Fungal symbioses: A multiplicity of fungi in the lichen union Increasing evidence suggests that lichens are not just a partnership between one fungus and one alga or cyanobacterium but may contain multiple intera…

Thrilled to see this published! 😄
Our dispatch examines potential additional fungal symbionts in lichen partnerships and the key challenges in unraveling their biology.

Thanks for involving me in this @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social

@currentbiology.bsky.social

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EWG PATHOGENES — Wheat initiative The Control of Wheat Pathogens EWG aims to bring together experts from the field of wheat research with an interest in minimising yield loss caused by microbial pathogens through open collaboration.…

Shout-out to @cesaree-mg.bsky.social for her webinar on refining wheat stem rust models with updated climate parameters! Vital research for resilient wheat futures! 💡📈 🌾
Learn more about our Pathogens EWG and their impact: www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens

Merci @wheatpath.bsky.social, ce fut un plaisir.

Our new preprint is out on bioRxiv!
A regulation-compliant infrared heating system for UK field trials 🌾🔥

doi.org/10.64898/202...

Here’s what it looked like ↓

First webinar of our Pathogens EWG in 2026!
Join Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya to give an online talk titled: Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social

A large European diversity panel reveals complex azole fungicide resistance gains of a major wheat pathogen | mBio Sustainable food production requires the management of disease agents attacking crops. Application of antifungal compounds is among the key elements of pathogen containment; however, resistance can ri...

Finally out!
A large European diversity panel reveals complex azole fungicide resistance gains of a major wheat pathogen
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

A big thanks to @danielcroll.bsky.social & @GabrielScalliet

#azole #DMI #GWAS #fungicide #resistance #zymoseptoria #Europe

My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting!

🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution

🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)

📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de

⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025

🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...

Do get in touch or share 😊

Super excited to see our bioRxiv paper out! It furthers our understanding of an FHB resistance locus in timopheevii with some DON resistance too!

Introducing the 1,000 Flower Collection 🧬🌹

I’m creating 1,000 genetically designed flowers each crafted with new colors, patterns, and shapes.

Here’s how I’m making it happen… and how you can join me on this journey 🧵(1/7)

Congratulations to Mikaela Neequaye, winner of the HBio Award for her exceptional work in the lab, her research ideas, extensive outreach work and leading the JIC’s Race and Ethnicity, Equality and Diversity Group @johninnescentre.bsky.social

I'm excited to share our work investigating transcriptional compensation in polyploid wheat 🌾
It was fun to work on this project led by @philippaborrill.bsky.social and myself, with key contributions from @emilieknight.bsky.social and @simmojsimmo.bsky.social
The key take-aways, a 🧵

Hi everyone! I’m new to Bluesky. At the beginning of the year, I moved to Zurich @UZH_en to start a postdoc with #CyrilZipfel and @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social, investigating protein phosphorylation in plants 🌱

If you’re nearby or working on something similar, let’s connect 😀

From air to insight: the evolution of airborne DNA sequencing technologies Historically, the analysis of airborne biological organisms relied on microscopy and culture-based techniques. However, technological advances such as PCR and next-generation sequencing now provide…

‪📄 A new review from scientists at the Earlham Institute, @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @nhm-london.bsky.social discusses the developments, methodology, and applications of airborne #DNA #sequencing. 🍃

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@richardmleggett.bsky.social

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Happy to share that our study of inheritance of homoeolog expression bias in wheat biparental populations is out in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Genome Biology! 🧬

Many thanks to all co-authors and @philippaborrill.bsky.social for great leadership on the project!
#PlantScience #Botany

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New article on my @nrpdtp.bsky.social @ahalllab.bsky.social PhD project on coriander genomics 🧪🧬🖥

Soft landing of ecidiospore cluster

Congratulations to ⁦‪Camilla Molinari‬⁩ on her successful PhD defence today. Very proud supervisor. ⁦‬⁩ PhD#43 from the group. ⁦‪@TheSainsburyLab.bluesky ‬⁩

United Kingdom - Unusual yellow rust activity in spring 2025 Niab’s Head of Pathology, Kostya Kanyuka, explains more about what we are seeing so far this year, w

What is your experience with yellow rust?
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Blog - What does it mean to be alive? Hee-Kyung Ahn, Royal Society University Research Fellow, recalls her grandmother's love of growing plants, and how this excited her own curiosity to study them.

Hi, let me introduce myself. My name is Hee-Kyung and I am a new group leader at the Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh. I'd like to share with you how my curiosity for plants began, and my academic journey. @instmolplantsci.bsky.social

biology.ed.ac.uk/plant-scienc...

Visite de la station expérimentale #INGC de Koudiat 🇹🇳 / plateforme #CIMMYT.

Had a great time at #Monogram25! Learnt a lot about the exciting science happening around the UK and beyond, was grateful for an opportunity to present my research and make connections in this welcoming community ☺️ looking forward to next year! 🌾🌾

Partial redundancy buffers deleterious effects of mutating DNA methyltransferase 1-1 (MET1-1) in polyploid wheat Varying gene dosage through mutating DNA methyltransferase 1-1 (MET1-1 ) in polyploid wheat generates quantitative changes to CG methylation without the le

I’m very happy to share the published version of our paper on the role of MET1 in wheat 🌾 🧬

It’s been really exciting to discover more about DNA methylation in wheat and it’s huge polyploid genome

doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

TSL NEWS: Plant & life science research is inherently global, requiring diverse expertise & bright minds from across the globe.

Despite the UK's ambition to lead in engineering biology, high immigration costs hinder talent attraction and research funding

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