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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 8h

Cytokinin regulates the gravitropic setpoint angle of seminal roots in barley and wheat www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🧬 How can simple gene circuits create complex cell behaviours? James Locke’s team shows how a common genetic circuit, combining positive & negative feedback loops, can be tuned to produce a wide range of gene-expression patterns 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/how-sim...

Schematic of the general mixed positive/negative feedback loop model. Here, a single component (σ) both activates and deactivates its own production. The activation depends on the presence of an input, and the deactivation is subject to a time delay. 10 line graphs showing Simulations for 10 different parameter sets, demonstrating the 10 different behaviours the model can achieve. Initially, the system remains inactive; upon triggering the input (marked by the red dashed lines), distinct behaviours emerge: a No activation. b Stochastic pulsing. c Oscillation. d Stochastic anti-pulsing. e Homogeneous activation. f Heterogeneous activation (three different simulations displayed). g Stochastic switching. h Stable bistability. This panel depicts two simulations. The first (dark blue) is initiated at the initial (inactive) state at the same time as the simulations in the other panels. The second (purple) is initiated at the time of the input (dashed red line) in the active state. There is no intrinsic way for the system to switch between these two states (however, it could happen by e.g., the addition of exogenous σ). i Single response pulse. j Intermediate activation. Source code used to generate this figure can be found in the provided GitLab repository.

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Congratulations and good luck Wouter!

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Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso @yoselin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Join me at the BiPS Conference. Travel grants available. See below

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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We're delighted to share that BiPS co-founder Professor Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso has been awarded as one of the 2026 AAB President's Medallists! 🏅 Accessibility in Applied Biology Medallist 🌱 For promotion of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within the Applied Biology Community.

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BioImagingUK @bioimaginguk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1/3 The Euro-BioImaging UK Node has grown from 7 to 13 sites! 🔬 Open access to 60+ imaging techniques, image analysis & expert support across the UK. Welcome to Babraham, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Oxford & UK-BIAS 👋

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are very pleased to have supported the 13th PhD School on Plant Development! Read on below for the highlights 👇

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🌱 PLANT BIOLOGY: Final hours to submit your session proposal for #SEBConference Glasgow 2027! Whether your research focuses on photosynthesis, plant development or climate change, we want to hear your ideas! More info: www.sebiology.org/membership/s...

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🔬 CELL BIOLOGY: The clock is ticking! Only hours remain to propose a session for #SEBConference Glasgow 2027. From emerging technologies to synthetic biology, bring your ideas to the conference! More info: www.sebiology.org/membership/s...

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank you for the clarification John. Unfortunately, it does look like people across different fields (presumably different calls) are posting the same thing though... Will also delete my post/reposts if you don't want to become today's viral outrage.

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Time for a boycot on reviewing for UKRI?

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John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky

I am writing to let you know that, unfortunately, your application was not successful.

Review process

As part of the initial triage of the 179 proposals submitted to this call, each was assessed using an AI-based review. Every proposal was read independently by several different AI models against the same seven criteria used to shape this call (including cyber security relevance, research quality and novelty, importance of the problem addressed, feasibility of the project plan, likely outputs and impact, value for money, and responsible research practice), with each model asked to give a score and a written justification with supporting quotations from the text. To guard against any one model's idiosyncrasies, we also ran a second, independent process in which different AI models debated the merits and weaknesses of each proposal before reaching a judgement, again against the same criteria. Scores from both processes were combined to produce an overall ranking.

This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review. Projects selected for funding were drawn from those that progressed to the full human review stage. We recognise that AI-assisted assessment is a new and evolving part of the review process, and we are continuing to evaluate how well it aligns with the judgements of human reviewers on this call. We will soon produce a document detailing our method, so that others can build upon it and improve it.

Feedback on your application

Your application was not selected to progress beyond the AI triage stage. To provide transparency on the outcome of this assessment, we are sharing below the scores (out of 5) from each of the two AI review processes described above, together with the mean score across the two processes.

