The 2026 Dirac Medal recognizes physicists whose work has significantly advanced the understanding of statistical mechanics, the branch of physics that studies how systems with a very large number of particles behave collectively. www.ictp.it/news/2026/8/... #India #France #Italy #Israel/USA

🌡️🌱 How does temperature shape plant growth? Our latest review explores how plants integrate thermal signals with the cell cycle to coordinate growth, development, and climate adaptation. Congratulations to Vasundara and Ritesh!! Read more: portlandpress.com/biochemsoctr... #PlantScience

What if thousands of birdsongs are built from just 8 acoustic motifs? 🎶🐦 A study of 116,000+ songs from 3,160 species found that birds create astonishing diversity by recombining a small set of sound patterns. Habitat then shapes the melody. #Nature at its best. #Birdsong #Science #Evolution

Protein repair is more than cellular housekeeping. It strengthens plant immunity. A new @natcomms.nature.com study from NIPGR shows that rice #PIMT repairs damaged proteins, enhancing resistance to sheath blight and offering new avenues for disease-resilient crops. 🌾🔬 Read: shorturl.at/8HEqG

🌱 The 2026 Journal Citation Reports are out. Trends: 📈 India's author representation increased by 12% 🌍 Global South participation continues to rise 🔓 Gold Open Access journals reached 6,703 🧬 Plant science journals showed strong growth Remember: Impact Factors measure journals, not scientists.

bHLH duo regulates nodule vascular strands Srivastava et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/RCF5U4...

This paper basically asked: “What if mammalian cells could borrow photosynthesis?” And somehow… it worked!! Genuinely one of the most unexpected cross-kingdom biology papers I’ve read recently. cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cellpress.bsky.social @nuspress.bsky.social

Glad to see our work featured among the most viewed articles in New Phytologist. Grateful for the interest from the plant science community and for the discussions the study has generated. 🌱 @wiley.com @newphyt.bsky.social Read the Article: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What happens when pollinators disappear? 🐝 Not just fewer flowers. Less nutrition. Less income. Less food security. A new Nature study shows pollinator-dependent crops provide >40% of household income in vulnerable communities www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pollinators support the nutrition and income of vulnerable communities - Nature

Quantification of links among insect pollinators, crop plants, nutrient intake and income of smallholder communities in Nepal show that pollinators substantially contribute to their income and micronu...

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What if the “non-coding” genome isn’t actually non-coding? 🧬 A Nature study analyzing 95,520 proteomics experiments found thousands of hidden microproteins encoded in supposedly “silent” regions of our genome. The human proteome may be far larger than we thought. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Most cited ≠ most reliable. A Science Advances study shows: ❗ Nonreplicable papers get MORE citations ❗ Even after failing replication Only ~12% of citations acknowledge failure. Science rewards novelty—but at what cost? #AcademicTwitter #OpenScience #PhDLife #Research

Plant genetics just got a major upgrade 🌱 A new Nature Biotechnology study introduces PIVOT, a single-cell screening platform for plants. High-throughput. Functional. Scalable. Finally, a way to tackle redundancy in plant signaling. Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A single-cell screening platform accelerates functional genetics in plants - Nature Biotechnology

A pooled, cell-based, genetic screening platform in plants is used for the functional analysis of cytokinin signaling proteins.

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India’s genomic map reveals ~130M variants—many previously unknown. Strong population structure + rare, population-specific variants expose limits of Eurocentric datasets. Precision medicine needs diversity, not assumptions. #Genomics #PrecisionMedicine #HumanDiversity tinyurl.com/3mverx3p

India’s DNA map uncovers millions of missing genetic variants

A vast study reveals deep diversity, hidden disease risks and exposes the limits of Eurocentric medicine.

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Crossed 100 citations recently.📊 Small milestone, but encouraging as a PhD student to see the work being read and built upon. Thankful for the journey so far, and excited for what lies ahead. GS: scholar.google.com/citations?us... RG: www.researchgate.net/profile/Raja...

Check out our latest review, where we discuss how photomorphogenesis-associated transcription factors shape photosynthesis and its optimization under changing environments.

Journal of Experimental Botany@jxbotany.bsky.social · 8mo ago

☀️ REVIEW ☀️ Sanyal and Ranjan review the transcriptional underpinnings of photomorphogenesis, photosynthesis, and their crosstalk, along with the strategies to identify and manipulate transcription regulators to optimize photosynthetic efficiency 🌿 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Congratulations to Canadian Peter Howitt on his Nobel Prize in Economics!

Sup on Pennsylvania Avenue this morning?

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'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. He joins the ranks of Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and Toni Morrison.

László Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in literature

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. He joins the ranks of Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and Toni Morrison.

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Congratulations to #NASmember Omar M. Yaghi, who shares the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson for the development of metal–organic frameworks! Their discoveries may contribute to solving some of humankind’s greatest challenges. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded to #NASmembers John Clarke and Michel H. Devoret, alongside John M. Martinis! Congratulations on this esteemed recognition of their experiments on a chip that revealed quantum physics in action. Read more: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...

Announcing the Jane Silverthorne Postdoctoral Fellowship Program plantae.org?p=144727 Application deadline: January 15, 2026 @btiscience.bsky.social is an independent nonprofit research institute affiliated with @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Learn more: spf.btiscience.org

Announcing the Jane Silverthorne Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | Plantae

A message from Silvia Restrepo, President, Boyce Thompson Institute As the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) embarks on our second century of plant science innovation, I’m deeply honored to announce the…

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Congratulations to NAS international member Shimon Sakaguchi on receiving the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine! He is honored alongside Mary E. Brunkow & Fred Ramsdell "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance." Read more: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic... #NASmember

🌱 New preprint from our lab! We uncover how a cytokinin–auxin module regulates nitrogen-driven tiller outgrowth in rice. Read here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We’d love to hear your thoughts 🌿 #plantbiology #rice #development #hormone #preprint #scicomm #thephotodevolab #openscience

A cytokinin-auxin antagonistic module regulates nitrogen-triggered tiller outgrowth in rice

Tillering is a key trait that shapes aboveground architecture and directly contributes to rice yield. However, integration of environmental cues to genetic regulators for controlling tiller outgrowth ...

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📝 Our new @jxbotany.bsky.social review is out! ☀️ Light = energy for #photosynthesis 🌱 Light = signal for plant development 🤔 How do light-signaling TFs connect developmental responses with photosynthetic control? Find out here 👉 academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-... #publication #research #PhD

🌱In this latest piece (co-written with fellow Plantae editor, Dennis Baffour-Awuah), we explore how curiosity shapes discoveries and drives progress in #plantscience 💭What’s the one BIG question you’d love to see answered in plant biology? @plantaeofficial.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social

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#JustIn on Plantae — Embracing Curiosity: Advancing in Plant Science by Asking Questions In this recent piece, ASPB Plantae Editors Dennis Baffour-Awuah and Rajarshi Sanyal discuss how curiosity and the practice of asking meaningful questions drive progress in #plantscience.

🌱Excited for #PlantBio2025, happening in Milwaukee, USA! Grateful to #JaysonPadilla for organizing a virtual meetup with #PlantaeFellows attending the conference. Always a delight to connect with the amazing Plantae community! @plantaeofficial.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social

🚨 Applications closing soon! Become a #PlantaeFellow and grow your skills in #SciComm, leadership & community building🌱 🗓️ Deadline: August 31, 2025 Join a global network of plant scientists! 🌍 @aspbofficial.bsky.social @plantaeofficial.bsky.social #PlantScience #PhDLife #postdoc #networking

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📣 Are you a creative and articulate plant scientist looking to connect with other like-minded folks? Application is now open for the 2025-2026 Plantae Fellows program!🌱 👉 Learn more and apply by August 31! buff.ly/JqoDSHq #plantscience

Meet the 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP) cohort, comprising 39 visionary scientists, farmers, policy advisors, entrepreneurs, and humanitarians from 27 countries, who are driving change in agriculture and global food security. 🌽🌍 #WorldFoodPrizeFoundation Learn more: tinyurl.com/ys74kxtt

We had an insightful workshop at #PlantBiologyGlobal on RNA-Seq analysis using the Integrated Genome Browser 💻 Grateful to the amazing speakers for sharing their expertise and making it so accessible! 🙌 @ Paige Kulzer, Nowlan Freese, and Prof. Ann Loraine @aspbofficial.bsky.social