Spring is here πͺ»πͺ»πͺ»
Spring is here πͺ»πͺ»πͺ»
Green enthusiastic alert!!! π±π±π±
After 3 months, from little hypocotyls comes tini shoots. I am super excited that my #Lotusjaponicus #transformation is progressing well. They will be valuable resources for my research π
Stay tuned and stay green! π
Bubble soil for plants of a #bubble #tea lover π€π§π±
After one week, explants are now on SCM (selective callus media). They look quite white and dry nowπ Hope I will see soon some little green calli popping up, like how spring brings greens back again at every corner π±π±π±
After so many years, I did tissue culture and stable transformation again π Super excited and cross all fingers that they (Loti π± and Agro π¦ ) are happily cooperated π€
#orchid
Plz Repost. We @slcuplants.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with proven protein biochemistry & cell biology expertise & strong interest in plant processes targeted by Phytophthora effectors. (apply before 2 April) [Image: Alex Guyon]
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/
He was starting stupidly like this for a while π€£
There ain't no better portrait π
#caturday #cat
I just spent the last two days in a workshop about #networking and #visibility of #womeninscience. Many take-home lessons and more time for self-reflection. But what I am grateful for the most is to be heard, seen, and empathized with all young enthusiastic female scientists π€ππ€
#fEMPOWER
He knows he is pawerful πΌ
#caturday #cat #paws
Soooo pretty π€©
Since we are not making progress in the approval of GMOs in Europe, these new approaches may become even more important.
This is figure 4, which shows sensory analysis evaluation.
A paper in Communications Engineering presents a new method to optimally cook both the yolk and white of a boiled chicken egg. "Periodic cookingβ yields an evenly-cooked egg with a higher nutritional content than shell-on eggs cooked by conventional methods. https://go.nature.com/4hJWNzU π§ͺ
New Article: "The BRUTUS iron sensor and E3 ligase facilitates soybean root nodulation by monoubiquitination of NSP1" rdcu.be/d8uUw
Iron binds to the iron sensor BRUTUS A, which monoubiquitinates / stabilizes the pro-nodulation transcription factor NSP1a.
#JSPP 2025 Awards
Runner up of PCP best paper award (2/4):
Switching sidesβ¦
Miyata et al. provide a mechanistic insight into how #rice plants switch between #PlantImmunity & symbiosis, potentially providing a novel way to engineer rice that can benefit more from AM fungi
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
Unbelievable! Not at all academic freedom in a "free" country π
Latest ep of my @natureportfolio.bsky.social's Podcast is out!
It looks at the devastating impact of burnout on academics.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(or search "Working Scientist" wherever you get your pods πΆπ§ͺ)
#Caturday
Not my cat π₯² but he loves me the second most π€πΌ
Yayyy! I followed them all