Jennifer Mach (she/they)
@jennifermach.bsky.social
Science writer and editor for Plant Editors (planteditors.com). Based in Chicago.
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Join us on March 10, 2026 at Kyoto University 🇯🇵 for a day celebrating my long-time friend and collaborator Prof. Ryohei Terauchi.
"Kyoto Mini-Symposium on Plant–Microbe Interactions"
"Kyoto Mini-Symposium on Plant–Microbe Interactions"
February 20, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Join us on March 10, 2026 at Kyoto University 🇯🇵 for a day celebrating my long-time friend and collaborator Prof. Ryohei Terauchi.
"Kyoto Mini-Symposium on Plant–Microbe Interactions"
"Kyoto Mini-Symposium on Plant–Microbe Interactions"
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Fantastic work by @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social colleague @luisapallares.bsky.social showing how environmental perturbation increases gene expression variability and thereby unmasks genetic regulation for transcriptional robustness in #Drosophila
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
February 20, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Fantastic work by @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social colleague @luisapallares.bsky.social showing how environmental perturbation increases gene expression variability and thereby unmasks genetic regulation for transcriptional robustness in #Drosophila
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Students out there, I have a PhD project cutting across biology, material science and biomedicine that requires a highly capable, diverse and brave applicant. if you think this is for you please Apply using the link below. All details in the website!!
Project: eb4bm.org/project/engi...
Project: eb4bm.org/project/engi...
Engineering bioinspired beta-glucan scaffolds with membrane interfaces for drug targeting and delivery - Engineering Biology For Biomedicine
This project combines multidisciplinary approaches, bridging biology and soft polymer physics, to deliver new biocompatible synthetic systems as programmable environments for applications in drug deli...
eb4bm.org
February 20, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Students out there, I have a PhD project cutting across biology, material science and biomedicine that requires a highly capable, diverse and brave applicant. if you think this is for you please Apply using the link below. All details in the website!!
Project: eb4bm.org/project/engi...
Project: eb4bm.org/project/engi...
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🌿Regulation of #leaf morphology is hugely complex. He et al. build on what we know, reporting that AP2/ERF TF LF1 regulates #soybean leaflet morphogenesis via interaction with GmTCP3 and activation of LEAFY. Read it for free!
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantScience
February 20, 2026 at 1:56 PM
🌿Regulation of #leaf morphology is hugely complex. He et al. build on what we know, reporting that AP2/ERF TF LF1 regulates #soybean leaflet morphogenesis via interaction with GmTCP3 and activation of LEAFY. Read it for free!
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantScience
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Happy to share a new review proposing a unified nomenclature for T4SSs.
Great collaboration with Peter J Christie, Gabriel Waksman, Ronnie Per-Arne Berntsson and our team.
academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...
#T4SS#Microbiology
Great collaboration with Peter J Christie, Gabriel Waksman, Ronnie Per-Arne Berntsson and our team.
academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...
#T4SS#Microbiology
Type IV secretion systems: reconciling diversity through a unified nomenclature
This review presents a comprehensive overview of Type IV Secretion Systems (T4SSs), focusing on their structural, functional, and evolutionary diversity ac
academic.oup.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Happy to share a new review proposing a unified nomenclature for T4SSs.
Great collaboration with Peter J Christie, Gabriel Waksman, Ronnie Per-Arne Berntsson and our team.
academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...
#T4SS#Microbiology
Great collaboration with Peter J Christie, Gabriel Waksman, Ronnie Per-Arne Berntsson and our team.
academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...
#T4SS#Microbiology
The Totoro butt scratch in this scene is one of my favorite fleeting movie moments
February 20, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The Totoro butt scratch in this scene is one of my favorite fleeting movie moments
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Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave
February 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave
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THREAD.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the all-important captions to each photo in the alt text.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the all-important captions to each photo in the alt text.
February 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
THREAD.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the all-important captions to each photo in the alt text.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the all-important captions to each photo in the alt text.
Dismissed at lunchtime! Thank you to the lawyers and judges of Cook County for settling or dismissing, or what have you! I get called fairly frequently (last jury service was April 2023) so I’ll see you soon!
Called for jury duty again, but it hits differently this year. When the judge in the intro video said "Your service sustains our democracy", I legit cried a little.
