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Duarte Figueiredo

@duartedf.bsky.social
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Group Leader in plant developmental biology @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social Details at figueiredolab.com and mpimp-golm.mpg

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Mariana Romeiro Motta @mromeiromotta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
PhD position available (start 2027) in my group at TUM! We study how mechanical stress controls cell cycle progression and cytoskeletal dynamics in plants, combining cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics. CV + cover letter to mariana.romeiro-motta@tum.de. RTs welcome! #PlantSciJobs
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Claudia Martinho @cssmartinho.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Postdoc opportunity in my group! Please share! 🔁 Investigate the epigenetic mechanisms underlying stress memory in plants 🧬🌱 Looking for someone excited about computational genomics + plant molecular biology. 📍 Dundee, Scotland | 3 years 📅 Apply by 21 Sept www.dundee.ac.uk/work-for-us/...
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant - UOD2369
Closing date: Monday 21 September 2026, 23:59
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PaulineJullienLab @pejullien.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🌱 🚨Postdoc position – Plant Chromatin Biology (Strasbourg) Grob and Jullien Lab - details attached 📅 Apply by March 30, 2026 📩 stefan.grob@cnrs.fr Please share with anyone who might be interested! #Postdoc #PlantScience #Epigenetics #Chromatin
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Aline Muyle @aline-muyle.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I am hiring a Postdoc (18 months contract in Montpellier, France) to study how polyploidy affects sex chromosomes in the plant Silene latifolia, using bioinformatic analyses of RNA-seq and DNA-seq data. Deadline for applications March 24th. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/412961
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Post doc position in Evolutionary biology and bioinformatics
- work environment: This postdoctoral position will be supervised by Aline Muyle and hosted at the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences of Montpellier (ISEM), within the CHANGE department and the Plant ...
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Trait discovery is one of the most difficult parts of our work here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social. Thus, we need help: We are looking for a Scientist in #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics for Trait Discovery. This is a full time, permanent position here in Einbeck. #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs
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Advanced Scientist in Quantitative Genetics and Biostatistics (m/f/d) for Trait Discovery
Advanced Scientist in Quantitative Genetics and Biostatistics (m/f/d) for Trait Discovery
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Rebecca Mosher @rm0sher.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Just a few days left to apply for this postdoc position!
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Schneeberger Lab @labschneeberger.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🌾 We have an open postdoc position in Plant Genomics in our group at HHU Düsseldorf! If you enjoy computational biology, asking big questions, and the satisfaction of code working on the first try, check out schneebergerlab.org/career/ Apply by Mar. 31 | 3-year postdoc | German skills required
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Career – Schneeberger Lab
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MolPlantSci @molplantsci.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Know a brilliant early-career plant scientist? 🌱 Nominate them for one of DBG’s three prestigious science awards! #ecr #plantsci 👉Strasburger Prize 👉Pfeffer Prize 👉Wiehe Prize www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/actualia/...
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Actualia (2026) - Notifications of the Society
Notifications from our Society (Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, DBG) for its members (2026)
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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Open PhD position – join our lab in Freiburg Through the IMPRS (Max Planck) program, we are looking for a motivated PhD student interested in signalling, and developmental mechanisms. Be quick - deadline is tomorrow! www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
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IMPRS PhD Program
The IMPRS-EBM is an international PhD program that lies at the intersection of Epigenetics, Biophysics and Metabolism. It integrates strategies from molecular biology and biochemistry with biophysical...
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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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Rebecca Mosher @rm0sher.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I am excited to offer a postdoctoral research position in my lab in Oxford studying the distribution of small RNAs during plant sexual reproduction. shorturl.at/7Goxt Reposts appreciated! Obligatory cat video to brighten your day. :-)
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Genomic imprinting in an early-diverging #angiosperm reveals an ancient mechanism for #seed initiation in flowering #plants A #Letter by Florez-Rueda et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue @anaflo.bsky.social @duartedf.bsky.social
Fig. 2 Auxin is an evolutionarily conserved driver of seed development.
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André Marques @amarques.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
📢 Three new #bioRxiv preprints from our team on holocentric chromosomes. Together, they connect centromere repeat evolution, karyotype dynamics, and meiotic recombination outcomes, revealing how holocentric genomes evolve and function. 🧬👇
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Maya Voichek @mayavoichek.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The (Yoav) Voichek lab has opened its gates at the Weizmann Institute, and is actively recruiting students and researchers at all levels - come explore gene regulation and computational genomics in a fun, friendly sprouting lab 🤗🥼⚗️🧪 www.weizmann.ac.il/plants/voichek
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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
With the new year, is my time to say bye to @gmivienna.bsky.social as I move to @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social in Tuebingen. I will start my solo Group Leader career as a Emmy Norther fellow. Thanks to everyone that helped on the way. I will be advertising PhD and Postdoc positions soon, stay tuned!
