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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching

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Promoting SciComm, teaching, equity & inclusion in plant biology. #PlantScience PI NSF RCN: ROOT&SHOOT. rootandshoot.org Features Editor ThePlantCell, PlantPhysiology @PlantTeaching@genomic.social linktr.ee/PlantTeaching 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Science Magazine @science.org · 5h
Here's a reminder on #InternationalCoffeeDay: It's OK to take a (coffee) break. ☕ "It’s ... helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student." scim.ag/4xMyqZO
People arm in arm while drinking coffee and holding papers, with the headline: Why scientists should take more coffee breaks
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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@fernway.bsky.social from @duke-university.bsky.social in North Carolina is sharing his latest discoveries on how a plant-derived diterpenoid initiates symbiosis with N2-fixing cyanobacteria #MAdLand2026 #plantsci
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
View from my window. Where am I?
A view of a city at dawn with assorted tall buildings and a distinctive tower.
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Kayt Hawkins @kayth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New guidance out to help look after your fieldworkers/researchers/project team people, great work from the Leeds team
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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Spread the word! I’m looking to recruit a PhD student to grow the Paulinella project. Some details can be found here: www.vanettenlab.org/join
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Join! — Van Etten lab at UMD
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nominations are open for IS-MPMI’s 2027 Early Career Achievement Award​​ and the Outstanding Achievement Award. These awards recognize the outstanding science, teaching, mentoring, outreach, and service to the community of our members​. Nominate by 1 Dec, 2026. ismpmi.org/events/congr....
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Awards - IS-MPMI
Nominations for the 2027 Awards are Open! IS-MPMI’s 2027 awards recognized the outstanding service, scientific innovations, and significant accomplishments of our members​ with the Early Career Achiev...
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stepwise evolution of the developmental and symbiotic functions of DELLA in land plants @katharinamel1.bsky.social et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience
Proposed model for the stepwise evolution of DELLA functions in the green lineage.
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KWS Group @kwsgroup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Open science for plant breeding 🌱 Researchers successfully used OpenCRISPR-1, and AI-designed open-source editing system, in soybean. Tools with broader access could mean faster innovation 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Juliet Coates @julietccoates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are crowdfunding for a bench in a peaceful spot at Winterbourne Botanic Garden in Birmingham in memory of Philippa Borrill. Please share widely. Please email me or @drelunadiez.bsky.social for more details. 💚🌾🌿🌳 If you would like to contribute, the link is below ⬇️.
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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Developed with input from @c-spirit.org & PCA, The BAR Single Cell Data Portal is now in beta, feat. curated scRNA-seq datasets, interactive data exploration, & the new SUPeR Viewer! Explore the portal: bar.utoronto.ca/single_cell_... #SingleCell #PlantScience
Promotional graphic announcing the BAR Single Cell Data Portal. The image features a six-panel visualization of single-cell data, with yellow, orange, and red cells representing different water and salinity conditions. Text highlights curated scRNA-seq datasets, CellxGene exploration, and a new single-cell portal viewer. Logos for BAR, Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience, and Plant Cell Atlas appear along the bottom.
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Elwira Smakowska-Luzan @elwirasmakowska.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our Special Issue on receptor-ligand interactions is now online! Thanks to all the authors for sharing their knowledge and views! Huge thanks to @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social @veroglez.bsky.social and @isabelmonte.bsky.social for great collaboration: ) @theplantjournal.bsky.social for the venue!
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Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Summary of user feedback on future interfaces for @biodivlibrary.bsky.social as part of workshop run at @tdwg.org #tdwg2026 forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/bhl-worksh...
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BHL Workshop at TDWG 2026 feedback
Yesterday @bhl_nicole and I ran a workshop on “future interfaces for BHL” at the TDWG 2026 in Oslo. The workshop was “hands on” with live demos of various tools that I’ve posted here, such as the BHL ...
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Studying Paulinella, scientists hope, will elucidate one of the most fundamental transitions in the history of life on our planet — and possibly give clues to how it might happen elsewhere in the universe. It could also provide practical insights on how to engineer photosynthetic organisms”
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In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life
A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.
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Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m off to Bogotá 🇨🇴 for 2 months for the first of 3 visits that will form my Fulbright fellowship, so my lab had a “despedida” happy hour yesterday, before I disappear for most of the rest of the semester. The #LagoLab is currently small, but mighty- and they will be totally fine without me!
Four people smile for the camera on a rooftop bar with live oak canopies in the background.
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Adrienne Roeder Lab @roederlab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How do plant organs stay smooth—or become wrinkled? 🌱 Our paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social shows how coordinated growth direction and mechanical properties across cell layers determine whether Arabidopsis sepals remain smooth or buckle. cell.com/current-biol...
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cool article! Particularly since I met Dr. Andrew Willoughby during his tenure as a @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor 💚 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...
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In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life (Gift Article)
A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.
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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 27/09/2026
Happy to be in Bordeaux to start what feels like a 2-week European tour and showcase our work on flooding stress memory in #plantscience and more of our latest results! Looking forward to 3 days of RECROP, and hoping to see results that can promote climate-related stress resilience in plants.
