Rubisco is not stuck. Its kinetics, and photosynthesis, have been continually improving throughout land plant evolution. 👉 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

We're looking for 2 x interns to join the the Kew #Herbarium Curation team for 8 weeks this summer to work with the Fern collections 🌿 apply via the Kew website: careers.kew.org/vacancy/scienc… @KewAfrica @Kew_Asia @KewAmericas @KewScience

I’m happy to announce that my project ISO-TAISE: Isotopic Tracing of Atmospheric Rivers and Irish Storm Extremes was funded by EPA Research News as part of their Research Call 2023. This project will gain insight into extreme Irish precipitation events through water isotopes. 1/6

Jennifer McElwain Jennifer McElwain and colleagues outline an approach for the tantalising prospect of bringing fossil plants ‘back to life’ using a functional trait-based approach. Tansley review: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

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A year ago today we launched #PlantAtlas2020: the most in-depth survey ever undertaken of the British & Irish flora. Website free to browse for info on 3,495 wild plant species: plantatlas2020.org Book published by Princeton Nature Find out more: bsbi.org/plant-atlas-20…

my latest research on #cycads has been published by Springer Nature in Communications Biology. Looking at cycad #leaves through time, we found they are FAR from living #fossils! This was funded by FWF at Universität Wien. Check it out for free! #openaccess nature.com/articles/s4200…

Excited to finally launch this! If you are an artist and interested in joining a research cruise on climate change across the Atlantic from Ireland to Canada this May - this could be for you🌎⛴️🌍 Details below👇 #scicomm #sciart

Wind down from a week of high activity for a #mentalhealthwellness tour for the senses: 3pm rain or shine let the #plants #revive and #inspire you 🌿🌺🌵🌹🌴🌸🪴🌻🌳 #HealthyPlanetHealthyPeople trinitybotanicgarden.ie/sensory-trail-… School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin TCD Botanical Society Trinity College Dublin Trinity Enviromental Society

The deadline for this Teaching Fellow position School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin is very soon - 29th March.

if you're looking for a PhD and are interested in #roots, #belowground dynamics, and links between plant physiology, soils and biogeochemistry, or using AI to help sample all the above, get in touch. I am definately recruiting at least one funded student this year, maybe more...

Tenure track faculty position Trinity College Dublin Join us School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Assistant Professor in Plant Physiology Reminder - deadline tomorrow - 9th May! my.corehr.com/pls/trrecruit/…

What a beautiful day yesterday for the launch of the Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water! 🌞 Congratulations from #AICBRN to Yvonne Buckley Mark Emmerson Ed Hawkins & the whole team🍾 The gang in action, working collaboratively behind the scenes last summer👇 #SharedIsland(s) #Climate #Biodiversity

What an amazing night. I’ve never seen anything like it #NorthernLights #Auroraborealis

In case you missed it, I stayed up all night 😉 and took a photo every 25 seconds for your #northernlights viewing pleasure.

We are looking to appoint Lecturers/Assistant Professors in Genetics & Evol. Biol.(Ref: 017289), Cell & Mol. Biol. (Ref: 017299), Genetic Engineering and Plant Biol. (Ref: 017288), and a Teaching Fellow in Biol. and Env. Sci. (Ref: 017285). Apply via ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/

Wildflowers of Turloughs New episode of the Video Flora of Ireland with Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, President of BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland m.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYA4u… Thanks to @Coole_Garryland NPWS Nature Conservation @BurrenNP School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Botanic Garden