Giovanni Sena
@gsena.bsky.social
Plant Biophysics & Agritech | Associate Professor @ Imperial College London, UK
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🎉 Imperial global leader! 🌍📈
We've climbed to 8th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, joining Oxford and Cambridge in the global top 10.
Read more ⤵️ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking
We've climbed to 8th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, joining Oxford and Cambridge in the global top 10.
Read more ⤵️ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking
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October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🎉 Imperial global leader! 🌍📈
We've climbed to 8th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, joining Oxford and Cambridge in the global top 10.
Read more ⤵️ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking
We've climbed to 8th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, joining Oxford and Cambridge in the global top 10.
Read more ⤵️ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking
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We received 80 abstracts and have >100 registered participants for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA). Time for us to select ~20 talks from those 😱
It will be an exciting meeting!
FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
It will be an exciting meeting!
FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
July 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We received 80 abstracts and have >100 registered participants for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA). Time for us to select ~20 talks from those 😱
It will be an exciting meeting!
FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
It will be an exciting meeting!
FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
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Our new Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for international mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK, providing up to £4m over a five-year period. Find out more: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/farad...
Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route | Royal Society
The Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas, providing up to £4m ov...
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July 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Our new Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for international mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK, providing up to £4m over a five-year period. Find out more: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/farad...
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📢 Registration is OPEN for the 2025 edition of the European Research and Innovation Days #RiDaysEU!
📅 Join the ERC on 17 Sept for the session "Securing Europe’s place at the forefront of scientific discovery"
🔗 Register now 👉 t.co/nPQmG6ix1G for access & more info.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o50Y...
📅 Join the ERC on 17 Sept for the session "Securing Europe’s place at the forefront of scientific discovery"
🔗 Register now 👉 t.co/nPQmG6ix1G for access & more info.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o50Y...
European Research & Innovation Days 2025
YouTube video by EU Science & Innovation
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July 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📢 Registration is OPEN for the 2025 edition of the European Research and Innovation Days #RiDaysEU!
📅 Join the ERC on 17 Sept for the session "Securing Europe’s place at the forefront of scientific discovery"
🔗 Register now 👉 t.co/nPQmG6ix1G for access & more info.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o50Y...
📅 Join the ERC on 17 Sept for the session "Securing Europe’s place at the forefront of scientific discovery"
🔗 Register now 👉 t.co/nPQmG6ix1G for access & more info.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o50Y...
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Join us for our Natural Sciences Research Showcase! Explore the latest research and PhD innovations from across our community.
📅Thursday 11 September 2025
📌South Kensington
🎟️🥂Free entry and drinks
🚨Register now!
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...
📅Thursday 11 September 2025
📌South Kensington
🎟️🥂Free entry and drinks
🚨Register now!
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...
Natural Sciences Showcase 2025
Join a full day of presentations and stimulating discussions with the academics and prize-winning PhD students in FoNS
www.imperial.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Join us for our Natural Sciences Research Showcase! Explore the latest research and PhD innovations from across our community.
📅Thursday 11 September 2025
📌South Kensington
🎟️🥂Free entry and drinks
🚨Register now!
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...
📅Thursday 11 September 2025
📌South Kensington
🎟️🥂Free entry and drinks
🚨Register now!
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...
What are the most cutting-edge methods to image complex root systems in mature trees in field conditions? Ground-penetrating radar? X-ray CT?
What resolution can we get?
Anyone working on wilder techniques?
#science #imaging #plantroots #plantscience #plantmethods #root #phenotyping #soil
What resolution can we get?
Anyone working on wilder techniques?
#science #imaging #plantroots #plantscience #plantmethods #root #phenotyping #soil
July 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What are the most cutting-edge methods to image complex root systems in mature trees in field conditions? Ground-penetrating radar? X-ray CT?
What resolution can we get?
Anyone working on wilder techniques?
#science #imaging #plantroots #plantscience #plantmethods #root #phenotyping #soil
What resolution can we get?
Anyone working on wilder techniques?
#science #imaging #plantroots #plantscience #plantmethods #root #phenotyping #soil
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📣We're very excited to be sponsoring the first ever #PlantScience #chronobiology meeting of its kind 🕓🌱
The clock is ticking, so register here 👇
(NB. early bird registration ends March 1st):
plantclock.wixsite.com/2025
The clock is ticking, so register here 👇
(NB. early bird registration ends March 1st):
plantclock.wixsite.com/2025
January 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📣We're very excited to be sponsoring the first ever #PlantScience #chronobiology meeting of its kind 🕓🌱
The clock is ticking, so register here 👇
(NB. early bird registration ends March 1st):
plantclock.wixsite.com/2025
The clock is ticking, so register here 👇
(NB. early bird registration ends March 1st):
plantclock.wixsite.com/2025
Two interesting conferences, both in UK, planned for exactly the same days…
A pity!
iop.eventsair.com/pol2025/
100yearsconference.biologists.com
A pity!
iop.eventsair.com/pol2025/
100yearsconference.biologists.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Two interesting conferences, both in UK, planned for exactly the same days…
A pity!
iop.eventsair.com/pol2025/
100yearsconference.biologists.com
A pity!
iop.eventsair.com/pol2025/
100yearsconference.biologists.com
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Delighted to announce the 18th #FASEB Mechanisms of Plants Development will take place Aug 24-28th. ‼️ Register before June 29th → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
🌱 🎁 Vote for the conference image by Jan 31st
→ tinyurl.com/2872w6vm
The poster & speakers lineup will be announced in early Feb.
Spread the word!
🌱 🎁 Vote for the conference image by Jan 31st
→ tinyurl.com/2872w6vm
The poster & speakers lineup will be announced in early Feb.
Spread the word!
January 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Delighted to announce the 18th #FASEB Mechanisms of Plants Development will take place Aug 24-28th. ‼️ Register before June 29th → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
🌱 🎁 Vote for the conference image by Jan 31st
→ tinyurl.com/2872w6vm
The poster & speakers lineup will be announced in early Feb.
Spread the word!
🌱 🎁 Vote for the conference image by Jan 31st
→ tinyurl.com/2872w6vm
The poster & speakers lineup will be announced in early Feb.
Spread the word!
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🚨PhD opportunities available! 🚨
I have two open #PhDpositions in my group:
1️⃣ For international EU students (deadline in 1 week!)
2️⃣ For home-UK students
If you’re excited about synthetic cells, don’t miss out!
📄 Apply here: continilab.com/join-us/
I have two open #PhDpositions in my group:
1️⃣ For international EU students (deadline in 1 week!)
2️⃣ For home-UK students
If you’re excited about synthetic cells, don’t miss out!
📄 Apply here: continilab.com/join-us/
Join us
We invite enthusiastic PhD students, postdocs, and research fellows to join our team and explore exciting research in Soft Matter, Cell Mimicry and Synthetic Biology. Several funding opportunities …
continilab.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🚨PhD opportunities available! 🚨
I have two open #PhDpositions in my group:
1️⃣ For international EU students (deadline in 1 week!)
2️⃣ For home-UK students
If you’re excited about synthetic cells, don’t miss out!
📄 Apply here: continilab.com/join-us/
I have two open #PhDpositions in my group:
1️⃣ For international EU students (deadline in 1 week!)
2️⃣ For home-UK students
If you’re excited about synthetic cells, don’t miss out!
📄 Apply here: continilab.com/join-us/
This is an important concept to understand the dynamic interaction between plant roots and soil and among plant roots.
See our latest paper in collaboration with the team at Nottingham and Leeds:
Root RADAR: how ‘rhizocrine’ signals allow roots to detect and respond to their soil environment and stresses
academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...
#roots #plantscience #rootresearch
@hutton.ac.uk
Root RADAR: how ‘rhizocrine’ signals allow roots to detect and respond to their soil environment and stresses
academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...
#roots #plantscience #rootresearch
@hutton.ac.uk
Root RADAR: how ‘rhizocrine’ signals allow roots to detect and respond to their soil environment and stresses
Abstract. Agricultural intensification coupled with changing climate are causing soils to become increasingly vulnerable to stresses such as drought, soil
academic.oup.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:53 AM
This is an important concept to understand the dynamic interaction between plant roots and soil and among plant roots.
Excellent review on positional information in plant #RootDevelopment #RootBiology
Good for thinking, teaching, or both!
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Good for thinking, teaching, or both!
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
December 5, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Excellent review on positional information in plant #RootDevelopment #RootBiology
Good for thinking, teaching, or both!
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Good for thinking, teaching, or both!
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
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Calling all myconauts. Excited to have joined BlueSky to share our work on the structure, trade & nutrient flows of mycorrhizal networks.
Video time lapse of root (red) & mycorrhizal network (light blue) over 300hrs
Video time lapse of root (red) & mycorrhizal network (light blue) over 300hrs
December 2, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Calling all myconauts. Excited to have joined BlueSky to share our work on the structure, trade & nutrient flows of mycorrhizal networks.
Video time lapse of root (red) & mycorrhizal network (light blue) over 300hrs
Video time lapse of root (red) & mycorrhizal network (light blue) over 300hrs
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Image collection of bryophyte-rich plant communities provided by Richard Droker - highly browsable library of micro-environments
www.flickr.com/photos/wande...
www.flickr.com/photos/wande...
December 2, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Image collection of bryophyte-rich plant communities provided by Richard Droker - highly browsable library of micro-environments
www.flickr.com/photos/wande...
www.flickr.com/photos/wande...
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Submit your abstract to #ICAR2025 by the deadlines below!
Abstract Submission deadline for 🌱Oral presentations is March 17th.
Abstract submission deadline for 🌱Poster presentations is May 1st.
Topics for Concurrent and Workshop sessions published!
📅 June 16-20 Ghent 🇧🇪
🕸️ icar2025.com
Abstract Submission deadline for 🌱Oral presentations is March 17th.
Abstract submission deadline for 🌱Poster presentations is May 1st.
Topics for Concurrent and Workshop sessions published!
📅 June 16-20 Ghent 🇧🇪
🕸️ icar2025.com
Summary. - International Conference on Arabidopsis Research: ICAR2025
icar2025.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Submit your abstract to #ICAR2025 by the deadlines below!
Abstract Submission deadline for 🌱Oral presentations is March 17th.
Abstract submission deadline for 🌱Poster presentations is May 1st.
Topics for Concurrent and Workshop sessions published!
📅 June 16-20 Ghent 🇧🇪
🕸️ icar2025.com
Abstract Submission deadline for 🌱Oral presentations is March 17th.
Abstract submission deadline for 🌱Poster presentations is May 1st.
Topics for Concurrent and Workshop sessions published!
📅 June 16-20 Ghent 🇧🇪
🕸️ icar2025.com
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With Marie Cecile Caillaud and Isabelle Fobis-Loisy, we are organizing a concurrent session at ICAR next year #ICAR2025 (Gent, Belgium June 16-20 2025).
- How do cells talk to each other? New frontiers in cell-to-cell communication
web.cvent.com/event/448810...
- How do cells talk to each other? New frontiers in cell-to-cell communication
web.cvent.com/event/448810...
Concurrent Sessions. - International Conference on Arabidopsis Research: ICAR2025
web.cvent.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:40 AM
With Marie Cecile Caillaud and Isabelle Fobis-Loisy, we are organizing a concurrent session at ICAR next year #ICAR2025 (Gent, Belgium June 16-20 2025).
- How do cells talk to each other? New frontiers in cell-to-cell communication
web.cvent.com/event/448810...
