We've got ISSUES. Literally.

We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?

arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

A 🧵 1/n

Spatial transcriptomics reveals expression gradients in developing wheat inflorescences at cellular resolution High-resolution spatial transcriptomics reveals coordinated gene expression patterns that define spikelet and floral development in wheat.

Spatial transcriptomics reveals expression gradients in developing wheat inflorescences at cellular resolution (Katie A Long , Ashleigh Lister , Maximillian R W Jones , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

image of a maize inflorescence meristem that is labeled by the plasma membrane marker PIP2-CFP and BAM1D-YFP.

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Excited to share my latest work in @newphyt.bsky.social. Here, we used TurboID proximity labeling with CLAVATA receptors FEA3 and BAM1D in maize meristems to better understand the signaling pathways important for meristem regulation. #PlantScience

Single-cell metabolome and RNA-seq multiplexing on single plant cells | PNAS Plants produce valuable natural products used for a wide variety of industrial applications. Thus, there is enormous interest in elucidating the bi...

Very exciting implications for plant cell culture and understanding how metabolite production is controlled in a cellular level #PlantScience

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Someone got Cas9-Turbo to work. It's like basically Y1H but with proteomics. It however requires transgenic plant expressing Cas9-Turbo and gRNAs, which is still cumbersome for many plants that are not Arabidopsis. #PlantSciences

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Maria talking about her work at the @dubcovskylab.bsky.social

I’m worried about us all. Trailers tonight: another Jurassic Park, another Superman, another Predator, another Tron, another Fantastic Four 🥲

I YELLED and got disappointed afterwards

U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Deleting a gluten component can only lead to dough worsening, right? WRONG!

PHOTOPERIOD 1 enhances stress resistance and energy metabolism to promote spike fertility in barley under high ambient temperatures (Tianyu Lan, Agatha Walla, Kumsal Ecem Çolpan Karışan, et. al.) academic.oup.com/plphys/advan... #PlantScience

presente! ✋

Thank you!

Blocking the scissors: New genetic tool makes grain breeding faster Scientists have developed a new genetic tool that makes it easier and faster to breed grains that grow more efficiently and are better adapted to different environments. They're using a ground-breakin...

Check out our work on fine-tuning miRNA control of plant height in wheat and triticale, as covered by the folks at the plant sciences department! www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/deberna...

Looks awesome

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Experts foresee negative ripple effects in termination of USDA scientists in St. Paul lab A team at the U.S Department of Agriculture’s Cereal Disease Lab in St. Paul got notice last week that some of their jobs were getting cut. Experts warn that cutting jobs in this area will harm resear...

USDA scientists terminated from Cereal Disease Lab in St. Paul www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

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Research Impacts of Recent Executive Orders and Memos – and a Call to Action to the ASPB Community | Plant Science Today Since President Donald Trump took office on January 20,4a series of executive actions have shaken the research community. Several executive orders were released that targeted diversity, equity, and in...

US plant science peeps: this is a *very* informative summary of the current state of plant science funding, and a call for your stories to help @aspbofficial.bsky.social make their case with public officials. Please re-skeet!

🧪 #PlantScience

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Check out the new spike development atlas from our lab. Great resource for the wheat community and lots of beautiful images.

Congrats, @cristobaluauy.bsky.social!

We’re excited to announce the recent publication from our lab was featured on the cover of the plant biotechnology journal! It demonstrates an approach for precisely controlling wheat and triticale plant height. Read the full paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Wide panoramic view of Sacramento buildings from about 15 miles away in Yolo Bypass wetlands. Foreground shows wetlands, water, and rice fields. Background shows Sierras with snow. Many buildings in Sacramento can be seen in wide panorama.

View of Sacramento and the Sierra from Yolo Bypass yesterday.

In one year, I genetically engineered the boring Arabidopsis into a beautiful ornamental flower 🧬🌹

Here is how and why I gave this model organism a visual upgrade 🧵(1/7)

A grey coloured Arabidopsis leaf epidermis, with black cell walls. Each cells has a colourful blobs - a nuclear localised fluorescent ABA sensor, with warm colours indicating high concentrations, and cooler colours indicating lower concentrations.

The Rowe lab is recruiting a #PlantScience PhD student for 2025! You'll use our new ABACUS FRET biosensors to map the dynamic leaf #AbscisicAcid accumulations at low humidity in Arabidopsis, wheat and rice. #PhDposition

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Nice couple of papers from the lab on LFY and WAPO1 controlling spikelet development in wheat.

Plant Biology Exploratory Research Microgrant | Experiment For Science!

I am ***absurdly*** excited to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity through Experiment dot com!!! You have one month to pitch something wonderful in the realm of plant biology/biotech research and education. $10,000 max grant. PLEASE RE-POST + SHARE!!! 1/3

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