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Marjorie Lundgren

@marjorielundgren.bsky.social

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the Lancaster Environment Centre (Lancaster University, UK) studying C2 photosynthesis and photosynthetic diversity. 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧 http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/lundgrenlab/

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Plants, People, Planet@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · 3d ago

Call for papers: Green cities for plants, people and the planet Open for submissions on the theme of advancing plant-focused solutions for building resilient, green and sustainable cities. Deadline: 15 November 2026 www.newphytologist.org/news/call-fo... #ICPR26 #ESA2026 #PlantScience

Call for papers: Green cities for plants, people and the planet

We are calling for submissions to a Special Collection on the theme of advancing plant-focused solutions for building resilient, green and sustainable cities. Submission deadline for manuscripts: 15…

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Plants, People, Planet@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · last wk.

#Opinion: Recommendations to enhance neurodiversity inclusivity in field‐based learning in plant biology higher education 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... by Marjorie R. Lungren @marjorielundgren.bsky.social @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

Plants, People, Planet@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · last wk.

#Opinion: Recommendations to enhance neurodiversity inclusivity in field‐based learning in plant biology higher education 📖https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70268?af=R by Marjorie R. Lungren @marjorielundgren.bsky.social @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

Example of visuals used to prepare students for field-based learning.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago

Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."

Abilu Tangwa.@abilutangwa.bsky.social · last mo.

5 lies oil companies want you to believe in 2026 🧵 1. It's your fault 2. Gas is "clean" 3. Renewables are too expensive 4. Africa needs fossil fuels to develop 5. It's too late to act All false.

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Bookshop.org@bookshop.org · 3mo ago

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Joe Walker@evojfwalker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

RNA from herbarium samples is more stable than previously thought and can be extracted for different uses genome.cshlp.org/content/earl.... Study led by @atyszka.org and in collaboration with @philcarella.bsky.social @khongsamchia.bsky.social @phylonatworks.bsky.social @sciencedrew.bsky.social

Herbaria provide a valuable resource for obtaining informative mRNA

Although DNA has built the framework for molecular insights from museum collections, the utility of archival RNA remains largely unexplored. Likely a consequence of the known instability of RNA relative to DNA, this has effectively precluded the use of herbaria for transcriptomics. Here, we challenge the assumption that herbaria cannot be used for transcriptomics by assembling transcriptomes from RNA extracted from herbarium specimens. Through systematic comparison of transcriptomes from fresh-collected, silica-dried, and archival specimens, we demonstrate the suitability of herbarium-derived RNA for transcriptomics. We show the practical applicability of archival mRNA by functionally validating a plant immune receptor synthesized from a specimen collected in 1956. These results contradict the community consensus regarding archival RNA and open the door to subsequent transcriptomic explorations of rare and extinct plant species. Our findings highlight the importance of preserving and utilizing the diversity embedded within herbarium collections.

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Lancaster Plant Biology@lancasterplantbio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Fantastic to have our postdoc focused spring symposium Friday afternoon. Lots of great talks/discussions on photosynthesis (C3 and C2!), Rubisco, Rca, and protein modelling. Great finish to the day with a multimedia extravaganza by Mike Roberts reflecting on his career thus far (with props!).

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Plant Science Spotlight@plant-sci.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🌾🧬C4 photosynthesis needs tight cell connections New study shows C3 to C2 to C4 steps use different trait combos. Multiple paths to better photosynthesis #plantsci @marjorielundgren.bsky.social @tamara-hverdeja.bsky.social @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Improved mesophyll–bundle sheath connectivity is achieved via different mechanisms in C2 vs C4 Alternanthera

Leaf anatomy and biochemistry of C3, C2, and C4 plants.

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