#AgScience 🌱🧪 #USDA
This is all such awful sabotage of U.S. resources. Destruction of lives. It's like someone set fire to the entire research pipeline, a grenade lobbed at all our prosperous futures. For. No. Goddamn. Reason.
Other than the spite of a few deranged men.
This is all such awful sabotage of U.S. resources. Destruction of lives. It's like someone set fire to the entire research pipeline, a grenade lobbed at all our prosperous futures. For. No. Goddamn. Reason.
Other than the spite of a few deranged men.
Chaos in the USDA gene banks. A new chief gets fired. Then reinstated. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. gene banks, key to new crops, hobbled by Trump job cuts
Newly appointed head of USDA’s genetic repositories axed along with key staff
www.science.org
February 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
#AgScience 🌱🧪 #USDA
This is all such awful sabotage of U.S. resources. Destruction of lives. It's like someone set fire to the entire research pipeline, a grenade lobbed at all our prosperous futures. For. No. Goddamn. Reason.
Other than the spite of a few deranged men.
This is all such awful sabotage of U.S. resources. Destruction of lives. It's like someone set fire to the entire research pipeline, a grenade lobbed at all our prosperous futures. For. No. Goddamn. Reason.
Other than the spite of a few deranged men.
Tea Chem 101: L-Theanine! What is it, why is it good for you, and how heckin delish is it? 🍵🧬 #teageek #agscience
December 5, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Tea Chem 101: L-Theanine! What is it, why is it good for you, and how heckin delish is it? 🍵🧬 #teageek #agscience
Normally #USDA or #CDC would be taking the reins to get this tech to farmers and speed it to market but all the staff are awol or fired. Soooo, any global #AnimalWelfare and #AgScience groups want pass the tin cup around? DM me if your organization wants in. 🧪
#ScienceSky, #AgSky, #MedSky #IDSky @washuengineers.bsky.social has developed a biosensor that detects H5N1 in under five minutes, produces a simple readout AND preserved sample. Can also be used to monitor E.coli levels and more. 🧪 🩺 🌱 🐓 🐄 source.washu.edu/2025/03/new-...
New biosensor can detect airborne bird flu in under five minutes
Researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a sensor that detects airborne H5N1 avian flu and can be used on poultry and dairy farms.
source.washu.edu
March 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Normally #USDA or #CDC would be taking the reins to get this tech to farmers and speed it to market but all the staff are awol or fired. Soooo, any global #AnimalWelfare and #AgScience groups want pass the tin cup around? DM me if your organization wants in. 🧪
#LFK activate. Lawrence Fucking Kansas, I know you got lots of people up for a short jaunt to Topeka on March 7. Let the Aggieville people in on it too. #KSTATE #AgScience.
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Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process!
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#standupforscience2025
Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process!
Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#standupforscience2025
February 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#LFK activate. Lawrence Fucking Kansas, I know you got lots of people up for a short jaunt to Topeka on March 7. Let the Aggieville people in on it too. #KSTATE #AgScience.
Join us for #ASHS2025!
28 July - 1 August in New Orleans
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#invasiveplantresearch #plantresearch #agscience #foodscience #SustainableAg
28 July - 1 August in New Orleans
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#invasiveplantresearch #plantresearch #agscience #foodscience #SustainableAg
February 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Join us for #ASHS2025!
28 July - 1 August in New Orleans
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Register at ashs.org/event/2025Ne...
Submit an abstract at ashs.conferences.rivervalley.io
#invasiveplantresearch #plantresearch #agscience #foodscience #SustainableAg
28 July - 1 August in New Orleans
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#invasiveplantresearch #plantresearch #agscience #foodscience #SustainableAg
Hello #NewSkies, I am a science writer covering university research news. Here is a project that needs to be tested on chicken or dairy farms and we are very anxious to find an #AgScience partner to help fund further tests because it could help prevent pandemic! source.washu.edu/2025/03/new-... 🧪🐔
New biosensor can detect airborne bird flu in under five minutes
Researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a sensor that detects airborne H5N1 avian flu and can be used on poultry and dairy farms.