February 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Dismissed at lunchtime! Thank you to the lawyers and judges of Cook County for settling or dismissing, or what have you! I get called fairly frequently (last jury service was April 2023) so I’ll see you soon!
Called for jury duty again, but it hits differently this year. When the judge in the intro video said "Your service sustains our democracy", I legit cried a little.
February 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Called for jury duty again, but it hits differently this year. When the judge in the intro video said "Your service sustains our democracy", I legit cried a little.
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Live within 70 miles of Norwich and think you might be low in vitamin D? 📍
Take part in our study investigating whether tomatoes biofortified through gene editing to be high in vitamin in D can help boost vitamin D levels🌞
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
buff.ly/L3PbkUD
Take part in our study investigating whether tomatoes biofortified through gene editing to be high in vitamin in D can help boost vitamin D levels🌞
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
buff.ly/L3PbkUD
The ViTal-D Study - Quadram Institute
Are you aged over 18 years, live within 70 miles of Norwich and think you may be low in vitamin D? You may be eligible to participate in the ViTal-D study. The ViTaL-D Study is investigating the…
buff.ly
February 19, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Live within 70 miles of Norwich and think you might be low in vitamin D? 📍
Take part in our study investigating whether tomatoes biofortified through gene editing to be high in vitamin in D can help boost vitamin D levels🌞
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
buff.ly/L3PbkUD
Take part in our study investigating whether tomatoes biofortified through gene editing to be high in vitamin in D can help boost vitamin D levels🌞
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
buff.ly/L3PbkUD
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Matthew Pace, Associate Curator of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, was part of a team of orchid researchers who published a new paper focusing on the evolution of the leafless mycoheterotrophic orchid Stereosandra from Asia, the first genetic data ever produced for the genus.
Mycoheterotrophy and plastid genome evolution in the early-diverging epidendroid orchid tribe Nervilieae: independent transitions in Epipogium and Stereosandra
Leafless, parasitic plants are among the most fascinating species, and about half of these occur within the orchid family. Yet, they are among the most dif
academic.oup.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Matthew Pace, Associate Curator of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, was part of a team of orchid researchers who published a new paper focusing on the evolution of the leafless mycoheterotrophic orchid Stereosandra from Asia, the first genetic data ever produced for the genus.
The relatively snowy winter we had here in Chicago was his fault too, because he decided to not put the snow tires on his car! (I'm going to ask him to do that again next year)
No actually I realized it's my spouse's fault––he washed the windows of my car on Saturday. Got out the squeegee and everything.
February 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The relatively snowy winter we had here in Chicago was his fault too, because he decided to not put the snow tires on his car! (I'm going to ask him to do that again next year)
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
Lake forever, problems for now.
February 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Lake forever, problems for now.
Rollicking enough to leave these spray cans around…
February 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Rollicking enough to leave these spray cans around…
Wild relatives of crucial #crop species are vital #genetic resources for breed improvement.
Hu et al.'s work on wild Medicago finds that structural variation drives rhizome innovation and adaptive divergence in sister spp.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@WileyLifeSci
#PlantSci #OpenAccess
Hu et al.'s work on wild Medicago finds that structural variation drives rhizome innovation and adaptive divergence in sister spp.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@WileyLifeSci
#PlantSci #OpenAccess
February 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Wild relatives of crucial #crop species are vital #genetic resources for breed improvement.
