More than 6000 scientists have signed a declaration condemning "Administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe" standupforscience.net/bethesda-decla…

Congratulations Dr Berlaine Quime who successfully defended her PhD today! Halpin Scholar #9 PhD#44 ⁦The Sainsbury Laboratory⁩ ⁦Berlaine Quime⁩

Come visit us at the Royal Norfolk Show! We are at the STEMM Marquee. We will be here today and tomorrow and would love to share the science we do at The Sainsbury Laboratory 🔬🧬🦠🥔

Former Defra UK secretary George Eustice is spot on in this blog for Farmers Guardian - highlighting the potential risks of UK-EU SPS realignment in prioritising short term trade benefits over over our ability to innovate for longer-term growth. farmersguardian.com/blog/4515479/e…

Rwanda to trial three GM crops later this year - disease resistant cassava, blight resistant potatoes and drought tolerant, insect resistant maize - ahead of potential nationwide adoption, says Rwanda Agriculture & Animal Resources Development Board (RAB). newtimes.co.rw/article/27329/…

Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation - Schulman - Plant Biotechnology Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb…

excellent commentary from Lord Rooker scienceforsustainableagriculture.com/lordrooker2

The untold history of genetic modification vermontdailychronicle.com/the-untold-his…

a very interesting insight into suppression of NRC-dependent defense

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It has been a while… but an updated, faster & more accurate version of OrthoFinder is now out! Scales to thousands of species on conventional compute resources with higher accuracy than ever before and the same data rich fully phylogenetic outputs 👉biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

are we sure this is real and not AI generated??!! nice reconfiguration of zigzag as waves on an ocean!

a very sad loss of a wonderful guy who was a much loved part of our scientific community

We are thrilled to share that our scientists joined the opening of Future of Food, a new free exhibition at the Science Museum about how food must change to protect the planet 🌍 Inside you'll find resistant potatoes developed in Jonathan D G Jones group🥔 buff.ly/slKlOSy

“Seeking Karma — the force created by people’s actions.” I wrote this post over a year ago (May 2024). Sadly, it feels even more relevant now than ever. kamounlab.medium.com/seeking-good-k… 👇

USAID cuts threaten 14mn extra deaths by 2030, warns study ft.com/content/945a03… via @ft

Eriko Tanaka et al. developed a synthetic microbial community, cocultured from healthy tomato plants, that consistently suppresses bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum. 🍅 Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-0…

FSANZ Invites Comments on GM Purple Tomato isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotech…

Humans have been modifying crops for thousands of years. All of the corn ears on display are the same species (Zea mays), developed in different parts the world. Some resist pests or have kernels that are brightly colored, are sweet, or pop when heated. .US

From Haaretz's Ronit Vered. Among many recent crimes against people in Palestine, this is a crime against all of us This was one of the last bridges between Jews and Arabs. Israel demolished it, too haaretz.com/israel-news/20…