source.washu.edu
March 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hello #NewSkies, I am a science writer covering university research news. Here is a project that needs to be tested on chicken or dairy farms and we are very anxious to find an #AgScience partner to help fund further tests because it could help prevent pandemic! source.washu.edu/2025/03/new-... 🧪🐔
🧬 Researchers have developed a microfluidic protocol to continuously observe ENTIRE microbial life cycles in real-time, including transitions! 🔬 #Yeast #YeastResearch #Microfluidics #CellBiology #Science #AgScience #Biomed
www.yeastgenome.org/reference/S1...
www.yeastgenome.org/reference/S1...
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🧬 Researchers have developed a microfluidic protocol to continuously observe ENTIRE microbial life cycles in real-time, including transitions! 🔬 #Yeast #YeastResearch #Microfluidics #CellBiology #Science #AgScience #Biomed
www.yeastgenome.org/reference/S1...
www.yeastgenome.org/reference/S1...
@cornelluniversity.bsky.social grad student Tim Mulderrig crushing it! Terrific representation of the #AgScience commitment that our university has.
February 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
@cornelluniversity.bsky.social grad student Tim Mulderrig crushing it! Terrific representation of the #AgScience commitment that our university has.
Excited to share my recent corresponding author paper in ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
Thanks all co-authors. Thanks #CzechELib for open access support!
Link: shorturl.at/DhpAz
#AgScience #InsecticideDesign #ACS #JAgFoodChem #CEITEC_Brno #muni_cz #CzechAcademy #MasarykUni
Thanks all co-authors. Thanks #CzechELib for open access support!
Link: shorturl.at/DhpAz
#AgScience #InsecticideDesign #ACS #JAgFoodChem #CEITEC_Brno #muni_cz #CzechAcademy #MasarykUni
New Insecticide Designed to Target Ecdysone Receptors of Bemisia tabaci
Bemisia tabaci is a highly destructive pest that affects many crops worldwide. Its feeding behavior on phloem sap and secretion of honeydew on leaves leads to the accumulation of mold, which impairs p...
shorturl.at
May 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Excited to share my recent corresponding author paper in ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
Thanks all co-authors. Thanks #CzechELib for open access support!
Link: shorturl.at/DhpAz
#AgScience #InsecticideDesign #ACS #JAgFoodChem #CEITEC_Brno #muni_cz #CzechAcademy #MasarykUni
Thanks all co-authors. Thanks #CzechELib for open access support!
Link: shorturl.at/DhpAz
#AgScience #InsecticideDesign #ACS #JAgFoodChem #CEITEC_Brno #muni_cz #CzechAcademy #MasarykUni
🌿 “Without plant pathologists, there’s no food.”
Dr. Nikita Gambhir (FMC) shares how her work protects crops and supports global food systems.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OMwq3n
#plantpathology #planthealth #womeninSTEM #agscience
Dr. Nikita Gambhir (FMC) shares how her work protects crops and supports global food systems.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OMwq3n
#plantpathology #planthealth #womeninSTEM #agscience
April 29, 2026 at 3:47 PM
🌿 “Without plant pathologists, there’s no food.”
Dr. Nikita Gambhir (FMC) shares how her work protects crops and supports global food systems.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OMwq3n
#plantpathology #planthealth #womeninSTEM #agscience
Dr. Nikita Gambhir (FMC) shares how her work protects crops and supports global food systems.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OMwq3n
#plantpathology #planthealth #womeninSTEM #agscience
🚨 Abstract Submissions for #APBC2025 close in just ONE week! 🚨
Don’t miss your chance to present your research to the leaders in plant breeding. Submit your abstract by 1st March to be part of the action! 🧬🌱🔬
🔗 apbconference.org
#PlantBreeding #AgScience #Research
Don’t miss your chance to present your research to the leaders in plant breeding. Submit your abstract by 1st March to be part of the action! 🧬🌱🔬
🔗 apbconference.org
#PlantBreeding #AgScience #Research
February 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
🚨 Abstract Submissions for #APBC2025 close in just ONE week! 🚨
Don’t miss your chance to present your research to the leaders in plant breeding. Submit your abstract by 1st March to be part of the action! 🧬🌱🔬
🔗 apbconference.org
#PlantBreeding #AgScience #Research
Don’t miss your chance to present your research to the leaders in plant breeding. Submit your abstract by 1st March to be part of the action! 🧬🌱🔬
🔗 apbconference.org
#PlantBreeding #AgScience #Research
🐦 Austin Spence and Daniel Karp were highlighted in a UC Davis article discussing how smaller birds pose minimal food safety risk on farms. Research shows pathogen survival is linked to fecal size, supporting conservation-friendly agriculture.
