A fantastic start to #Botanicon! Bringing together people working in #plantsci from Department of Plant Sciences, Crop Science Centre, NIAB, Cambridge Biochemistry & Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) under Plants@Cambridge umbrella. Thank you committee for a great day of science, hot techniques, careers discussions and networking

Attendees at #Botanicon emulating signalling waves in long-range systemic plant signalling 😉🌱〰️

The Botanicon t-shirts are an awesome idea for making new connections between people who work in different areas and departments. Ask me about.... Thank you Izzy Cole for wonderful illustration design 🤩

The best day of the year is the lab punting trip

Somewhat relieved to be sat with two computer scientists today discussing how they can't understand OneDrive and SharePoint and don't understand where files disappear to in Office 365. I feel less stupid.

Aristotle was the first to notice honeybees dancing. In 1927 Karl von Frisch decoded the waggle. How it works was "explained" by MV Srinivasan AM FRS in the 1990s. Except Laura Luebbert, PhD found his papers are junk. A 🧵 about her discovery & our report: arxiv.org/abs/2405.12998 1/

I could watch this on repeat. The lettuce has reached it sell by date youtu.be/jIQG9epLS4Y

Only one more great escape needed. Bring on Spain!

Plz RT Recruiting a new colleague w/ experience in plant-pathogen interactions & high-throughput infections. Preferably with a university degree, but applicants with a strong technical education are also welcome. More about us: weigelworld.org nextcloud.tuebingen.mpg.de/index.php/s/xp…

New professor position - please RT. We are looking for an Assistant (tenure-track) or Associate Professor to join our Department of Plant Sciences in Geneva, Switzerland (biveg.unige.ch). Deadline for applications: Oct. 31, 2024. Biologie - UNIGE #plantscijobs

Professor Ben Blackman has asked me to broadcast this search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor at UC-Berkeley in Plant Developmental Biology within in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04554

It took me SEVEN years to figure out that you can save a ggplot as a vectorized .svg file ggsave("file.svg"). The svg file can be opened on powerpoint and it will be completely vectorized, even text are still recognized as text boxes! No more recreating plots on illustrator!!!!!

🌡️ As global temperatures rise, will we be able to continue growing both the food and the trees we rely on? These two vital resources may soon be in direct competition, as the regions of the world suitable for growing crops shift northwards. New study from Department of Plant Sciences 👇

"A fascinating journey through the science of circadian rhythms, revealing how our bodies’ tiny timepieces shape every aspect of our lives." Daniel Pink Looking to sleep (and live) better? Be sure to read Lynne Peeples's book, THE INNER CLOCK, out 09/24: bit.ly/3UtB5ru

Just heard the sad news that Professor Enid MacRobbie died last night. A titan of plant biology. A very clever scientist and very supportive of young researchers. One of the founders of the field of plant electrophysiology research.

Just found out that Bolton FC ground is called the "Toughsheet Community Stadium". 😀😀😀😀 It must be toughsheet watching Bolton.

Lynne talked to so many circadian biologists. Me included and it was so much fun. Glad to see lettuce in there. But once again guardian science lets us (SIC) down by calling lettuce inanimate. Homer Simpson's favourite phrase comes to mind

RIP the legendary Dame Maggie Smith. So many amazing clips to share, this is one of my favourites

This is rage that is going through every British person's head when travelling.

Applications now open for our Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Open Day on 11 February 2025. We welcome approaches from candidates who are thinking of applying for externally funded Post-Doctoral Fellowships. Application deadline: 2 December 2024. 👉tinyurl.com/548tcacc