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Moona Rahikainen
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Researcher in molecular biology. Interested in science, biotech and plants.
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I would love to talk to interested PhD students & postdocs about the wonderful @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program!
It's largely a volunteer position but great training & networking opportunity. Applications being accepted! #ICAR2025
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The Plant Cell is accepting applications for Assistant Features Editors | Plant Science Today
Are you an early career researcher passionate about plants and science communication? The Plant Cell is accepting applications for new Assistant Features Editors (AFEs) to begin in 2026 and 2027.
blog.aspb.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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AI perpetuates knowledge artefacts. Mind you, a look at PubMed will tell you that humans are pretty good at perpetuating these too.. theconversation.com/a-weird-phra... ht @cyrilpedia.bsky.social
A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data
Once errors creep into the AI knowledge base, they can be very hard to get out.
theconversation.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by Moona Rahikainen
New paper out in: “Bring back the phenotype”.

Sewall Wright was right all along. After a century, it is time to catch up!

Nice writing with Mike Wade from Indiana University, who has provided empirical evidence of group selection since 1976!

doi.org/10.1111/nph....

@newphyt.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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NEWS & VIEWS: Oiling the wheels of growth: TOR kinase promotes lipid synthesis in plants (Moona Rahikainen) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience
doi.org
April 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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New Review Article: "Non-canonical plant metabolism" rdcu.be/efNTU

Occurrences of non-canonical pathways in plant metabolic networks identified by modelling predictions and experimental evidence. How such pathways should be considered for metabolic engineering.
March 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM