Caspar Chater @casparchater.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Want to know what links stomatal evolutionary development with legume nodulation? Do you love peptide signalling and rhizobia? If so, I hope you love our new paper as much as I do. FREE ACCESS for a couple of months: authors.elsevier.com/c/1nE~A3QW8S... 184
Reposted by Caspar ChaterNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Water loss control beyond stomatal mechanisms Perera-Castro et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 052
Reposted by Caspar ChaterRoman Podolec @romanpodolec.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Our work on UV-B perception and signaling in #Marchantia is now out in @plantphys.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1093/plph... Thanks to all authors @yuankeliang.bsky.social @romanulm.bsky.social @grandpahiro.bsky.social #PlantScience 13817
Reposted by Caspar ChaterJournal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 22/04/2026🌱🧬 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 🧬🌱 The soybean nodule-specific cystatin gene GmCYS18 promotes nodulation and nodule development, while the cysteine proteases reversibly inhibited by GmCYS18 inhibit nodulation and nodule development in soybean - Yuan et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 044
Reposted by Caspar ChaterHiro Nakagami @grandpahiro.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Conservation and divergence of UVR8 photoreceptor-mediated UV-B signaling in Marchantia polymorpha academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... #Marchantia Congratulations @yuankeliang.bsky.social 🎉@romanulm.bsky.social and all other involvedacademic.oup.comConservation and divergence of UVR8 photoreceptor-mediated UV-B signaling in Marchantia polymorphaPlants share an ancient ultraviolet-B perception and signaling system but its regulatory mechanisms have partially diverged. 082
Reposted by Caspar ChaterMireia Montes 🍉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @mireiamontes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This seems like a personal attack. YES, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA!!! 062
Caspar Chater @casparchater.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Out today, our new article 'High-resolution soybean tracing for deforestation-free supply chains': www.nature.com/articles/s43... A @rbgkew.bsky.social international collaboration with World Forest ID, @sheffieldpps.bsky.social and many others, funded by Defra.nature.comHigh-resolution soybean tracing for deforestation-free supply chains - Communications Earth & EnvironmentSoybean harvest origin in South America can be traced to within 193 km from harvest location, according to a study using chemical fingerprint analysis and Gaussian Process modelling to improve traceab... 022
Reposted by Caspar ChaterWGDip @wgdip.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Hear what impact Ilia hopes #WGDip will have on the science community and on our understanding of evolution! She is a project co-lead from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 🌟How do you see WGDip impacting your research?🌟 @biggenomes.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social 071
Reposted by Caspar ChaterThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/04/2026Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in powertheguardian.comHungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in powerLong-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead 53995282
Reposted by Caspar ChaterCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently." Microsoft: LOL 231489570
Reposted by Caspar ChaterWorld Resources Institute @worldresources.bsky.social · 22/03/2026A surge of new data centers is reshaping local energy grids, water systems and land use. This rapid expansion is often happening with limited public information about the long-term impacts — or benefits — new data centers could bring. Learn more👉 go.wri.org/data-centers... #WorldWaterDay 156
Reposted by Caspar ChaterSebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Komorebi. I learned a new word today and I wish to add this to my bioengineering toolbox. Quiet beauty is all around us, and we are not here for very long, so go into nature as often as you can. Awe is in short supply, but ample if you look close. 1121
Reposted by Caspar ChaterJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Things are not okay. 1196149254993
Reposted by Caspar Chaterwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt 41031163
Reposted by Caspar ChaterMichael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Our Review "Development, Anatomy and Integrated Function of Grass Leaf Veins and Graminoid Stomata" is out doi.org/10.1146/annu... Alec Baird and I discuss the development and function of the anatomical structures that regulate water supply (leaf veins) and water demand (stomata) in the grass leaf. 04826
Reposted by Caspar ChaterPlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Impressive work from @saschalaubinger.bsky.social and colleagues, describing molecular and phenotypic footprints of climate in transcriptomes of native Arabidopsis thaliana. #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 25113
