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Mark Peifer Dana-Farber Worth a read for sure. The reference to “Chinese” military hospitals is disgustingly racist though. West needs to stop these kind of arrogant/racist generalisations.

Lichen are amazing life forms that can even thrive in outer space. Lichen biology is also reaching for new frontiers as discussed in this recent review in CB cell.com/current-biolog…

Consumers in the United States can now pre-order a genetically engineered plant for their home that glows continuously go.nature.com/48iIkFQ

By altering root #microbes, scientists showed that they could make good-quality #tea even better. Read more in Current Biology: cell.com/current-biolog… #FujianAgricultureandForestryUniversity Tongda Xu, Wenxin Tang, Zhenbiao Yang

For all people who struggle with academic writing, Loisa Lagisz and I share our experiences and secrets, which helped 50+ students publish their first papers. Please share with your colleagues! Trends in Ecology & Evolution paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… preprint: osf.io/preprints/osf/… 1/4

The British media and gov't are blaming CHINA for online rumors surrounding #KateMiddleton LOL! 😅 I asked some Chinese fans... they replied "who?" WATCH:

Green space near home has an antidepressant effect go.nature.com/3J2hvMc

It’s hilarious watching the West collectively ignore the fact that Israel bombed an Iranian embassy recently, killing 13 so far. “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” but it’s an important point that most humans agree is very relevant. The West continues its fall.

Bomb Guide for Kiwis #nzpol

New: "Genetically optimizing soybean nodulation improves yield and protein content" rdcu.be/dH4iZ Optimizing soybean nodulation, rather than supernodulation, improves N and C assimilation by balancing source–sink relationships. Yield and protein content are increased.

Anyone know the genetic or physiological basis behind the dual flower pigmentation within the same inflorescence? Perhaps like in hydrangea? Plants are cool!

🚨BREAKING: NEW ZEALAND will be added to China’s growing list of countries who can visit China visa free. #newzealand #china

We're looking for two cohorts of Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editors to start in 2025 and 2026! See the editorial. PhD students & postdocs. I'd be delighted to tell you more in person, at #PlantBio2024, #ICAR2024SanDiego, or #BT2024DBG. Or message me! doi.org/10.1093/plphys…

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"Here, we report a broad survey of plasmids from hundreds of academic and industrial labs worldwide. We show that nearly half of them contained design and/or sequence errors." Trust nothing; validate everything. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Work @nature shows that the plant micronutrient zinc acts as an intracellular second messenger to mediate adaptation of the root nodule function to environmental nitrogen conditions, by controlling the activity of a transcription factor. nature.com/articles/s4158…

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Keeping the Great in Great Britain 🇬🇧

Our latest issue just dropped! 👇👇👇 cell.com/current-biolog…

Royal Household costs UK taxpayer £510m a year, enough to pay 18,000 NHS nurses. Govt does not publish the full cost. Secrecy/Opacity prevails. Can UK be called an equal opportunities country if an ordinary person cannot rise to become the head of state? bbc.com/news/articles/…