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Boyce Thompson Institute @btiscience.bsky.social · 6d

Shape the future of #PlantScience! BTI, affiliated with Cornell, seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor to drive discovery in plant biology. Review of applications begins November. Apply: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · 6d

That's great! Congratulations. We are really happy to see that our TEM has been of great use for your team and especially for @sshamphavi.bsky.social again!

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 29d

📢 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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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · 19d

Welcome Simon. Looking forward to our scientific and collegial interactions in the future.

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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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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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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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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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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · Aug 16

One of my absolute highlights being presented at the #IS-MPMI2025 congress this year. Congratulations to everyone involved.

Team Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣 Massively proud of this ⬇️ great study, led by the brilliant @mesny.bsky.social surprisingly uncovering that many pathogen effectors stem from ancient antimicrobials 🤯 #EffectorWisdom #EvoMPMI

Fantin Mesny @mesny.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣 NEW PREPRINT 📝

We identified evolutionary origins of many fungal effectors!
We show that fungi secrete lots of antimicrobial proteins, and that some of them were repurposed by plant pathogens for host immune suppression.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

cc @teamthomma.bsky.social

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · Aug 3

Very proud to share our latest preprint: postdoc/LRSF fellow Yue Rui studies the mechanisms regulating attachment of the cell wall to the plasma membrane. The Cellulose Synthase Complex and REMORINs determine the extent of attachment and root osmotic stress tolerance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Jul 16

GROUP LEADER VACANCY

JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.

If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.

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

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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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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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · Jul 28

Congratulations @guofengzhang.bsky.social for successfully defending your PhD today @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social. Very proud of you. Symbiosis lovers stay tuned, there is a nice study to come from him hopefully soon.

Guofeng Zhang successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Freiburg, Germany. The picture shows him and his supervisor Thomas Ott.

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Faculty of Biology - University of Freiburg @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social · Jul 11

The first part of our Faculty Day symposium highlighted the latest research and teaching achievements, and how two Excellence Clusters integrated into our faculty. Great talks by Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, @archaellum.bsky.social, @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social, chaired by @ottlab.bsky.social

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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy to be selected again for this years teaching prize awarded by the students at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social for the best teaching in the past winter term. Congratulations also to @chrisvanderdoes.bsky.social who received the same prize for the winter term. A motivating reward.

Thomas Ott and Chris van der Does winning the teaching prize at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · Jul 7

Happy to share our newest paper fresh from the press. Have a look, how cells prepare to host symbiotic infections. We really appreciate the reviewers comments. Enjoy the microscopy and other experiments by the lead PostDoc Morgane Batzenschlager & collaborators. elifesciences.org/articles/88588

Competence for transcellular infection in the root cortex involves a post-replicative, cell-cycle exit decision in Medicago truncatula

Imaging deep root tissues with a combination of cell-cycle reporters reveals that a cortical cell file traversed by symbiotic bacteria exhibits reduced proliferative potential and enters a prolonged G...

elifesciences.org

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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · May 23

Thanks Claudine for the great job!!

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Claudine Kraft's Lab @kraftlabfr.bsky.social · May 23

Thrilled to announce that our Cluster of Excellence CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social will continue to receive funding for another seven years! We’re happy to be part of such a great team!

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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · May 23

Congratulations also to our plant colleagues in Tübingen, Heidelberg and Hohenheim! Well done!

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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · May 23

Congratulations to our plant colleagues in Düsseldorf and Cologne! Well deserved. Ready for a green axis between CEPLAS and us @cibss.bsky.social.

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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · May 23

Great moment yesterday afternoon for signalling research in Freiburg, when we learned that our Cluster of Excellence @cibss.bsky.social was funded for another seven years! Happy to be part of it. Many thanks to the speaker team and rectorate of @uni-freiburg.de!

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · May 22

We are thrilled to have just found out: CIBSS has secured continued funding under the #ExcellenceStrategy! This major boost will enable us to accelerate our research into biological signalling and lay the groundwork for next-generation insights from 2026 to 2032!

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Leonie Luginbuehl @lluginbuehl.bsky.social · May 4

Join our group (www.luginbuehllab.com) at @camplantsci.bsky.social! Are you excited about mycorrhiza, (single-cell) transcriptomics, carbon physiology, and the model crop rice? We have a 2-year postdoc position available, starting ASAP. Closing date 23rd May 2025!

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Thomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · May 1

Recording part #1 for a documentary on nitrogen in agriculture has started yesterday. Happy, that our team has been selected to report on symbiotic nitrogen fixation and how research searches for long-term and sustainable solutions. Thanks Magda and Casandra from our team to be part of it.

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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · Apr 19

We have a postdoc position that just opened up in the Brady lab on reprogramming tomato root system architecture in response to changes in nutrient availability - please consider applying! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07095

Postdoctoral Researcher- Brady Lab

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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