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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 7d

#ResearchCareers: Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme is a #funding option for your next step in academia? Come and find out in our digital info talk on 14 October. No registration, the meeting link will be published here:
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

Infotafel mit Schriftzug "Walter Benjamin Programme" und Datumsangaben:
14 October
Tuesday
1:30 - 15p.m. CET
in English

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 7d

Next, Hannah Lepper from @franzificht.bsky.social lab in Düsseldorf is investigating the enigmatic role of trehalose 6-phosphate during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · 13d

We really enjoyed putting together this Darwin Review for JXB. Fun to think about how carboxysomes work and why plants don't have them.

@jxbotany.bsky.social

Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...

The Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes

Abstract. Since their discovery as rubisco-containing compartments more than 50 years ago, significant breakthroughs have advanced our understanding of car

academic.oup.com

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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 24d

Oxford Biology is growing 📢

We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology

3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

Photo showing the inside atrium of the new Life and Mind Building

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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · 26d

Saddened to hear about the passing of Steve Long. His work had a profound impact on plant science. A true loss to the scientific community. @ripeproject.bsky.social
emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/4...

Stephen Long

emails.illinois.edu

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · Sep 1

#PlantSci
New type of transport protein discovered by @franzikuhnert.bsky.social and the @weberlab.bsky.social
team:
How amino acids are transported in plants
in @natplants.nature.com

Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

Coming out in @NaturePlants today (rdcu.be/eBScJ): The mechanism for essential amino acid transport across the chloroplast envelope. We identified RETICULATA1 (RE1) as a new type of transport protein. #PlantScience #AminoAcidTransport #Chloroplasts. @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social

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Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) @asps-oz.bsky.social · Aug 24

Registration and abstract submission are still open for our 2025 conference in Adelaide!

www.asps.org.au/asps-annual-...

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Alex Webb Lab @alexwebblab.bsky.social · Aug 24

Further evidence that sugar in the plates changes the plant biology you study. Best to avoid putting sugar in the agar, unless you want to study what sugar in the agar does to plants. This paper uses sugar in the agar to study what sugar does. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #plantresearch

A multisensor high-temperature signaling framework for triggering daytime thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis - Nature Communications

Plants encounter high temperatures concomitantly with intense sunlight during the daytime. Here, the authors reveal a concerted chloroplast and nucleus high-temperature signaling framework that gates ...

www.nature.com

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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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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · Aug 22

Great opportunity! #PlantScience
PLOS Biology hiring full-time Associate Editor.
Requires PhD+2 years postdoc experience
"Expertise in molecular cell biology is required, preferably in context of plant science"
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
I know folks who should apply to this!

PLOS Biology Associate Editor- FTC

UK-Remote

job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io

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Franziska Kuhnert @franzikuhnert.bsky.social · Aug 22

Very happy to see our work finally published!
#PlantScience
@natplants.nature.com

Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

Coming out in @NaturePlants today (rdcu.be/eBScJ): The mechanism for essential amino acid transport across the chloroplast envelope. We identified RETICULATA1 (RE1) as a new type of transport protein. #PlantScience #AminoAcidTransport #Chloroplasts. @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social

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Plant Energy Biology Lab @schwarzlanderlab.bsky.social · Aug 18

Your research brings together fundamental plant biology & applied research to enhance crop traits? 🌱🌾🎓🏭

Join us as professor in 'Molecular Crop Improvement' @uni-muenster.de & @fraunhofer.bsky.social

Please PM if you got questions.

stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...

Professorship (W2-level) in “Molecular Crop Improvement”

stellen.uni-muenster.de

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Björn Usadel @usadellab.bsky.social · Jul 25

Is plant single cell/nuc. & spatial transcriptomics your passion? Do you want to understand plant adaptation using cutting edge molecular & bioinformatics tools? Then come and join us to work together with @ceplas.bsky.social & @wggc-de.bsky.social. #plantjobs
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Scientist - Plant Single Cell / Spatial Analysis

The Institute IBG-4 at Forschungszentrum Jülich is a key partner in the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), one of Germany’s leading plant science research networks. The group of Prof. D...

www.fz-juelich.de

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · Jun 23

New Article: "High-efficiency leucoplast transit peptides for manipulating plastid protein production" rdcu.be/esSAr

With Research Briefing rdcu.be/esSBC

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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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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · Apr 4

SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH: 'Grain lysine enrichment and improved stress tolerance in rice through protein engineering' - Ray Singh Rathore et al, doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 🧪 #plantscience 🍚 🛡️ 🧬

In silico analysis for amino acids in OsDHDPS potentially critical for its lysine feedback sensitivity. Using the Schrodinger software, the putative lysine binding site in OsDHDPS was identified. The interaction of native OsDHDPS (nOsDHDPS) protein with ligands (B) lysine and (C) AEC. The interaction of mutated OsDHDPS (mOsDHDPS) with ligands (D) lysine and (E) AEC. Left side is 3D and right side is 2D conformer.

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Feb 3

REVIEW: The metabolite transporters of C4 photosynthesis (Oliver Mattinson, Steven Kelly) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaf019 @ASPB #PlantScience

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NicolaJPatron @nicolabiologist.bsky.social · Jan 2

We’re looking for 3 postdocs to join our lab and work on engineering plant gene expression, metabolism and growth. If you have enthusiasm & skills in synthetic biology or metabolic engineering, apply by Jan 31.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49767/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49773/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/

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Addgene @addgene.bsky.social · Dec 19

Did you know 2024 was our 20th anniversary? We're closing it out by sharing a brief history of Addgene, with commentary from our incredible community.
Read it below!

blog.addgene.org/add...

Addgene: The First Twenty Years

Twenty years have gone by fast! Join us to share some highlights of Addgene and our community as we close out our 20th anniversary celebration.

blog.addgene.org

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Dec 19

📣 Plant Physiology welcomes new Assistant Features Editors starting in 2025 and 2026!👉 https://academic.oup.com/plphys/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plphys/kiae661/7922604

A big thanks, to those who are stepping down from the position!👏

Plant Physiology 2025-26 Assistant Features Editors. academic.oup.com/plphys|www.aspb.org. Featuring Plant Physiology and ASPB logos and themed-background.

Plant Physiology 2026-27 Assistant Features Editors. academic.oup.com/plphys|www.aspb.org. Featuring Plant Physiology and ASPB logos and themed-background.

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James Lloyd 🧬 @jamespblloyd.bsky.social · Nov 30

Can anyone point me to the best way to design a peptide/protein inhibitor of my favorite enzyme or transcription factor?

I am aware of this paper but I do not know the field of protein design well, so any advice would be amazing.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Design of target specific peptide inhibitors using generative deep learning and molecular dynamics simulations - Nature Communications

Here the authors report a computational approach which integrates deep learning and structural modelling to design target-specific peptides. They apply this to β-catenin and NF-κB essential modulator,...

www.nature.com

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The Global Plant Council @globalplantgpc.bsky.social · Nov 29

Researchers have streamlined methods to study chloroplast & mitochondrial impacts on photosynthesis. Plants currently capture only ~1% of solar energy; optimized genetics could increase this sixfold.

globalplantcouncil.org/hidden-dna-i... #PlantScience

Hidden DNA in plants reveals secrets of photosynthesis - The Global Plant Council

Researchers have streamlined methods to study chloroplast and mitochondrial impacts on photosynthesis, opening new pathways for enhancing energy efficiency in crops. Plants currently capture only ~1% ...

globalplantcouncil.org

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Nov 27

Researchers are using #microbiome tweaks to protect #crops from #pests and #ClimateChange.

An Inner Workings in PNAS Front Matter: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#passaging #GeneticEngineering #ConventionalBreeding #sustainability #resilience

A mung bean plant grown with a passaged microbiome thrives in salty soil (Left), while another grown without this advantage dies (Right). Image credit: Shubham Dubey (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark).

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Matt Johnson @profmattjohnson.bsky.social · Nov 27

Two great #PhDposition available in the Photosynthesis Research Group at Sheffield 🌞🌱🦠 Pls RT
tinyurl.com/5yhajrpp
tinyurl.com/4nsdu45s
Come and join us!

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Matt Johnson @profmattjohnson.bsky.social · Nov 27

🥳New cryo tomography Preprint ☀️🌱🔬Molecular architecture of thylakoid membranes within intact spinach chloroplasts.

doi.org/10.1101/2024.1…
Proud to be part of this great work with
@cellarchlab.com
@wojwie.bsky.social
@sheffieldpps.bsky.social

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