Patrick Goymer
@patrickgoymer.bsky.social
Life Sciences Division Editor at @plosone.org. Former Chief Editor of Nature Ecology & Evolution. Trustee at @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social.
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PLOS One Academic Editor Xi Liang will be presenting two #canvas25 posters on Tuesday November 11 at 4-6pm - numbers 1046 and 1192.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
PLOS One Academic Editor Xi Liang will be presenting two #canvas25 posters on Tuesday November 11 at 4-6pm - numbers 1046 and 1192.
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plos.io/43my5kx
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Obituary: Hamilton Smith (1931-2025) molecular biologist who co-discovered precise molecular scissors for cutting DNA
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Hamilton Smith obituary: molecular biologist who co-discovered precise molecular scissors for cutting DNA
Nobel laureate who helped to sequence the first bacterial and human genomes.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Obituary: Hamilton Smith (1931-2025) molecular biologist who co-discovered precise molecular scissors for cutting DNA
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Here’s the background to Debra Smitherman’s talk on pigweed control - the glyphosate-induced increase in weed-control problems. #canvas25
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The silver bullet that wasn’t: Rapid agronomic weed adaptations to glyphosate in North America
Abstract. The rapid adoption of glyphosate-resistant crops at the end of the 20th century caused a simplification of weed management that relied heavily on
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November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Here’s the background to Debra Smitherman’s talk on pigweed control - the glyphosate-induced increase in weed-control problems. #canvas25
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John Sedbrook is giving an overview of work to create a new oilseed crop, pennycress, by combining key domestication traits using CRISPR genome editing. Here's the preprint in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #canvas25
Creating a new oilseed crop, pennycress, by combining key domestication traits using CRISPR genome editing
Considerable offseason farmland lays fallow because there are few crops that can profitably fit between primary crops. To remedy, we employed CRISPR genome editing to the freeze-tolerant, rapid cyclin...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
John Sedbrook is giving an overview of work to create a new oilseed crop, pennycress, by combining key domestication traits using CRISPR genome editing. Here's the preprint in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #canvas25
Behzad Ghanbarian celebrates the open-source data revolution for promoting reproducibility, transparency, and collaboration across disciplines. 👏 #canvas25
Example given is spatiotemporal analysis of extreme precipitation events in the United States: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Example given is spatiotemporal analysis of extreme precipitation events in the United States: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Behzad Ghanbarian celebrates the open-source data revolution for promoting reproducibility, transparency, and collaboration across disciplines. 👏 #canvas25
Example given is spatiotemporal analysis of extreme precipitation events in the United States: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Example given is spatiotemporal analysis of extreme precipitation events in the United States: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Behzad Ghanbarian starts of the Nyle Brady Lecture with an overview of the history of soil physics. #canvas25
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Behzad Ghanbarian starts of the Nyle Brady Lecture with an overview of the history of soil physics. #canvas25
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Our Life Sciences Division Editor @patrickgoymer.bsky.social will be on the judging panel for the SASES Agronomic Issues Contest at #canvas25 today, 11am-1pm in the Marriott grand ballroom EF.
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CANVAS Agronomic Issues contest
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November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our Life Sciences Division Editor @patrickgoymer.bsky.social will be on the judging panel for the SASES Agronomic Issues Contest at #canvas25 today, 11am-1pm in the Marriott grand ballroom EF.
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Today at #canvas25 I will be at the morning plenary, then sessions on genomics & biotech and weedy & invasive plants, followed by being on the judging panel for the agronomic issues contest, and then the poster sessions. Reach out if you’d like to chat about @plosone.org and your research.
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today at #canvas25 I will be at the morning plenary, then sessions on genomics & biotech and weedy & invasive plants, followed by being on the judging panel for the agronomic issues contest, and then the poster sessions. Reach out if you’d like to chat about @plosone.org and your research.
Kicking off #canvas25 with a moving land acknowledgement, some Back to the Future fun, and a future-looking panel discussion that ranged from funding and investment, to food equity and security, to advances in data and genetics, to the massive impact AI will have on agriculture.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Kicking off #canvas25 with a moving land acknowledgement, some Back to the Future fun, and a future-looking panel discussion that ranged from funding and investment, to food equity and security, to advances in data and genetics, to the massive impact AI will have on agriculture.
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PLOS One Academic Editor Shyamal Talukder will be presenting a talk at #canvas25 today (Sunday) at 3.45pm in room 155 E.
‘Elucidating genomic regions associated with root hair density and length in rice seedling in response to nitrogen concentration’
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‘Elucidating genomic regions associated with root hair density and length in rice seedling in response to nitrogen concentration’
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November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
PLOS One Academic Editor Shyamal Talukder will be presenting a talk at #canvas25 today (Sunday) at 3.45pm in room 155 E.
‘Elucidating genomic regions associated with root hair density and length in rice seedling in response to nitrogen concentration’
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‘Elucidating genomic regions associated with root hair density and length in rice seedling in response to nitrogen concentration’
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Hash table method from @bayesictony.bsky.social for efficiently computing groups of loci in LD. Tested on indica, aus, japonica rice. Code here: github.com/tonymugen/vash #canvas25
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hash table method from @bayesictony.bsky.social for efficiently computing groups of loci in LD. Tested on indica, aus, japonica rice. Code here: github.com/tonymugen/vash #canvas25
Natalia da Silva Volpato: field experiments with different shade treatments to determine critical yield period for mungbean, and what yield components are most important. Period is similar to other legumes, and average yield reduction was 57%. #canvas25
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Natalia da Silva Volpato: field experiments with different shade treatments to determine critical yield period for mungbean, and what yield components are most important. Period is similar to other legumes, and average yield reduction was 57%. #canvas25
Janam Prabhat Acharya: GWAS for stem rust resistance in oats, with aim of supporting marker assisted selection. 17 QTLs detected, 10 expressed in adults, 5 in seedlings, 2 in both. Strongest signal was 4 peak cluster on Chr1A. #canvas25
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Janam Prabhat Acharya: GWAS for stem rust resistance in oats, with aim of supporting marker assisted selection. 17 QTLs detected, 10 expressed in adults, 5 in seedlings, 2 in both. Strongest signal was 4 peak cluster on Chr1A. #canvas25
Amanda Griffin: previous studies suggest modern soybean cultivars derive less benefit from rhizobia. (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) Therefore conducted factorial greenhouse expt. Result contradicts hypothesis. Culture maturity group and genotype-strain effects are more important. #canvas25
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Amanda Griffin: previous studies suggest modern soybean cultivars derive less benefit from rhizobia. (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) Therefore conducted factorial greenhouse expt. Result contradicts hypothesis. Culture maturity group and genotype-strain effects are more important. #canvas25
Asami Tomita is talking about rice root aerenchyma, key to iron tolerance. Aerenchyma resistance is a measure of aerenchyma formation, and this study aims to determine genetic variation between varieties in Bangladesh. Ecology is more important than genetics for the variation. #canvas25
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Asami Tomita is talking about rice root aerenchyma, key to iron tolerance. Aerenchyma resistance is a measure of aerenchyma formation, and this study aims to determine genetic variation between varieties in Bangladesh. Ecology is more important than genetics for the variation. #canvas25
Radermacher: candidates for P acquisition and use efficiency on soybean chromosome 12 as previously seen in www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla... and also regions on other chromosomes including 10. #canvas25
Frontiers | A Genetic Relationship between Phosphorus Efficiency and Photosynthetic Traits in Soybean As Revealed by QTL Analysis Using a High-Density Genetic Map
Plant productivity relies on photosynthesis, and the photosynthetic process relies on phosphorus (P). The genetic basis of photosynthesis and P efficiency (P...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Radermacher: candidates for P acquisition and use efficiency on soybean chromosome 12 as previously seen in www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla... and also regions on other chromosomes including 10. #canvas25
Radermacher: using FiREMAGE preprint for selecting orthologous candidate genes in genome-wide association studies across multiple species #canvas25 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A comparative approach for selecting orthologous candidate genes in genome-wide association studies across multiple species
Advances in quantitative genetics have enabled researchers to identify genomic regions associated with changes in phenotype. However, genomic regions can contain hundreds to thousands of genes, and pr...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Radermacher: using FiREMAGE preprint for selecting orthologous candidate genes in genome-wide association studies across multiple species #canvas25 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
First up at #canvas25 is Samatha Radermacher on a field QTL mapping experiment to understand genetic basis of soybean phosphorus acquisition and use efficiency. Background reading cited is pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34910587/
Phosphorus Acquisition and Utilization in Plants - PubMed
Tremendous progress has been made on molecular aspects of plant phosphorus (P) nutrition, often without heeding information provided by soil scientists, ecophysiologists, and crop physiologists. This review suggests ways to integrate information from different disciplines. When soil P availability i …
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November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
First up at #canvas25 is Samatha Radermacher on a field QTL mapping experiment to understand genetic basis of soybean phosphorus acquisition and use efficiency. Background reading cited is pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34910587/
I’ve arrived at the #canvas25 meeting in Salt Lake City. Today I’ll be at sessions on crop genetics/breeding and crop physiology/metabolism followed by the opening keynotes. But message me if you’d like to meet up at any point to talk about your research, open science and @plos.org or @plosone.org.
