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Bobby Caine
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Editorial Advisor at Plants, People, Planet 🌿🫂🌍. Senior Research Associate at The University of Sheffield in the Croft Lab 🍃💧📸🛰☀️🌾
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Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social · 9d
Happy to share our latest article in @newphyt.bsky.social. We look at the impacts of high atmospheric CO2, heatwaves, nitrogen fertiliser and drought on #wheat stomatal performance, photosynthesis, water usage and yield. @drhollycroft.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
A schematic representation of the key findings of our latest study show how heatwaves override most environmental responses we tested in our study.
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newphyt.bsky.social
#Stomatal traits covary with #leaf #mycobiome diversity and composition

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Apigo et al.

@WileyPlantSci #PlantScience
Examples of variation in abaxial stomatal length and density in Populus trichocarpa.
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.

Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
bc247.bsky.social
Interested in how #wheat 🌾 might perform during future climare extremes? The @sheffielduni.bsky.social press team have covered our latest research from the @drhollycroft.bsky.social lab 👇
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r...

A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.

If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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frantecol.bsky.social
"Long-term research carries an intrinsic paradox: its true value emerges only after decades, whereas political agendas often demand short-term results. This mismatch makes sustained monitoring one of the easiest targets when public budgets come under pressure."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Safeguarding long-term research in ecology and evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Long-term research projects are essential for predicting the ecological and evolutionary responses of species to global change, yet their continuity is often threatened by uncertainties over funding. ...
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social
Come join our group for an exciting PhD program!
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
bc247.bsky.social
Happy to share our latest article in @newphyt.bsky.social. We look at the impacts of high atmospheric CO2, heatwaves, nitrogen fertiliser and drought on #wheat stomatal performance, photosynthesis, water usage and yield. @drhollycroft.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
A schematic representation of the key findings of our latest study show how heatwaves override most environmental responses we tested in our study.
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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plantylisasmith.bsky.social
Interested in plant development and/or cell walls? We (Sam Amsbury, Andrew Fleming and I) have three PhD positions at the University of Sheffield open for applications until 7th January. We offer a friendly, jointly-run lab, great facilities, an affordable city and proximity to the Peak District!
Details of the three PhD projects on offer: Primed for Protection: Cell Wall Modifications in Plant Defense and Long-Term Immunity, Engineering Stomata: How Shape Informs Function: and Signalling Complexes and Cell Wall Changes during Plant Reproduction
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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newphyt.bsky.social
Tuning the C4 supercharger: improving #photosynthesis and #yield in C4 #crops

#TansleyReview by @mariaermakova.bsky.social, Robert E. Sharwood and Robert T. Furbank

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#PlantScience @monashbiol.bsky.social.
Reactions, processes, and parameters controlling C4 photosynthetic flux in the NADP-ME subtype.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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candersonlab.bsky.social
Are you interested in pursuing groundbreaking research and gaining world-class training in plant biology in a supportive community amidst the beauty of Happy Valley? Consider applying to the the Plant Biology PhD Program! Applications due December 1: www.huck.psu.edu/graduate-pro...
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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michaelraissig.bsky.social
1/ Preprint alert:

🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution

👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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rgleadow.bsky.social
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for the Safe Cassava Symposium- virtual, free, 27-28th October 2025 - 2x 1.5 h sessions/day
Thanks to Global Plant Council for hosting. #cyanide #cassava #konzo #neurology #publichealth #plantsciencs #foodsecurity
⚕️☘️🌿🍃🌱🌾🪴

biology.anu.edu.au/research/div...
International Safe Cassava Network (ISCN)
Aims to foster collaboration between those working on cassava and konzo.
biology.anu.edu.au
September 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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djgibbs.bsky.social
We are advertising a PhD project investigating a cellular mechanism that ensures protein quality control during mRNA translation in plants. Please get in touch on here or via email if you are interested and I can provide further details!

Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...
Daniel Gibbs Lab
Welcome to the lab website of Professor Daniel Gibbs @ University of Birmingham
sites.google.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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michaelraissig.bsky.social
Our paper comparing stomata of the three annual Brachypodium species is out 🌾
bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A great collaborative effort between @lbmountain.bsky.social, & our friends at University of Silesia (Alexander Betekhtin and Anna Milewska-Hendel). Funded by @dfg.de and NAWA
October 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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keikoutorii.bsky.social
Our latest! K63-polyUb of the ERECTA receptor kinase by PUB30/31 is required for the ligand induced receptor endocytosis for stomatal patterning. Our results show that ERECTA signals at the PM. Congrats, Liangliang, Minh & the team🌱!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
bc247.bsky.social
Today at SEB 2025, we have an exciting #LICOR workshop looking at plant gas exchange across scales🌿🌾💦🌏. Environmental scientist Ian Smillie will introduce cutting-edge technologies that enable leaf to ecosystem level measuring of plant performance. #photosynthesis #stomata @sebiology.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
bc247.bsky.social
Day 1 of SEB 2025 in Antwerp. What a great venue 🏛🦁! It was real pleasure to be part of the P3 PEPG session looking at plant #photosynthesis this morning alongside speakers including @oulaghannoum.bsky.social. From now, time to enjoy the afternoon talks. @sebiology.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
bc247.bsky.social
Really looking forward to SEB 2025 in Antwerp this week. A really interesting #photosynthesis session tomorrow, followed by a #stomata session on Wednesday (I'll be co-chairing with @casparchater.bsky.social). Then on Thursday, #LICOR have a gas exchange workshop. @sebiology.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
bc247.bsky.social
Happy to share details of an online seminar I'll be taking part in tomorrow where I'll discuss #stomata. This will include evolution, biotechnology and "sensing" of stomata (including drone data capture). It's an early start, from 7.30am UK time - so don't forget to grab coffee ☕️. Login details 👇
April 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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ripeproject.bsky.social
RIPE Researchers, in work done for the CABBI Project, demonstrated that increasing the Rubisco enzyme in C4 crops like sorghum and sugar cane increases photosynthesis and yield as well!

Their work was published in the National Academy of Sciences proceedings.
Adapting C4 photosynthesis to atmospheric change and increasing productivity by elevating Rubisco content in sorghum and sugarcane | PNAS
Meta-analyses and theory show that with rising atmospheric [CO2], Rubisco has become the greatest limitation to light-saturated leaf CO2 assimilati...
doi.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social
It's been a long time coming but I'm very happy to share this preprint with folks. 🙂 Thanks again to the Royal Society for funding this research.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Plantscience
#Plantevolution
#Fernbiology
Gene networks are conserved across reproductive development between the fern Ceratopteris richardii and the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana
How plants first invented seeds is a longstanding unresolved evolutionary question. Seed-bearing plants arose from within seedless vascular plants, with ferns as their closest relatives, but how the s...
www.biorxiv.org
March 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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hikemaydon.bsky.social
I'm looking for a postdoc to work for 3 years on the function of #circadian clock proteins in wheat.
I also have a full-funded PhD opportunity.
#plantscience
Postdoc applications close on 2 April.
jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91954...
Details : Research Fellow in Plant Biochemistry : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
jobs.unimelb.edu.au
March 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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fromani.bsky.social
Recently, two papers showed the potential of population genetics in Marchantia from @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social and Dolan's lab. Here is my dispatch for Current Biology talking about them.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Population genomics: A new chapter for Marchantia biology
The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha has become a powerful model organism for plant biology. Researchers are now exploring its potential as a model system for population genomics to understand natural ...
www.cell.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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botanicaljim.bsky.social
Still time to apply for this! Deadline the 17th of March.
botanicaljim.bsky.social Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · Feb 7
I have a PAID 6 weeks undergraduate summer internship in my lab. You'll use #FRET #biosensors, #confocal #microscopes, and #RaspberryPi to try to discover how low humidity affects leaf development. @sheffieldpps.bsky.social @rmsearlycareer.bsky.social

Project 5: www.rms.org.uk/community/ne...
Summer Studentships
www.rms.org.uk
March 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
bc247.bsky.social
An interesting new story about MYB59 contribution to WUE at high temperature in #Arabidopsis by John Ferguson, Oliver Brendel and @ubechtold.bsky.social. #stomata #roots
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.27.640580v1
MYB59 is linked to natural variation of water use associated with warmer temperatures in Arabidopsis thaliana
Water-use contributes significantly to plant growth and productivity, yet the extent to which variation in water-use is a function of adaptive differentiation is unknown. Here, we studied natural vari...
www.biorxiv.org
March 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM