Jim Rowe
@botanicaljim.bsky.social
Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield. Interested in how ABA patterns control water fluxes in leaves using ABA biosensors and image analysis.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/academic-staff/people/jim-rowe
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/academic-staff/people/jim-rowe
Very happy that my PhD student can grow such happy plants! It's a simple thing that is very underappreciated and very important.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Very happy that my PhD student can grow such happy plants! It's a simple thing that is very underappreciated and very important.
Highly recommend. Great mentor, great group, great project.
Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Highly recommend. Great mentor, great group, great project.
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Ever wondered if analyzing your images by using intensity Z-projections impacts your data?
Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis!
buff.ly/KJ147tI
#Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis
Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis!
buff.ly/KJ147tI
#Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ever wondered if analyzing your images by using intensity Z-projections impacts your data?
Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis!
buff.ly/KJ147tI
#Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis
Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis!
buff.ly/KJ147tI
#Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis
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Top investigation this, and great local journalism
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Top investigation this, and great local journalism
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Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN - Sign the Petition! c.org/p5jy2GXHcX via
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November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN - Sign the Petition! c.org/p5jy2GXHcX via
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Illuminating plant immunity: a live sensor to watch salicylic acid in action (Science) @bijuntang.bsky.social @xanderjones.bsky.social @botanicaljim.bsky.social @philcarella.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) buff.ly/SF8nZ9R
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Illuminating plant immunity: A live sensor to watch salicylic acid in action | Plantae
Salicylic acid (SA) is best known as a central hormone orchestrating plant immune response, including the hypersensitive reaction and systemic acquired resistance. Beyond defense…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Illuminating plant immunity: a live sensor to watch salicylic acid in action (Science) @bijuntang.bsky.social @xanderjones.bsky.social @botanicaljim.bsky.social @philcarella.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) buff.ly/SF8nZ9R
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
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PhD opportunity in plant developmental biology for UK based students of Black heritage!
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
PhD opportunity in plant developmental biology for UK based students of Black heritage!
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
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Interested in learning about the latest and greatest research in how plants respond to excess salt, too little or too much water? Come to the GRC in Salt and Water Stress in Switzerland. Lots of opportunities for all career levels. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat.... Please repost!
2026 Salt and Water Stress in Plants Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Salt and Water Stress in Plants will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Interested in learning about the latest and greatest research in how plants respond to excess salt, too little or too much water? Come to the GRC in Salt and Water Stress in Switzerland. Lots of opportunities for all career levels. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat.... Please repost!
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What a glorious day--waking up to see this lovely preprint that does it all--a comprehensive scRNAseq atlas of leaf development, hints at the txn of new cell types, and great hypotheses about how GRNs may differ among related TFs
(and in other news, some hope for American Democracy)
(and in other news, some hope for American Democracy)
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
🌾 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 2:16 PM
What a glorious day--waking up to see this lovely preprint that does it all--a comprehensive scRNAseq atlas of leaf development, hints at the txn of new cell types, and great hypotheses about how GRNs may differ among related TFs
(and in other news, some hope for American Democracy)
(and in other news, some hope for American Democracy)
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Yay, looks like the macrocarrier disks for gene guns is just 2mil kapton film. Both read 50um and made of same polyimide material. One consumable down, two to go!
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yay, looks like the macrocarrier disks for gene guns is just 2mil kapton film. Both read 50um and made of same polyimide material. One consumable down, two to go!
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#PlantScience Research Weekly (2/2) plantae.org/plant-scienc... Salicylic acid fluorescent sensor; Sucrose transporter connects plant/fungus/bacteria; Exotoxin differentiates foe from friend; Phylogenetic distribution of poricidal "buzz-pollinated" flowers; A manifesto for plant science education.
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
#PlantScience Research Weekly (2/2) plantae.org/plant-scienc... Salicylic acid fluorescent sensor; Sucrose transporter connects plant/fungus/bacteria; Exotoxin differentiates foe from friend; Phylogenetic distribution of poricidal "buzz-pollinated" flowers; A manifesto for plant science education.
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Enzyme/GO overlap note of the week.
Plant Glutathione-S-transferases might have more biosynthetic functions than ROS detoxification functions.
Also, CYP450s are listed as redox genes but are almost all biosynthetic.
So if you see ROS/Redox terms, take a glance to make sure it isn't biosynthesis.
Plant Glutathione-S-transferases might have more biosynthetic functions than ROS detoxification functions.
Also, CYP450s are listed as redox genes but are almost all biosynthetic.
So if you see ROS/Redox terms, take a glance to make sure it isn't biosynthesis.
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Enzyme/GO overlap note of the week.
Plant Glutathione-S-transferases might have more biosynthetic functions than ROS detoxification functions.
Also, CYP450s are listed as redox genes but are almost all biosynthetic.
So if you see ROS/Redox terms, take a glance to make sure it isn't biosynthesis.
Plant Glutathione-S-transferases might have more biosynthetic functions than ROS detoxification functions.
Also, CYP450s are listed as redox genes but are almost all biosynthetic.
So if you see ROS/Redox terms, take a glance to make sure it isn't biosynthesis.
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Hey plant developmental biologists! Want to do great science with a great guy in a great place? @oconnord.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc to join his lab at Colorado State:
oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u...
#devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy
oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u...
#devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hey plant developmental biologists! Want to do great science with a great guy in a great place? @oconnord.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc to join his lab at Colorado State:
oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u...
#devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy
oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u...
#devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy
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Last week we held the 2nd @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference in Leeds, full of 🌱science, 🌸art, African crops, careers & mentorship and talent. Highlight was seeing the impacts of our Research Excellence Awards & Studentships. So proud to honour and promote the excellence in our community 💓
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Last week we held the 2nd @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference in Leeds, full of 🌱science, 🌸art, African crops, careers & mentorship and talent. Highlight was seeing the impacts of our Research Excellence Awards & Studentships. So proud to honour and promote the excellence in our community 💓
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There's still just about time to apply for this postdoc position - a super cool project and I can highly recommend working with Caspar!
Deadline 02/11/25
Deadline 02/11/25
Do you love crop diversity and plant physiology? Apply to this new postdoc position open in my lab: careers.kew.org/vacancy/rese...
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
Research Associate (Plant Molecular Genetics and Physiology) - Careers | Kew Gardens
RBG Kew is seeking a highly organised post-doctoral Research Associate in Plant Molecular Genetics and Physiology who will be tasked to lead the genotypic and phenotypic analyses of our target crops: ...
careers.kew.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
There's still just about time to apply for this postdoc position - a super cool project and I can highly recommend working with Caspar!
Deadline 02/11/25
Deadline 02/11/25
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Big shout to all authors, including @lizalvey.bsky.social @plantteaching.bsky.social @plantpollinator.bsky.social @spoel-lab.bsky.social
@discontinuedap.bsky.social
@yoselin.bsky.social
@katharinehubbard.bsky.social
@gomollonsara.bsky.social @gpsep.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
@discontinuedap.bsky.social
@yoselin.bsky.social
@katharinehubbard.bsky.social
@gomollonsara.bsky.social @gpsep.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
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Lunch today halfway around the world in Hangzhou and met a new asst professor who was very thankful for this resource. Please help out folks like them and other early career scientists with examples of job apps. Submit yours!
github.com/RILAB/statem...
github.com/RILAB/statem...
GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants
Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Lunch today halfway around the world in Hangzhou and met a new asst professor who was very thankful for this resource. Please help out folks like them and other early career scientists with examples of job apps. Submit yours!
github.com/RILAB/statem...
github.com/RILAB/statem...
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Are you an early career plant scientist with 3-5 years' post-PhD experience?
Tell the world about your research with the New Phytologist #TansleyMedal!
Time is running out - apply for the 2026 competition by 1 November 2025.
Find out more: www.newphytologist.org/grants-award...
#PlantScience
Tell the world about your research with the New Phytologist #TansleyMedal!
Time is running out - apply for the 2026 competition by 1 November 2025.
Find out more: www.newphytologist.org/grants-award...
#PlantScience
October 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Are you an early career plant scientist with 3-5 years' post-PhD experience?
Tell the world about your research with the New Phytologist #TansleyMedal!
Time is running out - apply for the 2026 competition by 1 November 2025.
Find out more: www.newphytologist.org/grants-award...
#PlantScience
Tell the world about your research with the New Phytologist #TansleyMedal!
Time is running out - apply for the 2026 competition by 1 November 2025.
Find out more: www.newphytologist.org/grants-award...
#PlantScience
Ah yes, the university provided laptop for the conference trip I'm going on has no MS office, no way to install it, and kicks out so much heat that I'm considering using it to replace my heating.
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ah yes, the university provided laptop for the conference trip I'm going on has no MS office, no way to install it, and kicks out so much heat that I'm considering using it to replace my heating.
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New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!
Understanding Host Compatibility in the Marchantia-Phytophthora System (CARELLA_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
The fossil record demonstrates that filamentous microbes invaded ancient plant cells with intracellular hyphal structures over 450 million years ago. To this day, a rich diversity of extant land plant...
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!
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Really cool story on a FRET biosensor by Bijun Tang @bijuntang.bsky.social and an amazing team, now published @science.org
I’m so proud of your PhD work at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Below is the lockdown time in 2020 when you spent long hours screening your FRET biosensor, now known as SalicS1!
I’m so proud of your PhD work at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Below is the lockdown time in 2020 when you spent long hours screening your FRET biosensor, now known as SalicS1!
October 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Really cool story on a FRET biosensor by Bijun Tang @bijuntang.bsky.social and an amazing team, now published @science.org
I’m so proud of your PhD work at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Below is the lockdown time in 2020 when you spent long hours screening your FRET biosensor, now known as SalicS1!
I’m so proud of your PhD work at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Below is the lockdown time in 2020 when you spent long hours screening your FRET biosensor, now known as SalicS1!
I was tremendously lucky to be in @xanderjones.bsky.social's lab to watch @bijuntang.bsky.social move from technician to PhD to Postdoc and produce this magnum opus. #SalicS1 is the just reward for years of brilliance and hard work.Well done Bijun, Xander, Jing, and everyone involved! #SalicylicAcid
Salicylic acid biosensor, SalicS1, tracks the plant immune hormone salicylic acid in real time - revealing propagation of hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I was tremendously lucky to be in @xanderjones.bsky.social's lab to watch @bijuntang.bsky.social move from technician to PhD to Postdoc and produce this magnum opus. #SalicS1 is the just reward for years of brilliance and hard work.Well done Bijun, Xander, Jing, and everyone involved! #SalicylicAcid
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Salicylic acid biosensor, SalicS1, tracks the plant immune hormone salicylic acid in real time - revealing propagation of hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
October 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Salicylic acid biosensor, SalicS1, tracks the plant immune hormone salicylic acid in real time - revealing propagation of hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
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Only a few days left to apply!
My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.
@starmorph-syg.bsky.social
Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)
My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.
@starmorph-syg.bsky.social
Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)
www.cam.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Only a few days left to apply!
My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.
@starmorph-syg.bsky.social
Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)
My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.
@starmorph-syg.bsky.social
Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)