Could Australia make enough biofuel to keep us flying? Australia exports billions of dollars worth of canola seed and corn husks to make sustainable jet fuel that is sold back to us. This is what it will take to make it here.

Maybe if we prioritize flying over eating

A slim nation of jet setters!

www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Carbon Source Flexibility in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Impact of Glycolate on Mixotrophic Growth

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and the Water Wheel!

Register Now for the next Plant Biotechnology Journal webinar Join the webinar on 29 April 2026 to explore plant-based biotechnology.

Join the upcoming Plant Biotechnology Journal and the Global Plant Council webinar on April 29

A great chance to hear from experts and stay up to date with the latest in plant biotechnology.

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Scientists turn AI-generated proteins into smart molecular sensors An international team led by researchers at QUT has used artificial intelligence to create tiny “smart” proteins that switch on only when they detect a chosen target.

An international team led by researchers at QUT has used artificial intelligence to create tiny “smart” proteins that switch on only when they detect a chosen target.

Congratulations to Prof Kirill Alexandrov and the team!

➡️Read the story: bit.ly/48SwxkL

Sydney summers are now hotter and nearly 50 days longer, study finds For every 10 years since 1990, Sydneysiders have experienced an extra 15 days of summer, new research has found.

"Another way to think about that is in 20 years, Sydney has been on average adding a whole month of summer"

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

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Can CRISPR edits enable precise tuning of plant gene expression? We think: yes.

In our newest manuscript, we measured the effects of >30,000 CRISPR-like promoter mutations in sorghum protoplasts.

Polyphosphate acts as an architectural regulator of carbon fixation and nucleoid structure in cyanobacteria

From the @cellforganized.bsky.social and @savagecatsonly.bsky.social labs

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Deadline is April 20th! Let’s get those viruses

A couple of days left to get in before the (extended) early bird deadline!

Fantastic line up of speakers for #icpr26 , really looking forward to it!

The influence of electrical charge on plasmodesma conductivity | PNAS Most plant tissues are symplasms in which cells are connected by plasmodesmata, membrane-lined cytosplasmic bridges that enable diffusive and/or ad...

This is nothing less than a breakthrough. What a phantastic paper. So happy to see it out after five years.
The influence of electrical charge on plasmodesma conductivity | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Another paper on sorghum transcription with focus on cyanogenesis pathway #sorghum #cyanide

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Kate Clinch Karenia Scholarship ( UTS scholarship) at University of Technology Sydney on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Kate Clinch Karenia Scholarship ( UTS scholarship) at University of Technology Sydney, listed on FindAPhD.com

Interested in doing a PhD to help solve the South Australian Karenia cristata toxic algal bloom problem? Applications close next week and project start is mid 2026 (July/August). A great opportunity to work with the amazing Shauna Murray (@shaunamurray.bsky.social)

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Bike share Paris has made space for cyclists in a way that I simply have not seen in any other city

“Paris has made space for cyclists in a way that I simply have not seen in any other city” (The great @awalkerinla.bsky.social on how Paris has transformed itself, doubling its cycling modal share in 5 years. Visiting, one can feel the change for pedestrians too. So good) www.torched.la/bike-share/

We’re now on LinkedIn & Bluesky! 🌱💻

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Our new preprint on detailing the molecular mechanisms of how the carbonic anhydrase activates it's activity upon encapsulation into alpha-carboxysomes is now live. Congrats to Nikole and @guillawme.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy !

Biochemist/Cell Biologist Research Officer Job in Parkville, Melbourne VIC - SEEK An excellent opportunity is available for a Research Officer / Senior Research Officer to join the Callegari Lab at WEHI.

Another postdoc position for my lab is now open. This one is for a biochemist/cell biologist who really likes mitochondria and ubiquitin. If this is you, please apply here: www.seek.com.au/job/91277535

Molecular mechanism of redox regulation of the alpha-carboxysomal carbonic anhydrase CsoSCA

From the incredible team of @cblikstad.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The Myth of the Placebo Effect – Mike Hall Date & Time: 28th April 2026 7:30pm Venue: The Wardrobe Theatre, 25 West St, Bristol BS2 0DF Tickets Facebook Event Venue The placebo effect is one of the most powerful medical responses there …

Exciting news! I will be speaking at The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol at the end of this month, on the topic of the Placebo Effect. Tickets are available now.

bristolskeptics.com/2026/04/01/t...

!! Wow, NPR article highlighting botanist @naomibot.bsky.social !!

A Bifunctional Protease Cleaves the Leader Peptide in the Biosynthesis of Class I Microviridins Biochemical characterization of the peptidase candidate NosP reveals bifunctional endo- and aminopeptidase activity in the leader peptide removal of class I microviridins from Nostoc punctiforme. The...

We are happy to share our new study on a microviridin leader peptidase. Great collaboration with Martin Baunach. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Crosstalk Between β-Carbonic Anhydrases and PsbS in the Regulation of Photosynthesis and Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis Abstract. Plant growth and stress responses are tightly linked to chloroplast retrograde signaling. Key regulators, such as the 22 kDa photosystem II prote

Crosstalk Between β-Carbonic Anhydrases and PsbS in the Regulation of Photosynthesis and Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... @jxbotany.bsky.social

DefensePredictor: A machine learning model to discover prokaryotic immune systems Antiphage defense systems protect bacteria from viral infection and have inspired important biotechnologies such as CRISPR-Cas9 while also revealing the evolutionary roots of eukaryotic innate immunity. Many systems have been discovered by genomic ...

DefensePredictor: A machine learning model to discover prokaryotic immune systems | Science www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science...

The Swiss Plant Breeding Center is looking for a Breeding Data Scientist and a Molecular Geneticist

#plantscijobs #plantscijob

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"We want to see the academic publishing industry change in a way that benefits science, not just profits"

Update: carbonic anhydrases in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria Abstract. This update discusses the physiological roles of carbonic anhydrase (CA) in plants and algae. It examines some new observations about the functio

Update: carbonic anhydrases in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria

Jim Moroney LSU.

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Herbarium Sheets Are Holding Secrets Their Makers Never Intended When you mount a plant on a sheet, you capture more than botany. A new paper reveals the unexpected historical treasures hiding in herbaria, and why closing them is a mistake.

Herbarium Sheets Are Holding Secrets Their Makers Never Intended
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When you mount a plant on a sheet, you capture more than botany. A new paper reveals the unexpected historical treasures hiding in herbaria, and why closing them is a mistake.
#Botany #PlantScience

🍃 There's still time to get your abstracts in for Photosynthesis 2026

🐦 happy to say we're extending both the early-bird registration and abstract submission deadline for oral presentations until April 10th! 🎉

Join us in Liverpool this July!
Register now 👉 photosynthesis2026.com

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