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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰

@hikemaydon.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in the School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne. Metabolic signalling, circadian clocks. Teacher of Genetics. Researcher of plants. Dad. Runner. blogs.unimelb.edu.au/haydonlab

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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yalin Liu presenting her PhD research at #Combio2026 @asps-oz.bsky.social
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very 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…
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Keely Brown @keelybrownphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Very excited to announce that this month I'll be starting my research lab in plant evolutionary genetics at the @unimelb.edu.au 🥳
A picture of me in a University of Melbourne hat and sweatshirt in front of a clock tower on the University campus
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Chris Buckley @cbuckley.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I'm excited to share our paper on natural variation in the Arabidopsis circadian clock, published in @plantphys.bsky.social with Anna Philippova, @adaevo.bsky.social and @hikemaydon.bsky.social 🌱🕐. Thread below (🧵1/6) academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
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A noncoding SNP in ELF3 alters ELF3β expression and confers adaptation of Arabidopsis to a continental climate
A naturally occurring variant in the Arabidopsis core clock gene EARLY FLOWERING 3 alters temperature responsiveness and has been selected for in regions o
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Gerben van Ooijen @vanooijenlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It is very satisfying to see this published, after over a decade of work!
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Intracellular potassium levels orchestrate circadian rhythmicity and cell division - Nature Communications
Circadian rhythms are ~24-hour biological cycles that influence processes from immunity to metabolism, and this study explores how intracellular potassium contributes to their regulation. The authors ...
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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Our new study finds that the Bacillus subtilis circadian clock regulates colony expansion and cell differentiation. Congrats to 1st authors Jack Dorling and Francesca Sartor, with @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social and Martha Merrow @microclockerc.bsky.social #circadian www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Bacillus subtilis circadian clock coordinates intricate spatiotemporal organisation - Nature Communications
The potential functions of circadian clocks in non-photosynthetic bacteria are poorly understood. Here, the authors show that the Bacillus subtilis circadian clock regulates the spatiotemporal organis...
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Scott Boden @scottboden.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We’re excited to share out wheat spatial transcriptomics paper, published today in Science Advances - url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/zvF1C0YKzm...
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Spatial transcriptomics identifies distinct domains regulating yield-component traits of the wheat ear
Mapping gene activity in the wheat ear reveals domains that regulate spikelet number and yield potential.
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Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) @asps-oz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🎓 2025 Conference Postgraduate Travel Award Reflection. Yalin Liu (UniMelb) reflects on ASPS 2025 in Adelaide, highlighting her first poster presentation experience, insights from outreach sessions, and valuable networking For details: www.asps.org.au/phytogen #AusPlantSci
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Alex Webb Lab @alexwebblab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Excellent. Circadian resonance increases lettuce yield academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-... #PlantScience #Plants #Circadian #Chronoculture
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Matching Circadian Rhythms to Light-Dark Cycles Increases Lettuce Yield by 29% in Vertical Farms Without Additional Energy Input
Abstract. Most cultivated lettuce varieties have 27-hour circadian clocks resulting from domestication-driven selection for delayed bolting yet are grown u
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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Really great session this morning on microbial circadian clocks. So much good science! #SRBR2026
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MichaelMcMurray lab @mcmurraylab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Doing the periodic cleaning of used plasmid miniprep columns and realized in honor of Earth Day it may be worth reminding you molecular biologists: Plasmid miniprep columns can be cleaned and reused essentially indefinitely! Just add 1 M HCl, soak overnight and wash 3x w/ water. Save $ and plastic
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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James Lloyd 🧬 @jamespblloyd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
People keep (wrongly) claiming the overturning of the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology by discoveries like reverse transcription Crick predicted such modes of information transfer were perfectly possible Reverse translation is where he drew the line. Nature has never invented it. But we now have
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Andrew Beale @drbatmo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Since I moved to @mrclmb.bsky.social I’ve been trying to answer this: Why are some mammals active at night and others in the day? Today our answer is out @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... If you’re interested in circadian biology, evolution or how timing shapes physiology, take a look
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A cellular basis for the mammalian nocturnal-diurnal switch
Early mammals were nocturnal while dinosaurs dominated the daytime. Mammalian transition to daytime activity accelerated after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, but the underlying mechanisms remain...
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Announcing a Transformation Lead role (level B) at the Adelaide University node of Plant Synthetic Biology Australia (international applicants welcome)! For more information on PSBA, see plantsynbio.au More details on the position: lnkd.in/g3GZSRT8
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Congrats @benpwilliams.bsky.social !
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Congrats, Francis. Well done!
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Redox-controlled dimerisation regulates ethylene biosynthesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
A new preprint from the lab by @cbuckley.bsky.social in collab with @adaevo.bsky.social #plantsci #circadian 🌱 ⏰
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
This is an excellent opportunity. It was a fun and informative experience for me a few years ago.
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I’m very pleased to share our latest work, led by the talented @cbuckley.bsky.social as part of his PhD. It’s our first attempt at studying #circadian rhythms in wheat with the help of some great collaborators @jesshyles.bsky.social @adaevo.bsky.social et al. #plantsci 🌾⏰ 1/7 doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat
Circadian clocks control daily and seasonal timing of physiology and development. Because of their influence on photoperiodic flowering, variants in circadian clock genes have been selected for ph...
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I’m very pleased to share our latest work, led by the talented @cbuckley.bsky.social as part of his PhD. It’s our first attempt at studying #circadian rhythms in wheat with the help of some great collaborators @jesshyles.bsky.social @adaevo.bsky.social et al. #plantsci 🌾⏰ 1/7 doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat
Circadian clocks control daily and seasonal timing of physiology and development. Because of their influence on photoperiodic flowering, variants in circadian clock genes have been selected for ph...
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
@cbuckley.bsky.social and I wrote this Pursuit article about our wheat research #chronoculture #circadian #plantsci pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the...
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The time is ripe for chronoculture
A better understanding of circadian rhythms in crop plants can help improve agricultural production, say University of Melbourne experts
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
#chronoculture #circadian
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Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) @asps-oz.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
🍷 ASPS Conference Dinner at National Wine Centre next to Adelaide Botanic Gardens! First come, first served. After our memorable Hobart dinner, this promises to be another evening to remember. Register: bit.ly/4p25OJ0 #ASPS2025 #ConferenceDinner
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 09/10/2025
My HPLC was definitely overlooked www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery
The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/7) A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fig. 1 Circadian period of wheat cultivars is associated with senescence and grain nutrition.
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University of Melbourne @unimelb.edu.au · 16/09/2025
Hello 👋 We're the official #UniMelb account! Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙
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Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) @asps-oz.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
[Reminder] ASPS social media update: X account being phased out, Facebook shutting down. Follow us on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/australia...) and BlueSky for plant science news and community updates. #PlantScience #SocialMediaUpdate
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This would be amazing for collaboration with Europe. But ‘started exploratory talks for possible association’ does not instil confidence 😶
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Well done to @franciskuang.bsky.social on delivering his PhD Completion Seminar today. A fantastic talk on a great project spanning biochemistry 🧪 and plant science 🌱
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Anthony Hall @ajwhall.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
It's great to see you PHD takeoff and what a way to fly, read @c-reynoldsuk.bsky.social first paper from his PHD www.nature.com/articles/s41... It is also a nice collaboration with Ant Dodd at the JIC @antdodd.bsky.social @nrpdtp.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
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Machine learning models highlight environmental and genetic factors associated with the Arabidopsis circadian clock - Nature Communications
The authors introduce ChronoGauge as a machine learning model which can estimate a plant’s internal circadian time using gene expression. This can be used to compare the circadian clock across differe...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Nine years ago today...
Front page of the NYT announcing Hillary Clinton accepting the nomination of the Democratic Party for President
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
5. Then you get other people saying (in fact this theme now dominates discussions): "Look at my regenerative farming model. It's conserving soil and killing less wildlife." Great. But your yields have fallen by 75%. So either someone else must intensify or more land must be used to grow food.
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Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Cool 🌱
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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Circadian rhythms -24h internal clocks- regulate nearly all biological processes This review traces -history -molecular basis -tissue-specific roles -and potential for boosting crop resilience in a changing climate. ✍️Stacey Harmer @ucdavis.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70275
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The time machine: feedback loops, post‐transcriptional regulation, and environmental integration in the plant circadian oscillator
The plant circadian oscillator orchestrates daily and seasonal rhythms in key traits, such as growth, flowering, dormancy, and stress responses. This review summarizes current insights into the trans...
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Super Decibel scales.
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Philippa Borrill @philippaborrill.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Our latest work found that homoeolog expression bias is inherited for ~26% of triads in wheat. Intriguingly we found that new patterns of homoeolog expression bias are more frequent when one of the parents is a landrace. Read more in Genome Biology: rdcu.be/eokf2 @johninnescentre.bsky.social
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Rapid reprogramming and stabilization of homoeolog expression bias in hexaploid wheat biparental populations
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Joanna Melonek @jmelonek.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
📣The Melonek lab is hiring! We have two post doc positions @scienceanu.bsky.social in beautiful Canberra. 🦘 Are you interested in plant RNA-binding proteins, mitochondria & hybrid crops? 🌱🌾Apply now! More info: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/search 🔬 Position 559075 🔬 559070 🗓️ Application deadline: 18 June🍀
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: Academic Level A Salary package: $85,010 - $106,702 per annum plus 17% superannuationTerm: Full time, Fixed Term (up to 24 months) The Position This is a key role in the newly establi...
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Emilie Knight @emilieknight.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Pleased to have finally got this method to work in wheat! Find out how you can identify direct targets of transcription factors in wheat using protoplasts and the TARGET method: dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro... A very useful method for our group to use! borrilllab.com
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Adaptive Evolution Lab @adaevo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne is recruiting a female-identifying genomicist in a teaching and research academic role. Come and work with us! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/92007...
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Details : Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Genomics : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
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Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) @asps-oz.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
🌿 SAVE THE DATE: ASPS Conference 2025! Join us 24-27 November at Flinders University, South Australia! Registration opens in June. Stay tuned for program details and abstract submission information. www.asps.org.au/asps25 #ASPS2025 #PlantScience #Conference
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 29/04/2025
Membrane-permeable trehalose 6-phosphate precursor spray increases wheat yields in field trials - @rothamsted.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @rosfrankinst.bsky.social go.nature.com/4lQs4nC
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Membrane-permeable trehalose 6-phosphate precursor spray increases wheat yields in field trials - Nature Biotechnology
A sunlight-activated chemical spray increases wheat yield in field trials across rainfall conditions.
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Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) @asps-oz.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Hi Bluesky 👋 ! The Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) promotes #PlantScience in Australia, and provides professional contact within our community. Tag us using #plants #ozplants
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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 11/04/2025
📣We're hiring 2 postdocs @ MSU! Help us share widely 🙏 Rhee Lab – high-throughput screens + multi-omics 🔗: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... Skirycz Lab – small-molecule discovery + metabolomics 🔗: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... Join the global C-SPIRIT team! 🌿 #Postdoc #PlantScience #CSPIRIT
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Lucas Auroux @aurouxlucas.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Save the date for the 2025 ASPS conference! @asps-oz.bsky.social
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Katherine Helliwell @kehelliwell.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
📢Excited to share TWO ERC-funded postdoc positions!🧪Are you passionate about molecular mechanisms and marine microbial interactions?🌊🔬Join us in dissecting antagonistic diatom-bacteria interactions, by the sea! tiny.cc/xlfe001 @thembauk.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social Please msg to hear more!
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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
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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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