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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Root-knot nematodes produce functional mimics of tyrosine-sulfated plant peptides (PNAS) Shahid Siddique MariaFlorenciaErcoli @alisoncoomer06 Paulo Vieira @pcronald (Summary by Mary Williams mary williams) buff.ly/43FylIu #PlantaePSRW

“…the entire vertical farm boom has busted, with venture funding for the sector plunging 91 percent over the last year…”

Spotlight article by Were Vincent & me discussing the recent paper from Guotian Li and @pcronald labs in association with new data on effector uptake from @ValentLab Ely Oliveira-García & Paul Birch - Breaking the BIC doi.org/10.1016/j.molp…

“Just because a supplement is on the market does not mean it’s safe, effective or contains what it advertises. It is virtually impossible for the average person … to make informed decisions about purchasing supplements without outside assistance.”

Great story about Professor Bressler who runs a lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv. She is an active mem... threads.net/@pamronald8/po…

Beautiful threads.net/@pamronald8/po…

This is a good article about twitter and scientists. Why some are leaving, why some are not, why we are worried and ultimately why twitter doesn’t matter that much.

Fantastic! A synthetic microbiota composed of 48 culturable bacterial strains from the leaf endosphere of healthy Arabidopsis plants was able to substantially restore immunocompetence similar to plants inoculated with a soil-derived community.

A huge honor for #plant physiologist and #green pioneer Helen Stafford Reed College Reed College ASPB reed.edu/reed_magazine/… aspb.org/membership/asp…. .

So pleased to see that #plant physiologist and #green pioneer Helen Stafford has been honored with the ASPB Pioneer award Reed College htt... threads.net/@pamronald8/po…

“Although gaps remain in the natural hypothesis of #COVID-19’s origins, the lab-leak alternative is poorly supported and internally incoherent. The debate only continues because popular consensus is not yet ready to accept this.”

Enhancing sustainable development through plant genetics go.nature.com/3KZK2Do #Comment by @pcronald UC Davis #SDGs

We are lucky to have Blake join us UC Davis! ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-…

A postdoc position is available in my lab! If you have experience in microscopy, roots, microbes or high throughput anatomical phenotyping - please apply! Please RT. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05944

My article is now out in nature! It’s been ~1 year since my post about the flaws within 2 high-profile articles that claimed 33-68% increases in crop yield. Our paper describes common issues & suggests yield-testing criteria for future pubs. A thread🧵 nature.com/articles/d4158…