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Caroline Gutjahr @carogutj.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Are you interested in using synthetic approaches to promote arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis? Then our PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/b...
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Postdoc (m/f/d) position on synthetic approaches to promote arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology 🌱🧪 @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Looking for a #PhDposition in #PlantScience ? Our #IMPRS @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social and @unipotsdam.bsky.social is #hiring ! 📅 Apply by 10 January 2026 More info: 👉 www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD Please share this post to plant it in the right feed 🌱 #PlantSciJobs
Graphic with Arabidopsis thaliana plant. It says in the text: We're hiring: 5 PhD positions, apply by 10 January, 2026. Over the caption, there are keywords: Plant Physiology, Epigenetics, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Bioinformatics. At the bottom there are logos of IMPRS, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Society.
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Duarte Figueiredo @duartedf.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
It's great to see this work finally out! @newphyt.bsky.social Here we showed that auxin production after fertilization is a conserved, paternal-triggered mechanism for seed initiation in angiosperms.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Are you an early career plant scientist with 3-5 years' post-PhD experience? Tell the world about your research with the New Phytologist #TansleyMedal! Time is running out - apply for the 2026 competition by 1 November 2025. Find out more: www.newphytologist.org/grants-award... #PlantScience
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Piotr Ziolkowski @piotraz.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc! Join our group in Poznan, Poland to study meiotic crossover recombination in plants 🌱 Highly motivated & enthusiastic candidates are welcome! 📅 Deadline: Nov 1, 2025 🔗 ibmib.web.amu.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Postdoc_position-2025-Ziolkowskis-Lab.pdf
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Caroline Gutjahr @carogutj.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Attention plant proteomics specialists: We are looking for a Head of our new Proteomics Unit at our international and dynamic Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology. @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social Applications are welcome until 30. Sept 2025: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/8...
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Head of Service Unit Proteomics
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology 🌱🧪 @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Plant science meets machine learning, space, and storytelling. From cells to ecosystems, from satellites to society. Register now for Plants & People 2025, Sept 9–10 at MPI-MP! Poster abstract deadline: July 31 🔗 Register here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr... #PlantsandPeople #PnP25
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology 🌱🧪 @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Final call! Registration for Plants & People 2025 closes July 31! Don’t miss the chance to hear cutting-edge plant science and share your work. 🔗 Register here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr... #PlantsandPeople #PnP25
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Claudia Köhler @claudiakohler11.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
If you are interested applying for a DFG Emmy Noether group in the field of plant reproduction and /or epigenetics, please get in touch!
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Come join us in Wageningen for awesome plant developmental biology!!!
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Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
DEADLINE EXTENSION! 📣 For talk & poster applications for the international conference 'Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants'! Amazing opportunity for early-career scientists to present their work in a cross-disciplinary setting 👏 (& free participation!) 🔗 www.uni-potsdam.de/en/ppp/phenplasplants-2025
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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
📣📣We are #hiring! 📣Please RT! @mpipz.bsky.social has a group leader position available in the broad area of Plant Development and Diversity 🌿. Apply now!🌿 👉http://bit.ly/4nkUvLa #plantsci
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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄
A PhD position (initially 3 years) is available in our laboratory in the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), at the University of Tübingen (Germany). The position is available with an intended start date starting January 2026.
Interested applicants should submit a single PDF comprising a motivation letter describing your research interests, an up-to-date CV, and the names and contact information for 2 references to timing.lab@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de ideally before July 21st.
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Ian Henderson @hendersi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
A three year postdoctoral position is available in my group, investigating plant centromere structure, function and evolution @camplantsci.bsky.social www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51488/
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Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
We have a unique opportunity for a junior researcher, PhD student or postdoc, to use a revolutionary technique for mineral nutrient imaging and tracing in plants. Please re-post! Interested candidates should apply through the portal at the link below: career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...
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Career Opportunities: Postdoc or PhD student position in Plant Physiology (22260)
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology 🌱🧪 @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Today we are thrilled to host Benoit Landrein, who shared fascinating insights into how mechanical signals control plant development, using Arabidopsis seeds as a model. A great talk on the mechanics behind seed morphogenesis! 🌱 Thanks @duartedf.bsky.social for hosting!
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CRC1644 @crc1644.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We are now on Bluesky! Our Collaborative Research Center 1644 “Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants” was recently established at the University of Potsdam.
