Andy Plackett
@seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social
Researcher into the reproduction, developmental genetics and evolution of plants
And when I (finally) grow up I want to be as amazing a scientist as @bkoskella.bsky.social, who gave not one but two entirely separate inspirational talks about her science whilst visiting us at Uob!
August 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
And when I (finally) grow up I want to be as amazing a scientist as @bkoskella.bsky.social, who gave not one but two entirely separate inspirational talks about her science whilst visiting us at Uob!
We had a stellar end to #NGS2025 today! 🎉 Thank you to everyone for coming, it was a pleasure to host you at the University of Birmingham. A massive thank you to the local committee and especially the New Phytologist Foundation for making this work. 🙂
All the best for next year's NGS!
#PlantScience
All the best for next year's NGS!
#PlantScience
August 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We had a stellar end to #NGS2025 today! 🎉 Thank you to everyone for coming, it was a pleasure to host you at the University of Birmingham. A massive thank you to the local committee and especially the New Phytologist Foundation for making this work. 🙂
All the best for next year's NGS!
#PlantScience
All the best for next year's NGS!
#PlantScience
Today was Careers focused at #NGS2025 Thank you so much to all our panellists for their time and for sharing their varied experiences and views with our delegates. 🙂
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August 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Today was Careers focused at #NGS2025 Thank you so much to all our panellists for their time and for sharing their varied experiences and views with our delegates. 🙂
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
We've had a great first day of the New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists Symposium, with fantastic talks from delegates and a lively panel discussion on publishing. Looking forward to tomorrow!
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#NGS2025
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August 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We've had a great first day of the New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists Symposium, with fantastic talks from delegates and a lively panel discussion on publishing. Looking forward to tomorrow!
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#NGS2025
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#NGS2025
Final photo- just to show everyone the scale of the evo-repro-devo community out there. Auf wiedersehen, until next time (hopefully)!
#ICIPS2025
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March 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Final photo- just to show everyone the scale of the evo-repro-devo community out there. Auf wiedersehen, until next time (hopefully)!
#ICIPS2025
#Plantscience
#ICIPS2025
#Plantscience
Great start to the final day of #ICIPS2025 with a talk by @dromius.bsky.social showcasing the work of @davidjhoey.bsky.social about genetic control of marchantia reproductive strategies
March 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Great start to the final day of #ICIPS2025 with a talk by @dromius.bsky.social showcasing the work of @davidjhoey.bsky.social about genetic control of marchantia reproductive strategies
Amidst a great programme of topics @icips.bsky.social today, we had multiple gymnosperm research talks! I was really excited to see these kinds of projects coming through, they're going to be great for the field. 🙂
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March 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Amidst a great programme of topics @icips.bsky.social today, we had multiple gymnosperm research talks! I was really excited to see these kinds of projects coming through, they're going to be great for the field. 🙂
#ICIPS2025
#Plantscience
#ICIPS2025
#Plantscience
Day 3! Into the mysteries of double fertilization...
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March 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Day 3! Into the mysteries of double fertilization...
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And yes, Maddy was also successful in her plan to get this song stuck in my head today...
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March 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
And yes, Maddy was also successful in her plan to get this song stuck in my head today...
#ICIPS2025
#ICIPS2025
Another great talk today was by @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social
Forget the drugs, cannabis plants have reinvented sex chromosomes!
#ICIPS2025
Forget the drugs, cannabis plants have reinvented sex chromosomes!
#ICIPS2025
March 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Another great talk today was by @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social
Forget the drugs, cannabis plants have reinvented sex chromosomes!
#ICIPS2025
Forget the drugs, cannabis plants have reinvented sex chromosomes!
#ICIPS2025
My favourite slide of the day, from Madeleine Bartlett. Angiosperm reproduction: simples, right..?
March 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My favourite slide of the day, from Madeleine Bartlett. Angiosperm reproduction: simples, right..?
About to start day 2 of the International ICIPS Symposium focussed on the evolution of plant reproduction. I'm going to learn so much!