Reposted by Caspar ChaterΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Hayami Gyoshu (Japanese, 1894-1935) Village in Shugakuin, 1918 Ink and color on silk 132 x 97 cm The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 0234
Reposted by Caspar Chaterwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Rock climbers Lucy Smith and Pauline Rankin of the Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club, 1908, Salisbury Crags, Scotland #WomensArt Welcome to #WomensHistoryMonth 11745160
Reposted by Caspar Chaterwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Louise Moillon (c. 1610–1696) French painter in the Baroque era. One of the best still life painters of her time, she was trained by her father as she was unable to attend academies as a woman- who were thought to lack the ability required for artists #WomensArt 11897195
Reposted by Caspar Chaterwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Octopus Teapot by Japanese ceramic artist Keiko Masumoto #womensart 8935174
Reposted by Caspar ChaterGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building. 9733655511139
Reposted by Caspar ChaterFrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Apios americana, our Groundnut, blooming in Boulder county #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to August 15 🌿 316212
Reposted by Caspar Chaterwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has said that her pumpkins act as self-portraits. The idea began as her parents owned a plant nursery and she has described the pumpkin as “a spiritual home,” a form in which she sees herself reflected #Womensart 251374
Reposted by Caspar ChaterSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together. I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system. 7549671784
Reposted by Caspar ChaterPlant Treaty @planttreaty.bsky.social · 10/02/2026On #WorldPulsesDay, we celebrate beans, lentils, chickpeas & peas, crops that nourish people & soils.🫘 Through the International Plant Treaty, their genetic diversity is shared globally to support resilient crops and food security. #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity @fao.org @cgiar.org 123
Caspar Chater @casparchater.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Happy World Pulses Day! Celebrate in style by banging in some beans, lentils, or chickpeas to your lunch and dinner. Top it off by registering for this May's UK Legume Research Community Conference 2026 in Scotland. 010
Reposted by Caspar ChaterAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/02/2026Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion." 6214525811673
Reposted by Caspar Chaterwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Huipil, traditional garment created by Ingenous Maya women from the small towns of the Guatemalan highlands, who formed their own union to stop large fashion corporations stealing their designs. #WomensArt 2533103
Reposted by Caspar ChaterJosé Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Excited to share our latest review on hydrosignaling: moisture-dependent molecular pathways that help plants grow towards water. Insightful review of the literature and discussion of moisture sensing mechanisms by Will Dwyer and @hhtormar.bsky.social. Enjoy! link.springer.com/article/10.1... 05424
Reposted by Caspar Chaterwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Knitted botanic art by artist Tatyana Yanishevsky #WomensArt 247981
Reposted by Caspar ChaterEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Yesterday was the midway point between the winter solstice & the vernal equinox & today is Imbolc, the pagan celebration of the return of the light. We’re climbing out of winter & the whole botanical calendar (save snowdrops & aconites) is ahead. A very good thought in case you need it today 🌿: 740463
Reposted by Caspar ChaterPlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 02/02/2026A small breeder's perspective on what the silver lining for #NGT approval in the EU means for them. www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/co...fruitnet.comComment: A new dawn for innovation – why the EU’s gene editing ruling mattersSteve Nelson, CEO of Plant Sciences Genetics, says the EU's agreement on gene-edited plants marks a turning point for plant breeding innovation 034
Reposted by Caspar Chaterwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/02/2026'Looking for signs of Spring' by contemporary UK painter Dee Nickerson #WomensArt #February 2624114
Reposted by Caspar Chaterplantgenomics.bsky.social @plantgenomics.bsky.social · 01/02/2026A novel phylogenomics pipeline reveals complex pattern of reticulate evolution in Cucurbitales doi.org/10.1101/2023... Out of the blue: Family-wide loss of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Cucurbitaceae doi.org/10.1101/2025... #Genomics #BigData #Evolution #Phylogenomicsdoi.org 042
Reposted by Caspar ChaterExtreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Exceptional heat continues in Western Mexico,after a record heat wave in The East. Temperatures in Mexico has almost always reached 38C/100F every day of winter and they have never failed to reach 37C/99F any day. 35C at 1200m asl in the Guerrero highlands. 12613
Reposted by Caspar ChaterKati Retzer @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social · 28/01/2026www.rootresearch.org/working-groups the #ISRR organized a minisymposium to introduce all 7 working groups that address different aspects of #rootsscience #roots #plantscience International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social 01410
Reposted by Caspar ChaterEle Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Happy birthday to Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (née Yardley, 1903-1971) 🐡🎢🧪👩🏼🔬 #histsci who solved a longstanding #chemistry conundrum of the shape of benzene, here with her drawing of electron density for hexachlorobenzene (green) & model of hexamethylbenzene. Her husband said, “Before prison it might 14111
Reposted by Caspar ChaterSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 28/01/2026NEW: Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC "Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021." www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga... 10241126
Reposted by Caspar Chaterplantgenomics.bsky.social @plantgenomics.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The grain amaranth pangenome reveals domestication-associated changes in diversity and function of structural variation doi.org/10.64898/202... Pangenome of cultivated beet and crop wild relatives reveals parental relationships of a tetraploid wild beet doi.org/10.1101/2023...doi.orgThe grain amaranth pangenome reveals domestication-associated changes in diversity and function of structural variationBackground: Grain amaranth is a nutritious pseudocereal from the Americas that was independently domesticated three times from a common wild ancestor. The three domesticated grain amaranths, their wil... 011
Reposted by Caspar Chaterwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/01/2026'Avatar Reef' teapot by UK based ceramicist Delfina Emmanuel, who creates work often inspired by marine life #WomensArt 053962
Reposted by Caspar Chaterwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/01/2026"Everything changes, nothing is lost", stone mandala by land artist Katie Griesar #WomensArt #NewYear2026 0876155
Reposted by Caspar ChaterExtreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Record heat continues in Central Africa with 40C in Cameroon,Chad and Nigeria particularly crazy the heat in CAMEROON Today 36.1C in the port of Douala broke its December record Cameroon this months has broken record all month in all regions: North,Plateau,Coast,South. 05024
Reposted by Caspar ChaterExtreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 31/12/2025DECEMBER SUMMER IN MEXICO This is also the first time 40C is recorded in December outside the tropics in Northern Hemisphere Summer will continue in January with up to 39C in NW Mexico AND tropical nights in the desert (never happened in January): Records will fall allover from tomorrow 04218
Reposted by Caspar ChaterDr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Corfe Castle, the model of Corfe Castle in Corfe Castle Model Village, and the model of Corfe Castle in the model of Corfe Castle Model Village in Corfe Castle Model Village. 1641999
Reposted by Caspar ChaterCyntada @cyntada.bsky.social · 22/12/2025You've seen Elf on a Shelf, now try… 184
Reposted by Caspar ChaterMolecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® (MPMI) @mpmijournal.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Rune Hansen et al. reported that the substomatal cavity is a crucial check point where the devastating Septoria blotch (Zymoseptoria tritici) infection is stopped. Understanding this mechanism is key to future wheat immunity. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-11-24-0147-R 1104
Reposted by Caspar ChaterBruno Ngou @brunongou.bsky.social · 22/12/2025We wrote a review on the mᴏdular properties of plant cell-surface receptors, and how this knowledge can be used to reprogram and engineer them: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comA guide to designing cell-surface receptors in plantsCell-surface receptors perceive environmental cues and trigger appropriate responses. In plants, these receptors comprise ectodomain, juxta-membrane, … 12417
Reposted by Caspar ChaterProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Old military air samples revealed DNA, enabling scientists to track moss spores over 35 years. Mosses now release spores up to a month earlier than in the 1990s, and the timing depends more on last year's climate than current spring conditions. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...sciencedaily.comScientists found climate change hidden in old military air samplesOld military air samples turned out to be a treasure trove of biological DNA, allowing scientists to track moss spores over 35 years. The results show mosses now release spores up to a month earlier t... 0127