World Petunia Days 2026 – Registration is now open! Please share!!
Join us in Rome, 3–5 June 2026 with presentation priority given to early‑career scientists. Senior PIs are, of course, welcome to contribute.
Scholarships available!
Young researchers can apply
Save the Date: World Petunia Days 2026!
Join us in Rome, June 3-5, for an inspiring scientific gathering amidst historic landmarks. Exchange innovative ideas in a collegial atmosphere. More details coming soon! We can't wait to welcome you to the Eternal City. #WPD2026 #Rome #ScienceMeetsHistory
Precious lil petunia paws
Very excited to share our work published in Nature Comms last week! Here we describe a range of cool things that can be done once you have the power to control deposition of H3K4me3…
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A short thread:
In case you want to remove one of these events😆
"actual thanksgiving" was in October "According to historians, the first celebration of Thanksgiving in North America occurred in 1579 after the safe landing of Martin Frobisher's fleet in Newfoundland" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksg...
Friday Flower 007: Petunia 💮✨
Petunias carry the active transposon dTph1, which powers mutant screens and paints stripey patterns as it jumps.
Their five petals are fused, with diverse color designs tracing the corolla’s fusion seam.
We need to bridge the gap between epigenetic discoveries and agricultural practice. Join us at plant-epi-engineers.org
#epigenetics #agriculture #plantscience #sustainability #foodsecurity #innovation
Key insight: Epigenetic modifications offer precise plant trait control without DNA changes. The challenge? Developing accessible tools that breeders can actually use.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excited to share insights from the latest research in "Engineering chromatin and transcriptome regulation in plants: Strategies, challenges, and outlook" - a review looking at approaches to the development of epigenetic tools and how they can be integrated in research and agriculture.
Great that our research is resonating with the community! Check us out in the AD!
#Scienceinthenews #flowerpower #research #UU
www.ad.nl/utrecht/waar...
🌸 Did you know we have a website too! Visit the Petunia Platform to learn more about us!
petuniaplatform.org
🔬 Research groups from 15+ institutions
📚 Model system resources & protocols
🏛️ World Petunia Days history since 2004
#PetuniaResearch #PlantScience #Botany #Research
#Petunia in the library! <3
@atinygreencell.bsky.social @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social Looking forward to sharing our results from this project with you #flowerpower
Ever wonder how flower petals can make such amazing patterns? Me too, and thanks to @nwonieuws.bsky.social, we will get to find out! www.uu.nl/en/news/biol... @petuniaplatform.bsky.social #plantscience #UtrechtUniversity #NWO #flowers #epigenetics
The World Petunia days have started in Copenhagen!
petuniaplatform.org #Petunia #PlantScience
Talks by Uwe Drüge, Berit Nauerth, and Francesca Quattrocchio (Lucia Franceschini) in the morning session #wpd25 #petunia #PlantScience
The afternoon session, with very nice talks by Nanna Bjarnholt, Natalia Dudareva, Ying Li, and Tomas Laursen #wpd25, #Petunia, #PlantScience
Very nice talks by Jere Vainio, Laetitia De Vanssay, and Nuran Calimli for the morning session #wpd25 #petunia #PlantScience
Session of talks by Ronald Koes, Francesca Quattrocchio, and Tijs Bliek - more great #Petunia talks #wpd25 #PlantScience
Final session, great talks by Jason Gardiner @gardiner-lab.bsky.social Katja Richert-Pöggeler, and Ta-Fang Lin #wpd25 #petunia #PlantScience
Its a wrap. It was a fantastic meeting, thanks to the wonderful organizing committee: Tomas, Sillas, and Javi! #wpd25 #Petunia #PlantScience
Exciting news! A new epigenetic targeting paper in Nature Plants! 🌱 Congrats to Ming and Yan for getting this to the finish line! Explore the findings here: rdcu.be/eaCnk #Epigenetics #Genetics #PlantResearch #PlantBiology
Currently accepting papers for a NEW EPIGENETICS COMMUNICATIONS COLLECTION.
"Demonstrations of Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance in Various Model Systems"
Deadline: Oct 15 2025
For more info visit: lnkd.in/ep6cqUMQ
#Epigenetics #Trangenerational #Priming #Evolution
@springernature.com
A figure comparing box plot and showing all data points. Group1: normally distributed data. Group2: bimodal data. Group3: Data with 3 modes.
Friends don't let friends make bad graphs repo has been updated!
Friends don't let friends use boxplot for binomial (bimodal) data. Is your box plot hiding something from you?
#DataVisualization
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
Taking a closer look at Arabidopsis thaliana seeds using the #BoxSeed robot in our phytotron! 🌱 Exciting times in the lab with robotics and plant science!
#PlantBiology #Arabidopsis #SeedScience #RoboticsInResearch #LabLife #UUPlants
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Getting up close and personal with our seeds! We are having fun using the new #BoxSeed robot in our phytotron. Can you guess which plants these seeds belong to?
#PlantBiology #SeedScience #RoboticsInResearch #LabLife #UUPlants @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Disentangling the origin and evolution of the world's orchid diversity through DNA. Poster for The Orchid Tree of Life v.2.0 by the Orchid Tree of Life project at Kew Gardens.
The updated Orchid Tree of Life v.2.0 from #KewGardens is now available for download. 🌱🌴🪴🌺
🔗: figshare.com/s/241e1bd47d...
"Disentangling the origin and evolution of the world's orchid diversity through DNA"
#orchids #phylogeny #botany #genetics
My Google scholar word cloud shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc...
