It's been great to virtually host Alex Eve @amjeve.uk, from the Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social today at the RDP @rdplab.bsky.social for a wonderful webinar on scientific publishing and the different forms we scientists have to contribute to a fairer system 📣

The 🌽maize🌽 crew from @rdplab.bsky.social representing at the Maize Genetics Meeting in Köln 🇩🇪 Great discussions, inspiring science & valuable time with the international maize community. Proud of this team and the contributions we’re making to advance maize reproduction 🌱

Today we celebrate the women who feed the world. 🌾 Rural women are leaders in building sustainable, resilient food systems — often with fewer resources but endless determination Happy International Day of Rural Women: https://on.cgiar.org/4nIPj3z #GenderinAg #RuralWomen

New pre-print from the team! The manuscript is @emma-raven.bsky.social's PhD work showing that whether a leaf is a carbon sink or a carbon source influences how they execute immune responses. Have a read! #PlantScience @johninnescentre.bsky.social

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Primary metabolism underpins the execution of immune responses in different tissues of the same plant https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.11.681807v1

Excited to share the paper from my work in the Dean lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social out now in @cp-molcell.bsky.social. Huge thanks to all the co-authors - it was a great collaborative effort! Watch out for the associated cover artwork coming out next week 🎉 www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

VEL-dependent polymerization maintains the chromatin association of Polycomb proteins for the switch to epigenetic silencing

Schulten et al. show that VEL polymerization domains produce higher-order protein assemblies to maintain chromatin association of Polycomb proteins, enabling a stable epigenetic switch at the floral r...

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This will be an intersting read for some of you! Othmeni, M., et al. (2025). Exploring the genetic variation of wheat-Triticum timopheevii introgression lines for flowering morphology traits for hybrid wheat use. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi.org/10.3389/fpls...

Frontiers | Exploring the genetic variation of wheat-Triticum timopheevii introgression lines for flowering morphology traits for hybrid wheat use

IntroductionThe autogamous nature of wheat presents a significant challenge for hybrid wheat breeding, which relies on cross-pollination. To facilitate hybri...

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🌾 New in The Plant Genome: Global public–private alliance unites to boost wheat floral biology research & enable cost-effective hybrid seed production. 🔬 Better pollination 🌱 Higher yields 🌍 Climate resilience #HybridWheat #Genomics #FoodSecurity #AgInnovation

Scott Boden@scottboden.bsky.social · last yr.

Here’s the article link: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/YSYTCXLWO0... @rmwhitford.bsky.social

1/4 Through an exciting industry–academic collaboration, our new Perspective sets the stage for the next phase of hybrid wheat research. 🌾 We focus on floral biology traits that can increase cross-fertilisation in self-pollinating wheat — paving the way for more effective hybrid seed production.

C'est parti pour le premier BioSymposium à l'ENS-Lyon 🌱🦠🪸 #RDP #IGFL #CIRI #LBMC

Grande mobilisation #standupforscience a Lyon, pl. des Terreaux. Plusieurs centaines des personnes !