Hu et al.'s work on wild Medicago finds that structural variation drives rhizome innovation and adaptive divergence in sister spp.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@WileyLifeSci
#PlantSci #OpenAccess
Hu et al.'s work on wild Medicago finds that structural variation drives rhizome innovation and adaptive divergence in sister spp.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@WileyLifeSci
#PlantSci #OpenAccess
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🚨 SPECIAL ISSUE - FINAL CALL 🚨
📅 💧 The Interdrought VIII special issue closes on 28 February 💧📅
🌎 Guest edited by Mark Cooper, Carlos Messina, Karine Chenu & Amelia Henry 🌎
📇 Got a manuscript? Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues
#PlantScience 🧪 #JXBspecialissues
📅 💧 The Interdrought VIII special issue closes on 28 February 💧📅
🌎 Guest edited by Mark Cooper, Carlos Messina, Karine Chenu & Amelia Henry 🌎
📇 Got a manuscript? Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues
#PlantScience 🧪 #JXBspecialissues
UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE
💧 Interdrought VIII: Pathways from understanding drought responses of plants to on-farm impact
🌎 Guest edited by Mark Cooper, Carlos Messina, Karine Chenu & Amelia Henry
📅 Deadline 28 Feb 2026
📣 Got a manuscript? Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues
#PlantScience 🧪
💧 Interdrought VIII: Pathways from understanding drought responses of plants to on-farm impact
🌎 Guest edited by Mark Cooper, Carlos Messina, Karine Chenu & Amelia Henry
📅 Deadline 28 Feb 2026
📣 Got a manuscript? Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues
#PlantScience 🧪
February 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
🚨 SPECIAL ISSUE - FINAL CALL 🚨
📅 💧 The Interdrought VIII special issue closes on 28 February 💧📅
🌎 Guest edited by Mark Cooper, Carlos Messina, Karine Chenu & Amelia Henry 🌎
📇 Got a manuscript? Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues
#PlantScience 🧪 #JXBspecialissues
📅 💧 The Interdrought VIII special issue closes on 28 February 💧📅
🌎 Guest edited by Mark Cooper, Carlos Messina, Karine Chenu & Amelia Henry 🌎
📇 Got a manuscript? Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues
#PlantScience 🧪 #JXBspecialissues
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🧬⚡ Call for abstracts & participants | GRC 2026 ⚡🧬
Together with Vamsi Mootha, I’m chairing the 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Mitochondria & Chloroplasts (July 19 - 24, 2026). We’d love to see your application.
Thread 🧵👇
Together with Vamsi Mootha, I’m chairing the 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Mitochondria & Chloroplasts (July 19 - 24, 2026). We’d love to see your application.
Thread 🧵👇
February 12, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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🚨 Positions available in Plant Science! Please share. We’re hiring:
1. Postdoc
2.PhD (UK applicants only)
Focus: root oxygen dynamics, developmental signalling. Come help us uncover how O2 shapes root development.
More info here-
sites.google.com/view/root-re...
#plantscijobs #plantscience
1. Postdoc
2.PhD (UK applicants only)
Focus: root oxygen dynamics, developmental signalling. Come help us uncover how O2 shapes root development.
More info here-
sites.google.com/view/root-re...
#plantscijobs #plantscience
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
🚨 Positions available in Plant Science! Please share. We’re hiring:
1. Postdoc
2.PhD (UK applicants only)
Focus: root oxygen dynamics, developmental signalling. Come help us uncover how O2 shapes root development.
More info here-
sites.google.com/view/root-re...
#plantscijobs #plantscience
1. Postdoc
2.PhD (UK applicants only)
Focus: root oxygen dynamics, developmental signalling. Come help us uncover how O2 shapes root development.
More info here-
sites.google.com/view/root-re...
#plantscijobs #plantscience
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More and more of my colleagues are finally starting to realize what we knew: Reforms are not enough. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
February 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
More and more of my colleagues are finally starting to realize what we knew: Reforms are not enough. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
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the congresswoman should have a lot more followers on here! please follow and share.
More and more of my colleagues are finally starting to realize what we knew: Reforms are not enough. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
February 11, 2026 at 11:35 PM
the congresswoman should have a lot more followers on here! please follow and share.
I just want to shout out @somssich.bsky.social for making the lovely set of #PlantScience feeds––I think he's one of the reasons we have such good engagement in our particular 🌱community here.
Why do some scientists say "Bluesky is dead. I have no engagement. I have more engagement on X"? My TL is full of cool science, queer art, weird history facts, politics and whimsy. You're just not doing it right, man. Plus the fascism
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I just want to shout out @somssich.bsky.social for making the lovely set of #PlantScience feeds––I think he's one of the reasons we have such good engagement in our particular 🌱community here.
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How state transitions balance photosynthetic electron transport in plants – a quantitative study
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Hoochak et al.
@WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Hoochak et al.
@WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience
February 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM
How state transitions balance photosynthetic electron transport in plants – a quantitative study
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Hoochak et al.
@WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Hoochak et al.
@WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience
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Lake forever, problems for now
February 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Lake forever, problems for now
