UK government spends £100 of its budget— What does the British government spend its budget on? The chart shows spending broken down by category, scaled to £100. It combines both central and local government spending.

I've been catching up on recordings of the recent #Palaeobotany public lecture series from University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum, featuring @sandyheth.bsky.social, Paul Kenrick, @jameswclark.bsky.social, Jenny McElwain & Julia Gravendyck. Excellent stuff. ⚒️🌍🌿🔬🌲 www.youtube.com/@OxfordBGA

Only one day left for early registration for the 2026 Maize Genetics Meeting in Cologne, Germany (Feb 26-Mar 1, 2026). www.mgcmeeting.com

Yes, he was a great advocate for plant science. I knew him as the force behind the exciting "new journal" for plant biologists that launched while I was in grad school, The Plant Cell. @theplantcell.bsky.social We were so excited to have this new exciting journal to call our own (and still are) 💚

We’re hiring 4 roles at UWA's Plant Synbio Innovation Centre: Facility Manager + 3 Postdocs (single-cell genomics/screening; molecular tools; construct prototyping). Apply by Jan 20 bit.ly/4qfoftG bit.ly/3MFgD59 bit.ly/4pFT6jf bit.ly/48VkgLw

During the spring of 2026, we will open a position as Assistant/Associate Professor in Plant Biochemistry. If you think plant terpenoid biochemistry is your thing (or you know a good candidate for this), and you want to move to the middle of France, then follow @lbvpam.bsky.social for updates.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES). Vancouver, Canada. #plantscijobs #plantscijob botany.ubc.ca/job-postings...

🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...

Our annual lecture is next Tuesday 16 December! There are still some spaces left in person, so if you're in Oxford come and enjoy some festive drinks with us as a bonus. If you're further afield, the lecture will be online too 👇 www.biology.ox.ac.uk/event/biolog...

Seaweed pressing as an art and a science: our newly reestablished herbarium collection at Scripps and the history behind it #Phycology

Are you interested in using synthetic approaches to promote arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis? Then our PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/b...

#Oxford people, #birdflu has been confirmed on Port Meadow. Take care everyone. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2567322...

🎉 Congratulations to C-SPIRIT Director Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) for receiving the 2025 MSU NatSci Research Leadership Award, a huge recognition of her impact on plant resilience research! Learn more: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202... #plantscience

@talbotlabtsl.bsky.social giving our annual Blackman Lecture today. An incredible career investigating the biology of rice blast fungus

I really enjoyed the opportunity to hear Mark Estelle, Maarten Koornneef & @plantevolution.bsky.social speak about their careers at the recent @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social #PlantScience Awards. As always on such occasions, I found myself looking up the old papers mentioned. I compiled them here 🧵👇

Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel... Application deadline: 2 February 2026.

New post by me on #MITPressReader @mitpress.bsky.social On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’). thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...

We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables. This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands. jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening... #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob

There are a couple of empty chairs at our table — want to sit with us? Reach out to me or any lab member www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/research... We’ll be hiring two postdocs in 2026. We’re excited about ambitious and creative ideas and are committed to supporting future group leaders 1/2

· #AcademicSky · The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.

Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community! www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

Very inspiring meeting so far 👍

The reductionist days of "good" and "bad" cholesterol are over. We've learned so much more about Lp(a), APOB, HDL and more economist.com/science-and-... as I reviewed in Super Agers tinyurl.com/3w76us9a

We have an amazing opportunity for Early-Career Researchers to join our Board of Directors! We're looking for someone with experience in leading #OpenScience projects to support and lead eLife in our mission to change research communication. 🔗 buff.ly/SZgtgVv

This year's humanist Christmas card just dropped 🙌 Featuring Sir Isaac Newton – ‘father of gravity’ and scientific trailblazer – taking on a very uncooperative Christmas tree. Orders are officially open. Get yours while stocks last. Head to our website to buy now. humanists.uk/shop/product...

It’s fellowship season in UK and many postdocs will be looking for host institutions. This is a very critical step. Approach at least 3-4 hosts. Make sure there is genuine interest in hiring you. Many institutions claim to support fellows into long term careers but most actually don’t. #UKRIFLF

Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA." This is what's happening in epidemiology.

Live within 40 miles of Norwich and think you might be low in vitamin D? 📍 Take part in our study investigating whether tomatoes biofortified through gene editing to be high in vitamin in D can help boost vitamin D levels🌞 ➡️ buff.ly/eH1w2rB @johninnescentre.bsky.social

We are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor. Apps reviewed 12/15. Please spread the word! 💚⛏️ #PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬 jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141

Last days to apply for the Research Highlights editor positions @theplantjournal.bsky.social Develop scientific writing and communication skills, gain an insight into scientific publishing and work with an enthusiastic editorial team. deadline nov 24th

We’re #hiring! Our #IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social & @unicologne.bsky.social recruits 4 PhD students. We look for candidates with a keen interest in experimental & computational plant biology to join us in 2026! Find details at www.mpipz.mpg.de/imprs/imprs-... and apply by Jan 5. #PlantSciJobs

Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader Closing date 27th November www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

A mosaic of lichen on a Sussex fencepost #lichens #lichenGBI

When you are somewhere special but have no idea what you are looking for or at 🤦🏼‍♀️

A synthetic transcription cascade enables direct in planta shoot regeneration for transgenesis and gene editing in multiple plants #resource #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

The University of Toulouse has 44 postdoc positions to fill (Horizon Europe MSCA-COFUND). My lab is looking for candidates to apply and work on how plants regulate cell surface levels of receptors or transporters in response to heat. Please DM me if interested! tiris.univ-toulouse.fr/en/programs/...

Consistently an absolutely fantastic meeting - don’t miss out on an opportunity to interact with an awesome bunch of non-seed enthusiasts 🌱 😃 🧬

UK science and technology is suffering from a lack of investment, a hostile immigration system, and fragile university finances, reports @cathleenogrady.bsky.social 🧪 #scipolicy www.science.org/content/arti...