We're still working on the website, but please save the date if you are interested in Plant Education. Following on from the successful 2025 event (See nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...), we are planning "Plant Education 2" next April in Cambridge, UK. www.aab.org.uk/event/plant-...

Plant Biology Education 2: Partnerships, Learning, Audiences and Networks for Teaching (PLANT). - Association of Applied Biologists

AAB are delighted to be organising a follow-up meeting to the very successful Plant Science Education meeting held in Lancaster in January 2025. We were delighted to publish a ‘Manifesto […]

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Postdoc Opportunity at McGill University, Montreal, Canada You have worked with Arabidopsis / other plant model systems & are trained in high-end imaging? Details: www.plantbiomechanics.net/joining-the-... #plants, #Arabidopsis, #postdoc, #jobs, #microscopy, #confocal, #molecularbiology

Congratulations to @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social, winner of the @socdevbio.bsky.social Trainee Science Communication Award at #2026SDB. Check out Nick's not-for-profit organisation for engaging the public with developmental biology: Open Flower

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Flower Genetic Design

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NAASC is thrilled to announce the 20206 recipients of the Arabidopsis Community Impact Awards! All three are well-deserving of this honor. We thank the community for submitting the nominations. RSVP to attend the fall webinar with these awardees! www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/rsvp-awards-sessions

Happy to see this paper out! This started after Moses pointed out that our 2024 review overlooked sub-Saharan Africa. The writing was eye-opening and highlighted how unevenly research capacity is globally. Maybe contributes, in a small way, to a more balanced picture. doi.org/10.1094/PDIS...

Tomato Early Blight and its Management in sub-Saharan Africa | Plant Disease

Early blight (EB) and related diseases are caused by various Alternaria species and pose a serious threat to global tomato production. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), EB remains largely underreported and...

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I can highly recommend Mary-Dell's autobiographical article in @plantphys.bsky.social: "Agrobacterium. A Memoir" academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... It's always best to read about great scientific discoveries from the scientists themselves. #PlantScience

Agrobacterium. A Memoir

This little memoir is not a review; the reader is directed to current authoritativeAgrobacterium reviews with genetic (23) or cell biology emphasis (24). L

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Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Mary-Dell Chilton, NC biochemist who revolutionized agriculture, dies at 87 www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a... #PlantScience #PlantBiotech 🧪

Chris Thorogood: "We Can’t Live Without Plants" www.botany.one/chris-thorog... Botany One interviews Dr Chris Thorogood, who aims to foster a greater care and attention for plants through science and art. #Botany #PlantScience

Chris Thorogood: "We Can’t Live Without Plants"

Botany One interviews Dr Chris Thorogood, who aims to foster a greater care and attention for plants through science and art.

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Nature Communications is looking for a plant biology editor: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Associate/ Senior Editor

Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor Locations: Pune, Shanghai, Beijing Application Deadline: 15th July'26 About Springer Nature Springer Nature is one of the leading publishers of research in the wo...

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I absolutely love BHL! @biodivlibrary.bsky.social Here's an article from 2014 about my love for it, with links to classics in plant physiology 💚 blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2014/10/expl... And the treasures and drawings it holds are AI-free 😀 PS - I just donated to support it.

Biodiversity Heritage Library@biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BHL is featured in @theguardian.com's Age of Extinction series. The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future. Please read and share: www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪 🌎 📖 🔗 🐟 💚

Mary-Dell Chilton, plant transformation pioneer, passed away on June 24th. www.facebook.com/story.php?st... See also Plant Science Classic #6: bsky.app/profile/soms... #PlantScience 🧪

Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 3y ago

#PlantScienceClassics #6: The T-DNA. In a 1977 paper, Mary-Dell Chilton & colleagues identify the Transferred DNA (T-DNA), the bit of DNA that Agrobacterium tumefaciens inserts into the plant genome, to kick off the race toward the first transgenic plant. doi.org/10.1016/0092...

I was making some slides on how to programmatically assemble figures using the patchwork package in R, with more advanced layout syntax. patchwork.data-imaginist.com

🎨 Nature's been painting with betaxanthins and betacyanins all along — now you can too! Thanks to @kamounlab.bsky.social, AMBER and GOLD add new colors to the palette of pigmentation genes for plant research, education, and floral design. Find the plasmids here: www.addgene.org/browse/artic...

Nick Desnoyer@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Genes for genetic painting in flowers now available on Addgene!: addgene.org/browse/artic...

