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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 06/06/2026

Vitrification ❄️🧊 is still a real bottleneck for #TeamTomo. Nice to see this initiative, and I hope some clever new developments are enabled by it 🧪

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Teosinte alleles enhance nitrogen assimilation and seed protein in maize From: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience Preserving, sequencing, and studying wild relatives of crops still very informative and powerful today.

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Teosinte alleles enhance nitrogen assimilation and seed protein in maize - Nature

Teosinte alleles enhance nitrogen assimilation and seed protein without lowering crop yield when expressed in modern maize, providing a powerful strategy for crop improvement to meet future population...

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Alan Dreams of Candy Corn @alans9.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Also, this was the whole scene. Wray weather doing Wray weather things. (Pano view so definitely click to embiggen this as well)

Over a high plains prairie, a long shelf cloud has a spinning vortex, rising updraft and a lower scud (non-tornado) cloud in front of green-grey hail clouds. The light around the clouds is just unreal. Dust rises from the wind in front of the storm.

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

So proud to share our latest publication @CellCellPress! Yue Rui reveals that the same enzyme that makes the wall, cellulose synthase complex (CESA), also tethers the plasma membrane to the wall during water-deficit stress, providing resilience. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This spring I took over and redesigned the only Gen Ed on plants here #IB103. We walked through every core aspect of plant bio in lectures & labs, but also through art & design. I had a blast, the evaluations are rewarding (4.9/5), the redesign got an award from the college, and a little press too!

screenshots of the press coverage from the siebel center for design. The link to the article will be in the comment

a pic of me yapping at the design center

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Excited 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...

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

New Teaching Tool! blog.aspb.org/new-teaching... Check out the latest unit in the Teaching Tools in Plant Biology series, “Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections: Opportunities and Challenges,” by M. Deglialberti, C. Paleni, F. Fainelli, C. Lambertini, & Silvia Manrique. @tank-silvia.bsky.social

A slide from the Teaching Tool. What are botanical collections?
Types of collections. Herbaria, Living Collections, Seed, pollen, and spore banks; DNA and tissue banks; Palnological collections, Digital Collections, Ethnobotanical collections.

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This is great! Last week at @instmolplantsci.bsky.social I was asked what lessons about plants I wish were covered in schools, and my response was "Developmental Plasticity" 🌱 We still have so much to learn about and from plants, and this short video is a good one to share with your educator pals!

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North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This would deal another major blow to science exchange in the U.S. When the comment period opens, please speak out AGAINST this proposal that will affect visitors in the U.S. Visa waiver program that want to make short visits to the U.S., eg for a conference! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

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U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

From the Science Communication Lab: a new mini documentary highlighting my lab’s work on roots and their environmental responses! Beautiful videography helps to communicate the wonder of this hidden world of plants below our feet. youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...

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The Hidden World of Plant Roots with Stanford Biologist José R. Dinneny

YouTube video by Science Communication Lab

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Martin Jonikas @mjonikas.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Algal pyrenoids—condensates that mediate ~1/3 of Earth’s CO2 fixation—change size and number as cells divide. Our data suggest a simple control mechanism: a kinase that continuously ejects material from the condensate! ☀️🌍🔬💧 #Biophysics #Photosynthesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

University admin & faculty- read this and consider what your core beliefs are- are they: free expression, rewarding merit, and inclusion?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10/10/2025

MIT President Sally Kornbluth just issued a statement to the campus community saying NO to Trump’s authoritarian compact “And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”

Dear Madam Secretary,
I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters.
I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education.
As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples:
• MIT prides itself on rewarding merit.
Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute
was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.

• MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available
to any American with an internet
connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly
10%.
• We value free expression, as clearly described in the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. We must hear facts and opinions we don't like - and engage respectfully with those with whom we disagree.

These values and other MIT practices meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent. We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission - work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health and security of the United States. And of course, MIT abides by the law.
The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific
funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
In our view, America's leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that tree marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences.
Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.

As you know, MIT's record of service to the nation is long and enduring. Eight decades ago, MIT leaders helped invent a scientific partnership between America's research universities and the
U.S. government that has delivered extraordinary benefits for the American people.
We continue to believe in the power of this partnership to serve the nation.
Sincerely,
Sally Kornbluth
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Ms. May Mailman
Mr. Vincent Haley

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Mens et manus! Thanks for standing up to bullies, MIT!

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Compelling and quite disturbing...

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Cris Argueso @cargueso.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I attended a really inspiring talk by Jose Dinneny today as the Thornton-Massa speaker at Colorado State University. His vision for the future of agriculture with synthetic biology was really thought-provoking. It’s great to learn AND get inspired! @josedinneny.bsky.social @csuagbio.bsky.social

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail. 1/14

August 22, 2025

Dear Director Bhattacharya:

I write to you regarding your plans after the Supreme Court ruling yesterday. As you know, the Supreme Court did allow a stay on the required grant reinstatements based on a controversial jurisdictional issue but also found that the grant termination processes used were likely illegal.

