@slcuplants.bsky.social
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) is a research institute of the University of Cambridge dedicated to plant developmental biology.
@dariuskos.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialHappy #UKFungusDay!
Find me until 4pm in the Botanic Garden‘s FungiFieldDay @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social talking about my research on the interaction between #Marchantia and a fungus that loves #liverworts @slcuplants.bsky.social
@slcuplants.bsky.socialWe're at #NewScientistLive - use a scanning electron microscope, see like a bee, dive into computational modelling and chat to our scientists.
#PlantScience #NSL2026
@slcuplants.bsky.socialCongratulations to authors Torkel Loman, Christian Schwall, Teresa Saez, Yujia Liu & James Locke
@slcuplants.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.socialUsing stochastic mathematical modelling & single-cell microscopy, they identified 10 distinct classes of gene expression dynamics, including stochastic pulsing, stochastic anti-pulsing, oscillations, bistability, homogeneous activation, heterogeneous activation & several intermediate dynamic states
@slcuplants.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...
@haopengyu.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialFive wonderful years at @johninnescentre.bsky.social Thank you @yiliangding.bsky.social , @CarolineDean and @KeLi for your support and guidance, and to the whole lab and all my friends across JIC/TSL. Thanks to Yiliang for organising such a lovely send-off. Now on to the next adventure 💪
@haopengyu.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialWelcome to join my group! Fully funded DTP PhD at @slcuplants.bsky.social Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University. Use AI foundation models to decode the regulatory grammar of plant cell identity. Open to international students. Deadline 8 Dec 2026.
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/project-refe...
@rituparnagoswami.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialIt was such a lovely conference. I had so many insightful conversations and encouraging discussions. Talks were super amazing. #plantbiology #SLS26
@slcuplants.bsky.socialA huge thank you to everyone who attended #SLS26 & our concluding keynote speaker @apmahonen.bsky.social for a fascinating talk and exciting new insights into how stem cell fate decisions are regulated in the vascular cambium.
Read more about his team's work: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@starmorph-syg.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialTwo of STARMORPH PIs were at the @slcuplants.bsky.social for #SLS26! Morphogenesis at its best! @xanderjones.bsky.social @srobertgroup.bsky.social
@thecimr.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialAre you, or do you know, a yr 12 student interested in medicine/research careers? Applications now open for ISAC, our work experience scheme for local young people. Places at CIMR, @mrc-mbu.bsky.social @ims-mrl.bsky.social & @slcuplants.bsky.social Apply via link: www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/inspiring-sc...
@apaterlini.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialVery excited to have Nadia Radzman, from @slcuplants.bsky.social, open our Monday Seminar Programme for this academic year! We’ve learned so much about plant peptides and neglected legume crops in her talk! 🫛🫘 Check out her www.broadnmind.com project! @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
@umeaplantsciencecentre.seReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialNice to see Elsa Gascon sharing her work at #SLS26! 🌱🔬
At UPSC, Elsa works in a collaboration between @stephanevrg.bsky.social and @icelabumu.bsky.social, combining modelling and plant biology to better understand the mechanics of plant tissues.
@icelabumu.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialIceLab and @umeaplantsciencecentre.se interdisciplinary postdoc @gasconelsa.bsky.social presented at the 2026 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium. Elsa is a computational biologist whose research focuses on the interplay between tissue topology and mechanical stresses during plant morphogenesis. 👏
@srobertgroup.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialAnd the end of an amazing meeting! One of the best I have ever attended! Thank you @robinsonsci.bsky.social and News bâtis for the organization! @slcuplants.bsky.social #SLS26
@somssich.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialLeonie is also on here: @leoniekraska.bsky.social 👍
@vinayshukla.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialThank you for organising this fantastic meeting! The quality of the science and the discussions at #SLS26 was superb, and the organizers did an excellent job.
@mromeiromotta.bsky.socialReposted by @slcuplants.bsky.socialThis was an amazing meeting, with incredible speakers and a great atmosphere. Thank you to the organisers @robinsonsci.bsky.social and Neha Bhatia for the inspiring symposium!
@slcuplants.bsky.social@keikoutorii.bsky.social shared her work investigating patterning & differentiation in stomata in her #SLS26 talk "The plant-specific ACTL domain determines bHLH transcription factor heterodimeric partner selectivity during stomatal development"
More at: plant-stomata.org
