Post-doc at the University of Sheffield, UK. Interested in all things plant-silicon and plant-stress 🌱🌾 She/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarah-thorne14.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarah-thorne14.bsky.social/post/3mk35quicqk26I've really been enjoying the Agroecology Connect sessions the past few months, especially the small-group discussions we have after the talk 🚜🌱☕ Please come and join us on Friday: https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/agroecology-connect/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:bm3vv6w5ibcaxnhs2tthbtne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk35quicqk26https://bsky.app/profile/sarah-thorne14.bsky.social/post/3mf2szzmavc26The first Agroecology Connect was a really fun, informal session with a great speaker, so please come and join us for our February installment! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:bm3vv6w5ibcaxnhs2tthbtne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2szzmavc26https://bsky.app/profile/sarah-thorne14.bsky.social/post/3mcrz6itc222eThe BES Agricultural Ecology SIG is launching a series of monthly online coffee mornings☕🚜🌿 https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/agroecology-connect/19 Jan 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:bm3vv6w5ibcaxnhs2tthbtne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrz6itc222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sarah-thorne14.bsky.social/post/3m65euzne322rThis is a really exciting PhD opportunity looking at the effect of air pollution and silicon on pest control so please encourage anyone you know to apply! Deadline 12th January #plantscience #ecology https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/cr2026_06-sisafe/21 Nov 2025 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:bm3vv6w5ibcaxnhs2tthbtne/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65euzne322rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarah-thorne14.bsky.social/post/3lxuchnd7yk2aReally excited that this is finally out: new paper by Katie Shaw showing how the effects of Si vary depending on how drought stress is imposed (with Julie Gray, Andy Fleming, and @suehartley.bsky.social) https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2025.1661405/full02 Sep 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:bm3vv6w5ibcaxnhs2tthbtne/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxuchnd7yk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sarah-thorne14.bsky.social/post/3lfh6qps6jc2jInteresting new blog post showing how to avoid phytolith identification varying among researchers by @welmoedo.bsky.social https://siliceousplants.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/inter-and-intra-observer-variation-in-phytolith-morphometry-are-measurements-comparable/ #siliceousplants11 Jan 2025 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:bm3vv6w5ibcaxnhs2tthbtne/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfh6qps6jc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sarah-thorne14.bsky.social/post/3lcpn5lpoxk2vCool new blog post looking at Si-C trade-offs in sedges by @felix-detombeur.bsky.social https://siliceousplants.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/silicon-carbon-trade-off-in-the-epidermis-of-sedges/ #siliceousplants07 Dec 2024 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:bm3vv6w5ibcaxnhs2tthbtne/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcpn5lpoxk2v