Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yalin Liu presenting her PhD research at #Combio2026 @asps-oz.bsky.social 060
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Very 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… 0185
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Keely Brown @keelybrownphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Very excited to announce that this month I'll be starting my research lab in plant evolutionary genetics at the @unimelb.edu.au 🥳 75210
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Chris Buckley @cbuckley.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I'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...academic.oup.comA noncoding SNP in ELF3 alters ELF3β expression and confers adaptation of Arabidopsis to a continental climateA naturally occurring variant in the Arabidopsis core clock gene EARLY FLOWERING 3 alters temperature responsiveness and has been selected for in regions o 33216
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Gerben van Ooijen @vanooijenlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026It is very satisfying to see this published, after over a decade of work!nature.comIntracellular potassium levels orchestrate circadian rhythmicity and cell division - Nature CommunicationsCircadian 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 ... 044
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Our 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...nature.comThe Bacillus subtilis circadian clock coordinates intricate spatiotemporal organisation - Nature CommunicationsThe 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... 2159
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Scott Boden @scottboden.bsky.social · 18/06/2026We’re excited to share out wheat spatial transcriptomics paper, published today in Science Advances - url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/zvF1C0YKzm...url.au.m.mimecastprotect.comSpatial transcriptomics identifies distinct domains regulating yield-component traits of the wheat earMapping gene activity in the wheat ear reveals domains that regulate spikelet number and yield potential. 31710
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰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 032
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Alex Webb Lab @alexwebblab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Excellent. Circadian resonance increases lettuce yield academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-... #PlantScience #Plants #Circadian #Chronocultureacademic.oup.comMatching Circadian Rhythms to Light-Dark Cycles Increases Lettuce Yield by 29% in Vertical Farms Without Additional Energy InputAbstract. Most cultivated lettuce varieties have 27-hour circadian clocks resulting from domestication-driven selection for delayed bolting yet are grown u 1144
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Really great session this morning on microbial circadian clocks. So much good science! #SRBR2026 1152
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰MichaelMcMurray lab @mcmurraylab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Doing 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 5262106
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰James Lloyd 🧬 @jamespblloyd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026People 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 12812
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Andrew Beale @drbatmo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Since 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 lookscience.orgA cellular basis for the mammalian nocturnal-diurnal switchEarly mammals were nocturnal while dinosaurs dominated the daytime. Mammalian transition to daytime activity accelerated after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, but the underlying mechanisms remain... 76825
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Announcing 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/g3GZSRT8lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 014
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Redox-controlled dimerisation regulates ethylene biosynthesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 001
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 27/10/2025A new preprint from the lab by @cbuckley.bsky.social in collab with @adaevo.bsky.social #plantsci #circadian 🌱 ⏰ 191
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025This is an excellent opportunity. It was a fun and informative experience for me a few years ago. 021
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025I’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....doi.orgA circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheatCircadian 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... 1139
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025The ELF3-D1 delation is an early maturing genotype in elite wheat cultivars, so there are important implications for growers and breeders. Through #chronoculture, there is an opportunity for fundamental circadian biology to boost agriculture in future climates. 7/7 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgChronoculture, harnessing the circadian clock to improve crop yield and sustainabilitySunlight drives agriculture, and plant circadian rhythms tune the plant's response to daily light-dark cycles. Steed et al. discuss how agricultural productivity might be improved by consideration of ... 020
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025The phenotypes of the MLGs and the GRN from the transcriptomes prompted us to examine these traits in NILs of an ELF3-D1 deletion mutant. We found that the deletion lines had earlier senescence and lower grain protein content. 6/7 100
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025With help from collaborators at CSIRO, we looked at patterns of genetic variation in circadian clock genes in >200 Australian wheat cultivar genomes to cluster circadian multilocus genotypes (MLGs) and then phenotyped representative cultivars for circadian period and timing of senescence. 5/7 100
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025We then compared the circadian transcriptomes of mature and senescent wheat leaves. This indicated an overall quickening of the clock, but also a reshaping of the circadian network, and surprisingly to us, an increased number of rhythmic transcripts in senescent leaves. 4/7 100
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025We found significant variation in circadian period which correlated with timing of leaf senescence. Wheat cultivars with faster clocks senesced earlier. 3/7 100
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025We were interested to know the extent of circadian rhythm variation in Australian wheat cultivars, and what impact it might have on agricultural traits. The trait we chose was timing of leaf senescence, because it affects grain nutrient content. 2/7 100
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025I’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....doi.orgA circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheatCircadian 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... 1139
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Thanks, Geoff. Once we know the loci, it should be straightforward. We already know a couple, but we’re now looking for more… 000
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...pursuit.unimelb.edu.auThe time is ripe for chronocultureA better understanding of circadian rhythms in crop plants can help improve agricultural production, say University of Melbourne experts 196
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰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 053
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 09/10/2025My HPLC was definitely overlooked www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comPrizes must recognize machine contributions to discoveryThe future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality. 1929957
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰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/... 1117
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰University of Melbourne @unimelb.edu.au · 16/09/2025Hello 👋 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 💙 2369
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰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 #SocialMediaUpdatelinkedin.com 043
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 11/09/2025This would be amazing for collaboration with Europe. But ‘started exploratory talks for possible association’ does not instil confidence 😶 050
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Well done to @franciskuang.bsky.social on delivering his PhD Completion Seminar today. A fantastic talk on a great project spanning biochemistry 🧪 and plant science 🌱 031
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Anthony Hall @ajwhall.bsky.social · 06/08/2025It'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.socialnature.comMachine learning models highlight environmental and genetic factors associated with the Arabidopsis circadian clock - Nature CommunicationsThe 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... 0136
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Nine years ago today... 1415523
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/07/20255. 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. 318420
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 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.70275doi.orgThe time machine: feedback loops, post‐transcriptional regulation, and environmental integration in the plant circadian oscillatorThe 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... 053
Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 23/06/2025A good quality pressure cooker and an induction hob 010
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Super Decibel scales. 523496
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰Philippa Borrill @philippaborrill.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Our 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.socialrdcu.beRapid reprogramming and stabilization of homoeolog expression bias in hexaploid wheat biparental populations 1104