Mary Williams @PlantTeaching

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Promoting SciComm, teaching, equity & inclusion in plant biology. #PlantScience
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Features Editor ThePlantCell, PlantPhysiology
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@jxbotany.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 3:39 PMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

🌱 "The Many Faces of Auxin: From Molecular Mechanisms to Morphogenesis" is now open! 🌱

This special issue is linked to #Auxin2026 and edited by Dior Kelley, Lars Østergaard & Andrea Gallavotti 📝

📅 Deadline 30 Nov 2026

Got a manuscript? Contact the JXB office: bit.ly/JXBissues
#PlantScience 🧪

Front cover of a postcard to advertise an upcoming special issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany titled 'The Many Faces of Auxin: From Molecular Mechanisms to Morphogenesis'. The editors are Dior Kelley, Lars Østergaard & Andrea Gallavotti. The image shows icons such as Arabidopsis, an auxin molecule, a ship, a microscope etc in the style of blue and white Portuguese tiles. Image by Anna Wójcik, University of Silesia, Poland.

@johninnescentre.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:46 AMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

PRESS RELEASE - Can this biotech innovation halt the destructive march of a cereal killer? 🌾🦠 A UK-led research collaboration has taken a significant step in the global effort to protect crops from the devastating wheat fungus pathogen

@plantophagy.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:02 AMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

European Union, Marie Curie, EMBO should triple postdoc fellowships! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@plantteaching.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 9:43 AM

Excellent article!

@sramundo.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:46 AMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

<< If I need to move a meeting because of child care pickup or a sick child at home, I say so plainly. I am careful not to make my trainees responsible for my family logistics, but I also do not pretend those logistics do not exist 😌>> www.science.org/content/arti...

@minyaaa.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:55 PMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

Heya I put together a bunch of things that i have been thinking about over the past a few years into this insight piece and look forward to any discussion this may lead to 🌸💚

@thesainsburylab.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 9:58 AMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

📣 Applications are now OPEN for the John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme
This 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant & Microbial Sciences @earlhaminst.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
➡️https://okt.to/qjy60T
🗓️ Apply before 12 Nov '26

@biolabcat.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 12:38 PMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

Hello Sci-World, iguess 😊 What an amazing MAdland meeting that was - excited to see what comes next!
If YOU want to read more about our InsP work in Chara braunii: just accepted at Plant Physiology 🥳
doi.org/10.1093/plph...

@tairnews.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 9:46 PMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

Want to beta test the TAIR chatbot? We invited volunteers in March, when it was in alpha. After six months of work on more robust responses, we're holding a live feedback session in mid- to late October. New testers welcome! Please share.🧵
Try it ahead of time: dev.arabidopsis.org

screenshot of the AI chatbot with a textbox for entering questions

@johninnescentre.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 5:55 PMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

Advances #39, Summer 2026 issue is now online! 🌱 🍅

From Vitamin D boosted tomatoes, to plant factories creating complex molecules for vaccines, read the latest edition of Advances, our bi-annual science magazine:

https://okt.to/tX6mGe

@julietccoates.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 7:42 PMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

Almost at 25% target - thank you for all donations so far 💚

@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 8:02 PMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

Call for papers: Green cities for plants, people and the planet

Open for submissions on the theme of advancing plant-focused solutions for building resilient, green and sustainable cities.

Deadline: 15 November 2026

www.newphytologist.org/news/call-fo...

#ICPR26 #ESA2026 #PlantScience

@plantteaching.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:48 AM

That looks like a wonderful adventure, and it seems you had nice weather too!

@yoselin.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 7:37 AMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

Hey, did you hear? Registration open for one week only!!!I have butterflies in my stomach of excitement to meet you all @blackinplantsci.bsky.social Plant Science UK conference 2026 in York.
Co-organized by the amazing Zawedde Walusimbi Benjamin Lichman Ousmane Dao

@plantsciencedbg.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 9:45 AMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

„Without funding of basic research – which is the advantage of doing research in Germany – our discoveries would not have been possible”, Nobel Prize laureate 2026 Peter Hagemann points out in German news @heutejournal.bsky.social

(starting at 19:00 minutes) – in German www.zdf.de/play/magazin...

@gittacoaker.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 12:19 AMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

Postdoc opp; the Katherine Esau Fellowship @UC Davis funds 2–3 years of work on plant structure and function. Curious how plant structure shapes plant-microbe interactions? Get in touch! Due Nov 1, international applicants welcome. www-plb.ucdavis.edu/about/fellow...

@gromesroland.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 8:58 AMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

Just spontaneously, big plant questions: * How to adapt agriculture to climate change? * Can climate change and biodiversity loss be mitigated in ecosystems? * Can photosynthesis be optimized? * How did the mosses/tracheophytes split evolve (e.g. what did early land plants do with their stomata)?

@mehta-lab.com Oct 6, 2026, 5:00 AMReposted by @plantteaching.bsky.social

A nice idea but wow is this a list that reveals us as a remarkably self-absorbed species. Some of us biologists do prefer to work on scientific questions unrelated to Homo sapiens, y’know!

What Are the Biggest Questions in Science Today? 100 Scientists Weigh In. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...

@plantteaching.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 8:43 PM

Good grief. What a depressing article.
Plants mentioned briefly once, about their interactions with animals.
How can the New York Times pretend to have captured "the biggest question in science" without reference to the most important kingdom, which sustains us? 😤
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...

@plantteaching.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:41 PM

It's very exciting 🇩🇪

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