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News, research and updates from the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.🌱🔬 🌾
@camplantsci.bsky.socialJob opportunity!
Assistant Teaching Professor in Plant Biology
An opportunity to engage with undergraduates on inter-departmental courses across the School of Biological Sciences that form part of the Natural Sciences Tripos (NST).
Apply by 14 October 2026: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
@camplantsci.bsky.socialCongratulations to Professor Sir David Baulcombe - installed as Trinity College, Cambridge's 41st Master of the College this week.
Read more ➡️ www.trin.cam.ac.uk/news/trinity...
@cubotanicgarden.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.social🍄 Get ready for Fungi Field Day!
Explore the fascinating world of fungi with guided walks, games, crafts, face painting & hands-on activities. There’s plenty to discover for curious minds of all ages!
📅 Saturday 10 October from 10am and make a day of it.
👉 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4rNOQ2O
@blackinplantsci.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.socialIf you haven’t already seen, registration is still open for the BiPS Conference 2026.
We are looking forward to welcoming students at the very beginning of their plant science journey + those that have been leading the way in plant science research.
Join us by registering here: buff.ly/jeEVTqZ
@slcuplants.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.socialUnderstanding how these circuits generate different behaviours provides valuable information for designing gene circuits with predictable and programmable functions & exploring whether synthetic mixed positive and negative feedback loops allow other properties of gene expression to be tuned.
@slcuplants.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.social🧬 How can simple gene circuits create complex cell behaviours?
James Locke’s team shows how a common genetic circuit, combining positive & negative feedback loops, can be tuned to produce a wide range of gene-expression patterns
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/how-sim...
@blackinplantsci.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.socialWe are looking forward to welcoming our network and community to this year's annual BiPS Conference. We are also aware that there are constraints to accessing this event. Therefore, we are offering travel grants to the first 10 eligible applicants. For more details, follow the link: buff.ly/LSNSi6G
@ecochangegroup.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.socialNone of this work would have been possible without many helpers and funding from @ukri.org NSER @camplantsci.bsky.social @peterhousecam.bsky.social 🙏 11/11
@ecochangegroup.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.socialVery proud of our newest paper now @pnas.org led by @danai-kontou.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social with @laurentianu.bsky.social @isotopesuk.bsky.social Queens U. It's perhaps one of the most genuine "discoveries" we've ever made 🔬 Read it for free 👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🧵
@camplantsci.bsky.socialRead the full paper:
Miao, X., Morton, O., Bousfield, C.G. et al. ‘Restoration-driven positive and negative leakage in sub-Saharan Africa.’ Nature Sustainability, DOI: 10.1038/s41893-026-01936-2.
@camplantsci.bsky.socialThe findings have important implications for carbon markets & certification standards. “Accounting for off-site effects is vital for recognising the wider benefits of natural habitat restoration, particularly for surrounding high-conservation-value habitats,” said lead-author Xinran Miao.
@camplantsci.bsky.socialThey found that natural regeneration and active restoration can reduce surrounding tree loss, while agroforestry may shift pressure into nearby landscapes.
@camplantsci.bsky.socialAnalysing nearly 130,000 restoration sites across 27 countries, the research team examined how different strategies trigger leakage - spilling over to affect tree loss beyond project boundaries.
@camplantsci.bsky.social🌳How do habitat restoration projects impact the broader landscape?
A new @camplantsci.bsky.social & @sheffielduni.bsky.social-led study offers the most comprehensive look to date at how restoration efforts across sub-Saharan Africa affect tree loss beyond project boundaries.
@camplantsci.bsky.socialThis breakthrough method replaces hundreds of hours of physical ground surveys to transform how nature restoration is tracked at scale.
📖 Read the full paper in the Journal of Applied Ecology: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
#PlantScience #ForestRestoration #LiDAR #Cairngorms #Ecology #CambridgeResearch
@camplantsci.bsky.socialUsing airborne LiDAR technology across 569 km² of the Cairngorms, a Cambridge-led team mapped over six million trees in 3D, proving the success of landscape-scale deer management.
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @clr-cambridge.bsky.social 🧪
@slcuplants.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.social@joopvermeer.bsky.social discusses integration of mechanical feedback in the formation of lateral roots in his #SLS26 talk "Integration of 3-dimensional differential growth within a tissue by a set of microtubule associated proteins"
Read more about the Vermeer lab work: www.unine.ch/lbmc/
@slcuplants.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.social@thomasgreb.bsky.social shares investigations into plant vascular tissue development at #SLS26 studying repressor proteins and external cues like water availability
Find out more: www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-...
@slcuplants.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.socialHow do plants grow cups? Leonie Kraska shared her research at #SLS26 investigating the development and plasticity of Marchantia polymorpha gemma cups - organs with a distinct concave geometry
@slcuplants.bsky.socialReposted by @camplantsci.bsky.socialBegonia possesses remarkable diversity in leaf size and shape. Lucy Turnbull shared her research at #SLS26 investigating leaf morphogenic variation through transcriptomic analyses.
