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Lars Østergaard

@larsostergaard.bsky.social
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Geneticist with particular interest in plant reproductive development

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/09/2026
🇬🇱 Qujanaq!
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/09/2026
Europe’s northern neighbourhood
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Lars Østergaard @larsostergaard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Great honour to present this new twist on the ETT-auxin relationship www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2612105123 As always, a wonderful collaboration with @yang-brassicaceae.bsky.social and colleagues, especially the brilliant @jeonghwan-ibcas.bsky.social
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/08/2026
Europe always chooses science and partnership. Japan too. Japan is now officially associated with Horizon Europe. This means Japanese researchers and organisations can take part in the world's largest public research and innovation programme. Let's break new frontiers together.
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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Final few days to register for #Auxin2026! ⏰ Registration closes 1st Aug! ⏰ 👉 auxin2026.info #plantscience
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Lars Østergaard @larsostergaard.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
With an intense end if term, I caught this a little late. I’m no less excited, however, by a decision that will benefit people and planet. Finally! www.eu-sage.eu/index.php/no...
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
With new law, European Union can more quickly greenlight gene-edited crops www.science.org/content/arti...
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With new law, European Union can more quickly greenlight gene-edited crops
Final political hurdle overcome, easing regulation of certain modified plants
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Yang Dong @yang-brassicaceae.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Fruit shape tells a story of angiosperm evolution. See our latest paper in @natcomms.nature.com, see how cell division and growth are precisely coordinated to form the heart-shaped fruit of Capsella. @larsostergaard.bsky.social @matmajda.bsky.social @sicardadrien.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Lars Østergaard @larsostergaard.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Watch this excellent introduction to @biology.ox.ac.uk It captures exactly what we're about: Working together to understand how life works and overcome global challenges: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXjU...
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Driving discovery, enabling change | Oxford Biology
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Francesco Licausi @syno2xis.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It's finally out! With this new paper, Salma and Monica show that hypoxia-regulated ERFVIIs are not immediately destabilised during reoxygenation: they instead persist in the nucleus to control oxidative stress genes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tony Jackson @jacksont0ny.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I’m sharing a shot of the brilliant world-city I inhabit, and its people, on as many days of 2026 as possible. No shoes; Elizabeth Line platform #London #lovelondon #streetphotography
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Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso @yoselin.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Apply before April 23rd to join us as Associate Professor at Leeds jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Associate Professor of Plant Science
Associate Professor of Plant Science Salary: Grade 9 (£61,759 - £73,708 p.a, depending on experience)This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for elements of the job to be undertak...
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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
🎯🌾 DARWIN REVIEW 🌾🎯 Schreier et al. list gene targets and propose genetic strategies to begin engineering enhanced plasmodesmata-mediated cell-to-cell connectivity in crops, aiming to increase yield and improve climate resilience. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 2 (shortened, full legend in paper): Plasmodesmata at different cell interfaces in C4 monocot leaves. (A) In contrast to C4 eudicots, C4 monocots can be one or combination of either NADP-ME, NAD-ME, and/or PCK subtype depending on the decarboxylation enzyme present in the bundle sheath (BS). Confocal micrographs (leftmost panel) were obtained using an excitation wavelength at 633 nm and dual emission wavelengths at 650–720 nm (magenta for Photosystem II) and 720–800 nm (blue for Photosystem I) to visualize chloroplasts. Note that BS cells of C4 NADP-ME and C4 PCK leaves have agranal chloroplasts (see second panel from left) thus appear pseudo-blue under confocal microscope due to reduced Photosystem II content. The cell wall (green) was visualized at an excitation wavelength of 405 nm and an emission wavelength of 420–480 nm.
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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @magdalenoxford.bsky.social It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete, then Bishop of Winchester "Mrs Cass asked me to send you this with her love - also the Cromer one" If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
An old monochrome picture postcard showing medieval college buildings with tower and ivy covered walls. Handwritten on the foot of the card is "Mrs Cass asked me to send you this with her love - also the Cromer one"
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Francesco Licausi @syno2xis.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Our study led by the extraordinary multitasking Daai Zhang shows here (tinyurl.com/3uhbkh54) that an additional O2 sensing mechanism based on histone methylation helps roots to prepare for potentially lethal hypoxic stress (such as in waterlogging)
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 05/12/2025
Led by Professor Jane Langdale @biology.ox.ac.uk, the C4 Rice Project builds on decades of interdisciplinary research working to ensure global food security. Discover the incredible story of the multi-decade battle to make better rice ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3RY0vxzFpg
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Making Better Rice: The quest to feed the world by hacking plant evolution
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Lars Østergaard @larsostergaard.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Join us for a PhD in Oxford to decipher how a genetic-hormonal pas de deux drives pea pod growth and development. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Sustainable food production through insight to genetic and hormonal interactions during pea pod development (LO01) at University of Oxford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Sustainable food production through insight to genetic and hormonal interactions during pea pod development (LO01) at University of Oxford, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
📢 #LegumeGeneration is heading to Edinburgh🇬🇧 for #Euroseeds2025! 🌱 From 19–22 Oct, the Congress will bring 3 days of insights on key issues for the seed sector plus a vibrant exhibition & trade. 🔜 Stay tuned for updates from Scotland! #legumebreeding @EuroseedsEU
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 15/10/2025
NEW: The Life and Mind Building is now open 🎉 Home to @biology.ox.ac.uk, @oxexppsy.bsky.social and @ineosoxford.bsky.social, the building will bring together 1,400+ researchers and students to tackle global challenges – from mental health to climate change. [1/7]
Exterior view of the Life and Mind building
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/09/2025
Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’
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Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’
New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023 Governments around the world are ramping up coal, gas and oil extraction which will put climate goals beyond reach, new data has shown. Far from reducing reliance on fossil fuels, nations are planning higher levels of fossil fuel production for the coming decades than they did in 2023, the last time comparable data was compiled. Continue reading...
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Sustainability @sustainableplanet.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Some great Principles ♻️ 🌎 #sustainability #recycle #rethink #refuse #reduce #reuse #refurbish #repair #repurpose #sustainable #sustainableliving #green #waste #pollution #renewables #plastic #environmental #change #sustain
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Lotus Lofgren @lotuslofgren.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049
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Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Rosa @rosalindanne.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I am 76 & I have had most of these vaccinations at one time or another. Also vaccinations against Covid, Tetanus, plus Cholera & Yellow Fever when travelling in foreign countries. These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!
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Sustainability @sustainableplanet.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍 #janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Lars Østergaard @larsostergaard.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
👉 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Join us and be part of shaping the future of #plantscience at Oxford as we move to the new Life and Mind Building lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/home (recognised for its potential to change the World edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...) @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
📢 To all molecular mossers 📢 The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute: Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr... 🗓️ Closes 25 August Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in... 🗓️ Closes 5 September
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
GROUP LEADER VACANCY JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences. If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply. 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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EPS Graduate School @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🌱 Passionate About Plant Development? Join the "Summer School", a dynamic three-day intensive program tailored for enthusiastic PhD students and postdocs eager to deepen their understanding of plant developmental biology. Register here: www.graduateschool-eps.info/events/eps-s...
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Come join us in Wageningen for awesome plant developmental biology!!!
