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Heinrich Bente @hebente.bsky.social · 11d

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here it comes, first preprint from my postdoc time at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social in the lab of @claudiakohler11.bsky.social

Samplify: A versatile tool for image-based segmentation and annotation of seed abortion phenotypes

Automated seed phenotyping has wide applications in research and agriculture and relies on easy-to-use platforms and pipelines. Seed phenotyping in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana poses a signi...

www.biorxiv.org

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Sebastian Soyk @sebastiansoyk.bsky.social · 21d

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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Rebecca Mosher @rm0sher.bsky.social · 24d

Three Associate Professor (or Professor) positions available at Oxford Biology. Come be my colleague! www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/we-a...

We are hiring! Oxford biology has three associate professorships available as we move to new state-of-the-art facilities

www.biology.ox.ac.uk

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Keystone Symposia @keystonesymposia.bsky.social · 27d

📝 Deadline: Sept 18 (11:59pm MDT)

Early-career researchers—submit your abstract for Plant Epigenetics & Epigenome Engineering 🌱
Compete for the People’s Choice Poster Award 🏅 Winner gets free Keystone registration!

👉 keysym.us/KSPlantEpi26
@claudiakohler11.bsky.social
#KSPlantEpi26

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 9

Springboard for an international scientific career! 🧬🧪🔭⚛️🧠🌱 Call for #MaxPlanckResearchGroups launched; applications are possible until October 14, 2025 www.mpg.de/max-planck-r... #ScienceCareer

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 Job alert! #PlantSciJob
We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social
Apply by October 17th

Please spread the word!

More info 👇
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

Open Professorship (W1-TT) at the ZMBP, University of Tübingen (Germany). Deadline October 17th. More info: https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/fachbereiche/zentren/zentrum-fuer-molekularbiologie-der-pflanzen/zmbp/job-opportunities/#c12494

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Wolfgang Dröge-Laser @wdl1.bsky.social · Sep 7

Please retweet: Julius-von-Sachs Institute, University of Würzburg is hiring: Prof. For Plant Genetics, Chair Botany III. Please apply until Oct 13th

www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/ueber-die-fa...
#plantscience

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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · Sep 2

*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University*
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5

su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Purple pollen visible in a dissected flower of Linum grandiflorum, flowering flax, an insect-pollinated species.

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Lars Østergaard @larsostergaard.bsky.social · Aug 25

👉 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Join us and be part of shaping the future of #plantscience at Oxford as we move to the new Life and Mind Building lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/home (recognised for its potential to change the World edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...) @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk

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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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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are looking for a new colleague! If you do exciting microbial work (from various fields and approaches), please consider applying. (Yes, I am talking to you, postdocs ;) ) :)
uni-goettingen.de/en/699057.html

W1-TT-W2 Microbial Genetics - Georg-August-University Göttingen

Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen

uni-goettingen.de

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Botany One @botany.one · Aug 1

From initially finding botany classes boring to leading cutting-edge seed development research at the Max Planck Institute. Dr. Duarte Figueiredo's journey shows how the right mentors can transform your relationship with plant science.

wp.me/pdRZhH-mgq

#Botany #PlantScience

A researcher wearing glasses and a gray t-shirt carefully tends to young tomato plants in a greenhouse laboratory. He is examining or adjusting a plant with small yellow flowers while standing at a work bench with organized plant specimens in containers. The modern greenhouse facility has glass walls and metal framework visible in the background.

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Gerardo del Toro @gerardodeltoro.bsky.social · Jul 31

I am thrilled to share our review with @claudiakohler11.bsky.social in which we discuss on the latest research on the classical and emerging roles of transposable elements in shaping genomic imprinting in plants. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#imprinting #epigenetics #plantReproduction

Rapid origin and turnover of genomic imprinting by transposable elements

Genomic imprinting, the preferential expression of alleles based on their parent-of-origin, is an epigenetic mechanism that plays a key role in endosp…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers @plantpollinator.bsky.social · Jul 28

. #Botany2025 My institution (JIC in Norwich, UK) is hiring for a tenure-track Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences - see more here:

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

Let me know if you have questions!

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.

www.jic.ac.uk

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology 🌱🧪 @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social · Jul 21

Registration is OPEN for the 7th Plants & People Conference (P&P’25)! Join us Sept 9–10 at MPI-MP for talks on plant science, AI, space research & more. Poster submissions are welcome!

Sign up here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr...

#PlantsandPeople #P&P’25

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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Jul 17

Less than a week left to apply! 🌱💚

Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Jun 5

We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄

A PhD position (initially 3 years) is available in our laboratory in the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), at the University of Tübingen (Germany). The position is available with an intended start date starting January 2026.
Interested applicants should submit a single PDF comprising a motivation letter describing your research interests, an up-to-date CV, and the names and contact information for 2 references to timing.lab@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de ideally before July 21st.

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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Jul 18

Exciting times to be at @johninnescentre.bsky.social !

www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...

Major funding boost to bring world leading researchers to the John Innes Centre | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre has been awarded an equal share of the new £54 million Global Talent Fund, to attract and support leading researchers and their teams to relocate to the UK. The new Global Talent...

www.jic.ac.uk

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Claudia Köhler @claudiakohler11.bsky.social · Jul 10

If you are interested applying for a DFG Emmy Noether group in the field of plant reproduction and /or epigenetics, please get in touch!

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · Jul 9

#Prospects PhDs & postdocs of all disciplines note: Would you like to lead an independent junior research group? In our online talk you will get first-hand information about the aims and requirements of the DFG Emmy Noether Programme and more. Link to the meeting will be published here: fcld.ly/enp

Emmy Noether Programme:
in English
Friday, 18. July 2025, 10-11:30 a.m. CET

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · Jun 30

Plese consider signing this open letter to remind EU leadership of the importance of ring-fencing the budget for ERC, Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowships and other basic research essential for innovation.

www.petitions.com/open_letter_...

Open Letter of scientists and entrepreneurs regarding MFF and FP10

June 10, 2025 After the presentation of the European Competitiveness Fund, there has been much uncertainty regarding the positioning and funding for Research and Innovation in the next European Multia...

www.petitions.com

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Keystone Symposia @keystonesymposia.bsky.social · Jun 19

🌿 Postdocs & ECRs—Last chance to present at #KSPlantEpi26! Submit your abstract or scholarship app by July 2 (11:59pm MT). Join Xiaofeng Cao & global leaders in plant epigenetics.

🔗 keysym.us/KSPlantEpi26
🎥 youtu.be/dGufMz8IQMY

#PlantEpigenetics #PlantScience @claudiakohler11.bsky.social

Plant Epigenetics Meeting Promo

YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia

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Keystone Symposia @keystonesymposia.bsky.social · Jun 12

⏰ Deadline: June 18!
Apply for a scholarship or submit a short talk for Keystone’s Plant Epigenetics meeting. Join Doris Wagner & global experts exploring how the plant epigenome is regulated. 🌱
🔗 keysym.us/KSPlantEpi26

youtu.be/RYBb_tbMQ64 #KSPlantEpi26
@claudiakohler11.bsky.social

KSQA: Dr. Doris Wagner (Plant Epigenetics and Epigenome Engineering)

YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · Jun 8

❗ We have an open post-doc position in our group! 🌱🥔🧬
Are you interested in novel crop breeding techniques and potatoes? If yes, the CRISPS project (in collaboration with Wageningen University and SLU Sweden) may be something for you! You can apply here:
jobs.admin.ch/job-vacancie...
#NBTs

Post-doc position: Genome Editing Sustainable and Innovative Potatoes - Agroscope

Agroscope is looking for Post-doc position: Genome Editing Sustainable and Innovative Potatoes

jobs.admin.ch

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Claudia Köhler @claudiakohler11.bsky.social · Jun 2

Very happy to see this new preprint out from our lab, led by @gerardodeltoro.bsky.social. Congrats Gerardo and everyone involved! Check it out! 👇

Gerardo del Toro @gerardodeltoro.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚨 Preprint alert!!
Thrilled to share our new story where we report the discovery of a new sporophytic maternal-effect mutant in Arabidopsis. 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Maternal control of RNA decay safeguards embryo development

As in mammals, the plant embryo is surrounded by maternal tissues that provide protection from the external environment. In angiosperms, a double fertilization process results in the formation of a di...

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René Schneider @schneiderlab.bsky.social · May 11

📢 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠! We’re offering 𝟓 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 in each of our key research areas ... namely also in 🧬 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲.

ℹ️ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬
🔗 www.uni-potsdam.de/en/research/...

🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
🔗 Apply via: spp.uni-potsdam.de/karriere

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Antoine Molaro @antoinemolaro.bsky.social · Mar 31

Hello World! Are you passionate about epigenomics and evolution 🧪🧬🐭🐵 ? Are you looking for a postdoc in a stimulating and inclusive environment ? Look no further... We are seeking creative postdocs for our ERC project EvoEpi @igred.fr ! 👇Details👇
tinyurl.com/PostdocEvoEp...
Repost are appreciated

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