Tamara Hernández-Verdeja
@tamara-hverdeja.bsky.social
Plant scientist 🌱 Ramon y Cajal researcher at CBGP. Interested in how plants develop and adapt to environmental changes, and chloroplasts. Opinions are my own. She/Her.🖖
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Happy to announce that I've joined @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social as Ramón y Cajal fellow to keep working in chloroplasts signalling and development 🌱🌱
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Successes from the past decade of improving photosynthesis (Cell) @cavycavs.bsky.social @ecarmosilva.bsky.social @botbml.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/QUf6Ns4
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Review: Successes from the past decade of improving photosynthesis | Plantae
Many factors contribute to global hunger, but progress in many sensible directions such as lowering waste and improving distribution has been negligible; furthermore, the ever growing challenges of…
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January 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Successes from the past decade of improving photosynthesis (Cell) @cavycavs.bsky.social @ecarmosilva.bsky.social @botbml.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/QUf6Ns4
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
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With the New Year upon us, it's the perfect time to register for next month's 3-part Data Reproducibility Workshop!
This workshop will be held February 9–11, meeting daily at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST.
Register now, here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html
This workshop will be held February 9–11, meeting daily at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST.
Register now, here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html
January 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
With the New Year upon us, it's the perfect time to register for next month's 3-part Data Reproducibility Workshop!
This workshop will be held February 9–11, meeting daily at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST.
Register now, here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html
This workshop will be held February 9–11, meeting daily at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST.
Register now, here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html
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Lo que ya se sabe y nunca se pone en práctica
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Lo que ya se sabe y nunca se pone en práctica
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Men are using Grok to undress women and children on Twitter. When asked to stop, their response has largely been to tell women it’s their own fault for posting photos (à la “what was she wearing?”). Elno is aware and refuses to stop it because, well, he likes it. We need regulation of AI yesterday.
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Men are using Grok to undress women and children on Twitter. When asked to stop, their response has largely been to tell women it’s their own fault for posting photos (à la “what was she wearing?”). Elno is aware and refuses to stop it because, well, he likes it. We need regulation of AI yesterday.
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Does anyone have a good figure to explain the difference between acclimation vs adaptation, and how they work on different timescales?
As a student at York, I remember @owenatkin.bsky.social having a good one but I have not found one for my lectures.
As a student at York, I remember @owenatkin.bsky.social having a good one but I have not found one for my lectures.
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Does anyone have a good figure to explain the difference between acclimation vs adaptation, and how they work on different timescales?
As a student at York, I remember @owenatkin.bsky.social having a good one but I have not found one for my lectures.
As a student at York, I remember @owenatkin.bsky.social having a good one but I have not found one for my lectures.
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My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜
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My interest in plant pigments started with the tomatoes in my garden. There didn't seem to be any one place organizing all the genetics related to color mutations, even though there was a great deal of research, so I decided to make one.
January 4, 2026 at 5:52 AM
My interest in plant pigments started with the tomatoes in my garden. There didn't seem to be any one place organizing all the genetics related to color mutations, even though there was a great deal of research, so I decided to make one.
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Biogenic retrograde signaling via GUN1 ensures thermotolerant chloroplast biogenesis during seedling establishment in Arabidopsis thaliana onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @jipb.bsky.social
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January 4, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Biogenic retrograde signaling via GUN1 ensures thermotolerant chloroplast biogenesis during seedling establishment in Arabidopsis thaliana onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @jipb.bsky.social
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Feliz 2026! 💪🏻
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Feliz 2026! 💪🏻
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🚨We’re hiring! Please help spread the word!
Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨We’re hiring! Please help spread the word!
Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
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We are #hiring!
Join Miltos Tsiantis’s lab within the IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social to identify genes driving root sucker formation in crucifer plants — combining evolution & genetics.
📆 Deadline: Jan 5, 2026
✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de
ℹ️ More info: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs
Join Miltos Tsiantis’s lab within the IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social to identify genes driving root sucker formation in crucifer plants — combining evolution & genetics.
📆 Deadline: Jan 5, 2026
✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de
ℹ️ More info: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs
December 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We are #hiring!
Join Miltos Tsiantis’s lab within the IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social to identify genes driving root sucker formation in crucifer plants — combining evolution & genetics.
📆 Deadline: Jan 5, 2026
✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de
ℹ️ More info: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs
Join Miltos Tsiantis’s lab within the IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social to identify genes driving root sucker formation in crucifer plants — combining evolution & genetics.
📆 Deadline: Jan 5, 2026
✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de
ℹ️ More info: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs
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I mean, it's also frickin' adorable. Two eyespots & two sensory stalks called 'rhinophores' resemble a sheep's face.
But those 'tentacles' sticking up ('cerata') are lined with specialized cells capable of harnessing ingested algae chloroplasts, a process called "kleptoplasty" ('klepto-'=to steal)
But those 'tentacles' sticking up ('cerata') are lined with specialized cells capable of harnessing ingested algae chloroplasts, a process called "kleptoplasty" ('klepto-'=to steal)
a green and white sea slug with a blue nose
Alt: a green and white sea slug with a blue nose, covered in green leaf-like structures.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I mean, it's also frickin' adorable. Two eyespots & two sensory stalks called 'rhinophores' resemble a sheep's face.
But those 'tentacles' sticking up ('cerata') are lined with specialized cells capable of harnessing ingested algae chloroplasts, a process called "kleptoplasty" ('klepto-'=to steal)
But those 'tentacles' sticking up ('cerata') are lined with specialized cells capable of harnessing ingested algae chloroplasts, a process called "kleptoplasty" ('klepto-'=to steal)
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This is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
a close up of a green and white sponge with purple spots
Alt: A green and white sea sheep grazes on a green lawn of algae on a surface underwater.
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
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Tribute to Eva-Mari Aro: Physiologia Plantarum
Click on the title to browse this issue
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December 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Mirando al Espacio: el serial galáctico más loco.
Disponible en todas las plataformas (buscadlo como Descampao Amanece).
Premio Ondas 2022 - Mejor idea radiofónica.
24 episodios.
Recomienden a sus amigos. Y a sus enemigos.
Disponible en todas las plataformas (buscadlo como Descampao Amanece).
Premio Ondas 2022 - Mejor idea radiofónica.
24 episodios.
Recomienden a sus amigos. Y a sus enemigos.
December 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Mirando al Espacio: el serial galáctico más loco.
Disponible en todas las plataformas (buscadlo como Descampao Amanece).
Premio Ondas 2022 - Mejor idea radiofónica.
24 episodios.
Recomienden a sus amigos. Y a sus enemigos.
Disponible en todas las plataformas (buscadlo como Descampao Amanece).
Premio Ondas 2022 - Mejor idea radiofónica.
24 episodios.
Recomienden a sus amigos. Y a sus enemigos.
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My final paper from my postdoc with @trevorrife.bsky.social is out! If you've ever manually counted or sorted seeds, sampled tissue with a hole punch, filled tubes or plates with beads/seeds this is for you!
dx.doi.org/10.1002/csc2...
Get the designs free here:
www.printables.com/model/135088...
dx.doi.org/10.1002/csc2...
Get the designs free here:
www.printables.com/model/135088...
Three‐dimensional‐printed tools to democratize global plant research
Affordable, customizable three-dimensional (3D)-printed tools can replace costly commercial equipment making plant research more accessible worldwide. 3D-printed tools improve speed, accuracy, and v...
dx.doi.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My final paper from my postdoc with @trevorrife.bsky.social is out! If you've ever manually counted or sorted seeds, sampled tissue with a hole punch, filled tubes or plates with beads/seeds this is for you!
dx.doi.org/10.1002/csc2...
Get the designs free here:
www.printables.com/model/135088...
dx.doi.org/10.1002/csc2...
Get the designs free here:
www.printables.com/model/135088...
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Si Papa Noel no acertó con sus regalos, no pasa nada, regálate a ti mismo nuestra última antología gratuita: "Cuentos para Algernon. Año XIII". ¡Éxito seguro! O si te falta algún regalo de última hora, arriésgate, no te costará ni un duro. cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/a...
Antología Cuentos para Algernon. Año XIII
Aquí llega un año más nuestro pequeño regalo de Navidad adelantado para todos los seguidores del blog: «Cuentos para Algernon. Año XIII», la nueva entrega de nuestra serie de antologías gratuitas, …
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December 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Si Papa Noel no acertó con sus regalos, no pasa nada, regálate a ti mismo nuestra última antología gratuita: "Cuentos para Algernon. Año XIII". ¡Éxito seguro! O si te falta algún regalo de última hora, arriésgate, no te costará ni un duro. cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/a...
I wish all of you happy holidays!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I wish all of you happy holidays!
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‼️If you are finishing (or have just finished) your PhD and are exploring postdoc options, this is a great chance to meet people, share ideas, and build links. Come to northern Sweden ❄️🇸🇪 and connect with the community
Message me if you have any questions 📩
Message me if you have any questions 📩
🎄✨ Season’s greetings from UPSC!
Looking ahead to the new year - are you an early career plant scientist interested in new research ideas and collaborations?
🌾Apply for the UPSC Early Career Symposium, April 2026!🧪
🗓 Deadline: 11 January 2026
👉 www.upsc.se/early-career...
Looking ahead to the new year - are you an early career plant scientist interested in new research ideas and collaborations?
🌾Apply for the UPSC Early Career Symposium, April 2026!🧪
🗓 Deadline: 11 January 2026
👉 www.upsc.se/early-career...
December 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
‼️If you are finishing (or have just finished) your PhD and are exploring postdoc options, this is a great chance to meet people, share ideas, and build links. Come to northern Sweden ❄️🇸🇪 and connect with the community
Message me if you have any questions 📩
Message me if you have any questions 📩
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We are pleased to announce the official release of PLAZA 5.1, our plant genomics platform, which comes with a major front-end redesign. This results in improved performance, enhanced visualization tools, and refined Toolboxes. Src: www.vandepoelelab.be/plaza/news#28
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We are pleased to announce the official release of PLAZA 5.1, our plant genomics platform, which comes with a major front-end redesign. This results in improved performance, enhanced visualization tools, and refined Toolboxes. Src: www.vandepoelelab.be/plaza/news#28
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Un año más, ya está aquí: "Cuentos para Algernon. Año XIII", nueva entrega de la multipremiada serie de antologías gratuitas del blog homónimo. Con 11 relatos y 1 poema de autores internacionales de 1ª fila. Descargable gratis en diversos formatos. cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/a...
Antología Cuentos para Algernon. Año XIII
Aquí llega un año más nuestro pequeño regalo de Navidad adelantado para todos los seguidores del blog: «Cuentos para Algernon. Año XIII», la nueva entrega de nuestra serie de antologías gratuitas, …
cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Un año más, ya está aquí: "Cuentos para Algernon. Año XIII", nueva entrega de la multipremiada serie de antologías gratuitas del blog homónimo. Con 11 relatos y 1 poema de autores internacionales de 1ª fila. Descargable gratis en diversos formatos. cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/a...