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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · 8d

Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science

Dept. of Plant Sciences | Permanent | Closes on Monday 17 November 2025

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/russell...

#plantsciences #plantscijobs #academicjobs

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marketapernis.bsky.social @marketapernis.bsky.social · Jun 29

Open PhD position in plant regeneration 🌱
www.muni.cz/en/about-us/...

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Jose Julian @josejulian.bsky.social · Jul 2

Think vacuoles are just plant cell dumpsters? Think again.
They sense. They signal. They reshape. They fight back! ⚔️

Vacuoles are emerging as central hubs for plant resilience and adaptation. 🌱

@plantophagy.bsky.social and I unpack it all in our new review. Check it out!

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.pb...

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Jul 17

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute:

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

🗓️ Closes 25 August

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

🗓️ Closes 5 September

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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Jul 17

Less than a week left to apply! 🌱💚

Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Jun 5

We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄

A PhD position (initially 3 years) is available in our laboratory in the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), at the University of Tübingen (Germany). The position is available with an intended start date starting January 2026.
Interested applicants should submit a single PDF comprising a motivation letter describing your research interests, an up-to-date CV, and the names and contact information for 2 references to timing.lab@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de ideally before July 21st.

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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Jul 19

VACANCY

Optical Microscopy Specialist

Come work alongside the plant and microbial scientists at JIC and help us explore the biological frontier at the tissue, cell and subcellular scale!

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Jul 15

VACANCY - We’re seeking an Optical Microscopy Support Specialist to join our Bioimaging Platform, to help train users on light microscopes, collaborate on imaging projects and provide technical support.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/op...

Closing date - 11 August 2025
Contract - Full time, indefinite

Optical Microscopy Support Specialist | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Optical Microscopy Support Specialist to join the Bioimaging Platform at the John Innes Centre.

www.jic.ac.uk

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Vandepoele lab @vandepoelelab.bsky.social · Jul 16

We are hiring! If you have experience in plant genomics + AI, or promoter engineering + synthetic biology, check out our two open postdoc positions (computational + wetlab): www.vandepoelelab.be/Jobs please re-share RT #ERC

Jobs | Vandepoele Lab

www.vandepoelelab.be

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Christopher Dick @chrisdick.bsky.social · Jul 9

Herbarium director position opening at Oregon State University ‪@osu-herbarium.bsky.social‬ Great opportunity for herbarium- and field-trained botanists at any rank. bpp.oregonstate.edu/bpp/about/op...

Open Positions

bpp.oregonstate.edu

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Susan Schlimpert @s-lab.bsky.social · Jul 10

New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions.

Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity for an Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions has arisen at the John Innes Centre. To read the full job description for this role…

www.jic.ac.uk

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SFRR-E_ ECRs @sfrre-ecr.bsky.social · Jun 29

Don't miss it !

🧪 The 2nd FEBS Redox Medicine Workshop will explore how the exposome—diet, chemicals, microbes & more—modulates redox regulation in health & disease. From tools to therapies, talks span redox in metabolism, epigenetics, transcription, cell death & beyond.

#Redox #Exposome #FEBS

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Fritz Kragler @fritz-kragler.bsky.social · Apr 9

fascinated by grafting plants have a look at new review about grafting and exchange of of information between plants written with Ralph Bock
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The biology of grafting and its applications in studying information exchange between plants - Nature Plants

This Review discusses the uses of grafting in basic and applied research and summarizes our current understanding of the mechanisms involved in the exchange of genes, genomes, RNA molecules and protei...

www.nature.com

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SFRR-E_ ECRs @sfrre-ecr.bsky.social · Jun 30

Ever heard about our mentoring program?

Listen to Tim (mentee) telling us his feelings and what he learned from the mentoring program. He also gives you some advice!
Whether you’re seeking guidance or hoping to give back, this initiative is all about growth, support, and shared experiences.

