I'm excited to share our paper on natural variation in the Arabidopsis circadian clock, published in @plantphys.bsky.social with Anna Philippova, @adaevo.bsky.social and @hikemaydon.bsky.social 🌱🕐. Thread below (🧵1/6) academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

A noncoding SNP in ELF3 alters ELF3β expression and confers adaptation of Arabidopsis to a continental climate

A naturally occurring variant in the Arabidopsis core clock gene EARLY FLOWERING 3 alters temperature responsiveness and has been selected for in regions o

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It is very satisfying to see this published, after over a decade of work!

Intracellular potassium levels orchestrate circadian rhythmicity and cell division - Nature Communications

Circadian rhythms are ~24-hour biological cycles that influence processes from immunity to metabolism, and this study explores how intracellular potassium contributes to their regulation. The authors ...

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Our new study finds that the Bacillus subtilis circadian clock regulates colony expansion and cell differentiation. Congrats to 1st authors Jack Dorling and Francesca Sartor, with @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social and Martha Merrow @microclockerc.bsky.social #circadian www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We’re excited to share out wheat spatial transcriptomics paper, published today in Science Advances - url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/zvF1C0YKzm...

Spatial transcriptomics identifies distinct domains regulating yield-component traits of the wheat ear

Mapping gene activity in the wheat ear reveals domains that regulate spikelet number and yield potential.

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🎓 2025 Conference Postgraduate Travel Award Reflection. Yalin Liu (UniMelb) reflects on ASPS 2025 in Adelaide, highlighting her first poster presentation experience, insights from outreach sessions, and valuable networking For details: www.asps.org.au/phytogen #AusPlantSci

Excellent. Circadian resonance increases lettuce yield academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-... #PlantScience #Plants #Circadian #Chronoculture

Matching Circadian Rhythms to Light-Dark Cycles Increases Lettuce Yield by 29% in Vertical Farms Without Additional Energy Input

Abstract. Most cultivated lettuce varieties have 27-hour circadian clocks resulting from domestication-driven selection for delayed bolting yet are grown u

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Really great session this morning on microbial circadian clocks. So much good science! #SRBR2026

Doing the periodic cleaning of used plasmid miniprep columns and realized in honor of Earth Day it may be worth reminding you molecular biologists: Plasmid miniprep columns can be cleaned and reused essentially indefinitely! Just add 1 M HCl, soak overnight and wash 3x w/ water. Save $ and plastic

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Tominaga K. (tomiken)@pacyc184.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Single-molecule peptide sequencing through reverse translation of peptides into DNA | Nature Biotechnology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-026-03061-z

People keep (wrongly) claiming the overturning of the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology by discoveries like reverse transcription Crick predicted such modes of information transfer were perfectly possible Reverse translation is where he drew the line. Nature has never invented it. But we now have

Tominaga K. (tomiken)@pacyc184.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Single-molecule peptide sequencing through reverse translation of peptides into DNA | Nature Biotechnology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-026-03061-z

Since I moved to @mrclmb.bsky.social I’ve been trying to answer this: Why are some mammals active at night and others in the day? Today our answer is out @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... If you’re interested in circadian biology, evolution or how timing shapes physiology, take a look

A cellular basis for the mammalian nocturnal-diurnal switch

Early mammals were nocturnal while dinosaurs dominated the daytime. Mammalian transition to daytime activity accelerated after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, but the underlying mechanisms remain...

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Announcing a Transformation Lead role (level B) at the Adelaide University node of Plant Synthetic Biology Australia (international applicants welcome)! For more information on PSBA, see plantsynbio.au More details on the position: lnkd.in/g3GZSRT8

Congrats @benpwilliams.bsky.social !

Ben Williams @benpwilliams.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Absolutely delighted that our paper on epigenetic dynamics during plant aging is out today in Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Congrats, Francis. Well done!

Francis Kuang@franciskuang.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Woohoo! 🎉 Our preprint is out! We studied an underexplored plant enzyme, ACC oxidase, and uncovered a new regulatory mechanism that controls ethylene biosynthesis. Huge thanks to all co-authors and to my amazing supervisors, Dr Ivanhoe Leung and @hikemaydon.bsky.social!🙌🌱

Redox-controlled dimerisation regulates ethylene biosynthesis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692314v1

A new preprint from the lab by @cbuckley.bsky.social in collab with @adaevo.bsky.social #plantsci #circadian 🌱 ⏰

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A non-coding SNP in ELF3 alters expression of ELF3β and confers adaptation of Arabidopsis to a continental climate https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.23.684042v1

This is an excellent opportunity. It was a fun and informative experience for me a few years ago.

Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS)@asps-oz.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🏛️ ASPS seeks Science Meets Parliament 2026 delegates! Represent plant science to policymakers in Canberra. Contact Mark Waters ASAP: mark.waters@uwa.edu.au #SciencePolicy #PlantScience

I’m very pleased to share our latest work, led by the talented @cbuckley.bsky.social as part of his PhD. It’s our first attempt at studying #circadian rhythms in wheat with the help of some great collaborators @jesshyles.bsky.social @adaevo.bsky.social et al. #plantsci 🌾⏰ 1/7 doi.org/10.1111/nph....

A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat

Circadian clocks control daily and seasonal timing of physiology and development. Because of their influence on photoperiodic flowering, variants in circadian clock genes have been selected for ph...

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I’m very pleased to share our latest work, led by the talented @cbuckley.bsky.social as part of his PhD. It’s our first attempt at studying #circadian rhythms in wheat with the help of some great collaborators @jesshyles.bsky.social @adaevo.bsky.social et al. #plantsci 🌾⏰ 1/7 doi.org/10.1111/nph....

A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat

Circadian clocks control daily and seasonal timing of physiology and development. Because of their influence on photoperiodic flowering, variants in circadian clock genes have been selected for ph...

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@cbuckley.bsky.social and I wrote this Pursuit article about our wheat research #chronoculture #circadian #plantsci pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the...

The time is ripe for chronoculture

A better understanding of circadian rhythms in crop plants can help improve agricultural production, say University of Melbourne experts

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#chronoculture #circadian

Plant Physiology@plantphys.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Differential impact of dawn and dusk watering on tomato metabolism and biomass allocation (João Antonio Siqueira, Auxiliadora O Martins, Thiago Wakin, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

🍷 ASPS Conference Dinner at National Wine Centre next to Adelaide Botanic Gardens! First come, first served. After our memorable Hobart dinner, this promises to be another evening to remember. Register: bit.ly/4p25OJ0 #ASPS2025 #ConferenceDinner

My HPLC was definitely overlooked www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery

The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality.

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✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/7) A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hello 👋 We're the official #UniMelb account! Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙

[Reminder] ASPS social media update: X account being phased out, Facebook shutting down. Follow us on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/australia...) and BlueSky for plant science news and community updates. #PlantScience #SocialMediaUpdate

This would be amazing for collaboration with Europe. But ‘started exploratory talks for possible association’ does not instil confidence 😶

Australian Academy of Science@science.org.au · 11mo ago

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the announcement that the Australian Government has started exploratory talks on Australia’s possible association to Horizon Europe. Learn more: www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

Well done to @franciskuang.bsky.social on delivering his PhD Completion Seminar today. A fantastic talk on a great project spanning biochemistry 🧪 and plant science 🌱

It's great to see you PHD takeoff and what a way to fly, read @c-reynoldsuk.bsky.social first paper from his PHD www.nature.com/articles/s41... It is also a nice collaboration with Ant Dodd at the JIC @antdodd.bsky.social @nrpdtp.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Machine learning models highlight environmental and genetic factors associated with the Arabidopsis circadian clock - Nature Communications

The authors introduce ChronoGauge as a machine learning model which can estimate a plant’s internal circadian time using gene expression. This can be used to compare the circadian clock across differe...

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