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Zoe Nemec Venza

@zoenv.bsky.social

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Plant biologist interested in development and evolution 🌱👩‍🔬🔬 Looking at roots' edges at RDP Lab in Lyon 🇨🇵. Previously looking at moss at Uni of Bristol 🇬🇧. Italian 🇮🇹🇪🇺 Books, cats and hikes. She/her

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Zoe Nemec Venza @zoenv.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here it is! Epidermal cells in the root can figure out if they are covered by the root cap or not using mechanical signals! Thanks to @ckirchhelle.bsky.social, @moritznowack.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social Annamaria Kiss and all the others!

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Aug 27

Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth control programme https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.25.672229v1

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 5d

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.

Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.

Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…

www.jic.ac.uk

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Facundo Romani @fromani.bsky.social · 5d

Glad to see Eftychis CRISPR multiplexing pipeline published now in Journal of Experimental Botany #plantsciences #marchantia academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

A tRNA-gRNA multiplexing system for CRISPR genome editing in Marchantia polymorpha

Abstract. The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha is a widely used model organism for studying land plant biology, which has also proven to be a promising test

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Philippa Borrill @philippaborrill.bsky.social · 5d

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team! They will work on homeolog-informed approaches to tackle cold tolerance in wheat @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Please find out more and apply here: jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...

#plantsciences #plantscijobs

John Innes Centre

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Katie Field @katiefield4.bsky.social · 5d

If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

FindAPhD : Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Apply for a PhD: Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation

www.findaphd.com

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Pallavi Singh @thepallavisingh.bsky.social · 4d

**Please Repost**

Pallavi Singh Lab is looking for two Postdocs to join our team studying how plants balance carbon, water, and resilience in a changing climate.

PlantPlug PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

REVOLUTION PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Deadline: October 15.

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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 9d

📣Magnifying a new initiative from MASC (Multi-national Arabidopsis Steering Committee) to support colleagues in need
tinyurl.com/MASC-initiat...
Please read the document and return comments to Thorsten Hamann ([email protected]) by Oct. 15th. Please share.
#arabidopsis #community #plantscience

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Jul 21

Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Early Land Plant Evolution – Phylogenetics, Paleobotany, and Evo-devo Physiology. Submission Deadline: 03/2026. academic.oup.com/plphys/pages...

#plantscience

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 16d

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics

A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

www.nature.com

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Roeder Lab @roederlab.bsky.social · 16d

We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607

Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics

Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US

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Kierzkowski Lab @kierzkowskilab.bsky.social · 22d

Join us at the Plant Science Research Institute of the University of Montreal to develop your research group in Plant Molecular Genetics:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with Institut de recherche en biologie végétale (IRBV) | 12844852

A full-time tenure-track assistant professor position at the IRBV, Université de Montréal.

www.nature.com

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 17d

Coming to you live from #ISPLORE2025JP Fresh preprint from my lab showing that leaves progressively oxygenate and how this is important for their morphogenesis.Thanks to our collaborators from @Fra_LicO2si lab. #plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Sebastian Soyk @sebastiansoyk.bsky.social · 21d

Our department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the field of Plant-Organism Interactions 🌱🐛🦠🍄! Application before November 30, 2025. See the official job ad for more details: tinyurl.com/mtxdcz6p

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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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RDP lab @rdplab.bsky.social · 25d

🌱 3 plant biology institutes, 2 great days! 🌿

PhDs & postdocs from DBMV @unil.bsky.social, @psb-vib.bsky.social & @rdplab.bsky.social rocked the 2nd Trilateral Plant Bio Symposium in Lausanne!

👏 Big congrats to all ECRs, especially to @nathan-german.bsky.social for winning Best Presentation! 🏆💥

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Zoe Nemec Venza @zoenv.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations Wei! Well done! 🥳

Zoe Nemec Venza @zoenv.bsky.social · Sep 7

Congratulations Tina! 🥳

Zoe Nemec Venza @zoenv.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations Vinay!!!

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Julie Carnesecchi @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social · Aug 29

We are recruiting an enthusiastic engineer to work on the core project of our lab: identifying Hox protein-RNA networks in Drosophila
@igmm-montpel.bsky.social

Interested in BioID, UV-RIP and muscle development? Apply: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Please share! #jobOffer #RNA #hox #Drosophila

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Engineer in molecular biology (M/F)

emploi.cnrs.fr

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Zoe Nemec Venza @zoenv.bsky.social · Aug 27

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Aug 27

Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth control programme https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.25.672229v1

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Ora Hazak @hazaklab.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fantastic talk on plant evolution @sandyheth.bsky.social #FASEB Mechanisms in Plant Development

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Jean-François Cudennec @jfcudennec.bsky.social · Aug 27

Plants phylogeny is a mess anyway

Credit : @xkcd.com

"Did you know the mighty redwood is actually the same species as brocoli and kale ? it's just a different cultivar"

"Every year or two, botanists add another plant to Brassica oleracea and see if anyone calls them on it"

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Aug 27

Some Impressions of the FASEB Mechanism of Plant Development - 110 attendees, two keynotes, 46 Talks & 83 posters but one passion: understand plant development 🌱🧪🔬🧑‍💻 #PDevSRC

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Jill Harrison @jillharrison.bsky.social · Aug 26

Interesting new piece in the 3D growth puzzle

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Summary: The transition to 3D growth is negatively regulated by a FLOE-related protein that alters cytokinin perception and cell division processes in the moss Physcomitrium patens.

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Sandy Hetherington @sandyheth.bsky.social · Aug 25

Sticking with roots after the break with great talks about the cambium @apmahonen.bsky.social, root regeneration and xylem maturation @hazaklab.bsky.social #PDevSRC

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Camila Goldy🌱🔬🧉 @camilagoldy.bsky.social · Aug 24

Take a look at part of my work with @mc-caillaud.bsky.social at @rdplab.bsky.social about the role of actin cytoskeleton to maintain cytokinesis against cellular geometry 🌱🔬

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Aug 23

Actin Counters Geometry to Guide Plant Cell Division https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.18.670899v1

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