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Stefan A. Rensing

@rensingstefan.bsky.social

Professor of biology interested in #plants, #evolution and #bioinformatics. He/him, private account. @RensingStefan @RensingStefan@Freiburg.social

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Mostly Harmless@whalepetunias.bsky.social · 3d ago

the editors, having to meet a publishing deadline, copied the information off the back of a packet of breakfast cereal, hastily embroidering it with a few footnotes in order to avoid prosecution under the incomprehensibly tortuous Galactic Copyright laws.

MaizeGDB@maizegdb.bsky.social · last wk.

We are deeply saddened to share that Michael Freeling passed away on 7/20/2026 after a year-long battle with cancer. Our deepest condolences go to his family, friends, colleagues, and the many students he inspired. We will share additional memorial information soon.

We are very sorry to share the sad news that Michael Freeling passed away on 7/20/2026 after a year long battle with esophageal cancer. Mike was a long-time faculty member in the Plant and Microbiology Department at University of California-Berkeley, a groundbreaking plant geneticist, and an inspiring teacher and mentor to over two dozen Ph.D. students, four dozen postdocs, and countless undergraduates. He was best known for pioneering work on maize anaerobic metabolism and gene regulation, transposon biology, developmental genetics of the maize ligule, and the discovery of biased gene retention following whole-genome duplications in plants. Mike was hired by UC-Berkeley as an assistant professor straight out of graduate school in 1973, and he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1979 and to full professor in 1984. He was selected as a Guggenheim Fellow in 1980, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994, and won the McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies in 2017. Mike taught genetics, comparative genomics and scientific reasoning to our graduate students, and he also taught a popular genetics course for non-majors that had various titles over the years but was affectionately known as “Genetics for Poets.” Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends and many colleagues.
KleineVehnLab@kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 2w ago

5/5 Our paper reveals how young lateral roots establish their initial growth direction. Besides, it also highlights something equally important: Science is cumulative, collaborative, and built through mentorship — from group leaders to PhD candidates to undergraduate students.

Mostly Harmless@whalepetunias.bsky.social · 3w ago

He had made one careless blunder though, because he had skimped a bit on his preparatory research. The information he had gathered had led him to choose the name 'Ford Prefect' as being nicely inconspicuous.

George R. L. Greiff@ilichenmoss2.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy to announce our study that has just been published from work done during my PhD at the University of Bristol working in Prof. Jill Harrison's lab. It's about WOX genes and sporophyte development in the model moss, Physcomitrium patens. Take a look 🧵👇

A wild-type shoot with a single apical sporophyte (left) beside a Ppwox13lc mutant with three sporophytes on the same shoot (right).
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I often get asked: what impacts would a shutdown of the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC have on people? A good short overview is found in this expert report. Impacts include e.g. widespread domestic food insecurity in Northern Europe and strain on global food systems. pub.norden.org/temanord2026...

2. Impacts of an AMOC collapse - A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping

This report is the outcome of the Nordic Council of Minister’s sponsored workshop arranged in October 21-24, 2025 in Helsinki and Rovaniemi, Finland as part of Finland’s council presidency theme resil...

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 Just out: our new study on the 'cold blob' in the Northern Atlantic. Is that due to ocean currents bringing less heat there, or due to more heat being lost through the sea surface? Our data analysis strongly suggests it's due to #AMOC slowing. 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Robert Hoffie@forscherrobert.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Am 17.06. steht die finale Abstimmung im EU-Parlament auf der Tagesordnung. Nach eigenen Angaben der Demeter-Kampagne wurden EU-Parlamentarier*innen bisher mit 200.000 E-Mails vollgespamt. Heute wurden Nummern veröffentlicht, um die MdEPs jetzt noch mit Telefonterror mürbe zu machen. Völlig irre.

Robert Hoffie@forscherrobert.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Angeführt von Demeter, haben viele Organisationen aus der Anthroposophie und Biolandbau-Bubble gerade eine neue Aktion gegen #Gentechnik gestartet. Anlass ist die letzte Abstimmungsphase zu einem jahrelang diskutierten EU-Gesetzentwurf zur Regulierung sog NGT-Pflanzen. Wir gucken uns das mal an: 1/

Screenshot von der Startseite zur Kampagne "geschwärzte Zutaten". Es wird behauptet, dass bald nicht mehr ersichtlich wäre, ob sich "gentechnisch veränderte DNA in unseren Lebensmitteln" befindet.
Friedemann Weber@friedemann.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Dear journalists, neither Andes virus nor Bundibugyo virus are Hanta- or Ebola-VARIANTS, respectively. They are virus SPECIES. Species differ much more from each other than variants do. Thank you for your attention to this matter

Kai Kupferschmidt@kakape.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Ich komme regelmäßig nach Deutschland und werde seit Jahrzehnten von meinen Freunden und der Familie gemobbt, mit welch komischen Viren ich mich beschäftige. Jetzt plötzlich haben sie mich verstanden.” Sehr gutes Interview von @florianschumann.bsky.social und Anna Carthaus zum Hantavirus-Ausbruch

Hantavirus: »Das Virus braucht engen Kontakt, aber offenbar geht es auch anders«

Der Ausbruch auf der »Hondius« habe sie erschreckt, sagt Hantavirus-Forscherin Nicole Tischler. Man müsse nun verstehen, warum sich so viele Menschen angesteckt haben.

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Trends in Plant Science@cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Plant formins pave the way for endosymbiosis #plantscience

Plant formins pave the way for endosymbiosis

Intracellular infection by beneficial microorganisms enables endosymbiosis and remains a challenge in synthetic biology. A new study by Qiao et al. reveals that a formin orchestrates both rhizobial infection in legumes and mycorrhization in diverse plants. Harnessing this mechanism could enable the engineering of microbial entry into crops for sustainable nutrient acquisition.

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Romy Petroll@petrollromy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am very grateful to be featured discussing my work on transcription associated proteins and TAPscan @rensingstefan.bsky.social Many thanks to @theplantjournal.bsky.social for the opportunity and recognition!

The Plant Journal@theplantjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🗣️ 𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 @petrollromy.bsky.social TPJ Outstanding Resource Article Award 🏆 Romy is a PhD student at the @MPI_Bio Tübingen 🌿 Her work sheds light on the evolution of gene regulation across algae and plants ✍️ @luisdeluna.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70829