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Bobby Caine

@bc247.bsky.social
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Editorial Advisor at Plants, People, Planet 🌿🫂🌍. Senior Research Associate at The University of Sheffield in the Croft Lab 🍃💧📸🛰☀️🌾

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
#Evolution of #conifer seed cones 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #TansleyReview by @kmatsunaga @WileyPlantSci #PlantScience
Morphology of extant conifer seed cones.
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Luke Dunning @luketdunning.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Come work with us!! 2.5 year postdoc on HGT in plants. Please share and get in touch if interested www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ418/r...
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Research Associate: Horizontal Gene Transfer at University of Sheffield
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Associate: Horizontal Gene Transfer opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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Katherine Denby 🌱🥬 @katherinedenby.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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...
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
#Stomatal traits covary with #leaf #mycobiome diversity and composition 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Apigo et al. @WileyPlantSci #PlantScience
Examples of variation in abaxial stomatal length and density in Populus trichocarpa.
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Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^. Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know! #Plantscience
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Interested in how #wheat 🌾 might perform during future climare extremes? The @sheffielduni.bsky.social press team have covered our latest research from the @drhollycroft.bsky.social lab 👇
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Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r... A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social. If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂 #Plantscience #Plantscijobs
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Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
"Long-term research carries an intrinsic paradox: its true value emerges only after decades, whereas political agendas often demand short-term results. This mismatch makes sustained monitoring one of the easiest targets when public budgets come under pressure." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Safeguarding long-term research in ecology and evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Long-term research projects are essential for predicting the ecological and evolutionary responses of species to global change, yet their continuity is often threatened by uncertainties over funding. ...
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The Pallavi Singh Lab @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Come join our group for an exciting PhD program!
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Happy to share our latest article in @newphyt.bsky.social. We look at the impacts of high atmospheric CO2, heatwaves, nitrogen fertiliser and drought on #wheat stomatal performance, photosynthesis, water usage and yield. @drhollycroft.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
A schematic representation of the key findings of our latest study show how heatwaves override most environmental responses we tested in our study.
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Lisa Smith @plantylisasmith.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Interested in plant development and/or cell walls? We (Sam Amsbury, Andrew Fleming and I) have three PhD positions at the University of Sheffield open for applications until 7th January. We offer a friendly, jointly-run lab, great facilities, an affordable city and proximity to the Peak District!
Details of the three PhD projects on offer: Primed for Protection: Cell Wall Modifications in Plant Defense and Long-Term Immunity, Engineering Stomata: How Shape Informs Function: and Signalling Complexes and Cell Wall Changes during Plant Reproduction
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Tuning the C4 supercharger: improving #photosynthesis and #yield in C4 #crops #TansleyReview by @mariaermakova.bsky.social, Robert E. Sharwood and Robert T. Furbank nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience @monashbiol.bsky.social.
Reactions, processes, and parameters controlling C4 photosynthetic flux in the NADP-ME subtype.
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Charlie Anderson @candersonlab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Are you interested in pursuing groundbreaking research and gaining world-class training in plant biology in a supportive community amidst the beauty of Happy Valley? Consider applying to the the Plant Biology PhD Program! Applications due December 1: www.huck.psu.edu/graduate-pro...
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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
1/ Preprint alert:
 🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
 👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025... A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA 💙💚 @rgleadow.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for the Safe Cassava Symposium- virtual, free, 27-28th October 2025 - 2x 1.5 h sessions/day Thanks to Global Plant Council for hosting. #cyanide #cassava #konzo #neurology #publichealth #plantsciencs #foodsecurity ⚕️☘️🌿🍃🌱🌾🪴 biology.anu.edu.au/research/div...
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International Safe Cassava Network (ISCN)
Aims to foster collaboration between those working on cassava and konzo.
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Dan Gibbs 🌱🧬 @djgibbs.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We are advertising a PhD project investigating a cellular mechanism that ensures protein quality control during mRNA translation in plants. Please get in touch on here or via email if you are interested and I can provide further details! Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...
