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The Cottage Garden @simonecannon.bsky.social · 6h
I’m in Madrid, Spain this week and am admiring the gorgeous public #floral displays here. Spotted on a #flower tower, this vibrant flowering Coleus kong (Lamiaceae), whose leaves can span 6” across, don’t need trimming, and can easily fill a pot or empty #garden space #BloomScrolling #Gardening
A vibrant green, fuchsia and red leaves coleus with pale blue blooms
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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#plantsci Assistant Professor position in Canada🇨🇦 www.academicwork.ca/jobs/tenure-... Heard from a colleague that it is a very supportive department!
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Plant Biology
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UNR Biology Buzz @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
A winter view of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains with snow on the ground and trees
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Brett Baker @archaeal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Two Assistant Professor Positions in Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes - including microbes! faculty.utexas.edu/career/191568
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Faculty Careers - The University of Texas at Austin
Unleash your intellectual power by joining a world-renowned faculty that is solving the world's most urgent problems. At UT Austin, we provide you the freedom to blaze trails, follow your curiosity, e...
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Human design or AI-generated? 🤖🎨 With AI-generated images everywhere, we get this question a lot! The figures in our publications are designed by a talented human: Marie. 🌱✨✏️🧠🌿 👉 See her work: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/mh 📖 Example: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... #SciArt #SciComm @puckerlab.bsky.social
Pathway illustration for the anthocyanin and carotenoid biosynthesis. Figure source and details: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.71136.
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Excited to share our new paper is out in TPJ! 🌱 "Out of the blue: family-wide loss of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Cucurbitaceae" We explore the anthocyanin biosynthesis gene loss through comparative genomics: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... @nancy-choudhary.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social #Evolution
Synteny analysis supports the loss of crucial genes in the anthocyanin biosynthesis across Cucurbitaceae. Details and figure reference: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.71136
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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Four years ago today 🌿 Lathyrus latifolius, the nonnative Everlasting Pea, blooming near Chautauqua
Hot pink pea flowers
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Julie just completed sequencing run 200 on our PromethION @puckerlab.bsky.social . Time to celebrate numerous successful plant genomics projects and to look for new challenges! www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#... #PlantGenomics #Bioinformatics #LongReads
Julie and P2 Solo
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Applications are now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2027! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. The application deadline is earlier this year: November 1st! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social
The San Juan coastline. Text: Evolution 2027, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 25-29. Society for the Study of Evolution International Travel Stipends, Deadline: November 1.
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Review paper What we know, what we assume + what remains unknown from anthocyanin research. By @nancy-choudhary.bsky.social, N. Khatun, and @bpucker.bsky.social Read more #OpenAccess in our Journal #PlantBiology @Wileyplantsci #PlantSci DOI: doi.org/10.1111/plb....
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Almost 200 years of anthocyanin research: What we know, what we assume and what remains unknown
Nearly 200 years of anthocyanin research reveal a well-understood anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. However, there are still open questions regarding its evolution, functions and ecological significa...
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Activation of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Utricularia gibba depends on nitrogen starvation and light exposure #FlavonoidFriday doi.org/10.64898/202... & shorturl.at/Be9T2
Utricularia gibba traps exhibiting red coloration, presumably due to anthocyanin accumulation. Reference: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747637
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We went on a boat trip to collect samples of aquatic carnivorous plants (Utricularia). Excited to learn more about these fascinating plants? Check out our latest preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... #PlantSciences #Genomics #TeamWork @puckerlab.bsky.social
PuckerLab boat trip 2026. Details about our research: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747637
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PuckerLab @puckerlab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Are you interested in gene expression? We have just released PanXpresso - a large collection of precomputed gene expression datasets for plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and archaea: doi.org/10.64898/202... #RNAseq #Transcriptomics #Python @shakunthalan.bsky.social @bpucker.bsky.social
Phylogenetic tree showing the distribution of gene expression datasets across plant families. Source: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747620
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Join us for a webinar with 2025 New Phytologist #TansleyMedal winner Camille Delavaux! 📅 4 September ⌚ 13:30 UTC Register to attend. It's free! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #PlantScience
Photo of Camille Delavaux. Text reads: 2025 Tansley Medal winner Camille Delavaux. 13:30 UTC | 4 September 2026.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Check out these highlights from the latest American Journal of #Botany! botany.org/file.php?fil... Find the issue Table of Contents at bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197.... #plantscience
The coastal perennial ecotype of Mimulus guttatus DC. (syn. Erythranthe
guttata DC.) growing on a cliff at Montara State Beach, Montara, California, USA, with oceanic salt spray damage on the leaf margin.
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Nancy Choudhary @nancy-choudhary.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Interested in learning more? Read about our work: 1. Withanolide-associated gene cluster discovery: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Phylogenomics and metabolic engineering reveal a conserved gene cluster in Solanaceae plants for withanolide biosynthesis - Nature Communications
Withanolides are plant steroids with potent bioactivities found in many medicinal plants including Withania somnifera, but their biosynthetic pathway is largely unknown. Here, the authors report the g...
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Alexandre Marand @marand-lab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A comprehensive understanding of heterosis has long been out of reach. Led by super postdoc Luguang Jiang, we applied scifi-ATAC-seq to three 🌽 inbred lines and their recip hybrids, and identified a widespread loss of cell-type-specific ACRs in hybrid genomes 🧬 1/10 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Palette—a system for visualizing the expression levels of target genes in orchids (Zhenyu Yang , Su Ni , Qiyu Zhang , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Palette—a system for visualizing the expression levels of target genes in orchids
By blending two types of plant pigments like an artist mixing colors on a palette to create new flower colors using multiple genetic transformation methods
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Having a busy day? Julie’s latest work might be just the thing to calm things down. 🌿 Genome sequence and annotation of Valeriana officinalis doi.org/10.64898/202... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #PlantSciences @puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social @opensciene-unibonn.bsky.social
A: Valeriana officinalis, Bonn University Botanic Gardens. B: Close-up of V. officinalis flowers. Source: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.14.744958
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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One month later, miss Ruby Petunie has moved from tissue culture to the glasshouse ☀️ Let’s hope she enjoys her new home 🏡
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton coined the term “software engineer.” She directed the Software Engineering Division at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab & led development of the on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo Guidance Computer. She was born #OTD in 1936 & turns 90 today! #WomenInSTEM
Two side-by-side black-and-white photographs of pioneering computer scientist Margaret Hamilton (born August 17, 1936). The left panel features a mature, close-up portrait where Hamilton gazes directly at the viewer with a serene, confident, and reflective expression, framed by her long, dark, slightly silvering hair. The right panel is a famous archival photograph showing a younger Hamilton standing indoors next to a towering stack of bound paper binders containing the Apollo Guidance Computer source code, which she led the development of at MIT. She is smiling broadly and wears a striped, long-sleeved mini dress with dark Mary Jane shoes and glasses, resting her hand proudly on top of the massive column of printed code. The overall composition contrasts her youthful triumph with her enduring legacy, capturing an optimistic, intellectually rigorous mood that highlights her monumental contributions to space exploration.
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🌾🧬C4 grasses outperform C3 under drought via a combination of avoidance & resistance. Earlier peak WUE, better hydraulic supply, and greater photochemical resilience. A dual strategy for stress tolerance. #plantsci @jxbotany.bsky.social @marionboisseaux.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
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Stronger drought tolerance in C4 compared to C3 grass crops is achieved via both avoidance and resistance strategies
Abstract. Grasses comprise many of the world’s major cereal crops, yet the physiological mechanisms underlying their resilience to environmental stress rem
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SNP2Prot @snp2prot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🚨 Job alert! Project D02 of the DFG-funded CRC #SNP2Prot is hiring a Research Associate (m/f/d) in Plant Bioinformatics at @unihalle.bsky.social. Work on pangenomes, ML, and proteoform prediction. Apply by 6 Sept 2026. 🌱🧬 www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/DEZERN3/AUSS... #Bioinformatics #PlantScience
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🧬 Want to get started with bioinformatics and the command line? Join our de.NBI training course “CLI Basics for Life Scientists” in Bonn! www.denbi.de/training-cou... #Bioinformatics #Bonn #CloudComputing @puckerlab.bsky.social @denbi.bsky.social @nancy-choudhary.bsky.social
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CLI Basics for Life Scientists
The 'German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure – de.NBI' is a national, academic and non-profit infrastructure supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research providing bioinformati...
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
More information about this upcoming course on our website: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#... #Bioinformatics #CloudComputing #Genomics #CLI @puckerlab.bsky.social @nancy-choudhary.bsky.social
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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Final push! The deadline for applications is in two days. Apply if you want to be my successor. #plantscijobs #plantscijob #plantsciencejob W 3 Professorship for Plant Biotechnology. Freiburg, Germany. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
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University of Freiburg
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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Professorship Plant Biochemistry. Bielefeld, Germany. #plantscijobs #plantscijob #plantsciencejob www.uni-bielefeld.de/uni/karriere...
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Nancy Choudhary @nancy-choudhary.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
2. Cucurbitaceae: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Out of the blue: Family-wide loss of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Cucurbitaceae
### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Welcome to our hub for plant stress science! We’re here to feature and discuss the latest on how plants cope with #drought, #temperature, #metals, and other #abiotic challenges. Got relevant work? Tag us! #PlantScience @plant-sci.bsky.social @planteditors.bsky.social @plantbiology.bsky.social
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob Research / PostDoc position (m/f/d) Natural products involved in the communication between individuals of the same or different species @Uni Bielefeld in @chemecolcm.bsky.social 's lab. #PlantSci www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
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ms m @msmeredith.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Alert alert!!!! my very first Sunflower has arrived!
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Nancy Choudhary @nancy-choudhary.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Great week at #EMPSEB31 in Oberwiesenthal, Germany! I presented a poster on the evolution of a withanolide biosynthetic gene cluster in Solanaceae and gave a talk on contrasting evolutionary outcomes of anthocyanin biosynthesis: complete loss in Cucurbitaceae and pathway rewiring in Poaceae. 🌱🧬
Nancy Choudhary is presenting a poster at EMPSEB31 titled "Better Together: Evolution of a Withanolide Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Solanaceae"Nancy Choudhary is presenting a talk at EMPSEB31 titled "Poaceae and Cucurbitaceae: Non-model model systems for studying pigment evolution"Nancy Choudhary is presenting a talk at EMPSEB31 that highlights two distinct evolutionary trajectories of the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway across major plant families.
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just in time for the weekend: our latest paper is out in Plant Biology! Anthocyanins and betalains in evolution: Why mutual exclusion remains the best-supported model doi.org/10.1111/plb.... #PlantBiology #Evolution #Anthocyanins #Betalains @puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
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Anthocyanins and betalains in evolution: Why mutual exclusion remains the best‐supported model
Anthocyanins and betalains are plant pigments produced through different biosynthetic pathways and are generally considered mutually exclusive. We examine claims of their co-occurrence, arguing that ...
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Aren't foxgloves brilliant?
An especially proud-looking West Country foxglove, yesterday.
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Scientists from @sgn.one + al. propose new method that allows customized protection concepts for endangered species to reduce the loss of genetic diversity by ensuring that genetically unique populations are effectively protected. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biag042 www.senckenberg.de/en/press-rel...
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Silent Extinction: Loss of Genetic Diversity | Press Releases | Senckenberg Nature Research
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Plant Science🍀🌱 @sciplant.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#bioinformatics #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
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plantgenomics.bsky.social @plantgenomics.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Selection shapes the evolution of genome size in a globally invasive plant doi.org/10.64898/202... Cookbook for plant genome sequences doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #LongReads #Evolution
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
If you are interested in free full plasmid sequencing, have a look at our preprint and get in touch: doi.org/10.64898/202... #Plasmids #Biotech #SynBio #iGEM #Cloning
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NanoPlasmiQC: Full plasmid sequencing with ONT long-reads and automatic data analysis
Long-read sequencing has shown a rapid technological development during the last years. It has been established as the standard method for the sequencing of plant genomes and has also gained importanc...
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dnarnaresearch.bsky.social @dnarnaresearch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Emerging technologies for the discovery of biosynthetic genes in plants doi.org/10.1039/D6NP... #PlantSci #Genomics #Bioinformatics
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Emerging technologies for the discovery of biosynthetic genes in plants
Covering 1982 to 2026Some of the most prominent natural products originate from plants. Discovering their biosynthetic genes has been a slow process. In contrast to microbial systems, co-expression an...
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We are looking for a Bachelor's or Master's student to develop a functional annotation tool for large plant gene families. If you are excited about this opportunity, please get in touch. Details are available here: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#... #Python #Bioinformatics @puckerlab.bsky.social
Illustration showing the opportunity to develop a gene family annotation tool. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#GFA2026
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PuckerLab publications @puckerlabpapers.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Please share with your network: Would you benefit from full plasmid sequencing? Check out this cost-effective solution via nanopore sequencing on old flow cells: doi.org/10.64898/202... #LongReads #Biotech #SynBio #Plasmids #iGEM @puckerlab.bsky.social @bpucker.bsky.social
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NanoPlasmiQC: Full plasmid sequencing with ONT long-reads and automatic data analysis
Long-read sequencing has shown a rapid technological development during the last years. It has been established as the standard method for the sequencing of plant genomes and has also gained importanc...
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ЗИТА. @zinoky.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
In Siberia, the lady's slipper is found in the taiga, in pine and deciduous forests. This species is protected in Siberia, as it is listed in the Red Book. This species is considered the largest.
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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
A masterclass takedown of the "forbidden" race science from @evoroseman.bsky.social. It's incredible how when you take this stuff completely seriously, it ends up looking even more ridiculous
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Charles C. Roseman: Race Science, Genetics, & Evolution: A Scientific Evaluation
In this lecture, prof. Roseman provides a criticism of so-called "race science", based on evolutionary genetic theory.
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ЗИТА. @zinoky.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The lady's slipper orchid is easily recognized by its distinctive flower, reminiscent of a miniature slipper or slipper. Its petals and sepals are colored in delicate shades. About 40 species of orchids were once found in Siberia.
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Megan @coachmegjade.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Wrinkled Peach. Perhaps the cutest mushroom I’ve ever seen. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #nature
Four tiny Wrinkled Peach mushroom caps begin to emerge from a log. Aka Rhodotus palmatus; pinkish color and distinctive ridged and veined surface of their rubbery caps, seen "bleeding" a red- or orange-colored liquid.
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Botany One @botany.one · 13/06/2026
Science Shared: June 13 www.botany.one/science-shar... This week: plant immunity, gall production, and improvements to Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation. #Botany #PlantScience
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Science Shared: June 13
This week: plant immunity, gall production, and improvements to Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation.
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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Buena Mulata is an heirloom chilli & I’ve been saving, then sowing the seeds for years. This particular plant was kept going all winter in the summerhouse, which is why it’s fruiting so early 🌶️💜🌶️💜🌶️💜🌶️💜 #chilli #chillies #homegrown #kitchengarden
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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We are looking for a new group member (BSc/MSc student) to bring our full plasmid sequencing data analysis workflow (NanoPlasmiQC) to the next level: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#... #Python #Genomics #LongReads #Biotech #SynBio #Bioinformatics @puckerlab.bsky.social
Project summary figure with the details about our full plasmid sequencing data analysis workflow and this opportunity for Bachelor or Master students. Parts of the figure were generated with the help of ChatGPT. Details:  https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#NPQCS
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