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Why are not all whales dead from cancer? A simple calculation reveals that an animal 1000 times larger than us should be much more prone to develop cancer. This is not the case. Why? Maths suggests an answer. Check this @royalsocietypublishing.org paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

As we're nearing Decision Day for major science journalism programs across the U.S., I made a starter pack of staff, students, and alumni of @mitsciwrite.bsky.social. Give these science writers a follow; we're happy to take tips, collaborate, and give advice! go.bsky.app/TqyGJrB

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Happy to share a new publication on root imaging, linking below-ground root dynamics and above-ground traits, "Better root length distribution in the deep soil profile enhances upland cotton performance" #roottraits #fineroots @tropiroot.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

We are happy to share the new research findings on below-ground root trait dynamics, led by TropiRoot members: Oscar Valverde‐Barrantes, @laylugli.bsky.social @loutsi.bsky.social @kmander7.bsky.social @kaaze7.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #fineroots #tropiroots

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

📢📢TropiRoot has transitioned to a new leadership team for next two years and is gearing up for exciting projects ahead! We’re expanding our outreach efforts and networking. If you’re a tropical root researcher, interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data, we’d love to connect with you!

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

NSF Career Award supported invention of Foldscope - now reached 3 million kids globally with ~1 million kids in US - bringing joy of science to grassroots & communities with very little support. It’s brought communities working together on global problems. www.goldengooseaward.org/01awardees/f...

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

I'm really into humanoid robots. You know, the ones that can walk on two legs, have arms, all that. In the past year there has been an explosion of these robots, at least 10 advanced varieties. For me, the possibilities are exciting. Check out my YouTube list and... youtube.com/playlist?lis...

submitted 73 days ago • 2 comments

Please join this starter pack if you are connected or interested to the TropiRoot Network. go.bsky.app/3jG9f7z

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

Its fun reading a long waited history book “The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire” by Edward Gibbon #weekends

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Its fun reading “Some Assembly Required “ by prof @neilshubin.bsky.social ! #evolution

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Thanks to @ymalhi.bsky.social for this alert to good climate news: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine a plant, which forgets all the traditional rules! Escaping dormancy, stress, and even death!

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

New Editorial: "Dry matters" rdcu.be/d38JX December is traditionally a time for looking back at the year that has passed. For plant biology, drought has been a frequently raised topic in 2024 — and 2025 is unlikely to be any different.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

New Correspondence: "Time to end the vascular plant chauvinism" rdcu.be/d38L4 The emphasis on vascular plants reveals a bias that leaves the non-vascular plants — the tiny, overlooked, inconspicuous plants — hidden in the shadows, literally.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Our editors write: - Plant cytoskeleton: How villin subclasses coordinate actin remodelling rdcu.be/d38Oh Villins are actin-binding proteins that function in Ca2+ dependent actin severing or actin bundling. Arabidopsis encodes 5 villin genes of different subclasses...

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New collection: "Diffusion barriers in plants" nature.com/collections/... Biogenesis of diffusion barriers like Casparian strip, suberin lamellae or root exodermis. Primarily focused on root diffusion barriers, but homologous structures were recently discovered in trichomes.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Winter break reading collections!

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New paper out on which I am a co author on studies of metagenomes from Tramway Ridge in Antarctica phylogenomics.me/2024/12/19/n...

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

These bayes tutorials are the first ones i've actually understood. Looking forward to the rest of the being finished. Go @easystats.bsky.social teams! easystats.github.io/bayestestR/i... #rstats

submitted 90 days ago • 4 comments

A fan of #Bryophytes? You are (almost) not alone! #Bryophytes rule...they can grow almost anywhere, host a fascinating world of #microbes (incl. #nitrogen-fixing #Cyanobacteria), are key in #biogeochemistry, and hold huge potential for #biotechnology. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 91 days ago • 4 comments

Wonderful read on the history of plants, their migrations and adaptations to different environments “The Incredible Journey of Plants” by Stefano Mancuso !!! #plants

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Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in Bacteria, from #microLife Learn about key molecular information processing networks that allow #bacteria and #archaea to adapt to an ever changing external world. https://academic.oup.com/microlife/pages/second-messenger-signaling-in-bacteria #MicroSky

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Khaleque et al. conducted in-depth comparative genomic analysis to predict carbon, nitrogen, and phosphate assimilation pathways in the halotolerant, acidophilic genus Acidihalobacter. Check out the obtained results https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/100/12/fiae145/7875255 #FEMSMicrobiolEcol

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

THIS type of course needs to be more widespread! See the reply for the link to the course homepage. My university doesn't offer anything like it, does yours?

submitted 94 days ago • 5 comments

Proud to share our new @plantphys.bsky.social review exploring the anatomical and molecular basis for root adaptations to the environment. Prashanth Ramachandran and Andrea Ramirez detail cell types and pathways that help plants stay resilient in a changing world. academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot leadership team met today to discuss about some exciting stuffs: the upcoming leadership elections, new grant proposals and out reach efforts. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

Looking for the latest global #fluxnet carbon NEE, water, GPP, transpiration upscaling 2001-2021 (daily 0.25 degree, monthly 0.05 deg) - Fluxcom-X paper now out in Biogeosciences: @jakenelson.bsky.social and crew, X-BASE: bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/... Data at: meta.icos-cp.eu/collections/...

submitted 121 days ago • 2 comments

Please share! The Grand Challenges Initiative is one of the most innovative postdoctoral research and teaching fellowship programs in the country. We have a >85% placement rate into faculty positions! The secret sauce is that we invest in building a supportive postdoctoral community. Join us!

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Interested in how and where trees move water? I'm hiring a plant ecophys postdoc to study hydraulic redistribution in Indiana forests. If you'll be at AGU and want to discuss, please reach out! jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...

submitted 106 days ago • 3 comments

I made a Starter Pack for #MathSky, since the one @tienchihmath.bsky.social made (go.bsky.app/66Us7WW), is at max capacity. But I need your help! Let's crowdsource this to make it better. Reply with suggestions. Please don't feel shy to self-nominate! go.bsky.app/GiRFQ8D

submitted 108 days ago • 31 comments

Are you interested in Root responses to climate change? Read our latest synthesis article about tropical root responses to global changes led by Daniella Yaffar and Laynara Lugli @laylugli.bsky.social on Global Change Biology. #fineroots #tropicalroots onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

For #EGU25 consider submitting your abstract to our session "Tropical forests in transition - ecosystems of global significance". We are looking forward to bringing together what we know about tropical forests and climate change 🌳🌎 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Check out the website of the HHMI Janelia Open Science Software Initiative (OSSI) ossi.janelia.org You can find an overview of the projects we support with links to the code & documentation. We are also always looking for people to contribute to these projects! @hhmi.bsky.social

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Darwin’s methods were not so mathematically sophisticated, of course, and he was constructing a tree of organisms rather than genes, but he was all over the idea that the patterns generated by evolutionary processes are scale invariant. 🐋🌱🦋🦫🧪 #EvoBio #PhilSci #HistSTM

submitted 115 days ago • 6 comments