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Claudia Köhler @claudiakohler11.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Excited about the future of plant epigenetics? Join us at the Keystone Symposium Plant Epigenetics & Epigenome Engineering in Fort Collins, October 13-16, 2025! keystonesymposia-19559593.hs-sites.com/%F0%9F%8C%BF... Registration is open! #PlantScience #Epigenetics #KeystoneSymposia
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🌿 Join Us for Plant Epigenetics in Fort Collins! 🌿
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We have an open 4-year PhD position in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts. Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪
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PhD student in Ecology and Evolution
The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) is located in the Arrhenius Laboratories, situated at the University Campus at Frescati. Presently around 100 people, including 35 PhD
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International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research @iasprr.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Want to see your amazing plant reproduction picture on the cover of this fantastic journal @springernature.com? 🤩🌱 We are looking for it! 📸Take part in our contest and get the prize! More info? 👉visit our website!😉
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Jenny Russinova @jennyrussinova.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I will be recruiting one PhD student and one postdoc in 2025. If interested please contact me already. @psb-vib.bsky.social 🌱🌱🌱We are interested in steroid hormones. See our published work PMID: 40068682  PMID: 38513023 PMID: 37639582 PMID: 37365405
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Duarte Figueiredo @duartedf.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Thank you @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social for your visit and for the great talk!
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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Thanks Potsdam #CRC1644 for the invite and inspiring discussions on plasticity in plants @duartedf.bsky.social @claudiakohler11.bsky.social @carogutj.bsky.social Michi Sauer, Markus Grebe, Rene Schneider, Michael Lenhard, Arun Sampathkumar & all @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social @unipotsdam.bsky.social
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Charles Melnyk @charlesmelnyk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A PhD position is available in my group @_SLU. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden to work on plant regeneration and graft hybrid formation! Details below. Please share! #plantscijobs #PlantScience
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Rebecca Mosher @rm0sher.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Just a week left to apply for this postdoc position in my lab in Oxford.
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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 08/02/2025
Want to do a #PhD in Molecular #Plantscience / Plant Epigenetics? We are recruiting through two currently open Freiburg graduate school program calls by @mpi-ie.bsky.social and SGBM of @uni-freiburg.de! Consider to apply: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr... www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de/node/1847
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Application | SGBM
There are several ways to join the SGBM doctoral program. The availability of open positions is determined by the funding source and it changes throughout the year.
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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 17/02/2025
🌾🧪VACANCY - Are you expert in wood biology and would like to set up your research group in a great environment for this type of research? 🧬🖥️⚖️ Join us a @umeaplantscicentre.bsky.social! Read more here👇 and apply latest on Feb 28: slu.se/en/about-slu... #PlantSciJob #sciencejobs #hiring
Microscopic image of wood tissue with fibres and tracheids labeled in pink and some compartments within the cells in green. Photo: Stephan Verger
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob PostDoc / Junior Group Leader: Plant Molecular Cell Biology @fau.de Department of Biology, Cell Biology Division. In Benedikt Kost’s lab Start: as soon as possible www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
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Job Openings
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology 🌱🧪 @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Today we are excited about @aabdelfattah.bsky.social from Leibniz ATB visiting us for his talk about the #seed #microbiome 🌱 Thanks to @duartedf.bsky.social for hosting 🙏
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International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research @iasprr.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
📢📢The International ICIPS symposium "Evolution of Plant Reproduction" organized by @icips.bsky.social will take place near the botanical garden of Berlin (Germany) from March 25-28, 2025. 🟠To register: dfg-icips.org/berlin2025/ 🟠Deadline registration: 14.02.2025
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology 🌱🧪 @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Looking for a #PhDposition in #PlantScience ? Our #IMPRS @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social and Uni Potsdam is currently recruiting! 📅 Apply by February 28, 2025 👉 www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD #PlantSciJobs #PhDjobs #PlantPhysiology #epigenetics #PlantMicrobe #compbio #PlantBiology #PlantSci #plantPhD
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Mustafa Bulut @mustafa-bulut.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The MetaCom Junior Research Group is hiring! I am looking for a postdoc with molecular biological/biochemical background in the newly established lab at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry. Consider applying, if you are interested and have the background. www.ipb-halle.de/karriere/ste...
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Mustafa Bulut @mustafa-bulut.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Next to the postdoc position, there is also a position as a technician available in the upcoming lab at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry. www.ipb-halle.de/karriere/ste...
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Duarte Figueiredo @duartedf.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Come join us in Berlin! It will be a great meeting!
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