iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dear @erc.europa.eu , we DO already have common standards & frameworks. 'AI' likes to pose itself as 'special' but we do not need to reinvent the wheel. We already have established codes of conduct for research integrity. We just need to apply them. See below + more resources in thread🧵

Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles
We must protect and cultivate the ecosystem of human knowledge. AI models can mimic
the appearance of scholarly work, but they are (by construction) unconcerned with truth
— the result is a torrential outpouring of unchecked but convincing-sounding “informa-
tion”. At best, such output is accidentally true, but generally citationless, divorced from
human reasoning and the web of scholarship that it steals from. At worst, it is confidently
wrong. Both outcomes are dangerous to the ecosystem.
Olivia Guest, Iris van Rooij, Marcela Suarez, et al. (2025, n.p.)
Knowledge production is supposed to be safeguarded by (inter)national codes of conduct for research
integrity (ALLEA 2023; KNAW et al. 2018). Such codes forbid, for instance, fabrication of data,
falsification of results, plagiarism, and, generally, distortion of the scientific record. Many argue that
new rules are required to regulate academic AI use, but pre-existing guidelines fit the bill (cf. Tafani

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Conventional #GMO crops have unexpected benefits in the face of climate change: reduced yield volatility, fewer climate related losses & even slowing the northward shift of US corn & soybean production. #climatecatastrophe www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fig. 1 | Crop harvested land-use percentage change from 1978 to 2020.

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I get really annoyed seeing so many people say "Since everyone uses AI to write papers..." or "Referee reports now are just written by AI..." Look: Everything I have written has, for better or worse, been my own writing. Don't project your cynical expectations on my work. Seriously, screw gen-AI.

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 18/09/2026

so it’s not AI that will kill us, but stupid people believing what AI says…

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 14/09/2026

📝 New article on Our World in Data: Is organic farming better for the environment than conventional farming? One of the most common questions we’re asked about food systems is whether organic farming is better for the environment than conventional methods.

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 16/09/2026

Current state of affairs: Hey, I got this cool GM technology that could save the world Regulators: BANNED! Hey, I got this cool AI technology that could destroy the world Regulators: SURE, GO AHEAD!

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 14/09/2026

Didn’t know Clippy had left us. Found his tomb in Toulouse. RIP little guy…

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 10/09/2026

All AI does is stealing ideas from humans. NEVER upload your research project proposals to AI.

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 26/08/2026

I am not scared of competing with AI in grant applications. AI has no idea, no innovation and no understanding. as a reviewer it’s like looking at a picture, once you notice it’s AI generated, you’re disappointed, feel betrayed, same for projects.

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 24/08/2026

Just a rainbow. A sign of rain, of hope and diversity. Climate change is a huge challenge, but mankind can make it. If it wants and does what needs to be done. now.

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 22/08/2026

We could actually stop climate change for $1 Trillion, but what are we doing instead? AI. www.goldmansachs.com/insights/art...

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Carrie M. Tribble, PhD @tribblelab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hello world! You bored? My research group is documenting flower color variation and you can help! check out tribblelab.org/flower_color... and dm me with any technical difficulties or issues. Share with your friends! The more players the better.

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In Bloom — Flower Color Quiz

A crowdsourced flower-color observation quiz.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob W3-Professorship in Plant Breeding @unihalle.bsky.social wcms.itz.uni-halle.de/download.php...

wcms.itz.uni-halle.de

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 20/08/2026

Are there now finally some good standard imaging tools (camera in greenhouse, drone in field) that can identify heat or drought tolerant lines/varieties? I am asking for a friend 😉

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 20/08/2026

Seems like the Désirée potato variety was produced quite in a rush! 🥔😅 Urgenta X Depesche

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 18/08/2026

Uncountable numbers of turtles 🐢 had to be sacrificed in the process of producing this project. Sorry!

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We are looking for a Scientist in #PlantCellBiology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social in Einbeck. The position is in our Doubled Haploid Research Unit, and the work can be done onsite or remote! This is a two-year contract. jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-... #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob #PlantScience

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Plant Cell Biologist (m/f/d)

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Dale @dalejohn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The USDA is projecting the wheat harvest to be cut by almost half in the US. The state of Kansas is the largest producer of wheat and it is projected to harvest 44% less than from 2025. The American Farm Bureau sees a continued increase of Chapter 12 bankruptcies from 2025 as well.

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 09/08/2026

Considering this massive challenge, all new breeding technologies must be allowed immediately to have at least a chance to reduce the impact of climate change. This is more urgent than Covid19, immediate emergency actions by EU and Swiss parliaments must be the taken.

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 09/08/2026

Does anyone know how "easy" it will become to carry out field trials with NGT1 plants in Europe with the new legislation? When could the first trials take place?

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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 06/08/2026

i have found it! The actual physical location of R Studio!

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 05/08/2026

how is it possible that all Meta products aren’t immediately banned in Europe???

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 04/08/2026

I am tempted to accept the invitation to give a talk about an active Helitron in wheat at the Obesity conference 🤔

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 30/07/2026

véraison in action 😎 wish you all a very nice day!

