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SCNAT @scnat.ch · 2d

🧪 Last chance! Registration for the #RigiWorkshop 2026 closes next week! Our guest speakers include @dudinlab.bsky.social, @michaelraissig.bsky.social, @annikaguse.bsky.social, @gautamdey.bsky.social & @jandevries.bsky.social. More details here 👉 biol.scnat.ch/rigiworkshop26

SCNAT @scnat.ch · 17d

Only 1️⃣ month left to apply for the #RigiWorkshop 2026! Are you a #PhD student or postdoc in #biology? Come join us for a 3-days interdisciplinary #workshop in the Swiss Alps 👉 biol.scnat.ch/rigiworkshop26

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 12h

Our paper comparing stomata of the three annual Brachypodium species is out 🌾
bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A great collaborative effort between @lbmountain.bsky.social, & our friends at University of Silesia (Alexander Betekhtin and Anna Milewska-Hendel). Funded by @dfg.de and NAWA

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 1d

Our article "Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" is finally published @plantphys.bsky.social!
You can download the #OpenAccess PDF here:

doi.org/10.1093/plph...

But real connoisseurs of #AntimicrobialCompounds will want to get the vinyl boxset: #PlantScience #PlantImmunity

A vinyl box with six colored vinyl LPs sticking out of its right side. The Title "Guns in Rosettes" is on top, with the subtitle "The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" just below. Then there is an Arabidopsis plant with machine guns sticking out. Below is the statement "6-LP LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL BOX SET"

The back cover of the vinyl box set showing the tracklist:
1. Methionine-derived compounds
Aliphatic GSLs
2. Tryptophan-derived compounds (trptonites)
Indolic GSLs
Camalexin
Hycanite (4-OH-ICN)
3. Phenylalanine-derived compounds (phenylpropanoids)
Benzenic GSLs
Coumarins
Hydroxycinnamates
Flavonoids
4. Terpenoids
(E)-β-caryophyllene
α- and β-pinene
Thalianin, arabidin, and DMNT

And the statement "Recorded live in front of an audience in 2025"

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 9h

Congrats, Joe Ecker @salkinstitute.bsky.social, to receiving the McClintock Prize! Joe has been a visionary leader of the field of genetics and genomics – not only for plants – for decades
www.salk.edu/news-release...

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Feng Zhou @fengzhou10.bsky.social · 2d

This discovery traces back to the spring of 2018, when I was a postdoc in nikogeldner.bsky.social 's lab. After shifting Arabidopsis seedlings from solid to liquid culture, I observed that the root commensal bacterium CHA0 rapidly colonized Casparian strip–defective mutants.

Science Magazine @science.org · 8d

Using precise spatial and temporal analysis, researchers in Science provide insight into how bacteria around the root interact both with the plant and with each other.

Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk

A confocal microscopy image shows root-colonizing bacteria clustering around an emerging lateral root, where localized glutamine leakage induces spatially confined reporter activity.

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 3d

Game changer for cell-based plant genetics: the labs of Caixia Gao & Jin-Long Qiu have developed very efficient self-replicating vectors and they just published a very nice proof-of-concept paper.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Charlie Underwood @charlieunderwood.bsky.social · 7d

We are looking for a new colleague to work as a postdoctoral researcher on crop genomics and machine learning! The position is within our GenomeDesigner project (www.ru.nl/en/research/...). Feel free to be in touch or directly apply here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Please share!!!

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Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 7d

Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.

Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 7d

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.

Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.

Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…

www.jic.ac.uk

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Michael Hothorn @structplantbio.bsky.social · 10d

Amazing work by the Santiago lab @unil.bsky.social. The malectin-LRR receptor kinase IGP1 senses cello-oligomers to alert the plant immune system & enhance disease resistance. Very nice discovery & mechanism.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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EMBO @embo.org · 10d

Explore gene-regulatory mechanisms that drive developmental reprogramming at EMBO Workshop "Awakening the Genome During Developmental Reprogramming: From Embryos to Organoids" in Seville, Spain, 4–7 May 2026.

