On August 1, 1931, Harriet Creighton and Barbara McClintock published the first experimental proof that genes are physically located on chromosomes—a discovery that transformed genetics. 1/3🧵

🌱SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌱 #AppsPlantSci is accepting proposals for a special issue highlighting video & imaging techniques that are driving novel research in plant science Proposal deadline: 5 Oct 2026 More info: bit.ly/4c3rLCw @noraflora10.bsky.social @drfloeem.bsky.social #botany

And what's more: it's a #ParasiticPlant with great potential for ecological restoration across many parts of Europe!

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Euphrasia officinalis, commonly known as eyebright or ‘faerie flax’, was once believed to restore sight and even grant clairvoyance. Its genus is named after Euphrosyne, one of the Three Graces of Greek mythology, whose name means ‘joyfulness’. #MythologyMonday

It's funny because it's only too true

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It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society

Parasitic plants aren't a new discovery, but what's surprising scientists is this plant is taking DNA from its host and making it its own.

Scientists Didn't Expect This Parasitic Plant To Steal DNA From Its Hosts - Sciencing

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Spread the word! #AppsPlantSci is accepting applications for our Reviewing Editor board. It's a great opportunity for postdocs & grad students to get hands-on experience in the editorial & review process. Applications due Aug 15. Term starts September 15 2026 More info: botany.org/home/publica...

Contemporary printmaker Catherine C.E.Walker #WomensArt

Host hydraulics constrain mistletoe resistance to drought-induced #embolism Xian-Yan Huang, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/FKNM8Y... #PlantScience

Biology as a family affair: me and my younger sister registering for the #SEBconference this week in Florence! @sebiology.bsky.social Today I'll be talking about #ClimateChange effects on #phenology of #ParasiticPlants. She'll be talking about #biogeography of #polychates in the coast of Brazil!

Ñandutí, 'spider web' in Guaraní, indigenous language of Paraguay, is a traditional embroidered lace #WomensArt ##SouthAmericanArtWeek

An album of over 200 pressed seaweeds arranged by an anonymous Victorian collector. A transcribed poem is pasted as title page, it begins: “Oh call us not weeds, we are flowers of the sea.” UW-Madison Special Collections. #naturalhistory #seaweed #pressedseaweed #seaweedalbum #herbarium

Vozinha chegou à Copa com 40 anos, enfrentou três campeãs mundiais e não perdeu pra nenhuma nos 90 minutos, atuou com uma classe que antigamente nos fazia dizer que jogou de terno, logrando ser o melhor num campo em que havia Messi. Deve ter sido seu último jogo em Copas, mas já é dos maiores.

The #SEBconference is almost here! Joining us in Florence 🇮🇹 next week? Make sure you've read our attendee guide before you travel: It has everything you need to know! Read now: www.sebiology.org/resource/everything-you-need-to-know-for-seb-conference-florence-2026.html See you soon! 🌿

Everything you need to know for SEB Conference Florence 2026

Find everything you need to prepare for the conference, from registration and accommodation to scientific sessions, keynote lectures and social events.

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REJOICE FOR BEST COMPETITION OF THE YEAR NOMINATE YOUR BUGS www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nominate your invertebrate of the year

We’re asking people from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our third Invertebrate of the Year competition

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'#Summer tree glow' Linocut by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt

Photographer Pennie Smith, The Clash, September 1979, an image used for the 'London Calling' album cover art and voted best rock 'n' roll image #WomensArt

Sharon Weiser, contemporary US artist known for her bold and colourful paintings of the flora of Arizona and New Mexico #womensart

A remarkable discovery from Liberia: Emelianthe purpurea, a new endemic mistletoe species. The genus was previously known only from East Africa; this new species extends its range by nearly 5000 km, revealing a striking African disjunction. ➡️ doi.org/10.5091/plec...

🎉 Happy Birthday to Barbara McClintock, GSA’s first female president (1945) and a pioneer who transformed genetics. Born June 16, 1902, her discovery of transposable elements, or “jumping genes,” reshaped our understanding of genomes and earned her the 1983 Nobel Prize. 🧬🌽

The Arrival of the Sun, 1962 by Kenojuak Ashevak, artist of Inuit heritage born on Baffin Island #womensart

Pinesap are such oddballs &I'm here for it! Monotropa hypopitys are a non-photosynthesizing plant that get their food from a parasitic relationship with fungi. 🍄📷 Another way to frame it is the #Fungi are growing #Flowers ...albeit, apparently not of their own volition. #BloomScrolling

THIS is your sign to come and do #bookhistory research in Antwerp in the outstanding collections of Museum Plantin-Moretus and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library. Apply here for the Nottebohm Fellowship by Oct 1: sl1nk.com/i61nfmk 💙📚 📜 Come and join us... It’s pretty great here! 😉

Bulk digitization of #NaturalHistory sources opens the way to new research avenues, including the rediscovery of #women naturalists! In this new article we detail the contributions of women to the first illustrated #flora of the Netherlands, from data collection to botanical illustration 🌱📚🍄

We've published a new article Ahead of Print in 'Plant Perspectives', being review by Luiza Teixeira-Costa on V. Aresheva and C. Morette's exhibition 'Science/Fiction: A Non-History of Plants' at Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; #openaccess here: www.doi.org/10.3197/WHPP... #plantstudies

I'm not a professor, but something similar recently happened to me. A conference abstract I did write was entirely rephrased and assigned a full reference, including DOI, pages, and the name of a real journal. On journal website, which is from a different field btw, my "article" is or course absent.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2mo ago

A network of fake academic journals masquerading as legitimate publications has published more than a hundred AI-generated papers in recent months, in some cases using the names of real professors at top universities without their knowledge.

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Dawn of a new era...🌇 Special Issue Organising Editors: Satoko Yoshida, Atsushi Okazawa, Thomas Spallek & Kaori Yoneyama introduce a comprehensive collection of 23 original articles & reviews at the forefront of #parasiticplants research Read editorial🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

Dawn of a new era for parasitic plant biology

Parasitic plants represent one of the most remarkable evolutionary innovations in the plant kingdom. By partially or completely abandoning an autotrophic l

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