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Biology Open @biologyopen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Are you an early-career researcher based in the Global South? Apply by 20 November 2026 for BiO Global South Conference Travel Grants to attend an international biological or biomedical conference. More information at www.biologists.com/grants/bio-g...

BiO Global South Conference Travel Grants. Supporting ECRs in the Global South to attend international biological and biomedical science conferences. Application deadline: 20 November 2026.

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Plant & Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Stranger Things... @l-teixeiracosta.bsky.social discusses the eco-physiological impacts of climate change factors, such as extreme heat, drought and elevated CO2 levels, on hemi- & holo-parasitic plant infestations 📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... See also @botany.one www.botany.one/luiza-teixei...

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Luiza Teixeira-Costa: Strange Lives of Plants and Their Human Stories

Botany One interviews Dr Luiza Teixeira-Costa, a Brazilian botanist working in the integration of botany and environmental humanities.

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Physiologia Plantarum @pplplantarum.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🌡️ How do some tomatoes thrive under extreme heat while others struggle? Multi-omics analyses on maya-land tomatoes shed lighton plant strategies to thrive in high temperatures. bit.ly/4b847Wa

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Matthew Robson @canopysee.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Are you a graduate considering a career in forestry? Find out more about our Forest Science M.Sc. lnkd.in/eQbEFzGu Or sign up to our online open-evening on 20/21-Feb & 18-March. lnkd.in/ePVcxzAu

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

#Forestry and #timber businesses across the UK are being asked to take part in an annual survey programme to collect data about the UK timber industry. Results from the surveys are used to understand the state of the timber industry and the balance between supply and demand. ⬇️

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Hajk-Georg Drost @hajkdrost.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🧵 Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making! 🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans. Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation? @cellpress.bsky.social

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Abstract submissions for the SEB Annual Conference 2026 – Florence open TOMORROW! 🧬✨ Don’t miss your chance to showcase your research in Italy 🇮🇹 🔗 www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... #SEBconference #BiologyConference #Florence

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Johnatan Vilasboa @vilasjohn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Jimmy is living his best life while we watch Only Connect :)

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

You can have both kinds of symmetry on the same plant: This Ratibida pinnata (📷: Joshua Mayer CCBYSA2) has two kinds of flowers. Ray flowers are zygomorphic; disk flowers are actinomorphic. Of course, the Asteraceae are famous for this trait. #Asteraceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Close-up photo of a head of flowers. The photo is annotated with brackets, arrows, and text. A bracket indicates the ray flower, and the text reads, “Ray flowers are zygomorphic.” Three arrows point to disk flowers, and the text reads, “Each disk flower is actinomorphic.”

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Johnatan Vilasboa @vilasjohn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

What a gorgeous sight on the first working morning of 2026 at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The Common or ‘English’ Oak (Quercus Robur) is the national tree of Germany. And obviously England But also Poland, Romania, Belarus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia & Moldova In fact I do not have enough room to name all the countries…….

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

🌱 EXPERT VIEW 🌱 Auxin biosynthesis and inactivation are dynamically regulated during plant regeneration. While synthetic auxin is often used to provoke regeneration in tissue culture, endogenous IAA is still often required - Maruyama & Ikeuchi 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

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Zhai and Xu (2021) and Zhai et al. (2023) showed that the middle cell layer of the callus is responsible for pluripotency acquisition. In this layer, WOX5/7-PLT1/2 up-regulates TAA1. High IAA may be required for pluripotency acquisition.

Sakamoto et al. (2022) revealed that IAA biosynthesis is induced before the first cell division of protoplasts to form callus.

Zhang et al. (2019) and Lee et al. (2024b) showed that JA-inducible ERF109 up-regulates the expression of ASA1. ESR1 directly up-regulates ASA1 and, in parallel, ESR1 represses JAZ5 expression, together promoting IAA biosynthesis.

Damodaran and Strader (2024) found that KMD2 degrades type-B ARRs and consequently blocks cytokinin signaling. In the absence of cytokinin signaling, TOB1 expression is down-regulated and thus facilitates IBA-to-IAA conversion, leading to de novo rooting.

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Jacques Caplat @jacquescaplat.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Francis Hallé n'était pas seulement un immense chercheur en biologie végétale et un défenseur acharné des forêts et des arbres. C'était aussi un être humain d'une grande gentillesse et d'une grande humilité. Il savait écouter, partager et se mettre au service d'autrui. www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...

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Francis Hallé, botaniste et infatigable défenseur des arbres, est mort à l’âge de 87 ans

Le dendrologue, spécialiste des forêts tropicales et de l’architecture des arbres, avait réussi, grâce à ses talents de pédagogue et à ses dons de dessinateur, à capter l’attention et la sympathie du ...

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Dean Nicolle @deannicolle1.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

New article on 'Hybridisation and Species Boundary in Eucalypts'. It focuses on 1) Phantom hybrids & 2) The Eucalyptus globulus species complex. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Photos are of 'The Mallacoota Gum', a phantom hybrid of E. cypellocarpa and E. pseudoglobulus.

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Johnatan Vilasboa @vilasjohn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Delighted to join this lineup of tree researchers and discuss our propagation work at the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. Join us tomorrow at 1pm (GMT).

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Super stoked to see work from our lab on BBC tonight! tree cuttings prepared by Vaishali Panwar, one of my PhD students, were CT scanned by Brian Atkinson and Craig Sturrock in the hounsfield facility were shown on Gardeners World this evening! watch it on iPlayer!

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

A few snaps from Kew Wakehurst where we're visiting the millennium seed bank for an event tomorrow @vilasjohn.bsky.social

Winter garden with bright pink and white heather flowers under a brilliant white birch tree

Looking up toward the sky along the trunk of a conifer into the twisted branches above.

Purple crocus scattered on the hillside sloping toward the waterfall.

Me at sunset with the misty trees in the background.

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Johnatan Vilasboa @vilasjohn.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

We're all set up at Southwell Minster for the Nottinghamshire Festival of Science and Curiosity! We're keen to showcase some of the wonders of plant propagation to a wider public! #scicomm @sebiology.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @forestrycommission.bsky.social

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

#BlackHistoryMonth Now more than ever, we must uplift, amplify, & celebrate Black scientists, scholars, & leaders. Beronda Montgomery @berondam.bsky.social is a plant scientist who researchers & teaches about mentoring & culture. Read "Lessons from Plants" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Book cover. The title is Lessons from Plants, the author is Beronda L. Montgomery. The cover is pale green with colorful drawings of plants surrounding the title.

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Johnatan Vilasboa @vilasjohn.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Tried it today for the first time and... I whole-heartedly recommend it! Easy to tinker with, saves at 300 DPI by default... It does the job of 3-4 packages I used to need. I had two faceting variables, so split_plot () didn't quite work, but I add_ed some ggplot2 code and voilà! #tidyplots #Rstats

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

#BlackHistoryMonth Now more than ever, we must amplify Black voices, authors, and leaders. Let's start with Leah Penniman, from Soul Fire Farm. Check out "Farming While Black" 💚👍 www.soulfirefarm.org

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SOUL FIRE FARM

Ending racism and injustice in the food system

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Teng Zhang | 张腾 @tengzhanguh.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Please Repost! We are offering a three-year fully funded doctoral researcher position to study how floral meristem patterning in woodland strawberry, and how it implicates the diversification in floral ground plans in Angiosperm flowers. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsini-...

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Johnatan Vilasboa @vilasjohn.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Didn't know that to post first here, so here's a no-brainer... Yes to cats, no to oligarchies!

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