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Avilien Dard @avdar66.bsky.social · Jun 29

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Jun 24

Are #carnivorous #plants mixotrophic?

A #Letter by Lin et al. 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience

(Image: Jörg Hempel, Wikimedia Commons)

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Avilien Dard @avdar66.bsky.social · Jun 29

How ROS regulate auxin response!

Very interesting paper for all #redox and #auxin lovers!

@sfrre-ecr.bsky.social @vanbreusegemlab.bsky.social

Ulrike Bechtold @ubechtold.bsky.social · Jun 13

I am happy to see exciting this collaboration between the Sadanandom lab (DU) and Bennett lab (UoN) finally published!

Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses

Reactive oxygen species function as key signals in plant adaptation to environmental stresses like drought. Roots respond to transient water unavailability by temporarily ceasing branching through the...

www.science.org

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Moritz K. Nowack @moritznowack.bsky.social · Jun 20

The morning after: 1st up in the #ICAR2025 #PTM session is Ari Sadanandom, talking on #SUMO in plant development & adaptation to the environment - visualised by a detailed SUMO cell atlas in Arabidopsis bar.utoronto.ca/-nprovart/SUMO

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Bon Pote @bonpote.com · Jun 29

Les politiques et journalistes qui parlent d'écologie punitive et d'atteinte à la liberté, c'est quoi votre programme quand il fait 40°C à l'ombre ?

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ProteoCure @proteocure.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Karolinska Institute announces 20 positions for Assistant Professors for outstanding early-career researchers. Positions include a startup package. Application deadline September 2nd. ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Assistant Professor in Cell and Molecular Biology

Join a global community of excellence Karolinska Institutet, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Are you a bold, creative researcher ready to shape the future of medical science? Karolinska Insti

ki.varbi.com

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Eric Chevet @ericchevet.bsky.social · Jun 27

Spatial multi-omics reveals cell-type-specific nuclear compartments www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Spatial multi-omics reveals cell-type-specific nuclear compartments - Nature

A genomic barcoding scheme called two-layer DNA seqFISH+ enables the simultaneous mapping of more than 100,000 loci and has been used to identify cell-type-specific subnuclear compartments in the mous...

www.nature.com

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · Jun 27

🎉Excited to share our latest paper, published in Nature Communications!🎉

"Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila"

#redox #metabolism #ageing #Drosophila

@natcomms.nature.com @mrc-lms.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila - Nature Communications

Redox signalling is emerging as an important regulator of metabolism and physiology, which is dysregulated in ageing and disease. Here, the authors show that redox regulation of a key redox sensitive ...

doi.org

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Jan 8

New year, new paper! Now published in @nature.com. We identified and characterised diverse immune cell states in plants under pathogen attack. My postdoc work in the Ecker lab at @salkinstitute.bsky.social. A thread (0/n)
#PlantScience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Avilien Dard @avdar66.bsky.social · Jun 17

Interesting and dynamic talk from Momoko Ikeuchi @prunus-persica123.bsky.social !

Interested in shoot regeneration? Check poster 285!

#arabidopsis #plantscience

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · Jun 17

I would love to talk to interested PhD students & postdocs about the wonderful @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program!
It's largely a volunteer position but great training & networking opportunity. Applications being accepted! #ICAR2025
blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce...

The Plant Cell is accepting applications for Assistant Features Editors | Plant Science Today

Are you an early career researcher passionate about plants and science communication? The Plant Cell is accepting applications for new Assistant Features Editors (AFEs) to begin in 2026 and 2027.

blog.aspb.org

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Avilien Dard @avdar66.bsky.social · Jun 17

Amazing talk by @wigge.bsky.social at #ICAR2025!

Plant have genetically encoded thermometers using phase separation 🌡️!

Interest in ROS and condensates? See my talk on Friday morning at Concertzaal!

@igzleibniz.bsky.social

#heatstress #plantscience #consensates #thermomorphogenesis #arabidopsis

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