Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I know @vinayshukla.bsky.social regularly posts to promote others' research here, so I want to return the favour. Great talk Vinay! #Plantscience #SLS26 151
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Very excited to be takin part in the Sainsbury Lab Symposium 2026 🙂 #SLS26 #Plantscience 020
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026www.nature.com/articles/s41... It's been a long time coming, but delighted to say that the first major output from my Royal Society Fellowship is now published. 🙂 #PlantSciencenature.comThe post-fertilization archegonium gene network of seedless plants contributed to the origin of seeds - Nature CommunicationsThe authors identify conserved gene networks across fern and angiosperm reproductive development, including between the sporophyte ovule and the fern gametophyte egg-chamber. Repurposing of this netwo... 108835
Reposted by Andy PlackettCurrent Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Here is some weekend reading for you 👉 www.cell.com/current-biol... Our special green issue, chokeful of reviews and short-format introductory pieces on plant #evolution! 🌱🌿🌵🍃 #Plants 12910
Reposted by Andy PlackettBethany Pettifor @bpettifor.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Had a great time this week at my first #EuroEvoDevo2026 conference! Presented my first poster on my current work and saw the amazing range of work going on in the Evo-Devo world! What an exciting field to have joined! 081
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026And just had a fantastic keynote by @beverleycubg.bsky.social . Thank you very much! #Euroevodevo2026 030
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Having a great time at #Euroevodevo2026 About to hear a talk by @sandyheth.bsky.social about his research. Go Sandy! 070
Reposted by Andy PlackettJuan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Please share! My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... 085119
Reposted by Andy PlackettSjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 31/01/2026Excited for this meeting on Epigenetic Memory in #plantscience in Amsterdam next week and present our latest work 🌱🌊 0151
Reposted by Andy PlackettSilvia Ramundo @sramundo.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Still buzzing from #NonSeedUK2025 @gensocuknonseed.bsky.social Organizing energy: calm and cool (@philcarella.bsky.social) And the questions were flying — no holding back, just pure curiosity. Loved it! Edinburgh 🏰 next year? Absolutely, UK-based or not 🙃! 1121
Reposted by Andy PlackettPM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Huge congratulations @puginiercamille.bsky.social for receiving the Prix Locoq from the French Academy of science @academiesciences.bsky.social !! @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social www.univ-tlse3.fr/actualite-de...univ-tlse3.frUne doctorante de l'université récompensée par l'Académie des sciences pour sa thèse sur les lichens - Université de Toulouse 2215
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Yesterday's #nonseedUK25 meeting fot me thinking 'what about lichen, how do they fit in?' and lo and behold. Fascinating 🙂 #Plantscience 081
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Today's the day! Thanks so much to Phil Carella of JIC for hosting this meeting at Norwich. #Plantscience 1132
Reposted by Andy PlackettHiro Nakagami @grandpahiro.bsky.social · 28/11/2025International Marchantia Workshop 2026 Nov. 27th – 29th, 2026 Kobe, Japan sites.google.com/view/marchan...sites.google.comMarchantia Workshop 2026News 01110
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Had a blast at the @embo.org workshop 'Plant evolution: from origins to diversification on land' hosted by the Gregor Mendel Institute Vienna. Would 100% recommend. Thank you so much to the organisers incl @isabelmonte.bsky.social and @moodytomato.bsky.social for all their hard work! #Plantscience 0120
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^. Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know! #Plantscience 01120
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 18/11/2025www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r... A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social. If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂 #Plantscience #Plantscijobsjobs.ac.ukResearch Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of BirminghamAn opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings. 01517
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2025And when I (finally) grow up I want to be as amazing a scientist as @bkoskella.bsky.social, who gave not one but two entirely separate inspirational talks about her science whilst visiting us at Uob! 110
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2025We had a stellar end to #NGS2025 today! 🎉 Thank you to everyone for coming, it was a pleasure to host you at the University of Birmingham. A massive thank you to the local committee and especially the New Phytologist Foundation for making this work. 🙂 All the best for next year's NGS! #PlantScience 060
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Today was Careers focused at #NGS2025 Thank you so much to all our panellists for their time and for sharing their varied experiences and views with our delegates. 🙂 #PlantScience 000
Reposted by Andy PlackettBotany One @botany.one · 03/08/2025Advances in understanding seed formation could be crucial for future food security. Dr. Duarte Figueiredo explains why studying the molecular mechanisms behind reproduction matters and shares advice for aspiring botanists. wp.me/pdRZhH-mgq #Botany #PlantScience 0142
Reposted by Andy PlackettNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 04/08/2025New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 starts very soon - at 13:30 BST (UTC+1)! Join in for free online via the livestream: www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent... #PlantScience #Botany 01911
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 04/08/2025We've had a great first day of the New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists Symposium, with fantastic talks from delegates and a lively panel discussion on publishing. Looking forward to tomorrow! #PlantScience #NGS2025 0102
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025I have a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position starting in January to study the evolution of seed gene networks using the fern Ceratopteris! Interested? More info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU179/r... Closing date 31st July. 🙂 #PlantScience #PlantSciencejobsjobs.ac.ukResearch Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of BirminghamAn opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings. 22731
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I was extremely flattered to be asked to contribute to this Voices piece. Hope folks find it interesting and that it tempts you to try working with new models. 😁 #PlantScience 142
Reposted by Andy PlackettAmerican Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · 06/06/2025📣#PlantBio2025 daily highlight: Plant Reproduction: From Sporogenesis to Seed Formation Under Normal and Stress Conditions Concurrent Session!🌱 buff.ly/GOvIDIt #plantscience 141
Reposted by Andy PlackettKromdijk Lab @plantphys-cam.bsky.social · 27/03/2025We have another opportunity to join the lab! We and @jmhibberd.bsky.social are looking for a technician to focus on the development of a NAM population in the orphan crop and C4 model species, G. gynandra 🌱☀️ Includes collaborations with partners at NIAB, Wageningen 🇳🇱 and in Cotonou (Benin) 🇧🇯 165
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Great start to the final day of #ICIPS2025 with a talk by @dromius.bsky.social showcasing the work of @davidjhoey.bsky.social about genetic control of marchantia reproductive strategies 23012
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Day 3! Into the mysteries of double fertilization... #ICIPS2025 182
Reposted by Andy PlackettDan Gibbs 🌱🧬 @djgibbs.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Happy to see our latest paper by @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social et al out today in Developmental Cell @cellpress.bsky.social! We identify a role for VRN2-PRC2 in regulating light-responsive growth in Arabidopsis through the conditional epigenetic repression of PIF signalling. tinyurl.com/swbyff24tinyurl.comVRN2-PRC2 facilitates light-triggered repression of PIF signaling to coordinate growth in ArabidopsisOsborne et al. show that the angiosperm-specific PRC2 subunit VRN2 is enriched in hypoxic regions of the Arabidopsis shoot, where it is required for stable deposition of H3K27me3 in key PIF4 target ge... 77739
Reposted by Andy PlackettBotany One @botany.one · 26/03/2025Scientists unveil the first architectural model of hazelnut trees, studying 104 shoots over two years to understand growth patterns. This could revolutionize cultivation of the world's third most popular tree nut. Story at wp.me/pdRZhH-lQp Paper at doi.org/pdj5 #Botany #PlantScience 🧪wp.meCracking the Code of Hazelnut Tree ArchitectureA new model of hazelnut enhances our understanding of its growth and development. 075
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Another preprint! I was privileged to be asked to be involved with this project. Well done to everyone, particularly the first author, Hannah McConnell of Veronica di Stilio's lab at UW, who's tenacity and hard work really shines through 🙂 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Plantscience #Fern #LEAFYbiorxiv.orgLEAFY demonstrates ancestral reproductive functions in the gametophyte and not the sporophyte of the fern Ceratopteris richardiiFlowers are a key reproductive innovation of the angiosperms. They evolved as a modification of the ancestral plant life cycle whereby the haploid gamete-producing generation (gametophyte) became encl... 082
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025About to start day 2 of the International ICIPS Symposium focussed on the evolution of plant reproduction. I'm going to learn so much! #Plantscience #ICIPS2025 1102
Reposted by Andy PlackettEvolution of Plant Sexual Reproduction (DFG_ICIPS) @icips.bsky.social · 25/03/2025The international ICIPS Symposium is starting NOW ! 062
Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 25/03/2025A great first day at the International ICIPS Symposium here in Berlin. Thank you @icips.bsky.social for organising! 000
