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Greg Copenhaver @copenhaverlab.bsky.social · 2d

The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

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Xander Jones @xanderjones.bsky.social · 5d

Only a few days left to apply!

My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.

@starmorph-syg.bsky.social

Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)

www.cam.ac.uk

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 6d

✨ Paper spotlight ✨

(🧵 1/6) The role of post-translational modifications in the dynamic of cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates in plants
doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Fig. 1 Impact of post-translational modifications on cytoplasmic biomolecular condensate dynamics.

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Ruth Huttenhain @rhuttenhain.bsky.social · 6d

My lab @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social is recruiting! We are looking for a postdoc at the interface of quantitative proteomics and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) biology:
postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
#TeamMassSpec #Proteomics #GPCR #Postdoc

Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Ruth Huttenhain | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

postdocs.stanford.edu

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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 7d

🌱Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position OPEN🌱
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 16d

My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 21d

Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!

career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)

career5.successfactors.eu

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Devin O’Connor @oconnord.bsky.social · Sep 8

My department is hiring! Join us! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

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Emmanuelle Bayer @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social · Jul 28

We have two open Post-Doc positions in my group at the interface with:
1- @ataly.bsky.social for molecular dynamics
2- Bruno Guillotin from protein mobility

Apply by sending CV, two ref letters and a short motivation letter to me : [email protected]. Deadline 15 sept.

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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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Michael Hothorn @structplantbio.bsky.social · Aug 9

www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

A mechanistic framework for the recognition of chemically diverse brassinosteroids by BRI1-family receptor kinases

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are chemically diverse plant steroid hormones produced via a branched biosynthetic pathway. The potent BR brassinolide is sensed by the membrane receptor kinase BRI1 and a SERK ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Justin Walley @justinwwalley.bsky.social · Aug 8

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ALT: a man in a yellow shirt and white pants is standing next to another man

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Justin Walley @justinwwalley.bsky.social · Aug 7

Overachiever

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Justin Walley @justinwwalley.bsky.social · Aug 7

i'll lose eligibility for both the same year 🙃

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Sannie Culbertson @sanniejculbertson.bsky.social · Aug 5

🎉I’m really looking forward to seeing the incredible creativity from our community.

📅 The deadline to submit your original artwork is September 30—plenty of time to dream big and share your vision!

#TIBSCelebrates50 #TIBS50 #SciArt #CoverArt

Trends in Biochemical Sciences @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨 Don’t miss your chance! The #TIBSCelebrates50 call for #CoverArt is open!

Are you a #SciArtist who loves biochemistry?! A biochemist who also creates #SciArt?! 🖌️✨ Share your design - one will be selected to be featured on the cover of the January issue!

More info 👉 lnkd.in/edXQmmeg

#TIBS50

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Justin Walley @justinwwalley.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations!! Nice work.

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hiring alert! Please RT! Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer position in Microbiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Clemson University.
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/170375

Active learning through creative inquiry (CI) projects with undergrads and dynamic working environment. 🦠🐅

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · Jul 25

Kenyon is hiring a TT microbiologist! Please share widely. I’m the search chair & am happy to answer any questions. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

Kenyon College - Details - Assistant Professor of Biology (Tenure-Track)

careers.pageuppeople.com

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Justin Walley @justinwwalley.bsky.social · Jun 28

Will do

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Justin Walley @justinwwalley.bsky.social · Jun 28

We’re working to get opentrons automation. Initial tests are promising but doing a bit more benchmarking

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · Jun 23

New Resource: "Transcription factor binding divergence drives transcriptional and phenotypic variation in maize" rdcu.be/esSwW

Genome-wide comparative analysis of DNA binding for 200 transcription factors in two maize inbred lines.

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Vandepoele lab @vandepoelelab.bsky.social · Jun 19

Interested in applying AI to study gene regulation in plants? Two postdoc positions will open soon (wetlab + computational), so keep an eye on www.vandepoelelab.be #ICAR2025 #ERC

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Justin Walley @justinwwalley.bsky.social · Jun 17

Yet…

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Justin Walley @justinwwalley.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thanks!

Justin Walley @justinwwalley.bsky.social · Jun 15

Can you elaborate on this wash?

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