HCR is gonna be such a fantastic technique for the field of developmental biology in the years going forward
07.03.2026 12:57
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HCR is gonna be such a fantastic technique for the field of developmental biology in the years going forward
Please check out our new preprint! Using single cell analysis paired with HCR to visualize transcript localization we have identified cell and tissue-specific expression of various genes encoding tubulins, kifs, and dyneins during neural crest development!
Ummm... Excuse me, can I help you find something?
If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kΔkΔpΕ chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!
Our work on #hornwort #pyrenoids is finally out in @science.org! π We uncovered how hornworts pack their Rubisco into pyrenoids and successfully recreated them in Arabidopsis. A key step toward engineering more efficient photosynthesis in crops @btiscience.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An odd little plantβthe hornwortβjust gave scientists a blueprint for how to make crops more efficient.
New paper out today in Science from BTI, Cornell & the University of Edinburgh. Here's why it matters: btiscience.org/explore-bti/...
This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower
Itβs the first time a frogβor any amphibianβhas been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.
Learn more on #WorldWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4riUU1G
Researchers in the US might be having feelings about writing grants atm-I know I am!
We still need to write them. In this Evolution Exchange, I again chat with Sam Scheiner, who summarizes how to write a competitive proposal.
His advice is gold, and helpful regardless of funder. Pls RT!
<reads in Adam Sandler voice>
EMERGENCY, #oregon forest friends!
Three more weeks to comment. No public hearings scheduled.
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I am very excited to share my simultaneous triple staining method for monocot roots. This method is not only faster but also utilizes a smaller volume of stain than traditional methods and minimizes mechanical tissue damage.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Alternative periodic system of chemical elements (source: Wikimedia)
This periodic table shows the origins(!) of chemical elements: The carbon in your bones was created under extreme conditions within dying stars. The iron in your blood comes from exploding stars & the gold in your teeth from neutron stars. We are literally made of star stuff. #science #sagan #stars
Grey cat sitting on a table, gazing pensively onto the middle distance. He has amber eyes and pronounced cheeks. A luxuriant mane, and a walrus moustache.
Nobly gracing the table
Our new study highlights the importance of #biodiversity #conservation across scales in #drylands and provides insights for designing aridity-specific biodiversity conservation policies.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Schematic diagram summarizing the key results from this study for heart rot stems, no heart rot stems, heart rot stems with bark fractures of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marshall), and soil.
Source or sink? #Trees with heart rot disease emit more #methane, upending forest carbon models
news.nd.edu/news/source-...
Read the research by Chathuranga K. Senevirathne π
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience #PressRelease
So, any other news yesterday?
Anything important?
In principle the main extent of explorable morphospace should saturate in reasonably short order if there isnβt a strong penalty for such random walks, at which point more incremental tweaking would take over, so is this approaching a textbook case of neutral evolution?
Apparently Amorphophallus can in fact spontaneously regen from leaf cuttings sensu web searches� TIL: www.juniperlevelbotanicgarden.org/propagation-...
I have always wondered if these leaves which recruit more stem cell maintenance genes to build leaf morph complexity is purely a coincidence. Titan arum is my personal fav in this respect with its βIβm gonna grow an entire tree out of a single organβ energy. No idea of its leaves can regenerate tho
These non-abscission based compound leaf arums also do some super funny things with their leaf primordia during organ formation. Feel like I remember Claudia Henriquez was finding some unusual KN1 expression patterns (equivalent to dicot STM) in other Arums when we overlapped
New paper alert π Our organism-wide single-cell ATAC-seq atlas of mammalian aging is now out in @science.org, led by our fantastic graduate student Ziyu Lu from @rockefeller.edu!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Lightning is so 2025 - it's time for glowing trees, instead β‘π². Today for @science.org : www.science.org/content/arti... #lightning #trees #storm #science #nature #physics
πͺ΄Postdoc position - UT Austin, TX, USA
- Developmental Mechanisms of Adaptation to Underwater Environment/Genome Editingπͺ΄
Do you love amphibious/aquatic plants? Then consider applying to the position! See the attached ads.
utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
π« Entry level seed jobs in Georgia, USA
πΈ FT + benefits eligible, $39k
Based @ USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center (Americus)
Funded for 2y, 60% field / 30% lab
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/470...
Based @ FS National Seed Lab (Dry Branch)
Funded for 3y, 80% lab
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/470...
Project update:
Tanya and I have been writing up the results of this project and we've realized that all of the knots in this class of patterns are at most 6 "tangle moves" from each other and at most three tangle moves from what we're calling the "great-great-granny knot" (see alt text).
Fighter jet https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/xf-92a-delta-wing/
How do blue whales stop themselves tipping over when they inflate their lower jaw to engulf krill? The upper jaw! The triangular shape of the upper jaw keeps them swimming forward, acting like the delta-shaped wings of a fighter jet
Fish et al. 2026: doi.org/10.1111%2Fmm...
New Brady lab members! Welcome Majken, Alex and Lily!
Prof. Dr. Thomas Becker, - Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University Hospital Bonn (UKB)
The powerhouse of the cells β known as mitochondria β appear to be able to influence the number of lipid droplets in the cell. Study at the Universities of Bonn and Freiburg and University Hospital Bonn reveals previously unknown mechanism. Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/032-...
Β© Photo: UKB
Yet when I try to bring my bike in doors people stare at me like Iβm a mad manβ¦
Cartoon that shows how PhDs are pushing the frontiers of knowledge.
Keep pushing & don't forget the bigger picture :)
