Mark C @thelablablab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Chef Lewis from the @unisouthampton.bsky.social Blue Room making houmous @britishscifest 000
Mark C @thelablablab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We are in Guildhall Square talking all things chickpea! Come along and see the chef cook and get free snacks! @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social 022
Mark C @thelablablab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We are at Pride Southampton, come say hi 🫛 🫘 @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social #uosroadshow 084
Mark C @thelablablab.bsky.social · 01/08/2026@novelcropnet.bsky.social at Southampton City Farm today 🫛 🫘 🌻 🌽 021
Mark C @thelablablab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Thank you everyone who came today, it was very well attended and there were a lot of exciting interesting conversations @novelcropnet.bsky.social @niab-uk.bsky.social 031
Mark C @thelablablab.bsky.social · 13/07/2026@chrisgpackham.bsky.social good job re evolution, but ever heard of a plant? They evolve too 🤦🏻🌵 ☘️ 020
Reposted by Mark COded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 15/05/202690% of grant progress reports 09012
Reposted by Mark CAshkaan K. Fahimipour @akfbio.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Reptiles with longer Wikipedia pages tend to be bigger. The relationship is a power law with exponent = 0.85. I guess humans really like writing about big lizards? The longest article is the Komodo Dragon. 13348117
Reposted by Mark CMike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Rye is the most commonly cited example of this. (See, for example, www.smbc-comics.com/comic/vavilov ). Oats are another. Both rye and oats have different environmental tolerances than wheat and barley do, so there are locations where they're a far more reliable crop than what they were mimicking.smbc-comics.comSaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - VavilovSaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Vavilov 272
Reposted by Mark CPlant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Don’t reach for ChatGPT Images or Nano Banana as your first option when creating scientific images There are multiple free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations. #plantscience @stephenturner.us blog.stephenturner.us/p/free-open-...blog.stephenturner.usFree and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrationsPhylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics 317980
Reposted by Mark CRoyal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · 18/05/2026With the number of students studying #PlantScience declining each year, a community of educators is taking steps to transform the subject into an engaging, modern subject, central to the green jobs of the future. Read the article: biologist.rsb.org.uk/regrowing_pl... #FascinationOfPlantsDay 02116
Reposted by Mark CBiological Sciences @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Join us at Sholing Valley Country Park Spring Festival 2day 🌈🌦️ Chat to Mark Anastasia and @uosengagement.bsky.social team about climate ☀️ chickpeas and find out all about #BSF2026 in #southampton too! @novelcropnet.bsky.social #sotonbeans #citizenscience 062
Reposted by Mark CNovel and Underutilised Crop Network @novelcropnet.bsky.social · 23/04/2026We’re launching NUCNet! Novel & Underutilised Crop Network, exploring how novel & underutilised crops can support the future of UK agriculture. Find out more visit: shorturl.at/YKv1M 🔗 Sign up: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/jEaTdH2SZ8 #Novelcropnet #BBSRC #UKRI #FoodSystems #Agriculture #PlantScience 11714
