Andrea Gómez
@andreagomezfe.bsky.social
Postdoc @Indiana University I flower & fruit development l Microscopy I ➡️De Folter Lab🇲🇽➡️Kierzkowski Lab🇨🇦 ➡️ Nikolov Lab🇺🇲 l 🌱💮 Microscopy lover🔬| AFE The Plant Cell Journal 💻
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Two orthogonal differentiation gradients locally coordinate fruit morphogenesis
Nature Communications - The coordination of cellular behaviors is essential for proper organogenesis. Here the authors show that fruit development in Arabidopsis is governed by time-shifted...
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One of my first live imaging of Arabidopsis gynoecium www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🌱 Open PhD Position in Plant EvoDevo 🌱 Thinking about a PhD in plant evodevo? The Becker Research Group (JLU Giessen, Germany) has a fully funded 4-year PhD position in the ICIPS II research unit! 🎓 📍 Where? Gießen, Germany – great research environment & vibrant plant science network.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🌱 Open PhD Position in Plant EvoDevo 🌱 Thinking about a PhD in plant evodevo? The Becker Research Group (JLU Giessen, Germany) has a fully funded 4-year PhD position in the ICIPS II research unit! 🎓 📍 Where? Gießen, Germany – great research environment & vibrant plant science network.
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#Nectar, the original cocktail: an introduction to a #VirtualIssue
Check out this #Editorial from Gong, et al. introducing the Virtual Issue 'Nectar and nectaries'
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Check out this #Editorial from Gong, et al. introducing the Virtual Issue 'Nectar and nectaries'
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#Nectar, the original cocktail: an introduction to a #VirtualIssue
Check out this #Editorial from Gong, et al. introducing the Virtual Issue 'Nectar and nectaries'
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Check out this #Editorial from Gong, et al. introducing the Virtual Issue 'Nectar and nectaries'
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
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Profile of @plantphys.bsky.social EIC Yunde Zhao & RUBY reporter his lab developed; free for use in academic labs & classrooms. “RUBY is making a difference in so many ways because we opened it up to all of science".
"Fundamental research is crucial because it can lead to unexpected discoveries.”
"Fundamental research is crucial because it can lead to unexpected discoveries.”
Seeing Red: A UC San Diego Invention is Transforming the Way Scientists Track Genes
UC San Diego biologists have created a transformative new way to monitor genes. The game-changing tool known as RUBY is an inexpensive, easy-to-use technology that allows researchers to visualize gene...
today.ucsd.edu
October 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Profile of @plantphys.bsky.social EIC Yunde Zhao & RUBY reporter his lab developed; free for use in academic labs & classrooms. “RUBY is making a difference in so many ways because we opened it up to all of science".
"Fundamental research is crucial because it can lead to unexpected discoveries.”
"Fundamental research is crucial because it can lead to unexpected discoveries.”
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Excellent!
"We must focus on process over product. We must explore the complex, intricate, dynamic connection between the writing process and the thinking process and reflect on what it means and what it feels like when we outsource these processes."
"We must focus on process over product. We must explore the complex, intricate, dynamic connection between the writing process and the thinking process and reflect on what it means and what it feels like when we outsource these processes."
Writing lecturers will not reach students by simply talking down AI, but we might reach them by embracing our expertise and engaging in the politics of resistance
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/educati...
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/educati...
The craft and politics of academic writing in the AI universe
Writing lecturers will not reach students by simply talking down AI, but we might reach them by embracing our expertise and engaging in the politics of resistance
northwestbylines.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Excellent!
"We must focus on process over product. We must explore the complex, intricate, dynamic connection between the writing process and the thinking process and reflect on what it means and what it feels like when we outsource these processes."
"We must focus on process over product. We must explore the complex, intricate, dynamic connection between the writing process and the thinking process and reflect on what it means and what it feels like when we outsource these processes."
