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Tora Økland 🌱
@receptora.bsky.social
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Plant receptor enthusiast in the Parniske group @LMU Munich. Interested in root symbioses, immunity and how they evolve 🍄‍🟫🦠 | 🇳🇴➡️🇩🇪
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Tora Økland 🌱 @receptora.bsky.social · Sep 24
Time to introduce myself on here! I’m Tora, a doctoral candidate in plant genetics in Munich. I study the evolution and function of receptors involved in symbiosis and immunity, but you’ll also catch me talking excitedly about food, climbing and climate policy #PlantScience #AcademicChatter #phdskye
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drandrewthaler.bsky.social
New from Nature: Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs

#OpenAccess

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs - Nature Communications
Deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may release waste into midwaters that support diverse marine life. This study finds such discharges could dilute key food particles and disrupt trophic l...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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magnusforsberg.no
Og når dere hører KrF snakke om abort. Når dere ser at KrF vil fjerne den rettigheten.

Husk at KrF var norske milliardærers plan for å få borgerlig flertall. De var villige til å ofre rettighetene til alle norske kvinner for å få slippe formuesskatten. De sponset det.
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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sebastian-dts.bsky.social
Our Mini-review is out now! Here we collect recent findings of RALF peptide functions, adress their (potential) roles in plant-microbe interactions and discuss the resulting emerging questions. Pls share!

dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
The interplay of RALF structural and signaling functions in plant-microbe interactions
Rapid alkalinization factor (RALF) peptides are important signaling molecules binding to Catharanthus roseus receptor-like kinase 1-like (CrRLK1L)—LORELEI/LORELEI-like GPI-anchored protein complexes t...
dx.plos.org
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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naturvernforbundet.no
Usikker på hvem du skal stemme på?

Stem på havet
stem på skrei, sild, sei og lodde.
Stem på dem som lever her om hundre år,
stem på din sønnesønns gråt,
stem på din datterdatters første smil.

(Utdrag fra diktet Stemmeseddel av Harald Sverdrup)

Godt valg!
September 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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hodaimad.bsky.social
Norge er verdens aller beste land å bo i. Det har ikke kommet av seg sjøl. Det skyldes små forskjeller mellom folk og høy tillit til hverandre, også landets institusjoner. Det er ingen selvfølge at det alltid vil forbli sånn. Hvis du enda ikke har stemt: tillitssamfunnet vårt er verdt å forsvare.
September 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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hodaimad.bsky.social
Listhaug ble avkledd i går. Først og fremst fordi hun bekrefta at hun er leder av et høyrepopulistisk parti, som i likhet med sine søsterpartier over hele Europa og i verden, har den samme forutsigbare strategien. Mens andre lykkes med å holde maska frem til valgdagen, glapp maska til Listhaug i går
September 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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maryspezz.bsky.social
Excited to share some data from my PhD project at #ENFC2025
Join me to discuss about Lotus and Tomato SymRK 🌱
August 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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lucaseckert.bsky.social
What can #herbarium collections tell us about genetic responses to global change? A lot!! 🌿

Check out our viewpoint, out now in @newphyt.bsky.social - genetic monitoring, extinctions, adaptation, GEAs, and more! ⬇️

doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Using herbarium collections to study genetic responses to global change
Earth's c. 406 million herbarium specimens represent a largely untapped resource of genetic data that could transform our understanding of global plant populations. Advances in DNA sequencing have ma...
doi.org
August 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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olavtorvund.bsky.social
Jeg vil oppsummere det slik: Politikerne har ingen forutsetninger for å kunne vurdere hvilke utdanninger som er arbeidslivsrelevante og fremtidsrettet. De vet bare hva som var etterspurt i fjor, og aner ingen ting om hva vi har behov for om fem år. www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/arbeid...
(+) Politikerne bør tøyle sine indre planøkonomer
«Arbeidslivsrelevans» i høyere utdanning vil bare gi mer tull
www.morgenbladet.no
August 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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eiriklag.bsky.social
If you're interested in ancient conserved immune systems and plant-virus interactions, come chat today at my poster P-227! #2025ISMPMI #🧪 #🌾
July 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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geminiteamlab.bsky.social
Have you ever wondered why virus-infected plants twist, curl, yellow, and/or stop growing? We did—you can read what we found in our latest review: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @gmvalora.bsky.social @annualreviews.bsky.social
Symptom Development in Plant Viral Diseases: What, How, and Why? | Annual Reviews
Plant viruses are obligate intracellular pathogens that hijack host cellular machinery to support their replication and spread. Viral infection induces a variety of structural and physiological change...
www.annualreviews.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
receptora.bsky.social
New (English!) episode from the wonderful TRR356 podcast on plant-microbe interactions, and this time I got to join! Have a listen to hear more about the work we do to understand how plants and beneficial microbes interact 👇

podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/p...

#SciComm 🧪 #PlantScience
#5 Rooted in Symbiosis: How Plants and Microbes Work Together - With Tora Fougner-Økland and Jonathan Jelen
Podcast-Folge · Pflanzen und ihr Mikrokosmos · 03.07.2025 · 21 Min.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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apmahonen.bsky.social
How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social‬ @erc.europa.eu‬ 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature
A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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micamer.bsky.social
We would love feedback on a new NCBI-BLAST service we are launching today: sky-blast.com

Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable
March 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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binebrumm.bsky.social
Please RT: 🌾 Open PhD Position @TUM (Phytopathology, Freising, Germany)
Join our team and help us to decode the molecular mechanisms driving plant cell remodeling during fungal infection. Focus: RIC proteins in Barley–Blumeria hordei interaction 🔬 CRISPR, microscopy, proteomics & more!
#PlantScience
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June 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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alexguyon.bsky.social
1/🚨 New preprint alert! Can mutualists and pathogens co-colonise the same living plant cell and what does that do to the plant membranes that surround these microbes?
June 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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eliastahl.bsky.social
We are recruiting!
A three year PhD position @iecb.bsky.social and @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social to study lipid recognition by plant receptor-like kinases. A collaborative project with the team of @pierre-maisonneuve.bsky.social. Join us in the beautiful city of Bordeaux!

emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...
June 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
receptora.bsky.social
Lorenz does some really cool work and everyone who stops by the #PlantScience feed now and then should definitely follow him !
oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social Lorenz Oberkofler @oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social · Jun 15
Just back from the #COST Action meeting in Hamburg, where I had the chance to present some of our research on fungal extracellular vesicles and sRNA transport.
Always a pleasure to exchange ideas and reconnect with the #exRNA community!
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social
Just back from the #COST Action meeting in Hamburg, where I had the chance to present some of our research on fungal extracellular vesicles and sRNA transport.
Always a pleasure to exchange ideas and reconnect with the #exRNA community!
June 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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ucdavisplants.bsky.social
🧬 From PNAS: REQUIRED FOR ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZATION 1 (RAM1) partners with WRI transcription factors to regulate genes driving arbuscule development and nutrient exchange in Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis. (Nitzan Shabek)
▶️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantBiology #GeneRegulation
The GRAS protein RAM1 interacts with WRI transcription factors to regulate plant genes required for arbuscule development and function | PNAS
During arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis AM fungi form tree-shaped structures called arbuscules in root cortex cells of host plants. Arbuscules ...
www.pnas.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
receptora.bsky.social
Early registration for iMMM in Munich (16.-18. September) is open for another 3 weeks ! Make sure to sign up 3 days of mycorrhizal mayhem 🌱🍄 #PlantScience

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May 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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jackrhodes.bsky.social
Join us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 8th-10th September

#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci

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May 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
receptora.bsky.social
My absolute favorite image series of bees
agu.org AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · May 20
From high-resolution bee IDs to national inventory programs, their work fuels conservation and climate resilience. 🧪🌻

🔬 Projects like this show why sustained science funding is essential. #WithoutScience we lose the tools that help protect pollinators—and ourselves.

Photo Credits: USGSBIML Team
May 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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themerl.bsky.social
the history of bees is extremely well-represented in our library. our Cowan Bee Collection is an a to bee to z of bee lit, and has been described as the 'most comprehensive collection of its kind in the world.'

merl.reading.ac.uk/collections/...

(COWAN BEE COLLECTION–0030)
Multiple sketches of bees, of different types and sizes. This is the frontispiece from ‘The management of bees’ by Samuel Bagster, (1834).
May 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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plantevolution.bsky.social
It is sad that even basic research needs to be defended with utility. For me, basic research is in the same category as art: civilized societies can't do without it, because we all want to know who we are and what our place in the natural world is -- questions that only science can answer.
May 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM