Matteo Dell'Acqua
@mdellacq.bsky.social
Plant geneticist with an interest in agrobiodiversity
👀 for local adaptation in smallholder farming systems. Genomics, climate, participatory methods.
👀 for local adaptation in smallholder farming systems. Genomics, climate, participatory methods.
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We had a lot of fun yesterday at #BrightNight2025 playing the game 'Bean Predators: An Evolution Game', designed to explain #evolutionary processes to kids 🫘🌱🐛
September 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We had a lot of fun yesterday at #BrightNight2025 playing the game 'Bean Predators: An Evolution Game', designed to explain #evolutionary processes to kids 🫘🌱🐛
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I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation by @michaelemann.bsky.social
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation
OPINION: “What Trump is really doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters. And making a mockery of our country as he does so,” Michael E. Mann writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation by @michaelemann.bsky.social
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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✨ Exciting week with researchers from #Kenya, #Ethiopia & #Palestine at our workshop “Breedtech”🌱
We’re diving into #genetics and #genomics tool, #agrobiodiversity & #environmental #DNA, learning and sharing ideas — and also enjoying the beauty of Pisa together! 🧬🌍
We’re diving into #genetics and #genomics tool, #agrobiodiversity & #environmental #DNA, learning and sharing ideas — and also enjoying the beauty of Pisa together! 🧬🌍
September 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
✨ Exciting week with researchers from #Kenya, #Ethiopia & #Palestine at our workshop “Breedtech”🌱
We’re diving into #genetics and #genomics tool, #agrobiodiversity & #environmental #DNA, learning and sharing ideas — and also enjoying the beauty of Pisa together! 🧬🌍
We’re diving into #genetics and #genomics tool, #agrobiodiversity & #environmental #DNA, learning and sharing ideas — and also enjoying the beauty of Pisa together! 🧬🌍
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Smallholder-maintained #cowpea varieties in Southern Africa hold valuable genetic traits for adapting to a changing climate, offering key insights for breeding resilient #crops and strengthening future food security.🌍 @mdellacq.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) landraces in Mozambique and neighbouring Southern African countries harbour genetic loci with potential for climate adaptation - Communications Biology
Smallholder-maintained cowpea varieties in Southern Africa hold valuable genetic traits for adapting to a changing climate, offering key insights for breeding resilient crops and strengthening future ...
www.nature.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Smallholder-maintained #cowpea varieties in Southern Africa hold valuable genetic traits for adapting to a changing climate, offering key insights for breeding resilient #crops and strengthening future food security.🌍 @mdellacq.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Greatly enjoying the Musk - Trump meltdown 🍿
The Ultimate "Leopards Ate My Face" Rendition!
YouTube video by Franchesca Ramsey
youtu.be
June 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Greatly enjoying the Musk - Trump meltdown 🍿
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A deficient CP24 allele defines variation for dynamic non-photochemical quenching and photosystem II efficiency in maize (John N Ferguson, Leonardo Caproni, Julia Walter, Katie Shaw, Lucia Arce-Cubas, et. al.) academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... #PlantScience
April 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A deficient CP24 allele defines variation for dynamic non-photochemical quenching and photosystem II efficiency in maize (John N Ferguson, Leonardo Caproni, Julia Walter, Katie Shaw, Lucia Arce-Cubas, et. al.) academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... #PlantScience
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I had to drive my parents 200 miles to a Social Security office, but at least I know that immigrants are getting sent to torture prisons in El Salvador.
April 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I had to drive my parents 200 miles to a Social Security office, but at least I know that immigrants are getting sent to torture prisons in El Salvador.
Potato leaves: sampled ✔️
New album cover: dropped ✔️
New album cover: dropped ✔️
March 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Potato leaves: sampled ✔️
New album cover: dropped ✔️
New album cover: dropped ✔️
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Does the past shape who you’ll become? It does for Marine microbes! 🌊🔥 Our new paper on @naturecomms.bsky.social shows how past warming influences stability to future extremes. @lbenedetti-cecchi.bsky.social
Teaming up with @mdellacq.bsky.social to integrate ecology & genomics!
🔗 rdcu.be/ec8xv
Teaming up with @mdellacq.bsky.social to integrate ecology & genomics!
🔗 rdcu.be/ec8xv
March 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Does the past shape who you’ll become? It does for Marine microbes! 🌊🔥 Our new paper on @naturecomms.bsky.social shows how past warming influences stability to future extremes. @lbenedetti-cecchi.bsky.social
Teaming up with @mdellacq.bsky.social to integrate ecology & genomics!
