This one is really important. Great work! Some papers don't go on the reading list, you open them right away. 🤓 I can't help but wonder whether there's another level of regulation via acyl chain identity... the PS threshold should highly depend on saturation degree.

Abdou Rachid Thiam@abdourachidthiam.bsky.social · 8h ago

A long-standing mystery in cholesterol biology: why is ER cholesterol sensing so switch-like rather than gradual? Our answer: cholesteryl ester phase separation in the ER membrane, which converts small lipid changes into a cooperative transcriptional response. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

PLEASE SHARE! New job openings in my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We have a broad interest into the mechanistic basis of how molecular complexes are rewired during cellular development in plants and during invasion by pathogens. 🌱🍄🔬 See details below 👇 #PlantSciJobs

Beautiful work from Lenhard's lab! Supergene control of chiral development in mirror-image flowers | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Supergene control of chiral development in mirror-image flowers

How genes determine the development of chiral structures is a fascinating question. The reciprocal placement of female and male organs on opposite sides of mirror-image flowers promotes efficient cros...

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#Climate change and #crop resilience: harnessing #metabolomics for predicting stress #tolerance nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience #SciComm @newphyt.bsky.social @plantmetabolism.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @func-metabo-lab.bsky.social @bdxmetabolome.bsky.social

The findings suggest that remnants of ancient seawater ecosystems may still persist beneath the ice today. Published in @natgeosci.nature.com, the study sheds new light on how life survives in extreme environments & offers clues about Antarctica's environmental history. www.jcvi.org/media-center...

Ancient marine life may be hiding in Antarctica’s Blood Falls

LA JOLLA, California—August 3, 2026—Blood Falls has long been one of Antarctica’s strangest landmarks: a red-stained outflow that spills from...

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The prestigious Miller Research Postdoctoral Fellowship is open! University of California, Berkeley This is a postdoc fellowship with substantial support and independence to be hosted at a lab at Berkeley, reach out with interests! miller.berkeley.edu/nominate-app...

A cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase–like scaffold organizes monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase–like scaffold organizes monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis

Biosynthesis of ~3,000 monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs), including the anticancer drug vinblastine, involves the highly unstable intermediate strictosidine aglycone. Its formation by strictosidin...

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At the World Cup of superstars, a team take home the trophy 💜 | Sid Lowe www.theguardian.com/football/202...

At the World Cup of superstars, a team take home the trophy | Sid Lowe

The European champions conceded just one goal in the tournament and Spain’s success is a victory for a system

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#MondayCanopyReads from the BES Forest Ecology Group Unexpected expansion and regrowth in Earth’s mangrove forest over the past four decades🌿🌱🌿🌱 Zhang et al., 2026 | Science  Read 👉 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec9773 #WorldMangroveDay #Mangroves #BlueCarbon  #EcosystemRecovery

Summary available in Spanish 💜🌳🌳

New Phytologist@newphyt.bsky.social · 4w ago

Keeping up with the heat: Long-term dynamics and plasticity of heat tolerance in a tropical plant community Georgia G. Hernández, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/AXS96W... Summary also available in Spanish. @martijnslot.bsky.social #PlantScience

#Fachkollegienwahl: Die Frist für Vorschläge zu Kandidat*innen läuft ab jetzt bis 6. Nov. 2026. Vorschlagsberechtigt für alle Fächer sind fachgebundene Institutionen, DFG-Mitglieder und der Stifterverband – diesmal via eNominierung. Die Wahl hat dann die Community im Herbst 2027! sohub.io/ep37

Fachkollegienwahl 2027: Frist für das Vorschlagen von Kandidierenden läuft

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Originally posted one year ago... painfully seeing this fundamentalism being taught to new generations... me reposting in the name of heresy 🫣

Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · 4w ago

“CNS worship is academic version of religious fundamentalism — truth flows from elite gatekeepers and only chosen few are heard. The Church reveres the Holy Trinity of Cell, Nature, & Science, where publication is canonization, dissent is heresy.”#AcademicChatter kamounlab.medium.com/stop-display...

From xylem atlases to developmental continuity in forestry #plantscience

From xylem atlases to developmental continuity in forestry

Cell states alone rarely resolve woody developmental continua. To recover developmental continuity, Wei et al. integrated single-cell, single-nucleus, and spatial transcriptomics in poplar xylem. Their study highlights a broader principle for forestry: cell-resolved atlases become explanatory when interpreted in an anatomical context and linked to developmental continuity and experimental validation.

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No abandones tus sueños... tus sueños no te abandonarán 💜🌈 youtube.com/watch?v=hRnS...

U2 - Street Of Dreams (Official Video)

YouTube video by U2

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A novel RAB5 binding site in human VPS34-CII that is likely the primordial site in eukaryotic evolution

A novel RAB5 binding site in human VPS34-CII that is likely the primordial site in eukaryotic evolution

Cryo-EM structures unexpectedly show that there are two binding sites for RAB5, with the VPS15 site being the most evolutionarily ancient site, which is essential for endocytic sorting.

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"No one’s Ph.D. journey is the same, and no one deserves to be shamed for how long it takes." #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4gaZ4GS

PhD project on Blast Fungus host pentration open in my #Proteomics group at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social for an October 2026 entry. Collaborative project with @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social. Deadline: 30th July. Open to Home Fee status applicants. biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/inv...

Investigating host penetration by the rice blast fungus (MENKE_S26DTP3) | Doctoral Training Partnership

MENKE_S26DTP3

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🚀 Job alert: We’re starting a new Facility – and you can lead it! The MPI-IE & @mariekeoudelaar.bsky.social are hiring a Head of Protein Biochemistry & Biophysics to launch and lead a brand-new Core Facility in Freiburg 🇩🇪. Once-in-lifetime-chance. Details ⬇️ jobs.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/jobposting/b...

"They were held up by an electric storm but, after the skies had cleared, Mexico kept the lightning bolts coming. This was a climactic night that utterly engulfed the senses and its ramifications will be far reaching." 💜⚽ www.theguardian.com/football/202...

#Technological advances in #imaging & #modelling of leaf structural traits: a review of #heat stress in #wheat academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... #PlantScience @jxbotany.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @plantscience.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social @wheattrials.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social

"Reannotation is not the most glamorous part of genomics. It does not generate splashy press releases and doesn’t feed the obsession with CNS papers. But infrastructure matters. And so does interpretation consistency."

Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · last mo.

I just published No mokusatsu in our genomics—Why we reannotated hundreds of plant genomes with Helixer and why you should care. #biology #bioinformatics #genomics kamounlab.medium.com/no-mokusatsu...

🌲 Europe's forests need a common language. For years, European countries conserved forest genetic resources in isolation. Not anymore! #EUFORGEN's new report establishes harmonised standards for ex situ conservation across Europe. www.euforgen.org/about-us/new...

EUFORGEN report sets out standards for ex situ conservation of forest genetic resources

EUFORGEN has published a report harmonising how European countries conserve forest genetic resources within and outside their natural habitats, establishing com...

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We have an open position for lab technician to support our research @uni-muenster.de : stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/9... Experience in molecular biology, laboratory management, and strong communication skills are required. The position is initially offered at 50% for one year. 🌱🍅🧪

Technische*r Assistent*in

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Barbara McClintock was born #OTD in 1902. 🧪 🌽 McClintock, who spent most of her career at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, won a Basic Medical Research Lasker in 1981 for the discovery of transposons, genetic elements that can move from one location to another: http://ow.ly/hVNI50Jvkql #WomenInSTEM

Fascinating story! First global map of mycorrhizal fungi reveals true scale of underground networks across the planet Mycorrhizal fungi form underground networks that sustain plant life and help regulate Earth's climate by drawing carbon into soils. phys.org/news/2026-06...

First global map of mycorrhizal fungi reveals true scale of underground networks across the planet

Mycorrhizal fungi form underground networks that sustain plant life and help regulate Earth's climate by drawing carbon into soils. In a study published in Science, an international team of researcher...

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Leaf rather than soil water potential controls stomatal behaviour 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Bourbia et al. @bourbia.bsky.social, @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social, @WileyPlantSci

Katalin Karikó's inspiring story captures the power of persisting against all odds -- a timely reminder for us in science. We're proud to have produced this winning episode, in partnership w/ @scifri.bsky.social. Stories like hers are at the ❤️ of why we support early-stage, unconventional science.

Science Friday@scifri.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We’re honored to have won a First Place award from the Public Media Journalists Association for "The Leap: I Was Considered A Nobody." www.pmja.org/pmja-2026-aw... "The Leap" is a production of the Hypothesis Fund @hypothesisfund.bsky.social, in partnership with Science Friday.

also, including beautiful MALDI-MSI images on B.subtilis colonies with specialised metabolite distributions @manuelliebeke.bsky.social might appreciate another nice example for application of MALDI-MSI on B. subtilis

Harnessing natural variation for photosynthetic improvement in next‐generation crop breeding onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jipb.bsky.social

Harnessing natural variation for photosynthetic improvement in next‐generation crop breeding

This review explains how understanding natural differences in plant photosynthesis can guide crop breeding. By integrating advanced genetics, high-resolution phenotyping, and synthetic biology, it ou...

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I would love that scientific research reflects what we should look for as society, working towards equitable collaborations. Looking forward for equitable research WITH the Global South 💜 beyond studying their amazing biodiversity.

Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When a study is built on Global South 🇪🇨 biodiversity and field sites, you’d hope Global South scientists are involved in more than “acquired data” doi.org/10.1038/s415...