David Hoey
@davidjhoey.bsky.social
Postdoc in Molecular Palaeobotany and Evolution Group @ Uni of Edinburgh. Working on bryophytes and lycophytes, interested in how plants conquered land at the molecular level 🌱🍀🏴
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Happy to share the pre-print on GEMMIFER, a novel ERF required for the initiation of gemma in Marchantia. One of the coolest phenotypes that I have ever seen. Congratulations to Yuki and Go, who led this research. #PlantScience @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Happy to share the pre-print on GEMMIFER, a novel ERF required for the initiation of gemma in Marchantia. One of the coolest phenotypes that I have ever seen. Congratulations to Yuki and Go, who led this research. #PlantScience @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Come and hear me yap about the #LiverwortHunt, a citizen science project which we (@slcuplants.bsky.social) ran in 2021, and was published last year as a part of the Marchantia polymorpha pangenome paper doi.org/10.1038/s415...
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Come and hear me yap about the #LiverwortHunt, a citizen science project which we (@slcuplants.bsky.social) ran in 2021, and was published last year as a part of the Marchantia polymorpha pangenome paper doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on January 28 at 8:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2026 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/FbmaFGR
#PlantScience
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/FbmaFGR
#PlantScience
January 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on January 28 at 8:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2026 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/FbmaFGR
#PlantScience
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/FbmaFGR
#PlantScience
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We have an open POSTDOC position to explore Marchantia immune receptor biology that is closing on the 18th of Jan. Apply using the link below, and/or email me for more details. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Carella Group) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Carella Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Evo-MPMI (Evolutionary Molecular…
www.jic.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
We have an open POSTDOC position to explore Marchantia immune receptor biology that is closing on the 18th of Jan. Apply using the link below, and/or email me for more details. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
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Photosynthesis beyond the visible spectrum detected by a research group from the University of Padua
www.unipd.it/news/photosy...
Nannochloropsis gaditana is of great biotechnological interest for the production of biofuels, fatty acids, and omega-3.
#PlantScience @elisabettaliistro.bsky.social
www.unipd.it/news/photosy...
Nannochloropsis gaditana is of great biotechnological interest for the production of biofuels, fatty acids, and omega-3.
#PlantScience @elisabettaliistro.bsky.social
Photosynthesis beyond the visible spectrum detected by a research group from Unipd
The study titled "Thylakoids reorganization enables driving photosynthesis under far‐red light in the microalga Nannochloropsis gaditana," published in «New Phytologist» and conducted by the research…
www.unipd.it
January 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Photosynthesis beyond the visible spectrum detected by a research group from the University of Padua
www.unipd.it/news/photosy...
Nannochloropsis gaditana is of great biotechnological interest for the production of biofuels, fatty acids, and omega-3.
#PlantScience @elisabettaliistro.bsky.social
www.unipd.it/news/photosy...
Nannochloropsis gaditana is of great biotechnological interest for the production of biofuels, fatty acids, and omega-3.
#PlantScience @elisabettaliistro.bsky.social
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Looking for a new 📕 to read about plants??
I highly recommend the brilliant book ‘Ferns, Lessons in survival from Earth’s most adaptable plants’
Written by @fernway.bsky.social and Jacob Suissa with amazing illustrations by Laura Silburn
🌿 #FernFriday 🌿
I highly recommend the brilliant book ‘Ferns, Lessons in survival from Earth’s most adaptable plants’
Written by @fernway.bsky.social and Jacob Suissa with amazing illustrations by Laura Silburn
🌿 #FernFriday 🌿
January 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Looking for a new 📕 to read about plants??
I highly recommend the brilliant book ‘Ferns, Lessons in survival from Earth’s most adaptable plants’
Written by @fernway.bsky.social and Jacob Suissa with amazing illustrations by Laura Silburn
🌿 #FernFriday 🌿
I highly recommend the brilliant book ‘Ferns, Lessons in survival from Earth’s most adaptable plants’
Written by @fernway.bsky.social and Jacob Suissa with amazing illustrations by Laura Silburn
🌿 #FernFriday 🌿
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Love this really cool method for gene editing briwn algae- greens or lycophytes next? www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Efficient CRISPR-Cas genome editing in brown algae
Brown algae, a key yet understudied lineage of multicellular eukaryotes, have long
lacked tools for functional genomics. Martinho et al. introduce a high-efficiency,
transgene-free CRISPR platform ena...
www.cell.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Love this really cool method for gene editing briwn algae- greens or lycophytes next? www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia
Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience #Botany
Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia
Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience #Botany
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia
Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience #Botany
Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia
Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience #Botany
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✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/7) Transfer cells in Horneophyton lignieri illuminate the origin of vascular tissues in land plants.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/7) Transfer cells in Horneophyton lignieri illuminate the origin of vascular tissues in land plants.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/7) Transfer cells in Horneophyton lignieri illuminate the origin of vascular tissues in land plants.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/7) Transfer cells in Horneophyton lignieri illuminate the origin of vascular tissues in land plants.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our framework provides an explanation for lineage-specific phenotypic transitions—such as the complete loss of oil bodies or the shift from ubiquitous to patterned oil body cells—as outcomes of a conserved patterning module that has been repurposed over evolutionary time.