#Plantscience
#ICIPS2025
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March 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
About to start day 2 of the International ICIPS Symposium focussed on the evolution of plant reproduction. I'm going to learn so much!
#Plantscience
#ICIPS2025
#Plantscience
#ICIPS2025
This evening we enjoyed the inaugural lecture of Professor Eugenio Sanchez Moran. Congratulations Eugenio, well-deserved! 🙂
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February 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This evening we enjoyed the inaugural lecture of Professor Eugenio Sanchez Moran. Congratulations Eugenio, well-deserved! 🙂
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The plants are abed. Shutdown time. Merry Christmas, one and all!
December 23, 2024 at 1:47 PM
The plants are abed. Shutdown time. Merry Christmas, one and all!
December 20, 2024 at 8:59 AM
We had a fascinating seminar at UoB Biosciences this week by Prof Yiliang Ding of the John Innes Centre. There's still so much left to learn about something as fundamental as RNA structure!
December 15, 2024 at 11:28 AM
We had a fascinating seminar at UoB Biosciences this week by Prof Yiliang Ding of the John Innes Centre. There's still so much left to learn about something as fundamental as RNA structure!
It was a Saturday before Christmas, and all through the Undercroft, a lone scientist stood as Storm Darragh tried to blow the building aloft... o.O"
December 7, 2024 at 6:40 PM
It was a Saturday before Christmas, and all through the Undercroft, a lone scientist stood as Storm Darragh tried to blow the building aloft... o.O"
Christmas has come to UoB Biosciences 🙂
December 5, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Christmas has come to UoB Biosciences 🙂
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Advertising a plant evo-devo conference in Germany in March. If you're interested in the evolution of plant reproduction, this may be for you. 🙂
Advertising a plant evo-devo conference in Germany in March. If you're interested in the evolution of plant reproduction, this may be for you. 🙂
November 19, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Advertising a plant evo-devo conference in Germany in March. If you're interested in the evolution of plant reproduction, this may be for you. 🙂
Advertising a plant evo-devo conference in Germany in March. If you're interested in the evolution of plant reproduction, this may be for you. 🙂
Great talk by @jorgehg.bsky.social at #MAdLand2024 about the evolution of auxin signalling and auxin response factors across the streptophytes
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#PlantScience
October 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Great talk by @jorgehg.bsky.social at #MAdLand2024 about the evolution of auxin signalling and auxin response factors across the streptophytes
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#PlantScience
This has been a great meeting so far- brilliant to meet a community of so many scientists interested in plant evolution!
#MAdLand2024
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October 1, 2024 at 7:57 PM
This has been a great meeting so far- brilliant to meet a community of so many scientists interested in plant evolution!
#MAdLand2024
#PlantScience
#MAdLand2024
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I had a great experience this evening, and I even got a free glass! Would heartily recommend #PintofScience to anyone interested in getting into public engagement. Thank you again to the organisers 🙂
May 14, 2024 at 9:49 PM
I had a great experience this evening, and I even got a free glass! Would heartily recommend #PintofScience to anyone interested in getting into public engagement. Thank you again to the organisers 🙂
Having a great day of talks at part of Birmingham Biosciences annual School Conference. We're focused on new starters and postdocs (shown), great to see so much diverse work
#UoBbio2024
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April 17, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Having a great day of talks at part of Birmingham Biosciences annual School Conference. We're focused on new starters and postdocs (shown), great to see so much diverse work
#UoBbio2024
#UoBbio2024
The Birmingham Institute for Forest Research (BIFoR) had its 10 year anniversary today! The FACE experiment has been running since 2015. I'm always impressed at how long-term the thinking behind this experiment is.
Of course, we marked the occasion 😏
Of course, we marked the occasion 😏
December 11, 2023 at 5:45 PM
The Birmingham Institute for Forest Research (BIFoR) had its 10 year anniversary today! The FACE experiment has been running since 2015. I'm always impressed at how long-term the thinking behind this experiment is.
Of course, we marked the occasion 😏
Of course, we marked the occasion 😏