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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈

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Plant molecular biologist at the Waite Research Institute. I post in my personal capacity. #PlantBiotech #GeneRegulation #SynBio #CellWall

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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
While amazing, I'm concerned about OpenAI's request to remove a competitor as co-author and the possibility that it used researchers' Codex runs as training data. How an AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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How an AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy
OpenAI spent millions to solve the Navier-Stokes problem, but who should get credit?
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This fig was planted by a bird in the nook of a China Berry's trunk. Every year, the council cuts it back, and every year it grows back again.
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I used to have a "Hussey fit" (it's a thing) about all the Australian invasive plants in South Africa. Faced with the inverse, however, it's difficult not to have a double standard. #Freesia #Spring
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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🔬🌱 TECHNICAL INNOVATION 🌱🔬 Rodríguez et al. present SuB3, a simple, fast, and inexpensive method to separate nuclear and cytoplasmic contents of plant cells to study where genes are active and how they are regulated. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 1.Schematic overview of the SuB3 protocol. The schematic shows the SuB3 workflow for obtaining total RNA and nuclear- and cytoplasmic-enriched fractions from ground tissue.
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Our new study on EgrARF10 documents the first evidence of a Class C Auxin Response Factor in wood formation, showing that its overexpression in poplar alters secondary cell wall chemistry without causing a growth penalty or other obvious morphological alterations. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Eucalyptus grandis Auxin Response Factor 10 (EgrARF10) is associated with the modulation of secondary xylem cell wall chemistry - Tree Genetics & Genomes
Auxin Response Factors (ARFs) are of vital importance in plant growth and vascular development. Class A ARFs are the core auxin-driven drivers of embryogenesis, vascular pattern development, (pro)camb...
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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 26/07/2026
New Article: "Non-native and invasive tree species are abundant in neotropical secondary forest but decline over time" rdcu.be/fvZt6 Decline of non-native trees suggests that native forest recovery can limit their abundance. #PlantScience
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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I assigned random gender/ethnicity labels to scientific abstracts from the literature and then asked Claude to do a thematic analysis. Claude identified a clinical versus computational split for female/male authors and a DEI focus for Black/URM authors. All in completely random data.
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We welcome you to contribute to this exciting new Frontiers Research Topic! Manuscript summaries are due 17 Sep 2026, manuscript submissions due Feb 2027🌿 #CAZymes #carbohydrates #cellwall #abioticstress #bioticstress @frontiersmedia.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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Frontiers | Integrated Roles of Carbohydrates and CAZymes in Plant Health, Stress Resilience and Microbial Interactions
Plant structural and non-structural carbohydrates are central to plant health, growth, development and yield. Under optimal conditions, structural carbohydra...
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Plant SynBio Australia launches Adelaide node
Plant SynBio Australia launches Adelaide node to accelerate biomanufacturing for agriculture and industry
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Pablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is why we love #CalciumSignaling Look how mechanical damage triggers long range Ca2+ waves in this plant !! By @annalisabellandi.bsky.social, who is now around here ;) Full www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org #microscopy #cell #mechanobiology 🧪🔬
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The main problem are the Scientists who continue to publish with such journals, using the lame cop-out that they need it to have a career. Nobody(!) needs a NatComs paper to have a career. They want the Nature logo on their paper to feed their ego. That's all. #scipub #scientificpublishing
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Ivan Radin @radinbio.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Moss (Physcomitrium patens) protoplasts (wallless cells) transformed with chloroplast envelope protein tagged with mGFP (green). The chlorophyll autofluorescence is in magenta. The protrusions of the chloroplast envelope are called stromules. #microscopymonday, #plantcells, #plantmicroscopy, #moss
Fluorescence microscopy image of a spherical cluster of chloroplasts, showing magenta-stained interiors surrounded by bright green outlines against a black background.
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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
🥦📈 RESEARCH 📈🥦 Inhibition of brassinosteroid biosynthesis in cauliflower reduces stem competition with the curd for resources and can increase crop yield – Hu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 10 (shortened, full legend in paper): A proposed model for how treatment with the brassinosteroid inhibitor propiconazole (PCZ) can reduce stem competition for resources with the curd in cauliflower and broccoli. Red arrows represent the flow of sucrose. Up-regulation is indicated in red and down-regulation is indicated in blue. Pink circles represent sucrose transporters, and the depth of stem color represents the degree of fibrosis. Compared with the control plant (A), spraying with PCZ during the rapid elongation period of the stem (B) results in high fiber levels and short stems at the budding stage, leading to a reduced demand for assimilates in the stem. Less sucrose (Suc) is allocated to the stem due to increased expression of SUC2 and SUC3. The combination of low sucrose synthase (SS) cleavage activity and low expression of Cellulose Synthase (CES) results in the inhibition of cellulose synthesis.
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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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Lewsey Lab @lewseylab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
New collaborative preprint out in which we use @10xgenomics.bsky.social Xenium to do some (a lot!) of plant spatial transcriptomics, led by Jim Whelan's team: "Mitochondrial Retrograde Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana: heterogenous, spatial and polarised aspects" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Kuba Sawicki @kubasawicki.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Tiny plant, giant genome! 🌱🧬 We’re excited to share the final version of our paper in @GigaScience: the first complete telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly of the liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia. Thanks @ncn.gov.pl Check out the full open-access study here: doi.org/10.1093/giga...
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Giant chromosomes of a tiny plant—the complete telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the simple thalloid liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia (Jungermanniopsida, Marchantiophyta)
AbstractBackground. The liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia, a dioicous, simple thalloid species, is notable for its cryptic diversity, habitat adaptability,
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/6) CLE peptides in plant biotic interactions nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fig. 1 CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION (CLE) in biotic plant interactions.
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Today I learned that the common houseplant Zamioculcas (the zz plant) is monocot w/ pinnately compound leaves. So called leaves are in fact leaflets. Unlike most species w/ compound leaves, the leaflets of zz plants are highly regenerative, from which whole plants can be readily regenerated.
A zz plant in a brown plot. The plant has waxy lush green leaves.
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
2023 to 2025 were the three hottest years on record.
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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 19/01/2026
New Brief Communication: "A CRISPR-based sequence proximity binding protein labelling system for scanning upstream regulatory proteins" rdcu.be/eZLUP CRISPR-based proximity labelling system to profile DNA-binding proteins such as PIF4 transcription factor .
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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 19/01/2026
New Article: "Esterified-pectin-coupled polar stiffening controls grass stomatal opening" rdcu.be/eZLT4 Esterified pectin localized at the stiff poles of maize stomata, modulating stomatal opening. Novel targets for stomatal engineering and higher water use efficiency.
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I haven't achieved 70% within target range in weeks! Hoping to keep it up this year #T1D #Dexcom
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Ryan Lister @ryanlister.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
We’re hiring 4 roles at UWA's Plant Synbio Innovation Centre: Facility Manager + 3 Postdocs (single-cell genomics/screening; molecular tools; construct prototyping). Apply by Jan 20 bit.ly/4qfoftG bit.ly/3MFgD59 bit.ly/4pFT6jf bit.ly/48VkgLw
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
A fully funded PhD position is available in my group to develop genome editing protocols in almond trees and to engineer self-fertility in self-incompatible varieties, starting early 2026. EOIs can be lodged on the Adelaide University website until 17 Nov 2025.
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A fully funded PhD position is available in my group to develop genome editing protocols in almond trees and to engineer self-fertility in self-incompatible varieties, starting early 2026. Expressions...
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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USDA Announces Deregulation of Orchid Developed Using Genetic Engineering | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
WASHINGTON, September 3, 2025—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is deregulating Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Limited (Ishihara) Phalaenopsis orc...
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Plant Synthetic Biology Australia at Adelaide University (PSBA-AU) is recruiting our first plant transformation technicians! 🌱🧪🧫🧬🔬 careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
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Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
What a treat to visit long-time @csiro.bsky.social Collaborator Dr Colleen MacMillan in Canberra and check out her team's "Pink Cotton Candy" dye-free cotton. Link: publications.csiro.au/publications...
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"The happiness of Mankind, the real salvation of the world must come about by every person in existence being taught to read and induced to think." #PalaceOfIntellect #Melbourne
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I just asked ChatGPT to summarise recent studies on a specific question. It provided a reference that I couldn't find. I queried the reference. It then told me that "upon review, [the reference] does not exist." We should NEVER use ChatGPT as a reliable source of information.
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
A few white cypress-pines (Callitris glaucophylla) clinging to life, and several that have not quite made it #Ikara-FlindersRangesNationalPark
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A view of the Murray River as I head over to the Yarra Valley for a Bioplatforms conference.
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Emilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I just lost two months of work.
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
One of the funniest ironies of anti-trans Musk's support for AfD, is that they assign three genders to inanimate objects.
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The Tired Scientist @thetiredscientist.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I love the humility of this accomplished researcher I recently looked up. Online profile: "I work as a researcher at [academic organisation]. Their actual position: Director of Research.
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Uromycladium rust galls
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Koalas and pristine bushland just 20 min from home - Belair National Park
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
You know we've taken a wrong turn when personal care manufacturers feel the need to mark water as an ingredient of natural origin
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Dean Nicolle @deannicolle1.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
New eucalypt just named! Eucalyptus sweedmaniana subsp. noongaring, from granite hills east of Esperance on the south coast of WA. - Photos of it in the wild from 2019 (it is now growing well at the arboretum). - The article describing it: florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/science/nuyt...
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Sergey Ovchinnikov @sokrypton.org · 22/11/2024
A few more letters... and we can finally write amino acid sequence with protein structure encoded by amino acid sequence? 🧬🤔😀 @chrisfrank662.bsky.social , Dominik Schiwietz, Lara Fuss, Hendrik Dietz www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Lewsey Lab @lewseylab.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Just out from the lab - PhD student (now pdoc) Lee's first cannabis epigenomics paper. More to come soon! doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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Characterization of the Cannabis sativa glandular trichome epigenome - BMC Plant Biology
Background The relationship between epigenomics and plant specialised metabolism remains largely unexplored despite the fundamental importance of epigenomics in gene regulation and, potentially, yield...
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Hey, anyone out there who has done DAP-seq? Have you adapted the protocol? Does amp-DAP-seq work better than with binding libraries that retains DNA methylation? Some of our collaborative work on DAP-seq-ML: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Functional investigation of five R2R3-MYB transcription factors associated with wood development in Eucalyptus using DAP-seq-ML - Plant Molecular Biology
A multi-tiered transcriptional network regulates xylem differentiation and secondary cell wall (SCW) formation in plants, with evidence of both conserved and lineage-specific SCW network architecture....
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A view of Government House and the parklands North of the Adelaide CBD from the beautiful Festival Tower.
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Steven Hussey, PhD 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @husseysg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Virgin skeet! I'm a plant molecular biologist interested in robust discussion, connection, dialogue and collaboration. I dabble in developmental and synthetic biology, genomics and epigenetics among others. Don't just follow me - talk to me!
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