A sad day, hearing that Sam Neil has died. A terrific actor and winemaker, and genuine nice guy. RIP Sam
A mind-bending application of AI and AI agents to develop and interrogate plant development and response networks by accessing all historical literature on plant gene functions. A staggering AI tour de force from the UQ node of @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social 🧪 #plantscience sciety.org/articles/act...
FLASH-P: Turning decades of biology into accurate causal networks with AI agents
Mechanistic networks that encode causal regulatory logic can predict the effects of genetic and environmental perturbations but constructing them is a bottleneck in systems biology because the relevan...
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Beethoven deservedly grabs first and second spot on the ABC’s top 100 ‘greatest of all time’classical music competition. #music #classical #beethoven
Do you love classical music? This weekend is when Australia’s ABC reveals what we have voted as the 100 Greatest of All Time pieces of classical, screen & indigenous music. Make sure you connect with 1-50 on Sunday for a musical treat #music #classical #soundtrack www.abc.net.au/listen/class...
1 to 100 - ABC Classic 100: Greatest Of All Time - ABC Classic
What's the greatest piece of classical music of all time? Cast your vote to have your say, and then find out as ABC Classic count down the Classic 100 on June 6 and 7, 2026
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British Blues nostalgia - Mick Taylor lights up 'Walking on Sunset' at John Mayall's 70th Birthday party ~ 20 years ago #music #bluessky #bluesmusic www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers , Mick Taylor - Walking On Sunset
Other videos of this concert in my playlist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Friends, 70th Birthday Concert 2003
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Registrations close on Friday 22 May! Don't miss your opportunity to build your capacity in applied #AI for #Agriculture at this free event: bit.ly/AI_WS
Winter School in AI and Predictive Agriculture - Plant Success
The Winter School in AI and Predictive Agriculture is a free event to share the collective learnings of experts from The University of Queensland in the use of AI and predictive analytics in Agricultu...
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success@coeplantsuccess.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Winter School in #AI and Predictive #Agriculture will bring together experts to share practical skills and real-world applications in AI, phenotyping and genomic prediction. 📆 13-15 July 📍The University of Queensland Registrations are open now: bit.ly/AI_WS
If, like me, you lived through the British Blues movement of the late 1960s & early 70s you might know the Keef Hartley Band. One of their best pieces, particularly live, was Born to Die - here is an elusive link to the track #blues youtu.be/Vi2Kt0mbcIY
Keef Hartley Band - Born To Die
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David Pocock applauds $387.4m in extra funding for CSIRO after tens of thousands sign petition
David Pocock applauds $387.4m in extra funding for CSIRO after tens of thousands sign petition
Analysis commissioned by independent senator found national science agency’s funding is at its lowest since 1978 The Albanese government will boost funding to CSIRO by $387.4 million in a bid to meet the long-term costs of the national science agency. It follows months of advocacy by scientists and staff after hundreds of job cuts and cost-cutting measures. Continue reading...
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I just saw an interview with a Palantir leader saying that AI will be completely safe because they are using AI to develop foolproof systems to detect AI- generated outputs (eg images) that we encounter when we using AI. What could possibly go wrong? I guess I will just have ask AI for an answer?
Cadiz is a beautiful place, one of Europe’s oldest cities. Its old town, port, historical atmosphere & hospitality, together with great beaches attracts many many tourists. Cadiz is now at the epicentre of resistance to short term rentals eg AirBnB etc squeezing community & culture #cadiz thread -
Harvest time for finger limes at our place. These Australian native citrus fruits have small caviar and pearl-like inclusions that explode in the mouth for a lime taste burst. More common in Australia nowadays and loved by chefs for a visual and sensory sensation. Great with avocado! #plantscience 🧪
A quick one day stop over in London on my way to Spain. What to do? The Ramses II exhibition at Battersea Powerhouse Station & the enormous, amazing irreverent show Banksy Limitless at South Kensington combined unusually well to re-experience my estranged & loved birthplace #banksy #art #archeology
Are you an early-career plant pathologist? Early Careers Plant Pathology (ECPP2026) is the conference for you. A full day of talks, posters and networking, just for students and early career researchers. 8 September 2026, John Innes Conference Centre, Norwich. Register now: tinyurl.com/EPCC2026
A collapse of the AMOC = an existential crisis #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Overview of GM crops in Australia over the past 30 years www.csiro.au/-/media/Scie... #plantscience 🧪
In 2019 we planted Australian native Davidson’s Plums (Davidsonia pruriens); a bushfood called Ooray in First Nations language. They are a large (~20M) tree with ecotypes adapted to NNSW & N Queensland rainforests. The first we planted now has its first beautiful but very tart fruit #plantscience 🧪
If you are in Sydney don’t miss the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Australian Maritime Museum. Amazing images that elicit awe, wonder, despair and hope for the two thirds of the planet that is the ocean. Here are a few I liked…. 🧪
Smellanie - Adelaide Botanic Garden’s favourite corpse flower now in full bloom reeking of cheese, roadkill and more. #plantscience 🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
'Dead rat': Foul-smelling flower in full bloom in Adelaide
Cheese, fermented cabbage, roadkill – these are how some people have described the smell emitting from a corpse flower that has finally bloomed at the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
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The Genotype × Environment × Management (GxExM) Symposium will bring together leading minds to explore GxExM interactions and their role in advancing crop improvement strategies 🧪🌾 ➡️Submit your EOI by 30 January: bit.ly/GEM-IV
Genotype by Environment by Management (GxExM) Symposium IV - Plant Success
Event information The ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success is coordinating the next Genotype by Environment by Management (GxExM) symposium in November 2026 in Brisbane, Queensland. The symposiu...
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success@coeplantsuccess.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe are pleased to announce that we are coordinating the next Genotype by Environment by Management ( #GxExM ) Symposium in November 2026 in Brisbane, Australia 🎉 EOIs are now open to help determine the size of the event and inform the program: 🔗 bit.ly/GEM-IV
Its corpse flower season in Australia’s botanical gardens. This year starting with a quartet in Cairns #plantscience 🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Four stinky corpse flowers to bloom in a week at Queensland botanic gardens
Renowned for their size and stench, blooming corpse flowers are a rare occurrence. But to have four flowering in a week is "something of a record".
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Sugarcane has the most complex genome of all crops. New genomics paper reveals origins including mysterious unknown ancestors. ‘The genomic footprints of wild Saccharum species trace domestication, diversification, and modern breeding of sugarcane’ Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... #plantscience 🧪
The genomic footprints of wild Saccharum species trace domestication, diversification, and modern breeding of sugarcane
Genomic analyses of 390 accessions reveal the domestication history of highly polyploid sugarcane and the wild contributors to its diversification and to modern cultivars.
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Sadly I heard today that Jim Peacock has died. Jim was the foremost pioneer of plant molecular biology in Australia & globally. He was both my mentor and friend and will be sorely missed by many #plantscience 🧪 www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
Academy farewells champion of Australian science
Dr Jim Peacock AC, former Academy President, made outstanding contributions to Australian science. The Australian Academy of Science is saddened to learn of the passing of its former President and
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www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... It IS alarming - but not surprising. I was talking about this in the early 1990s and told I was exaggerating - still, if we can even save 0.5degC it’s worth it
Australia’s horrifying climate future in four charts – and how we can avoid the worst
Maps released by the Australian Climate Service show just how bad things will get for heatwaves, drought and coastal flooding
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Cirque du Soleil’s stunning Corteo production currently touring Australia - check it out and wonder at what an amazing spectacle trusting teams of acrobats can create #acrobats #circus #gymnastics
Sad news. Plant science has lost a global champion with the passing of Steve Long. His recent work on engineering enhanced photosynthesis portends future breakthroughs in crop yield and food security. Here is a tribute from the Uni Essex where started 🧪 #plantscience www.essex.ac.uk/blog/staff/p...
Tribute to Professor Steve Long | Blog | University of Essex
Professor Steve Long was a visionary scientist. His research helped shape our understanding of fundamental plant biology and the long-term impacts of climate change on plant productivity, with wide-ra...
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Some useful suggestions here for how best communicate and hold a conversation about the importance of science with diverse audiences 🧪 #plantscience #climate particle.scitech.org.au/people/scien...
Science communication is a conversation, not a script | Particle
How science is told matters as much as what it says.
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Get some botany into your vaccine via a soap-bark tree based adjuvant #plantscience 🧪 🌿 observer.co.uk/news/science...
Botanists unlock the Chilean medical marvel that Charles ...
Vaccine properties of the soapbark tree to be cultivated in days rather than years by new process
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Are we blind to the life that keeps our world alive? 🌿🌱🧪 Plant blindness is shaping how we see (or don’t see) the natural world.