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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Matyas Fendyrch introduces his auxin work #ICAR2025 A reminder AAB are organising Auxin2026 and the logo design competition is OPEN…. a free registration for the successful designer! 🤩 @diorkelley.bsky.social @larsostergaard.bsky.social auxin2026.info
Auxin logo competition advert
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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Our second logo design competition of the week is now live! 🌱Auxin-artistes: Enter a logo for #Auxin2026 and the winner will receive free registration for our conference in Portugal next October! 🗓️Submission deadline: 15th July > auxin2026.info #plantscience #sciart
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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 20/05/2025
We are delighted that Professor Philip Poole has been elected as a Fellow of @royalsociety.org! Phil’s work focuses on the rhizosphere – a nutrient-rich area which is key in plant productivity – and how bacteria establish symbiotic interactions with plants 👇 bit.ly/3H3LvJJ
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Professor Philip Poole elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
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Ulrich Hammes @uhammes.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Finally out… „Transport of phenoxyacetic acid herbicides by PIN-FORMED auxin transporters“ www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A collaboration between my group and @bjornppedersen.bsky.social led by the magic duo @lukas-schulz.bsky.social and @unglam.bsky.social
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Transport of phenoxyacetic acid herbicides by PIN-FORMED auxin transporters - Nature Plants
PIN transporters are key players in distributing phenoxyacetic acid herbicides. Mutagenesis and cryo-EM structures elucidate substrate specificity and transport mechanisms, paving the way for improved...
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Leonie Luginbuehl @lluginbuehl.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Join our group (www.luginbuehllab.com) at @camplantsci.bsky.social! Are you excited about mycorrhiza, (single-cell) transcriptomics, carbon physiology, and the model crop rice? We have a 2-year postdoc position available, starting ASAP. Closing date 23rd May 2025! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/
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Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
#LegumeGenerationCrops 🤔How can the breeding of lupins in Europe🇪🇺 be advanced? Learn in the visual below 👇 ℹ️ legumehub.eu @LegumeHubEU #lupins #innovation #research #legumes #plantbreeding
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.” A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
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Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate
Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...
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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
How better to spend an afternoon?
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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Join the GMI as a Junior Group Leader! The GMI is seeking a talented scientist to lead an independent research group, addressing fundamental questions in molecular plant biology. More information is below.
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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2025 International Plant Growth Substance Association (IPGSA) @ipgsa2025.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
IPGSA 2025 is going on in BEAUTIFUL Fort Collins, Colorado, from June 29th to July 3rd. EARLY REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION deadlines due April 15th! 54 talks chosen from abstracts and 22 Travel Awards to USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. Register and apply for awards NOW. 🌱 #plantscience
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The Global Plant Council @globalplantgpc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Rubisco enzyme is responsible for capturing CO2 from the atmosphere, crucial for photosynthesis. Recent research has mapped mutant Rubisco molecules which could revolutionize plant CO2 assimilation & adapt to future climates buff.ly/7Ms2OZt v @innovativegenomics.bsky.social #PlantScience #Science
Image: Activated and unliganded RuBisCO protein from Spinach. Credit: Taylor, T.C., Andersson, I./ Wikimedia Commons
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position. Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Wikipedia image of Major General (Ret.) Charles C. RogersDefense.gov google return: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers Defense.gov
404 - Page Not Foundhttps://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/
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Raphael Ofner @raphael-ofner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Remarkable climate news from Germany! Conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) agreed in principle with the Green Party on plans for a massive increase in state borrowing for infrastructure and military. The Greens secured a €100 billion fund for climate and economic transformation.
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Germany: Parties agree on historic debt deal – DW – 03/14/2025
The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing.
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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Welcome to our Bluesky community! 🔬 We're excited to share our knowledge on legumes and their use as feed and food products in Europe and bring together researchers, scientists, and enthusiasts to spark discussions, and collaborate in this open and engaging space. 🌱🌍 #ScienceCommunity #Legumes
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Sue Massa @smassa.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The Eiffel Tower lights up in support of Ukraine.
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Lars Østergaard @larsostergaard.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Just back from an amazing UK #Legume Research Community (www.uklrc.org) annual conference at Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social Thanks to Caspar Chater @casparchater.bsky.social for organising such a successful event! Can’t wait for this vibrant and important community to get together again next year.
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Rebecca Mosher @rm0sher.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Just a week left to apply for this postdoc position in my lab in Oxford.
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
"Auxin2026" More details: web.cvent.com/event/81f0e85c-4539-4… #Events
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