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Daniel Gibbs Lab
Welcome to the lab website of Professor Daniel Gibbs @ University of Birmingham
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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Our paper comparing stomata of the three annual Brachypodium species is out 🌾 bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... A great collaborative effort between @lbmountain.bsky.social, & our friends at University of Silesia (Alexander Betekhtin and Anna Milewska-Hendel). Funded by @dfg.de and NAWA
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Our latest! K63-polyUb of the ERECTA receptor kinase by PUB30/31 is required for the ligand induced receptor endocytosis for stomatal patterning. Our results show that ERECTA signals at the PM. Congrats, Liangliang, Minh & the team🌱! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Today at SEB 2025, we have an exciting #LICOR workshop looking at plant gas exchange across scales🌿🌾💦🌏. Environmental scientist Ian Smillie will introduce cutting-edge technologies that enable leaf to ecosystem level measuring of plant performance. #photosynthesis #stomata @sebiology.bsky.social
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Day 1 of SEB 2025 in Antwerp. What a great venue 🏛🦁! It was real pleasure to be part of the P3 PEPG session looking at plant #photosynthesis this morning alongside speakers including @oulaghannoum.bsky.social. From now, time to enjoy the afternoon talks. @sebiology.bsky.social
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Really looking forward to SEB 2025 in Antwerp this week. A really interesting #photosynthesis session tomorrow, followed by a #stomata session on Wednesday (I'll be co-chairing with @casparchater.bsky.social). Then on Thursday, #LICOR have a gas exchange workshop. @sebiology.bsky.social
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Happy to share details of an online seminar I'll be taking part in tomorrow where I'll discuss #stomata. This will include evolution, biotechnology and "sensing" of stomata (including drone data capture). It's an early start, from 7.30am UK time - so don't forget to grab coffee ☕️. Login details 👇
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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
RIPE Researchers, in work done for the CABBI Project, demonstrated that increasing the Rubisco enzyme in C4 crops like sorghum and sugar cane increases photosynthesis and yield as well! Their work was published in the National Academy of Sciences proceedings.
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Adapting C4 photosynthesis to atmospheric change and increasing productivity by elevating Rubisco content in sorghum and sugarcane | PNAS
Meta-analyses and theory show that with rising atmospheric [CO2], Rubisco has become the greatest limitation to light-saturated leaf CO2 assimilati...
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Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
It's been a long time coming but I'm very happy to share this preprint with folks. 🙂 Thanks again to the Royal Society for funding this research. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Plantscience #Plantevolution #Fernbiology
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Gene networks are conserved across reproductive development between the fern Ceratopteris richardii and the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana
How plants first invented seeds is a longstanding unresolved evolutionary question. Seed-bearing plants arose from within seedless vascular plants, with ferns as their closest relatives, but how the s...
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I'm looking for a postdoc to work for 3 years on the function of #circadian clock proteins in wheat. I also have a full-funded PhD opportunity. #plantscience Postdoc applications close on 2 April. jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91954...
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Details : Research Fellow in Plant Biochemistry : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
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Facundo Romani @fromani.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Recently, two papers showed the potential of population genetics in Marchantia from @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social and Dolan's lab. Here is my dispatch for Current Biology talking about them. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Population genomics: A new chapter for Marchantia biology
The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha has become a powerful model organism for plant biology. Researchers are now exploring its potential as a model system for population genomics to understand natural ...
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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Still time to apply for this! Deadline the 17th of March.
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
An interesting new story about MYB59 contribution to WUE at high temperature in #Arabidopsis by John Ferguson, Oliver Brendel and @ubechtold.bsky.social. #stomata #roots www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.27.640580v1
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MYB59 is linked to natural variation of water use associated with warmer temperatures in Arabidopsis thaliana
Water-use contributes significantly to plant growth and productivity, yet the extent to which variation in water-use is a function of adaptive differentiation is unknown. Here, we studied natural vari...
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
TODAY is DEADLINE DAY for abstract submissions for talks and posters at SEB 2025! @casparchater.bsky.social and I have a great lineup of Keynote speakers in our #stomata session including SEB president @proftlawson.bsky.social. Please spread the word!
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James Lloyd 🧬 @jamespblloyd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Registration is now open for the Society of Experimental Biology annual meeting in July 2025 in Antwerp, Belgium, where my friends @suruchiroy.bsky.social & Marta are hosting the 'Gravitropism and Plant Architecture' session. Please share and register here: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA 💙💚 @rgleadow.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Abstracts open for the JXB 75th Anniversary Symposium @jxbotany.bsky.social #PlantSci 🧪🌾🪴 www.sebiology.org/events/journ...
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Journal of Experimental Botany (JXB) 75th Anniversary Symposium
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
If you want to present your latest #stomata research at SEB 2025, there are only 4 days until the submission deadline(7th of March)!! Excitingly, @casparchater.bsky.social and I can now also announce a brand new Workshop focused on measuring gas exchange across scales with @li-corenv.bsky.social👇👇
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Luke Dunning @luketdunning.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Looking for a PhD? Come work with us on Horizontal Gene Transfer in crops! Deadline 14th March www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Horizontal gene transfer and its role in crop adaptation and evolution at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Horizontal gene transfer and its role in crop adaptation and evolution at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Peter Etchells @peteretchells.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Please repost: BBSRC funded PhD opportunity. Please get in touch for further project info. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Investigation of genes regulating the intercalary meristem in barley at Durham University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Investigation of genes regulating the intercalary meristem in barley at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Really glad to finally share this work. The first research conducted with @drhollycroft.bsky.social, in collaboration with ADAS UK. We used #optical and #thermal data from #drones together with ground measurements to map #wheat🌾 traits and fluxes. @sheffieldpps.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Johnathan Napier @johnathan-n.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Here at @rothamsted.bsky.social we are fortunate to have a very large area of GM glasshouse. Here we are growing up enough plants to transform 18 different constructs, optimising the accumulation of EPA&DHA omega-3 fish oils. Camelina is the ideal crop for such an iterative approach.
