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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!

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

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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

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · Jul 30

Before this #PlantBio2025 thread closes: two exciting opportunities now open for early-career plant scientists.
1. Plantae Fellows program, apply by Aug 31 plantae.org/2026fellowsa...
2. @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program, apply by Sep 15.
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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · Jun 27

🧪🌾VACANCY - Are you expert in plant embryo development and planning your next career step?

Join the excellence initiative "SLU Future" at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and become group leader @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!

Read more here👇:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#PlantSciJobs

Whitish mature spruce somatic embryos growing on a cell callus partly coloured in red in front of a blue background

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Petra Bauer @botanyhhu.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Immer noch keine Änderung, weniger Gutachterinnen = geringere Bewilligungsquoten für Frauen. Dabei gibt es einige 50+ Frauen mit viel Zeit, sie werden schlicht nicht angefragt.

Chancengleichheits-Monitoring 2025

Chancengleichheit zwischen Wissenschaftler*innen ist der DFG ein wichtiges Anliegen. In ihrem jährlich erscheinenden Chancengleichheits-Monitoring berichtet die DFG umfassend über die Anzahl und den A...

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Jun 7

Double knockout of rice OsVIT1 and OsVIT2 genes reveals a trade-off between iron biofortification and iron excess tolerance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.04.657710v1

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Daniel Wefers @danielwefers.bsky.social · May 27

Zusatzstoffe, Pestizide, Gentechnik; was ist wirklich ein Risiko?

Spoiler: Nichts davon.

Die neue Folge des Lebensmittelchemie-Podcasts Food Facts befasst sich ausführlich mit dem Thema "Chemie im Essen" und damit mit einem Herzensthema von mir, unbedingt reinhören!

Food Facts Der Lebensmittelchemie-Podcast der TU Dresden

In unserem Wissenschaftspodcast Food Facts spricht Lebensmittelchemiker Prof. Thomas Henle von der TU Dresden mit Moderator Peer Kittel und Studentin Jule über aktuelle wissenschaftliche Fragen …

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · May 27

🌼The 3rd episode of the BSA's new podcast---A Botanical Podcast!---is now available on all major streaming services!🌼

In this episode, @ehlawrence-paul.bsky.social discusses vegetative phase change in plants.

www.buzzsprout.com/2446995/epis...

#botany #plantscience #morphology #physiology

A graphic announcing the episode of A Botanical Podcast with Erica Lawrence-Paul.

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · May 27

#ASPBPlantCellTuesday #ICYMI

The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · May 16

The transcription factor MYB30 promotes iron homeostasis by maintaining the stability of the FIT transcription factor (Hongyun Zhao , Juntao Jiang , Mengai Shen , Yiyi Zhang , Yamei Zhang , Huilin Liu , Huapeng Zhou , Yuan Zheng) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantBiology

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · May 22

🎊 We made it!! @dfg.de has just announced that we have been successful with our CEPLAS III proposal in the current funding round of the Excellence Strategy! Many thanks to all our supporters! @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social

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CRC TRR 341 "Plant Ecological Genetics" @trr341.bsky.social · Apr 30

This year we are celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity with two amazing lectures! If you are located close to Cologne,Germany join us!

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Petra Bauer @botanyhhu.bsky.social · Apr 23

Everywhere female humans live longer than males, is also the case for many other mammals, despite of the dangers in female lives - there is an evolutionary benefit to this! So many men in the world are stupid and so all other men will never be able to understand the inborn body weaknesses.

Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 23

President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be killing much, if not all, of a historic initiative that was the first, and is still the largest, National Institutes of Health effort centered on the health needs of women. scim.ag/4jLeLTJ

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women

The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

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Greg Vert @plantubiquitin.bsky.social · Apr 22

Proud of that one ! Characterization of the metal sensing properties of a plant metal transporter doi.org/10.1042/BCJ-...
Required a deep dive into biophysics from us 🤯, and friendly collaborators to help us along. Thanks to all involved.
@lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social

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Nature @nature.com · Apr 23

Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by Gregor Mendel more than 160 years ago

https://go.nature.com/3EC3eqT

Century-old genetics mystery of Mendel’s peas finally solved

Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by the famed citizen scientist.

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Team Bürgeruni @teambuergeruni.bsky.social · Mar 25

Pflanzen wachsen durch Pflasterstein, an Steinmauern entlang und wuchern an den scheinbar ungewöhnlichsten Stellen - sie trotzen vielen Widrigkeiten und passen sich an. Wie machen sie das? Und was bedeutet der Klimawandel für unsere heimischen Pflanzen? Welche Anpassungsstrategien haben sie? 1/3

Der Schmalblättrige Doppelsame wächst gerne in Pflasterritzen, aber auch in zahlreichen anderen Habitaten. Fotos: Bruno Walther

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Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf @hhu.de · Mar 26

🌱 Kennt ihr schon PUKI? Alle können mitmachen bei der Erforschung der Anpassungen der Pflanzen an eine sich verändernde Umwelt.
Mit der App Flora Incognita werden von allen die mitmachen bestimmte Pflanzenarten erfasst.
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · Mar 21

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob

Research Associate / PostDoc: Analysis of Brassicaceae (Camelina) multi-omics data aimed at enhancing plant stress adaptation
In @usadellab.bsky.social 's lab @fz-juelich.de
Deadline: 6 April 2025
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

Job Openings

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Petra Bauer @botanyhhu.bsky.social · Mar 23

At various reproductive stages, young rosette leaves are supersensitive to iron deficiency - growth is inhibited very rapidly and gene expression and metal contents change, see Mary's revised preprint at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Age-dependent differential iron deficiency responses of rosette leaves during reproductive stages in Arabidopsis thaliana

Iron (Fe) is essential for plant development throughout the life cycle. Rosette leaves are responsive to Fe supply in Arabidopsis thaliana. Little is known about the dynamics of Fe deficiency (-Fe) re...

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Agristok @agristok.bsky.social · Mar 22

3 Research Assistant / Research Associate Positions in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK

3 Research Assistant / Research Associate Positions in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK: The Department of Plant Sciences at the University…

3 Research Assistant / Research Associate Positions in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK

3 Research Assistant / Research Associate Positions in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK: The Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge is a leading center for research and education in plant biology. It’s part of the university’s School of the Biological Sciences and has a long history of groundbreaking work in areas like photosynthesis, plant development, and ecosystem dynamics.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · Feb 19

@botanyhhu.bsky.social 's team found:

Secondary growth in proximal perennial stem zone plays a role in iron storage in perennial Arabis alpina, while distal annual stem zones may transiently store iron for seed production.

Read more #OpenAccess in Journal #PlantBiology doi.org/10.1111/plb....

Iron homeostasis in the annual and perennial stem zones of Arabis alpina

Iron accumulates in secondary growth tissues in the perennial stem zone and is correlated with particular gene expression patterns in the perennial model plant Arabis alpina.

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · Feb 12

New round of the Lise Meitner Excellence Program for tenure track group leaders in @maxplanck.de institutes opened today -- please consider applying! The program aims to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists.
Because diversity increases excellence!
www.mpg.de/lise-meitner...

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · Feb 12

Tomorrow, we go global! 🌎🙌 #Anemiathon2025 is here to raise awareness for blood health.
Join us by posting at 9 AM local time & using #WorldAnemiaAwareness #BloodHealth. Let’s spread the message together! 🔴

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Petra Bauer @botanyhhu.bsky.social · Dec 11

Iron deficiency transcription factor FIT localizes in nuclear condensates, among the 12 selected 2024 papers, thank you

Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Dec 11

Our annual collection highlights twelve of the most outstanding papers that showcase the exceptional range and quality of research published by JCB. We are delighted to serve as an independent venue for the awe-inspiring world of cell biology! https://buff.ly/3OO7Nj8
#CellBio2024

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Petra Bauer @botanyhhu.bsky.social · Dec 10

Fast track, open access, no costs, rapid pdf, top editing, a tree planted in the Forest of Biologists! Best publication experience ever! Mohr et al. 2024 The small ARF-like 2 GTPase TITAN5 is linked with the dynamic regulation of IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 1. J Cell Sci doi: doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

The small ARF-like 2 GTPase TITAN5 is linked with the dynamic regulation of IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 1

Highlighted Article: TTN5, a small ARF-like GTPase, is connected to the dynamic regulation of IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 1 (IRT1) in the vesicular trafficking system through direct protein interaction...

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