episode 27: You know nothing, RuBisCO.
Sometimes, it’s ok to do a short episode. After all, there is plenty to listen to again on here, so yeah. We talk about RuBisCO research and plants and stuff. It really is like the ones before but different and with other topics.
Joram’s paper: Lobo, A. K. M., Orr, D. J., Gutierrez, M. O., Andralojc, P. J., Sparks, C., Parry, M. A. J., & Carmo-Silva, E. (2019). Overexpression of ca1pase Decreases Rubisco Abundance and Grain Yield in Wheat. Plant Physiology, 181(2), 471–479.
Tegan’s favourite plant is the golden wattle, not just a wattle. This is the Bruce sketch we mention.
Joram presents the life and work of Arlette Nougarède, a French biologist exploring the inner workings of the shoot apical meristem.
Fun Stuff:
Catapult plant from In Defense of Plants
Tanentzapf lab’s tweet on best practice early in the career
1. This is stating the obvious but I think that early on in one’s scientific career it's pretty important to read a lot of papers & go to lots of seminar talks. In particular I think it’s quite important to attend as many bad talks & read as many badly written papers as possible.
— Tanentzapf Lab (@TanentzapfLab) October 16, 2019Mental health note is in this paper. The MPG finally started offering psychological support and we welcome this change.
If you’re feeling depressed or down and think about harming yourself: seek help. Here is a list of international suicide help organisations.
Terrifying werewolf cats.
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