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Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Just a short stay in Dublin (June, 2026). An absolute delight to finally meet @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social in person and thanks for the tour of plant growth/cell culture facilities at UCD. Research is a small world (plants especially) -- You never know who you'll meet via social media. ☘️🌾☕️🍺

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Image of a full pint of Guinness Beer in a typical Dublin pub (Cleary's, near Connolly station).

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Two PhD positions available to work with me on the GREEN CELL FACTORY (Advancing Plant Cell Biotechnology for Sustainable Production of High-Value Metabolites). Details below. Application deadlines are 7th June 2026 (PhD1_cell bio), 31st August (PhD2_bioinf)

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the new Green Cell Factory project at UCD. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone interested in plant cell biology and biotechnology. Application deadline: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 2 June 2026. Link below…

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Silvia Manrique @tank-silvia.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The smell of lentisk/mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) in the forest during summers. Actually, as a child, I was not aware that it was specifically this plant that produced this perfume. Now, as a plant scientist, I got to study P. lentiscus, and its smell always brings me inmediate childhood memories 💚.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Motivation for plant-related career? I was fascinated first, then I discovered that I was good at the bench, and it all fell into place. The fact that plants feed the world has always added to my motivation, which is anyway rooted into my curiosity.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Motivation for plant-related career? I'm biologist and I always had i kind of inclination to life matters. The plant world was a serendipity in my way.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Motivation for plant-related career? I became fascinated by ecology and was inspired by my lecturers at University.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Any other thoughts on the topic (of becoming a botanist) you would like to share? 😔 Plants are the basis of every terrestrial ecosystem, including humans. We desperately need more people, training and jobs for them. I watch as plant departments around the world are closed down with despair

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Today, given such a background, I would become something horrendously uninspiring – an estate agent or similar! It's all very well you asking about motivation (always a strength of mine), but it's pointless without you also considering opportunity (or lack thereof

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

So, in summary, I followed an 'education pathway' that was far from normal. Since then, such unusual routes have been closed off as financially untenable, and in any case, the cost of a full education today would have been way beyond the means of myself or my family.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Motivation for choosing botany-related education? My father left school at 14 and my (more intellectual) mother at 18, and I was born in a council house, so there was little expectation that I would explore tertiary education.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

What a fantastic story...

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Motivation for choosing a botany-related education pathway: "𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 (𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙢, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙪𝙢). 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Friends, followers, plant lovers: what is your favourite plant-related memory or moment?

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Can you share you favourite plant-related memory? "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙖𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖."

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Plants, People, Planet @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Inspiring the next generation of plant scientists: What we learned from 421 plant biologists @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social and Rainer Melzer nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @plantmemories.bsky.social @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social #PlantScience

Strategies for promoting the uptake of plant biology as an education and career pathway supported by the survey of 421 plant biologists carried out.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Motivation for choosing botany-related education: i love the outdoors. I loved nature. I became a botanist NOT because I didn't like dissection of animals (I don't mind at all), but because I really found plants and all their diversity personally impressive

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Favourite plant memory: "𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙮𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Reason for a plant-related career: "𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Favourite plant memory: "𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 - 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙄 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙖𝙩."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Motivation for choosing a botany-related education pathway: 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣.

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Why botany? "𝙈𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣. 𝘼𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙄 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚."

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Our paper is out now in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social! Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... We will start sharing plant memories from our survey! Watch this space. #plantsci

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Plant memories @plantmemories.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Favourite plant related memory: 𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣.

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Most wholesome paper I have ever worked on. Made me feel awesome about being part of this community.

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Community view on how plant science education should look like - I feel privileged about being able to make a small contribution. I think a lot of good ideas in this work!!!

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Few weeks with wisteria. Deep inhale!

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

But the queen is the one beside O’Reilly Hall.

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Şuayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I will post this again, cause it is important more than ever: #Inclusion,#diversity& #equality have also become integral in academia.It has deeply impacted my life.I have felt (still feel) the weight of not fitting in & feeling misunderstood @academic-chatter.bsky.social #AcademicChatter #DEI 🧵(1/6)

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Temperatures that switch on plant programmed cell death are now reality. In our new viewpoint article @newphyt.bsky.social, we propose that studying the heat induced mortality at cellular level can contribute to strategies for heat stress mitigation. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Beat the heat: need for research studying plant cell death induced by extreme temperatures

Extreme temperatures surpassing 45°C can cause widespread plant damage and mortality, with severe consequences for ecosystem health, agricultural productivity, and urban greenery, thus negatively imp...

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Tara Dirilgen @taradirilgen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Thanks @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social & Lorna Donlan for sharing your experience of working together combining #science and #art. "Beyond the green backdrop: Exploring the plant-human connection through art" www.ucd.ie/earth/events... #meaningfulcollabs #tapestry #collaborativeweaving #plants

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27 February coffee morning

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Think about research from your discipline that later was awarded a Noble Prize. Would it be funded in 2025 in the country/region you’re based in?

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

My son made a nest at school 🪹 🪺

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adamdkane.bsky.social @adamdkane.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Join us! We're hiring an assistant Professor of Ecosystem Restoration. UCD School of Biology & Env. Science. More details here: tinyurl.com/mp9snwtb @ucdscience.bsky.social

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Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Restoration - UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Excellent read on value of botanical gardens. Plant species at risk and gardens running out of capacity. “My fear is that we could lose that diversity before we understand its value to human society.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘The risk of extinction is accelerating’: world’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out

University of Cambridge research suggests living collections have collectively reached peak capacity

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