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is it. This is what everyone is enabling by humoring genAI: you spend months writing something that took you years to get at, for an opaque algorithm that a few control to spit a number and cut you off right there and then. This is what we're up against 🧪

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Sergey Ovchinnikov @sokrypton.org · 17/09/2026

Introducing highly experimental localfold.org Building on @martinsteinegger.bsky.social af2 webgpu port, @milot.bsky.social optimizations & jax ports of af3-like models by @marielle.bsky.social, Choonghwan Lee, Julia Buhmann. WARNING: runs directly on your 💻, may drain 🪫 & eat data📱 & overheat 🔥💻

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Nikon Microscope Solutions @healthcare.nikon.com · 15/09/2026

🪴Our application note, featuring Stefano Buratti and Alex Costa, showcases a powerful multiscale imaging approach for simultaneously monitoring ER and cytosolic Ca²⁺ dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana using the dual-sensor combination of ER-GCaMP6-210 and R-GECO1. 📄Download: bit.ly/4h5Rpsi

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The Pallavi Singh Lab @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Next speaker at #ISRFG2026 is @thepallavisingh.bsky.social! Can rice scions grafted onto pearl millet rootstocks improve water use efficiency and cope with extreme drought better than non-grafted rice? Come find out! 🌾💧

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ERC SYNERGY Project HYDROSENSING @hydrosensing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Where is ABA made, and does it have to move? New HYDROSENSING preprint maps ABA biosynthesis at cellular resolution in Arabidopsis: water-stress responses in roots & shoots need ABA and its precursor AB-aldehyde to travel from vascular tissue to target cells 🌱 doi.org/10.64898/202... #PlantSci

Thermal images of aba2-1 and aao mutant combinations with controls, with and without drought stress. Scale bar = 1 cm

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ahh, but that's 12% of people who went to a webinar about how to be lazy in your grant drafts and reviews by using the slop bucket. I imagine in an unbiased sample, the percentage who don't use AI would be higher.

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Martin Balcerowicz @transcription.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Glad to be hosting the #Thermomorphogenesis 2026 meeting at @dundee.ac.uk, with 3 days full of exciting research and discussions about recent advances in plant temperature responses. Very happy to be part of such a supportive community!

Photo of Thermomorphogenesis 2026 attendees in front the conference banner

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Carolin Delker @carolindelker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#thermomorphogenesis meeting 2026 in Dundee has started and is in full swing! Thanks to @transcription.bsky.social and the Sponsors for making it possible!

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Anja Geitmann @geitmannlab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Postdoc Opportunity at McGill University, Montreal, Canada You have worked with Arabidopsis / other plant model systems & are trained in high-end imaging? Details: www.plantbiomechanics.net/joining-the-... #plants, #Arabidopsis, #postdoc, #jobs, #microscopy, #confocal, #molecularbiology

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Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso @yoselin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

RIP Prof Jason Arday. The man was pure kindness, the hounding that precipitated his death is out. The community is hurting @blackinplantsci.bsky.social support every black scientist that perform above and beyond to gain a bit of respect. The truth; this fight is uneven and some are silenced #sad

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Dominique Bergmann @stanfordstomata.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

1/9 🧵New preprint from the lab! A midpoint in a long journey to understand specificity among bHLH transcription factors in plants. Part IV: how does an accessory domain guide specificity of heterodimerizing bHLHs? #PlantSci #TranscriptionFactors #stomata www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

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Jim Haseloff @jimhaseloff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Some info about alternative LED panels for the DIY Midi Grow-pods - used for split NFT hydroponic culture of Marchantia. marchantia.org/midi-nft-gro...

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Matt Johnson @profmattjohnson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Why supercomplexes? 🌱☀️🦠 🚨New 3 year Postdoc opportunity 🚨 A BBSRC sponsored project using single molecule AFM to interrogate ephemeral interactions between ET proteins in respiration and photosynthesis Join our diverse team and Apply here: sheffield.ac.uk/photosynthes...

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BBSRC Sponsored Postdoc Position

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🌾 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Stomatal Biology group in beautiful Bern @unibe.ch How do grass leaves spatially coordinate development of veins & stomatal rows? 2 years (plus possible extension), funded by @snsf.ch @dfg.de within @cerealcell.bsky.social RU5325 jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...

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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

RA position working on Marchantia reproductive development in the Penfield group at JIC. Deadline is August 18th!

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

@stanfordstomata.bsky.social & Susana Coelho are also editing our newest Special Issue. Submit your latest plant and multicellular algae #DevBio research to our upcoming special issue – Plant and Algae Development #DevSIPlantAlgae Deadline: 2 November 2026 journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pl...

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

📣 We are now accepting applications to join the Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor (AFE) program. These are two-year appointments, starting either in January 2027 or 2028. 👉 Learn more and apply now: blog.aspb.org/plantphys_af.... #PlantSci #PlantScience

Plant Physiology banner announcing a call for Assistant Features Editors, with green wave graphics and the deadline for applications: September 8, 2026.

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🚨 Call for the 2027 JXB Editorial Interns is now open! 🚨 🌱 Designed for ECRs, interns will gain behind-the-scenes publishing experience and write commentary pieces that will be published in the journal 📝 Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology

JXB EDITORIAL
INTERNSHIPS 2027
Who is this for?
• Early career researchers (2-8 yrs postgrad/postdoc experience)
What will you do?
• Assess submitted manuscripts (with editorial mentorship)
• Write commentary articles for publication in JXB
• (Optional) Join JXB's social media activities
Benefits for you:
• Gain editorial & publishing experience
• Career development as a researcher
• Free SEB membership (1 year)
Apply by 30th September 2026
bit.ly/jxbinterns

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🍃🎤🍃 Speaker Announcement 🍃🎤🍃 Join Dana MacGregor as she talks weed persistence & resilient cropping systems 🌱🌾 'Early Career Essentials for Applied Biologists' 📆 20-21 Oct 📍 Nottingham & Online Register now 👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP #plantscience #sustainableag @plantenv.bsky.social @rothamsted.ac.uk

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Robert Haase @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Blast from the past! Did you know you can create clean, readable notebooks for the ImageJ Macro language? A great way to build tutorials, teaching materials, and [mentally] reproducible image analysis workflows. 👨‍🏫📜🚀 github.com/haesleinhuep...

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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

📢Registration is now open! This year we will be welcoming the incredible Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso (Professor at the University of Leeds) and a surprise Special Guest as our plenary speakers. Early Bird Registration is open until Friday 18 September - £30. Register here: buff.ly/tRc4Sdg

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

@plantphys.bsky.social is 100 years old! We are celebrating this accomplishment with a symposium at #PlantBio2026 We start with a look back at the first and current issue.

100 years of plant physiology. A photo of the cover from the first edition.

Plant Physiology:a comprehensive journal from the very beginning.

Plant Physiology covers a wide range of topics.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I am responsible for the academic skills line in our AI programme and I think part of the 26/27 curriculum needs to be to help students understand that all those “AI assistants” that publishers and apps force on them are in fact “traps” for them to avoid. >>

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Femke de Jong @plantenzo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

You find the answer to this question, the meaning of abscission, and this week’s scientific articles and plant science in the media in this week’s Plant & Zo weekly roundup. open.substack.com/pub/plantenz... 🧪 #PlantScience

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Plant & Zo weekly roundup #28-2026

In which I talk about how the inner tissues have a say in plant shape, the meaning of abscission, and this week’s scientific articles and plant science in the media

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We're seeking an Editorial Assistant to join the New Phytologist Foundation team for a 14-month period to cover parental leave. 📍 Location: Lancaster, UK ⌚ Fixed term, full time 💸 Salary: £26,707 to £30,378 📅 Closing date: 11 July 2026 www.newphytologist.org/news/job-vac... #PlantScience #jobs

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Job vacancy: Editorial Assistant

The New Phytologist Foundation is seeking an enthusiastic and proactive colleague to join the New Phytologist Foundation Central Office team as an Editorial Assistant.

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Jen McGaley @jenmcgaley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Very happy this is now published in full! Symbiotic phosphate transporter dynamics in rice expose functional plasticity of the arbuscules www.nature.com/articles/s41... A thread of some of our findings (and timelapses) below 🧵🔬🎥

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