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Juliet Coates
@julietccoates.bsky.social
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Mum, Plant Science 🌱, Biology, Inclusion, Social Justice, Neurodiversity, Wellbeing 💚. Compassionate & trauma-informed education. Delivers consultancy & training based on the nervous system & biology of behaviour. She/her.
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autisticrealms.bsky.social
The University of Birmingham are finding out what Autistic and non-Autistic children aged 6 to 14 find comfortable and uncomfortable to look at. The findings will help make places and materials more comfortable.
Find out more:
Dr. Tyler: s.l.tyler@bham.ac.uk
Dr. Manning: c.manning@bham.ac.uk
A colourful poster recruiting children for a research study on visual comfort. The heading reads: “Autistic and non-autistic children needed for study of visual comfort levels,” with logos for the Sensory Processing, Inclusion and Neurodiversity Lab, University of Birmingham, and The Visual Comfort Project. Text explains that children aged 6 to 14 and their parents are invited to help researchers understand what images feel comfortable or uncomfortable to look at. The study can be done at the university or online and takes under two hours. Parents complete questionnaires. A section titled “Who can take part?” says children aged 6 to 14 with or without an autism diagnosis can join, and only ages 9 to 14 can take part online. A “Benefits” section lists a £10 voucher, travel costs, certificate, and summary of results for in-person participants, and a chance to win a £25 voucher online. Contact details are given for Dr Sam Tyler and Dr Cathy Manning. It states participants can withdraw at any time. The background shows a friendly illustrated garden scene with trees, a fence, a path, a dog playing with a ball, and a cat sitting nearby.
February 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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If you're not sure what alt text should look like if you have an image with lots of text, here's a great example...

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autisticrealms.bsky.social Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 1d
The University of Birmingham are finding out what Autistic and non-Autistic children aged 6 to 14 find comfortable and uncomfortable to look at. The findings will help make places and materials more comfortable.
Find out more:
Dr. Tyler: s.l.tyler@bham.ac.uk
Dr. Manning: c.manning@bham.ac.uk
A colourful poster recruiting children for a research study on visual comfort. The heading reads: “Autistic and non-autistic children needed for study of visual comfort levels,” with logos for the Sensory Processing, Inclusion and Neurodiversity Lab, University of Birmingham, and The Visual Comfort Project. Text explains that children aged 6 to 14 and their parents are invited to help researchers understand what images feel comfortable or uncomfortable to look at. The study can be done at the university or online and takes under two hours. Parents complete questionnaires. A section titled “Who can take part?” says children aged 6 to 14 with or without an autism diagnosis can join, and only ages 9 to 14 can take part online. A “Benefits” section lists a £10 voucher, travel costs, certificate, and summary of results for in-person participants, and a chance to win a £25 voucher online. Contact details are given for Dr Sam Tyler and Dr Cathy Manning. It states participants can withdraw at any time. The background shows a friendly illustrated garden scene with trees, a fence, a path, a dog playing with a ball, and a cat sitting nearby.
February 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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aspbofficial.bsky.social
#ASPBPlantCellTuesday #AuthorProfile #ICYMI
theplantcell.bsky.social The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Dec 2
“Understanding algal biology is critically important for understanding and potentially regulating global carbon cycling.” #WeAreASPB doi.org/10.1093/plce...
Sunnyjoy Dupuis (she/her) is the First Author of Too dim, too bright, and just right: Systems analysis of the Chlamydomonas diurnal program under limiting and excess light published 19 April 2025. She is a Graduate Student Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. Education background includes: 2025 PhD Candidate in Microbiology at University of California, Berkeley; 2017 BS in Microbiology with Minor of Environmental Studies at California Polytechnic Institute, San Luis Obispo. Research interests include Systems biology, functional genomics, photosynthesis, and microbial ecology. Personal interests include Music and yoga.
February 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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chenxinli2.bsky.social
Independent mutations in a MYB TF reduce lignin/fiber development and reduce pod shattering.

From: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

#PlantScience
Diagram of 3 independent MYB mutations: 1) 8-kb deletion upsteam of the gene in Middle American population; 2) 1-bp frame shift mutation in Peru population; 3) 1-bp frame shift mutation in Andean population.
February 2, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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chenxinli2.bsky.social
A MYB TF activates glycoalkaloid biosynthesis in potato tubers, whose expression appeared to be selected against during potato domestication.

