PlantEvolution 🌱🌾
@plantevolution.bsky.social
Weigel Lab aka WeigelWorld Repost≠endorsement
#OpenScience
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#OpenScience
COIs http://tinyurl.com/DWCOI2022 GoogleScholar http://tinyurl.com/DeWeScholar
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Plants use cell-surface and intracellular receptors that collaborate to detect pathogens🦠. We discovered that a key #ubiquitin recognition event recruits both receptor types into an unexpected dual receptor complex that boost the translation of defence proteins and establishes robust #PlantImmunity👇🏾
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Plants use cell-surface and intracellular receptors that collaborate to detect pathogens🦠. We discovered that a key #ubiquitin recognition event recruits both receptor types into an unexpected dual receptor complex that boost the translation of defence proteins and establishes robust #PlantImmunity👇🏾
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Reading and really liking this #openaccess paper by Ary Hoffman and @brandonscooper.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Describing endosymbiont–host interactions within the parasitism–mutualism continuum
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Describing endosymbiont–host interactions within the parasitism–mutualism continuum
Describing endosymbiont–host interactions within the parasitism–mutualism continuum
Bacteria that live inside the cells of arthropod hosts (“endosymbionts”) are gaining increasing interest as targets for pest control and for reducing the ability of arthropod vectors to transmit anim....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Reading and really liking this #openaccess paper by Ary Hoffman and @brandonscooper.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Describing endosymbiont–host interactions within the parasitism–mutualism continuum
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Describing endosymbiont–host interactions within the parasitism–mutualism continuum
This interesting study concerns aging in WORMS 🪱.
Why is it that only PLANT 🌱 researchers put their organisms’ names in paper titles?
Gedankenexperiment: Who would NOT feel deceived if a plant aging paper did not mention plants in the title?
Why is it that only PLANT 🌱 researchers put their organisms’ names in paper titles?
Gedankenexperiment: Who would NOT feel deceived if a plant aging paper did not mention plants in the title?
Do natural substances from blueberries and blue grapes protect nerve cells from aging?A www.bionity.com/en/news/1188...
Do natural substances from blueberries and blue grapes protect nerve cells from aging?
Using an aging clock, researchers from the University of Cologne have used the Caenorhabditis elegans model organism to demonstrate that nerve cells age differently. They identified both the cause ...
www.bionity.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
This interesting study concerns aging in WORMS 🪱.
Why is it that only PLANT 🌱 researchers put their organisms’ names in paper titles?
Gedankenexperiment: Who would NOT feel deceived if a plant aging paper did not mention plants in the title?
Why is it that only PLANT 🌱 researchers put their organisms’ names in paper titles?
Gedankenexperiment: Who would NOT feel deceived if a plant aging paper did not mention plants in the title?
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Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social!
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
PhD position in biology (m/f/d) (1/2026)
Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (Halle) offers a PhD position in Biology
ipb-halle.mhm.jobs
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social!
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
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For years, Republicans have urged environmentalists to put their money where their mouths are. Stop suing. Stop lobbying for new regulations. Respect property rights and buy the land you want to protect. Well, one conservation group took that advice & the administration just punished them for it.
A Battle over Bison in Montana Sets a Dangerous Precedent | National Review
The Trump administration just undermined property rights — and ranchers should be worried.
www.nationalreview.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
For years, Republicans have urged environmentalists to put their money where their mouths are. Stop suing. Stop lobbying for new regulations. Respect property rights and buy the land you want to protect. Well, one conservation group took that advice & the administration just punished them for it.
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Aliya Rahman testifies about ICE's abuse against her. Please watch
youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 4, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Aliya Rahman testifies about ICE's abuse against her. Please watch
youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
From the good old days of German railways. When they had not three but four different classes of service and separate waiting rooms for the third and fourth class. Granted, today it feels like all the classes are fourth class.
As seen in Oldenburg. After having missed yet another connection.
As seen in Oldenburg. After having missed yet another connection.
February 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
From the good old days of German railways. When they had not three but four different classes of service and separate waiting rooms for the third and fourth class. Granted, today it feels like all the classes are fourth class.
As seen in Oldenburg. After having missed yet another connection.
As seen in Oldenburg. After having missed yet another connection.
