this is accepted for publication now, more will be revealed soon:

Toby Bruce@tobybruce.bsky.social · 6mo ago

this is a sneak preview. can you guess what it’s for?

#IWC2026Bologna The Panel discussion III: International Collaboration has started! Peter Langridge and Jeff Rosichan are chairing, discussing with Maricelis Acevedo (Cornell University, USA), Filippo Bassi (ICARDA, Marocco), Richard Flavell (John Innes Centre, UK) Josephine Kant (Ptj, Germany)

So proud to present the peer reviewed version of the second chapter of my PhD. As a moelcular biologist, it was a pleasure working side-by-side with talented ecologists to contextualize pattern recognition receptors in a complex ecosystem ♡ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A plant immune receptor mediates tritrophic interactions by linking caterpillar detection to predator recruitment

A plant receptor detects caterpillar attack and triggers emission of chemical cues to attract predatory wasps.

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Natalia Guayazán Palacios@nataliagupa.bsky.social · last yr.

I am thrilled to share the 2nd chapter of my PhD with @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social In collaboration with @tiszapatrick we demonstrated that the LRR-RLP INR is the missing molecular link between caterpillar recognition and predatory wasp recruitment in the field. A thread 1/6

#IWC2026Bologna LIMITING PESTICIDE USE FOR A SUSTAINABLE WHEAT WITH A LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT session was a great! Thanks to Louise McNamara and @karchuntan.bsky.social for chairing!

Details of the @wheatinitiative.bsky.social expert working group on control of pests

Jessie Alt: Corteva plans to launch hybrid wheat in 2027 #IWC2026Bologna 🌾

🦟 The final data papers from a global #TDR/WHO, GBIF and GigaScience Journal initiative have now been published in GigaByte Journal, marking the completion of a four-year effort to expand access to disease vector data! 🎉 Read more: 🔗 gbif.link/vector-dat...

Plotting our crop protection panel discussion for tomorrow @danielleybourne.bsky.social @nicholahawkins.bsky.social @karchuntan.bsky.social #IWC2026Bologna 🌾

Panel discussion #IWC2026Bologna 🌾 Soil and the Rhizosphere in Wheat Production - The New Frontier for Sustainability

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4TH INTERNATIONAL WHEAT CONGRESS #IWC2026Bologna 🌾 www.iwc2026.com/wp-content/u...

The latest agenda is live!!! Wheat Pests Workshop at 4th International Wheat Congress, Bologna, Italy #IWC2026Bologna Have a look! www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/e...

🌱🧬Alternative splicing is not random. Chromatin state influences co‑transcriptional splicing, enabling repeatable stress responses Population‑level comparisons, not just condition‑specific studies, will reveal AS contribution to adaptation @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/plant...

Alternative splicing in plants: emerging order from chaos

Alternative splicing (AS) is a key evolutionary innovation that adds a regulatory layer to gene expression. Being predominantly co-transcriptional, AS is influenced by chromatin state, enabling approp...

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Pint of Science today — Pests, cannabis and hydrogen: weeding out the truth 😄 @pintofscience.uk pintofscience.co.uk/event/pests-...

Pests, cannabis and hydrogen: weeding out the truth

Where do we get our energy from? Food? Drugs? Hydrogen? And what about truth? Join us for a fascinating trip through this treacherous landscape.

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Happy to be a part of this study on water use patterns of co-occurring species in old-growth vs. younger successional mixed forests. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Water use complementarity in old-growth mixed forests versus competition in younger successional mixed forests

Water use strategies among coexisting species across successional gradients critically influence forest climate resilience and biodiversity conservati…

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Pangolins are pursued globally but what regions are most implicated in trafficking? By decoding DNA from museum specimens & seizures, this study reveals hidden #pangolin trade routes & #trafficking hotspots, to inform disruption of the global illegal wildlife trade @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4tkYRDO

@ruralspatialj.bsky.social nice talk @keeleuniversity.bsky.social thanks!! I did some rough calculations and in 1980 a farmer could buy a tractor with 75 tonnes of wheat; in 2026 that number has gone up to 187 tonnes of wheat (2.5 x more)

There's only a week left to apply for 1 of our paid #PlantHealth Undergraduate Studentships! Projects are available at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social, @niab-uk.bsky.social, @johninnescentre.bsky.social & more! 📆 Applications close Fri 28 Apr Apply now: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health-ug-studentships

Happy #EarthDay 💚 I MILLION species face extinction here are the five major drivers of by biodiversity loss

New research in #RESPhysEnt #Traffic noise leads to cardiac stress reactions in two urban-tolerant #Trichonephila #spiders, but in different ways doi.org/10.1111/phen.70042 #AnthropogenicDisturbance @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Starmer and Yvette Cooper are a disgrace

Artificial wetlands can treat wastewater using natural processes like plants, soil and water flow. In Costa Rica, a constructed wetland is helping keep polluted water out of rivers and sea. Backed by UNEP & @thegef.bsky.social, it shows how nature-based solutions can #BeatPollution: bit.ly/4qcZf6C

Once lost, now found: Five “missing” bird species rediscovered in 2025, offering hope news.mongabay.com/2026/04/once...

Once lost, now found: Five "missing" bird species rediscovered in 2025, offering hope

Five “missing” bird species — not seen, heard or documented in the wild for a decade or more — were “found” in 2025, according to the 2026 annual update to the Lost Birds List. It’s a tally of species...

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Lecture on chemical pollution for @keeleuniversity.bsky.social biodiversity crisis module youtu.be/e7KDsAY2AXY?...

Chemical Pollution vs Biodiversity

YouTube video by Toby Bruce

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Scientists have long pulled DNA from water and soil, but they have only just started to see the air as a source of genetic information go.nature.com/4tUdRcA

The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for

Nature - Airborne genetic material can be used to paint a picture of ecosystem health, watch for invasive species and even identify humans.

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Exciting position open @aarhusuniint.bsky.social: Professor in Epidemiology/Pathology for agricultural crop plants www.au.dk/om/stillinge...

Professor in Epidemiology/Pathology for Agricultural Crop Plants - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet

Ledig stilling ved Institut for Agroøkologi - Plantepatologi og Mikrobiologi, Aarhus Universitet

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“Plants are so unlike people that it’s difficult for us to appreciate fully their complexity and sophistication.” #NowReading The Botany of Desire & loving it!

3 years into conflict, Sudan faces the world’s largest food crisis. Half the population is acutely hungry. Crop production is down 22%, livestock support is minimal and global attention is fading. Sudan cannot wait. It needs real action now. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3QaJeB3

New #OpenAccess research in #RESPhysEnt Effect of blood meals and mating on biodemographic characteristics of #Aedes albopictus doi.org/10.1111/phen.70039 #Culicidae #InsectVectors @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

expert reaction to analysis of UK government pesticide usage data by the Pesticide Action Network www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...