- How do cells talk to each other? New frontiers in cell-to-cell communication
web.cvent.com/event/448810...
A true milestone achieved by Sara Zenoni, her team at the University of Verona and EdiVite!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Italy tests first gene-edited vines for winemaking - Nature Biotechnology
Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited vines began in northern Italy on 30 September 2024. Developed by EdiVite, a spinoff from the University of Verona, these Chardonnay vines have undergone gene ...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:49 PM
A true milestone achieved by Sara Zenoni, her team at the University of Verona and EdiVite!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The concurrent sections and workshops for ICAR2025 are out! 🌟 bit.ly/4eUZOvf Excited to co-organize a section on Cell Wall Diversity in Development & Stress with @kaisakajala.bsky.social. We’ll select EC speakers from abstracts—submit yours! 🌱 #ICAR2025 #PlantScience
Concurrent Sessions. - International Conference on Arabidopsis Research: ICAR2025
bit.ly
November 27, 2024 at 9:33 AM
The concurrent sections and workshops for ICAR2025 are out! 🌟 bit.ly/4eUZOvf Excited to co-organize a section on Cell Wall Diversity in Development & Stress with @kaisakajala.bsky.social. We’ll select EC speakers from abstracts—submit yours! 🌱 #ICAR2025 #PlantScience
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Interview with Liam Dolan. Learn more about Liam's career so far, and his views on plant development, evolution, ecology, and biodiversity.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
An interview with Liam Dolan
Liam Dolan is a Group Leader at the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI) in Vienna, Austria, interested in intersection of plant development, evolution and ecology using the emergi...
journals.biologists.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Interview with Liam Dolan. Learn more about Liam's career so far, and his views on plant development, evolution, ecology, and biodiversity.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Reminder to update the "social links" in your ORCiD profile with your Bluesky handle:
November 22, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Reminder to update the "social links" in your ORCiD profile with your Bluesky handle:
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📜 The whole and its parts: cell-specific functions of brassinosteroids
🧑🔬 @zivaardening.bsky.social, Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein, et al.
📔 Trends in Plant Science
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #Brassinosteroids #Phytohormones
🧑🔬 @zivaardening.bsky.social, Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein, et al.
📔 Trends in Plant Science
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #Brassinosteroids #Phytohormones
The whole and its parts: cell-specific functions of brassinosteroids
Brassinosteroid (BR) phytohormones operate at both the cellular and organ levels,
and impart distinct transcriptional responses in different cell types and developmental
zones, with distinct effects o...
www.cell.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:38 AM
📜 The whole and its parts: cell-specific functions of brassinosteroids
🧑🔬 @zivaardening.bsky.social, Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein, et al.
📔 Trends in Plant Science
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #Brassinosteroids #Phytohormones
🧑🔬 @zivaardening.bsky.social, Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein, et al.
📔 Trends in Plant Science
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #Brassinosteroids #Phytohormones
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November 22, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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Hello Bluesky! 👋
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We're the UK Space Agency - we boost UK prosperity, understand the Universe, and protect our planet and outer space. 📈🔭🌍
You can also follow us over on:
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November 22, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Hello Bluesky! 👋
We're the UK Space Agency - we boost UK prosperity, understand the Universe, and protect our planet and outer space. 📈🔭🌍
You can also follow us over on:
🚀 x.com/spacegovuk
🚀 www.linkedin.com/company/uk-s...
🚀 www.instagram.com/spacegovuk/
🚀 www.facebook.com/spacegovuk/
We're the UK Space Agency - we boost UK prosperity, understand the Universe, and protect our planet and outer space. 📈🔭🌍
You can also follow us over on:
🚀 x.com/spacegovuk
🚀 www.linkedin.com/company/uk-s...
🚀 www.instagram.com/spacegovuk/
🚀 www.facebook.com/spacegovuk/
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November 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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