Reposted by Antony DoddBuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Covid wave in England continues to grow very fast. As of 27 September, 1 in every 234 people were infected, up 31% on the previous week. We are now recommending that Covid-Cautious people take full precautions, including a PPE mask, in ALL indoor places. A thread 🧵 46439
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Language homogenization is such a good concept! I see this in so many articles now, especially reviews and introductions, they have no character of their own. Job applications even worse. 140
Reposted by Antony DoddJohn Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We’re excited to announce that our JI Historic Collections' bid for a scoping grant to the Archives Revealed programme has been successful 🌱 🧵 164
Reposted by Antony DoddJuliet Coates @julietccoates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We are crowdfunding for a bench in a peaceful spot at Winterbourne Botanic Garden in Birmingham in memory of Philippa Borrill. Please share widely. Please email me or @drelunadiez.bsky.social for more details. 💚🌾🌿🌳 If you would like to contribute, the link is below ⬇️. 22325
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I used the phrase “don’t be an arse” [ass] in a manuscript and the journal made me change it 🤣 110
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Impressed! I grew 3 different varieties this year (including a scotch bonnet), but not thought of making sauce! Super for bbq 100
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#Norwich 🤣 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comPow! Man in Batman costume chases down suspected Norwich handbag thiefSuperhero, who was joined by others dressed as comic book characters, retrieved stolen bag after scaling wall 021
Reposted by Antony DoddElisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Is AI Flooding Medical Journals With 'Meaningless' Research? With some quotes by Ivan Oransky, Elena Vicario, and me: "We are at a point now that we cannot distinguish fake from real," said Elisabeth Bik By @rachrobertson.bsky.social @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...medpagetoday.comIs AI Flooding Medical Journals With 'Meaningless' Research?'It's not fraudulent, and it's not really slop,' one expert says 44011
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Elsevier. I do not need an AI “reading assistant” that occupies half the screen and in order to look at papers. Total distraction- and how are you using things that people type into it? @elsevierconnect.bsky.social 050
Reposted by Antony DoddTiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Please repost/share We're hiring! UC Davis Plant Pathology seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in plant health & microbiomes. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07904 My department is full of great colleagues, and we look forward to recruiting our new colleague!recruit.ucdavis.eduAssistant Professor of Plant PathologyUniversity of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now! 03377
Reposted by Antony DoddGavin Lingiah 🧬⚖️ @gav1nx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is an incredibly stupid way to do science. 055
Reposted by Antony DoddPlants, People, Planet @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Call for papers: Green cities for plants, people and the planet Open for submissions on the theme of advancing plant-focused solutions for building resilient, green and sustainable cities. Deadline: 15 November 2026 www.newphytologist.org/news/call-fo... #ICPR26 #ESA2026 #PlantSciencenewphytologist.orgCall for papers: Green cities for plants, people and the planetWe are calling for submissions to a Special Collection on the theme of advancing plant-focused solutions for building resilient, green and sustainable cities. Submission deadline for manuscripts: 15… 055
Reposted by Antony DoddMike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Very nice work by postdoc @cbuckley.bsky.social. He used transient seedling transformation of luciferase reporters to measure #circadian rhythms in ~300 Arabidopis accessions. And it worked really well… 0185
Reposted by Antony DoddLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Saguaros in bloom are one of the wonders of the Sonoran Desert-bees, birds and bats all help in pollinating these improbable waxy flowers-each one lasts from an evening through the night and by midday of the next day, closes forever. IG: @allophile_ www.instagram.com/allophile_?s... 1013740683
Reposted by Antony DoddLeana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026In New York, as air pollution fell, the toddlers' cognitive processing improved, the study found. In London, ULEZ coincided with improved lung health in children. When elected representatives take action to clean up air, our children benefit from better health: share.google/rnnWnmxNOzWF...share.googleImproved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study findsLong-term research in New York shows efforts to reduce air pollution associated with higher cognitive test scores 2201105
Reposted by Antony DoddRobb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Scientists call for ‘emergency’ measures to save sea life from El Niño Reducing fishing quotas, rescuing endangered species from the water and testing geoengineering could help soften ocean heat impacts from the record El Niño, some oceanographers argue www.newscientist.com/article/2589...?newscientist.comScientists call for ‘emergency’ measures to save sea life from El Niño | New ScientistReducing fishing quotas, rescuing endangered species from the water and testing geoengineering could help soften ocean heat impacts from the record El Niño, some oceanographers argue 7373222
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What is this weird trend in the UK, in public buildings, to replace normal toilet paper with weird dispensers that do not work, make a mess, are like sandpaper, and get replaced every 6 months with another dispenser that doesn’t work? #crappy 000
Reposted by Antony DoddNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you were at Clock Club at the John Innes Centre in Norwich this week, you might have caught @antdodd.bsky.social introducing the first of our 2027 symposia: Biological timing in photosynthetic organisms! #49NPS www.newphytologist.org/events/49-nps 👀 086
Reposted by Antony DoddNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The New Phytologist Foundation is pleased to sponsor Autumn Clock Club 2026, taking place in Norwich today: www.bioclocks.uk/event-detail... @bioclocksuk.bsky.social #PlantScience 043
Reposted by Antony DoddJohn Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 18/09/2026VACANCY - We have a unique opportunity for a John Innes Foundation (JIF) Communications and Engagement Intern to join our team and help inspire young future scientists okt.to/t3scdx Deadline - 30 September 2026 Contract - 12 months, full-time 024
Reposted by Antony DoddDmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...facultypositions.stanford.eduAssistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United StatesThe Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que... 5151191
Reposted by Antony DoddJeanine 💙 @madammaleficent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If your business requires me to create an account, verify my email, accept seventeen cookies, download an app, and solve a captcha just to buy one thing, I no longer want the thing. 2356266971
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Amazing Clock Club talk by Laura Dewhurst from the Eden Project about their new rhythm-themed attraction in Morecambe @bioclocksuk.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social 074
Reposted by Antony DoddBioClocks UK @bioclocksuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A huge thanks to @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @antdodd.bsky.social for hosting our #ClockClub today and to our sponsors for making it possible! @newphyt.bsky.social, @gensocuk.bsky.social as well as BMG Labtech, Cairn Research, Novogene, PHCBI, SHIMR and New England Biolabs 0165
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For me, the main tell with cover letters (eg phd applicants) and AI is that they all basically say the same thing. I once wrote to an applicant and said, “how am I meant to learn about you as a person if you send me a computer generated letter?” 010
Reposted by Antony DoddPlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Please consider submitting comments on the implementation for genome edited plants in the EU. Reminder: this is not the place for general statements regarding your personal vie of #NGT. Instead, the Commission is asking for input for the development of workable rules. 1612
Reposted by Antony DoddHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose. 1354044793
Reposted by Antony Doddjustingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Registration now open for the Non Seed Plant Meeting in Edinburgh on Dec 15. All welcome. Registration link and poster below www.epay.ed.ac.uk/conferences-... 01610
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just logged into biorender for the first time in ages. Gosh the new interface is horrible. 000
Reposted by Antony DoddJohn Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 08/09/2026VACANCY - We’re looking for a Research Assistant to join the Balk group, conducting research to improve nutritional traits in crops. okt.to/4WtR9Q Deadline - 10 September 2026 Salary - £30,600 to £37,400 per annum Contract - 12 months, full-timeokt.toResearch Assistant (Balk Group) | John Innes CentreThe Research Assistant provides technical support and generates research data to develop high-iron crops for future commercialisation. 007
Reposted by Antony DoddNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We're pleased to sponsor the International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics, which takes place at the Royal Society in London this week. web.cvent.com/event/35bb6d... #PlantScience #ISRFGweb.cvent.comSummary. - International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics 2026ISRFG2026: Fundamental science for climate resilient rice 022
