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Plant roots are the best! We study diverse and crazy cell type developmental programs at cellular resolution in plant roots. We have a special focus on those that make the plant more resilient in extreme stresses.

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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Our latest preprint! A deep learning framework that maps suberin, lignin and aerenchyma in both monocots and dicots! We present a collection of 1,695 fluorescent images. One surprise-the model works best when trained on both monocots + dicots! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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RADIX: a deep learning framework that maps root barriers across species and reveals genetic and environmental contributions
Root anatomical barriers, including the suberized and lignified walls of the endodermis and exodermis, and cortical aerenchyma, regulate water and nutrient transport, gas exchange, and rhizosphere int...
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Our newest collaborative work as part of PROMISE. rdcu.be/fvsDN. promise.nioo.knaw.nl/en. The importance of soil microbial & physico-chemical properties in explaining Striga infection/seedbank in Ethiopian soils. w/ @niooknaw.bsky.social and the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
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Disentangling the importance of microbiological and physico-chemical properties of Ethiopian field soils for the Striga seed bank and sorghum infestation
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
One of our recent papers describing techniques to identify root barriers to parasitic plant infection. Plus we show that lignin in the cortex can block branched broomrape infection of tomato.
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Peter Etchells @peteretchells.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
With fantastic collaborators; Wenbin, @mdelucas.bsky.social @bradylabs.bsky.social, Shixue, Chunli, @apmahonen.bsky.social 😄
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
New Brady lab members! Welcome Majken, Alex and Lily!
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Were you considering applying to the 2026 GRC on Salt and Water Stress? Do you want to give an oral presentation? We are over 60% full, so apply soon! Consideration for oral presentations from submitted abstracts will occur on March 9, 2026. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please re-post!
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2026 Salt and Water Stress in Plants Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Salt and Water Stress in Plants will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Interested in learning about the latest and greatest research in how plants respond to excess salt, too little or too much water? Come to the GRC in Salt and Water Stress in Switzerland. Lots of opportunities for all career levels. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat.... Please repost!
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2026 Salt and Water Stress in Plants Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Salt and Water Stress in Plants will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Nicholas Provart @bar-plantbio.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Very happy to see our work out examining guard cell transcriptomes over the course of a slowly developing drought. Thanks to @bradylabs.bsky.social and @kaisakajala.bsky.social for the inspiration, way back in Davis in 2013! The data are available in bar.utoronto.ca/eplant & doi.org/10.1093/plce...
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
So excited to see this paper out in Cell from the group of my good friend @mydennis.bsky.social It's been so exciting to see this story progress progress. www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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Human-specific gene expansions contribute to brain evolution
A complete human genome and functional modeling in zebrafish pinpoint gene expansions that may underlie the evolutionary innovations of the human brain.
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
At long last, our paper on conservation and divergence of a nitrogen circuit upstream of NLP6/7 &NIR1 in Arabidopsis and tomato is published! It's an exciting combo of whole plant, in vitro, protoplast and systems bio approaches: tinyurl.com/nitrogencirc... @gozdedemirel.bsky.social
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Conservation and divergence of regulatory architecture in nitrate-responsive plant gene circuits
Gene circuits that control transcriptional regulation of nitrate-responses have similarities and differences, despite the equivalent effects of nitrogen on
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This is my all-time favorite meeting. The best plant developmental biology meeting imo.
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I'm so very excited to see this out - a single cell and spatial transcriptomic analysis in the rice root reveals mechanisms by which roots can respond to different below-ground growth conditions - including compaction. Congratulations to everyone for persisting in difficult times. rdcu.be/ej8Ui
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Single-cell transcriptomics reveal how root tissues adapt to soil stress
Nature - Single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomic approaches reveal major expression changes in outer root cell types when grown in soil versus gel conditions, and also uncover how...
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
We have a postdoc position that just opened up in the Brady lab on reprogramming tomato root system architecture in response to changes in nutrient availability - please consider applying! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07095
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Postdoctoral Researcher- Brady Lab
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Check out this exciting GRC on plant single cell bio! I’ll be speaking about our collaborative @hfspo.bsky.social moss project with @tevavernoux.bsky.social Yoan Coudert, Lidor Shara-Moshe, Richard Smith, Javier Jauregui-Lazo, Laure Mancini and more!
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Tonni Andersen @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Finally! Im so excited to present to culmination of many years of work from the fantastic Defeng Shen and some great collaborators. For details, I have made a digested thread below, but if you are more interested feel free to reach out (and read the paper of course). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Apoplastic barriers are essential for nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus
Establishment of the apoplastic root barrier known as the Casparian strip occurs early in root development. In legumes, this area overlaps with nitrogen-fixing nodule formation, which raises the possi...
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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Plz Repost. We @slcuplants.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with proven protein biochemistry & cell biology expertise & strong interest in plant processes targeted by Phytophthora effectors. (apply before 2 April) [Image: Alex Guyon] www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/
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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Huge thank you to Chancellor May and our wonderful @ucdavis.bsky.social donors for choosing me as a Chancellor’s Fellow! The UC Davis SVM did a lovely write up if you are interested in learning more about me and this award! www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/crystal...
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Crystal Rogers Honored as Chancellor's Fellow
Associate Professor Crystal Rogers is one of eight faculty members who comprise the newest class of UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellows, given to early career academics doing exemplary work in their fields.
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I've had conversations in the last day with NSF&USDA employees on my research, outreach & permits. I am in awe of their efforts, above&beyond, to enable our research community, to push things through, despite not knowing if they will have a job next week. They are TRUE community providers & heroes.
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
To US colleagues who have lost or are in imminent danger of losing their jobs: please DM whether we can accommodate your research.
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
New round of the Lise Meitner Excellence Program for tenure track group leaders in @maxplanck.de institutes opened today -- please consider applying! The program aims to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. Because diversity increases excellence! www.mpg.de/lise-meitner...
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Melinka Butenko @melinkab.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
We have a PhD position available at the Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo to work on peptide signaling in plants and insects. Please share. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD Research Fellow in functional genomics (274518) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in functional genomics (274518), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Does anyone have experience with low-input high-throughput (96 well plate) RNAseq library preparation from plants (bonus points if it is with plant roots...)
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Rebecca Mosher @rm0sher.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I'm happy to announce a postdoctoral position is available in my lab. We have lots of great data to analyze with respect to transposons & epigenetics and cool biological questions to answer. Please reskeet and share.
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Joining | The Mosher Lab
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Megan Dennis @mydennis.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Hello bluesky friends! I'm excited to introduce myself. I go by (mee-gun) and am a proud #firstgen college grad that grew up in the midwest. My lab @UCDavis studies genetic drivers of human traits, evolution, and diseases, with an emphasis on neurodevelopment and complex variation. 1/10 (buckle up)
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Uwe Ohler @uweohler.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Reminder #jobalert for a starting postdoc or PhD position (for someone with strong ML background)! Joint project with Gregoire Montavon’s lab at #BIFOLD @xtraexer.bsky.social - explainable AI for self supervised LLMs in gene regulation. Apply until Dec 13! www.bifold.berlin/about-us/opp...
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BIFOLD is a Research Assistant (salary grade E 13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen)
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I am so excited to share Dr. C Manzano’s work: she demonstrates the developmental timeline, function and genetic regulation of the polar lignin cap in the tomato root. It functions as a distinct intercellular barrier from the Casparian strip and is repressed in inner layers. rdcu.be/d10Pd
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 27/03/2024
I am really proud to share our study on microbes, Striga and sorghum is now online in Cell Reports! doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... and the press release is here: biology.ucdavis.edu/news/soil-mi... This was an epic effort led by the incredible Dorota Kawa, +B. Thiombiano, H. Bouwmeester, J. Raiijmakers...
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
I've got a postdoc position open in my lab. Do you work on moss, single cell transcriptomics or plant developmental genomics? Consider applying for this position - more here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06360
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