📢Forum on 11 June Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) from 3pm. Interdisciplinary conversations relating to Transpositions - drawing connections between different ways of reproducing life. See programme at repro.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-repr…
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📢Announcement! 📢The call for *TPJ Fellowships* is now open! 🎉The TPJ Fellowship scheme is designed to offer support and mentorship to researchers transitioning from post-doctoral scientists to principal investigators. More info👇and thread onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1…

📢Want to work on your #SciComm skills and connect with fellow biologists around the world? Register for #SciComm Connect!

📅Mon 10 Jun
🎙️Shareable Science Dr Jamie Gallagher & 3-min research talk competition
✍️ #DevBiolWriteClub John Wallingford & writing sprints

thenode.biologists.com/register-to-at…

Today is International Day of #PlantHealth 🌾🌽
Here is an example of our research into healthier crops Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) -
Sabine Brumm, Matthew Macleod, Isaac Coven & others study barley genes that are essential for pathogens to enter and cause disease.
eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

🌱It’s a month until our annual Festival of Plants!
🌷The festival celebrates the wonder of plants with the Garden in full bloom. Save the date & look out for exciting updates!
🌲Normal Garden admission applies, pay on the day or pre-book online.
🍄Kindly supported by Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)

Would you like to contribute to digitising the Cambridge University Herbarium? Anyone can take part. Just visit the project page and transcribe a few specimens 👉tinyurl.com/4ary9fbp 🌿

Citizen Science - Research Gone Wild Pint of Science UK Cambridge 15 May with David J Hoey and #Marchantia liverworts - pintofscience.co.uk/event/citizen-…

NEWS & VIEWS: Hold the door! Stomatal defense also protects against mites (Manuel González-Fuente) buff.ly/44BYAlr @AlimentiaFood@CBGP_Madrid Alexander Jones 🌈 ASPB #PlantSci

'The plant leaps into action almost immediately...'
Very cool work by Ire.Rosa-Diaz CBGP & Jim Rowe Alexander Jones 🌈 discover plants utilise drought stress hormone ABA to block snacking spider mites
slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plants-ut…
#ASPB #plantsci

Spider mite herbivory induces an abscisic acid-driven stomatal defense (Irene Rosa-Díaz, James Rowe, Ana Cayuela-Lopez, Vicent Arbona, Isabel Díaz, Alexander M Jones) buff.ly/4dgRpmq @AlimentiaFood@CBGP_Madrid Alexander Jones 🌈 ASPB #PlantSci

This year we're celebrating the 300th anniversary of the first Professor of Botany at Cambridge.

The fourth of our monthly stories is 'Epigenetics in Agriculture: Unlocking Nature's Code for Healthier Crops' by Jake Harris

Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/yewy5v8c

Feeling inspired this #NationalGardeningWeek ?
If you want to learn more about plant taxonomy & systematics, join Assistant Curator Dr Ángela Cano and botanist Ros Bennett for an exciting five-day course, running 17 – 21 June.
botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-lear…

The BiPS Summer Studentship aims to encourage students to consider a career in plant sciences by providing funding to support paid summer placements for Black undergraduate students.

Don't miss out on this opportunity and apply now:

blackinplantscience.org/2024/04/29/bla…

Abstract submissions close TODAY!
Join us in Cambridge this September for #SLS24 to explore the mechanisms behind plant developmental variation under evolution, domestication, environment & engineering!

LAST 2 DAYS to submit your abstract to present at the Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium!
Theme: Development Reprogrammed: Evolution-Domestication-Environment-Engineering
🗓️17-19 September 2024 | Cambridge UK
slcu.cam.ac.uk/sls24

Xyloglucan deficiency leads to a reduction in turgor pressure and chan... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Great thanks to Bill Gray, Elliot Meyerowitz, Sarah Robinson,Henrik Jönsson, LeoSerra, Ross Carter and to everyone at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) and University of Minnesota for making this work possible...

🚨 Registration deadline for #EpiPlantSEB2024 is April 30th 🚨 Register now to join the fun in Clermont this summer 🌱🧬

NEW TODAY in nature - A vast DNA tree of life brings open access DNA sequences of >9500 flowering plants! 🧬

This invaluable resource crafted by 279 scientists lets us answer key questions about modern plant life and look back in time to its origins 🌿

nature.com/articles/s4158…