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#PlantBlindness 🌱
kranzuschlab.bsky.social Kranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social · Aug 12
The shared principles of human and bacterial antiviral immunity

An honor to highlight remarkable discoveries from many labs over the past 12 years that unite previously disparate fields of how animal cells and prokaryotes defend against viruses.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Shared principles of human and bacterial antiviral immunity - Nature
The Review describes shared ancient, conserved mechanisms between human antiviral immunity and bacterial anti-phage systems, outlining universal principles of pathogen sensing, signalling and effector...
www.nature.com
August 13, 2026 at 7:16 AM
durocyann.bsky.social
Cécité botanique, exemple 178492

#plantblindness
somssich.bsky.social Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · Oct 24
An article on Model Organisms, published in Science in 2005, lists the Models that together represent "the diversity of life".
Guess which model is missing from the list?

This view is one major reason why it's so difficult to obtain funding for basic plant research.

#PlantBlindness #PlantScience
Almost everything we know about the fundamental properties of living cells—how they grow and divide, how they express their genetic information, and how they use and store energy—has come from the study of model organisms. These simple creatures traditionally include the bacterium Escherichia coli and its bacteriophage viruses, bakers’ yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, and the mouse Mus musculus, each a representative of the diversity of life.
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
mammalssuck.bsky.social
DOUBTED OUR PROMISE OF CARNAGE TONIGHT,
or do plants not matter to you?!
#PlantBlindness #2026MMM
a man holding a large green leaf with the words i just love a good leaf below him
ALT: a man holding a large green leaf with the words i just love a good leaf below him
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2026 at 2:03 AM
forscherrobert.bsky.social
Nice resource for scientific illustrations in life sciences but the Plant's section only has two images of "grass" :(
#PlantBlindness
drjonlim.bsky.social Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · Nov 23
🎨 In case anyone need…

The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!

Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
December 1, 2024 at 12:42 PM
forscherrobert.bsky.social
Thanks for the collection!
Unfortunately, all those platforms suffer strongly from #plantblindness
May 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
miradasbotanicas.bsky.social
PRÓXIMAMENTE / COMING SOON
#PlantAwareness #plantblindness #plantmacrophotography #stopplantblindness #miradasbotanicas #botanicalviews
@IndurotUniovi @uniovi_info @UOdivulga
November 16, 2024 at 11:31 AM
miradasbotanicas.bsky.social
PRÓXIMAMENTE / COMING SOON
#PlantAwareness #plantblindness #plantmacrophotography #stopplantblindness #miradasbotanicas #botanicalviews
@universidadoviedo.bsky.social @estudiantesovi.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
susannareece.bsky.social
We said Nature and they said Animals - why? #PlantBlindness
June 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
carolannie.bsky.social
Most people admire birds, animals, insects, but are sort of unaware of plants and their vital role in supporting all life.
#ClimateChange #Sustainabillity #Ecology #PlantBlindness
1001species.substack.com/i/147200282/...
Just another nature week ...
A far too hot nature week
1001species.substack.com
August 4, 2024 at 5:08 PM
forscherrobert.bsky.social
Another case of #plantblindness :(
January 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
plantophagy.bsky.social
When will @embo.org realise #plants also have organelles and get sick too! & #plantscience always uses orgsnismal models! As the saying goes “Medicine can save you one day, but plants save you everyday!” #plantblindness
July 9, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Great seed-banking story from Wales, saving seeds of rare plant species, and the challenge to obtain them. Has nice photos as well. #botany #conservation #botanists #PlantBlindness
Doomsday seed collectors aim to save Wales' native species
Should the apocalypse arrive, Wales as we know it may depend on these two conservationists.
www.bbc.com
April 12, 2026 at 10:08 AM
amor-plantonico.bsky.social
Eu: Ola KSUNTA, como pido permissom para recolher amostras desta planta.
KSUNTA: tés que fazer o procedimento MT182A
Eu: Olá de novo! Esse prodecimento que me dizides é para fauna silvestre, mas eu quero recolher flora. Está correto?
KS: sim, esse é o procedimento
#PlantBlindness #Cegueirabotanica
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
nicwilson.bsky.social
Just watched a young lass of about two stop her dad and show him this little garden in the high street pavement. Delightful! They see the important things we adults miss. #plantblindness
December 21, 2023 at 9:56 AM
somssich.bsky.social
An article on Model Organisms, published in Science in 2005, lists the Models that together represent "the diversity of life".
Guess which model is missing from the list?

This view is one major reason why it's so difficult to obtain funding for basic plant research.

#PlantBlindness #PlantScience
Almost everything we know about the fundamental properties of living cells—how they grow and divide, how they express their genetic information, and how they use and store energy—has come from the study of model organisms. These simple creatures traditionally include the bacterium Escherichia coli and its bacteriophage viruses, bakers’ yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, and the mouse Mus musculus, each a representative of the diversity of life.
October 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
kateplantphys.bsky.social
One month to submit to FLOh!RA!!
Check it out and submit here: lstewart22.github.io/FLOhRA/
🎨🍂🌸
@creaf.cat
#sciart #Catalunya #plantblindness
kateplantphys.bsky.social Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · Feb 6
🍃Notice the plants around you🍃

Create an artwork on how plants change🍂🌡️❄️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 & submit to #sciart competition- FLOh!RA
lstewart22.github.io/FLOhRA/

Opening today, closing April 6th
For people living in Catalunya

Please share!

Funded by @ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social
Supported by @creaf.cat
Logo for the art-science competition described in the post above. The word ‘FLOh!RA’ is written on top of a beige rectangular panel which has rounded ends and is thinly outlined in orange. The letters: F, L, R and A are in light purple text, while ‘Oh!’ is in orange text, making it stand out. Behind the logo on top of a beige background are stylised depictions of flowers and leaves in golden-yellow across three square panels, in a style reminiscent of art- nouveau. This graphic was created by the CREAF communications team.
March 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
bucbotany.bsky.social
🌱🌍🌿🍄🌾🧪Why don't people see the plants around them? The Thymes, newsletter of Botanical University Challenge #BUC2024, article about PlantBlindness/PlantAwarenessDisparity/PAD by Nigel Chaffey. Read more on his website at plantcuttings.uk
Text of 'Blogging to beat plant blindness' by Nigel Chaffey. Read full text at https://botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/
April 24, 2024 at 9:08 AM
helenkopnina.bsky.social
Brilliant to see #BUC2026 growing! Plant literacy matters as biodiversity crisis deepens. We need to revalue what we're losing - the common, the overlooked, the "weeds" botsoc.scot/2025/12/31/r... #PlantBlindness #Biodiversity @camplantsci.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Dr. Helen Kopnina: Requiem for the Weeds
Dr Kopnina, Helen (PhD Cambridge University, 2002) is currently employed at Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Date: Thursday 15 January 2…
botsoc.scot
February 8, 2026 at 11:57 AM
somssich.bsky.social
Adding insult to injury, they go on to say that Arabidopsis thaliana COULD be considered an important model too... but not really. "Seats are limited", and how important is food really??

#PlantScience #PlantBlindness
Our colleague Gerry Fink has likened this handful of organisms to the Security Council of the United Nations because, among the world’s multitude of organisms, they garner most of the attention of researchers and dictate the distribution of most of the biomedical research funds that are not targeted to specific diseases. A few other organisms—the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the mustard plant Arabidopsis thaliana, the zebrafish Danio rerio, and the frog Xenopus laevis— may qualify for seats on the council, but membership is limited. But
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
somssich.bsky.social
#PlantScienceClassics #18: Ethylene triple response mutants. 35 years ago Anthony Bleecker et al. exploited the triple response phenotype to identify the #ethylene receptor ETR1 @science.org. The ethylene story is another example for #PlantBlindness at the Nobel Prize.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
The Science cover picture of the 1988 issue shows the triple response mutant phenotype in a group of Arabidopsis thaliana seedling, with one tall seedling standing out – it carries the mutation in the ETR1 gene, the ethylene receptor. Next to the cover is the title page of the paper “Insensitivity to Ethylene Conferred by a Dominant Mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana”, by ANTHONY B. BLEECKER, MARK A. ESTELLE, CHRIS SOMERVILLE and HANS KENDE.
January 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
puaproject.bsky.social
Glad you like it, @foveahex.bsky.social. Please let us know if you find anyone in Ireland working in plant ultrasounds. There is a growing community on #bioacoustics, but plants are underrepresented, as it's expected due to #PlantBlindness.
January 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
aschier1.bsky.social
#PlantBlindness
May 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
plantophagy.bsky.social
Nice paper though it fails to mention very relevant articles on plant #autophagy from @tolgaboz.bsky.social lab. Here's one of them: europepmc.org/article/MED/... #plantblindness
Europe PMCEurope PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
europepmc.org
April 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
somssich.bsky.social
I don't know why the Nobel Prize in 1946 was not at least shared between Muller & Stein. Because she was a woman? Because she worked on plants? Because she wrote in German? But even more critical: Why is Stein's work STILL being ignored today??? #WomenInSTEM #WomenInBotany #PlantBlindness
October 26, 2023 at 11:14 AM
uhammes.bsky.social
This is not an insult or #plantblindness- this is just idiotic.
somssich.bsky.social Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · Oct 24
Adding insult to injury, they go on to say that Arabidopsis thaliana COULD be considered an important model too... but not really. "Seats are limited", and how important is food really??

#PlantScience #PlantBlindness
Our colleague Gerry Fink has likened this handful of organisms to the Security Council of the United Nations because, among the world’s multitude of organisms, they garner most of the attention of researchers and dictate the distribution of most of the biomedical research funds that are not targeted to specific diseases. A few other organisms—the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the mustard plant Arabidopsis thaliana, the zebrafish Danio rerio, and the frog Xenopus laevis— may qualify for seats on the council, but membership is limited. But
October 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM