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Peter Solomon @plantpathpete.bsky.social · 6d

@arc-pbtc.bsky.social is seeking a #PhD student to explore how Australian growers engage with biosecurity preparedness and design strategies to boost on-farm readiness. Work with industry, growers & government on impactful research. Generous stipend + national network. tinyurl.com/ykwj97th

Join a PhD in Biosecurity: Protecting Australia's Future

Join a pioneering PhD project in Plant Biosecurity, explore socio-cultural impacts on biosecurity practices, and secure your career.

plantbiosecuritycentre.edu.au

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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 7d

Very happy to see this work finally online!
Resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is not generally conserved. When comparing five wild tomato spp, we saw that one spp co-opted a different mechanism against Sclerotinia infection!

KunzLab@LMU @kunzlab.bsky.social · 7d

This looks very interesting. Congrats @rstam.bsky.social et al. Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen

Quantitative disease resistance in a wild tomato genotype evolved through species-specific regulatory network rewiring, with an ancient transcription facto

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Megan McDonald @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social · 20d

There are no words to describe how excited and honored I am to take on the role. Already had such amazing support from the plant pathology community in Switz and cannot wait to grow the team further and see how far we can get in tackling our fungal foes. Look out for jobs starting in May 2026!

Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · 20d

We warmly welcome Dr. Megan McDonald as Associate Professor of Plant Disease Dynamics. Her research on fungal diseases in crops will strengthen our expertise and collaborations across plant sciences. 🌱

ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · 20d

At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor of Practice" once.

More info:

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Eli Thynne @elithynne.bsky.social · Aug 24

Years ago I became obsessed with this effector, which resembles a plant LRR, hypothesising it suppressed PTI. @graemekettles.bsky.social had the perfect system, and together we validated the hypothesis. Thankfully he, @zymohaider.bsky.social & team worked hard to follow up and complete this story!

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Eli Thynne @elithynne.bsky.social · Aug 24

Really happy this is out in preprint - Congratulations to @graemekettles.bsky.social @zymohaider.bsky.social, and everyone involved for their hard work completing this study! It examines a Z. tritici effector that is a molecular mimic of plant LRRs, and suppresses PTI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Molecular mimicry of plant cell-surface immune receptors by fungal secreted leucine-rich repeat proteins

Leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs) are important plant immunity proteins. The wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici produces many virulence effectors during infection; however, m...

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Peter Solomon @plantpathpete.bsky.social · Aug 20

Registrations are rolling in for the 2025 Stromlo Plant Pathology meeting in Canberra (Nov 27–28)! Secure your spot! Speakers: @yasukadota.bsky.social, Cecille Segonzac, @thamlab.bsky.social, @yichangsung.bsky.social, Tek Tay & @danielsyu.bsky.social. Register at tinyurl.com/3e3tx9j2
#strompath25

10th Stromlo Plant Pathology Conference | wheatbiosecurity

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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · Jul 14

I am looking for a (bio)chemist to join the lab and help us making affinity-based probes for proteases! The project is truly interdisciplinary with a strong computational chemistry component, peptide synthesis and plant biochemistry!
Text me if interested and please spread the word!

IPB Halle @ipbhalle.bsky.social · Jul 14

📣We offer a #PhDposition @dfg.de-funded #RTG2670 BEAM: "Beyond Amphiphilicity - Self-Organization of Soft Matter via Multiple Noncovalent Interactions" with @marischuster.bsky.social.

🔗More: www.ipb-halle.de/en/career/jo...

📅Apply now!

#MolecularModelling #Proteases #SciJobs #PhDjobs

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Tolga Bozkurt @tolgaboz.bsky.social · Jul 7

Plz RT. We are looking for a postdoc to join our collborative project on AI-guided bioengineering of plant immune receptors @tolgaboz.bsky.social and @jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social labs: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNV032/r...

Research Associate in Programmable Plant Immunity at Imperial College London

Apply for the Research Associate in Programmable Plant Immunity role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Team Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social · Jun 4

📣 We have a postdoc position in fungus-microbiota interactions! Apply here: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/2197
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For more details, visit: bewerbungsmanagement.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · May 24

Are you considering applying for a postdoc fellowship to come to Germany? Check this out.

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 23

Reminder! Next Monday 👇

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 8

#ECR attention! Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme might be a funding option for you? Come and find out in our info talk in our research career series #Prospects (in English). The link to the meeting will be published here:
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

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Peter Solomon @plantpathpete.bsky.social · May 22

Happy to announce that registration for the 2025 Stromlo Plant Pathology (and plant pests!) conference at ANU is now open (Nov 27-28). Plenary speakers confirmed include @yasukadota.bsky.social, Cecile Segonzac [email protected]. Please go to tinyurl.com/2rdxuap3 to register - all are welcome!

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Michael Seidl @mfseidl.bsky.social · May 21

Are you interested in molecular plant microbe interactions and would like to study effector biology in Fusarium-lettuce patho-system? Consider this PhD position @uva.nl in the lab of Martijn Rep as part of our recently funded joint TKI project werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD Candidate Plant-pathogenic Fungus Interaction

Are you an early-career researcher with a passion for molecular plant or microbial science? Would you like to take on a highly relevant project in the field of plant-pathogen interactions? Then we hav...

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Peter Solomon @plantpathpete.bsky.social · May 6

We're officially launching the ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity on the International Day of Plant Health, May 12. This is a 5yr, $10M investment into postgrad research training funded by Australian Research Council, 3 unis (ANU, JCU & UC) and 27 partner organisations @arc-pbtc.bsky.social

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Ksenia Krasileva @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social · May 5

Fine Grain: Molecular, Cellular, and Genomic details of crop diseases t.co/1bk6cdL9mc
special issue 📜 in @mpmijournal.bsky.social

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/toc/mpmi/38/2

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Daniel Croll @danielcroll.bsky.social · Apr 25

Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭?

We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!

Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs

Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!

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PlantsCoChallenge @plantscochallenge.bsky.social · Apr 8

We are exploring the physiological and evolutionary adaptations of plants to various stress factors in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

A key focus is understanding the central role of the microbiome—the microorganisms residing in/on plants—in the development of plant stress defense mechanisms.

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Eva Stukenbrock @estukenbrock.bsky.social · Apr 11

New post doc opportunity in our team at Kiel University in the north of Germany. We are looking for a motivated molecular biologists to unravel plant-microbe interactions in grasses. Please see: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...

More to our research and group here: www.environmental-genomics.de

Aktuelle Ausschreibungen

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Daniel Croll @danielcroll.bsky.social · Apr 9

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA)

Excited by fungi, genomes, transposons, sustainable agriculture, microbiomes or other topics?

Looking for a friendly and interactive lab located in one of the most beautiful towns in Switzerland? 🇨🇭⛰️⛵

Get in touch and please share!

pathogen-genomics.org

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Eli Thynne @elithynne.bsky.social · Mar 28

Congrats, Severin!

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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · Mar 2

Looking for a MSc programme @uni-kiel.de that combines agriculture and genomics (with options to specialize in plant or animals, molecular or computational techniques, or a bit of all?)
Our MSc programme Agrigenomics is open for applications for next fall!

www.agrigenomics.agrar.uni-kiel.de/en

AgriGenomics - An international Master`s Program for agricultural genomics at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel

www.agrigenomics.agrar.uni-kiel.de

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Eli Thynne @elithynne.bsky.social · Mar 18

Congratulations, Anjana!

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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Mar 11

We're looking for a postdoc to join the lab to work on cell-to-cell communication via the apoplast. Candidate must be brave, as they will have to lead us (me) away from the plasmodesmata-lands we've inhabited for so long!

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Postdoctoral Researcher (Faulkner Group) | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Faulkner Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Cell & Developmental Biology.

www.jic.ac.uk

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Eva Stukenbrock @estukenbrock.bsky.social · Feb 13

7 PhD positions open at Kiel University in our graduate program TransEvo focused on translational evolutionary biology. Two of the projects focused on adaptive evolution of crop pathogens. Check out: www.kec.uni-kiel.de/news_events/...

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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · Jan 6

JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN PLANT PATHOLOGY / GENOMICS

We have extended the deadlines for the postdoctoral positions. Please apply by January 15!
Note that experience with either genome or transcriptome data, preferably on a large scale, is a must for these positions.

Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · Dec 28

We're recruiting:
1 PhD student, 2 postdocs and 2 lab assistants!

Application deadlines in January.

More details here:

www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de/en/open-posi...

Open Positions

www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de

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Megan McDonald @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social · Jan 2

I have extended the deadline to apply for this post-doctoral role to work with me on the Biochemistry of Starship Transposon to this Sunday the 5th of January...original deadline set on a holiday set by HR (not me)! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Research Fellow - School of Biosciences - 104926 - Grade 7

This post-doctoral role is associated with Dr. McDonald’s UKRI Future Leader Fellowship, and will explore the biochemistry of the Starship transposases. These transposases are the enzymes responsible ...

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