Watch highlights from this year's photosynthesis hackathon in Ghana:
tinyurl.com/dz8ca9ud
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Participants at the international photosynthesis hackathon 2026. From left to right: top row - Olakunle Sansa, Joseph Mhango, Johannes Kromdijk, Wajiha Abdullahi Muaz, Andris Finkbeiner, Marvin van Aalst, Jacky To, Dominik Vrbic, Olusegun Akinyemi, Elouen Corvest, Tom Theeuwen; middle row - Georgina Lala Ehemba, Kenneth Chukwuka Mkpuma, Anna Matuszyลska, Thierry Hodehou, Zsa Zsa Boyny, Anika Unger, Omotola Dorcas Olaoye, Uchendu Ugochukwu Kelechi; bottom row - Ifeoluwa Odesina, Ihuoma Ogechi, Regina Tende, Mary Olayinka, Kolawole Olalekan, Olivia Kacheyo, Adenike Oluwaseun Dad, Isaac Osei-Bonsu, Esther Anokye, Olukunle Babatunde Bashir, Solomon Ntukidem, Olalekan K.Obisesan. Photo credit: IITA-CGIAR.
Participants at the international photosynthesis hackathon 2026. Photo credit: IITA-CGIAR.
Participants at the international photosynthesis hackathon 2026. Photo credit: IITA-CGIAR.
Hacking photosynthesis for a food-secure future - global teams use AI / ML to find genetic links for climate-resilient crops in Africa at hackathon in Ghana: tinyurl.com/3uuu6c9d
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๐โฐ๏ธ๐ Abstract Deadline ๐โฐ๏ธ๐
There's just two weeks left to submit your abstract for a chance to talk at Photosynthesis 2026 ๐ฑ
Find out more & register now ๐๏ธ photosynthesis2026.com
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The international conference on photosynthesis research will be happening in Liverpool at the end of July. It promises to be a broad and interesting conference about all things photosynthesis! โ๏ธ๐ฑ๐ฅผ
Abstract deadlines:
31st March - presentations
15th May - posters
Hope to see you there!
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๐ค Accelerating progress in plant science via AI-driven research ๐ค
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Deadline: 31 January 2026
๐ Research and review paper inquiries are welcome, contact us ๐ bit.ly/JXBissues
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Check out the newest publication from our lab!! ๐ฑ๐ฝโ๏ธ
List of invited papers to the Accelerating progress in plant science via AI-driven research special issue and paragraph introducing the special issue: Advances in genotyping and phenotyping technologies have resulted in heterogeneous data from different model plants and crops. Whilst the resulting data have been integrated with state-of-the-art approaches from data science, artificial intelligence (AI) offers an untapped potential for innovative usage of these data sets. This special issue will provide detailed overviews and case studies of how AI has transformed predictive models that address diverse problems, from gene function prediction and analysis of cellular networks to prediction of complex crop phenotypes. The special issue will also point at challenges related to data handling and reproducibility in AI-driven research. The special issue is published in association with the SEB Annual Conference Antwerp 2025.
Check out some of expected reviews so far ๐
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Front cover of a postcard to promote an upcoming special issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany titled "Accelerating progress in plant science via AI-driven research". The issue will be edited by Johannes Kromdijk and Zoran Nikoloski. The image on the postcard is A stylistic representation of a neural network, representative of artificial intelligence advances, powering a growing plant (generated by ChatGPT).
๐ค๐ฟ UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE ๐ฟ๐ค
๐ป Accelerating progress in plant science via AI-driven research ๐ป
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Are you interested in crop improvement using photosynthesis?
We have a new PhD project in our lab available as part of the Plant BioDesign project. Using sequence diversity in PsbS and LHCII antennae to uncover optimal strategies.
Find more detail here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Our postdoc Ali is looking for some help working with an Arabidopsis diversity panel!
Let him know if you have any ideas ๐ฑ #software #science #plantscience #arabidopsis
Check out Aliโs new paper! ๐ฑ
A massive congratulations to @tinaschreier.bsky.social for being awarded an ERC Starting Grant!! Exciting news for the photosynthesis world. Best of luck to you, Tina! ๐๐ฅผ
Read more here: www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-t...
About 10 tickets left. register today and be part of the @blackinplantsci.bsky.social community
Registration closes this week. blackinplantscience.org/bips-confere...
Had an amazing time at PEPG Workshop 2025 in Lisbon! It was great to gain hands-on experience in plant physiology techniques including chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange. Grateful to @sebiology.bsky.social and #PEPG for the opportunity to learn and connect with such a brilliant community!โ
Thrilled to join the #JXB75 Symposium, marking the 75th anniversary of the @jxbotany.bsky.social , founded by @sebiology.bsky.social
The meeting opened with workshops on manuscript prep & publication ethics, followed by talks on plant science spanning beginning to future!
Check out our recent pre-print which identifies the role of the first stromal residue involved in PsbSโ NPQ function!
We found mutating the c-term b-strand reduced induction but increased relaxation โ๏ธ ๐ฟ
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Welcome Anna! Excited to have you as part of the team ๐ฟ๐ฅผ
Exciting times @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social
Glad to be awarded the Opportunity Seed Funds by @aria-research.bsky.social for our Mistletoe research on
โPlantPlug: Bioengineering Parasitic Plants into Programmable Modulesโ
Join our group (www.luginbuehllab.com) at @camplantsci.bsky.social! Are you excited about mycorrhiza, (single-cell) transcriptomics, carbon physiology, and the model crop rice? We have a 2-year postdoc position available, starting ASAP. Closing date 23rd May 2025!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/
Great new article on our work on the Cambridge plant sciences website! Have a read! ๐ฝโ๏ธ
Early bird deadline is fast approaching (16/05)
Join Johannes at the #SEBconference in Antwerp.
Book your place now โฌ๏ธ
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Check out our plant sessions โฌ๏ธ
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
please share - 2 postdoc positions available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-... @ripeproject.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social
If you haven't already - make sure to save the date to the Black in Plant Science Conference taking place on Friday 24 October at the University of Leeds. Registration will soon be opening so make sure to save the date to avoid disappointment.
Wanne has co-authored a paper on the EPS2 conference last year that was held in Padova ๐ฎ๐น๐
Four of us were able to attend and hear great talks about all things photosynthesis. It was really great to share our data with the photosynthesis world! โ๏ธ๐
Find the paper here:
doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
๐ฟ Excited to share our latest preprint!
We tracked how plasmodesmata numbers evolved across the path from Cโ โ Cโ photosynthesis in Flaveria - and found a stepwise increase in cell-to-cell connectivity.
Thoughts or feedback are most welcome ๐
#PlantScience
Wild relatives of crop species provide untapped genetic potential for ecological resilience. We looked at 320 wild relatives of Barley and combined physiology experiments with GWAS data to determine variation in light capture and photoprotection ๐พ๐งฌ๐๐ฑ check it out here!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The whole lab has been busy today tidying and cleaning our lab space ๐งช๐งผ๐ซง๐ฅผ
Luckily this is all made easier with pizza for lunch! Also welcome to Eva, our new PhD student who started today! ๐
Great opportunity to join the wonderful plant biologists at @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social and work on Rubisco biochemistry and engineering ๐ฅผ๐งช๐ฑโ๏ธ
And a 3 year tech position is also now live. Synthetic biology project funded by the Advanced Research + Innovation Agency (ARIA). Please apply / RP! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51027/
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Have you ever wondered about NPQ in C4 plants? โ๏ธ๐ชด Check out the recent pre-print from Lucรฌa who used to be a PhD student/post-doc in our lab and now works for the @ripeproject.bsky.social in Illinois. She shows that C4 plants have faster NPQ than related C3 plants.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
