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thesainsburylab.bsky.social
The new textbook Essential Plant Biology, written by @johninnescentre.bsky.social and TSL experts, is now available! 🌱

This richly illustrated textbook is accessible undergraduate biologists and will be a valuable resource for all biology students and teachers 🌿

Full announcement ➡️ buff.ly/AmDw3en
January 22, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social
📢 2 PhD Positions Available in Plant Immune Receptor Bioengineering at Imperial College London
🌱 Start: Oct 2026
📅 Deadline: 10 Feb 2026
🇬🇧 UK/settled status only
💰 Fully funded (48 months)
ℹ️ Info: shorturl.at/po61I
#PlantImmunity #PlantPathology #SyntheticBiology
🙏 Share with interested candidates!
PhD Opportunities | Faculty of Natural Sciences | Imperial College London
www.imperial.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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thesainsburylab.bsky.social
Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬

Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international and local speakers.

⏰ APPLY by 30 March '26

New keynote speakers ⬇️
TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20th – 31st July…
Inviting Early Career Researchers to join international experts in discussing the latest approaches and discoveries in Plant-Microbe Interactions …
www.tsl.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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nemopeeters.bsky.social
🆕 version work @sylvain-vicente.bsky.social and collaborators #BIOSP #MathNum @inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social. Re-evaluation of STAMP modelling, introducing time-resolution. Works also on Animal-bacterial infection models. #infection #Ralstonia #Pseudomonas #Klebsiella www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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johninnescentre.bsky.social
VACANCY - We're looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the @philcarella.bsky.social Group, working in the field of Evo-MPMI (Evolutionary Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions).

okt.to/yIlgTU

Closing date - 10 February 2026
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - Full-time, 3 years
okt.to
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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gittacoaker.bsky.social
I'm excited to see this out after hearing Matt give a nice seminar a few months ago. Ralstonia is such an interesting pathogen! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The EPS-I exopolysaccharide transforms Ralstonia wilt pathogen biofilms into viscoelastic fluids for rapid dissemination in planta | PNAS
Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC) pathogens cause destructive plant wilt diseases of a wide variety of crops, leading to significant ag...
www.pnas.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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rando.insalubrio.us
Asgard archaea may have facilitated the evolutionary development of the mitochondria via endosymbiosis of α-proteobacteria at some point between the first eukaryotic common ancestor (FECA) and the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA)! 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Illustration of gene flow along the succession of events leading from a simple archaeal ancestor through the more complex Asgard intermediate capturing the proto-mitochondrial alphaproteobacterial endosymbiont to the LECA. The wide coloured shape denotes the dominant trend of the origin of eukaryotic genes from Asgard ancestors, with light blue portions corresponding to archaeal evolution and the light brown portion to the evolution of protoeukaryotes starting with the alphaproteobacterial endosymbiosis. The purple arrows denote the smaller, piecemeal contributions of gene influx from various bacteria that are posited to have been occurring at all stages of the depicted evolutionary scenario.
January 15, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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weisbergaj.bsky.social
This position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
weisbergaj.bsky.social Alexandra Weisberg @weisbergaj.bsky.social · Aug 25
The Weisberg Lab at Oregon State University is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar in molecular microbiology to study mobile genetic element host range and transmission in microbial communities. Please see the full job description here: files-dev.cqls.oregonstate.edu/Weisberg_Lab...
January 14, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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theplantlab.bsky.social
New in Science of Plants: "Inferring hypoxia-responsive regulators of cell fate in plant meristems throughsingle-cell transcriptomics" rdcu.be/eXYvw
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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cbgpmadrid.bsky.social
🆕📰‼️ #PaperCBGP

🔬 Researchers from CBGP (@stephanpollmann.bsky.social) together with @cnb-csic.bsky.social, uncover a new biochemical link between auxin and ABA

🌱 The study, published in @newphyt.bsky.social, reveals how IAM connects plant growth and stress responses

📎 shorturl.at/KBi3w
January 13, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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dorotakawa.bsky.social
PhD position open in my team @uuplants.bsky.social !
Join us to investigate how sorghum roots interact with recently discovered Suberin-Inducing Microbes! More details: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Please share!
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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newphyt.bsky.social
Efficient and accurate prime editing system in plants

