Slovenia Joins Fascination of #PlantsDay2026! 🌿
Our warmest thanks go to our National Coordinator, Maruša Pompe Novak, for reaffirming Slovenia’s strong commitment. Since 2012, 20+ organisations have inspired all ages through plant science, workshops & creative events. 🌱
50thEPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 19 February 2026 at 15.00 CET discussing Communicating Plant Science – Examples from Fascination of Plants Day with Valeria Bianciotto, Maruša Pompe-Novak and Trine Hvoslef-Eide. https://t.co/PTlFFf4XKN #PlantScience#PlantsDay2026
#PaperAlert Why do scientific societies matter now more than ever?
Members of GPC board explore how societies support researchers, foster global collaboration, & shape the future of science. A must-read for all career stages👍
🔗https://t.co/EWB880OkVr
#plantscience#science
Scientists & entrepreneurs urge EU Commission, EU Parliament & Member States to recognize the importance of a substantial ring-fenced budget for an EU Research & Innovation Programme, independent from Competitiveness Fund. Sign the open letter https://t.co/2okxKTpl4X #FP10#MFF
Job alert: we have an open call for a fully funded PhD position at NIB, dealing with viromes of invertebrates and associated sample types: https://t.co/SOaUOcV1h4
@NIB_FITO_SI#virology#bioinformatics#invertebrates
WP5 partners created tools like the #StressKnowledgeMap, enabling data integration and insights into stress responses in #potatoes 📊🥔
These new tools support fast data integration & yield prediction also applicable to similar studies in other crops!
👉https://t.co/BavodEwf74
Multi-stress responses in potato. #multiomics and deep phenotyping integrative approach to characterize #heat#drought#waterlogging in this very important crop. Collaborative effort from the @eu_adapt consortium @UU_Plants https://t.co/7tWDprCXt3
🌻> 1200 primary school children across Slovenia are exploring plants in a new light today as part of Fascination of Plants Day 2024 in 🇸🇮 36 workshops help to educate curious children who will appreciate the role of plants in addressing environmental challenges🤩#plantday
Danes v okolici Nacionalnega inštituta za biologijo že enajstič poteka osrednji dogodek dneva očarljivih rastlin. 1300 otrok kroži med 36 različnimi delavnicami na temo rastlin (https://t.co/pZkIa7qmca). Je živahno in poučno!
Več: https://t.co/o35ixc2e8L
@PlantDay18May#PlantDay
Stress Knowledge Map: A knowledge graph resource for systems biology analysis of plant stress responses #resource#PlantCommunications https://t.co/w2vL1ZjVFu
📢New career opportunity at NIB in bioinformatics and systems biology.
The work will include systems modelling and deep learning for interpreting the regulation of plant growth-defence tradeoffs.
More at https://t.co/8iVgi0i2Oo
In an open letter coordinated by @weplanetint, we together with >1000 scientists, including 35 Nobel Prize winners, call on the EU parliamentarians to vote for a renewal of genetic engineering law.
#GGAC#NGTs#CRISPR
https://t.co/OdiOVt1Uxw
Please RT:
@PlantNetProject (an #AI that identifies plants) need your help to stay free and in a "wikipedia" mode: Make a donnation --> https://t.co/jS1JbGJUDl
Try it (it's free) and you will never get back --> https://t.co/9PLoMUXf46
This week, @eu_adapt project partners had productive meetings in Ljubljana 🇸🇮 to discuss the progress made as part of the project and the results of the ongoing research. Thanks to @NIB_FITO_SI for hosting us. Stay tuned for more info.🥔🇪🇺 #EU#Horizon