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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · 7h

doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... Salicylic acid engages central metabolic regulators SnRK1 and TOR to govern immunity by differential phosphorylation of NPR1

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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Two back-to-back publications about transcriptional regulations of SA-mediated activation of plant immunity from Nin Zheng’s lab and Yuelin Zhang’s lab www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Transcriptional activation of plant immunity by salicylic acid - Nature

A mechanistic basis for how the hormone salicylic acid promotes transcriptional activation during plant immune responses is described.

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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another very nice work from Yuelin’s lab about SA mediated immune regulations

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Please submit comments to the EU Commission’s Call for Evidence on how to implement the new rules for "Plants obtained by new genomic techniques (#NGT)". Submission deadline 28 Sept. Below what I submitted. #plantscience ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

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Laura Medina-Puche @lauramepul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🌱 Job alert! A PhD position starting in 2027 is available with me and Andrea Gust @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social as part of the Cluster of Excellence @greenrobust.de 👉 Interested? Apply now &/or share! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #PlantSciJob #PhDPosition

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Andre Kuhn @signalintegrator.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

PhD-position available in my group! We are looking for a dedicated PhD candidate to investigate the biochemical basis of rapid signal integration in plants. If this is you, apply and join us in Amsterdam! @swammerdamuva.bsky.social More information: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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Vacancy — PhD position - Biochemical characterisation of signal integration in plants

<p><span>Are you fascinated by how protein complexes allow plant cells to rapidly integrate environmental information? Do you have a passion for molecular biology, protein biochemistry and quantitativ...

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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📣 Job alert! 2 Positions starting 2027. PhD position with me and @bayerlab.bsky.social on Robustness of embryonic and stomatal development, part of @greenrobust.de Postdoc position on the regulation of cell state, following up on some exciting snRNAseq dat! Apply now or share! #PlantSciJob

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

📣 Job alert! PhD position on Regulation of Pattern Scaling in Plant Stem Cell Niches in Marja Timmermans's lab and co-supervised by @cecilialaram.bsky.social The project is part of the @cerealcell.bsky.social consortium. The position is available from October 1st Apply now or share it! #PlantSciJob

Advert of the PhD position. Applications should be sent to Marja Timmermans or Cecilia Lara-Mondragón as a single pdf containing the motivation letter, CV, and contact details of 3 referees.
The advert shows a maize plant and several images of maize shoot apical meristems.

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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

PLEASE SHARE! New job openings in my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We have a broad interest into the mechanistic basis of how molecular complexes are rewired during cellular development in plants and during invasion by pathogens. 🌱🍄🔬 See details below 👇 #PlantSciJobs

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🌱We’re hiring: Seed Bank Coordinator Help safeguard our internationally important living collections in this new role. Coordinate seed collections, records, storage, distribution and exchange, while helping develop future seed conservation work. 📅 Closing date: 16 August 🔗 bit.ly/4fR0lCn

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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Fresh preprint online from our group! We find that stomatal maturation IS possible in the embryo, when they lack ERECTA signaling, but then still, only at the cotyledon tip. A thread. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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ERECTA signaling controls the timing of Arabidopsis Guard Cell maturation at the embryonic leaf tip

While cell identities are established early during embryogenesis, these cells remain immature until germination, and the mechanisms enforcing this developmental pause are poorly understood. Embryonic ...

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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481

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Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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COST Action PlantWallK @plantwallk.org · 20/07/2026

📢 Two postdoc positions available in @mc-caillaud.bsky.social's group (RDP lab, ENS de Lyon), part of an ERC Consolidator. Project: how plant cells orient their division, combining cell biology, molecular genetics, and mechanical modelling. 📅 Deadline: 1 Oct 26 | Start: Nov 26 onwards Details 🧵👇

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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

Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

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pfeilmeier.bsky.social @pfeilmeier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Job alert 🚨 Two (!!) postdoc positions in plant-virus interactions at University of Amsterdam! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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Cat's Plant Shenanigans

ALT: Cat's Plant Shenanigans

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Edel Pérez-López 🇨🇦 @edelplopez.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Preprint alert! 🚨 Our chromosome-level genome assembly (and reference for the species) of the potato leafhopper Empoasca fabae is out! 🍃🧬 An important resource for the community to explore the biology of this fascinating migratory pest 🪲 Study here: doi.org/10.64898/202...

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Jake Harris @c-jake-harris.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Excited to be able to advertise 1x postdoc and 2x technician positions to join my group in Cambridge working on an exciting ARIA funded project to help bring a plant artificial chromosome into existence! Reposts very welcome please 🙏 (1/2)

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Thorsten Langner @thorstenlangner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

‼️Job altert🚨📢 please spread the word: We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our new department "Phytopathology and Plant Protection" at @unihalle.bsky.social. www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/DEZERN3/AUSS...

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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Excited to share that our project has been awarded an #ERC #PoC Grant! This will help us translate discoveries from fundamental research into practical tools with real-world impact. Thanks to everyone who has contributed along the way, and to the support from @erc.europa.eu @unileiden.bsky.social

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Wenbo Ma FRS has been awarded a highly competitive @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grant for her exciting new project sRNA-Defense, which will allow her and her team to uncover new roles for sRNAs in defending plants from pathogens 🧬🌱 www.tsl.ac.uk/news/srna-re...

Photo of Prof Wenbo Ma FRS to announce her ERC Advanced Grant. TSL and ERC logos are included.

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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Excited to attend another inspiring Leiden education conference @unileiden.bsky.social

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Second face: AVRcap1b blocks the stepwise assembly of a helper NLR resistosome. Same effector, different trick. Very sneaky potato blight business. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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A plant pathogen effector blocks stepwise assembly of a helper NLR resistosome

An RXLR-LWY effector from Phytophthora infestans interferes with helper NLR resistosome assembly to suppress plant immunity.

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Diana Gómez De La Cruz @dianagdlc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

So proud to see this story finally out!🎉 We added new data since our previous preprint—transgenic barley plants with an engineered immune receptor that fights off two fungal pathogens at once. Short 🧵 and link to the original preprint thread on X👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Molecular mimicry of a pathogen virulence target by a plant immune receptor

Plants and animals respond to pathogen attack by mounting innate immune responses that require intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins. These immune receptors detect pathog...

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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Yesterday my first PhD student @himanshuchhillar.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social successfully defended his thesis with excellent performance Wish you all the best, Dr Chhillar! 🇮🇳 #proudPI #ECR

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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Huge congratulations Bruno! My first phd student with @jonathandgjones.bsky.social now is a PI and today I had my first phd student @himanshuchhillar.bsky.social in The Netherlands successfully defended his thesis today! Best wishes to you both! 🩷🙏

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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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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2026

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4tsDqRr

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After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school

Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs

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Jess Foster 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 🧪 she/her @jfplantstuff.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

this is not my ideal way of seeing my lab published in Science magazine, but, here we are. Roger is well known as a devoted life-long plant scientist, but he is also an incredible human being who shows constant kindness and encouragement to everyone around him. this is simply not fair.

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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Plant immune receptors are in the spotlight! 🌱🔬 We warmly invite submissions on immune receptor research for the upcoming MPMI Focus Issue dedicated to this exciting and rapidly advancing field. Find out more here: apsjournals.apsnet.org/mpmireceptors

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Plant Immune Receptors in the Spotlight

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Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

📢 The next @mpmijournal.bsky.social Focus Issue is now open for submissions: "Plant Immune Receptors in the Spotlight" 🌱🔬 Edited by @dinglab.bsky.social @clemmar.bsky.social @marischuster.bsky.social Rich Wilson and myself! Submit your best work by 31/10/26! 👇 apsjournals.apsnet.org/mpmireceptors

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Plant Immune Receptors in the Spotlight

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Tolga Bozkurt @tolgaboz.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Our latest work on how chloroplasts contribute to immunity: Membrane contact sites between chloroplasts and the pathogen interface underpin plant focal immune responses url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

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Validate User

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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Nice lab lunch at the beautiful Leiden city campus Thanks to all the team members It’s good to be back to work

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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It’s nice to be back to work and have a lab gathering with everyone! #happyscientists thanks to my mentor and all my team members!

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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🎉📣 #TAIR12, the latest reannotation of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, is now available under accession number PRJEB100887 on ENA and NCBI! Thank you all the volunteer researchers whose hard work has made this possible! #plantscience #plantbiology 🧪 bit.ly/3ZHtneT

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Announcing the publication of TAIR12: Consult the fully reannotated genome on the European Nucleotide Archive - Phoenix Bioinformatics

TAIR (The Arabidopsis Information Resource), together with our nonprofit host Phoenix Bioinformatics, is pleased to announce the public release of TAIR12

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

PhD opening Join a collaborative, interdisciplinary project the Excellence Cluster Future Forests @uni-freiburg.de, working on CRISPR/Cas in poplar to understand how trees cope with climate stress. Apply here: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004... @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social

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University of Freiburg

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We’re hiring! Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Assistant @KamounLab “Biology and Applications of Plant Immune Receptors” www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...

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charpentiermyriam.bsky.social @charpentiermyriam.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My lab at the JIC is recruiting 3 PDRA: 🔹 Bioinformatics / AI 🔹 Molecular Biology / Genetics 🔹 Proteomics Programme funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. 📅 Closing date: 27 February Apply via JIC website: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/ Please share with outstanding candidates. 🙏

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Postdoctoral Researcher (Charpentier Group) | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Charpentier Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of plant calcium signalling.

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Cool story from @meristemania.bsky.social lab on growth-defense tradeoff at the shoot apical meristem www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We have three exciting opportunities for Postdoctoral Researchers to join the @charpentiermyriam.bsky.social Group, to work on cutting-edge science in the field of plant calcium signalling on a programme funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Apply by 27 February: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/

The Charpentier group is recruiting three postdoctoral researchers, in: Bioinformatics/AI, Molecular Biology/Genetics, and Proteomics.

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Great opportunity

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