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Only 2 weeks to go until the deadline for talk and poster abstracts for SEB 2025. @casparchater.bsky.social and I are really looking forward to hosting keynotes @proftlawson.bsky.social, Dr John Ferguson and Dr Lorna McAusland for a session on #stomata and #crops. @sebiology.bsky.social Please RT!!
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Jill Harrison @jillharrison.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Another great job opportunity @BristolBioSci. This one is a lectureship in evolutionary biology, and we are looking for an academic lead to our MSc in bioinformatics, so genomics and phylogenetics will be strong cards to play!
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Well, this is exciting, a first ever foray into 🌳 stomata. First up, the "living fossil" Ginkgo biloba, and the tulip tree 🌷Magnolia soulangeana. Can't wait! @drhollycroft.bsky.social
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
SEB 2025 keynote speakers confirmed! SEB president Tracy Lawson, University of Essex Lecturer John Ferguson and BBSRC Discovery Fellow Lorna McAusland will all give talks in #stomata session P5. @casparchater.bsky.social www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a.... Abstract deadline March 7th. Please RT!
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Troy Magney @troymagney.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
New Tansley review paper from Zoe Pierrat & friends in @newphyt.bsky.social linking proximal remote sensing with ecosystem fluxes! Synergies and best practices for hyperspectral reflectance, SIF, thermal, microwave and lidar 🌈🌲🗼🛰️🧪 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Overview of proximal remote sensing instruments at a flux tower site. Shown are three eddy-covariance towers with sonic anemometers collecting data to derive ecosystem fluxes. Shown for spectral reflectance and solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) is a hyperspectral sensor with a narrow field-of-view (FOV) and multi-directional scanning capabilities (Sections II.1 and II.2). We also show the direct emission of SIF from the forest canopy (Section II.2). For thermal infrared radiation, we show a fixed thermal camera and thermal radiation coming from the canopy (Section II.3). For microwave, we show two potential arrangements with antenna A receiving direct signals from under open-sky conditions as well as signals that are reflected from the underlying vegetated surface, and antenna B receiving a direct signal that is propagated downward through the vegetation canopy and attenuated by its moisture content (Section II.4). We also show a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) instrument emitting light to get a 3D representation of canopy structure (Section II.5). Above the forest are a drone, aircraft, and satellite to emphasize the potential of proximal remote sensing to complement observations across scales. In the inset plot, we show sample reflectance spectra for vegetation and wet soil and highlight key wavelength ranges for spectral reflectance. We also show typical SIF retrieval windows and LiDAR emission windows. Next to the reflectance spectra, we show sample radiance in the thermal infrared region, with example spectra for warm soil and cool vegetation. Finally, we show key measurement wavelength bands for microwave backscatter.
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Really looking forward to this meeting at SEB 2025 in Antwerp, Belgium. Along with @casparchater.bsky.social, we have a session planned on #stomata and #crops🌾 across scales🔬➡️🌎. Abstract deadline is the 7th of March. See link for session details. Please RT/repost 🙏
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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Join us if you love grasses and development as much as we do 🌾 @cerealcell.bsky.social more details here www.cscs2025.de
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
1/4 Delighted to share our latest preprint "Future heatwave conditions inhibit CO2-induced stomatal closure in wheat". We found that high CO2, high VPD heatwave treatment prevents stomatal responses to light, super-elevated CO2 and nitrogen fertiliser application. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Steve Kelly @stevenkelly.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Wild is hiring! If you’re passionate about making an impact in crop improvement using genomics and comp bio come join the team! jobs.recruit.charliehr.com/wildbioscien...
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Plant Genomics and Machine Learning Scientist
Wild Bio
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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Just 1 more day to apply! meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
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Session BG3.10
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Owen Atkin @owenatkin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Global temps for 2024 now out - spoiler, 1.5oC barrier exceeded and extreme heat waves more common climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
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Global Climate Highlights
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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Discover our plant sessions for Antwerp 2025 🌵🍅🌿 sebiology.org/events/seb-a... The abstract submission deadline is Midnight (GMT) on Friday 7 March 2025. Submit now: sebiology.org/events/seb-a... Check out our sessions: sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Discover our animal sessions for Antwerp 2025 🐰🙊🐭: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... The abstract submission deadline is Midnight (GMT) on Friday 7 March 2025. Submit now: sebiology.org/events/seb-a... Check out our sessions: sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
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Cristobal Uauy @cristobaluauy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
1/10 We are thrilled to share our preprint on spatial transcriptomics in wheat spikes led by the amazing @katielong.bsky.social and Ashleigh Lister. We resolved expression of 200 genes to cellular resolution. Pre-print👉 tinyurl.com/c7t3kncf., @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social
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