From: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#PlantScience
D: DAP-seq coverage plot showing MYB13 binding to the promoter of GAME12, a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic gene. F: Diagram for constructs used in dual luciferase assay. G: When MYB13 is overexpressed along with the pGAME12 reporter, the reporter is activated.
February 2, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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petraboynton.bsky.social
The phrases used to avoid saying 'redundancy' and to sanitise the brutality of laying staff off are really something. "Adapting for continued success" here. What others have you heard?
21group.bsky.social 21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 2d
400 jobs lost but still in deficit

New Principal Prof Edwards hopes Aberdeen University can soon break even

There've been “regular management updates” about the 'Adapting for Continued Success' transformation

Small comfort to the 100s who are now jobless

www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6943...
Exclusive: Aberdeen University sheds more than 440 permanent staff over two years in cost-cutting drive
Trade union officials say there has been a “lack of meaningful engagement" over future job losses as strike action remains on the table.
www.pressandjournal.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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petraboynton.bsky.social
Something staff going through redundancy tell me they find really challenging (amid a whole load of difficult and upsetting things) is the way the redundancy process is framed as a fantastic and exciting workplace opportunity as if people aren't losing their friends, stability, jobs and more.
February 2, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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brumgreenjoe.bsky.social
Great write up for The Heath and Voce - 2 wonderful bookshops revitalising the indie scene in Birmingham. Thanks to @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social for telling the story: www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/what-happene...
Meet the stubborn booksellers keeping Brum's indie scene alive
'I am not interested in running a branch of WH Smith'
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social
Please share!
PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens.
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
January 30, 2026 at 3:04 PM
julietccoates.bsky.social
Nice news and views article by my lovely colleagues @gunjansharma88.bsky.social and Akanksha Bhatnagar 🌱☀️🥵
January 29, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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plantphys.bsky.social
NEWS & VIEWS: Keeping cool: A brassinosteroid receptor BRL3 helps Arabidopsis cope with heat stress (Gunjan Sharma , Akanksha Bhatnagar) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Keeping cool: A brassinosteroid receptor BRL3 helps Arabidopsis cope with heat stress
Climate change has increased the occurrence of frequent and intense heat waves imposing heat stress on plants and reducing crop productivity (Zhu et al. 20
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January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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somssich.bsky.social
Interesting that a 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 mutant (𝘢𝘣𝘪𝟣-𝟣 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝟣 𝘦𝘥𝘴𝟣 𝘦𝘪𝘯𝟤 𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘩𝘋 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝟤) is less sensitive to fungal infection than a 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝟩𝟫𝘣𝟤/𝘣𝟤 mutant (Similarly, 𝘦𝘥𝘴𝟣 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝟤 is more susceptible to bacterial infection than the 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴).

From @newphyt.bsky.social: shorturl.at/jYbOS

#PlantScience #PlantImmunity
An Arabidopsis leaf-infection assay with Alternaria alternata showing lesions on Col-0, defenseless (abi1-1 coi1 eds1 ein2 rbohD sid2) and cyp79b2b3 plants. The lesions are worst on cyb79b2b3, intermediate on the defenseless plant, and least on Col. Similarly, plants infected with Pseudomonas syringae show strongest susceptibility in an eds1 sid2 background, medium susceptibility in defenseless, and least in Col.
January 27, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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saocousins.bsky.social
New publication 🥳
I am very pleased to contribute with one of these dots, particularly as it is from an area overlooked for its many grassland habitats. #climate #biodiversity #grassland #carbon🌍🧪
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
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The global extent of the grassland biome and implications for the terrestrial carbon sink
Nature Ecology & Evolution - By combining satellite observations with ground-based data and expert validation, this analysis demonstrates considerable misestimation of grassland extent and...
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January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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sharonlsmith.bsky.social
NEW POST: Complex needs, simple cuts: how vague, undefinable labels and lazy terminology could be a roadmap to rationing who gets SEND support. www.specialneedsjungle.com/complex-need...
Complex needs, simple cuts: how vague, undefinable labels could ration SEND support - Special Needs Jungle
Complex needs, simple cuts: how vague, undefinable labels and lazy terminology could be a roadmap to rationing who gets SEND support.
www.specialneedsjungle.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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plantphys.bsky.social
NEWS & VIEWS: An unknown apocarotenoid signal alters plant development by modulating shoot and root apical meristem activities (James M Bradley) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
An unknown apocarotenoid signal alters plant development by modulating shoot and root apical meristem activities
The plant body plan is directed via organogenesis from stem cell niches in the shoot and root apical meristems. The process of organogenesis is plastic and
doi.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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biologyopen.bsky.social
With non-seed plant research gaining momentum and a vibrant community emerging, Karima El Mahboubi and Facundo Romani highlight the growing impact of diverse model systems on key questions in plant evolution. doi.org/10.1242/bio....