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A new paper on the genetics of fluctuating asymmetry... An old collaborative work finally published!! Thanks to Fred Peronnet and co and reviewer Ian Dworkin academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
January 28, 2026 at 5:42 PM
A new paper on the genetics of fluctuating asymmetry... An old collaborative work finally published!! Thanks to Fred Peronnet and co and reviewer Ian Dworkin academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
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“The main event is this: the world is building optionality away from U.S. policy and platform dependence. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it — because it’s showing up in procurement decisions, supply chains, defense budgets, and capital flows”
Europe just started building a ‘kill switch’ for U.S. tech — and the market isn’t priced for it, says this strategist — MarketWatch
Zoom and Microsoft are among those companies that could lose business, says Matthew Tuttle
apple.news
February 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
“The main event is this: the world is building optionality away from U.S. policy and platform dependence. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it — because it’s showing up in procurement decisions, supply chains, defense budgets, and capital flows”
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Wissenschaft als Zukunftsvertrag
Vier mögliche Zukünfte, ein gemeinsames Zielbild: Wie Politik und Wissenschaft im Wissenschaftsrat über Krisen hinweg eine Agenda entwickelt haben, um die Wissenschaft für das Jahr 2040 auf Kurs zu bringen.
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/02...
Vier mögliche Zukünfte, ein gemeinsames Zielbild: Wie Politik und Wissenschaft im Wissenschaftsrat über Krisen hinweg eine Agenda entwickelt haben, um die Wissenschaft für das Jahr 2040 auf Kurs zu bringen.
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/02...
February 2, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Wissenschaft als Zukunftsvertrag
Vier mögliche Zukünfte, ein gemeinsames Zielbild: Wie Politik und Wissenschaft im Wissenschaftsrat über Krisen hinweg eine Agenda entwickelt haben, um die Wissenschaft für das Jahr 2040 auf Kurs zu bringen.
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/02...
Vier mögliche Zukünfte, ein gemeinsames Zielbild: Wie Politik und Wissenschaft im Wissenschaftsrat über Krisen hinweg eine Agenda entwickelt haben, um die Wissenschaft für das Jahr 2040 auf Kurs zu bringen.
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/02...
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More from Finland 🇫🇮…
Is it possible to map a country's entire #bird population in real-time?
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Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Birds #CitizenScience #AI #GIS #Ornithology #EuropeanBirds #NatureJournal
Is it possible to map a country's entire #bird population in real-time?
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Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Birds #CitizenScience #AI #GIS #Ornithology #EuropeanBirds #NatureJournal
A digital twin for real-time biodiversity forecasting with citizen science data - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Citizen science data are increasingly used in biodiversity monitoring. This study applies a digital twin approach to biodiversity monitoring using a large citizen science dataset on birds from Finland...
www.nature.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:09 PM
More from Finland 🇫🇮…
Is it possible to map a country's entire #bird population in real-time?
🧵1 of 3
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Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Birds #CitizenScience #AI #GIS #Ornithology #EuropeanBirds #NatureJournal
Is it possible to map a country's entire #bird population in real-time?
🧵1 of 3
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Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Birds #CitizenScience #AI #GIS #Ornithology #EuropeanBirds #NatureJournal
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Experiments involving 276 soil-derived microcosms reveals that the ecological process of necromass recycling promotes diversity maintenance in bacterial communities 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacterial necromass recycling promotes diversity maintenance in bacterial communities via resource partitioning - Nature Ecology & Evolution
In this study, the authors conduct experiments involving 276 soil-derived microcosms to reveal that the ecological process of necromass recycling promotes diversity maintenance in bacterial communitie...
www.nature.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Experiments involving 276 soil-derived microcosms reveals that the ecological process of necromass recycling promotes diversity maintenance in bacterial communities 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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European Scientists who said NO to Epstein-funding are the heroines of this hour🦸♀️
They show: It was your choice to SAY NO to Epstein's $ as scientist- you just had to have ethics & a spine
Kudos to Physicist IVETTE FUENTES who said NO
She was working at @quantumunivie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
They show: It was your choice to SAY NO to Epstein's $ as scientist- you just had to have ethics & a spine
Kudos to Physicist IVETTE FUENTES who said NO
She was working at @quantumunivie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
February 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
European Scientists who said NO to Epstein-funding are the heroines of this hour🦸♀️
They show: It was your choice to SAY NO to Epstein's $ as scientist- you just had to have ethics & a spine
Kudos to Physicist IVETTE FUENTES who said NO
She was working at @quantumunivie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
They show: It was your choice to SAY NO to Epstein's $ as scientist- you just had to have ethics & a spine
Kudos to Physicist IVETTE FUENTES who said NO
She was working at @quantumunivie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
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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...
