Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Dan Kliebenstein @spicybotrytis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In today’s random thoughts. Just because a gene controls a conserved process does not suggest or even support that the gene is conserved. Lots of family specific genes input into or control highly conserved processes. 1122
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu 3147135
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾KWS Group @kwsgroup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Open science for plant breeding 🌱 Researchers successfully used OpenCRISPR-1, and AI-designed open-source editing system, in soybean. Tools with broader access could mean faster innovation 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 0114
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please pass along: I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab. We study physical ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity — spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested 🧪🌐🌾 291126
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Are you looking for a postdoc exploring the cell biology of development, defining how cells change shape and move? Do you want to develop a research program & teaching skills preparing you for a position at a college or small University? Our new NIH grant will support those goals 1/n Please share 5104102
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 28/09/2026Wir brauchen ein Wort für die seltsam verquere Freude, in einem Text Holprigkeiten oder Fehler zu finden, weil es uns zeigt, dass er nicht von einer verdammten AI geschrieben wurde. 3832238
PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Cool new work from @thanvisrikant.bsky.social & @kbomblies.bsky.social: Chromosomes in #Arabidopsis thaliana neo-polyploids break preferentially at fragile sites that correspond to ancient genome rearrangements #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 0229
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The curious case of the placental genome In this Review, Zoé Ducarne, @agathechaigne.bsky.social and @myanhtruong.bsky.social highlight the placenta, the only mammalian organ that harbors a cancer-like genome while remaining functional and healthy. doi.org/10.1242/dev.... 12011
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I try to be a peer reviewer who reviews the paper presented, not the imaginary one it could be with many years of work. Sometimes work, even from labs I respect, doesn't meet the standard. Today I re-reviewed a paper & was impressed at how the authors did the work to solidify their claims. Kudos 1/n 1294
PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Conventional #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... 1208
PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 22/09/2026‘Godzilla-level’ El Niño. Likely to surpass previous record in 2015 by almost a full °C. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world 042
PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Highly recommended long read. (If opened in Substack app, should be automatically translated into English.) florianaigner.substack.com/p/die-ruckke... 094
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Proteomics is extending the reach of genomics in human ancestry studies. This exciting paper came out in May using proteomics to begin to unravel "Homo erectus" fossils from across China. 1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comEnamel proteins from six Homo erectus specimens across China - NaturePalaeoproteomic analysis of ancient enamel proteins extracted from Middle Pleistocene Homo erectus specimens from the Zhoukoudian, Hexian and Sunjiadong sites in China suggests that they are a ne... 1278
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.wbur.org/news/2026/08... Why a UMass researcher is among the dozens leaving the U.S. for Canadawbur.orgWhy a UMass researcher is among the dozens leaving the U.S. for CanadaA renowned scientist at UMass Chan Medical School is moving his lab to Canada. The Canadian government named RNA researcher Phillip Zamore among the first recipients of awards that will total more tha... 23821
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Ben Parker @ben-parker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Excited that our new paper with @henrylabsymbio.bsky.social and Kerry Oliver is out @pnas.org! We show that mobile genetic elements can spread adaptive host-benefiting traits across heritable insect symbionts on eco-evolutionary timescales.🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPhenotypic divergence is driven by mobile genetic elements in a heritable insect symbiont | PNASHeritable microbes profoundly influence insect biology, yet the traits they confer often evolve rapidly and differ among closely related symbiont s... 29446
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Rebecca J Hall @drrebeccajhall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Excited to be at the JIC for the Early Career Microbiologist Symposium today, looking forward to a great day of talks! 0172
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾André Marques @amarques.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Out today in Nature: sex without crossovers. Rhynchospora tenuis makes pollen, fertilises and sets seed, yet 0 crossovers in 10,997 pollen nuclei. Chromosome drive and ~87% seed abortion rebuild the mother's genotype, so the offspring are clones. doi.org/10.1038/s415... 916369
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Joe Romm gave one of the most memorable talks I’ve ever heard at Columbia many years ago. Among other things, he said, “Sustainable development is like teenage sex. Everybody says they're doing it, very few people actually are, and those who are doing it are doing it badly.” RIP legend. 640675
