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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It's the last day of March and we finally have some #BlueSky! And beautiful blossoms 🌸🌸🌸

Gorgeous cherry blossoms, Mary admiring them, and blue sky.

Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Please share widely: courtesy of the British Council, Durham University are offering FULL scholarships (visa fees, flights, etc) for MSc in STEM for women from a selection of countries. www.durham.ac.uk/study/schola... Including our Biotech and Plant Biotech MScs! www.durham.ac.uk/study/course...

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British Council Scholarships for Women in STEM - Durham University

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Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🐝 Where to study degrees focusing on plants in UK and Ireland? Teams in #BUC2026 made single image of BSc/Masters/PhD opportunities at their 32 institutions. Great to get so much information about plant degrees together. (Also plants at some other places without a team this year!)

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I’ve opened my own research group at the #Umeå Plant Science Center, and get to dig into the cell #biology of #wood formation to my heart’s content. I can’t do it alone though, so I’m looking for postdocs! If you know anyone in #plantscience that might be interested, send them my way:

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Postdoctoral researcher in wood formation | slu.se

SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Please share! My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Please share! PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 28/01/2026

Starting in an hour, join this free online root symposium! #plantscience

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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f... Become our new colleague (and next door neighbor) and lead a chair/group/department of Biophysics at Wageningen University. Reach out to me for info and please spread!!!

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Full Professor and Chair Laboratory of Biophysics

We are looking for a Full Professor in the Biophysics chair group, part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

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Ari Pekka Mähönen @apmahonen.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

We’re hiring! 🌱 Open positions in my lab for candidates interested in cambium development in Arabidopsis, hybrid aspen, or silver birch. Apply now! Please repost! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

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Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in Plant Developmental Biology

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Isabel Faci @ifacisabel.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Our new preprint is out on bioRxiv! A regulation-compliant infrared heating system for UK field trials 🌾🔥 doi.org/10.64898/202... Here’s what it looked like ↓

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Leibniz IPK @leibnizipk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

You have strong interest in plant genomics and machine learning? And you hold a PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics or a related field? The we have a great job offer at the @leibnizipk.bsky.social. ➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/2d6ad8sw

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Pablo's elegant figures are definitely a highlight!

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🌱🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌱🧬 Tremblay & Qüesta discuss how examining the seed-to-seedling transition can reveal how non-coding RNAs and epigenetic changes regulate transcription during developmental transitions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 @jiquesta.bsky.social‬

Figure 2 (shortened, see paper for full legend): Long non-coding RNAs participate in both activation and repression of genes preventing germination. (A) Under red and far-red light conditions, phytochrome B (phyB) promotes accumulation of the HIDDEN TREASURE 1 (HID1) lncRNA in the radicle of germinating seeds to repress transcription of genes which slow germination. For the repressor PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 3 (PIF3), HID1 RNA directly interacts with the chromatin in its promoter region, repressing transcription. For other genes such as the ABA biosynthesis gene 9-CIS-EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE (NCED9), HID1 not only interacts with the chromatin in its promoter region, but also with the histone methylase ARABIDOPSIS TRITHORAX-RELATED7 (ATXR7) to suppress its ability to deposit the activating gene body mark H3K4me3, thus reducing transcription of NCED9. (B) Transcription of the dormancy-promoting gene DELAY OF GERMINATION1 (DOG1) is induced and repressed by different lncRNAs.

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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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Julia Qüesta @jiquesta.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I am very happy to be part of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme! Huge thanks to the members of my group at CRAG for sharing with me the motivation for science #plants #epigenetics. Looking forward to interacting with the EMBO_YIP scientific community. www.embo.org/press-releas...

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Twenty-seven scientists become EMBO Young Investigators – Press releases – EMBO

The group leaders join an international network of nearly 800 life scientists and receive financial support

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

An unexpected joy of being an academic: writing references for talented students, in the happy hope of them going on to great things.

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

@txmlock.bsky.social, could you pass to the JIC crowd? Opportunity should be available to study this year or next, anyone at all curious - i'm happy to answer questions (and will be @ JIC Thursday 19th!)

