Jennifer Mach (she/they)
@jennifermach.bsky.social
Science writer and editor for Plant Editors (planteditors.com). Based in Chicago.
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movie posters featuring the muppets: thread
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
movie posters featuring the muppets: thread
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The first episode of the new Ken Burns American Revolution documentary gives a quick passing mention to the Pine Tree Riots. If you're curious about how New England white pines figured into the run up to the war, I wrote about it last year over at JSTOR Daily:
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
Tree of Peace, Spark of War - JSTOR Daily
The white pines of New England may have done more than any leaf of tea to kick off the American Revolution.
daily.jstor.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The first episode of the new Ken Burns American Revolution documentary gives a quick passing mention to the Pine Tree Riots. If you're curious about how New England white pines figured into the run up to the war, I wrote about it last year over at JSTOR Daily:
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
daily.jstor.org/tree-of-peac...
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And now we have Arabidopsis plants with 8 chromosomes instead of 10 and no obvious phenotypic differences, this week in @science.org
#PlantScience
Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience
Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
And now we have Arabidopsis plants with 8 chromosomes instead of 10 and no obvious phenotypic differences, this week in @science.org
#PlantScience
Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience
Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"Research assistants and postdoctoral researchers, cotton molecular genetics and breeding. at Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_YU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_YU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Research assistants and postdoctoral researchers, cotton molecular genetics and breeding. at Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_YU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_YU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
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"Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Forest Biotechnology Group at NC State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_NCSU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_NCSU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Forest Biotechnology Group at NC State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_NCSU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_NCSU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
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Endophytes with mycorrhizal potentials
#TansleyInsight Peng et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
#TansleyInsight Peng et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Endophytes with mycorrhizal potentials
#TansleyInsight Peng et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
#TansleyInsight Peng et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
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Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Screaming at academics, who will never hear me, through my e-reader, to just decide, for the sake of ease of comprehension, to write separate sentences, instead of the current practice, of adding, unnecessarily, a million fucking commas.
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Screaming at academics, who will never hear me, through my e-reader, to just decide, for the sake of ease of comprehension, to write separate sentences, instead of the current practice, of adding, unnecessarily, a million fucking commas.
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Asher Elbein, a fine science journalist, has had a prolific year of good writing. Here are his favorite storie. They are worth your time to dive into.
Recently finished up my last freelance work of the year before moving on to a mad sprint of book writing, so —rather earlier than usual — it's time for my year in review! Here, in no particular order, are the features I'm proudest of.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Asher Elbein, a fine science journalist, has had a prolific year of good writing. Here are his favorite storie. They are worth your time to dive into.
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It’s finally out! 🎉
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
An AINTEGUMENTA phosphoswitch controls bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth | PNAS
Plant stem cells have the remarkable ability to give rise to distinct tissues and
organs throughout development. Two concentric cylinders of active...
www.pnas.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It’s finally out! 🎉
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
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I highly recommend the #MBP2026 #PlantScience Meeting in Hennef, especially if you're an ECR or #NewPI trying to connect to the German Plant Science Community.
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 👍
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 👍
👀 Early Career Researchers in #PlantSci:
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I highly recommend the #MBP2026 #PlantScience Meeting in Hennef, especially if you're an ECR or #NewPI trying to connect to the German Plant Science Community.
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 👍
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 👍
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Among the cracked earth & blinding sunlight of California's Death Valley, one native plant not only survives — it thrives.
Read the story of how this plant helped @rheelab.bsky.social scientists reveal a blueprint for engineering heat-resilient crops: msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/11...
#PlantScience
Read the story of how this plant helped @rheelab.bsky.social scientists reveal a blueprint for engineering heat-resilient crops: msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/11...
#PlantScience
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Among the cracked earth & blinding sunlight of California's Death Valley, one native plant not only survives — it thrives.
Read the story of how this plant helped @rheelab.bsky.social scientists reveal a blueprint for engineering heat-resilient crops: msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/11...
#PlantScience
Read the story of how this plant helped @rheelab.bsky.social scientists reveal a blueprint for engineering heat-resilient crops: msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/11...
#PlantScience
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ASHS Award nomination deadline is February 4th
Nominate your outstanding colleagues for recognition of their accomplishments!
New this year - ASHS Lifetime Achievement Award
https://ashs.org/page/AwardsNominations
#horticulture #plantscience
Nominate your outstanding colleagues for recognition of their accomplishments!
New this year - ASHS Lifetime Achievement Award
https://ashs.org/page/AwardsNominations
#horticulture #plantscience
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ASHS Award nomination deadline is February 4th
Nominate your outstanding colleagues for recognition of their accomplishments!
New this year - ASHS Lifetime Achievement Award
https://ashs.org/page/AwardsNominations
#horticulture #plantscience
Nominate your outstanding colleagues for recognition of their accomplishments!