Excited to share our new @ThePlantCell Perspective on training plant scientists in the era of #GenAI 🌱🤖 A practical framework for research, teaching & mentorship across career stages. Open access + actionable ideas—please share! "Read the article" (academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...)

Reimagining plant science training in the era of generative artificial intelligence: a global perspective

Abstract. In recent years, a deluge of big and diverse datasets from hundreds of plant species, coupled with spectacular innovations in artificial intellig

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📢 When you publish in Plant Physiology, you're doing more than sharing research—you’re strengthening the plant science community. 🌿 Published by a nonprofit. 🌿 Supporting the next generation of scientists. 🌿 Advancing discovery. #PlantScience #SciComm @ASPB

this is not my ideal way of seeing my lab published in Science magazine, but, here we are. Roger is well known as a devoted life-long plant scientist, but he is also an incredible human being who shows constant kindness and encouragement to everyone around him. this is simply not fair.

Science Magazine@science.org · 4mo ago

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school

Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs

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🥔 @agroscope.bsky.social is field-testing potatoes developed with #GenomeEditing to resist late blight. The project aims at reducing fungicide use and stabilizing yields as weather extremes increase 🌦️ www.agroscope.admin.ch/en/newnsb/GI...

#PlantScienceClassics #21: MS Medium. In 1962 Toshio Murashige & Folke Skoog published their revised plant tissue culture medium @pplplantarum.bsky.social, arguably the most high-cited #PlantScience paper of all time. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪 #PlantDevelopment #PlantMethods

Overview of GM crops in Australia over the past 30 years www.csiro.au/-/media/Scie... #plantscience 🧪

We are devastated to announce that our colleague and friend Professor Philippa Borrill died over the Easter weekend following a rare immune system disorder (HLH). She was a fantastic scientist, collaborator and mentor, and a close friend to many: www.jic.ac.uk/news/profess...

The fact that Americans thought Auxin was a “Hoax from Europe” rightfully got some attention in my latest #PlantScienceClassics post. But it’s actually even funnier if you learn about the context & consequence of White speaking these words to Went at the AAAS Meeting in Pittsburgh. #PlantScience 🧪 🧵

Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 6mo ago

When Frits Went once failed to demonstrate the effect of auxin at an AAAS meeting, it was White who loudly declared “that the auxin business was obviously a hoax and that it was high time that these charlatans from Europe were sent back to where they belonged”. An experience that shook Went.

We’re now on LinkedIn & Bluesky! 🌱💻 Follow Plant Biotechnology Journal for the latest research, publications, and updates in plant science. 🔗 Discover the journal: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467... Be sure to follow and stay informed about upcoming publications and news.

‘Resurrection plants’ bounce back after years of drought. Do they hold lessons for crops? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... It's nice to see Jill Farrant's excellent work highlighted!

‘Resurrection plants’ bounce back after years of drought. Do they hold lessons for crops?

Plant biologist Jill Farrant hopes “desiccation-tolerant” species can teach her how to make crops more resilient

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Experts at our institute have developed best-practice methodologies for conducting field trials which include gene edited/precision bred crops, including wheat in particular 🌾 The John Innes Centre guidelines for precision-bred plant field trials are published here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#PlantScienceClassics #20: Kinetin & Cytokinins. In 1955 Carlos Miller, Folke Skoog & co-workers describe the first #Cytokinin and its role in promoting cell division and growth promotion. #Phytohormones #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1... pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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17 incredible Australian women in botany - Australian Geographic

Australia is home to many talented botanists, many of whom are women. Here are just a few of their stories.

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#JustIn on Plantae: How to Build a Start-up in Plant Sciences. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Charlay Wood and @fengoulaavgeri.bsky.social demystifies what a start-up really is and shows plant scientists that they already have the skills to build one. buff.ly/HJMuqeK #PlantScience

How to Build a Start-up in Plant Sciences | Plantae

What is a start-up? When you hear the word “start-up”, you might picture tech hubs, pitch decks, and overnight success stories. But what actually defines a start-up? At its core, a start-up is a…

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🌾George Washington Carver transformed agriculture through crop diversification, soil health, and applied plant science—advancing sustainability decades before the term existed. #BlackHistoryMonth #PlantScienceHistory

Obituary for Indian Plant Scientist Ebrahimali Abubacker Siddiq. EA Siddiq contributed to the development of dwarfed Basmati Rice, among many other contributions. thefederal.com/category/obi... #PlantScience #Obituary #PlantBreeding #Rice