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DOMPS @domps-ufr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🎉 We are celebrating the postdocs who bring new ideas, expertise, and great energy to our DOMPS community! Next to that, let us take this opportunity to introduce our new logo. 💚🧬💙
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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The 2nd Annual @waliianhydro.bsky.social Symposium will bring the scientific community together to explore anhydrobiosis, the ability of life to persist without water. If you're interested in presenting at this interdisciplinary, virtual symposium, submit your abstract by Oct 9: bit.ly/4xkAOqL
Promotional graphic for the 2nd Annual WALII Symposium, “Exploring Life Without Water,” featuring a desert landscape. The graphic provides abstract submission guidelines, including a one-page PDF or Word document with the title, authors, affiliations, and abstract with a submission deadline of October 9, 2026.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 25/09/2026
In a recent PNAS QnAs, plant biologist Gregg Alan Howe discusses how plants coordinate their defenses with nutrient availability. His work helps reveal how plants sustain immune responses when resources are limited. Read more: ow.ly/yM0N50ZRvaB
QnAs with Gregg Alan Howe
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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And if this looks like fun research that you would like to be involved in, @mc-caillaud.bsky.social has 2 postdoc positions. Applications close: 1 November 2026
Promotional slide with images from plant science research in Marie-Cécile Caillaud's research team. Two postdoc positions in Marie-Cécile Caillaud's research team at 
RDP - ENS Lyon. Applications close 1 November 2026. Starting date Jan 2027 onwards.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just a reminder that #Botany2027 Symposia and Colloquia proposals are due October 16th! Learn more here: mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
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Botany 2027 Call for Symposia, Colloquia, and Workshop Proposals!
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plantpostdocs.bsky.social @plantpostdocs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hello Fam! @plantpostdocs.bsky.social wishes you a Happy #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek Cheers to all the brilliant early-career researchers putting in the long hours in the lab, greenhouse, and field 🌿🧪 WE see you, we VALUE you, and we celebrate YOU! 👏✨ #NPAW2026
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is it. This is what everyone is enabling by humoring genAI: you spend months writing something that took you years to get at, for an opaque algorithm that a few control to spit a number and cut you off right there and then. This is what we're up against 🧪
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Josie Maidment @jmaidment.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy to share that our study of the interaction between the MAX effector AVR-Pia and rice HMA domain-containing proteins has been published (as the cover article!) in PLOS Pathogens. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Two folds, many faces: The Magnaporthe oryzae MAX effector AVR-Pia targets novel rice HMA domain-containing proteins
Author summary Blast, caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the world’s most devastating rice diseases. During infection, M. oryzae secretes a diverse set of molecules, known as ...
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Daniel Maag @qw3rtzu1op.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please share within your networks: our chair at the University of Würzburg is looking for a new head! W3 Professorship in Plant Metabolism at the Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/about-the...
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W3_Pflanzenmetabolismus - FACULTY OF BIOLOGY
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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please repost/share We're hiring! UC Davis Plant Pathology seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in plant health & microbiomes. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07904 My department is full of great colleagues, and we look forward to recruiting our new colleague!
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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn a promising research discovery into a product/service that improves lives? Join us in two weeks for this webinar that will explain the commercialization process! Learn more and register: bit.ly/4uDLobX
A promotional graphic for the Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series hosted by WALII that includes a blue water background and an image of the speaker.
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Nicholas Provart @bar-plantbio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Check out the BAR's Single Cell Data Portal at bar.utoronto.ca/single_cell_..., in beta. There's a curated list of scRNA-seq datasets with viewer links, our own CellxGene instance for exploring 14 datasets from 6 papers, and a new tool, SUPeR Viewer! Thanks to PCA and C-SPIRIT for input.
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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🌱 The Rhee Lab’s semi-field research site is ready! We've finished building the raised beds for upcoming C-SPIRIT pennycress experiments studying responses to drought and candidate compounds. 🔨🌿 Next step: plants! #plantscience
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Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thank you for organising this fantastic meeting! The quality of the science and the discussions at #SLS26 was superb, and the organizers did an excellent job.
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am proud to share my No-AI-assisted perspective review "Plant Peptide Hormones: Three Decades of Discovery and Emerging Paradigms" for the Centennial issue of @plantphys.bsky.social 🌱🍅. It's OA, so everyone can access! 1/ academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
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Xander Zuijdgeest @xanderzuijdgeest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
PhD: completed! ✅️ With an amazing last hurrah at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social, I can now proudly say that I have succesfully defended my PhD thesis! A massive thank you to everyone who joined me on this journey!