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 15/09/2026The Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin has two open positions for assistant professors, one in evolutionary biology and one in mechanistic processes. Please share. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270 05483
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 16/09/2026Current 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! 0131
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026CRISPR can change plants—but will it change agriculture? 🌱🧬 In a new Nature Plants Correspondence, #CIBSS researchers discuss how regulation, access, commercialisation and public trust shape the real-world impact of genome editing 🚜. 🔗Read more: rdcu.be/xuiHDM7EB5Ka 12517
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Matthew Hahn @3rdreviewer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New paper with Trang Nguyen! Do you have only a single parent and offspring, but still want to calculate mutation rates? We've got the tool for you--OOPS github.com/TrangNg-Th/O... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgEstimating de novo mutation rates using parent-offspring pairsExisting pedigree approaches to identifying de novo mutations (DNMs) require at least two parents and a single offspring, limiting applicability. Here, we introduce OOPS (Only One Parent Sequencing), ... 03716
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Please share! Our lab at Colorado State University is recruiting a PhD student to join us starting fall 2027. We are broadly interested in plant molecular evolution and comparative genomics. More info about our lab and grad programs is available on our lab website. sites.google.com/site/danielb...sites.google.comSloan LabWelcome! Our research focuses on the evolutionary process at the molecular level. In particular, we investigate how a mixture of natural selection and non-adaptive forces create and maintain the amazi... 01418
PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“It’s almost like sex ed,” said Anita Sarma, a professor of computer science at Oregon State who has studied the impact of A.I. on student cognition. “They will do it anyway,” she said. “How do we teach them responsible use?” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...nytimes.comUniversities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace ItAs A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students. 000
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026These pictures of REAL chromatin in vivo will both blow your mind and blow out of the water those textbook diagrams of "higher order nucleosome structures" 43711
PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Please consider submitting comments on the implementation for genome edited plants in the EU. Reminder: this is not the place for general statements regarding your personal vie of #NGT. Instead, the Commission is asking for input for the development of workable rules. 1612
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Laborjournal @laborjournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Auch die Wissenschaft wird Opfer des Klimawandels: Im Hitzesommer 2026 fielen Klimakammern und Kühlräume aus, Experimente wurden ruiniert. Ein Beispiel von mehreren schildern @plantevolution.bsky.social und Co. – und befürchten künftig eine Zunahme des Problems: www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3... 061
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Michael Baym @baym.lol · 13/09/2026Ten years ago Tami, Roy, and I released a movie we made of antibiotic resistance evolving in real time. I thought maybe a couple thousand people tops would see it. I couldn't have imagined it would be seen millions of times, and be taught from middle school through the graduate level worldwide 23436127
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Carol Royo @carolinaroyo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026After a long journey, bringing together archaeology & genetics, our work on Iberian grapevine paleogenomics is finally out! 🍇🧬 Thanks to IH-CSIC@cchscsic.bsky.social, UV, @plantevolution.bsky.social, @leibnizcampusgact.bsky.social and all collaborators! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comEastern origin and three-millennia persistence of a founding grapevine lineage in Iberian viticultureViticulture became central to most Mediterranean civilizations a few millennia after the grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) was domesticated in the South C… 053
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Laborjournal @laborjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Kopierte Banden, gepinselte Hintergründe, KI-generierte Zitatfälschungen: Bilddetektiv @reeserichardson.bsky.social fand 18.000 manipulierte Validierungsbilder bei 15 Antikörper-Händlern, darunter Thermo Fisher, Abcam, Santa Cruz, … — Unser Bericht dazu: 👉 www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3... 1123
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Pedro Beltrao @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I made a presentation to other faculty about recent progress in general AI, to facilitate the discussion around the impact for research and teaching in biology. It could be that the slides are useful for others trying to do that same. Feel free to re-use. docs.google.com/presentation...docs.google.comgeneralAI_for research_intro.pptxRecent AI developments and what they mean for us Quick primer on general AI models* State-of-the-art in AI agent capabilities AI agents in biology (examples) Discussion - what does this mean for our r... 79026
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Stefan Schoenfelder @stefanschoenfelder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.nature.com/articles/d41...: "...the results are a wake-up call for scientists developing biological-AI tools: they underscore the need for more rigorous performance benchmarks and for much more experimental data relating genetic sequences to biology."nature.comMutating every DNA letter of a genome shows surprising effects — and the limits of AITop artificial-intelligence models failed to predict the biological consequences of rewriting a virus's entire DNA code. 2149
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Penultimate? FY26 NSF grantmaking update One month ago (8/4) New grants: 4310/7761 — 55.5% of avg. Obligations: 4.10/5.08 billion — 80.7% of avg. Now (9/7) New grants: 6,144/10,857 — 67% of avg.* Obligations: 5.97/7.49 billion — 80% of avg. *avg. from 21–24 grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...grantwitness.orgAgency Pulse: Grantmaking at NSFAn independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States. 24241
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 08/09/2026So (if I understand this correctly), the way AI (companies) will "solve" all the major problems in maths, biology, and medicine in the next 5 years will be by stealing and building on the ideas of researchers naive enough to think their chats with AI companies would be private. 291183291
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I am currently searching for a postdoc to work on the evolution of adaptations, cold acclimation, and freezing tolerance in switchgrass. The position entails lab, growth facility, bioinformatics, and fieldwork. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...careers.msu.eduPostdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United StatesPosition Summary The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct field and laboratory experiments to understand the causes of genetic variation... 16189
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026In the late 1850s; Day declared bankruptcy and his shop was placed in trust with a business partner. After Day's death, his son Thomas Day Jr. bought the workshop back and kept it running for another decade; the Union Tavern workshop closed for good in 1871. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...en.wikipedia.orgThomas Day (cabinetmaker) - Wikipedia 021
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026Speaking of plagiarism: www.scientificamerican.com/article/open...scientificamerican.comOpenAI’s latest math breakthroughs commit research misconduct, experts sayOpenAI released 10 AI-generated results over the weekend. Some mathematicians are unhappy with their approach 12958393
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Karl Schmid @kjschmid.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Ich durfte dem Reutlinger Generalanzeiger ein Interview zur Abstimmung über neue genomische Techniken um EU-Parlament geben. #GMO #NGT 01610
PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Please submit comments to the EU Commission’s Call for Evidence on how to implement the new rules for "Plants obtained by new genomic techniques (#NGT)". Submission deadline 28 Sept. Below what I submitted. #plantscience ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... 13734
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾EMBL @embl.org · 04/09/2026EMBL mourns the loss of Professor Ada Yonath (1939–2026), the Nobel Prize-winning crystallographer. We were proud to be part of her orbit as she conducted some of her pioneering work on the ribosome at EMBL facilities. www.embl.org/news/people-... 0274
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Wangsheng Zhu @wangshengzhu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Reunion of WeigelWorld members and their families in Beijing @plantevolution.bsky.social 1121
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Britt Koskella @bkoskella.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Yes, tenure letters take up a whole lot of time (that doesn’t exist) but it is also super fun and a privilege to get a chance to write fan mail to scientists who you’ve watched smash the field wide open!  0311
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Are you heading to #PAG34 in 2027? We are looking for speakers for the Arabidopsis Informatics sesson to share interesting data and tools, especially if you have been working with the new TAIR12 release data. Comment here or email us by November 1,2026 @bar-plantbio.bsky.social 044
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026He explained it so clearly and compellingly. I loved this video 021
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I just came across this remarkable recent interview with human geneticist David Reich. It covers many of the new insights from ancient DNA, right up to data published in the last few months. 1/n www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0uK...youtube.comYour ancestors aren't who you think they are | David Reich: Full InterviewYouTube video by The Well 22910
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I was on a group Zoom call where one of the participants was sharing his screen. He accidentally shared the one where Gemini is ingesting our call, summarizing it in realtime, and offering reply suggestions. I didn’t even know that was a thing! So even when talking to a human, it might be a bot. 24733148
PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Gotta love the @economist.com www.economist.com/britain/2026... 170
Reposted by PlantEvolution 🌱🌾Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Genome-scale perturb-seq in human T cells. Our fantastic postdocs @ronghuizhu.bsky.social and @emmamarydann.bsky.social have done great work here to show the power and opportunities of perturb-seq in primary cells. This is part of a wonderful long-term collaboration with @marsonlab.bsky.social 1278