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plantteaching.bsky.social
Many of you may have heard the terrible news of Dr. Meng Chen's sudden death.
I just found this tribute from UC Riverside cnas.ucr.edu/news/2026/09...
and a beautiful review article he contributed to @plantphys.bsky.social earlier this year, "25 years of photobodies" doi.org/10.1093/plph...
💔
September 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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botany.one
Director of Horticulture // Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
www.bgci.org/job/director...

RBGE is seeking to appoint an inspiring and forward-thinking Director of Horticulture. Reporting to the Regius Keeper, role will shape the future of horticulture across our four gardens.

#BotanyJobs
Director of Horticulture - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | Botanic Gardens Conservation International
Full-time - Permanent- closing date 16 October 2026
www.bgci.org
September 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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plantteaching.bsky.social
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 […]
www.aab.org.uk
September 2, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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geitmannlab.bsky.social
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
August 17, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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amjeve.uk
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
Open Flower
Flower Genetic Design
openflower.bio
July 26, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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naascarabidopsis.bsky.social
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
July 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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rstam.bsky.social
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...
doi.org
July 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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somssich.bsky.social
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
July 1, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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botany.one
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.
www.botany.one
July 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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sshadan.bsky.social
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...
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
July 1, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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plantteaching.bsky.social
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.
June 18, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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somssich.bsky.social
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 🧪
June 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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chenxinli2.bsky.social
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
Screenshot of PPT slide showing two example. 1st example shows a figure with 3 panels in a row side-by-side, with relative widths 100%:50%:30%. 2nd example shows a figure with 2 rows and 2 columns, where relative heights are 100%:20% and relative widths are 100%:40%. A screenshot of ppt slides showing steps to make a complex figure using hierarchical assembly.
June 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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addgene.bsky.social
🎨 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...
nickdesnoyer.bsky.social Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · Jun 8
Genes for genetic painting in flowers now available on Addgene!: addgene.org/browse/artic...
June 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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bar-plantbio.bsky.social
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
academic.oup.com
June 20, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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June 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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plantphys.bsky.social
📢 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
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June 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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jfplantstuff.bsky.social
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.org Science Magazine @science.org · May 9
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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May 10, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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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
scim.ag
May 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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kwsgroup.bsky.social
🥔 @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...
May 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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somssich.bsky.social
#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
The header of the paper: PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM, Vol. 15. 1962. The title “A Revised Medium for Rapid Growth and Bio Assays with Tobacco Tissue Cultures” is shown, followed by the author’s names Toshio Murashige, Folke Skoog. Their affiliation is Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 6, Wisconsin. The paper was received for publication on April 1, 1962. To the left of the paper header is a black and white headshot of a smiling Toshia Murashige, and to the right a black and white headshot of a serious looking Folke Skoog.
April 8, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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jmaus.bsky.social
Overview of GM crops in Australia over the past 30 years www.csiro.au/-/media/Scie... #plantscience 🧪
April 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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johninnescentre.bsky.social
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...
Professor Philippa Borrill
April 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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somssich.bsky.social
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 🧪
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somssich.bsky.social Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · Mar 24
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.
March 25, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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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.
March 27, 2026 at 1:35 PM