▶️ www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
#AgScience #FoodSafety
▶️ www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
#AgScience #FoodSafety
Little Birds, Little Poops, Little Food Safety Risk
It doesn’t require a degree in ornithology, a lab test or even an app for most growers to determine whether bird poop near their crops presents a food safety risk. They just need to ask themselves a s...
www.ucdavis.edu
February 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
🐦 Austin Spence and Daniel Karp were highlighted in a UC Davis article discussing how smaller birds pose minimal food safety risk on farms. Research shows pathogen survival is linked to fecal size, supporting conservation-friendly agriculture.
▶️ www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
#AgScience #FoodSafety
▶️ www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
#AgScience #FoodSafety
Join us for #ASHS2025!
28 July - 1 August in New Orleans
Conference Program ashs.org/page/2025con...
Register at ashs.org/event/2025Ne...
#invasiveplantresearch #plantresearch #agscience #foodscience #SustainableAg #plantbreeding #controlledenvironment #plantscience #horticulture
28 July - 1 August in New Orleans
Conference Program ashs.org/page/2025con...
Register at ashs.org/event/2025Ne...
#invasiveplantresearch #plantresearch #agscience #foodscience #SustainableAg #plantbreeding #controlledenvironment #plantscience #horticulture
May 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Join us for #ASHS2025!
28 July - 1 August in New Orleans
Conference Program ashs.org/page/2025con...
Register at ashs.org/event/2025Ne...
#invasiveplantresearch #plantresearch #agscience #foodscience #SustainableAg #plantbreeding #controlledenvironment #plantscience #horticulture
28 July - 1 August in New Orleans
Conference Program ashs.org/page/2025con...
Register at ashs.org/event/2025Ne...
#invasiveplantresearch #plantresearch #agscience #foodscience #SustainableAg #plantbreeding #controlledenvironment #plantscience #horticulture
🌾 High sugar grasses bred at IBERS boost livestock productivity and cut nitrogen emissions.
AberDart & AberMagic are now used worldwide—proof that smart plant science can drive sustainable farming.
🔗 www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/abo...
#AgScience #SustainableFarming #PlantBreeding #UKRI
AberDart & AberMagic are now used worldwide—proof that smart plant science can drive sustainable farming.
🔗 www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/abo...
#AgScience #SustainableFarming #PlantBreeding #UKRI
August 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🌾 High sugar grasses bred at IBERS boost livestock productivity and cut nitrogen emissions.
AberDart & AberMagic are now used worldwide—proof that smart plant science can drive sustainable farming.
🔗 www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/abo...
#AgScience #SustainableFarming #PlantBreeding #UKRI
AberDart & AberMagic are now used worldwide—proof that smart plant science can drive sustainable farming.
🔗 www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/abo...
#AgScience #SustainableFarming #PlantBreeding #UKRI
Great visit to the Centre for Dairy Research at Reading! Many thanks to Sokratis Stergiadis for the tour & insights into their methane-reduction feeding trials. Loved brainstorming ways to integrate gut microbiome work into their research 🧬🐄 #Microbiome #OneHealth #AgScience
April 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Great visit to the Centre for Dairy Research at Reading! Many thanks to Sokratis Stergiadis for the tour & insights into their methane-reduction feeding trials. Loved brainstorming ways to integrate gut microbiome work into their research 🧬🐄 #Microbiome #OneHealth #AgScience
Got your Altered Carbon here. Who wants some altered carbon! Here ye, here ye, we got your acetate, we got your ethylene, we got biomanufacturing with renewable biodegradable feedstocks. Come one, come all! 🧪 #agscience #sustainablemanufacturing #notplastics www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Kilowatt-scale tandem CO2 electrolysis for enhanced acetate and ethylene production - Nature Chemical Engineering
Tandem CO2 electrolysis has demonstrated strong potential for transforming captured CO2 into multicarbon products, but more effort is needed in scaling these systems to commercial levels. The authors ...
www.nature.com
June 3, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Got your Altered Carbon here. Who wants some altered carbon! Here ye, here ye, we got your acetate, we got your ethylene, we got biomanufacturing with renewable biodegradable feedstocks. Come one, come all! 🧪 #agscience #sustainablemanufacturing #notplastics www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Genetics is helping identify and protect historic apple varieties at the Jim Dunckley Heritage Orchard near Dunedin, turning it into a true living library.
The Apple ID project is supported by Ag@Otago and BSI.
www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/h...
#Horticulture #HeritageApples #AgScience #Genomics #Otago
The Apple ID project is supported by Ag@Otago and BSI.
www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/h...
#Horticulture #HeritageApples #AgScience #Genomics #Otago
Keeping tabs on Otago trees
Science comes to the rescue to help identify apple tree varieties in an Otago heritage orchard.
www.odt.co.nz
March 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Genetics is helping identify and protect historic apple varieties at the Jim Dunckley Heritage Orchard near Dunedin, turning it into a true living library.
The Apple ID project is supported by Ag@Otago and BSI.
www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/h...
#Horticulture #HeritageApples #AgScience #Genomics #Otago
The Apple ID project is supported by Ag@Otago and BSI.
www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/h...
#Horticulture #HeritageApples #AgScience #Genomics #Otago
🌱👩🔬 Bridging soil science & farming: At the Root-Benefit-Symposium at ZALF, 90 experts discussed how #research on the interaction of microorganisms in the #soil with plant roots finds its way into #agriculture!
www.zalf.de/en/aktue...
#SoilHealth #AgScience #RootBenefit
www.zalf.de/en/aktue...
#SoilHealth #AgScience #RootBenefit
May 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🌱👩🔬 Bridging soil science & farming: At the Root-Benefit-Symposium at ZALF, 90 experts discussed how #research on the interaction of microorganisms in the #soil with plant roots finds its way into #agriculture!
www.zalf.de/en/aktue...
#SoilHealth #AgScience #RootBenefit
www.zalf.de/en/aktue...
#SoilHealth #AgScience #RootBenefit
I really am trying to build up this state-level data research team and open up hardware paths to hire people into helping our agscience mission
Sure we have deliverables we need to meet per grant reqs, but if I can help someone in need with a qualified job? That's life-changing.
Sure we have deliverables we need to meet per grant reqs, but if I can help someone in need with a qualified job? That's life-changing.
March 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I really am trying to build up this state-level data research team and open up hardware paths to hire people into helping our agscience mission
Sure we have deliverables we need to meet per grant reqs, but if I can help someone in need with a qualified job? That's life-changing.
Sure we have deliverables we need to meet per grant reqs, but if I can help someone in need with a qualified job? That's life-changing.
Fascinating: wheat crops express a botanical circadian rhythm. Article links to open access paper. phys.org/news/2025-10... #botany #biology #agriculture #agscience #farming #climatesolutions #genetics #genes #circadianrhythm #agronomy #climateadaptation #climatesmartfarming #wheat #monocots
Clocking into the internal rhythm of wheat plants
Circadian clocks of wheat can provide a window into the plant's nutrient content and life cycle, finds new research that could improve agricultural production and crop resilience in a changing climate...
phys.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Fascinating: wheat crops express a botanical circadian rhythm. Article links to open access paper. phys.org/news/2025-10... #botany #biology #agriculture #agscience #farming #climatesolutions #genetics #genes #circadianrhythm #agronomy #climateadaptation #climatesmartfarming #wheat #monocots
Hey #weedscientists - if you're here on #bluesky, please follow us! We'd love to connect with you to feature your research, outreach, job opportunities, and more!