Reposted by Antony DoddNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Heart-rot is not a disease: reframing wood decay in living #trees @funganaught.bsky.social and Lynne Boddy nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience 12010
Reposted by Antony DoddTatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 07/09/2026📣 Please share! We’re recruiting to build predictive models of gene regulation in plants. We’d love to hear from anyone with strong foundations in regulatory genomics or ML and fluency with coding agents. Any career stage; no plant background needed. noborilab.org 1/5noborilab.orgNobori Lab | The Sainsbury LaboratoryDecoding the molecular and cellular basis of plant-microbe interactions. Single-cell and spatial omics of plant immunity. Led by Tatsuya Nobori at TSL, Norwich, UK. 12739
Reposted by Antony DoddRob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 05/09/2026My cousin’s shirt took me a second. He said “it’s great because anyone who would be offended by it couldn’t understand it anyway.” 868168242971
Reposted by Antony DoddAnnika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Drosophila people - I *really* need to know the story behind the naming of the Turandot genes. I have backtracked to the 2001 papers from the Hultmark lab and there's no explanation! @hansonmark.bsky.social do you know?? Any other fly stress response peeps? Opera fans? 🪰 42216
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Are you a user of Lee Filters’ Twickenham Green 763 also? It works superbly for us. 110
Reposted by Antony DoddThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 01/09/2026Applications are now open for our 2027 Pairing Scheme, which gives policymakers and researchers the opportunity to experience each other's worlds, building bridges between parliamentarians, civil servants and UK scientists. Find out more and apply now: royalsociety.org/grants/train...royalsociety.orgPairing Scheme | Royal SocietyThis scheme builds bridges between parliamentarians, civil servants and some of the best research scientists in the UK. 678
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I did not realise that this was all the work of one person! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comHRH Helch: the graffiti artist who left an indelible mark on high-rise BritainHe upset Queen Elizabeth II, defied the developers and had to scrap for every inch of graffiti space in a gentrified, urban landscape 030
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026www.sciencefocus.com/nature/tiny-... can we find these in Europe? 🤣sciencefocus.comThe strangest mushroom on Earth keeps making people see the same tiny elves | BBC Science Focus MagazineScientists are perplexed by the hundreds of people who have reported ‘lilliputian hallucinations’ after consuming weird mushrooms 030
Reposted by Antony DoddRage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026There is only so much climate 'adaptation' we can do. Source: Nation.Cymru share.google/qANUrAJWXTjQ...share.googleFarmers face nearly £5bn hit after three years of poor harvestsNation.Cymru staff Arable farmers are facing losses of almost £5 billion after three consecutive years of poor harvests blamed on extreme weather, according to new analysis. The Energy and Climate Int... 043
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Ononis spinosa, spotted on a walk in Norfolk. Don’t think I’ve seen it before, or at least, never noticed it @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour 0112
Reposted by Antony DoddMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Do you work with microscopy images and segment to quantify or track? Do you study cell biology? development? Gather round! Let me tell you about FOCUS-3D, a segmentation algorithm that is fast, accurate and can be used on any model. We used it here to study zebrafish development. 🧪 (thread)biorxiv.orgFOCUS‑3D: Robust, generalizable volumetric cell segmentation for three‑dimensional fluorescence microscopyUnderstanding how cells establish spatial organization within tissues is a fundamental question in life sciences. While modern three-dimensional fluorescence microscopy captures large-volume tissue ar... 1526186
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Cool! Patch clamping plastids must be very difficult and skilful work! 000
Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026It’s hilarious. I would say also, if you are applying for a job, do the same- and make sure to include the word “fostering” at least five times in the application. 010
Reposted by Antony DoddJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026My department is hiring a biology lecturer to contribute to our intro bio sequence and an online summer course (applications due September 1!): fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comUMS Careers 12632
Reposted by Antony DoddBotany One @botany.one · 25/08/2026The brain does plant science, but the heart moves the body www.botany.one/the-brain-do... A survey of 421 plant biologists found the strongest recruiter for botany isn't argument. It’s contact. #Botany #PlantSciencebotany.oneThe brain does plant science, but the heart moves the bodyA survey of 421 plant biologists found the strongest recruiter for botany isn't argument. It’s contact. 01610