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Juliet Coates
@julietccoates.bsky.social
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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Something carroty, some scabious and an oxeye daisy all hanging on for #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
🥕 🌼 🌺
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Absolutely happy to share our latest publication!🥳🎉
The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩
Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️

academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
The phylotranscriptomic profile of angiosperm seed development follows a reverse hourglass pattern
Angiosperm seed development exhibits a reverse phylotranscriptomic pattern, with early and late stages showing greater conservation and mid-phase showing h
academic.oup.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: Twists and turns in the story of learned avoidance

Evidence that learned avoidance of a pathogenic bacterium can be transmitted to future generations in C. elegans is growing.

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Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance
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November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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The leaves of the moss Dicranodontium denudatum break off easily and act as vegetative propagules. They are very "sticky" too, at least when wet. Was perhaps an even more efficient method of dispersal when more large animals like deer, boar, and moose roamed our woodlands. @bbsbryology.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Dang, hard disagree. The best papers to write and read are works of art, not merely a list of data and statements.

Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
I honestly think we would all be a lot more productive if papers were bullet points with plots.
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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This Black Friday - Every Course Must Go!

✅ 100% reduction of some subjects!
✅ Modules slashed!

Study them before it’s too late!
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Thanks for checking out the manuscript! I think this paper also suggests that we need more dissertations and people working on this topic.

The debate lives on!
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’ve supervised final year dissertations on sponges vs ctenophores: this new paper will definitely mean new project titles are needed! 🪼🧬🪸
NEW pub in @science.org 🥳

Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?

For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.

We provide new evidence suggesting that...

🔗: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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NEW pub in @science.org 🥳

Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?

For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.

We provide new evidence suggesting that...

🔗: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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🧬 New article in @aobp.bsky.social reports a streamlined genetic transformation method for pearl and finger millet, achieving up to 18% efficiency and enabling CRISPR-based gene editing in seeds.

Full #openaccess
👉 doi.org/qb94

#PlantScience
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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If a student is struggling, the university asks: Why aren’t they working harder?

But the real question is: Why isn’t the system working better?

🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾‍🔬 👩🏼‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Lush 🌱🪴
Very happy that my PhD student can grow such happy plants! It's a simple thing that is very underappreciated and very important.
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Worth noting also that ”neurotypical” is a colonial and patriarchal concept that has changed over time. @drrobertchapman.bsky.social book Empire of Normality covers this in depth.
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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How fast do plants actually grow? And which growth processes matter most for organ size?
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
A multiscale growth atlas of Arabidopsis: linking cell dynamics to organ development
Plant development depends on coordinated growth at cellular and organ scales, yet comparative analyses are hindered by inconsistent reporting of growth across studies. We conducted a meta-analysis o.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Hydrogen sulfide modulates plant hypoxic responses through the persulfidation of Plant Cysteine Oxidases https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.686772v1
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Few Plant science programmes are left in the UK and they are critical to train the next generation.
This move by @uniofnottingham.bsky.social goes against recommendations made in the recent PS Education manifesto. Big mistake! Sign the petition! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN - Sign the Petition! c.org/p5jy2GXHcX via
@UKChange
Sign the Petition
Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN
c.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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'Saguaro Dusk' by contemporary US Impressionist style painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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'Nature's bounty' by contemporary UK printmaker Sarah Bays #WomensArt
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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the european equivalent of our wahoo or hearts-a-bustin’!
Some spindle tree colour in my local nature reserve for #wildFlowerHour #november 🍂
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A lone orange fox and cub #hawkweed hanging on for #WildFlowerHour amongst the moss and leaves 🍂 🍃 #november @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Some spindle tree colour in my local nature reserve for #wildFlowerHour #november 🍂
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) signalling promotes high-light tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.06.686924v1
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line | Nature Communications share.google/Ygkz9JGBF06d...
Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line - Nature Communications
The authors show evidence from a German funding line that a lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among fund...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM