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Fig. 3. Cell-specific silicon concentrations in selected individual sedges acquired using CryoSEM-EDX. For each species, a schematic diagram is shown of the different anatomical areas, together with a qualitative representation of the distributions of silicon (green) and carbon (purple) (Si-C), and a heatmap of silicon concentration, [Si]. (A) Machaerina junceae, (B, C, E) Cyathochaeta equitans, (D) Schoenus rigens, and (F) Mesomelaena tetragona. Scale bars are 100 µm in (A–D, F) and 25 µm in (E).

"Cell walls dominate the cellular allocation of silicon in sedges" by @felix-detombeur.bsky.social et al. I act as a kind of senior advisor! X-ray microtomography, cryo-SEM–energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy #plantscience #silicon #silica #phytoliths 🧪
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Silicon in Agriculture conference poster

Call for Papers: "Special Issue on “Silicon for Sustainable Agriculture and Resilient Ecosystems” in the journal, Plant and Soil, based on the 9th International Conference on #Silicon in Agriculture. Non-attendees can also submit. #plantscience #phytolith 🧪 link.springer.com/journal/1110...

#StandUpForScience Montpellier, France @standupforscifr.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

A nice blog by my colleague @felix-detombeur.bsky.social about his recent paper (in which I had a small part!)
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I thought I would make a starter pack of scientists working on #phytoliths. Please share if this is of interest to you, and do ask if you want to be added!
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Thank you Ian! It was a pleasure working with you on that paper 🙂