iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ARC has given some details of how new Explore scheme will run ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub... ❗️There's a lottery❗️ Peer review yields 3 categories: highly competitive, competitive, uncompetitive. After funding highly competitive apps, competitive ones enter a lottery for remaining $.

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Manon Demulder @manondemulder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you’ve always been curious about how algae fix carbon, @phaips.vd.st, @cellarchlab.com and I have put together the quickest route into pyrenoids. And if you don’t feel like reading at all, we have an accompanying poster doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 01/10/2026

Records come and records go. But this is one for the ages. The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly is now at a record 3.23°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This crushes the previous daily record set in 1982 by over 1.14°C. The Climate 8-ball is looking up.

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Plant Biotechnology Journal @plantbiotechj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📣 NEW ISSUE 📣 Our October issue is out now! 🔍️ On the cover: Golden Rice–like pigmentation associated with enhanced seed carotenoid accumulation in prime edited rice (Kim et al doi.org/10.1111/pbi....) Read it in full 👉️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677652... #plantscience

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

👏 Dr Loraine Rourke delivering her talk at Combio 2026. The Cl- dependent bicarbonate transporter SbtA2 expressed in the chloroplast IEM of tobacco.

Conference speaker Dr Loraine Rourke with a PowerPoint presentation showing evidence of colocalization of SbtA2 and the chloroplast inner envelope membrane protein TGD2

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 27/09/2026

Breaking News! Code: FUBAR!!! The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature for September 25th was 29.822°C. This breaks the previous highest temperature ever recorded in the region of 29.815°C, set on November 17th, 2015. The Climate 8-ball is exiting, stage right.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time.

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Bowie's dad @80incognito.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Our Story, approved by Bowie: "Donkeys, horses, a road trip and visit to Radio Namakwaland." oppad.substack.com/p/donkeys-ho...

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With changes to work allocation models there is a move to push academics to greater teaching loads if funding is short. Combined, the funding model and the workload models force academics away from research.

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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Feeling proud of where SpliceCraft is at right now. Still got more details to add and UI jank to solve, but powerful af and open source. Made, with love, for this community. Enjoy. SpliceCraft.bio

splicecraft.bio

SpliceCraft — the in-terminal plasmid workbench

Design, clone & mutate plasmids in a mouse-friendly terminal workbench. Everything runs on your own computer — no cloud, no account.

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Getting a permanent academic position.

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Similar story here. Some money and extremely happy to be supporting a great project, but I have my own projects that need support.

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is frustrating to say the least

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's what I hope. Fingers crossed.

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Also changed rules on grant limits. I was lucky to be a co CI on a DP26. My first ever after years of trying. I had hoped I could now submit as lead CI but not allowed to apply.

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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Please 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!

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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚨🌱 1 week to go! 🌱🚨 There are only 7 days left to apply for the 2027 JXB Editorial Internship programme! ⚠️ Don’t leave it to last minute. You'll need: 📄 A CV 📝 A Cover letter 🔍 An Insight-style article ⏰ Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns?ut... #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology

JXB EDITORIAL
INTERNSHIPS 2027
"My JXB internship was an excel-lent opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the editorial and publishing process."
Sujit Jung Karki, University
College Dublin, JXB intern 2024 19
"I had the opportunity to publish an Insight article as the sole author, which was something I did not expect to be able to achieve at this early point in my career."
Katie Watson,
University of Hong Kong,
JXB intern 2025
"Being an editorial intern has been an enriching and formative
experience."
Luis Alonso Baez,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, JXB intern 2025
Apply by
30th September 2026
bit.ly/jxbinterns

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Allen keys consecutively left and right of socks and in diminishing size in the order of use.

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A warm 31°C today. It's going to be a hot summer when we get around to it in Aus this year I think.

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

From my amazing colleague, Vanessa Melino and her talented team.

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

(archaeal) cell divisionists take note 👇 no, the diderm 𝘐𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 did 𝗻𝗼𝘁 invent the nucleus, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 something pretty similar to 'closed mitosis' (as in yeast). look @sbulgheresi.bsky.social ! #MicroSky #Archaea #ArchaeaSky

Figure 4. Membrane duplication in Ignicoccus progeny. A to H, see source for details.
source: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.08.750209v1.full.pdf+html

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Misconceptions in attributing CO2-concentrating mechanisms in marine algae www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Missed the abstract deadline for Early Career Essentials?? Have no fear - registration is still open (and we're still accepting poster abstracts!) 🌱 Register by 1st October to join us in person! 👉️ cvent.me/8o1kkP #earlycareer #plantscience #agronomy #forestry #agtech #scicomm

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Pet hate. Journal editorial systems that send you a manuscript on Friday night... and a hurry up reminder on Sunday night.

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I totally agree. It seems like everyone has missed the point!

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026

The amount of oil use avoided by EVs in China in the first half of 2026 is the same as the amount of oil USED BY THE ENTIRE UK www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

a chart showing projected avoided oil use

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Maria Ermakova @mariaermakova.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our new paper adding to the mystery of PEPC phosphorylation in C4 plants

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📣 Metabolomics expert position at @ceplas.bsky.social part part of the CEPLAS Academic Expert Career Programme (tenure-track). karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 31/08/2026

LAST WEEK TO APPLY!!! 🧪 @biozentrum.unibas.ch seeks a new group👩‍🔬 exploring molecular questions relevant to climate 🌍, including biogeochemical cycles (e.g., carbon, nitrogen) ♻️, bioenergetic energy conversion (e.g., photosynthesis, chemosynthesis) ☀️⚗️, and the adaptation to environmental change 🌊🌡️🦠🌾

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KunzLab@LMU @kunzlab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

New PEC story 🌱 led by PhD cand Susi with amazing collabs Grimm, Hause & Robatzek labs! We patch-clamped isolated plastids to show that PECs mediate rapid cation flux across the IE. PECs relay Ca²⁺ signals into plastids & link Ca²⁺ to JA-mediated defense. #plantscience www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Model of chloroplast Ca²⁺-mediated priming: after a stress trigger, plants show a larger stromal Ca²⁺ signal via PEC1, boosting OPDA and JA production and enhancing defense gene expression compared to baseline

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Caitlin Byrt @botanicgeek.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The amazing powers of cyanobacteria. Regularly on display outside @biologyanu.bsky.social buildings, Sullivans Creek @scienceanu.bsky.social Earth's oceans, & the worlds freshwater, turning greener and greener. Awesome to discover more about ocean cyano C capture - academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Prevalence and regulatory framework of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Australia: Past, present and future doi.org/10.1016/j.ha...

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Redirecting

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Heterologous expression in E. coli reveals that bicarbonate transporter BicA2 mediates carbon uptake in marine Prochlorococcus spp. academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Huge congrats to Dr Loz Rourke on her latest paper🎉 In ISMEJ we identify BicA2, a molecular gateway for carbon uptake in the globally dominant Prochlorococcus genus. Prochlorococcus contributes ~4% of global carbon assimilation, meaning BicA2 function has global implications for carbon uptake 🌊 🌏

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Heterologous expression in E. coli reveals that bicarbonate transporter BicA2 mediates carbon uptake in marine Prochlorococcus spp.

Abstract. The widespread oceanic cyanobacterial Prochlorococcus genus is a major contributor to global carbon fixation, yet mechanisms enabling this lineag

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"~15% of journal articles in biology have an associated preprint, the rate is >95% with the ASAP initiative" sparcopen.org/impact-story... Zero reason all funders shouldn't also mandate this #PlanU journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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