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Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences (SBS) - U. of Edinburgh
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Research by IMPS staff addresses the global challenges of food security, green technology and climate change. Account run by the IMPS Outreach committee
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Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences (SBS) - U. of Edinburgh @instmolplantsci.bsky.social · May 30
🌱🎉 We are officially on Bluesky! 🎉🌱 Follow our profile for updates on activities and outputs from our Institute. You can also check out our blog series on our website: biology.ed.ac.uk/plant-scienc...
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drannisr.bsky.social
Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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jeremywyman.bsky.social
This new work investigates rhizotaxy on 3 rhizomorphic lycopsids including the unusual Mississippian-aged Oxroadia. We highlight the development of rhizotaxy on a juvenile Oxroadia as well as on the extant Isoetes. If you’re interested check out academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Huge congratulations to @jeremywyman.bsky.social for publishing the results of your Masters thesis. The work includes a new reconstruction of the Carboniferous isoetalean Oxroadia by the brilliant @palaeojules.bsky.social 🧵1/2
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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sandyheth.bsky.social
Huge congratulations @jeremywyman.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social for publishing the results of your masters thesis @annbot.bsky.social
The work includes a new reconstruction of the Carboniferous isoetalean Oxroadia by the brilliant @palaeojules.bsky.social
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Left, a zoomed out image of the habit of the green branching lycophytes Oxroadia. Right, a zoomed in image of the highly branched rooting system
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Meet Ostreococcus tauri!

Ostreococcus tauri, a marine green alga and the smallest known eukaryotic organism on Earth!

Despite being only about 1 micron across, this ocean-dwelling microalga has all the hallmarks of complex life: a nucleus, mitochondria, and even a circadian clock. 🕰️ 🧵1/3
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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sandyheth.bsky.social
Thanks @wickellomics.bsky.social for the brilliant @instmolplantsci.bsky.social seminar! Fascinating study of CAM evolution and I’m always excited for all things Isoetes.
David standing by large projector screen with images of Isoetes plants
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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apaterlini.bsky.social
Here is my @currentbiology.bsky.social dispatch on an excellent article by the @coudertlab.bsky.social. Re-visiting the shoot branching field (and learning many new things in the process!) brought back fond memories from my time at @slcuplants.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Plant development: Auxin diffusion controls moss shoot architecture
The phytohormone auxin is a conserved inhibitor of shoot branching in plants. While directional, carrier-mediated transport is necessary for the proce…
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November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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apaterlini.bsky.social
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....
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October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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amy-newell.bsky.social
It was great to have the opportunity to contribute to this piece 😁 and to attend such a great conference that inspired it
apaterlini.bsky.social Andrea Paterlini (he/him) @apaterlini.bsky.social · 26d
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 9:21 AM
instmolplantsci.bsky.social
@instmolplantsci.bsky.social PhD students Anshika Bhatla, Yumali Hewage, Mengke Zhou, Emilien Krempf and Postdoc Dr Lara Esch had the pleasure of attending #Euroseeds2025 Congress in Edinburgh last week. Here is a short thread on their experience... 🧵1/3

#PlantScience #Agriculture
PhD students Anshika Bhatla, Yumali Hewage, Mengke Zhou, Emilien Krempf and Postdoc Dr Lara Esch smiling at the camera in front of the banner for Euroseeds 2025.
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Miriam Gifford @giffordlab.bsky.social from the Uni. of Warwick to @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social is an @instmolplantsci.bsky.social alum and it was fantastic to see her ground-breaking work on rhizobia-induced nodule formation, and the associated soil microbiome effects! #WomeninSTEM #PlantScience
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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hee-kyung-ahn.bsky.social
Congrats to Menke Zhou in Halliday lab! @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
biorxiv-plants.bsky.social bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Oct 8
PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 7 moderates the activity and the cytosolic-nuclear shuttling of PHYTOCHROME A https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680213v1
October 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🌱 Toby Coombe-Tennant (@instmolplantsci.bsky.social) presenting “Investigating the potential role of riboregulation in paclitaxel biosynthesis” 🌿

Toby recently published a review on paclitaxel synthesis in our Medicinal Plants special issue:
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae240

