Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath sadly passed away today. She was a legend for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes.
Catharina Merchante / Karen
@kmerchante.bsky.social
Tenured scientist @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social Curious about how plants adjust translation to adapt to their environment 👩🏻🔬🍀Science-Dog-📚-Travel-Nature-🌙-lover
So happy for you! It´s going to be wonderful, @geminiteamlab.bsky.social !!!! Wish you the best of luck 🍀 (though I know you won´t need it 🩷)
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research@mpipz.bsky.social · last mo.🔬Big news🥳 We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new Director and head of the Department of Plant Virology @mpipz.bsky.social Her research focuses on how plant viruses interact with their hosts. 🎉Welcome to MPIPZ, Rosa 🌿🌱 www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...
The forgotten 20 million: why is the world neglecting Afghanistan’s girls and women? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The forgotten 20 million: why is the world neglecting Afghanistan’s girls and women?
It is shameful that half the country’s population continues to be overlooked by the international community.
nature.com
Eclipse Totality hits Spain! #SolarEclipse
A major advice I try to pass on: science is only worth it if you can delight in the discoveries of others. It’s great to make your own discoveries but they are too few to sustain you over the long haul.
Plant Physiology@plantphys.bsky.social · 2mo ago📣 We are now accepting applications to join the Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor (AFE) program. These are two-year appointments, starting either in January 2027 or 2028. 👉 Learn more and apply now: blog.aspb.org/plantphys_af.... #PlantSci #PlantScience
🌳🌆Trees can cool cities by up to 18°C but only if planted right. Layered vegetation with trees, shrubs & ground cover works better than trees alone. Local climate & street design matter One size does not fit all. Planting design determines cooling power #plantsci theconversation.com/trees-and-gr...
Trees and greenery can cool cities by as much as 18°C – but only if they’re the right type
A new study has shown that more vegetation is not automatically better.
theconversation.com
How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat
“Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics
science.org
My quote of the day Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. Albert Einstein
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
Buck moon 🌕 🩷 Looks a bit like a ribosome to me 🫣
La razón y el corazón, según Antonio Machado. Proverbios y cantares.
"Late, corazón. No todo se lo ha tragado la tierra". En memoria del gran Antonio Machado, en el 151º aniversario de su nacimiento.
How does a geminivirus replicate its genome using a pick&mix strategy with host proteins? 🦠🦠🌱🧬 Our new preprint identifies plant proteins repurposed by geminiviruses to carry out rolling-circle replication. Congrats @chaonan123.bsky.social , who spearheaded this work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Want to propose a scientific, educational, or technique demonstration session at ICAR 2027-Madison? 🌱There are 27 slots for 75' mini-symposia and 60' workshops. 🌱Check out the draft program and consider submitting your session proposal by November 13! www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/icar2027
🌕🌙 En el Día Internacional de la #Luna En el Séptimo Cielo tienes puedes descubrirla: siempre igual y siempre cambiante a la vez https://f.mtr.cool/vaajlqwado #E7C #astronomía
2. Las fases de la Luna: siempre igual, siempre cambiante - El Séptimo Cielo
Aprende a reconocer las fases lunares y en qué momentos del mes y del día se observan, así como las diferencias entre la visión de la Luna desde el norte y desde el sur de la Tierra.
f.mtr.cool
¡Enhorabuena, España! 🏆🇪🇸 You played an excellent #FIFAWorldCup 2026, from start to finish. Thank you for inspiring Europe and for bringing the trophy back to our continent.
Spain plays. Europe cheers. 🙌 Good luck tonight, from every corner of the EU. Vamoooos 💪 🇪🇸
1906 Nobel Prize winner Santiago Ramón y Cajal's 'Advice for a Young Investigator' makes important points: 1. The only thing in your power is your preparation 2. Be suspicious of “brilliance” 3. Be appropriately respectful of authority, but no more 4. Balance concentration and relaxation 🔽
What counts in plant science? #plantscience
What counts in plant science?
Plant science relies on collaborative, infrastructure-rich, and long-term research, yet evaluation remains dominated by simplified citation-based metrics. This mismatch shapes research culture and incentives. More responsible assessment should combine quantitative indicators with contribution-aware, context-sensitive approaches that better reflect how plant science is conducted.
dlvr.it
Honoring Antonio García-Bellido, a pioneering developmental biologist whose discoveries of developmental compartments and selector genes transformed our understanding of how genes shape organismal development. Read the PNAS Retrospective: https://ow.ly/cfZn50ZmvtJ
'I would not be talking about the fish that my team discovered if we didn’t have long-term funding that allowed me to fail and learn from failures. The only way I was able to learn from failures was to have long-horizon funding, when I wasn’t being measured from year to year'
“I Am an Unabashed Optimist About the Long-Term Future of Science.”
The new president of the National Academy of Sciences talks about learning to see as a scientist and communicating science in a noisy information landscape.
issues.org
Karen Merchante, from IHSM, gave the invited talk of the Session 2 in the XVIII RBMP meeting. She talked about translation regulation
Karen Merchante (@kmerchante.bsky.social) opens the second session of RBMP2026, explaining the role that selective translation plays in plant development🌱 👏
