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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Aug 20

Looks fascinating!

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Aug 19

for the crazy few:

Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Aug 15

Why would anyone want to be a scientist?

Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Screenshot of Essay from Martin Schwartz on 'Why would anyone want to be a scientist'. An anniversary article from The Company of Biologists published in Journal of Cell Science.

The first few lines are: It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection. But, strange even to myself, I not only don't question the unfavorable risk-to-reward ratio but consider myself astonishingly lucky to be a scientist. There are three fundamental pleasures that have sustained me through 50 years of this madness.

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Leibniz IPK @leibnizipk.bsky.social · Jul 3

You have strong interest in plant genomics and machine learning? And you hold a PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics or a related field? The we have a great job offer at the @leibnizipk.bsky.social.

➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/2d6ad8sw

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Jul 3

Pablo's elegant figures are definitely a highlight!

Pablo González-Suárez @pablidopsis.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thrilled to see our review published! 🌺Here we asked how temperature affects reproductive meristems across the year in seasonal climates and what that means for the final plant architecture of Arabidopsis and some of its crop relatives 🌡️

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Jul 2

Super pleased our @jxbotany.bsky.social review with Pablo González-Suárez @pablidopsis.bsky.social (now with Margot Smit), Tom Lock @txmlock.bsky.social and Steve Penfield (@johninnescentre.bsky.social) on plant architecture responses to seasonal temperature is out!
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

Seasons and shape: Inflorescences from autumn to summer

Abstract. Flowering plants organize their reproductive organs within specialized structures named inflorescences. Plasticity in the architecture of these i

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · Jul 1

🌱🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌱🧬

Tremblay & Qüesta discuss how examining the seed-to-seedling transition can reveal how non-coding RNAs and epigenetic changes regulate transcription during developmental transitions.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪 @jiquesta.bsky.social‬

Figure 2 (shortened, see paper for full legend): Long non-coding RNAs participate in both activation and repression of genes preventing germination. (A) Under red and far-red light conditions, phytochrome B (phyB) promotes accumulation of the HIDDEN TREASURE 1 (HID1) lncRNA in the radicle of germinating seeds to repress transcription of genes which slow germination. For the repressor PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 3 (PIF3), HID1 RNA directly interacts with the chromatin in its promoter region, repressing transcription. For other genes such as the ABA biosynthesis gene 9-CIS-EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE (NCED9), HID1 not only interacts with the chromatin in its promoter region, but also with the histone methylase ARABIDOPSIS TRITHORAX-RELATED7 (ATXR7) to suppress its ability to deposit the activating gene body mark H3K4me3, thus reducing transcription of NCED9. (B) Transcription of the dormancy-promoting gene DELAY OF GERMINATION1 (DOG1) is induced and repressed by different lncRNAs.

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Jun 12

Very excited to see this wonderful work by Larissa and Keiran at @ibers.bsky.social creating a brilliant, accurate high-throughput model for Brassica pod phenotyping out in the world!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

DeepCanola: Phenotyping brassica pods using semi-synthetic data and active learning

Phenotyping, the measurement of attributes or traits, is crucial in selecting superior cultivars for specific environmental situations. This is a time…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Rebecca Mosher @rm0sher.bsky.social · Jan 22

I'm happy to announce a postdoctoral position is available in my lab. We have lots of great data to analyze with respect to transposons & epigenetics and cool biological questions to answer.
Please reskeet and share.

Joining | The Mosher Lab

www.mosherlab.com

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Jan 9

There's been a pair terrorising students and staff at University of York for decades!

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Julia Qüesta @jiquesta.bsky.social · Dec 3

I am very happy to be part of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme! Huge thanks to the members of my group
at CRAG for sharing with me the motivation for science #plants #epigenetics. Looking forward to interacting with the EMBO_YIP scientific community. www.embo.org/press-releas...

Twenty-seven scientists become EMBO Young Investigators – Press releases – EMBO

The group leaders join an international network of nearly 800 life scientists and receive financial support

www.embo.org

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Jan 9

Congratulations! So well deserved!

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Dec 20

An unexpected joy of being an academic: writing references for talented students, in the happy hope of them going on to great things.

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Dec 20

Here's more info on my available PhD position. Please do message me to get more info!
(Though, it's Christmas - so, no stress! I'll get back to you after the break).

