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Nitzan Shabek @shabeklab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Check out our new review @theplantcell.bsky.social A collaborative effort with Yangnan Gu and Shou-Ling Xu, and members of our labs, bringing together practical lessons for designing, executing, and interpreting proximity-labeling proteomics in plants: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

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Best practices for biotin ligase–based proximity labeling proteomics in plant systems

Abstract. Proximity labeling (PL) proteomics, primarily powered by engineered biotin ligases such as BioID and TurboID, has emerged as a transformative app

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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's a pleasure to work on my podcast, No Time To Read, for past several years. It gave me the opportunities to talk to some amazing plant biologists about their recent research articles. I just wrapped up Season 4. Thanks for your kind support. Podcast: tinyurl.com/3abx6khm

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Ajeet Chaudhary @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Woohoo! 🎉🌱 Another paper from our lab is out in Nature Plants! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Huge congratulations to Hongliang, my wonderful colleague, fellow postdoc, and friend in the Wang lab!

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Kay Schneitz @kschneitz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Interested in the molecular basis how the plant cell adapts to changes in cell wall biochemistry? Check out the recent paper in Nat Plants by two former truly gifted Ph.D. students Rodion Boikine, Ajeet Chaudhary (@ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social) and collaborators. Cool stuff if I may say so.

Picture depicting the first section of the online version of the paper.

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Akira Yoshinari @ayoshinari.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

We’re thrilled to announce that our new preprint is now live! In this study, we uncover a previously unrecognized molecular framework underlying radial cell polarity in plants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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The Lateral Protein Cluster as a Key Component of Plant Cell Polarity

Cell polarity is an ancient organizing principle across kingdoms. As in animal epithelial cells, plant cells asymmetrically distribute proteins to establish functionally distinct membrane domains. In ...

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Ajeet Chaudhary @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Alas, the everyday conundrum of developmental biologists: same parts, wildly different fates. 🧬😂 gems are hidden in comments!!!

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Dominique Bergmann @stanfordstomata.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

1/9 🧵New preprint from the lab! A midpoint in a long journey to understand specificity among bHLH transcription factors in plants. Part IV: how does an accessory domain guide specificity of heterodimerizing bHLHs? #PlantSci #TranscriptionFactors #stomata www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

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Michael Hothorn @structplantbio.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Out in @natplants.nature.com, mapping of brassinosteroid chemical features required for (1) receptor binding, (2) ligand positioning and (3) co-receptor recruitment. Fantastic work by Alberto Caregnato & @hmchen93.bsky.social and our friends in Olomouc. Funding:@snf-fns.ch -> doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Latest episode of #No_Time_To_Read podcast! It was a wonderful discussion with @kirkamundson.bsky.social Kirk about his recent @science.org article. Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/2JVy... Article: www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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plantpostdocs.bsky.social @plantpostdocs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hi fam! Join our @plantpostdocs.bsky.social Leadership Team rep BeKa @aspbofficial.bsky.social #PB2026 Leadership Workshop alongside Drs. Rebecca Roston (MSU), Laura Wayne (Corteva) and Peta Bonham-Smith (U. of Saskatchewan) on 21st July, Tuesday 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

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Volker Lipka @volkerlipka.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We are currently recruiting an Independent Junior Research Group Leader in the field of biotic and/or abiotic stress biology in plants at the University of Göttingen (starting in January 2027). www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht... Best, Salma Balazadeh & Volker Lipka

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Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

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Ajeet Chaudhary @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Interested in the Future Faculty Academy program? Feel free to reach out with any questions. I'd be happy to share my experience and chat about the program

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Josh Currie @joshcurrie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I love these funky basal epithelial cells in axolotl. Looks just like plant pavement cells

basal squamous epithelial cells in the axolotl expressing a membrane-localized fluorescent protein

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Just added a couple more job apps (thanks Rachel and Arun!) but if you've gotten a job in industry, academia (R1, PUI, whatever!) in the last 5 years or so, please consider submitting your job app materials to help other folks! github.com/RILAB/statem...

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GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants

Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Ajeet Chaudhary @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thrilled to see our FERONIA story recognized among the Best Papers of 2025 in @MPlantPCom This work was truly a team effort, and I am deeply grateful to all the co-authors, collaborators and colleagues whose contribution made it possible.

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Ravi Palanivelu @rpalaniveluaz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I am a candidate for the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Secretary-Elect and would greatly appreciate your support. My candidate statement is attached & cast your vote here: tinyurl.com/ycshbzxj Polls close on June 19, 2026. Thank you! #ASPB

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Dominique Bergmann @stanfordstomata.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This is going to be so exciting! Reach out with ideas! And come find me at ICAR in Singapore to learn more.

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Ajeet Chaudhary @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Very interesting and groundbreaking work by our neighbor @Dinnenylab Plant cell wall-plasma membrane attachments mediate stress resilience ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Ken Shirasu @shirasulab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

CARD1 cryo structure now on Nature Comm. Well done, Nobu and Anu! rdcu.be/fjrIq

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Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Final week to apply! 🚨 We're looking for a postdoc to join the RO2T Respiration lab at University of Nottingham working on root oxygen biology, as part of our ERC-funded Breathing Underground programme. Closes 20 May. #plantscijobs

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Been training for this moment my whole life.

A 3x3 CAPTCHA grid showing different stock images of DNA, several of which have unusual left-handed double-helices, rather than the right-handed structure most typically seen in nature. To prove that the user is not a robot, they simply need to click on "all DNA stock images with messed-up chirality".

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Matt Davis @davismw.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Not all clones are created equal! Our paper quantifying somatic mutation in plant tissue culture is out now in @pnas.org : doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Check out this article for a quick summary, or keep reading: www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/davis-m...

An image of a developing somatic embryo emerging from a cotyledon. Photo credit: Hannah McCurry

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Ajeet Chaudhary @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Huge congratulations—what a magnificent honor! The fact that it came from your students says everything about the impact you’re making.

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Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

New paper out from the Synoxys lab! We asked an important question: what if plants sensed oxygen like animals do? what if we swapped the O2 sensing across? We built the system to find out. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #plantscience @syno2xis.bsky.social @beagiuntoli.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

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a poster for indiana jones and the last crusade with a man in a hat

ALT: a poster for indiana jones and the last crusade with a man in a hat

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Ajeet Chaudhary @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

If you are entering the academic job market this year, this is a great repository for academic job applications!

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Sophie G Martin @sophiemartinlab.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Arp2/3-dependent actin assembly shapes endosomes and promotes intracellular trafficking in fission yeast The work from Alejandro Melero @ameleroc.bsky.social and Miguel Basante-Bedoya just out in Current Biology. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @biology-unige.bsky.social

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Arp2/3-dependent actin assembly shapes endosomes and promotes intracellular trafficking in fission yeast

Endosomes serve as crucial sorting centers that streamline the distribution of cell surface proteins. The early endosome receives traffic from both th…

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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🪴Postdoc position - UT Austin, TX, USA - Developmental Mechanisms of Adaptation to Underwater Environment/Genome Editing🪴 Do you love amphibious/aquatic plants? Then consider applying to the position! See the attached ads. utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...

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Ari Pekka Mähönen @apmahonen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Wise words from Miltos "Be intellectually humble — if you are studying an interesting question, remember that the question is bigger than one’s intellect. Put your ego aside so you can learn from others, read a lot and respect your co-workers and colleagues at all levels."🙏

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Ajeet Chaudhary @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Goes along with saying” Never argue in front of data”

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Ajeet Chaudhary @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

In conversation with Dr. Cyril Zipfel - Valdez - 2026 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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In conversation with Dr. Cyril Zipfel

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Jenny Russinova @jennyrussinova.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Save the date: the 5th International Brassinosteroid conference will be held in Guangzhou, China, from November 13–15, 2026, hosted by Guangzhou University.

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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

🎙️☘️🔬 New episode of #No_Time_To_Read podcast of this year! I had a wonderful discussion with Heather about her Cell Reports paper. Podcast: tinyurl.com/a9vcteru Article: tinyurl.com/4dhxuye2

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Sunil Kenchanmane Raju @kenchanmane.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

We’re #hiring a #postdoc @ucriverside.bsky.social 🌿 Work on cis-regulatory evolution, gene family diversification, and cell-type-specific climate responses using single-cell and comparative genomics - kenchanmanelab.com/research/ Deadline: Feb 5, 2026 Apply: aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02058

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