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Matteo Dell'Acqua

@mdellacq.bsky.social
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Plant geneticist with an interest in agrobiodiversity 👀 for local adaptation in smallholder farming systems. Genomics, climate, participatory methods.

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Translational Plant Genomics group @tpg-sssa.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We’re thrilled to announce “FFWD-Plants”, a hands-on #seasonal #school on #agrobiodiversity and #quantitative #genetics organized by our group! 🌍 Pisa, Italy 📅 April 13–17, 2026 🎓 FREE (20 student) 🧬 Internationally experts in the field Application details: www.santannapisa.it/it/formazion...
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Translational Plant Genomics group @tpg-sssa.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
We had a lot of fun yesterday at #BrightNight2025 playing the game 'Bean Predators: An Evolution Game', designed to explain #evolutionary processes to kids 🫘🌱🐛
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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation by @michaelemann.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation
OPINION: “What Trump is really doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters. And making a mockery of our country as he does so,” Michael E. Mann writes.
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Translational Plant Genomics group @tpg-sssa.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
✨ Exciting week with researchers from #Kenya, #Ethiopia & #Palestine at our workshop “Breedtech”🌱 We’re diving into #genetics and #genomics tool, #agrobiodiversity & #environmental #DNA, learning and sharing ideas — and also enjoying the beauty of Pisa together! 🧬🌍
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 09/06/2025
Smallholder-maintained #cowpea varieties in Southern Africa hold valuable genetic traits for adapting to a changing climate, offering key insights for breeding resilient #crops and strengthening future food security.🌍 @mdellacq.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) landraces in Mozambique and neighbouring Southern African countries harbour genetic loci with potential for climate adaptation - Communications Biology
Smallholder-maintained cowpea varieties in Southern Africa hold valuable genetic traits for adapting to a changing climate, offering key insights for breeding resilient crops and strengthening future ...
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Matteo Dell'Acqua @mdellacq.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Greatly enjoying the Musk - Trump meltdown 🍿
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The Ultimate "Leopards Ate My Face" Rendition!
YouTube video by Franchesca Ramsey
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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A deficient CP24 allele defines variation for dynamic non-photochemical quenching and photosystem II efficiency in maize (John N Ferguson, Leonardo Caproni, Julia Walter, Katie Shaw, Lucia Arce-Cubas, et. al.) academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... #PlantScience
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I had to drive my parents 200 miles to a Social Security office, but at least I know that immigrants are getting sent to torture prisons in El Salvador.
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Matteo Dell'Acqua @mdellacq.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Potato leaves: sampled ✔️ New album cover: dropped ✔️
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Matteo Dell'Acqua @mdellacq.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Science sure is a blessed job. Enjoying a cerveza in #Cusco before heading to Paucartambo to chase #native potatoes
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Luca Rindi @lucaecomar.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Does the past shape who you’ll become? It does for Marine microbes! 🌊🔥 Our new paper on @naturecomms.bsky.social shows how past warming influences stability to future extremes. @lbenedetti-cecchi.bsky.social Teaming up with @mdellacq.bsky.social to integrate ecology & genomics! 🔗 rdcu.be/ec8xv
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Rob Shum @robshum.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The good news is that the Chinese and Russian governments are deterrable. The real problem is still the fanatical monomaniacal billionaire, just like the James Bond franchise taught us.
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Matteo Dell'Acqua @mdellacq.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Very fun and fulfilling foray into the environmental sciences domain. Does past stress history shape the resilience of communities? (TL;DR: it does) www.nature.com/articles/s41... Thanks to @lucaecomar.bsky.social for having us on board!
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Legacies of temperature fluctuations promote stability in marine biofilm communities - Nature Communications
The effects of warming legacies on ecosystem stability to future climate extremes remain unclear. By tracking the dynamics of rocky intertidal biofilm communities, this study shows that relatively con...
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists say www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists say
Fruit variety developed in Norwich remains fresh for up to 12 hours after being peeled
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
A direct threat to a NATO ally.
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Matteo Dell'Acqua @mdellacq.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Vance is so awful that he (almost) manages the feat of making Trump look like a statesman. Not a relaxing time for Europeans www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Vance leans hard into Trump's foreign policy — and sparks an extraordinary Oval Office skirmish
Vance's comments marked the moment Zelenskyy's White House meeting took a tense turn. It's the latest example of his role in a confrontational foreign-policy tag team with Trump.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/02/2025
Gonna tell the kids this was Elon Musk.
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
A wild statistic: Authors of peer-reviewed journal articles paid $8.968 billion in open-access fees in the last five years. This is clearly the wrong way of doing open access, and as academics, we should figure out a better way. #AcademicSky arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
Amount of money spent by researchers by year to publish in open access journals
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francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Here’s where we are in Italy. Asylum seeker dies from cold while waiting in line for documents in front of Immigration Office www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...
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Richiedente asilo muore di freddo mentre è in fila per un documento fuori dall’ufficio immigrazione
E’ successo in via Patini a Roma dove ogni giorno e ogni notte si accalcano persone che necessitano di permessi
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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs. I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
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Matteo Dell'Acqua @mdellacq.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Keeping in shape for the departmental meetings 🇪🇹
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Matteo Dell'Acqua @mdellacq.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Phenomenal recombination amounts, itty bitty living space! The 20 parents teff NAM on its way in Debre Zeyt 🇪🇹 expecting RILs and plenty QTL mapping in 2026
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Andrea Bettini @andreabettini.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Gli scienziati chiedono aiuto per digitalizzare dati meteo italiani dal 1879 al 1940. Chi vuole dare una mano a comprendere l'evoluzione del clima può trovare tutte le informazioni a questo link www.zooniverse.org/projects/met...
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
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Matteo Dell'Acqua @mdellacq.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Goodbye #PAG31 and thanks for all the science. Goodbye California and thanks for the giant roadside dinosaurs (among other things) 💚
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Matteo Dell'Acqua @mdellacq.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
At the #PAG31 session on paleogenomics. It doesn't get any cooler than this!
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Matteo Dell'Acqua @mdellacq.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
I imported 25 friends from Twitter to Bluesky
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