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Have you ever wondered what’s inside the head of a flower? Researchers @ucalgary.bsky.social @helsinki.fi and the CLS used our synchrotron’s X-ray imaging to map the structure of daisy-like plants, revealing a vein network that moves water and nutrients. Paper: https://bit.ly/4mBnqcZ
September 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Have you ever wondered what’s inside the head of a flower? Researchers @ucalgary.bsky.social @helsinki.fi and the CLS used our synchrotron’s X-ray imaging to map the structure of daisy-like plants, revealing a vein network that moves water and nutrients. Paper: https://bit.ly/4mBnqcZ
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Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics
A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.
www.nature.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A milestone for plant genomics just out @natgenet.nature.com
130 bryophyte genomes!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
130 bryophyte genomes!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics
A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.
www.nature.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A milestone for plant genomics just out @natgenet.nature.com
130 bryophyte genomes!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
130 bryophyte genomes!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thrilled to share our latest story on the ERAD machinery and how it controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES for acclimative growth
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
ERAD machinery controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES in plants
Plant ERAD machinery governs the turnover of auxin transporters involved in developmental and stress responses.
www.science.org
September 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Thrilled to share our latest story on the ERAD machinery and how it controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES for acclimative growth
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41... Rubisco engineering for more efficient photosynthesis
Laboratory evolution of Rubisco solubility and catalytic switches to enhance plant productivity - Nature Plants
This study demonstrates the power of directed evolution to unlock latent functional potential in plant Rubisco. By identifying mutations that enhance CO2 fixation and solubility, it advances avenues f...
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September 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Rubisco engineering for more efficient photosynthesis
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Welcome to Lansing, #GLPSC2025 attendees! PRI and @chooselansing.bsky.social are thrilled to host you for three days of networking, collaboration, and cutting-edge #plantscience at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. Let’s expand horizons in plant science together! 🌍
#ChooseLansing
#ChooseLansing
September 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Welcome to Lansing, #GLPSC2025 attendees! PRI and @chooselansing.bsky.social are thrilled to host you for three days of networking, collaboration, and cutting-edge #plantscience at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. Let’s expand horizons in plant science together! 🌍
#ChooseLansing
#ChooseLansing
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AM: We should define authorship contributions at the start of the study, not at the end.
Kiemer et al:
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
We should continue doing research on authorship and move to an organizational and community culture of responsible authorship.
#PRC10
Kiemer et al:
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
We should continue doing research on authorship and move to an organizational and community culture of responsible authorship.
#PRC10
September 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
AM: We should define authorship contributions at the start of the study, not at the end.
Kiemer et al:
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
We should continue doing research on authorship and move to an organizational and community culture of responsible authorship.
#PRC10
Kiemer et al:
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
We should continue doing research on authorship and move to an organizational and community culture of responsible authorship.
#PRC10
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Explore adaptation, resilience, and sustainable solutions at #GLPSC2025! 🌱 This session will examine the latest advances in plant adaptation and resilience strategies, focusing on molecular, physiological, and ecological responses to climate stress.
Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
August 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Explore adaptation, resilience, and sustainable solutions at #GLPSC2025! 🌱 This session will examine the latest advances in plant adaptation and resilience strategies, focusing on molecular, physiological, and ecological responses to climate stress.
Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
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Make good useful thing
Sell thing
Use funds to make more thing
Sell more thing
Use funds to make new thing
Hire help
Be good leader
Train help good
Pay help well
Make even more good thing
Establish reputation as good thing maker
Help help become leader
Grow help to replace you
Sell thing
Use funds to make more thing
Sell more thing
Use funds to make new thing
Hire help
Be good leader
Train help good
Pay help well
Make even more good thing
Establish reputation as good thing maker
Help help become leader
Grow help to replace you
August 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Make good useful thing
Sell thing
Use funds to make more thing
Sell more thing
Use funds to make new thing
Hire help
Be good leader
Train help good
Pay help well
Make even more good thing
Establish reputation as good thing maker
Help help become leader
Grow help to replace you
Sell thing
Use funds to make more thing
Sell more thing
Use funds to make new thing
Hire help
Be good leader
Train help good
Pay help well
Make even more good thing
Establish reputation as good thing maker
Help help become leader
Grow help to replace you
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As a reviewer of open source lab hardware manuscripts for a few years now, I am asking the community to PLEASE include step by step construction documentation with your manu submissions, ideally with photos. I know its a lot of work but also the heart of your design being reproducible by others. 🙏
a man is holding a sign that says `` documentation '' next to a dog .
ALT: a man is holding a sign that says `` documentation '' next to a dog .
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August 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
As a reviewer of open source lab hardware manuscripts for a few years now, I am asking the community to PLEASE include step by step construction documentation with your manu submissions, ideally with photos. I know its a lot of work but also the heart of your design being reproducible by others. 🙏
One of my first live imaging of Arabidopsis gynoecium www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Two orthogonal differentiation gradients locally coordinate fruit morphogenesis
Nature Communications - The coordination of cellular behaviors is essential for proper organogenesis. Here the authors show that fruit development in Arabidopsis is governed by time-shifted...
www.nature.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
One of my first live imaging of Arabidopsis gynoecium www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Andrea Gómez
Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
@iansample.bsky.social writes @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
@iansample.bsky.social writes @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
@iansample.bsky.social writes @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
@iansample.bsky.social writes @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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I just published: Why I’m skipping the Congress this year (And why you should still publish your posters)
Publishing your poster creates a citable record and protects you from bad actors.
#ISMPMI2025 #OpenMPMI #AcademicChatter #PhDchat
medium.com/p/why-im-ski...
Publishing your poster creates a citable record and protects you from bad actors.
#ISMPMI2025 #OpenMPMI #AcademicChatter #PhDchat
medium.com/p/why-im-ski...
Why I’m skipping the Congress this year (And why you should still publish your posters)
Publishing your poster creates a verifiable and citable record of your work. It also protects you from bad actors — the evidence will be…
medium.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I just published: Why I’m skipping the Congress this year (And why you should still publish your posters)
Publishing your poster creates a citable record and protects you from bad actors.
#ISMPMI2025 #OpenMPMI #AcademicChatter #PhDchat
medium.com/p/why-im-ski...
Publishing your poster creates a citable record and protects you from bad actors.
#ISMPMI2025 #OpenMPMI #AcademicChatter #PhDchat
medium.com/p/why-im-ski...
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Attending #2025ISMPMI next week? Consider publishing your poster on Zenodo to get a doi and make it a citable unit. #OpenMPMI #OpenScience
More here: Why you should publish your posters kamounlab.medium.com/why-you-shou...
More here: Why you should publish your posters kamounlab.medium.com/why-you-shou...
Why you should publish your posters
Publishing your poster in a DOI repository like Zenodo extends the lifespan of your poster beyond the conference, reaching audiences who…
kamounlab.medium.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Attending #2025ISMPMI next week? Consider publishing your poster on Zenodo to get a doi and make it a citable unit. #OpenMPMI #OpenScience
More here: Why you should publish your posters kamounlab.medium.com/why-you-shou...
More here: Why you should publish your posters kamounlab.medium.com/why-you-shou...
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🍀🔬
Brassinosteroids promote pollen tube guidance by coordinating gene expression in male and female reproductive tissues @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Brassinosteroids promote pollen tube guidance by coordinating gene expression in male and female reproductive tissues @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🍀🔬
Brassinosteroids promote pollen tube guidance by coordinating gene expression in male and female reproductive tissues @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Brassinosteroids promote pollen tube guidance by coordinating gene expression in male and female reproductive tissues @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Really like this article- naming (plants) is caring. “This misplaced lack of trust in botanical knowledge is unfortunately shared by higher education institutions”. Nice to see iNaturalist get a name check! In @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Naming is caring - Nature Plants
We can now carry in our pockets applications that accurately identify the plants around us. These are interesting tools for researchers, but they also help everyone to appreciate the diversity of the ...
www.nature.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Really like this article- naming (plants) is caring. “This misplaced lack of trust in botanical knowledge is unfortunately shared by higher education institutions”. Nice to see iNaturalist get a name check! In @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Stomatal transpiration and rapid programmed cell death ☠️ triggered by lowered ambient humidity causes anther tissue collapse for effective pollen release !
Happy to be part of this great PNAS story with @kampova.bsky.social, Matyáš Fendrych, and @svosolsobe.bsky.social! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Happy to be part of this great PNAS story with @kampova.bsky.social, Matyáš Fendrych, and @svosolsobe.bsky.social! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
May 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Stomatal transpiration and rapid programmed cell death ☠️ triggered by lowered ambient humidity causes anther tissue collapse for effective pollen release !
Happy to be part of this great PNAS story with @kampova.bsky.social, Matyáš Fendrych, and @svosolsobe.bsky.social! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Happy to be part of this great PNAS story with @kampova.bsky.social, Matyáš Fendrych, and @svosolsobe.bsky.social! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...