Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Oxfordhttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3ly3cjelr6k2pIt's hard to find the words. There won't be many people in the plant sciences community who won't feel the loss of such a generous soul and penetrating scientific mind. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2025 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3cjelr6k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3lwy273gk622cmakes sense.... [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2025 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwy273gk622chttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3lsm323uq4s2sGreat write up of work by @anyalb.bsky.social while in my lab on the use of biomolecular condensates for metabolic engineering. Thanks @ciara-obrien.bsky.social Some incredible papers highlighted in the roundup - well worth a read [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jun 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsm323uq4s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3lril4y4syc2mItaconate, the poster-child for metabolic reprogramming in animal immunity, now comes out to play in plants! https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.adt746313 Jun 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lril4y4syc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3lq6cm3snus2dIs there anything this enzyme doesn't do?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6cm3snus2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3lnmvh24l3s25Outstanding work by @anyalb.bsky.social in my lab - she targeted enzymes to synthetic biomolecular condensates in plants and showed increases in metabolic pathway activity, likely due to protection of the introduced enzymes from proteolysis #PlantScience https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pbi.7008225 Apr 2025 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnmvh24l3s25https://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3lngafsxd422uThe metabolic signal that regulates TOR is the Calvin-Benson cycle-derived metabolite DHAP. Activation of TOR by DHAP is also true in animals.... [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngafsxd422uhttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3lmuo53d5fc2pThe ever fascinating phenomenon of plant thermogenesis... [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmuo53d5fc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3lm2jujmmsc2kLots of excellent advice in this piece. The core message - only through writing do you really think and order your thoughts into logical sense. Makes a case for not using AI for 1st draft because you bypass the thinking step https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02584-1 @naturebiotech.bsky.social #PlantScience05 Apr 2025 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm2jujmmsc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3llyzgt3yg22kIf you want to find out why metabolism may look different to what you were taught, and why this matters, dip into to our review 'Non-canonical plant metabolism' https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-01965-3 @natureplants.bsky.social #PlantScience04 Apr 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyzgt3yg22khttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3lgidpjx4e22khttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08455-0 They "identified many highly conserved positions that tolerate mutation and rare mutations that improve CO2 affinity. These data indicate that non-trivial biochemical changes are readily accessible" #PlantScience24 Jan 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgidpjx4e22khttps://bsky.app/profile/leesweetlove.bsky.social/post/3lfapgtgf5s2sthis is a really great conference for early career scientists. Recommended... [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jan 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:thxtfmw4ditplw7ywabpomfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfapgtgf5s2s