Deadline: 2 February

meetings.embo.org/event/26-awa...
#EMBOGenomeAwakening #EMBOevents 🧪

Awakening the Genome During Developmental Reprogramming: From Embryos to Organoids

This EMBO Workshop explores the gene-regulatory mechanisms that drive developmental reprogramming upon fertilization. It focuses on the interplay of transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and develop…

meetings.embo.org

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 15d

Dear @dfg.de & @erc.europa.eu Why don't you do the same? What's stopping us from adopting this model to all tax-payer funded research in Europe? journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 16d

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Sebastian Soyk @sebastiansoyk.bsky.social · 17d

Congratulations!

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Ulrich Hammes @uhammes.bsky.social · 17d

It’s official. Today I was appointed as full professor for Plant Physiology at the University of Würzburg. Looking forward to the challenge and many interactions.

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 18d

My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Roeder Lab @roederlab.bsky.social · 18d

We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607

Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics

Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US

academicjobsonline.org

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Kaisa Kajala @kaisakajala.bsky.social · 21d

Delighted to present our Tansley Insight on what we know about the potential of different root cortex layers to do develop into different things!

👩‍🔬 @dorotakawa.bsky.social @hannahschneider.bsky.social

📗 @newphyt.bsky.social

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

Coordination of cortex modifications in time, space, and under stress

In roots, cell-type-specific differentiation enables specialized responses to environmental stress. The cortex, located between the vasculature and epidermis, is a key site for stress-responsive modi....

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Loic Lepiniec @lepiniec.bsky.social · 20d

Time-resolved reprogramming of single somatic cells into totipotent states during plant regeneration,
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)01020-7

Time-resolved reprogramming of single somatic cells into totipotent states during plant regeneration, https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)01020-7

• LEC2 reprograms somatic epidermal cells into totipotent somatic embryo founder cells • LEC2 and SPCH co-activate local auxin biosynthesis by targeting TAA1 and YUC4 • GMC-auxin state marks stomatal cells shifting from differentiation to totipotency • Transcriptional rewiring and auxin signaling drive reprogramming of stomatal cells

www.scoop.it

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Annalena Baerbock @unpga.bsky.social · 26d

Honoured to be sworn in as President of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly.

Guided by our motto #BetterTogether, I will work with all 193 Member States to embrace unity in challenging times & strengthen the UN - for today, for tomorrow & for the next 80 years.

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Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social · 22d

Ich suche eine*n TA für meine Arbeitsgruppe!

Gern weitersagen 🤗🌾

#plantscijob

Leibniz IPK @leibnizipk.bsky.social · 23d

Sie haben eine Ausbildung als Biologielaborant*in oder Biologisch-technische*r Assistent*in? Und Sie haben
Erfahrungen in der molekularbiologischen Laborarbeit, insbesondere PCR und Klonierungen? Dann haben wir am @leibnizipk.bsky.social ein spannendes Jobangebot!

➡️Alle Infos: tinyurl.com/2rkbby5t

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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 23d

Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!

career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)

career5.successfactors.eu

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 23d

This looks like a great opportunity: #Tenure-track assistant #professor position at University of Lausanne on #MPMI
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)

career5.successfactors.eu

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Sebastian Soyk @sebastiansoyk.bsky.social · 23d

Our department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the field of Plant-Organism Interactions 🌱🐛🦠🍄! Application before November 30, 2025. See the official job ad for more details: tinyurl.com/mtxdcz6p

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Maria Mineiro @mariamnro.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks to everyone who joined the Trilateral ECR Symposium 2025 at @unil.bsky.social with colleagues from VIB Ghent and ENS Lyon 🌍 Such a great environment to connect across labs💡
Special shout-out to the amazing organizing committee, and especially @mathieugg.bsky.social for making it all happen !

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · Sep 10

Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!

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