Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰
@hikemaydon.bsky.social
Associate Professor in the School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne. Metabolic signalling, circadian clocks. Teacher of Genetics. Researcher of plants. Dad. Runner. https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/haydonlab/
Very nice work by postdoc @cbuckley.bsky.social. He used transient seedling transformation of luciferase reporters to measure #circadian rhythms in ~300 Arabidopis accessions. And it worked really well…
Plant Physiology@plantphys.bsky.social · 3w agoA noncoding SNP in ELF3 alters ELF3β expression and confers adaptation of Arabidopsis to a continental climate (Christopher R Buckley , Anna Philippova , Alexandre Fournier-Level , Michael J Haydon) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Very excited to announce that this month I'll be starting my research lab in plant evolutionary genetics at the @unimelb.edu.au 🥳
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...
The Bacillus subtilis circadian clock coordinates intricate spatiotemporal organisation - Nature Communications
The potential functions of circadian clocks in non-photosynthetic bacteria are poorly understood. Here, the authors show that the Bacillus subtilis circadian clock regulates the spatiotemporal organis...
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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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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
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 · 7mo agoSingle-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
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Congrats, Francis. Well done!
Francis Kuang@franciskuang.bsky.social · 10mo agoWoohoo! 🎉 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 · 12mo agoA 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 · 12mo 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...
doi.org
@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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🍷 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
✨ 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/...
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