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 17/06/2026

With Research Briefing: "Epigenetic changes and heat stress activate Helitron mobility" rdcu.be/foNSn Activation of an Helitron family in wheat leads to extrachromosomal circular DNA formation and novel somatic insertions, driven by a single autonomous element.

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 17/06/2026

New OA Letter: "An active Helitron transposon family in wheat" rdcu.be/foNPA Heat stress and reduced DNA methylation can mobilize a Helitron family. Its mobilization is genetically linked to a specific full-length member catalysing the full Helitron life cycle. #PlantScience

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 27/07/2026

Another nice example of natural GMOs: Horizontal gene transfer of mitochondrial genes from the host plant to the parasitic plant. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Die #Feuer in Frankreich gehen weiter: jetzt mussten schon über 250.000 Menschen evakuiert werden. Hier eine Karte der Lage am Sonntagmorgen und mein Foto von der Fahrt nach Bordeaux am Freitagabend. Warum die #Erderhitzung die Brandgefahr eskalieren lässt: scilogs.spektrum.de/klimalounge/...

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Gabriel Schaaf @gabrielschaaf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Please share! 🌱🤖 Permanent W2 Professorship in crop & plant sciences @ PhenoRob, University of Bonn. Especially encouraged: crop genome engineering, sustainable pest control, or sustainable disease control. Expertise in one area is enough. Apply by Sept. 30, 2026. www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 05/07/2026

AI companies burning books. The aim is obvious: centralise all knowledge in a single place and limit access. Exactly like the monasteries did in the middle ages 😑

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Claudia Köhler @claudiakohler11.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Our lab @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social is hiring two postdoctoral researchers to join our ERC-funded GRAFT project on mobile small RNAs in plants. 🔗 Details: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/b... 📅 Deadline: July 31, 2026 Please share!

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Claudia Köhler @claudiakohler11.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thrilled to have received an ERC Advanced Grant to investigate the mechanisms and biological impact of small RNA mobility in plants. A huge thanks to my team for making this possible, and to the reviewers for their support and confidence in the project. Looking forward to getting started!

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Gozde Demirer @prof-gozde.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Targeted DNA insertion remains a major bottleneck in plant engineering. We developed an avian R2 retrotransposon as an efficient plant genome editor to precisely insert large DNA payloads at targeted sites: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulations to @kimuchenje03.bsky.social and the team! 🧵👇

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 18/06/2026

Funny how the NGT vote in the EU parliament made like zero news here in Switzerland 🤔

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 18/06/2026

can’t work because of Windows updates 🙄 i am loosing my precious time because Microsoft programmers can’t do a proper job…

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 17/06/2026

My personal comment on the EUs decision on new genomic techniques in crop breeding 🧑‍🌾 #NGT @snsf.ch

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 17/06/2026

Novel crop breeding techniques will finally be allowed in Europe! 🥳🧬🌱

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 05/06/2026

We just published our new paper about an active Helitron transposon in wheat 🌾🧬 We found that it can be mobilised by heat stress when DNA methylation is reduced. We document its full lifecycle: RNA -> circular DNA -> integration www.nature.com/articles/s41... #TEsky

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An active Helitron transposon family in wheat - Nature Plants

Helitrons are a recently identified category of transposons. This study reveals that heat stress combined with reduced DNA methylation can mobilize a Helitron family in wheat. Its mobilization is gene...

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Botany One @botany.one · 02/06/2026

W3 Professorship for Plant Biotechnology // University of Freiburg www.nature.com/naturecareer... The position holder will lead a research program that combines excellent basic research with clear perspectives for biotechnological and societally relevant applications. #BotanyJobs

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W3 Professorship for Plant Biotechnology - Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg (DE) job with University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg) | 12859402

The future position holder will lead an internationally recognized research program that combines excellent basic research with clear perspectives for

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 29/05/2026

Looming global food crisis, and Switzerland still wonders if a single mutation in a plant genome produces a GMO 🙄

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

"What we are witnessing today is not only a geopolitical crisis, it is a systemic shock to the global agrifood system," Qu said.

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Strait of Hormuz: Time running out to avert global food security crisis, FAO warns

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses event on Middle East conflict with Spain Prime Minister

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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

SPLICECRAFT v1.0 IS LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!! Open your terminal and type in "pipx install splicecraft" if you want to try it out, then spam "splicecraft update" often as I push updates frequently. A labor of love for the community I adore. Enjoy! 💚

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Biohub @biohub.org · 27/05/2026

Proteins are the machinery of life. Billions of their sequences have been cataloged—but the biology behind most is still unknown. Today we're releasing ESMFold2, ESMC and ESM Atlas to help change that. Open source, open to every scientist. biohub.ai/esm/protein

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Caroline Gutjahr @carogutj.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Are you excited about understanding the molecular underpinnings of arbuscular mycorrhiza? Then this PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/4...

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Postdoc (m/f/d) position on molecular mechanisms of nutrient exchange in arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 23/05/2026

Does someone know why Helitron is often written in italic? It refers to a class of TEs so I guess it should be roman, no?

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