📌Have a look at this meeting¡ It sounds too good to miss✨ Aline Probst, @alineprobst.bsky.social, one of our @episeedlink.bsky.social supervisors, is one of the keynote speakers 👏

Sara Lopez-Gomollon@gomollonsara.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We are pleased to announce the launch of the BBSRC-funded UK Plant Epigenetics Network (UK-PEN) with our inaugural meeting (it is free!): 🌱 “Plant Epigenetics: From Model to Crop Species” 📅 11–12 June 2026 University of Dundee (hybrid event) We look forward to welcoming you!

Deadline extended until this Friday 17! Last places available, so don't miss it!

Sara Lopez-Gomollon@gomollonsara.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We are pleased to announce the launch of the BBSRC-funded UK Plant Epigenetics Network (UK-PEN) with our inaugural meeting (it is free!): 🌱 “Plant Epigenetics: From Model to Crop Species” 📅 11–12 June 2026 University of Dundee (hybrid event) We look forward to welcoming you!

We are pleased to announce the launch of the BBSRC-funded UK Plant Epigenetics Network (UK-PEN) with our inaugural meeting (it is free!): 🌱 “Plant Epigenetics: From Model to Crop Species” 📅 11–12 June 2026 University of Dundee (hybrid event) We look forward to welcoming you!

Are you looking to start your own group? 🌱🧬🖥️🌿🍅 We at @kent.ac.uk are looking to recruit a lecturer in AI in biology or bioinformatics. Deadline this Friday 20! jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer in AI in Biology/Bioinformatics

Are you an outstanding and ambitious academic in AI-driven Biology / Bioinformatics?  Would you be interested in joining the research-intensive Biosciences community within the School of Natural Scien...

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It was a joy to bring together a community of plant science educators to write this manifesto now out in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social - so much potential for plant science education if we come together and address the really key issues. #PlantScience #STEMeducation

A manifesto for plant science education

Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists...

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A real privilege to have Claudia Martinho (University of Dundee ) at our university @kent.ac.uk sharing the research of her group on paramutation in crops! @cssmartinho.bsky.social

Super proud of this new paper! Thanks @lizalvey.bsky.social, @apaterlini.bsky.social @katharinehubbard.bsky.social for embarking us on this journey. It is one of the most collaborative papers I have been involved in and I hope that serves as reference for education in plant science @kent.ac.uk

Andrea Paterlini (he/him)@apaterlini.bsky.social · last yr.

Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

We welcome today Elise, that secured a Stacey summer studentship at @kent.ac.uk She will test seaweed as alternative to chemical fertilisers, a project in collaboration with Nutrisan. Welcome Elise! #sustainable #agriculture #plantbiology #newPI

Huge congratulations to plant science colleagues Julian Hibberd, Phil Poole, Wenbo Ma, Miltos Tsiantis & Jenny McElwain on election to the Royal Society 👏

The Royal Society@royalsociety.org · last yr.

We are pleased to announce the 90 outstanding researchers from across the world who have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society this year. The group includes trailblazers from AI and electron microscopy to global health and neuroscience. #RSFellows royalsociety.org/news/2025/05...

Congratulations Julian! @jmhibberd.bsky.social

Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge@camplantsci.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to Professor Julian Hibberd, Head of the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, who has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for his groundbreaking work on C4 photosynthesis. Read more: tinyurl.com/y53wvve3 #PlantSciences 🧪 @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social

Full house at #Brithop day here at @kent.ac.uk Looking forward to discuss about beer and hops! 🍻

Excited to be part of the team @theplantcell.bsky.social

The Plant Cell@theplantcell.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 The Plant Cell welcomes Sara Lopez-Gomollon to the Editorial Board for the 2024-2025 year!🌱 #plantscience #WeAreASPB

Our group is growing! We are looking for a self funded #masterbstudebt interested in sustainable agriculture! More info below Deadline 30 may Application here (not direct applications for a fair process) www.kent.ac.uk/courses/post... Full description blogs.kent.ac.uk/biosciences/...

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Learn how to apply for postgraduate courses at the University of Kent. Find entry requirements, deadlines and how to submit your application.

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Sara Lopez-Gomollon@gomollonsara.bsky.social · 2y ago

Moving towards a more #sustainable agriculture In my group we are testing #seaweed as an alternative to chemical fertilisers in collaboration with Nutrisan. Stay tuned for opportunities to join our group on this project!

A great day for MENDELorians! rdcu.be/ei4ad, such a line-up of terrific geneticists there too. #PlantScience

Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes

Nature - Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their...

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New genomic & genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes, including previously uncharacterised alleles 159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist) 🧪 @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes - Nature

Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their m...

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Moving towards a more #sustainable agriculture In my group we are testing #seaweed as an alternative to chemical fertilisers in collaboration with Nutrisan. Stay tuned for opportunities to join our group on this project!

Join our lab in @kent.ac.uk Paid summer #studentship for #BAME students to study #seaweed as biostimulant in #crops Application: blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...

A PhD position is available in my group @_SLU. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden to work on plant regeneration and graft hybrid formation! Details below. Please share! #plantscijobs #PlantScience

Wonderful paper by @mattbnt.bsky.social

Matthias Benoit@mattbnt.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨New paper published in @nature.com! Using pan-genetics across the Solanum genus🍅🥔🍆we reveal why gene duplications🧬are major contingencies in crop engineering. My postdoc work in the Lippman lab @CSHL, collab. with @katiejenike.bsky.social @mikeschatz.bsky.social chatz.bsky.social and many others!

Quynh #ISPF fellow from @BritishCouncil presenting her research on Centella asiática and madecassic acid production to develop antitumoral drugs at @kent.ac.uk

Today, we recognize and celebrate women in research, innovation, and discovery👩‍🔬👩‍💻👩‍🚀 Despite progress, gender gaps in STEM persist. It’s crucial to empower girls in science, ensuring equal opportunities, Who are the women that inspire you? tag them below! 👇#WomenInScience #STEM

#PlantSciEd Now we are hearing about a citizen science project from Silvia Manrique, @tank-silvia@bsky.social. Studying crosstalk between reproduction and environmental stress in eggplant, the "LeMa" project (length matters). Teachers and students grew eggplant in various conditions.

#PlantSciEd meeting 7-8 Jan: raising the profile of #plantscience, helping build a community of plant educators who can prepare the next generation of plant biologists for the global challenges ahead. See posts from @plantteaching.bsky.social‬ for live reporting and links to education resources

Mary Williams @PlantTeaching@plantteaching.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited for the #PlantSciEd meeting starting tomorrow morning in Lancaster! We are expecting 60 attendees (in person online). Follow the hashtag! @aabiologists.bsky.social @kehplantsci.bsky.social @apaterlini.bsky.social @gpsep.bsky.social More information 👉 web.cvent.com/event/a17159...

Quynh Nguyen is an #ISPF fellow funded by @British Council that will be working on developing biotechnological approaches in #centella asiatica to increase the content of anti #cancer molecules! #plantscience Quynh, welcome to @universityofkent.bsky.social 🌱🌱

1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it gets taken for granted & consequently no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you will have less & less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field

Who says that science is boring? Great activity with BioSoc at @universityofkent.bsky.social . Student were unleashing their creativity while using their lab skills plating fluorescent bacteria!

Now hiring: Are you a technician? Do you enjoy the lab? Plants 🌱? DNA 🧬? Microscopes 🔬? We are looking for you! We are looking for a Biological Technical Assistant for the new molecular botany lab at @rwth.bsky.social Aachen. Please apply! www.biologie.rwth-aachen.de/cms/biologie...

I have a YouTube playlist (10 videos) for #MolecularBiology for my undergrad interns in the lab. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... I usually have my interns watch these videos to get introduced to the basic concepts before I go show them how to in the lab.

Excited to be in Oxford! Nice dinner with @carmen-agro.bsky.social @tinaschreier.bsky.social and Isidro. Looking forward to meeting the rest of the @oxfordbiology.bsky.social tomorrow! @universityofkent.bsky.social

Plant Biology People - have you registered for our January education focussed event yet? Lancaster (UK) Jan 7-8th, in person or online. You’ve got until Dec 12th to register for what is shaping up to be a fab meeting! #PlantScience #PlantBiology web.cvent.com/event/a17159...