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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · 29d

Excited to host Dr. Keith Slotkin for our Department of Genetics & Biochemistry seminar this Friday, Sept 12, at Clemson. He will discuss how plant cells control transposable elements. Join us and bring your questions. #PlantBiology #Genetics #Clemson

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Anny Chung (鍾彥儀) @yyachung.bsky.social · Aug 21

🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

Assistant or Associate Professor - Fungal Biology/Mycology

The Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at the University of Georgia is recruiting for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Fu...

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Aug 14

📢 Call for Papers: Special Collection on RNA Biology in Plant Biotic Interactions.
Guest Editors: Shahid Mukhtar & Heejin Yoo
Topics include
🔹 Small & long ncRNAs in plant defense
🔹 Cross-kingdom RNA regulation
🔹 RNA in plant–insect communication
🔹 RNA viruses & plant health

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks to #PlantBio2025 and @ASPB for the opportunity to organize the plenary session on single-cell and spatial biology in agriculture. Incredible talks and exciting progress in this rapidly advancing field! 🌱🧬

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 28

A thought-provoking talk by Cary Fowler on “Food Security in 2050: 3 AM Worries” at #PlantBio2025. Insights on global priorities in R&D investment. Are we going in the right direction to achieve food security and the roles of the US? 🌍🌾 #AgResearch #FoodSecurity

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 27

The 3MT Thesis Competition is so inspiring #PlantBio2025 . Smart and articulate students presenting their cutting-edge research in a TED-style format!

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 26

Up next at the Presidential Plenary Seminar: Bob Schmitz takes the stage to discuss “Leveraging Plant Epigenomics to Decode the Complexity of Non-Coding Regulation.” 🌱🧬 #PlantBio2025

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · Jul 26

Congratulations @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social for your ASPB award. Well deserved! #PlantBio2025

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 26

Welcome remarks and awards ceremony kicking off the opening of #PlantBio2025 🌱✨ Excited to celebrate excellence and innovation in plant biology!

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

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 22

Yes, it’s pretty neat!

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 21

Jones and Dangl” lock — what are the odds? Jeff says he doesn’t know about it. Whether it’s “JJ” @jonathandgjones.bsky.social or someone else, it’s a fitting tribute to the duo that gave us the zigzag model back in 2001. Jeff got this pic from @derekseveri.bsky.social #2025ISMPMI #PlantImmunity

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Vandepoele lab @vandepoelelab.bsky.social · Jul 16

We are hiring! If you have experience in plant genomics + AI, or promoter engineering + synthetic biology, check out our two open postdoc positions (computational + wetlab): www.vandepoelelab.be/Jobs please re-share RT #ERC

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

We lost a Grangle family member, a friend, and a visionary scientist. “A note from Jeff Dangl: John McDowell was a former MPMI Editor and great membr of our community and that it is apt that his memory be recognized at the current #2025ISMPMI
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John Matthew McDowell: A Visionary Leader in Molecular Oomycete-Plant Interactions and a Wonderful Mentor and Friend to Many | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

During yesterday’s free afternoon from #2025ISMPMI, we revisited the Rhine River — a place filled with memories from our first date @tigertrails.bsky.social 22 years ago. To another 50 years….

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 15

The legacy of the Dangl/Grant “Grangl” Lab lives on at #2025ISMPMI — generations of scientists, one shared origin story, countless discoveries. 🌱🧪 #Grangllab #PlantScience #MentorImpact

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 14

And so it begins — #2025ISMPMI in the name of Jeff and Sarah! Long live the legacy of #GrangleLab! 🔬🌿

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 13

Ready for #2025ISMPMI in Cologne with @tigertrails.bsky.social ! Excited to connect, share, and see some cool data 🍚🔬🌱 #MPMI #PlantMicrobeInteractions #Cologne

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jun 19

Enjoyed a beautiful boat trip organized by #ICAR2025 — great views and great company while exploring the charming city of Ghent!

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Moritz K. Nowack @moritznowack.bsky.social · Jun 19

Now in Workshop 6: „Single-Cell Transcriptome and Spatial Biology“ set up by @smukhtarlab.bsky.social and Ceyhun Kayihan with Leonie Luginbuehl @lluginbuehl.bsky.social Univ. of Cambridge, UK, on single cell analysis to investigate cell-type specific transcriptional control of C4 photosynthesis !

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jun 19

Join us at 2:00 PM in Workshop 6: Single-Cell Transcriptome and Spatial Biology!
📍 Location: Kraakhuis

Check out the lineup of speakers.

Let’s explore the frontiers of cellular resolution together! 🧬✨ #SingleCell #ICAR2025

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jun 7

Quick trip to NC—great to catch up with Jeff Dangl and Sarah Grant! Always inspiring conversations. Looking forward to reconnecting at MPMI and continuing the long-standing Grangl lab dinner tradition in Cologne! 🌱✈️🍽️ #PlantScience #MPMI2025 #GranglTradition

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Apr 30

🚨 Postdoc and Lab Tech Opportunities🌱🔬
We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher and a Lab Technologist to join our dynamic lab at Clemson Univ. The area of interests are single cell and spatial biology. RT and DM apply.interfolio.com/158814
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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Apr 29

Our labs @plant_planet_CU
just published an article in @TrendsPlantSci
PRIMER cells: immune hotspots in plants." 🌿🦠 a highlight of the recent work by Nobori and offers a perspective of spatial biology in plant microbe interactions. nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...