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Laura Bacete @laurabacete.eurosky.social · 02/12/2024

🚨 PhD Opportunity Alert! 🚨 I'm thrilled to announce my new project, Watchers on the Wall, exploring how plant cells sense and respond to stress through their walls. 🌱 A 5-year fully funded PhD position is open—please share with potential candidates! 👇 (1/7)

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

In fact a chance has come up for UK students to start this PhD *now - ASAP - before April 2025*! Send me a CV ASAP! #plantscijobs #phd #DurhamUni

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Am writing a PhD project studying the genes that control drought during flowering in a key UK crop (oilseed rape) - using molecular biology, mutants, lab and field experiments, hyperspectral imaging - all the way from lab to field. Contact me to find out more!

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Please repost: Iapetus Diversifying Talent Scholarships for UK students from UK Minoritized Ethnic groups or lower socio-economic backgrounds for postgraduate degrees in environmental research: Projects at universities across northern UK *deadline 3rd January!* www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

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FindAPhD : Iapetus Doctoral Training Partnership: Diversifying Talent Scholarship Scheme at Durham University

Apply for a PhD: Iapetus Doctoral Training Partnership: Diversifying Talent Scholarship Scheme at Durham University

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Rea Antoniou-Kourounioti @realantkour.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Interdisciplinary PhD studentship on “Mathematical modelling of environmental information processing in hybrid aspen” supervised by myself, Prof Peter Stewart (@uofglasgow.bsky.social) and Prof Rishikesh Bhalerao (SLU). For more information on the project and to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

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University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences - MVLS Graduate School - PhD Research Opportunities - College Futures PhD Programme - Projects - Fundamentals of Life ...

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Rainer Melzer @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Plant biologists! We need you! We did set up a quick survey to study why people chose to study plant science. Please check here and shared widely: forms.gle/4X3FUwzxXBx3... #PlantSci

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ALT: a man holding a large green leaf with the words i just love a good leaf below him

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

For "budding" plant scientists: PhD opportunity studying flowering and meristem evolution in pale flax. Fieldwork fun, Evo devo and some modelling too. Please pass on! *Deadlines: Non-UK students 9th December! UK students 3rd January!* #plants #phd #plantsciencejobs iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

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Flax forever: the possibility of immortality in the meristems of an annual plant

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Bert De Rybel @bertderybel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

In our latest work, we provide molecular insights into the age-dependent morphological changes occurring in the root meristem during phase change. Perseverance over many years by BaoJun Yang and Yanbiao Sun. Generous funding by ERC, FWO, VIB and UGent #plantscience www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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SPL13 controls a root apical meristem phase change by triggering oriented cell divisions

Oriented cell divisions are crucial for determining the overall morphology and size of plants, but what controls the onset and duration of this process remains largely unknown. Here, we identified a s...

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

The #SEBconference Prague 2024 was a phenomenal success, bringing together over 700 attendees for a vibrant exchange of scientific ideas and innovations. Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made this event possible! 🎉 www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-prague-2024-a-resounding-success.html

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 05/07/2024

🌾 SAVE THE DATE 🌾 International Brachypodium Research Conference 2025 July 6 - 10, 2025 Monte Verità, Switzerland more details on www.brachypodium2025.org @vermeer_lab @roulinlab and I are most excited to welcome Brachy and grass enthusiasts to Switzerland next summer #Brachy2025

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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 01/07/2024

A warm welcome to @rm0sher.bsky.social, who is joining Oxford Biology as a new Professor in Molecular Plant Biology! Rebecca's research focuses on gene silencing in plant systems 🌱 bit.ly/3L4VnSk

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Biology welcomes new Professor of Molecular Plant Biology

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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

Post-doc opportunity in my lab at the John Innes Centre. Hiring someone with computer science/computational biology/maths expertise to work on circadian clocks and growth in plants under natural conditions. Collab with Hiroshi Kudoh at Kyoto University #circadian www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

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Postdoctoral Researcher (Dodd Group) | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the laboratory of Professor Antony Dodd for a Postdoctoral Researcher, focused on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to understand gene expression...

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Amanda Taylor 🇳🇿 🇳🇱 @amandataylor.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

Come work with us in the Netherlands! Assistant Professor in vegetation-environment interactions (Tenure Track) within the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation group, Wageningen University. Please share! www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/... #ecology #plant #vegetation #ecosystem #professor

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Delighted to see this out! Super congratulations to @marcjones.bsky.social: A transcriptomic time-series reveals differing trajectories during pre-floral development in the apex and leaf in winter and spring varieties of Brassica napus | Scientific Reports (nature.com)

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Nature

Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest ...

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