More positive coverage of our great collaboration with Ed Cahoon from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The power of plant biotechnology (published in Plant Biotechnology Journal !).

A would-be smart smack-down to a serious science philosophy point. Let’s have a constructive conversation instead, Jason, e.g., how do you see bioengineering creativity being unleashed by setting relatively unformed minds to work on problems? Apart from a ‘less baggage’ argument.

Yet more coverage of our astaxanthin project with Ed Cahoon at UNL PSI. Engineering Biology with a purpose.

Important update on the exploitation of our omega-3 technology - really pleased to now be working with NufarmGlobal to help deliver additional new sources of plant-derived EPA+DHA in camelina. nuseed.com/33321-2/

Pleased to have contributed to one of the articles in this special issue. There's lots of thought-provoking ideas in this volume.

Pleased to be attending the annual #SEBCONFERENCE here in Antwerp (in the zoo - great venue!). Plant Biotechnology Journal is sponsoring a number of sessions including P9-Engineering strategies for achieving SDGs, focusing on translation & field trials.

blog.aspb.org/july-17-plant-… Please join me and the rest of this great panel, discussing how we as a community should not oversell research outputs whilst at the same time demonstrating societal relevance. Lots to cover!

I should add that it is being hosted by mary williams and the whole topic was developed and organised by Andrew D Hanson Lab. Big credit to Andrew for addressing this very important issue in a positive and collegiate manner.

Great to see our collaboration with Ed Cahoon and colleagues from UNL on the front cover of Plant Biotechnology Journal, highlighting our project making a new sustainable source of astaxanthin. Harnessing the power of plant metabolism to make useful compounds.

And we are back! After a brief interlude, PBJ is back on X to bring you updates on all the exciting research we are publishing in our journal. PBJ is co-owned by SEB @sebiology.bsky.social and Annals of Applied Biology and published by Wiley

This is the paper that is featured on the cover of the current issue of PBJ. Like all our content it's Open Access. We chose this paper for the cover because it epitomises the translational focus of our journal - from gene to field. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb…

Do not miss this!

PBJ was very happy to provide support for the Plastid Preview 2025 meeting at the University of Essex - we sponsored the Poster Session. Part of PBJ's mission is to contribute to scientific community-building and events like this are part of this activity.

Great to see this important advance published in PBJ. As well as being highly ranked, our journal is focused on translation and application - how can science help deliver useful solutions for global challenges. Here's an example. plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/blumwald-….

The Plant Biotechnology Journal was sad to see the passing of Andrew Hanson - Andrew was an outstanding mentor to the plant biotech community. Recently, we discussed how to curtail overclaiming in papers - this will be something taken forward at PBJ. blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/hosdept/2025/0…

Innovations to help UK farmers produce 'more from less' are being held back by red tape, an APPG Science & Technology in Agriculture stakeholder meeting has heard - part of the group’s 30:50:50 initiative to produce 30% more food with a 50% lower environmental footprint by 2050. fwi.co.uk/news/farm-poli…

Thank you Bio-Waste Spreader in Private Eye Magazine for pointing Defra UK ministers to the new Science for Sustainable Agriculture UK food security report and its central message that we urgently need to raise farm-level productivity, harnessing the latest advances in agricultural science and innovation.

Policymakers, scientists and industry leaders will gather for the 30:50:50 Agri-Science Summit to hear policy blueprint to harness science and innovation to produce 'more from less' - 30% more food while halving farming’s environmental footprint by 2050. farminguk.com/news/westminst…

NGOs' fundraising strategies are built on alarmist claims of ecological collapse due to intensive farming. But the scientific evidence increasingly refutes their fearmongering. Total bird & insect numbers in Britain have been stable for the past 30 years. scienceforsustainableagriculture.com/buttonpearsall…

biorxiv.org/content/10.110… A surprising diversion for me - something that isn't about omega-3s. But a really interesting and genuinely puzzling excursion into Arabidopsis forward genetics and promoter-reporter regulation. Credit to Michaela Matthes for driving this project.