Nottingham Uni's plans to dicontinue Plant Biology, Agriculture, Food Science & Microbiology courses come at a time when only 9 UK institutions offer genuinely plant-focused courses (doi:10.1002/jsf2.70001) Please read + sign the Open Letter asking the University to reconsider: tinyurl.com/bdeueuuu

An Open Letter to the UoN VC RE proposed course closures | Lauren Baker

🌱 CALL TO ACTION - HELP SAVE PLANT BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE EDUCATION🌱 The University of Nottingham has announced plans to close its undergraduate courses in Plant Biology, Agriculture, Food Science,...

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Links to petitions for the suspended courses in Biosciences, University of Nottingham: Plant Biology c.org/d8PQr9Rd9Z Food Science & Nutrition c.org/Tp7gQBgYwD Agriculture c.org/CDkdk95LxZ Microbiology c.org/YXLh57RZyy

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Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN

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Dr Susannah Lydon@susieoftraken.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course c.org/VPhzVVrHPS Please consider signing

Our paper is now online in Science Advances! Congrats @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social and all coauthors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defense proteins to processing bodies

Aphids hijack plant immunity via p-bodies, but plants fight back with a heat shock protein in an unexpected twist on defense.

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Very exciting to see this out in the world! @tcheaven.bsky.social did some excellent work and I'm happy to have played a (small) supporting role on this project

Genome Biology and Evolution@genomebiolevol.bsky.social · last yr.

Heaven @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social et al. generated chromosome-level genomes for three psyllid species that are plant disease vectors, revealing detoxification gene expansions and genetic substructure across Europe. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf116 #genome #entomology

We are excited to share our latest preprint from the Hogenhout lab (@matteogravino.bsky.social @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social , @johninnescentre.bsky.social ) on plant-aphid interactions, showing that the aphid effector Mp10 balances suppression of DAMP responses and activation of ETI via EDS1.

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · last yr.

Aphid effector Mp10 balances immune suppression and defence activation through EDS1-dependent modulation of plant DAMP responses https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.26.640334v1

🌱 Is UK higher education keeping pace with the critical need for plant scientists? Our new study reveals a concerning gap between national priorities and university curricula. doi.org/10.1002/jsf2... #PlantSciEd #plantscience #plantsci #horticulture #botany #HigherEducation

Analysis of plant science higher education reveals mixed provision which falls short of delivering national priorities

Background Many reports from the UK government and other organisations highlight a need for a plant aware workforce, and some enumerate specific areas of plant science where there is a skills shorta...

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“unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted”. Sign this statement and make sure that our voices are heard. www.aitrainingstatement.org

Our preprint is now live! We have sequenced the genomes of three psyllid species. These insects pests transmit devastating plant diseases like 'zebra chip' in potatoes and 'carrot yellows' in carrots. 🥕 #MolecularEntomology #MPMI #PlantPathology #psyllids #liberibacter

bioRxiv Genomics@biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 2y ago

Chromosome-level Assemblies of Three Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum Vectors: Dyspersa apicalis, Dyspersa pallida, and Trioza urticae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.03.626329v1

If you'd like a condensed version of this story, and also another recent preprint from the @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social lab here's a talk I recently gave at the Tulip graduate school in Toulouse youtu.be/9EoC6Zd6f_k?...

Samuel Mugford-Molecular mechanisms of plant immune suppression by virulence factors in aphid saliva

YouTube video by TULIP

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We're happy to present a pre-print from the Hogenhout lab (@saskiahogenhout.bsky.social), describing how a family of proteases in aphid oral secretions suppress plant immunity.

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

Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defence proteins to processing bodies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.20.624400v1

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

Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis. #GenomeDynamics #Endosymbiosis #CurrentBiology #Genomics #Genomics #BioSky #SciSky 🧪🧬 www.cell.com/current-biol...

Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis

Many insects carry heritable bacterial symbionts, but the evolution of vertical (parent-to-offspring) transmission is poorly understood. Using the genus Arsenophonus, Siozios et al. show that microbes...

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This is terrifying.

Zack Labe@zacklabe.com · 2y ago

Time for the @bsky.app community to see one of my favorite visualizations of climate change... "Shifting Distribution of Land Temperature Anomalies" by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5211/ ⚒️🧪