📢Registration is now open! This year we will be welcoming the incredible Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso (Professor at the University of Leeds) and a surprise Special Guest as our plenary speakers. Early Bird Registration is open until Friday 18 September - £30. Register here: buff.ly/tRc4Sdg

BiPS Conference 2026 - Poster Submission Would you like to present your poster and a 1 minute flash talk at this year's BiPS Conference? Well submissions are now open! Register as soon as possible and fill out the form below to secure your spot at the conference: buff.ly/XBC4qOn

Looking forward to October and attending @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference This year I am sharing my own experience in academia, also thanking those that have influenced directly and indirectly my career. Curious? Register now to benefit from early bird rate, link 👇

Black In Plant Science- UK@blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 5d ago

📢 Speaker Announcement: Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso - Plenary Speaker Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso, PhD, is a Professor of Plant Sciences and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of Leeds. Learn more, be inspired, register now: buff.ly/kywzTjj

I am delighted to inform you that registration @blackinplantsci.bsky.social is OPEN!

Black In Plant Science- UK@blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 2w ago

📢Registration is now open! This year we will be welcoming the incredible Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso (Professor at the University of Leeds) and a surprise Special Guest as our plenary speakers. Early Bird Registration is open until Friday 18 September - £30. Register here: buff.ly/tRc4Sdg

NO TIME TO WASTE! Registration for the Black in Plant Science UK conference 2026 is live. Register ASAP and submit your abstract via store.york.ac.uk/product-cata... Early bird registration and sponsorship opportunities are available. Looking forward to see you ! @blackinplantsci.bsky.social

This year you are the designer! Let us know what you want to talk about at the @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference. Propose a workshop in the form below! Participate

Black In Plant Science- UK@blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 3w ago

Workshop Open Call - BiPS Conference 2026 Do you have an idea of a workshop or panel? Have you already got an idea for speakers and the format? If so, please fill out the form below. Submit here: buff.ly/h1ajk1a Deadline for submissions: Monday 17 August.

Check out our #ICOM2026 highlights here: www.newphytologist.org/news/were-he...

We're heading to ICOM 13!

The New Phytologist Foundation is proud to be a gold sponsor of the International Conference on Mycorrhiza, taking place in Cairns, Australia, 12–17 July 2026.

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Join us in York this year and share with a community that celebrates you!!!

Black In Plant Science- UK@blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 4w ago

BiPS Conference 2026! Registration is opening soon and we have some exciting speaker announcements. Hear from last year's attendees about why it's important for there to be a BiPS conference in the first place: buff.ly/LqNHFFU Head to our website to keep up to date: buff.ly/SXfy784

Thank you!!

North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee@naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · 4w ago

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

Hello world, an award for the whole @blackinplantsci.bsky.social community. Sharing this with trailblazer and researchers I admire since my PhD about 20+ years ago is an honour. Thanks to those that nominate me as rep from the whole team.

Mary Williams @PlantTeaching@plantteaching.bsky.social · 4w ago

I'm so thankful to @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social for the Community Impact award, shared with @yoselin.bsky.social & Sterling Field. www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/news-events/.... It's especially sweet as I'll retire from ASPB Dec 31, 2026. I'm leaving my job so I'll have more time for my work 😉

Made it to Green Singapore. I am amazed by Nature here although there would not be very much time to explore. ICAR2026 @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social starting Strong with @Elliott Meyerowitz Plenary address.

Thanks for the shout out

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)@bsbibotany.bsky.social · last mo.

This year's @blackinplantsci.bsky.social Conference should be a great event! Want to find out more about BiPS? Check out this talk by Professor @yoselin.bsky.social, the network founder: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKSu... Save the date & location: 30 October, Guildhall, York

Thanks for highlighting our paper!!

KinarNicholas.bsky.social@kinarnicholas.bsky.social · last mo.

Hydrology Paper of the Day @yoselin.bsky.social and colleagues on a framework to encourage sustainable agriculture and crop production in the context of climate change: physiological responses and crop management; biochemistry of plants in association with hydrometeorology; and adaptation processes.