New this year - ASHS Lifetime Achievement Award
https://ashs.org/page/AwardsNominations
#horticulture #plantscience
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🚀 Thrilled to share that our new paper is now published in Frontiers in Plant Science!
We uncover how nitrogen-fixing symbiosis reshapes Medicago truncatula’s metabolic and defence responses when attacked by pea aphids. 🌱🦠🪲
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...
We uncover how nitrogen-fixing symbiosis reshapes Medicago truncatula’s metabolic and defence responses when attacked by pea aphids. 🌱🦠🪲
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...
Frontiers | Nitrogen-fixing symbiosis induces differential accumulation of Medicago truncatula leaf defence metabolites in response to pea aphid infestation
Legume symbiosis with rhizobial nitrogen-fixing bacteria enables legumes to grow in nitrate-depleted soils. Rhizobial symbioses also induce systemic plant de...
www.frontiersin.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🚀 Thrilled to share that our new paper is now published in Frontiers in Plant Science!
We uncover how nitrogen-fixing symbiosis reshapes Medicago truncatula’s metabolic and defence responses when attacked by pea aphids. 🌱🦠🪲
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...
We uncover how nitrogen-fixing symbiosis reshapes Medicago truncatula’s metabolic and defence responses when attacked by pea aphids. 🌱🦠🪲
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...
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We are excited to welcome Professor Mark Fricker, Professor of Plant Sciences, Department of Biology at University of Oxford, to our upcoming event!
His talk will offer valuable insights into Quantitative organelle imaging ✨
His talk will offer valuable insights into Quantitative organelle imaging ✨
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We are excited to welcome Professor Mark Fricker, Professor of Plant Sciences, Department of Biology at University of Oxford, to our upcoming event!
His talk will offer valuable insights into Quantitative organelle imaging ✨
His talk will offer valuable insights into Quantitative organelle imaging ✨
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In this #OpenAccess research article, Jin et al. reveal a new module for #seed trait control in #soybean, and explore the potential use of these alleles to facilitate breeding for high-#oil and high-yield cultivars.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantScience
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In this #OpenAccess research article, Jin et al. reveal a new module for #seed trait control in #soybean, and explore the potential use of these alleles to facilitate breeding for high-#oil and high-yield cultivars.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantScience
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For these two #sympatric Parnassia species, pre-pollination barriers play a more significant role in #reproductive isolation than post-#pollination barriers!
What does it all mean? Find out here!
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#PlantSci #EvoDevo #PlantDevelopment
What does it all mean? Find out here!
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#PlantSci #EvoDevo #PlantDevelopment
Pre‐ and postpollination barriers between a widespread and a narrow endemic species with one‐by‐one stamen movement
We assessed the relative contribution of prepollination (ecogeography, blooming phenology, stamen movement, and pollinators) and postpollination (fruit set, seed production, and seed viability) isola...
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For these two #sympatric Parnassia species, pre-pollination barriers play a more significant role in #reproductive isolation than post-#pollination barriers!
What does it all mean? Find out here!
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#PlantSci #EvoDevo #PlantDevelopment
What does it all mean? Find out here!
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#PlantSci #EvoDevo #PlantDevelopment
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👀 Early Career Researchers in #PlantSci:
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
👀 Early Career Researchers in #PlantSci:
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
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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
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
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
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
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
Reposted by Jennifer Mach (she/they)
Greg Bovino may have moved on to Charlotte, but federal immigration agents maintain a presence in the Chicago area.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Greg Bovino may have moved on to Charlotte, but federal immigration agents maintain a presence in the Chicago area.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
Reposted by Jennifer Mach (she/they)
🌳 RESEARCH 🌳
Exposing alder & oak to differing blue-to-red light ratios reveals species-specific responses in conductance & photosynthetic mechanisms, showing that water-use efficiency reductions occur via different physiological pathways - Diao et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Exposing alder & oak to differing blue-to-red light ratios reveals species-specific responses in conductance & photosynthetic mechanisms, showing that water-use efficiency reductions occur via different physiological pathways - Diao et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🌳 RESEARCH 🌳
Exposing alder & oak to differing blue-to-red light ratios reveals species-specific responses in conductance & photosynthetic mechanisms, showing that water-use efficiency reductions occur via different physiological pathways - Diao et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Exposing alder & oak to differing blue-to-red light ratios reveals species-specific responses in conductance & photosynthetic mechanisms, showing that water-use efficiency reductions occur via different physiological pathways - Diao et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
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#PlantScience #CRISPR researchers, we have an exciting special issue coming up on #GenomeEditing mediated by #Cas12. Learn more here! www.jipb.net/EN/news/news...
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#PlantScience #CRISPR researchers, we have an exciting special issue coming up on #GenomeEditing mediated by #Cas12. Learn more here! www.jipb.net/EN/news/news...