December 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Our framework provides an explanation for lineage-specific phenotypic transitions—such as the complete loss of oil bodies or the shift from ubiquitous to patterned oil body cells—as outcomes of a conserved patterning module that has been repurposed over evolutionary time.
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Interested in fossils, evo-devo, and how mathematical modeling can help us understand the evolution of developmental processes? In our latest preprint, we uncover an ancestral lateral inhibition mechanism underlying epidermal patterning in liverworts.
Lateral inhibition governs ancestral cellular patterning in fossil and extant liverworts https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.27.696693v1
December 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Interested in fossils, evo-devo, and how mathematical modeling can help us understand the evolution of developmental processes? In our latest preprint, we uncover an ancestral lateral inhibition mechanism underlying epidermal patterning in liverworts.
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Homology of the dark cells of Paleozoic liverworts with the specialized oil body cells of modern liverworts (Marchantiophyta) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.24.696392v1
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Homology of the dark cells of Paleozoic liverworts with the specialized oil body cells of modern liverworts (Marchantiophyta) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.24.696392v1
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🚨Two fully-funded #PhD positions🚨
Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
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Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
1/3🧵
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚨Two fully-funded #PhD positions🚨
Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
1/3🧵
Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
1/3🧵
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Mosses love to decorate with slime molds. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#slime #fungifriends #myxo #moss #bryophyte #botany
#slime #fungifriends #myxo #moss #bryophyte #botany
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Mosses love to decorate with slime molds. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#slime #fungifriends #myxo #moss #bryophyte #botany
#slime #fungifriends #myxo #moss #bryophyte #botany
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I’m excited to share a new preprint from Carella group #CarellaCapybaras! biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:
In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’m excited to share a new preprint from Carella group #CarellaCapybaras! biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:
In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:
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Excited to share our latest preprint on the conservation of RAR1-SGT1 across plants and their unexpected divergence in ferns! @hynmn-jeong.bsky.social @michaelwebster.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @yusugihara.bsky.social. Check out the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Excited to share our latest preprint on the conservation of RAR1-SGT1 across plants and their unexpected divergence in ferns! @hynmn-jeong.bsky.social @michaelwebster.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @yusugihara.bsky.social. Check out the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
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New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
December 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
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I had a great time writing this dispatch @currentbiology.bsky.social about Jacob Suissa's recent paper on the link between fern phyllotaxis and vascular architecture. "Evo–devo: Ferns flourished due to developmental covariance between leaves and vasculature"
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authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH793QW8S...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I had a great time writing this dispatch @currentbiology.bsky.social about Jacob Suissa's recent paper on the link between fern phyllotaxis and vascular architecture. "Evo–devo: Ferns flourished due to developmental covariance between leaves and vasculature"
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH793QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH793QW8S...
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I just published: In praise of experts: distinguishing sense from nonsense in the age of AI
Can chatbots flag bad science? In a sea of polished, plausible noise, expertise matters more
than ever.
medium.com/p/in-praise-...
Can chatbots flag bad science? In a sea of polished, plausible noise, expertise matters more
than ever.
medium.com/p/in-praise-...
In praise of experts: distinguishing sense from nonsense in the age of AI
Can chatbots flag bad science? In a sea of polished, plausible noise, expertise matters more than ever.
medium.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I just published: In praise of experts: distinguishing sense from nonsense in the age of AI
Can chatbots flag bad science? In a sea of polished, plausible noise, expertise matters more
than ever.
medium.com/p/in-praise-...
Can chatbots flag bad science? In a sea of polished, plausible noise, expertise matters more
than ever.
medium.com/p/in-praise-...
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Check out amazing confocal images by @alexguyon.bsky.social, former member of @dromius.bsky.social lab and now postdoc in Maria Harrison’s group. He managed to image haustoria from a pathogen and arbuscules from a symbiont in the same cell! 🤩
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi boost plant resilience by remodelling the plant-pathogen membrane interface
Check-out the latest paper from @alexguyon.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
News article www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/arbuscu...
Check-out the latest paper from @alexguyon.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
News article www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/arbuscu...
December 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Check out amazing confocal images by @alexguyon.bsky.social, former member of @dromius.bsky.social lab and now postdoc in Maria Harrison’s group. He managed to image haustoria from a pathogen and arbuscules from a symbiont in the same cell! 🤩
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Thanks to everyone who came along to the #nonseedUK25 meeting. Another fantastic day of non-seed science. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social and Kayla Robinson for looking after us all so well 👍
December 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Thanks to everyone who came along to the #nonseedUK25 meeting. Another fantastic day of non-seed science. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social and Kayla Robinson for looking after us all so well 👍
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We’re delighted to announce that the #nonseedUK26 meeting will be held in Edinburgh. Watch this space for further details 🌱 🏴 😃
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December 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We’re delighted to announce that the #nonseedUK26 meeting will be held in Edinburgh. Watch this space for further details 🌱 🏴 😃
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@davidjhoey.bsky.social discusses the acquisition of vasculature as an evolutionary innovation - lovely comparative approaches across multiple land plant lineages #nonseedUK25 🌱 😊
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@davidjhoey.bsky.social discusses the acquisition of vasculature as an evolutionary innovation - lovely comparative approaches across multiple land plant lineages #nonseedUK25 🌱 😊
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🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...