Nishizawa-Yokoi et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Accurate modification of OsALS gene via prime editing with paired epegRNA-HFs.
January 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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frunzkelab.bsky.social
Happy to share our recent preprint:
"DNA-intercalating antiphage molecules trigger abortive infection through mutual destruction and synergize with bacterial immunity"

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

@spp2330.bsky.social, @mibinet.bsky.social, @dfg.de @hhu.de @fzj.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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aresarroyom.bsky.social
Bacteria chromosomes contain Genomic Islands that provide virulence, antibiotic resistance, MGE-defence,... They transfer between cells, but the mechanism of most remains elusive.

Here we explore the conjugative capacity of these mysterious Genomic Islands.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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thesainsburylab.bsky.social
Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬

Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.

APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20th – 31st July…
Inviting Early Career Researchers to join international experts in discussing the latest approaches and discoveries in Plant-Microbe Interactions …
www.tsl.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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embl.org
🛎️🛎️ Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Interested in tackling real-world challenges?

Then check out EMBL's EIPOD-LinC fellowships. Gain transferable skills and work on self-designed projects to make a lasting impact on global issues.

📆 Closing date: 2 February

www.embl.org/about/info/p...
January 7, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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elife.bsky.social
Bacteria swap DNA far more than we thought. This study shows recombination between species can blur genetic boundaries, with up to 95% of diversity coming from hybrid DNA in some microbes.
Remixing the gene pool
Microbes might behave less like distinct species and more like constantly interbreeding communities.
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January 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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plantdisease.bsky.social
How do pathogens sneak past plant defenses? Join Dr. Quan Zeng in "Illustrating a Novel Host Entry Mechanism of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria.​"

Don’t miss this event in our Advances in Phytobacteriology series on January 15!

https://bit.ly/3YnkfLz

#planthealth #plantscience
December 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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arcadiascience.com
A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
We create vector graphics of model organisms and emerging biological research organisms to enhance our publications. We’re sharing these editable graphics under a CC0 license for other scientists to...
doi.org
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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tairnews.bsky.social
#TAIR is a key reference tool #plantscience. That's why nearly 100 volunteers chose to contribute to the soon-to-be-released reannotation of the #Arabidopsis genome. 🧪

Meet one of those volunteers: Emmanuel Boutet: bit.ly/4p6FagQ

#plantbiology #genomics #TAIR12 #plantbiology #scisky
December 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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earlhaminst.bsky.social
⏰ Reminder! Applications for the International Undergraduate Summer School at Earlham Institute, @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social close January 16!

Spend eight weeks working with expert scientists and technologies in plant, microbial, and data science.
International Undergraduate Summer School | John Innes Centre
The Undergraduate Summer School is a unique opportunity for undergraduates from all corners of the world to spend eight weeks at our internationally renowned research centre, partnering with fellow…
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December 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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newphyt.bsky.social
In our #VirtualIssue on #Herbivore-derived elicitors of plant responses we bring together New Phytologist articles that highlight recent developments in the study of how plants respond to herbivores 👇

📚 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

#PlantScience
Spittlebug (Philaneus spumaruis) foam on tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima).
December 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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mrillig.bsky.social
I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this.

Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
December 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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carlbergstrom.com
One of the most important books I've read this year, from
@adambecker.bsky.social.

It's a devastating read at times—you'll find yourself shouting at the book "how can they be that goddamn crazy???!!!"

But it's critical to realize that they are.
justinhendrix.bsky.social Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Dec 22
12. @adambecker.bsky.social is a science journalist and author of MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity, a book that chronicles the stew of nonsense that informs and motivates many of tech’s leaders.
Adam Becker Takes Aim at Silicon Valley Nonsense | TechPolicy.Press
In a new book, the science journalist Adam Becker skewers the more outlandish ideas and motivations in the tech industry.
www.techpolicy.press
December 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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brunongou.bsky.social
We wrote a review on the mᴏdular properties of plant cell-surface receptors, and how this knowledge can be used to reprogram and engineer them:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A guide to designing cell-surface receptors in plants
Cell-surface receptors perceive environmental cues and trigger appropriate responses. In plants, these receptors comprise ectodomain, juxta-membrane, …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM