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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 21d

I'm recruiting a post doc and a research assistant for a 30 month project “ZHOUPI genes, cell death and the evolution of plant endosperm” funded by a Research Project grant from the Leverhulme Trust @Leverhulme.ac.uk. Application details are on the Opportunities page at biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich

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RDP lab @rdplab.bsky.social · 23d

Post-doctoral position in Plant Developmental Genetics and Evolution

A 2-year post-doctoral position is available in
@rdplab.bsky.social

The successful candidate will join the SIGNAL team under the supervision of Dr. Yoan Coudert.

For more information : www.ens-lyon.fr/RDP/IMG/pdf/...

www.ens-lyon.fr

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Adam Hannan Parker @adamahp.bsky.social · Aug 19

Very excited to finally share the main findings from my PhD, now out as a preprint!

We developed an epigenetic system to understand how plants remember and forget past infections - a phenomenon known as immune memory 🌱🧬🧠

Highlights below! 1/9

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

From recall to reset: the role of DNA (de)methylation in modulating plant immune memory

Epigenetic reprogramming is increasingly recognised as a driver of plant immune memory, yet its molecular basis remains poorly understood. Using a chemically inducible transgene in Arabidopsis, we tra...

www.biorxiv.org

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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · Aug 15

We are excited to announce the PCA Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images!

This workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET.

Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V

@radinbio.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social

Promotional image for the PCA Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images. The promo has a purple and green plant cell graphic with a black background. It also includes the details for the webinar including the date/time: Wednesday September 24, 2025 9:30am CT/10:30am ET/7:30am PT, the Zoom Link, and the Organizers: Ivan Radin, Kirk Czymmek, and Daniel Kierzkowski.

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · Jul 31

ONE Lectureship in genomics + TWO in ecology are advertised right now in my 'hood. Applications close 7th August. It'd be brilliant to have these filled with plant people. #PlantSciJobs #MonashBiol #plantecology #plantgenomics 🪴🧪🌱🌿🌾 This links to both : www.ecolsoc.org.au/opportunitie...

Three positions at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia): Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ecology (2 positions) or Genomics (1 position) - VIC - Ecological Society of Australia

Closing 7 August 2025 The School of Biological Sciences at Monash University is seeking three academics to join our team as a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (tenured-equivalent position under the Austral...

www.ecolsoc.org.au

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Lisa Smith @plantylisasmith.bsky.social · Jul 26

Jodie's sculpture is amazing! So great to have Sheffield plant scientists' work on display in London. Well done, Jess and Jodie!

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Sabine Brumm @binebrumm.bsky.social · Jun 26

Please RT: 🌾 Open PhD Position @TUM (Phytopathology, Freising, Germany)
Join our team and help us to decode the molecular mechanisms driving plant cell remodeling during fungal infection. Focus: RIC proteins in Barley–Blumeria hordei interaction 🔬 CRISPR, microscopy, proteomics & more!
#PlantScience

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Craig White @craig-white.bsky.social · Jun 24

In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…

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Lisa Smith @plantylisasmith.bsky.social · Jun 16

Home grown sweet peas and strawberries. Must be summer.

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Carolina G @cgrandel.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are looking for an intern to join the Biofoundry team!

Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · Jun 13

Keen to work in #PlantSciences? 🌿

Applications are open for a new John Innes Foundation Internship with Dr Carolina Grandellis at the Earlham Biofoundry. 🧬

You'll work on #bioengineering approaches for plant sciences, utilising high-throughput platforms at the Earlham Institute.

John Innes Foundation Internship in Plant Science

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Ari Pekka Mähönen @apmahonen.bsky.social · Jun 9

Group leader position at the University of Helsinki, Institute of Biotechnology. Plant biologists eligible as well. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Group Leader, Institute of Biotechnology

jobs.helsinki.fi

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · Jun 8

❗ We have an open post-doc position in our group! 🌱🥔🧬
Are you interested in novel crop breeding techniques and potatoes? If yes, the CRISPS project (in collaboration with Wageningen University and SLU Sweden) may be something for you! You can apply here:
jobs.admin.ch/job-vacancie...
#NBTs

Post-doc position: Genome Editing Sustainable and Innovative Potatoes - Agroscope

Agroscope is looking for Post-doc position: Genome Editing Sustainable and Innovative Potatoes

jobs.admin.ch

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Lisa Smith @plantylisasmith.bsky.social · Jun 6

In 2024, the main paper from our collaboration with Frank's group appeared on BioRxiv:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

With this week's BioRxiv submission, that's four exciting papers from what was, in some respects, a failed experiment.

Multi-generational biotic stress increases the rate of spontaneous epimutations in a ROS1-dependent manner

Mistakes in the maintenance of CG methylation are a source of spontaneous epimutations in plants that can be inherited across generations. The extent to which these stochastic events are affected by p...

www.biorxiv.org

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Lisa Smith @plantylisasmith.bsky.social · Jun 6

A second paper followed in 2023 using epigenetic rather than genomic data from some of our lines, this time from our collaboration with Frank Johannes and his lab:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

An evolutionary epigenetic clock in plants

A fast-ticking evolutionary epigenetic clock in plants facilitates phylogenetic insights into the recent past.

www.science.org

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Lisa Smith @plantylisasmith.bsky.social · Jun 6

In 2021, the first paper using some of our data was published thanks to @labschneeberger.bsky.social sharing genome sequencing data from our wild-type plants with @hendersi.bsky.social.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The genetic and epigenetic landscape of the Arabidopsis centromeres

Long-read sequencing and assembly of Arabidopsis centromeres reveals their genetic and epigenetic topography.

www.science.org

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Lisa Smith @plantylisasmith.bsky.social · Jun 6

However, in 2016/7 we had started collaborating with @labschneeberger.bsky.social and Frank Johannes. Our failure to induce priming fortunately didn't affect what they wanted to look at in the data.

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Lisa Smith @plantylisasmith.bsky.social · Jun 6

10 generations turned into 15 as we grew the plants from 2014 to 2018. We checked priming in 2014 after one generation and were satisfied our protocol worked.

Then in 2018, we checked the priming after ten generations and there was no transgenerational priming. Four years of work and no priming...

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Lisa Smith @plantylisasmith.bsky.social · Jun 6

In 2013, I joined the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at Sheffield, with @jurriaanton.bsky.social as a colleague. Jurr quickly persuaded me to join forces and start a multiple-generation stress experiment to see how long transgenerational priming would last after 10 generations of stress.

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Lisa Smith @plantylisasmith.bsky.social · Jun 6

With the publication of a new preprint (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...) with collaborators @labschneeberger.bsky.social @plantevolution.bsky.social and @jurriaanton.bsky.social, I feel it is timely to talk about what will probably be the most successful 'failed' experiment of my career.

The mutational dynamics of the Arabidopsis centromeres

Centromeres are specialized chromosome regions essential for sister chromatid cohesion and spindle attachment during mitosis. Many centromeres comprise highly variable, megabase-scale satellite DNA ar...

www.biorxiv.org

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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Jun 5

We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄

A PhD position (initially 3 years) is available in our laboratory in the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), at the University of Tübingen (Germany). The position is available with an intended start date starting January 2026.
Interested applicants should submit a single PDF comprising a motivation letter describing your research interests, an up-to-date CV, and the names and contact information for 2 references to timing.lab@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de ideally before July 21st.

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · May 22

There are a couple more #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs open here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social

Scientist Pre-Breeding Rapeseed:
jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...

Technical Assistant in Biotic Stress Trait Development
jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...

Research Intern Plant Breeding
jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...

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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · May 9

We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher! Join the Ma Lab in exploring the the intricate interplay between plant development and defense signaling. Link below. #jobs #research #plantbiology #vienna

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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · Apr 24

If you haven't already - make sure to save the date to the Black in Plant Science Conference taking place on Friday 24 October at the University of Leeds. Registration will soon be opening so make sure to save the date to avoid disappointment.

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · Apr 16

Apply now for a four year Research Fellowship at Kew. £41,020 per annum Closing Date 20/04/2025 opportunity to become an independent researcher with some startup funds for research and travel. careers.kew.org/internal/vac...

Kew Research Fellow (Trait Diversity and Function) - Careers | Kew GardensMenuClose menu

careers.kew.org

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · Apr 11

Three days left to apply for a fully funded #PlantScience #PhDOpportunity with me and @julie-gray.bsky.social! Deadline Monday, April 14, 2025.

Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · Mar 14

The Rowe lab is recruiting a #PlantScience PhD student for 2025! You'll use our new ABACUS FRET biosensors to map the leaf #AbscisicAcid accumulations at low humidity in Arabidopsis, wheat and rice to understand how ABA regulates stomatal dynamics. #PhDposition

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

A grey coloured Arabidopsis leaf epidermis, with black cell walls. Each cells has a colourful blobs - a nuclear localised fluorescent ABA sensor, with warm colours indicating high concentrations, and cooler colours indicating lower concentrations.

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