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’ve arrived at the #canvas25 meeting in Salt Lake City. Today I’ll be at sessions on crop genetics/breeding and crop physiology/metabolism followed by the opening keynotes. But message me if you’d like to meet up at any point to talk about your research, open science and @plos.org or @plosone.org.
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Our Life Sciences Division Editor @patrickgoymer.bsky.social will be attending the @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social #CANVAS25 meeting in Salt Lake City Nov 9-12. Message him on Bluesky if you want to meet to talk about your research, publishing and open science.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Our Life Sciences Division Editor @patrickgoymer.bsky.social will be attending the @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social #CANVAS25 meeting in Salt Lake City Nov 9-12. Message him on Bluesky if you want to meet to talk about your research, publishing and open science.
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Emma Campbell, our Associate Editor for Public Health & Epidemiology, will be at @ephconference.bsky.social in Helsinki next week (12-14 Nov). You can connect with her via the EPH conference app if you want to meet up and talk open science, publishing and all things PLOS. #EPH2025
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November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Emma Campbell, our Associate Editor for Public Health & Epidemiology, will be at @ephconference.bsky.social in Helsinki next week (12-14 Nov). You can connect with her via the EPH conference app if you want to meet up and talk open science, publishing and all things PLOS. #EPH2025
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A new study in @plosone.org combined very-high-resolution imagery and ensemble SDMs to predict Aedes albopictus larval presence. Such techniques are important for enhanced urban mosquito control strategies, and could ultimately contribute to improved public health outcomes.
Characterizing urban landscapes using very-high resolution satellite imagery to predict Ae. albopictus larval presence probability in public spaces
The global spread of Aedes albopictus raises growing public health concerns due to its role in transmitting dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. In southern France, the increase in imported dengue cases…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A new study in @plosone.org combined very-high-resolution imagery and ensemble SDMs to predict Aedes albopictus larval presence. Such techniques are important for enhanced urban mosquito control strategies, and could ultimately contribute to improved public health outcomes.
A new study in @plosone.org shows that gamma irradiation increases macrophage exosome release via EGFR/IGFR-MYC signaling and upregulation of motor proteins Myo5b and Myh10, with potential implications for exosome-based therapeutic applications.
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Ionizing radiation leads to exosome secretion in macrophages through MYC-mediated pathways
Exosomes are cell-derived vesicles that play a crucial role in intracellular communication and are promising biomarkers for therapeutic applications. Despite their significant potential, the applicati...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A new study in @plosone.org shows that gamma irradiation increases macrophage exosome release via EGFR/IGFR-MYC signaling and upregulation of motor proteins Myo5b and Myh10, with potential implications for exosome-based therapeutic applications.
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doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Guest Post — AI as Reader, Author, and Reviewer: What Stays Human? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/06/g...
Guest Post — AI as Reader, Author, and Reviewer: What Stays Human? - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest blogger shares highlights from a recent panel at the New Directions Seminar that concluded AI is simultaneously the largest challenge and the largest opportunity.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Guest Post — AI as Reader, Author, and Reviewer: What Stays Human? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/06/g...