The Centre for Plant Science has started. A room for collaboration and celebration of Plant Research and Teaching. University of Leeds. Our Plenary is Katie Field from University of Sheffield

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Plant Mechanobiology - Synergy for Science | Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso

ALERT. Deadline for abstract submission is Sunday 31/5. Come and join us in Glasgow to discuss plant mechanobiology.

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Mechanical forces & cell shape guide how plant stomata form🥬👄 @leoserra.bsky.social & Euan Smithers from @robinsonsci.bsky.social's team uncover how the interplay between cell shape & mechanical stress influences the orientation of stomata doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/mechani...

And what better opponent than the brilliant Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso @yoselin.bsky.social who joined us all the way from Leeds for both Klaudia’s seminar and yesterday’s invited talk! A truly intense and inspiring week for the lab 🌱 (2/2)

New preprint: In situ Architecture of #Plasmodesmata. Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores. 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧪🧵1/n #teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM

Looking forward to a great Plant mechanobiology session in Glasgow in July organized as part of www.isocmb.org Register asap. early bird prices until Friday 22nd. and plenty of opportunities to be selected for an oral presentation! Come and join me and Andrew Fleming in Glasgow!!

The 6th International Symposium for Mechanobiology, www.isocmb.org is coming to Glasgow from 12th-16th of July 2026, as part of the exciting Synergy for Science federate event. Join me and Luciana Renna at a satellite event on Plant Mechanobiology on the 15th, iop.eventsair.com/synsci26/pla...

In October 2026 we held our second Black in Plant Science (BiPS) Conference at the University of Leeds. We asked the members of our community why BiPS is important to them, and here is what they had to say: buff.ly/OClLBP3 Thank you to everyone who contributed to this video.

The Importance of the Black in Plant Science Network

In October 2026 we held our second Black in Plant Science (BiPS) Conference at the University of Leeds. We asked the members of our community why BiPS is im...

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Congratulations to Sibo and Ousmane for winning the @blackinplantsci.bsky.social Research Excellence Award! Well done! Post below

Black In Plant Science- UK@blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are finally pleased to announce this year's Research Excellence Award winners: Sibongile Zimba (University of Bristol) and Ousmane Dao (University of York). Both of our winners have exhibited impressive contributions to plant science and you can learn more about them here: buff.ly/qo1WJqw

Apply before April 23rd to join us as Associate Professor at Leeds jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Associate Professor of Plant Science

Associate Professor of Plant Science Salary: Grade 9 (£61,759 - £73,708 p.a, depending on experience)This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for elements of the job to be undertak...

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Students out there, I have a PhD project cutting across biology, material science and biomedicine that requires a highly capable, diverse and brave applicant. if you think this is for you please Apply using the link below. All details in the website!! Project: eb4bm.org/project/engi...

One as Head of Plant Science at Leeds The new Plant Sciences page is now live and linked to from the FBS Research and Innovation homepage - interested in joining or collaborating? Learn about the research and opportunities by visiting this website! biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/plant-sciences

Students out there, I have a PhD project cutting across biology, material science and biomedicine that requires a highly capable, diverse and brave applicant. if you think this is for you please Apply using the link below. All details in the website!! Project: eb4bm.org/project/engi...

📣 Check out JXB's newest Special Issue 📣 📜 Issue 3 of 2026 📜 🔬 Plasmodesmata: Current perspectives on plant intercellular communication and signalling 🔬 📘 Guest edited by Jake Brunkard & Tessa Burch-Smith 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology

Very proud to present, together with @plantteaching.bsky.social, Agnes Uhereczky, @yoselin.bsky.social, Sofie Goormachtig and @mehta-lab.com, our @jxbotany.bsky.social community resource paper on building a diverse and inclusive plant science community 🌱. academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-... (🧵 1/2)

Good luck to all teams!

Botanical University Challenge@bucbotany.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🐝 Who will be asking the questions in Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026 in February? Dr Martin Barker, Aberdeen (team #BUC2025 winners !), Professor Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso, Leeds (team new arrival #BUC2025) & Dr Karen Bacon, Galway (first Irish team, #BUC2022) @yoselin.bsky.social

Happy New Year!! 🎉 We're pleased to be back with some exciting new opportunities which we will be sharing in the coming weeks. We are again inviting host labs to share their projects for our 2026 BiPS Summer Studentships. Head to our website for more details: buff.ly/g6vAJmM