I know you are deeply concerned about public trust in NIH. I hope that you understand that proceeding to fail to reinstate or to re-terminate grants that had been found to have been illegally terminated will not increase the public trust in NIH. This would also be substantially damaging to science.

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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Catching some falling stars

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 05/08/2025

Final Program announced for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA).: tinyurl.com/2cfa8keo

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

“For decades we have known that our burning of fossil fuels is the chief driver of the current global warming. Gutting today’s climate research won’t change that” Donald Trump’s war on climate science has staggering implications 🧪 economist.com/by-invitatio... from The Economist

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Donald Trump’s war on climate science has staggering implications

Even a policy of “drill, baby, drill” would imply more climate research, not its evisceration, says Ralph Keeling

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Cellulose Synthase Complex and Remorin Nanodomains Mediate Stress Resilience Through Cell Wall-Plasma Membrane Attachments www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I didn't know what personate flowers are until I heard about @trinitydepatie.bsky.social's Penstemons. My conclusion is that these cute little flowers in fact dial up discrimination to max, and they make the entrance of their corolla tube sooo occluded that only the most buffed bees can enter. 👀🧪

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Plant Science @plantscience.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

This includes a Director position at one of the world's leading #PlantScience institutes, the @mpipz.bsky.social.

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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

New group leader opportunity at @johninnescentre.bsky.social! We're looking for interests in (but not limited to) growth and development, environmental / organismal interactions, physiology, signalling, quantitative cell biology, biochemical and modelling approaches. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

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Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.

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Juan Alonso-Serra @jalonsos.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Excited to share our improved paper now in @NatureComms We found that growth-induced water potentials shape the pattern of water fluxes in shoot meristems, aiding boundary formation. rdcu.be/dQPWq

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Very proud to share our latest preprint: postdoc/LRSF fellow Yue Rui studies the mechanisms regulating attachment of the cell wall to the plasma membrane. The Cellulose Synthase Complex and REMORINs determine the extent of attachment and root osmotic stress tolerance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The last day for applications is July 13th! To Apply to the GRC: lnkd.in/gvkMxuKR Meet The Speakers of the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference! To Learn More About Dr. Dinneny's Research: dinnenylab.me @josedinneny.bsky.social

Promotional image for the "Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference" focusing on meeting the speakers. This promo includes an image of Dr. Jose Dinneny from Stanford University with a short bio on Dr. Dinneny.

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The Stanford Biology Preview Program @stanfordbpp.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Applying to Biology PhD programs this year? Let us help! At BPP, we aim to support students from all backgrounds through the grad school application process. Learn more about grad student life and receive 1-on-1 feedback on your application materials! Apply here: forms.gle/EvTyUWXFMRSL...

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The 500 additional GRFPs NSF awarded were not very evenly distributed across fields, it seems. www.science.org/content/arti...

Plot showing skewed distribution toward comp science and applied physics

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy. They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.

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National Science Foundation Staff Booted From Headquarters - Eos

Staff at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were notified on 25 June that the agency’s office space, located in Alexandria, Va., will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development (H...

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Supporting mothers and fathers to have healthy families is a responsibility of every nation. ‘Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

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Opinion | ‘Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label’

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Congratulations to @jennbrophy.bsky.social for being a Freeman Hrabowski scholar! The “build-to-learn” approach her group is using promises to enable discoveries with impact for plant science. www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

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The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI

Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.

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Ulrike Bechtold @ubechtold.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I am happy to see exciting this collaboration between the Sadanandom lab (DU) and Bennett lab (UoN) finally published! Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses

Reactive oxygen species function as key signals in plant adaptation to environmental stresses like drought. Roots respond to transient water unavailability by temporarily ceasing branching through the...

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Interviews with @ardemp.bskyverified.social and others on the impact of Trump’s takedown of science in the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

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The U.S. Lit a Beacon for Science. Under Trump, Scientists Fear It’s Dimming

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Beautiful tribute to Joanne Chory on @scifri.bsky.social! www.sciencefriday.com/segments/be-...

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I was honored to speak at @stanfordaaup.bsky.social's Rally to Defend Education and Research last Friday (May 30). You can watch my speech here: youtu.be/WLyH9JM8CF8 Grateful to Matt Schlege (‪@climatto.bsky.social‬) for sharing it on his channel. @aaup.bsky.social

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Stanford Assistant Professor Hakeem Jefferson on the Need for Courage and Clarity

YouTube video by Fridays For Future Palo Alto

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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

We have a unique opportunity for a junior researcher, PhD student or postdoc, to use a revolutionary technique for mineral nutrient imaging and tracing in plants. Please re-post! Interested candidates should apply through the portal at the link below: career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...

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Career Opportunities: Postdoc or PhD student position in Plant Physiology (22260)

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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Super excited to release a huge evolution project on the works for many years: Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... All data available: www.grene-net.org/data #MOILAB @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @hhmi.org 🧵👇

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