🔗 rdcu.be/ec8xv
Teaming up with @mdellacq.bsky.social to integrate ecology & genomics!
🔗 rdcu.be/ec8xv
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The good news is that the Chinese and Russian governments are deterrable.
The real problem is still the fanatical monomaniacal billionaire, just like the James Bond franchise taught us.
The real problem is still the fanatical monomaniacal billionaire, just like the James Bond franchise taught us.
It’s a great morning for Chinese and Russian spyware. They probably have had access to Musk’s usb sticks or software packages for years and are racing across our Federal servers as we speak.
February 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The good news is that the Chinese and Russian governments are deterrable.
The real problem is still the fanatical monomaniacal billionaire, just like the James Bond franchise taught us.
The real problem is still the fanatical monomaniacal billionaire, just like the James Bond franchise taught us.
Very fun and fulfilling foray into the environmental sciences domain. Does past stress history shape the resilience of communities? (TL;DR: it does) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks to @lucaecomar.bsky.social for having us on board!
Thanks to @lucaecomar.bsky.social for having us on board!
Legacies of temperature fluctuations promote stability in marine biofilm communities - Nature Communications
The effects of warming legacies on ecosystem stability to future climate extremes remain unclear. By tracking the dynamics of rocky intertidal biofilm communities, this study shows that relatively con...
www.nature.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Very fun and fulfilling foray into the environmental sciences domain. Does past stress history shape the resilience of communities? (TL;DR: it does) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks to @lucaecomar.bsky.social for having us on board!
Thanks to @lucaecomar.bsky.social for having us on board!
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Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists say www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists say
Fruit variety developed in Norwich remains fresh for up to 12 hours after being peeled
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists say www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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A direct threat to a NATO ally.
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A direct threat to a NATO ally.
Vance is so awful that he (almost) manages the feat of making Trump look like a statesman. Not a relaxing time for Europeans
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Vance leans hard into Trump's foreign policy — and sparks an extraordinary Oval Office skirmish
Vance's comments marked the moment Zelenskyy's White House meeting took a tense turn. It's the latest example of his role in a confrontational foreign-policy tag team with Trump.
www.nbcnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Vance is so awful that he (almost) manages the feat of making Trump look like a statesman. Not a relaxing time for Europeans
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Gonna tell the kids this was Elon Musk.
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Gonna tell the kids this was Elon Musk.
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A wild statistic: Authors of peer-reviewed journal articles paid $8.968 billion in open-access fees in the last five years. This is clearly the wrong way of doing open access, and as academics, we should figure out a better way. #AcademicSky arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
January 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A wild statistic: Authors of peer-reviewed journal articles paid $8.968 billion in open-access fees in the last five years. This is clearly the wrong way of doing open access, and as academics, we should figure out a better way. #AcademicSky arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
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Here’s where we are in Italy. Asylum seeker dies from cold while waiting in line for documents in front of Immigration Office
www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...
www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...
Richiedente asilo muore di freddo mentre è in fila per un documento fuori dall’ufficio immigrazione
E’ successo in via Patini a Roma dove ogni giorno e ogni notte si accalcano persone che necessitano di permessi
www.repubblica.it
January 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Here’s where we are in Italy. Asylum seeker dies from cold while waiting in line for documents in front of Immigration Office
www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...
www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...
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Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Keeping in shape for the departmental meetings 🇪🇹
November 28, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Keeping in shape for the departmental meetings 🇪🇹
Phenomenal recombination amounts, itty bitty living space! The 20 parents teff NAM on its way in Debre Zeyt 🇪🇹 expecting RILs and plenty QTL mapping in 2026
November 26, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Phenomenal recombination amounts, itty bitty living space! The 20 parents teff NAM on its way in Debre Zeyt 🇪🇹 expecting RILs and plenty QTL mapping in 2026
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Gli scienziati chiedono aiuto per digitalizzare dati meteo italiani dal 1879 al 1940. Chi vuole dare una mano a comprendere l'evoluzione del clima può trovare tutte le informazioni a questo link
www.zooniverse.org/projects/met...
www.zooniverse.org/projects/met...
Zooniverse
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www.zooniverse.org
November 26, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Gli scienziati chiedono aiuto per digitalizzare dati meteo italiani dal 1879 al 1940. Chi vuole dare una mano a comprendere l'evoluzione del clima può trovare tutte le informazioni a questo link
www.zooniverse.org/projects/met...
www.zooniverse.org/projects/met...
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August 1, 2024 at 7:00 PM
