Prepping assignments for my class this semester, Scientific Writing. This activity is all about using a figure to write a results section. Hey hey, look at those GIANT starch granules! @rosemcn.bsky.social 😛

📣 We are now accepting applications to join the Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor (AFE) program. These are two-year appointments, starting either in January 2027 or 2028. 👉 Learn more and apply now: blog.aspb.org/plantphys_af.... #PlantSci #PlantScience

Our first research paper out of my group is available on @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social !! We showed that incompatible tomato grafts overaccumulate salicylic acid which triggers various defense responses in the plants, such as PTI! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

. #Botany2025 My institution (JIC in Norwich, UK) is hiring for a tenure-track Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences - see more here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr... Let me know if you have questions!

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.

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Pleased to have finally got this method to work in wheat! Find out how you can identify direct targets of transcription factors in wheat using protoplasts and the TARGET method: dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro... A very useful method for our group to use! borrilllab.com

#plantbio2025 Amazing talks this morning!

Interested in how abiotic factors regulate plant #grafting? Check out our new review in Planta! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

** UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE ** Plasmodesmata Editors: Tessa Burch-Smith & Jake Brunkard Deadline: 1st Feb 2025 Manuscripts of any format welcomed, please contact the JXB office (bit.ly/JXBissues) #JXBspecialissues 🌱 🔗 🌿 🧪 #plantscience @pdchristine.bsky.social @tinaschreier.bsky.social (1/2)

I'm planning to attend #PlantBio2025 with a few first time US visitors. What #Milwaukee -based or nearby sites would you prioritize for a few days of fun?

Ok people. I’m drawing silhouettes this afternoon. If you have a paper coming up and you are in need of a #silhouette please let me know and I will have it ready today. As always I upload all my silhouettes to phylopic.org I also have tutorials on how to put a silhouette in a plot in R.

PhyloPic

PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...

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I'm so excited about my new #orchid. What are some tips to make sure I don't kill it?

If you missed my talk but still want to learn how to make your R code more reproducible, my slides are here 🙂: daxkellie.quarto.pub/will-your-co... All the links to packages and resources I mentioned are there, so hopefully this can be a nice reference, too! #ESAus2024 #rstats #quartopub 🧪🌏

Amye Kenall, VP Product, Data & Analytics Hub, Digital Science, said: “Bluesky has become a favored social media channel for research communications professionals and academics. Indeed, in our own research we found over 22% of researchers were using Bluesky over any other social media channel."

When the first experiments in the lab worked! And... the data was significant. 💃💃💃#newPI

Happy Friday everyone! Here are some cool Arabidopsis mini trees🌴 Arabidopsis arenosa hypocotyls can undergo extensive secondary growth and the rosettes that develop on top make them look like palm trees 🤯I wonder if this can be engineered in thaliana..

Spending time here on the blue place has been so nice lately. 🥹

Im totally baffled and hoping the collective mind might have some ideas! 🙏

Hannah Rae Thomas@hannahraethomas.bsky.social · 2y ago

We have a crispr line w/ 5bp del and phenotype. We can see the edit in gDNA seq, but reads mapped + RT-PCR levels are normal, and the protein can be detected at (we think) full protein mass. In the OE, reads are higher but phenotype look like crispr pheno? What could be going on. Any thoughts? 🤡

We have a crispr line w/ 5bp del and phenotype. We can see the edit in gDNA seq, but reads mapped + RT-PCR levels are normal, and the protein can be detected at (we think) full protein mass. In the OE, reads are higher but phenotype look like crispr pheno? What could be going on. Any thoughts? 🤡

TAIR is and has been an amazing indispensable website, which I still use weekly if not daily to go look up gene function or something else. 🐐 #plantscience

The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)@tairnews.bsky.social · 2y ago

TAIR officially turned 25 on October 1, 2024! Read our blog post covering the highlights from the last 25 years. tinyurl.com/TAIR25

A fungal sRNA silences a host plant transcription factor to promote arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in @newphyt.bsky.social from Luisa Lanfranco and @ignaciorubiosomoza.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A fungal sRNA silences a host plant transcription factor to promote arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

Cross-kingdom RNA interference (ckRNAi) is a mechanism of interspecies communication where small RNAs (sRNAs) are transported from one organism to another; these sRNAs silence target genes in trans .....

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Posting again! I'm hiring a postdoc to study grafting!

OK, I’m doing this. I’m relaunching my sporadic series of threads on fun corn facts. Fun #CornFax science by me, cool logo by Andi Kur.

We’re delighted to share our latest preprint from the Hogenhout lab (@saskiahogenhout.bsky.social) on the molecular mechanisms on plant-aphid interactions. Here we show how the aphid Mp10 effector protein acts as a local anaesthetic to suppress the plant perception of aphid attack

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 2y ago

The conserved aphid saliva chemosensory protein effector Mp10 targets plant AMSH deubiquitinases at cellular membranes to suppress pattern-triggered immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.15.622802v1

You end up with a lot of interesting gifts working in a Horticulture department. Here are a few of my recent favorites.

"The community mourns the passing of 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘆, renowned scientist, beloved mentor, founding NAASC member & Arabidopsis lifetime achievement awardee" www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/news-events/... #Obituary from NAASC

Mourning the loss of Joanne Chory, Arabidopsis pioneer — Arabidopsis Community as supported by NAASC

NAASC remembers the legacy of Dr. Joanne Chory (Salk Institute), Arabidopsis pioneer and climate change champion.

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Ohhhh yes ! Here’s a summary of the menu at our #PlantMicrobeJC

Richard Waite@waiterich.bsky.social · 2y ago

To accompany all those Bluesky science/academia #starterpacks, let's share introductions to the literature of our different fields. Below, I humbly submit 12 main types of scientific papers on food, agriculture, land, & natural climate solutions (inspired by the amazing @xkcd.com). #FoodStudies 🧪

Another lovely run in Hangzhou

I attended my first conference since moving to China, the 8th Horticultural Society's Young Scholar Symposium. Thanks to the organizers for a chance to talk about grafting! I also ate delicious Yangzhou food. ​

The Salk Institute shared the sad news that Prof. Joanne Chory passed away yesterday due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was one of the most influential biologists of our time. And this is how I will remember Joanne, expertly guiding us on where to go. Joanne, we will miss you! ❤️

I'm trying to get a head start on the content for my class next semester. Is anyone willing to share their syllabus or favorite textbooks for teaching plant cell biology (or related courses like plant physiology, anatomy, genetics)? 🥰