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
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...
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...
Local train honoring wife of Karl Marx, Jenny Marx née von Westphalen, who was born in Salzwedel, a town in this area.
February 2, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Local train honoring wife of Karl Marx, Jenny Marx née von Westphalen, who was born in Salzwedel, a town in this area.
Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs
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February 2, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs
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Bruno Studer argues that strict NGT laws favor big corporations by creating high entry barriers. To keep Swiss breeding local and innovative, we need science-based regulation, not more hurdles. 🌾🚫 Thank you, "Schweizer Bauer", for the comprehensive interview! 👇
#PlantSciences #NGT
#PlantSciences #NGT
February 2, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Bruno Studer argues that strict NGT laws favor big corporations by creating high entry barriers. To keep Swiss breeding local and innovative, we need science-based regulation, not more hurdles. 🌾🚫 Thank you, "Schweizer Bauer", for the comprehensive interview! 👇
#PlantSciences #NGT
#PlantSciences #NGT
A small breeder's perspective on what the silver lining for #NGT approval in the EU means for them.
www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/co...
www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/co...
Comment: A new dawn for innovation – why the EU’s gene editing ruling matters
Steve Nelson, CEO of Plant Sciences Genetics, says the EU's agreement on gene-edited plants marks a turning point for plant breeding innovation
www.fruitnet.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM
A small breeder's perspective on what the silver lining for #NGT approval in the EU means for them.
www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/co...
www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/co...
Danke, Frau Lübcke MdB, für diesen ausgewogenen und wohl überlegten Beitrag! #NGT
andrea-luebcke.de/presse/gente...
andrea-luebcke.de/presse/gente...
Neue Züchtungstechniken: Warum differenziert werden muss
Mein Gastbeitrag bei AGRA-Europe
Die Reform des europäischen Gentechnikrechts bietet die Chance, eine lange emotional geführte Debatte auf eine sachlichere Grundlage zu stellen. Dabei geht es um eine...
andrea-luebcke.de
February 2, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Danke, Frau Lübcke MdB, für diesen ausgewogenen und wohl überlegten Beitrag! #NGT
andrea-luebcke.de/presse/gente...
andrea-luebcke.de/presse/gente...
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Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
January 28, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Rittenhouse had a rifle which he brandished, Pretti had a pistol he kept holstered. Rittenhouse shot and killed two people while Pretti didn’t shoot anyone. For that, Rittenhouse became a cause celebre on the right, meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, speaking at TPUSA events, and raising big money.
January 27, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Rittenhouse had a rifle which he brandished, Pretti had a pistol he kept holstered. Rittenhouse shot and killed two people while Pretti didn’t shoot anyone. For that, Rittenhouse became a cause celebre on the right, meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, speaking at TPUSA events, and raising big money.
Great news — forward looking voices are finally prevailing in the discussion on genome editing in crop plants!
Plant Breeding Innovation Clears Next Hurdle for EU NGT Framework
https://www.europesays.com/2737143/
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment (ENVI) has approved, by a strong majority, the compromise text on…
https://www.europesays.com/2737143/
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment (ENVI) has approved, by a strong majority, the compromise text on…
Plant Breeding Innovation Clears Next Hurdle for EU NGT Framework - EUROPE SAYS
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment (ENVI) has approved, by a strong majority, the compromise text on the NGT Regulation agreed in trilogue
www.europesays.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Great news — forward looking voices are finally prevailing in the discussion on genome editing in crop plants!
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This talk tomorrow on disinformation with @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @cward1e.bsky.social will take place at a slightly later time than originally advertised. Join us live at 6pm CET/12pm EST to ask your own questions. discord.gg/rDW7Z6aQ?eve...
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This talk tomorrow on disinformation with @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @cward1e.bsky.social will take place at a slightly later time than originally advertised. Join us live at 6pm CET/12pm EST to ask your own questions. discord.gg/rDW7Z6aQ?eve...
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My sister-in-law's dad died last week, in hospice in the VA hospital in Minneapolis. I just learned Alex Pretti was part of his care team. They shot Alex less than 1/2 mile from my niece's house while doing the same observation work that my niece is doing. These are real people. Step up folks!
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
My sister-in-law's dad died last week, in hospice in the VA hospital in Minneapolis. I just learned Alex Pretti was part of his care team. They shot Alex less than 1/2 mile from my niece's house while doing the same observation work that my niece is doing. These are real people. Step up folks!