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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Sep 11

VACANCY - We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join Ding-Dean Group, working on cutting-edge science in Arabidopsis molecular genetics.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Closing date - 8 October 2025
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - Full time, 36 months

@yiliangding.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Researcher (Ding-Dean Group) | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Ding-Dean Group at the John Innes Centre.

www.jic.ac.uk

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Sep 11

September 16-19, Tanya Radoeva, expert in plant reproduction at @keygene.com, will participate in the 5th International Conference on Apomixis in France.
The conference is devoted to the elucidation and the use of apomixis in plant breeding and agriculture.
www.alphavisa.com/apomixis/2025/

Portrait photo of KeyGene's Tanya Radoeva

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Sep 8

KeyGene's phenotyping innovation experts Marco van Schriek and Henry Payne will be participating in the European Plant Phenomics Symposium (EPPS) in Germany, September 16-19,
bringing together scientists from academia & industry, advancing plant phenotyping research & technology.
lnkd.in/efbk5Uhi

Portrait photo of KeyGene's Marco van Schriek

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Sep 4

September 8-10, KeyGene's Wladimir Tameling will participate in the Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 in Edinburgh, UK.
PPRM 2025 brings together researchers from around the world to explore the latest discoveries in plant immune and developmental signalling
pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk

Banner of the Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 in Edinburgh

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Aug 26

KeyGene's Natalia Carreno Quintero will attend the Brassica2025 congress in Giessen, Germany, September 1-4. The conference brings together scientists and breeders with a common interest in genetics and improvement of cruciferous vegetable and oilseed crops.
More information: www.brassica2025.de

Portrait photo of KeyGene's Natalia Carreno Quintero

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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · Aug 14

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We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝

Applications are due October 6 2025.

careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C...

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biodiversity Genomics

careers.uoguelph.ca

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Jul 8

@keygene.com 's Wenlong Liang, researcher and nanotech expert, will attend the 50th World Chemistry Congress & IUPAC general assembly in Malaysia, July 14-19. Read more about the event: iupac2025.org Contact Wenlong via Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/wenlong-l...

KeyGene @keygene.com · Jul 7

In 2026, CROP Innovation & Business (CropIB) will be held in Wageningen, the Netherlands, March 29 - 31.
Subscribe to the CropIB newsletter (see link below) to stay informed about the program and other details!
www.cropib.com/newsletter
Partners: @ceplas.bsky.social @wurplant.bsky.social & VIB

Photo of the Omnia building at Wageningen Campus

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Jul 1

@keygene.com is hiring, for its research team in the USA, an experienced and passionate PhD-level scientist who will support plant innovation research at the interface of plant breeding & molecular biology.
Working autonomously and in changing project teams.
www.keygene.com/career/phd-s...

Photo of a hand holding a mini tube and a hand holding a pipetting device

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Jun 30

On July 2, KeyGene's Matthias Berens will participate in the GeneBEcon EU project End-of-project Symposium 'Capturing the potential of gene editing for a sustainable bioeconomy' in Bruxelles.
The project innovates climate-friendly solutions for agriculture & aquaculture genebecon.eu/2024/09/23/c...

Portrait photo of Matthias Berens, team leader gene editing at KeyGene

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Jun 12

Joint research by @keygene.com & Ultima Genomics shows that single-pollen-nuclei sequencing can help plant breeders to improve their breeding by better understanding the recombination of the mother and father DNA during meiosis without raising and analysing an F2.
www.keygene.com/newsitem/sin...

Single pollen nuclei sequencing: profiling of meiotic recombination

KeyGene’s advanced protocols & smart bioinformatics + Ultima Genomics sequencing platform: better understanding DNA recombination in meiosis.

www.keygene.com

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Jun 12

@keygene.com 's Bjorn Kloosterman will speak at the 20th Joint Meeting of EAPR 'Breeding and Varietal Assessment' and EUCARPIA 'Potatoes', June 15-18, in the UK. The title of Bjorn's talk: 2S1® - Stem cell technologies for potato variety development.
Website: www.eventsforce.net/standrews/fr...

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Jun 10

June 16-20, @keygene.com 's Rik Op den Camp will participate in the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2025) in Ghent, Belgium, bringing together some 1000 scientists whose primary research organism is the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. web.cvent.com/event/448810...

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Jun 5

@keygene.com, Twist Bioscience, and Beckman Coulter Life Sciences developed an ultra-high throughput workflow for plant exome analysis: characterizing more than 9,000 samples per day, reducing costs of detecting functional SNP variation in breeding and research.
www.keygene.com/newsitem/aut...

Automated high throughput workflow for plant exome analysis

KeyGene, Twist Bioscience and Beckman Coulter Life Sciences developed an ultra-high throughput workflow for plant exome analysis

www.keygene.com

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KeyGene @keygene.com · May 19

The University of Milan published the genome of the downy mildew-resistant grapevine ‘Mgaloblishvili’. The research was boosted by the winning of a high-quality high-molecular-weight DNA extraction in KeyGene's DNA-Day contest of 2021. Check this post:
www.keygene.com/newsitem/geo...

Fruits of the grapevine ‘Mgaloblishvili’

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Jean Nakhle @jeannakhle.bsky.social · May 8

We're hiring 📢

The Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team @natureportfolio.nature.com has not one, but TWO openings for Associate or Senior Editors in Life Sciences.

If you fancy a career in editorial, we'd love to hear from you 😀

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Apr 29

'Fresh' PhD graduates who lived outside the Netherlands for at least 24 months during 36 months before September 10: there's less than a month to apply as candidate for a joint Marie Curie grant application for a 'PostDoc in industry' at KeyGene! Deadline is May 19 !
www.keygene.com/newsitem/cal...

Call for postdoctoral candidates for a Marie Curie fellowship - KeyGene

Marie Curie Fellowship opportunity for fresh PhD's to accelerate career & be part of groundbreaking research for the future of agriculture

www.keygene.com

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Apr 29

Apologies: deadline is May 19 !

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VIB Training & Conferences @vibtrainconf.bsky.social · Mar 24

Rene Hogers @keygene.com presented his work on establishing single-cell research for crop improvement at #RNGS25.
▶️Watch his video pitch to find out more.

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Feb 26

Art and science are a nice team in communicating about science. Scientists inspire artists, and the other way around! Here's a nice example: Anna Dumitriu, earlier 'artist in residence' at KeyGene, will talk about faba bean at Norfolk & Norwich festival in May. nnfestival.org.uk/whats-on/art...

Art by Anna Dumitriu, inspired by faba bean research at KeyGene

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Feb 20

Good, thank you! I (Erik Toussaint) have shared your message with Marcel

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Feb 18

Dear Ed, thank you! I have shared your friendly message with Marcel. ^ET

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Feb 18

We are glad to share some early results of our EU-cofinanced FabaFood breeding program in faba bean, for more plant-based proteins in our diet. Plants with new traits! Shorter internodes - so stronger in the field - and larger beans. Discover the FabaFood story: www.keygene.com/newsitem/fab...

Two pictures of faba bean breeding at KeyGene for the FabaFood program. Left a photo of three faba bean plants. The left one is a regular one, the others are new and have shorter internodes (distance between leaves) and may thus be stronger in the field. The picture on the right shows two rows of twelve beans. The left row is from a regular plant, the row on the right has larger beans, harvested from a new variant.

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Feb 12

We are hiring a systems biology scientist for our HQ, Wageningen. A holistic approach will enable deeper understanding of complex traits & create possibilities to tackle areas earlier too complex to unravel.
Check our offer, the job profile and the candidate profile:
www.keygene.com/career/scien...

Scientist in Systems Biology

The holistic approach enables a deeper understanding of complex traits and the interplay of various processes across different species.

www.keygene.com

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KeyGene @keygene.com · Feb 11

We are honoured that the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), a partner in the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), has awarded Marcel van Verk an honorary guest professorship in Crop Data Science.
www.keygene.com/newsitem/hei...

Photo of Marcel van Verk during the ceremony for the awarding of his guest professorship at the Heinrich Heine Universität, also showing Guido Grossmann of CEPLAS

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