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Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso @yoselin.bsky.social · 22h

I am pleased to share this paper. A beautiful and useful collaboration between a group of researchers and lecturers who care about plant Science education.
Thank you to all that contributed!
Check it out! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Andrea Paterlini (he/him) @apaterlini.bsky.social · 2d

Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

A manifesto for plant science education

Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....

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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · 1d

PS. If you think, gosh, I applied to UMass already - did I mention we have 4 open plant positions? Please apply to all you are qualified for; they're different committees!
Three are still open:
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · 1d

Come work with us!!

We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!

Maria Stager @mstager.bsky.social · 1d

Just a few days left to apply to our TT position in Plant Physiology in the Dept. of Biology @UMassAmherst! Join a great group of plant scientists (and physiologists 😉) AND fall in love with small town New England! Please repost. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

Details - Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst

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Nat Prunet @nat-prunet.bsky.social · 1d

Hey plant developmental biologists! Want to do great science with a great guy in a great place? @oconnord.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc to join his lab at Colorado State:

oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u...

#devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant use of gfp-tagged transposons & automated scoring of kernels, combined with differential style-lengths along maize ear, to screen for genes underlying pollen competition in maize. Diana gave a banger of a presentation on this in #Zeavolution this morning. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for letting me speak, and to John for inviting me! Sanzhen was a great host. I really loved the questions and how engaged the audience was.

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Alma Laney @amadvirologist.bsky.social · Aug 18

My department is hiring a herbarium manager: www.schooljobs.com/careers/uvu/...

It's a great place to work with a close knit botany group 🙂

Herbarium Manager - Biology

The Department of Biology invites applications for a full-time Herbarium Manager position to begin as soon as September 2025. We seek an exceptional candidate with expertise in plant systematics, taxo...

www.schooljobs.com

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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · Jun 5

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...

Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

www.queensu.ca

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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · May 12

That sort of bleaching seems weird for temperature. It almost reads more like herbicide exposure to me?

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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · May 1

For no reason at all, my brain has started parsing "Bluesky" as "Blues-key".

I kinda like it.

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · May 1

"A teaching and training framework to promote findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) data generation in agriculture"
Excellent, free, online curriculum!! This is so needed.
Please share widely.
academic.oup.com/database/art...

A teaching and training framework to promote findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable data generation in agriculture

Abstract. Advances in agricultural genetic, genomic, and breeding (GGB) technologies generate increasingly large and complex datasets that need to be adequ

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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · Apr 24

Congratulations!!!!

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Dior Kelley @diorkelley.bsky.social · Apr 24

I’m so happy to share my official tenure!! Super grateful to my amazing research team (past & present), all the letter writers, my mentors, and the cheerleaders who helped me achieve this career goal 💯🌽🍾🤓 www.provost.iastate.edu/faculty-succ...

2025-2026 Approved Faculty - Division of Academic Affairs

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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Apr 23

An important consequence of the analysis by Paajanen et al is that the 'cell-to-cell mobile RNA' user-defined description listed under Gene Ontology by TAIR is a classification based on flawed analyses. Be careful!

#PlantScience

Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Apr 16

We need to talk about mobile RNAs...

SNP-based analysis of transcriptomic datasets are subject to technical noise, incomplete genome assemblies and pseudoheterozygosity so it seems like we don't know as much as we thought we knew.

#PlantScience
@johninnescentre.bsky.social

Re-analysis of mobile mRNA datasets raises questions about the extent of long-distance mRNA communication - Nature Plants

This study reveals that a substantial number of transcripts that are currently annotated as graft-mobile lack statistical support from available RNA-seq data.

doi.org

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Brad Wouters 🇨🇦 @bradwouters.com · Apr 18

It's time for Canada to Lead

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Canada can be the global leader in medical research

As the U.S. slashes funding to its research initiatives, there is a chance for us to recruit the best talent from around the world

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · Apr 16

(1/6) The very first paper on actin-microtubule interactions and the collaboration between @Qiong_Nan Qiong's lab at Northwest A&F University and my lab is online now at @CytoskelJournal Cytoskeleton journal!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · Apr 6

(1/17) We are excited to share the Ashraf and Gallagher labs collaboration on cell cycle regulation during environmental stress recovery in Arabidopsis, Brachypodium, and ryegrass.

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Apr 6

Cell cycle follows pause and play mechanism in environment stress recovery in diverse plant species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.02.646900v1

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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · Mar 24

This phenomenally nerdy exchange is what I needed today. Thank you both.

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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · Mar 5

Depends... but I would follow up weekly. Some unis refuse more than 30 days after travel and depending on where the hang up is (if you are dealing with "intermediate" admins) this can be an issue. Okay to be bothersome with this, IMO.

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Feb 17

Delighted to unveil the poster and speakers list of the Mechanism of Plant Development meeting. 2 keynotes by @bradylabs.bsky.social & @nikogeldner.bsky.social to honour the legacy of P. Benfey & J. Chory. Congrats to @minyaaa.bsky.social for her beautiful Mimulus image.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · Feb 13

Howard University is now a R1 university, the first HBCU with a research one designation. H-U definitely knows!

Howard University Receives “Research One” Carnegie Classification Indicating Highest Level of Research Production

The American Council of Education (ACE) today announced that Howard University has been conferred a Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification, indicating “very high research spending and doctorate pro...

thedig.howard.edu

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Liz Haswell @ehaswell.bsky.social · Feb 3

Did you know there is a great database of diverse plant scientists created and maintained by @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social? 🌱 Fantastic resource for inviting speakers, reviewers, and applications!

#PlantScience 🧪 #academicsky

rdale1.shinyapps.io/diversifypla...

Diversify Plant Science

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · Jan 22

#plantproteolysis2025 cont'ing with another very talented grad student, Jodi Callwood from @diorkelley.bsky.social lab, giving a fantastic talk on #ubiquitination & quantitative #proteomics www.gdcb.iastate.edu/people/dior-...

Dior Kelley

Dr. Kelley, Assistant Professor, received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2000, and her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of California Davis in 2009. Dr...

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🦇Miss Hell Batkeeper🦇 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · Jan 21

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.

Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

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Academic Chatter @academic-chatter.bsky.social · Mar 11

Unpopular opinion: Not all research needs to be 'groundbreaking'. Small, incremental advancements are just as valuable.

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