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪
Toby Coombe-Tennant (University of Edinburgh, UK) presenting his talk, “Investigating the potential role of riboregulation in paclitaxel biosynthesis,” with slides projected behind him at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference. He recently published a review on paclitaxel synthesis in the JXB Medicinal Plants special issue (doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae240).
September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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sandyheth.bsky.social
Excited to share our recent paper @newphyt.bsky.social where we describe evidence of a Jurassic nurse log from Scotland! Great work led by @anajusagasti.bsky.social Sophie Burne and @jeremywyman.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
🧵 👇 1/6
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Decay stages of Jurassic wood debris from Scotland: evidence for the coevolution of fungal rot, arthropods and the nurse log strategy
A key feature of extant conifer forests is the high percentage of seeds that germinate and establish on dead wood; in some forests, this can exceed 90%. This deadwood can act as an ideal nursery for...
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September 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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sandyheth.bsky.social
Our recent paper @newphyt.bsky.social @anajusagasti.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social is featured today in the Sunday Post!
Thanks Sally McDonald for your piece helping to promote and communicate Scotland’s rich fossil heritage
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Page 11 of the Sunday Post. With story 'Fossil find is modern-day Jurassic spark'. The title image is of dinosaurs and below is an image of fossil wood, and a photograph of Anajú Sagasti and Sandy Hetherington
September 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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yoselin.bsky.social
I can't stress it more. This conference has been designed for us by us. Support @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at the University of Leeds funded by the SEB, Faculty of Biological Science at Leeds, the Grow More and New Phytologist foundations and Gastby. Join us on 24/10, details below.
blackinplantsci.bsky.social Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · Sep 10
📢Deadlines fast approaching for the BiPS Conference 2025!

Join us for a day of connection and celebration where we'll be hearing from the renowned academics Nicola Patron and Kevin Cox. With workshops on a variety of topics and a chance for you to build your community.

Register: buff.ly/J9PM0Wj
September 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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apaterlini.bsky.social
Spending a couple of days at the @wellcometrust.bsky.social headquarters in London to support a wonderful initiative empowering under-represented groups in science. And how fitting that they have a Mendel room in the building! 🌱
In the foreground: a name badge reading “Andrea Paterlini”. In the background: the interior of Wellcome headquarters building: rows of colourful chairs and white tables, next to indoor trees Red door with “Mendel 1” written on it. Mendel was an important plant geneticist
September 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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I'm recruiting a post doc and a research assistant for a 30 month project “ZHOUPI genes, cell death and the evolution of plant endosperm” funded by a Research Project grant from the Leverhulme Trust @Leverhulme.ac.uk. Application details are on the Opportunities page at biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich
September 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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sandyheth.bsky.social
Really excited to be kicking off this series of Palaeobotany evening lectures at the Oxford University Botanic Garden. All are online and free to attend 👇👇
mark-walters.bsky.social Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · Sep 14
There’s an interesting series of 5 free online paleobotany lectures via the Oxford University Botanic Garden this autumn. You can book all 5 lectures here (scroll down webpage to ‘Get your tickets now’ button) www.obga.ox.ac.uk/event/dr-san... #paleobotany
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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slcuplants.bsky.social
Advancing Neuroinclusion – Best Practices Round Table
📅 24 September 2024 | 2pm BST
📍 Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University & 💻 Zoom

Join us for a round table exploring how we can better support neurodiverse staff & students in research and academic settings
🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/advancing-ne...
Promotional informational image with text, symbol for neurodiversity ( rainbow infinity symbol) and photos of panellists. The text says: Advancing Neuroinclusion Best Practices Round Table 24 September 2024 | 2pm Venue: Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 47 Bateman St, Cambridge CB1 7AF (How to find us) Attend Online: Join the live Zoom Webinar More information: events@slcu.cam.ac.uk Please join us in this round table to discuss how we can support neurodiverse colleagues and create an environment where everyone can thrive. Panellists are: Dr Kelsey J.R.P Byers (John Innes Centre), Dr Amanda Brunton (CCTL, University of Cambridge), Dr Julie Bailey (University of Cambridge) and Dr Kate Hughes (Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge). Hosted by the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)
September 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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nickdesnoyer.bsky.social
Happy to see my work “12 Little Flowers” and “Epi-Bouquet2” on the walls of my former institute :)
September 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
instmolplantsci.bsky.social
We are so proud of you @robertoskar.bsky.social! 🌱 You have done such an amazing job developing (and running) this workshop: all the attendees really enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing your experience in this blog post.
September 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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hazaklab.bsky.social
Fantastic talk on plant evolution @sandyheth.bsky.social #FASEB Mechanisms in Plant Development
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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scafarc.bsky.social
🌟 SCAF MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Dr Lindsay Williams is a post-doctoral researcher at The University of Edinburgh's
@instmolplantsci.bsky.social! 🌟

Lindsay is a molecular biologist who specialises in post-harvest quality and the safety of vegetable crops to reduce food loss and waste. 👇 #FoodStudies
August 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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sandyheth.bsky.social
The final morning #PDevSRC has included a series of great talks about leaf development and evolution spanning dicots, moss @coudertlab.bsky.social and now grasses @drannisr.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM