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frimllab.bsky.social @frimllab.bsky.social · 2d

It is out! A tandem of two papers showing TMK regulation of PIN-dependent auxin transport www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... (PIN2, Friml lab) and www.cell.com/developmenta... (PIN1, Xu lab)

ABP1/ABL3-TMK1 cell-surface auxin signaling targets PIN2-mediated auxin fluxes for root gravitropism

In gravistimulated roots, gravity perception in the columella redirects the flow of the plant hormone auxin toward the lower root side, where it inhibits cell elongation for downward root bending. Thi...

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 29d

📢 A Junior Professorship (W1, tenure track) is open at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology at Uni Tübingen (@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social) — to work on plant protein biochemistry (composition, structure, dynamics, or regulation of protein complexes). 🌱 Great opportunity — Apply by Oct 17th!

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FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 We're hiring, please share! The FMI seeks a tenure-track Group Leader (Assistant Prof) in Structural Biology 🔬
Innovative scientists in genome regulation, RNA metabolism, or protein homeostasis—especially using cutting-edge approaches—apply now at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

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Angelina Gross @angegross.bsky.social · Sep 8

And the Gross Lab is ON: First students, first experiments failing, first experiments working… so many firsts. It really is exciting! I am so proud of my brave students daring to train in a completely new lab.

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Angelina Gross @angegross.bsky.social · Sep 8

Amazing! I will share it with my students!

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Angelina Gross @angegross.bsky.social · Aug 29

Amoc collapse must be avoided “at all costs”. It would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50cm to already rising sea levels.

PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · Aug 29

"We found that the tipping point where the shutdown becomes inevitable is probably in the next 10 to 20 years or so. That is ... why we have to act really fast to cut down emissions,” says @rahmstorf.bsky.social in @theguardian.com's report on a new #AMOC study: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

www.theguardian.com

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carogutj.bsky.social @carogutj.bsky.social · Aug 23

Attention plant proteomics specialists: We are looking for a Head of our new Proteomics Unit at our international and dynamic Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology. @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social Applications are welcome until 30. Sept 2025: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/8...

Head of Service Unit Proteomics

jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Job alert 📣 Our faculty looks for a Junior Professor W1 with tt to W2 in Membrane Biology! We are looking for #ECRs working on membrane biogenesis,contact sites,composition & other aspects of membranes in 🌱 and other organisms! DM me if you need more details!

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f...

W1TTW2 Professorship in Membrane Biology (m/f/d)

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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Angelina Gross @angegross.bsky.social · Aug 15

The very sweet moments of homeoffice days!
#grantwriting #NewPI #summer #balconylove

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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · Jul 25

🚨 Out now! Autophagy keeps cells healthy - and when it goes wrong, diseases like Parkinson’s can emerge. @elias-adriaenssens.bsky.social (Martens lab) in @natureportfolio.nature.com Cell Biology challenge the conventional hierarchy of autophagy factors ➡️ tinyurl.com/y33nrtn2

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Angelina Gross @angegross.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is cool! Pretty straight forward also.

ChimeraX @chimerax.ucsf.edu · Jul 24

ChimeraX daily builds can predict binding affinity of small molecules using Boltz 2 on your Mac, Windows or Linux computer. www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/dat...

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · Jul 15

Gift link to the article I just re-shared

RobinK 👊🇪🇺🔥 @templeofhate.com · Jul 15

While I've still got gift links, here's one for this article. It is well worth reading.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

www.nytimes.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jul 10

Utrecht, Netherlands is about to build the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood.

12K people
6K homes
1.8K social rental homes
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes
21.5K bike parking spaces
250 shared cars
2 parcel hubs
Parking structures on the edge
nltimes.nl/2025/02/25/u...

Utrecht to start construction on largest car-free neighborhood in the country next week

Construction of a new neighborhood is set to begin in Utrecht next week. The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes. The ar...

nltimes.nl

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martinalegris.bsky.social @martinalegris.bsky.social · Jul 7

🔥Postdoc opportunity 🌱

The Legris lab at the University of Neuchâtel 🇨🇭 is looking for a Postdoc to work on the regulation of branching by warm temperatures. If you have a background on plant physiology and development, and you're interested in shoot thermomorphogenesis, apply now!

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Alexis Barr @alexisbarr.bsky.social · Jul 7

We're recruiting junior team leaders @mrc-lms.bsky.social This time we're looking for those working in human metabolic disease.

It's a great place to start your lab. Fantastic colleagues, exciting science, world class facilities. Join us!

lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...

Programme Leader Track - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

We are recruiting Programme Leader Track positions focusing on 1) Metabolic Physiology using murine and/or human in vivo models and 2) Immunometabolism.

lms.mrc.ac.uk

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Angelina Gross @angegross.bsky.social · Jul 5

Work-Life balance?
As recently discussed with friends (I also work with), its often not about working less, but doing more of other things. Things we love. Things that give back! The other day I got to do a long #bike ride, and it gave me so much energy!
#cycling #womenwhoshred #outdoor #worklife

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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · Jun 26

I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you!

Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs

1yr FTC, remote in the UK

job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...

PLOS Biology Associate Editor- FTC

UK-Remote

job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io

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Anne Roulin @anneroulin.bsky.social · Jun 27

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jun 26

Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-biodiversity-research-using-genetics #job

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Using Genetics - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet

Ledig stilling ved Center for Kvantitativ Genetik og Genomforskning, Aarhus, Aarhus Universitet

www.au.dk

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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · Jun 27

📣📣We are #hiring! 📣Please RT! @mpipz.bsky.social has a group leader position available in the broad area of Plant Development and Diversity 🌿. Apply now!🌿 👉http://bit.ly/4nkUvLa #plantsci

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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · Jun 25

The ESCRT complexes are a fascinating membrane cutting machine with roles in countless cell pathways, but they are also ubiquitous in disease and offer new opportunities as drug targets. See our new review with Alyssa Coyne, Marta Miączyńska, and Harald Stenmark at tinyurl.com/yex3trem

The expanding repertoire of ESCRT functions in cell biology and disease - Nature

This Review examines recently gained insights into the roles of ESCRT complexes in viral infection, immunity, cancer and neurological disease.

tinyurl.com

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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · Jun 25

Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...

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Soni Deshwal @sonideshwal.bsky.social · May 9

We're Hiring! Join our dynamic, international team at Helmholtz Munich as a Lab Technician. We provide dynamic and young environment.
English and German language skills required

Apply here: jobs.helmholtz-muenchen.de/jobposting/f...

Lab Technician (f/m/x)

jobs.helmholtz-muenchen.de

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Catharina Merchante / Karen @kmerchante.bsky.social · Jun 21

“Our brains, capable of sophisticated communication through the most complex language on Earth, are an evolutionary miracle—one that has seemingly happened just once. Why would we seek to jettison our superpower? Turning language over to machines is the equivalent of a bird clipping its own wings”

Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · Jun 19

After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.

The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition

One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.

www.forkingpaths.co

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · Jun 19

How did plants evolve how to sense oxygen? Recently unraveled in an extensive and elegant analysis by @lauradc.bsky.social @syno2xis.bsky.social ‪@n-end-rules.bsky.social‬ All land plant lineages induce glycolysis and fermentation, but the ERFVII evolved in vascular plants with roots #plantscience

ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia

This study investigates the evolution of low-oxygen responses in land plants mediated by group VII Ethylene Response Factors (ERFVIIs). Conserved transcriptional signatures of hypoxia responses across...

www.cell.com

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Angelina Gross @angegross.bsky.social · Jun 14

I enjoyed reading this review. It puts the different known molecular modes of thermo sensing into well defined conceptual frameworks. Very useful!
And the figures are also nice 🌱🌡️

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Dispersed components drive temperature sensing and response in plants

Plants are highly sensitive to temperature, and climate change is predicted to have negative impacts on agricultural productivity. Warming temperatures, coupled with a growing population, present a su...

www.science.org

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