Damian Gruszka
@damiangruszka.bsky.social
Plant geneticist 🧬 focused on barley 🌾 and plant hormones - brassinosteroids. Associate Professor. Black Cat owner. Book lover interested in nature, evolution, science, art and history of Rome and European art.
I am so proud 😁to announce that my PhD Student, Karolina Żółkiewicz, has just received financial support from the National Science Centre (NCN) for her PRELUDIUM project. Competition was very tough (as usual), so Congratulations, Karolina! Well done! 👍Thank you, NCN! 🧬🌾
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I am so proud 😁to announce that my PhD Student, Karolina Żółkiewicz, has just received financial support from the National Science Centre (NCN) for her PRELUDIUM project. Competition was very tough (as usual), so Congratulations, Karolina! Well done! 👍Thank you, NCN! 🧬🌾
My new "object of cult". A fabulous journey 📖❤️. Thank you, Prof. Tim Coulson
September 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My new "object of cult". A fabulous journey 📖❤️. Thank you, Prof. Tim Coulson
I am proud to be a witness of this development from the very beginning 🧬🌾👍
Becoming a scientist has been Karolina Zolkiewicz’s dream since childhood! academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... #WeAreASPB
August 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I am proud to be a witness of this development from the very beginning 🧬🌾👍
I have read the hardcopy version📚. Highly recommended👍
FINAL DAY for this Kindle offer: Just 99p gets you my award-winning 'A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth'. If you've already got it, please repost. If you are doing Dinosaurs 101, it'll do half your assignments, so why not get two? And bring a friend. www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Short-H...
June 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I have read the hardcopy version📚. Highly recommended👍
'Cause it is Sun-Day 🌞🥰https://youtu.be/tDEzmaZHuS0?feature=shared
May 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
'Cause it is Sun-Day 🌞🥰https://youtu.be/tDEzmaZHuS0?feature=shared
Counting down the last days of this cold weather 😏. Spring is my favourite season😎
April 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Counting down the last days of this cold weather 😏. Spring is my favourite season😎
Our new original research www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla... by Karolina Zolkiewicz, Jana Oklestkova, Beata Chmielewska, and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has just been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Plant Science. Final version will be released soon - STay tunEd! 🌾🧬
April 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Our new original research www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla... by Karolina Zolkiewicz, Jana Oklestkova, Beata Chmielewska, and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has just been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Plant Science. Final version will be released soon - STay tunEd! 🌾🧬
March 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Our review doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... by Karolina Zolkiewicz, Sunny Ahmar, and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has just been made available online in Biotechnology Advances as a Journal Pre-proof. Final version will be published soon.
March 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Our review doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... by Karolina Zolkiewicz, Sunny Ahmar, and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has just been made available online in Biotechnology Advances as a Journal Pre-proof. Final version will be published soon.
Our latest review "Genetic manipulations of brassinosteroid-related genes improve various agronomic traits and yield in cereals enabling new biotechnological revolution" by Karolina Zolkiewicz, Sunny Ahmar, and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has been accepted in Biotechnology Advances. 🌾#brassinosteroid
March 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our latest review "Genetic manipulations of brassinosteroid-related genes improve various agronomic traits and yield in cereals enabling new biotechnological revolution" by Karolina Zolkiewicz, Sunny Ahmar, and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has been accepted in Biotechnology Advances. 🌾#brassinosteroid
Our new original research "Mutations of the BR biosynthesis gene HvDWARF5 enable balance between semi-dwarfism and maintenance of grain size in barley" by Karolina Zolkiewicz, Jana Oklestkova, Beata Chmielewska, and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has been accepted in @pplplantarum.bsky.social 🧬🙂
March 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Our new original research "Mutations of the BR biosynthesis gene HvDWARF5 enable balance between semi-dwarfism and maintenance of grain size in barley" by Karolina Zolkiewicz, Jana Oklestkova, Beata Chmielewska, and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has been accepted in @pplplantarum.bsky.social 🧬🙂
Final version of Topical Review "Take a deep BReath: Manipulating brassinosteroid homeostasis helps cereals adapt to environmental stress" by Karolina Zolkiewicz and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has just been published (OA) in Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social #brassinosteroids #cereals🧬🌾
January 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Final version of Topical Review "Take a deep BReath: Manipulating brassinosteroid homeostasis helps cereals adapt to environmental stress" by Karolina Zolkiewicz and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has just been published (OA) in Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social #brassinosteroids #cereals🧬🌾
Reposted by Damian Gruszka
TOPICAL REVIEW: Take a Deep BReath: Manipulating brassinosteroid homeostasis helps cereals adapt to environmental stress (Karolina Zolkiewicz, Damian Gruszka)
doi.org
January 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
TOPICAL REVIEW: Take a Deep BReath: Manipulating brassinosteroid homeostasis helps cereals adapt to environmental stress (Karolina Zolkiewicz, Damian Gruszka)
Happy to announce that our article doi.org/10.1093/plph... by Karolina Zolkiewicz and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has just been published (OA, pre-proof) as Topical Review in Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social 🌾🧬
January 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Happy to announce that our article doi.org/10.1093/plph... by Karolina Zolkiewicz and @damiangruszka.bsky.social has just been published (OA, pre-proof) as Topical Review in Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social 🌾🧬
😀Just been notified that our manuscript on #brassinosteroids by Karolina Zolkiewicz and @damiangruszka.bsky.social had been accepted for publication as #TopicalReview in Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social Details will be revealed ASAP.
December 7, 2024 at 7:58 PM
😀Just been notified that our manuscript on #brassinosteroids by Karolina Zolkiewicz and @damiangruszka.bsky.social had been accepted for publication as #TopicalReview in Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social Details will be revealed ASAP.
Reposted by Damian Gruszka
🌱Sex on Steroids…
Lima and Figueiredo explain how #Brassinosteroids could hold the key to improving crop traits and yield through their multifaceted regulation of the plant reproductive cycle (incl. fertility, hybridization barriers & seed development) 🌼🌱
📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
Lima and Figueiredo explain how #Brassinosteroids could hold the key to improving crop traits and yield through their multifaceted regulation of the plant reproductive cycle (incl. fertility, hybridization barriers & seed development) 🌼🌱
📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
Sex on Steroids: How Brassinosteroids Shape Reproductive Development in Flowering Plants
Abstract. Since the discovery of brassinolide in the pollen of rapeseed, brassinosteroids (BRs) have consistently been associated with reproductive traits.
doi.org
December 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
🌱Sex on Steroids…
Lima and Figueiredo explain how #Brassinosteroids could hold the key to improving crop traits and yield through their multifaceted regulation of the plant reproductive cycle (incl. fertility, hybridization barriers & seed development) 🌼🌱
📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
Lima and Figueiredo explain how #Brassinosteroids could hold the key to improving crop traits and yield through their multifaceted regulation of the plant reproductive cycle (incl. fertility, hybridization barriers & seed development) 🌼🌱
📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
What a beauty! 😃 It seems that there is still a child deep in my heart
November 22, 2024 at 7:58 PM
What a beauty! 😃 It seems that there is still a child deep in my heart
I have just learnt that today is the International Day of Black Cats. 🥳
November 17, 2024 at 8:48 PM
I have just learnt that today is the International Day of Black Cats. 🥳
Highly recommended short 😉 history of information (from the Stone age to A.I.) by Y.N. Harari 🩵
November 17, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Highly recommended short 😉 history of information (from the Stone age to A.I.) by Y.N. Harari 🩵
Reposted by Damian Gruszka
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.