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Pilar Cubas

@pilarcubas.bsky.social
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Plant developmental biologist. Scuba-diver. Amateur photographer. Love of things that grow. @pilarcubas@mstdn.science

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Pilar Cubas @pilarcubas.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Fascination of Plants Day at the @cnb-csic.bsky.social. @epsoeurope.bsky.social #FoPD2025 #EPSO
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Science Magazine @science.org · 20/03/2026
Drugs that inhibit KRAS signaling delay the development of pancreatic cancer in mice. Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/3N9Utsu
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KRAShing pancreatic cancer before takeoff
Drugs that inhibit KRAS signaling delay the development of pancreatic cancer in mice
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CRAG @cragenomica.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🌱 Join us tomorrow for the seminar "Bud dormancy: a plant strategy for resilience and survival" by Pilar Cubas (@pilarcubas.bsky.social) from Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (@cnb-csic.bsky.social) at 12:00h! 👉 f.mtr.cool/otzkhogzlb
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epsoeurope.bsky.social @epsoeurope.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🌱EPSO congratulates Young Plant Scientist Award winners Stijn Daems (fundamental research) and Yuhang Meng (applied research)! They will present their research at the EPSO Science Day during the General Assembly in Dundee on 17.06.2026. #PlantScience
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Maruja Torres @marujatorres.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Esto de @jlsastre.bsky.social elpais.com/opinion/2026...
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Antes del diluvio
Para afrontar un mundo que cada mañana parece al borde del colapso bastan muy pocas cosas y muy sencillas
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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
In this post on the Node, Pedro Martinez comments on what a gene regulatory network is and what it is not. thenode.biologists.com/what-a-gene-...
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What a Gene Regulatory Network Is — and What It Is Not ! - the Node
Pedro Martinez. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Universitat de Barcelona Gene Regulatory Networks: An Introduction and Their
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El Mantecas @kikegdelariva.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
No quiero abrir una nueva guerra absurda gastronómica pero entiendo que en esto hay consenso: las porras son muy muy superiores a los churros. Estamos de acuerdo, ¿no?
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Los Libros de la Catarata @cataratalibros.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Se cumplen 50 años del final de la presencia española en el territorio del Sáhara Occidental: 'Sahara Occidental 1975. El final del colonialismo franquista', de Isaías Barreñada @ibarrenada.bsky.social #Novedad también en #eBook buff.ly/WsqMK6j
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masaenfurecida @masaenfurecida.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
COMO SIGÁIS CON ESTA PERSECUCIÓN POLÍTICA VAIS A CONSEGUIR QUE EL NOVIO DE AYUSO SE VAYA DE ESPAÑA A EVADIR IMPUESTOS Y QUE MIGUEL ÁNGEL RODRÍGUEZ SE DÉ A LA BEBIDA.
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jazmineduke @jazmineduke.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Big day for people who care about other people
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Veganibal Lecter @veganibalecter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
5 años y medio con este tratamiento. Al principio cada cuatro semanas y después se ha ido espaciando hasta llegar a las 11 semanas. 900€ casi las dos dosis. Haz cuentas. Suma el tratamiento de la esclerosis múltiple (1200€ al mes). No estoy moñeca porque hay sanidad pública. Y hay que matar por ella
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/11/2025
Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker, was elected New York’s 111th mayor on Tuesday, riding a historic surge of enthusiasm as the nation’s largest city embraced generational and ideological change. Here are seven takeaways from election night.
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7 Takeaways From a Stunning New York City Mayoral Election
Zohran Mamdani motivated voters to head for the polls, using a broad coalition of supporters to overcome Andrew Cuomo’s success in siphoning Republican votes.
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Antonio Martínez Ron @aberron.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Flashy studies win you papers; sustained rigor wins you a legacy. #AcademicChatter ⚽️
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/10/2025
Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.
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Trump Will Demolish Entire White House East Wing for Ballroom: Live Updates
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Manolo K. @epicureo64.aldea.social · 22/10/2025
Bruce Springsteen, el Miguel Ríos estadounidense.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The symbolism is off the charts.
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Gavin Newsom Makes Perfect Analogy After Photos Of Trump Tearing Down Part Of White House Emerge
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Camarada Bakunin @camaradabakunin.eurosky.social · 14/10/2025
A quién no le va a gustar una ermita visigoda...
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Victor Etxebarria Ecenarro @vetxebarria.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
El MIT lidera muchos rankings universitarios. También ha sido el primero en rechazar firmar el “juramento de lealtad” que les ha puesto delante la administración federal estadounidense. La democracia, la ciencia y la educación no están en venta: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The Trump administration finally release a summary linking to their alleged evidence that tylenol use in pregnancy is linked to autism and again as is currently happening ACIP data is misquoted, omitted and misused to support a conclusion #HealthPolicy 🧪🧵
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How the White House spun ‘weak’ and ‘inconclusive’ studies to tie Tylenol to autism
Experts say White House presented ‘association as causation’ and based conclusions on ‘poor quality studies’
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epsoeurope.bsky.social @epsoeurope.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🌱📢 Green ERA-Hub 3rd Call opened 30.9.2025 ‘Sustainable production and Utilisation of Biomass’. Webinar for applicants on 15.10.2025; Submit pre-proposals by 28.11.2025 and full proposals by 25.3.2026 - see 👉 bit.ly/3WeYBYT #HorizonEurope #PlantScience #GEH
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Green ERA-Hub 3rd Call opened 30.9.2025 – Sustainable production and Utilisation of Biomass -submit pre-proposals by 28.11.2025 and full proposals by 25.3.2026 - EPSO
The 2025 Joint International Green ERA-Hub Call is developed by the partners of the ERA-Hub Call in collaboration with the Wheat initiative. This Call funds projects that contribute to a sustainable, ...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I’m sensing buyer’s remorse in the manosphere.
The image shows an X post from @OfTheBraveUSA featuring a quote attributed to Joe Rogan: "I definitely don't think that the government should be involved ever in dictating what a comedian can or cannot say in a monologue — that's fucking crazy!" The post includes a photo of Joe Rogan speaking into a microphone, with a neon sign behind him displaying "The Joe Rogan Experience."
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Isaías Barreñada @ibarrenada.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Los responsables de la UNED siguen censurando el documental "Palestina, una tierra negada". Un trabajo magnífico, en dos episodios, realizado por la propia UNED con la colaboración de una decena de especialistas. Concluido en marzo de 2024 (!!) y que debía haber sido emitido en RTVE.
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CTXT.es @ctxt.es · 25/09/2025
Madrid, país de pleitos: del Tribunal de Cuentas al Barceló, una ruta urbana por la querulancia patria, el “Estado profundo” y la gentrificación del mercado. Ricardo Aguilera en vena con este nuevo 'Madrí, zona de obras'
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Querulantes
Si la neurosis de la querulancia afecta a jueces, fiscales, abogados y procuradores es que hablamos de España: un país pendiente de un tribunal
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Mujeres con ciencia @mujeresconciencia.com · 01/08/2025
#HaceSieteAños Rose Scott-Moncrieff, en los inicios de la genética y la bioquímica de las plantas Un artículo de Carolina Martínez Pulido
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Rose Scott-Moncrieff, en los inicios de la genética y la bioquímica de las plantas - Mujeres con ciencia
Rose Scott-Moncrieff. Genética y la bioquímica de las plantas. Cathie Martin. Muriel Wheldale. Pigmento. Antocianinas. Antirrhinum majus.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/08/2025
Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, apparently. New research explains how the two foods are related:
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Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, 9 million years ago, apparently.
The modern-day potato evolved from the hybridization of the ancestors of tomato plants, and another potato-like plant, in South America, researchers say.
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The hybrid origin of potato tuberization. From: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage
Genomic and functional analyses reveal that the potato lineage originated from a homoploid interspecific hybridization event between the Tomato and Etuberosum lineages 8–9 million years ago. The alter...
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Stéphane M. Grueso @fanetin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Ya es casualidad que esta persona se haya hecho pasar por profesora universitaria y multititulada y tal se haya vuelto "ejemplar" justo cuando la pillaron...
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El Mantecas @kikegdelariva.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
La mejor manera de ver lo mal que funciona ChatGPT es preguntarle por algo que conozcas bien, ni que sea una receta de cocina. Tiene el carácter de un trabajador pelota que miente y luego disimula los errores para parecer menos inútil de lo que es.
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Lordo @lordolordor.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Esta noticia es mi obsesión particular, es evidente que estamos rodeados de episodios millones de veces más horribles que cortar un árbol pero me impresionó muchísimo, es que es un caso de maldad estúpida sin propósito ninguno
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Lordo @lordolordor.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Los dos tipos que talaron el árbol del muro de Adriano condenados a 4 años de cárcel share.google/BtFMzpL8qzC8...
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Sycamore Gap: Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in jail for felling famous tree
The chopping down of the tree in September 2023 led to a huge outpouring of anger and emotion.
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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Plants grow stronger under pressure 🌱💪 Weight-induced stress causes stems to widen and grow more vascular bundles. This response is driven by BRs & strigolactones via key signaling genes, boosting seed yield. 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70329 Lorena Raminger et al. IAL-Conicet @pilarcubas.bsky.social
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Interplay of brassinosteroids, strigolactones, and CLE44 in modulating Arabidopsis stem architecture in response to mechanical stress
The combined mechanical stress of weight and bending induces morphophysiological changes in the plant stem, such as widening and an increase in the number of vascular bundles. Brassinosteroids and st...
