Our science & scientists also becoming victims of climate change. A/C systems not designed to deal with consecutive heatwaves & continuing to fail. Nearly 50°C in the room with our plant growth cabinets (which couldn't cope) today. 3 rounds of failed experiments. #plantscience #climatecatastrophe

Interesting work on ISS plant microbiome. I wish they compared the space microbiome of those veggies to the Earth microbiomes www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic... Will we really be able to feed astronauts with space-garden-grown food one day? What do you think? 👩‍🚀

Frontiers | Microbial community characterization of multi-crop growouts in the XROOTS aeroponic–hydroponic system on the International Space Station

Plant growth systems tested on the International Space Station (ISS) are small-area growth units that mostly use solid media. With NASA’s plan to send astron...

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A cool study on plant-microbe interactions under drought stress 🌲🦠💧 elifesciences.org/articles/79679

A dynamic rhizosphere interplay between tree roots and soil bacteria under drought stress

Increased root exudation rate under combined drought and bacterial inoculation and bacterial growth stimulation by specific exudation metabolites support the idea of root recruitment of beneficial bacteria, especially under water stress.

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🌱 First planting day in the Alptekin Lab! Ohio University undergraduates Maddy Lucas and Liz Moran planted their first seeds and transferred them to the growth chamber on February 9. An exciting start to our research journey!

Somehow, I missed this article before, even though it is from 2016. And it makes complete sense. Highly recommended for abiotic stress researchers. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Drought Adaptation Mechanisms Should Guide Experimental Design

The mechanism, or hypothesis, of how a plant might be adapted to drought should strongly influence experimental design. For instance, an experiment te…

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Postdoctoral openings at Ane Lab. A great lab to do great science with great people 👩🏻‍🔬🧫🧪

Jean-Michel Ané@jeanmichelane.bsky.social · 7mo ago

2 postdoc openings in my lab: anelab.wisc.edu/join-us.html One for a maize geneticist and one for a bacterial geneticist Picture featuring @manishbiotechie.bsky.social, @balptekin.bsky.social and @sairamnagalla.bsky.social. The first two left my lab over the last few months to start their own labs!

Thank you to @mrillig.bsky.social for posting these videos. They are always very helpful and reassuring to hear www.youtube.com/watch?v=p48x... The first piece of advice is especially resonating with me right now as a new PI: Hire the right people That is what I am working on, and it is hard!

My Top 9 Tips for new PIs and group leaders #academia #postdoc #faculty #assistantprofessor

YouTube video by Life in academia

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A great read: "Productivity, I’ve come to see, is not measured only by research papers and grants. It is also sustained by presence, rest, and the relationships that give meaning to the work." www.science.org/content/arti...

Today was my first day at Ohio University as an assistant professor. It has been a long journey, and finally, I am here💫 I cannot express how grateful I am to all my mentors, colleagues, friends, and family for supporting me on this journey. I could not do this without you. So, thank you!

An exciting opportunity for postdocs: Jane Silverthorne Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for BTI plantae.org/announcing-t... These kinds of programs will allow early-career scientists to follow their curiosity and ask bold questions. Hope to see them more 🌿

Announcing the Jane Silverthorne Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | Plantae

A message from Silvia Restrepo, President, Boyce Thompson Institute As the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) embarks on our second century of plant science innovation, I’m deeply honored to announce the…

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My new news&views piece is now online at @plantphys.bsky.social "One arrow—two targets: Dual role of ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE2-like protein in osmostress and submergence tolerance" academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

One arrow—two targets: Dual role of ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE2-like protein in osmostress and submergence tolerance

Plants are highly responsive to the water in their surrounding environment. Different plant species have their sweet spot for the water they need, which is

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Congratulations to all the incredible trainee presenters at #GLPSC2025! Your flash talks and posters showcased the creativity and rigor driving the future of #plantscience in the Great Lakes region. We’re excited to highlight our competition winners! 🏆🧵

I won the FIRST place in the flash talk competition at #GLPSC2025 🍀 I must admit, it was unexpected because this was my first flash talk and let me tell you; explaining what you do in 3 minutes is not easy! Thanks to organizers of #GLPSC2025 for the opportunity to share my work on 🌱 and space 🛰️

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community It's not just you. Survey says: "Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky" arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community

It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

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Deleting a 600kb region in a genome? Not that crazy of an idea anymore! Papikian et al show that plants have an incredible ability to compensate for large genomic deletions. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Targeted deletions of large syntenic regions in Arabidopsis thaliana | PNAS

Plant genomes have undergone multiple rounds of whole-genome duplication (WGD) throughout their evolutionary history. As a result, many species, in...

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Such a timely and important work! 👇 It was an incredible experience to be a part of the ROOT&SHOOT Inclusive Conference Committee (rootandshoot.org). I learned a lot in our discussions. It is always great to connect with like-minded people for an important goal: inclusive scientific environment 🌸

Patricia Baldrich González@pbaldrich.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🎉 Our paper on Inclusive Conference Practices is out in eLife! Grateful to the Root & Shoot team for turning shared challenges into actionable strategies to make conferences more equitable, accessible, and welcoming. 👉 Read here: elifesciences.org/articles/106... #InclusiveScience #STEMEquity

It is great to be part of this group. Thank you @plantphys.bsky.social for the opportunity to be an AFE

Mary Williams @PlantTeaching@plantteaching.bsky.social · last yr.

A whole bunch of Assistants Features Editors from @theplantcell.bsky.social and @plantphys.bsky.social getting to know each other 💚 #PlantBio2025

Here I am at #PlantBio2025 in Milwaukee Curious about plants under space stressors? 🚀👽🛸Come and visit poster number 200-21 @aspbofficial.bsky.social

Join us for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference!🎉 The poster abstract deadline has been extended to June 30th, so you still have time to showcase your work. Check out this link to learn more👇: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

Like everyone else, I’m on BlueSky now. Follow to learn more on plants, microbes and even plants and microbes in space 👽

Here is our recent work on famous soil substance Glomalin. Thanks for highlighting our work @mrillig.bsky.social

Matthias C. Rillig@mrillig.bsky.social · last yr.

What glomalin isn't. This substack post is based on a recent paper in New Phytologist by the group of Jean-Michel Ané @newphyt.bsky.social @jeanmichelane.bsky.social michelane.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/matthias...