#MeetingReview #NonSeedPlants #EvoDevo
Model systems and available resources in non-seed plants. Overview of available and developing resources (sequenced genomes and transcriptomes, single-cell transcriptomics) and experimental methods (stable transformation, CRISPR-Cas-based genome editing) for the main models. *Marchantia paleacea could also be considered a model system for symbiosis and also has several resources. **Several tools were also developed for Selaginella kraussiana, and the single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is exclusive to S. kraussiana.
January 15, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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chenxinli2.bsky.social
Rational improvement of pennycress using CRISPR.
#PlantScience

From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Creating a new oilseed crop, pennycress, by combining key domestication traits using CRISPR genome editing - Nature Plants
De novo domestication was performed on the brassica Thlaspi arvense (pennycress) by identifying and stacking CRISPR-induced mutations to create a new intermediate oilseed crop that can be grown in the...
www.nature.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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fromani.bsky.social
This is a very special paper for me. I had the idea of combining transcription factor binding with chromatin in 2016/8. It took some time, but thanks to Fred and Vikas, we can finally share the story in @plos.org Genetics looking at chromatin states in Arabidopsis and Marchantia. #PlantScience
Chromatin state architecture governs transcription factor accessibility across plant genomes
Author summary In eukaryotes, DNA is tightly associated with histone proteins. Histone covalent modifications and histones isoforms, also called histone variants provide most of the complexity of chro...
journals.plos.org
January 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM
julietccoates.bsky.social
Pharma-llamas 🦙
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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julietccoates.bsky.social
So is my female last author/male first author paper currently out for review like the cat with toast and jam strapped to its back, spinning endlessly between “review slowly” and “review quicker”? 🤯🙀📖
plosbiology.org PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 14d
#Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in #STEMM fields, top institutions & in senior positions. Analysis of millions of biomed & life science articles reveal that female-authored articles spend longer under review than comparable male-authored ones @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4658FZN
Evolution of the median time under review of articles with female first authors, male first authors, female corresponding authors, and male corresponding authors.
January 21, 2026 at 9:29 PM
julietccoates.bsky.social
So much this 👀⬇️⬇️⬇️
January 22, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
We are increasingly being encouraged to integrate generative AI into research and teaching. Individuals use it for writing, planning and teaching; universities are experimenting with embedding it into curricula. However, my case reveals a fundamental weakness: these tools were not developed with academic standards of reliability and accountability in mind.
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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jameslightfoot.bsky.social
Why do some worms graze on bacteria while others hunt and kill?
Our study, published today in Nature, reveals how predatory aggression evolved in nematodes.
Led by @gunizgozeeren.bsky.social and @leoboeger.bsky.social across the @jameslightfoot.bsky.social and @monikakscholz.bsky.social labs.
Predatory aggression evolved through adaptations to noradrenergic circuits - Nature
Noradrenergic circuits support and balance aggressive behavioural states in predatory nematodes, distinguish predatory from non-predatory nematode species and are associated with the evolution of comp...
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
julietccoates.bsky.social
So is my female last author/male first author paper currently out for review like the cat with toast and jam strapped to its back, spinning endlessly between “review slowly” and “review quicker”? 🤯🙀📖
plosbiology.org PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 14d
#Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in #STEMM fields, top institutions & in senior positions. Analysis of millions of biomed & life science articles reveal that female-authored articles spend longer under review than comparable male-authored ones @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4658FZN
Evolution of the median time under review of articles with female first authors, male first authors, female corresponding authors, and male corresponding authors.
January 21, 2026 at 9:29 PM