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epsoeurope.bsky.social @epsoeurope.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
📢 🌱 EPSO recommends broader standards for NGT1 under the EC’s legal proposal based on recent scientific data on plant genetic variation: Insertion number per monoploid genome, corrected for ploidy & genome size; Insertion size up to 150 bp. #PlantScience #Competitiveness #SDG bit.ly/4krhaCK
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Guillermo Fesser @guillermofesser.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
A pesar de las amenazas de Trump y de sus secuaces contra quienes difundamos esta información, la aplicación ICEBlock (Bloquea a ICE, Inmigration and Customs Enforcement/ Policia de Inmigración y Aduanas) se ha colocado en el número 1 de la App Store en EEUU.👇 www.engadget.com/social-media...
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ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it
The application, which allows users to add a pin on a map to show where ICE agents have recently been spotted, has climbed to the to the top of the App Store charts.
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🏳️‍⚧️ JANE AUSTEN SUGRAÑES 🥄 @janeaustenenfur.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
EN ESTA RED SOCIAL AÚN NO ME HABÍA CAGADO EN LA ESTAMPA DE SEUR. JAMÁS USEN UN DIA DE VACACIONES PORQUE LES GARANTICEN UN ENVÍO
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Science Magazine @science.org · 02/07/2025
Exclusive: An international scientific competition widely credited with spurring the development of artificial intelligence for biology appears to be on its deathbed. scim.ag/44ukS90
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Exclusive: Famed protein structure competition nears end as NIH grant money runs out
Agency silent on funding renewal for contest that inspired creation of AIs that predicted how proteins would fold
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 02/07/2025
A paper in Nature reports the whole-genome sequencing for an ancient Egyptian recovered from an Old Kingdom tomb in Nuwayrat. The analyses reveal genetic ties to ancient populations in North Africa and regions in the Middle East, including Mesopotamia. go.nature.com/44vAtVM 🏺 🧪
This is extended data figure 2, which shows a facial reconstruction and depiction created from the Nuwayrat individual skull.
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Pilar Cubas @pilarcubas.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
On my way to the Iberian Plant Biology-2025 meeting. Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues and listening to lots of interesting talks iberianplantbiology2025.org
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Iberian PLANT BIOLOGY-25: Sede
Iberian PLANT BIOLOGY-25: Sede
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epsoeurope.bsky.social @epsoeurope.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🎯EPSO Contributions from plant research and innovation to EU circular regenerative and competitive #Bioeconomy – position paper from #PlantFactories, #Plants&Microbiomes and #Horticulture Working Groups. bit.ly/449vwSd. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU
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franromerocampero.bsky.social @franromerocampero.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Una estupenda experiencia impartir el "Curso de Análisis Evolutivo de Genomas en el Linaje Verde" organizado por @evodevosignet.bsky.social y @ibvf-sevilla.bsky.social . Podéis ver la sesiones y todo el material en: youtu.be/6-HfkYym1rI?... youtu.be/le8lH8RHW_g?... github.com/fran-romero-...
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Análisis Evolutivo de Genomas en el Linaje Verde, casos prácticos con Orthofinder, Count y R, Dia 1
YouTube video by Francisco J. Romero-Campero
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Nicholas Provart @bar-plantbio.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Checking out the Cell-Cell Communication concurrent session at #icar2025 in the beautiful STAM Refectory. Up first, Christine Faulkner...
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Sanae Kaneta getting to the root of cell polarity. Kicking off another great session at #icar2025
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Mollie Langdon explaining why understanding ovule development is important…ovules ->seeds->food. #arabidopsis #icar2025
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
And now Sebastian Moreno on ABA, stem cells and shoot organogenesis. #icar2025 does not dissapoint.
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rebeccaburkart.bsky.social @rebeccaburkart.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
How do cells talk to each other? I am excited to talk at this amazing place this afternoon at #icar2025
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Marie-Cécile Caillaud @mc-caillaud.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Superb analytical study on POK2, master regulator of cell division orientation by Sabine Muller here at the #ICAR2025 More details here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Marie-Cécile Caillaud @mc-caillaud.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Our very own Camila Goldy @camilagoldy.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social @ensdelyon.bsky.social @embo.org now on stage shading light on the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell division orientation against geometry #ICAR2025 😍😍 #womeninSTEM #proudPI
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Moritz K. Nowack @moritznowack.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
@wigge.bsky.social and @christatesterink.bsky.social on heat and salt stress, two of the major challenges for plants, i.e. for agriculture, i.e. for humanity. #ICAR2025
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Avilien Dard @avdar66.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Amazing talk by @wigge.bsky.social at #ICAR2025! Plant have genetically encoded thermometers using phase separation 🌡️! Interest in ROS and condensates? See my talk on Friday morning at Concertzaal! @igzleibniz.bsky.social #heatstress #plantscience #consensates #thermomorphogenesis #arabidopsis
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