We're thrilled to receive further funding from Research England which recognises the value of our work making our excellent living collection of plants accessible to researchers in the UK & around the world.

Congratulations to our sister University of Cambridge Museums & Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) on their grants too

I just finished this book by Robin Wall Kimmerer and I thoroughly enjoyed it! 🌿 Interesting insights aimings to bridge indigenous wisdom and science. Some interesting points and questions 🧵👇

Check out our new study published in Current Biology through collaboration with the Giles Oldroyd group. We discovered chitin signaling is essential for AMF symbiosis and, for the first time, identified a higher order LysM-RLK mutant that blocks AMF colonization in M. truncatula.

📷 We're delighted to be hosting the stunning 17th exhibition of the International Garden Photographer of the Year (igpoty) competition until 7 May.
Enjoy a huge variety of images from a range of categories, some taken in the Garden itself & others from much further afield!

Plz RT: come work with us!
Fully funded PhD Cambridge University Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)
Betalain root symbiosis reporters to enable field-relevant predictions of the risk of chemicals to AM fungi.

ctp-sai.org/projects-for-2…

Limited to UK applicants only. Please apply by 14th April.

🌼🐝Heading outdoors this bank holiday? Watch for signs of spring like bumblebees & daffodils and record your sightings in our survey with Field Studies Council: rsb.org.uk/signs-of-spring

Your #SpringSpotting will track the potential impacts of climate change on wildlife
#CitizenScience

The delicate, bell-shaped flowers of the pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris), named from the French word for Easter, have appeared right on queue for the Easter weekend. This British native is now quite rare in the UK, restricted to just a few chalk and limestone grasslands.

Just answered an email 'Where are the Teaching Tools in Plant Biology?' There were moved to this page academic.oup.com/plcell/pages/t… when we started publishing with OUP. They are grouped by theme (hormones, development, etc). All found in zip files in 'Supplemental Data'.
All free!

Undergraduates – our summer studentships in #PlantHealth are now open for applications 🌱

We worked with plant scientists to create twelve projects that address major plant health challenges identified by Defra UK 🧵

🔗 Full details: rsb.org.uk/PHUGS

What women in plant biology do you admire? Tag them so we call can follow them! #womeninscience #wipb

There are 36 diverse and interesting community-led sessions at #ICAR2024SanDiego that you can submit an abstract to.
to be considered for a talk- submit your abstract by 15 April.
15 April is also the early bird /reduced fee/ reduced campus lodging deadline

In this Behind the Paper article, Katharina Schiessl explores how unlocking the secrets of nitrogen fixation in legume plants brings us a step closer to repurposing this function in non-legume plants
communities.springernature.com/posts/unlockin…

We know of many signals regulating the activity of axillary buds, but how are these integrated to shape bud growth dynamics over time? Thrilled to share a new Leyser lab paper & part of my PhD. A group effort w/ past members FabrizioTicchiarelli, Martin van Rongen & Jean Dillon. A🧵:

It is truly amazing that we have this gem at our institute Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU). Herbaria are valuable historical records that should get more public recognition and funding. Beyond taxonomy, herbaria are crucial resources for biodiversity/molecular/evolutionary research and education!

Darwin’s plant specimens stored for 200 years to go on public display - The Henslow Herbarium ⁦Department of Plant Sciences⁩ is located ⁦Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)⁩ theguardian.com/science/2024/m…

The videos are now live!🎬🌿
Links below👇to find out what a herbarium is, how we prepare specimens & how plants get their scientific name.🔎🪸🍄Thanks to Cambridge Philosophical Society for supporting this project & Cambridge Festival for helping us share our fascinating world with a broader audience!

Did you know plant roots can “wave”?
Using morpho-elastic rods, we burrow into the intricate world of root morphologies as they navigate stiff inclined planes. Dig in, now on PNASNews, with Mattia-Lab and Yasmine Meroz: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on March 21 at 11 am Eastern Time, hosted by the 2024 Plantae Fellows.

Free registration at buff.ly/3PaSa5X

Watch this space!🎬We are producing 3 new videos with the support of Cambridge Philosophical Society. They will be released next week as part of Cambridge Festival. To learn more about our activities, you can also chat with Anne Dubéarnès at the Rising Stars event on March 23rd. festival.cam.ac.uk/events/rising-…