#WSWS #weedscience #invasiveplants #weeds #noxiousweeds #plants #botany #agriculture #agscience #weedmanagement #weedresearch
#WSWS #weedscience #invasiveplants #weeds #noxiousweeds #plants #botany #agriculture #agscience #weedmanagement #weedresearch
June 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Hey #weedscientists - if you're here on #bluesky, please follow us! We'd love to connect with you to feature your research, outreach, job opportunities, and more!
#WSWS #weedscience #invasiveplants #weeds #noxiousweeds #plants #botany #agriculture #agscience #weedmanagement #weedresearch
#WSWS #weedscience #invasiveplants #weeds #noxiousweeds #plants #botany #agriculture #agscience #weedmanagement #weedresearch
Coretext’s Melissa Marino visited Wimmera CMA last week to hear how growers and pastoralists are cutting emissions—via pasture improvements, coated fertilisers and selective breeding. Need help communicating ag science in action? Visit us: coretext.com.au. #AgScience #EmissionReduction
July 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Coretext’s Melissa Marino visited Wimmera CMA last week to hear how growers and pastoralists are cutting emissions—via pasture improvements, coated fertilisers and selective breeding. Need help communicating ag science in action? Visit us: coretext.com.au. #AgScience #EmissionReduction
🌾 #NACTA26 Workshop Spotlight: "Co-Designing Change: Students-as-Partners for Curricular Innovation." 📅 Monday, June 22, 2026 | 2:30–4:00 PM CDT.
Real course redesigns across forestry, ag biotech, equine management & more. #AgScience #AgEd #AgEdConference
For further info: www.NACTAconference.org
Real course redesigns across forestry, ag biotech, equine management & more. #AgScience #AgEd #AgEdConference
For further info: www.NACTAconference.org
March 16, 2026 at 6:44 PM
🌾 #NACTA26 Workshop Spotlight: "Co-Designing Change: Students-as-Partners for Curricular Innovation." 📅 Monday, June 22, 2026 | 2:30–4:00 PM CDT.
Real course redesigns across forestry, ag biotech, equine management & more. #AgScience #AgEd #AgEdConference
For further info: www.NACTAconference.org
Real course redesigns across forestry, ag biotech, equine management & more. #AgScience #AgEd #AgEdConference
For further info: www.NACTAconference.org
Coretext’s Catherine Norwood hit WA last week to cover soil science + ag innovation. From sandy soil breakthroughs to Anna Meares inspiring young leaders at #GrainGrowers Innovation Generation — there were plenty of big ideas for future farming. #AgScience #FutureFarming
July 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Coretext’s Catherine Norwood hit WA last week to cover soil science + ag innovation. From sandy soil breakthroughs to Anna Meares inspiring young leaders at #GrainGrowers Innovation Generation — there were plenty of big ideas for future farming. #AgScience #FutureFarming
S is for #Sunflower — Sunflowers suffer from boron deficiency in alkaline soils, reducing growth and seed production. A study in Crop and Pasture Science @csiropublishing.bsky.social shows biochar-coated fertilizers boost yield. bio-one.co/45DfYYF
#BioOneCompleteAtoZ #agriculture #AgScience
#BioOneCompleteAtoZ #agriculture #AgScience
March 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
S is for #Sunflower — Sunflowers suffer from boron deficiency in alkaline soils, reducing growth and seed production. A study in Crop and Pasture Science @csiropublishing.bsky.social shows biochar-coated fertilizers boost yield. bio-one.co/45DfYYF
#BioOneCompleteAtoZ #agriculture #AgScience
#BioOneCompleteAtoZ #agriculture #AgScience