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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes. Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Next generation of 1001 Genomes Plus browser and data download

Please indicate all features you would like to see in a browser that displays features of completely sequenced Arabidopsis thaliana genomes

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference and helped make it a success! This inaugural meeting brought together 416 registrants from 55 institutions. Together, we’ve built momentum for the future of #plantscience in the Great Lakes region and beyond! #GLPSC2025

GLPSC 2025 attendees pose together on the sidewalk in front of the Grand River for a group photo

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Sietske van Bentum @svbentum.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🌱 How does disease affect the soybean root microbiome? Our new study in #PlantandSoil explores differences in bacteria & fungi in healthy vs. diseased plants. Thanks Sarah Lebeis, Bridget O'Banion and @agates-phd.bsky.social for your hard work in the field! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

From molecular mechanisms to ecosystem dynamics, delve into biotic interactions in plant science at #GLPSC2025! 🍃 This session aims to uncover new strategies for enhancing plant health, improving crop productivity, and promoting biodiversity. Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

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Iris Ka-Yi Chat @iriskayichat.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

#StandUpforScience local rally in Pittsburgh is confirmed! 📅 March 7, 2025 ⏰ 11 AM-1:30 PM 📍Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh Follow the local rally’s Instagram @savesciencepgh for updates Spread the word 🔥 @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceForAll #ScienceNotSilence #STEM

Join us for the Stand Up for Science local rally in Pittsburgh on March 7, 2025, from 11 AM to 1:30 PM at Schenley Plaza

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 14/02/2025

A call to arms from Harold Varmus: “Perhaps what’s most disheartening is what feels like the absence of widespread opposition to this unraveling.” Let’s make some public noise! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

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Opinion | American Science is Under Attack

The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

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Cara Haney @carahaney.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Our manuscript describing MYCroplanters, a high-throughput Arabidopsis phenotyping tool is out today in Plos Pathogens from first authors Melissa Chen and Leah Fulton! journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Save the date for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, taking place Sept 12-14, 2025 in Lansing, MI! 🌱 Organized by 10 universities around the Great Lakes, #GLPSC2025 will push the boundaries of #plantscience, promote collaborations, and empower the next generation of plant science leaders!

A graphic promoting GLPSC 2025 with a background image of blurred leaves in the background and an outline of the Great Lakes. The text says, "1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. Save the date! September 12-14, 2025, the Lansing Center, Lansing, MI. Organized by 10 universities around the Great Lakes to push the boundaries of plant science, promote collaborations, and empower the next-generation plant science leaders. Hosted by Michigan State University." The logos of the following participating institutions are at the bottom: Michigan State University, Purdue University, Illinois University, Indiana University, University of Toronto, University of Guelph, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio State University, University of Chicago, and the MSU Plant Resilience Institute.

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Corri Hamilton @hamiltoncorri.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

What’s up coming! Bacterial Biofilms: protect or not to protect? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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