Sarah Shailes

Freelance science writer/editor with a love of plants. @girlguiding leader.

[Sarah Shailes @SarahShailes]

Coronaviruses and other viruses are non-living, nano-robot-like particles that invade cells and hijack them to make more viruses. Guest post by David Parrish https://t.co/MxT4oZJp3u

[CIEP Official @The_CIEP]

The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading is officially here!
Please say hello to welcome our new name and status!

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

You don't need to be religious to be celebrate Christmas (or Yule, midwinter or the solstice, whatever you want to call it!) - as I explain in the @guardian https://t.co/DR5mrkrhPS

[Gail Taylor @UCLDeanLifeSci]

We are looking for a New Chief Editor for Annals of Botany-this prestigious plant journal - owned and managed in support of Plant Sciences - please RT

[Sarah Shailes @SarahShailes]

@MelissaPetru Ah yes, finding the right settings can take a bit of experimenting 👩‍🔬

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Whether bacteria grow floating in liquid or attached to a surface affects their ability to evolve antimicrobial resistance and our ability to treat infections https://t.co/hnF4m65XGy

[John Innes Centre @JohnInnesCentre]

DEVELOPMENT - The role of calcium is well understood as a function of signalling between plants and symbiotic fungi. Now Dr Myriam Charpentier's lab have discovered that calcium also plays a key role in primary root development https://t.co/TnX6Ac6u49

[Sarah Shailes @SarahShailes]

@jnunoleitao @NatureComms @charpentier_lab @rosscarter33 Congratulations!

[Nuno Leitão @jnunoleitao]

It's finally out in @NatureComms!
@charpentier_lab @rosscarter33
https://t.co/SmpPsK8zqg

[Sarah Shailes @SarahShailes]

This week I have been learning how to use Macros in MS Word to help with my proofreading and editing work. I had no idea how useful they can be! Link for an introduction to the world of editing macros: https://t.co/vIq3Ca9PwT

[Kerry, Ag Reporter @KerryHalladay]

For your morning gut-punch: Here's a Washington Post perspective piece on the ongoing brain-drain of @USDA_ERS. This is important & terrifying. This is necessary "infrastructure" being killed.

Thanks to @Brix_Ag for sharing.

https://t.co/BWcDt0SCep

[AoB Plants @AoB_PLANTS]

👏Great to see more journals adopting format free submissions! It means that you can spend your time focussing on the science and not the margin sizes.

[AoB Plants @AoB_PLANTS]

🌱Our sister journal @annbot and @botanyone are on the hunt for a Social Media Editor! The role is remote so is an excellent opportunity for any plant science ECRs with an interest in #scicomm.

🌱 For more info, click here: https://t.co/ioykFGTput

[Sarah Shailes @SarahShailes]

I'm awake early and, since the toddler is still asleep, it seems like a good opportunity to bring out the laptop and do some editing work #flexibleworking #freelancelife

[Stephen Bornemann @stephbornemann]

Emma (Sherwood) Gehrke, enthusiastically sharing her journey from Rotation Student, to post-doc in the US, to healthcare consultant in the UK. @JohnInnesCentre @TheSainsburyLab #johninnesfoundation

[Sarah Shailes @SarahShailes]

@PlantTeaching Oh gosh that sounds terrible. Glad to hear you are ok.

[Sarah Shailes @SarahShailes]

This might be why I buy more food from bakeries after a bad nights sleep!

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

People who do not get enough sleep often start to favour sweet and fatty foods. A new study shows that this might happen because a lack of sleep changes the way the brain processes scents https://t.co/gdPhc6x2w6

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

A symbiosis between a soil fungus and a marine alga in the laboratory leads to photosynthetic mycelium https://t.co/8cO4enMwHY