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Watering the flowers: gene x environment control of water use during Brassica napus inflorescence development at Durham University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Watering the flowers: gene x environment control of water use during Brassica napus inflorescence development at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Dec 16

@txmlock.bsky.social, could you pass to the JIC crowd? Opportunity should be available to study this year or next, anyone at all curious - i'm happy to answer questions (and will be @ JIC Thursday 19th!)

Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Dec 2

In fact a chance has come up for UK students to start this PhD *now - ASAP - before April 2025*!

Send me a CV ASAP!

#plantscijobs #phd #DurhamUni

Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Nov 28

Am writing a PhD project studying the genes that control drought during flowering in a key UK crop (oilseed rape) - using molecular biology, mutants, lab and field experiments, hyperspectral imaging - all the way from lab to field. Contact me to find out more!

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Laura Bacete @laurabacete.bsky.social · Dec 2

🚨 PhD Opportunity Alert! 🚨 I'm thrilled to announce my new project, Watchers on the Wall, exploring how plant cells sense and respond to stress through their walls. 🌱 A 5-year fully funded PhD position is open—please share with potential candidates! 👇 (1/7)

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Dec 2

In fact a chance has come up for UK students to start this PhD *now - ASAP - before April 2025*!

Send me a CV ASAP!

#plantscijobs #phd #DurhamUni

Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Nov 28

Am writing a PhD project studying the genes that control drought during flowering in a key UK crop (oilseed rape) - using molecular biology, mutants, lab and field experiments, hyperspectral imaging - all the way from lab to field. Contact me to find out more!

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Ian Henderson @hendersi.bsky.social · Nov 29

Associate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49389/

Associate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Associate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics in the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Nov 28

Am writing a PhD project studying the genes that control drought during flowering in a key UK crop (oilseed rape) - using molecular biology, mutants, lab and field experiments, hyperspectral imaging - all the way from lab to field. Contact me to find out more!

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Nov 28

Please repost:

Iapetus Diversifying Talent Scholarships for UK students from UK Minoritized Ethnic groups or lower socio-economic backgrounds for postgraduate degrees in environmental research:

Projects at universities across northern UK

*deadline 3rd January!*

www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

FindAPhD : Iapetus Doctoral Training Partnership: Diversifying Talent Scholarship Scheme at Durham University

Apply for a PhD: Iapetus Doctoral Training Partnership: Diversifying Talent Scholarship Scheme at Durham University

www.findaphd.com

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Rea Antoniou-Kourounioti @realantkour.bsky.social · Nov 26

Interdisciplinary PhD studentship on “Mathematical modelling of environmental information processing in hybrid aspen” supervised by myself, Prof Peter Stewart (@uofglasgow.bsky.social) and Prof Rishikesh Bhalerao (SLU).

For more information on the project and to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences - MVLS Graduate School - PhD Research Opportunities - College Futures PhD Programme - Projects - Fundamentals of Life ...

www.gla.ac.uk

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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · Nov 19

Last few days to apply for a PhD studentship in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/ide...

Identification of novel virulence determinants in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae | Doctoral Training Partnership

TALBOT_S25DTP

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk

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Rainer Melzer @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social · Nov 19

Plant biologists! We need you!
We did set up a quick survey to study why people chose to study plant science.
Please check here and shared widely:
forms.gle/4X3FUwzxXBx3...
#PlantSci

a man holding a large green leaf with the words i just love a good leaf below him

ALT: a man holding a large green leaf with the words i just love a good leaf below him

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Nov 15

For "budding" plant scientists: PhD opportunity studying flowering and meristem evolution in pale flax. Fieldwork fun, Evo devo and some modelling too. Please pass on!

*Deadlines: Non-UK students 9th December!
UK students 3rd January!*

#plants #phd #plantsciencejobs

iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

Flax forever: the possibility of immortality in the meristems of an annual plant

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Bert De Rybel @bertderybel.bsky.social · Nov 15

In our latest work, we provide molecular insights into the age-dependent morphological changes occurring in the root meristem during phase change. Perseverance over many years by BaoJun Yang and Yanbiao Sun. Generous funding by ERC, FWO, VIB and UGent #plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

SPL13 controls a root apical meristem phase change by triggering oriented cell divisions

Oriented cell divisions are crucial for determining the overall morphology and size of plants, but what controls the onset and duration of this process remains largely unknown. Here, we identified a s...

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