"These ideas coalesce to support DNA transfer as a fundamental ecological phenomenon that remains largely unmeasured"

This is my worst nightmare

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@couchmicroscopy.bsky.social 👀

When we got an ephedra mention I wanted to cheer

Especially in this Trying funding environment

"vintage data already paid for to help a sensible young upstart in a Trying funding environment to get a kickass study system back up and running" is my middle name

@plantcelltech.bsky.social has a raffle for the mini laminar flow hood but you have to post about it to enter👀

Big mall energy as well

Oooooh that's fun

When someone busts out their slides from 2008 with the yellow text on blue background and the square instead of widescreen format, you're about to get a STORY

I remember them always parking illegally right in front of the stadium like on the brick sidewalk or in the maintenance staff parking spots. I wonder if this is their attempt at a compromise with the rules

OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.

This is horrible news.

www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...

It photosynthesizes and you can take cuttings of it. At some point when do we give up the game and just call it a plant

It's great for story telling in a group chat

Congratulations!!!

Credit: @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social

Getting to be involved in this project was the first time I had heard of the Calyceraceae. Really great plants, and really neat story about the evolution of the Asteraceae!

A picture of 6 of the variations of brassica oleracea that have resulted in distinct vegetables, out of several more.

I mean...

I know who I am!

The service you're doing to the scientific community by including that they were colored pencils. Replicability crisis who?

I will not be called out in public because of your decisions!!!!

And sonic

Where'd you get these little propagation domes that look like they have vents?

He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males

"The project that was terminated was on this hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin....I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary." Researcher @jjinsing.bsky.social interviewed by @carlzimmer.com #birds #nature #science #fundscience #nonbinary 🧪

A screenshot of the article PDF showing the title, authors and author photos. Read the article for more information.

More extraordinary model systems for regeneration

In their #LifelongDevSI Perspective, José Garcıa-Arraras, Chunyi Li, Tania Rozario, Mansi Srivastava & @andrewilloughb.bsky.social introduce five research organisms with remarkable regenerative potential

doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Streptocarpus plants rapidly make shoots from the leaf epidermis without exogenous hormones.

The coolest plants in the world, many species have one cotyledon that never stops growing, and no SAM until they flower.

Do you have Streptocarpus at home already? African violets are also Streptocarpus!

Thank you Suresh!!!