It's fine (indeed, essential) to change priorities and funding schemes but failing to maintain continuity of funding opportunities is irresponsible and shows UKRI do not care about ECRs or the financially-strapped organisations that they need to deliver their research programmes.
Thanks for the shout-out! If anybody wants to get an overview of expansion microscopy techniques in plants, give this a read! 🔬
A cloning strategy as depicted in the OpenCloning website
#OpenCloning is a an Open Source alternative to SnapGene/Benchling that supports automation and integration with other software
✅ Free
🔓 Open Source
🧬 More cloning methods than SnapGene
🤖 Can be automated with python
👨🔬 Built by a researcher — for researchers!
👉 Check it out at opencloning.org
Just returned from the most vibrant, heartwarming and inspirational conference organised by @blackinplantsci.bsky.social Thank you for building a community where we can #connect #celebrate and #cultivate one another, and break down barriers in plant science research
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Today I’ve simultaneously:
✅Officially become Dr👩🏽🎓,
❌Had a grant rejected 📋
Guess this is the harsh reality of my chosen career path!🤣🤣🥹
Truly cannot wait to see what the future holds for my academic career in plant sciences! #PhDone
Very grateful and humbled to have passed my PhD viva with minor corrections! My sincere gratitude to my supervisor Dr. Lorraine Williams for her unwavering support and guidance. Special thanks to @mjtplantbiology.bsky.social and Prof. Malcolm Hawkesford for a great viva experience 🌾👩🔬
Many of us scientists in the Global South have been sciencing forever with limited resources, higher costs for infrastructure and reagents/consumables, high bureaucratic burden, no overheads, and still contributed to the generation of knowledge. We’ve developed adaptive strategies.
This month's #ERGA BioGenome Seminar features talks by Martin Mascher & Marina Pupke Marone from @leibnizipk.bsky.social:
🌾 Structural variation in the #pangenome of #barley
🧬 Assembling plant #genomes with TRITEX
📆 Monday, Feb 24 | 11:00 CET
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/structu...
We're proud to celebrate the incredible women in science here at Southampton this International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🌍🔬✨
From undergraduates to PhD students and academics, our School of Biological Sciences is home to inspiring researchers shaping the future.
Some of the women in the School of Biological Sciences Southampton, on UNESCO International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 2025. Undergraduates in Cell Biology and Physiology Biochemistry PhD students and Academics. @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social
Is this year your final year of the PhD?
#academicsky
Have ordered McDonalds two days in a row now while on this final stretch of thesis submission. It’s the only fuel my body wants, apparently.Two more days until I’m free from the chains of my desk!!!
A woman looking to camera holding a bunch of parsnips. She is wearing a striped knitted jumper that is purple, lilac and black in colour. Behind there is a brown fence and some ivy leaves.
A graphic with a blue background and a cream-coloured circular textbox with parsnips on each top edge. The text reads the following: The longest parsnip ever recorded was 655 cm long and is recorded in the Guinness World Records! Growing the longest parsnip is a tradition associated with British country fairs, with some specialist gardeners even planting their parsnips in drain pipes to get them to be as long as possible.
A graphic with a blue background and a cream-coloured circular textbox with parsnips on each top edge. The text reads the following: Parsnips are very good for you, particularly because they are rich in micronutrients - vitamin B9, vitamin C, potassium and manganese. These nutrients help to keep your body functioning properly, keeping you strong and healthy. They do have quite a lot of starchy sugars in them, so should be consumed as part of a balanced diet.
A graphic with a blue background and a cream-coloured circular textbox with parsnips on each top edge. The text reads the following: Parsnips were used in wartime Britain to stand in for bananas, which were difficult to come by. This is due to their sweet, creamy texture when boiled or slow-roasted.
Our top three parsnip facts you need to know this Christmas 🎄
UoS Expert, Annabelle Somers, researches the nutritional benefits of the veg and gave us these seasonal parsnip pointers 🌱
Will parsnips be on your plate this Christmas? Comment below 👇
The reality of my current place in my PhD timeline has slapped me in the face. Went nominal today, didn’t intend to and didn’t expect to have to do it. What does this even mean? That I’m being slowly kicked out of uni? I’m not doing well with this inevitable change 🫠
Hello new Plant Scientists,
To get you started, the two #PlantScience Research #StarterPacks will connect you to other Scientists & relevant feeds:
1) go.bsky.app/8Zfmwf7
2) go.bsky.app/3NcqRCE
You can find more relevant Plant Science feeds here:
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Body decided to take the liberty of sleeping in until 11am today, rather than the usual 6am. Guess it shows how much thesis writing has been taking it out of me!
I give up 95% per cent of my weekends and holidays to do my PhD work and I never seem to get any closer to the end
Barley Pan-Genome version 2 update from Micha Bayer this morning. V3 is on its way! #pangenome #barley #core #shell #cloud #cnv #sv
Our Arabidizzle ubiquitinome paper is published! Awesome collaboration w @diorkelley.bsky.social lab lead by Gaoyuan Song - key contributions from so many others (@dormichicken.bsky.social @nmclark2.bsky.social)
@theplantcell.bsky.social #proteomics #PlantScience
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Hi everyone,
Does anyone know of a "Transcriptional Regulation (particularly in plants) Starter Package"?
Thanks in advance for your help!
