Elizabeth Neilson
@ehneilson.bsky.social
Plant Ecophysiology Group Leader, Copenhagen Uni. Role & evolution of plant metabolic pathways. Aussie expat, mum of three. Dismantle the tower ✊🏾🌈
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🌱🧪 So thrilled to have contributed to this manifesto for #PlantScience #Education, published in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social, and instigated by the visionary and enthusiastic @katharinehubbard.bsky.social and co-led by @apaterlini.bsky.social and @lizalvey.bsky.social 🧶 1/3
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 10:56 PM
🌱🧪 So thrilled to have contributed to this manifesto for #PlantScience #Education, published in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social, and instigated by the visionary and enthusiastic @katharinehubbard.bsky.social and co-led by @apaterlini.bsky.social and @lizalvey.bsky.social 🧶 1/3
Pleased to share our latest work on is up on bioRxiv. Read for insights into how barely specialized metabolism is affected by biotic stress. We show serotonin and novel 2-oxo-tryptamine are produced and speculate on what they do 🌱
FMO and CYP monooxygenase families determine the metabolic flux of hydroxylated tryptamine derivatives in barley (Hordum vulgare) following pathogen infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.25.656007v1
June 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Pleased to share our latest work on is up on bioRxiv. Read for insights into how barely specialized metabolism is affected by biotic stress. We show serotonin and novel 2-oxo-tryptamine are produced and speculate on what they do 🌱
Want to know more about how the important YUCCA family has diversified in plants? We introduce a new classification system in our recent study, now available on bioRxiv 🌱
The auxin gatekeepers: Evolution and diversification of the YUCCA family https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.11.648386v1
June 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Want to know more about how the important YUCCA family has diversified in plants? We introduce a new classification system in our recent study, now available on bioRxiv 🌱
May 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
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If you are an early career lecturer/fellow, we'd love to hear what you are up to (and how we can support you)! 📚 Join us for a quick & friendly chat on Thursday 29th May (10.30-11am) on Teams: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Bring along your favourite hot beverage ☕️ and share with colleagues!
Bring along your favourite hot beverage ☕️ and share with colleagues!
May 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If you are an early career lecturer/fellow, we'd love to hear what you are up to (and how we can support you)! 📚 Join us for a quick & friendly chat on Thursday 29th May (10.30-11am) on Teams: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Bring along your favourite hot beverage ☕️ and share with colleagues!
Bring along your favourite hot beverage ☕️ and share with colleagues!
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If you're a new PI within 5 years of your first faculty position, here are two fantastic grants to help develop your research: the Kickstart Travel Grant and ECR Visiting Fellowships Find out more at biologists.com/grants/#jeb The next application deadline is 6 June
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May 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you're a new PI within 5 years of your first faculty position, here are two fantastic grants to help develop your research: the Kickstart Travel Grant and ECR Visiting Fellowships Find out more at biologists.com/grants/#jeb The next application deadline is 6 June
Please repost
Please repost
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A new study reveals the diversity dynamics of plants across the Arctic. Quantification of temporal changes in species richness and composition showed that temperature and plant-plant interaction are the main drivers of directional change👇🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic - Nature
Warming temperatures and interactions between plants are the main drivers of changes in Arctic plant communities in response to climate change, and there is no evidence of overall biotic homogenizatio...
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A new study reveals the diversity dynamics of plants across the Arctic. Quantification of temporal changes in species richness and composition showed that temperature and plant-plant interaction are the main drivers of directional change👇🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Early bird deadline is fast approaching ( 16/05)
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May 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Early bird deadline is fast approaching ( 16/05)
Check out our OED sessions ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Book your place now ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Secure your spot now !
Check out our OED sessions ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Book your place now ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Secure your spot now !
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Finally, I am thrilled to share our long-term volatile project is out in Plant Communications! 🥳
Bacterial community-emitted volatiles regulate Arabidopsis growth and root architecture in a distinct manner from those from individual strains: Plant Communications www.cell.com/plant-commun...
Bacterial community-emitted volatiles regulate Arabidopsis growth and root architecture in a distinct manner from those from individual strains: Plant Communications www.cell.com/plant-commun...
Bacterial community-emitted volatiles regulate Arabidopsis growth and root architecture in a distinct manner from those from individual strains
Short summary: This study reveals that the effects of bacterial community-produced
volatiles on Arabidopsis growth and root architecture are an emergent property beyond
the sum of effects by individua...
www.cell.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Finally, I am thrilled to share our long-term volatile project is out in Plant Communications! 🥳
Bacterial community-emitted volatiles regulate Arabidopsis growth and root architecture in a distinct manner from those from individual strains: Plant Communications www.cell.com/plant-commun...
Bacterial community-emitted volatiles regulate Arabidopsis growth and root architecture in a distinct manner from those from individual strains: Plant Communications www.cell.com/plant-commun...
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Call for Papers: 2027 Focus Issue on Specialized Metabolites. This focus issue aims to provide a forum to improve our understanding of plant specialized metabolism. Submission Deadline: 05/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...
#plantscience
#plantscience
April 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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This paper is aimed at 🐟 🐡 🐠 researchers, but has some useful info for 🌱 people too!
New paper!
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should.
This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should.
This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should
ABSTRACT. Social media tools have revolutionized how people communicate with one another. A 2018 paper in Fisheries summarized the use of Twitter, Facebook
academic.oup.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This paper is aimed at 🐟 🐡 🐠 researchers, but has some useful info for 🌱 people too!
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📣We're hiring 2 postdocs @ MSU! Help us share widely 🙏
Rhee Lab – high-throughput screens + multi-omics
🔗: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Skirycz Lab – small-molecule discovery + metabolomics
🔗: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Join the global C-SPIRIT team! 🌿
#Postdoc #PlantScience #CSPIRIT
Rhee Lab – high-throughput screens + multi-omics
🔗: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Skirycz Lab – small-molecule discovery + metabolomics
🔗: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Join the global C-SPIRIT team! 🌿
#Postdoc #PlantScience #CSPIRIT
April 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📣We're hiring 2 postdocs @ MSU! Help us share widely 🙏
Rhee Lab – high-throughput screens + multi-omics
🔗: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Skirycz Lab – small-molecule discovery + metabolomics
🔗: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Join the global C-SPIRIT team! 🌿
#Postdoc #PlantScience #CSPIRIT
Rhee Lab – high-throughput screens + multi-omics
🔗: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Skirycz Lab – small-molecule discovery + metabolomics
🔗: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Join the global C-SPIRIT team! 🌿
#Postdoc #PlantScience #CSPIRIT
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Meta stealing copyrighted books for its AI-training isn’t just criminal, it’s dangerous. Several of my older or out of print stolen titles have outdated medical info in them, now being fed into its maw to eventually poo out wrong AI info on critical women’s health, baby safety advice, etc.
March 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Meta stealing copyrighted books for its AI-training isn’t just criminal, it’s dangerous. Several of my older or out of print stolen titles have outdated medical info in them, now being fed into its maw to eventually poo out wrong AI info on critical women’s health, baby safety advice, etc.
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Seed and tuber collections are really, really, REALLY important.
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Seed and tuber collections are really, really, REALLY important.
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
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Global cereal yields have increased a lot, but millet and sorghum lag behind
March 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Global cereal yields have increased a lot, but millet and sorghum lag behind
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“…it is clear: the time to stand up for science is now, and we are stronger together.” – Kent Chapman, ASPB President-Elect
Read more 👉 buff.ly/RbEf80w
#plantscience #WeAreASPB
Read more 👉 buff.ly/RbEf80w
#plantscience #WeAreASPB
March 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“…it is clear: the time to stand up for science is now, and we are stronger together.” – Kent Chapman, ASPB President-Elect
Read more 👉 buff.ly/RbEf80w
#plantscience #WeAreASPB
Read more 👉 buff.ly/RbEf80w
#plantscience #WeAreASPB
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Call for Papers: 2027 Focus Issue on Specialized Metabolites. This focus issue aims to provide a forum to improve our understanding of plant specialized metabolism. Submission Deadline: 05/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...
#plantscience
#plantscience
March 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Call for Papers: 2027 Focus Issue on Specialized Metabolites. This focus issue aims to provide a forum to improve our understanding of plant specialized metabolism. Submission Deadline: 05/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...
#plantscience
#plantscience
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You can freely access all PubMed records at Europepmc.org - I just checked and it's up and running.
Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
Europepmc.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
You can freely access all PubMed records at Europepmc.org - I just checked and it's up and running.
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It is true. Global vandalism on an epic scale.
March 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It is true. Global vandalism on an epic scale.
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The #Marchantia polymorpha pangenome reveals ancient mechanisms of plant adaptation to the environment
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Marchantia polymorpha pangenome reveals ancient mechanisms of plant adaptation to the environment - Nature Genetics
Pangenome analyses of 133 wild accessions of the model bryophyte Marchantia polymorpha identify adaptive features and provide insights into the mechanisms of plant adaptation to the terrestrial enviro...
www.nature.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The #Marchantia polymorpha pangenome reveals ancient mechanisms of plant adaptation to the environment
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Join Ros at the #SEBconference in Antwerp.
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January 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Join Ros at the #SEBconference in Antwerp.
Submit your abstract now ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Check out our Plant sessions ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Book your place now ⬇️
www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
More information about the event ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Submit your abstract now ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Check out our Plant sessions ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Book your place now ⬇️
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Out now in Nature Human Behaviour: Our 68-country #survey on public attitudes to #science 📣
It shows: People still #trust scientists and support an active role of scientists in society and policy-making. #OpenAccess available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social
(1/13)
It shows: People still #trust scientists and support an active role of scientists in society and policy-making. #OpenAccess available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social
(1/13)
January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Out now in Nature Human Behaviour: Our 68-country #survey on public attitudes to #science 📣
It shows: People still #trust scientists and support an active role of scientists in society and policy-making. #OpenAccess available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social
(1/13)
It shows: People still #trust scientists and support an active role of scientists in society and policy-making. #OpenAccess available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social
(1/13)
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Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations | PNAS
Disparities continue to pose major challenges in various aspects of science. One such
aspect is editorial board composition, which has been shown t...
www.pnas.org
December 2, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations | PNAS
Disparities continue to pose major challenges in various aspects of science. One such
aspect is editorial board composition, which has been shown t...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2024 at 11:46 PM
"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...