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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reporting from Brussels today. If you are also interested in the future of research in agriculture in the EU, follow the event online: agriculture.ec.europa.eu/media/events... @epsoeurope.bsky.social @ipbhalle.bsky.social
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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Less than a week to get your abstracts in for 🌾 Sustainable Crop Nutrition 🌾 at the stunning Guildhall York! ⏰ Oral abstract submission Monday 28th September ⏰
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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨🌱 1 week to go! 🌱🚨 There are only 7 days left to apply for the 2027 JXB Editorial Internship programme! ⚠️ Don’t leave it to last minute. You'll need: 📄 A CV 📝 A Cover letter 🔍 An Insight-style article ⏰ Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns?ut... #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology
JXB EDITORIAL
INTERNSHIPS 2027
"My JXB internship was an excel-lent opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the editorial and publishing process."
Sujit Jung Karki, University
College Dublin, JXB intern 2024 19
"I had the opportunity to publish an Insight article as the sole author, which was something I did not expect to be able to achieve at this early point in my career."
Katie Watson,
University of Hong Kong,
JXB intern 2025
"Being an editorial intern has been an enriching and formative
experience."
Luis Alonso Baez,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, JXB intern 2025
Apply by
30th September 2026
bit.ly/jxbinterns
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Interested in testing hypotheses on pollen evolution using genomic data? Apply for our open 4-year PhD student position at Stockholm University! Application via the SU website, deadline Oct 24, 2026. #evolution #pollen #pollinationmode #plants #genomics #RNAseq su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
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Doktorand i ekologi och evolution
Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik (DEEP) bedriver forskning och utbildning vid Arrheniuslaboratorierna på campus Frescati. Vi är cirka 100 medarbetare, inklusive doktorander och postdok
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Sunil Kenchanmane Raju @kenchanmane.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
2026 Harvest wrapped up 🌽 Great day in the field #Kenchanmane-Raju lab and #RasmussenLab @carolynplants.bsky.social @ucriverside.bsky.social
Rasmussen and Kenchanmane-Raju lab members in front of the maize field at Riverside CA
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Conventional #GMO crops have unexpected benefits in the face of climate change: reduced yield volatility, fewer climate related losses & even slowing the northward shift of US corn & soybean production. #climatecatastrophe www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fig. 1 | Crop harvested land-use percentage change from 1978 to 2020.
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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week to the postdoctoral scholars at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute! Your scientific rigor and collaborative spirits are what make our community so resilient. Thank you for everything you bring to PRI, this week and every week! #NPAW2026 #NPAW #PlantScience
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Rong Li @shibalili1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great to be part of Day 2 at #SLS26 and to share my work alongside such a diverse range of plant science. Really enjoyed the discussions and the mix of molecular, imaging and quantitative approaches 🌱🔬
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Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso @yoselin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today is my Birthday!! And I am thinking @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference. Have you registered? blackinplantscience.org/bips-confere...
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BiPS Conference 2026 Registration – Black in Plant Science
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Torii lab's research featured by @hhmi-science.bsky.social "Reading the Leaves: Decoding the Secret Cellular Language of Plants"🌱🧬🦠! ペプチドホルモンー受容体キナーゼを介した植物の気孔の発生への免疫シグナル経路の介入など、私の研究グループの取り組みに関するハワードヒューズ医学研究所の紹介記事です🌱🧬🦠 www.hhmi.org/news/reading...
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Reading the Leaves: Decoding the Secret Cellular Language of Plants | HHMI
Early in her career, HHMI Investigator Keiko Torii figured out how plant cells talk to each other. Three decades later, she’s still listening — and uncovering exactly what they’re saying.
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🌾🎌 #PlantScience As Japan swelters, farmers turn to new heat-resistant rice varieties to boost staple crop. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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As Japan swelters, farmers turn to new heat-resistant rice varieties to boost staple crop
New rice varieties give hope that farmers can overcome the climate emergency and a warmer future that threatens harvests
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Vishwadeep Mane @vishwadeep-mane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well, well, well. How does a cotyledon grow!
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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🌾 Save the date! International Brachypodium Research Conference 2027 📍 Liège, Belgium 📅 28 June–2 July 2027 After an unforgettable 2025 edition at Monte Verità, I can't wait to see our community come together again. Registration opens on 15 Dec 2026 → brachypodium2027.com #GoBrachy
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Website of the Internatrional Brachypodium Research Conference 2027
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Tonni Andersen @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Check out our new preprint: a very cool fluorescence tool developed by @samwalds.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Intronised fluorophores improve reporter output and biosensor expression in plants
Genetically encoded biosensors are central to plant cell biology, but low reporter signal can limit their use. Here, we developed modular intronised fluorophores to improve reporter output in transien...
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Iris @irisbio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Iris is delighted to announce our first science event: a Preprint Party for an integrated atlas of the human kidney from the Teichmann @teichlab.bsky.social and Peng He labs @penghe.bsky.social Register for free through iris.org
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📣 We are looking for a PhD student in 2027! Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates? Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19! Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social
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2027_PhD_RapidEvolutionGenomicsEcology-MoiLab_Berkeley-HHMI
PhD positions: Rapid evolutionary genomics in plants Moi Exposito-Alonso Lab — www.moilab.science Assistant Professor, Freeman Hrabowski Scholar HHMI · Department of Integrative Biology · Innovative G...
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