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Ekkachai Khwanbua

@ekkachaikhwanbua.bsky.social
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Postdoc @UWbiology.bsky.social (Steinbrenner Lab) | PhD @ISUppem.bsky.social (Whitham Lab) Plant cell surface receptors | Plant–microbe interactions | CO2 signaling in plant immunity | Virus-induced gene editing

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Freddie King @freddie-king.bsky.social · 16h
Our transient expression system for diverse crops is now published in PLOS Biology! Check it out and see if we tested your favourite species... 🌱 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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A broad-host-range Rhizobium rhizogenes strain enables transient expression across diverse crop species
Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression has revolutionized plant research, but is largely confined to solanaceous species. This study shows that the engineered Rhizobium rhizogenes strain AS109 al...
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Guillaume Ramstein @guillramstein.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We have a very exciting postdoc opportunity with my group at Aarhus University (functional genomics and plant quantitative genetics) and the Koo lab at Cold Spring Harbor Lab (regulatory genomics and explainable AI)! international.au.dk/about/profil... #Postdoc #DeepLearning #RegulatoryGenomics
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Postdoctoral research in plant regulatory genomics and artificial intelligence - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University
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Daniel Kierzkowski @kierzkowskilab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🌱We are looking for an Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics @irbv.bsky.social If you are passionate about genetics, molecular biology, or imaging, this is your chance to join a community of researchers working on plant development, cell biology, evolution, ecology, and biodiversity. 👇
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Careers
Through your undergraduate and graduate-level teaching, and your research activities, you will contribute to the faculty’s pursuit of excellence. Furthermore, you will promote your discipline and actively participate in the daily activities of a renowned institution. As such, you will:
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am proud to share my No-AI-assisted perspective review "Plant Peptide Hormones: Three Decades of Discovery and Emerging Paradigms" for the Centennial issue of @plantphys.bsky.social 🌱🍅. It's OA, so everyone can access! 1/ academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please repost/share We're hiring! UC Davis Plant Pathology seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in plant health & microbiomes. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07904 My department is full of great colleagues, and we look forward to recruiting our new colleague!
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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Daniel Croll @danielcroll.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Our lab is looking for PhD students to join us in 2027 🎓🎉 The projects can be structured around our research directions: - Transposable element dynamics - Fungal pangenomics - ML/language model genomics applications - Pathogen adaptation More here pathogen-genomics.org ("Jobs") and please share! 🙏
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Evolutionary genomics of pathogens
Croll lab at University of Neuchatel. The lab of Daniel Croll wants to understand how pathogens evolve to cause disease. For this, we mainly focus on major crop pathogens to unravel mechanisms of rapi...
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Max Jordan @maxljordan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Really excited to share our new manuscript on how the #NLR protein #AfsR regulates #Streptomyces antibiotic production - and how we can use its similarity to plant NLR immune receptors to enhance this production! 📄🧵 (1/17) @johninnescentre.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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A conserved NLR activation switch governs global transcriptional control of antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces
Nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain-like receptors (NLRs) are conserved molecular switches that regulate innate immunity across diverse domains of life. While best known for their roles in i...
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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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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
3 new GitHub repositories from me! I put what I'm teaching on GitHub. Module 1: github.com/cxli233/Sect... Module 2: github.com/cxli233/Sect... Module 3: github.com/cxli233/Sect... #Rstats #Datavis
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GitHub - cxli233/Section-301-R-Programming-Intro: R programming foundations for bioinformatics, data science, and data visualization
R programming foundations for bioinformatics, data science, and data visualization - cxli233/Section-301-R-Programming-Intro
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Peter Moffett @moffettpeter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New preprint. Effector-driven extracellular niche establishment (EDEN) involves water-soaking. We asked if apoplastic water accumulation has an effect on the plant immune response. @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social @s-gauthier.bsky.social @ilafores.bsky.social y.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Atypical immunity induced by extracellular water in plants
Microbial pathogens require nutrients and water to support their growth and proliferation. Pathogen-mediated resource acquisition is orchestrated by the secretion of virulence factors that have evolve...
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Lorenz Oberkofler @oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Super happy to finally share our preprint with the community! 🎉 Fungal extracellular vesicles deliver RNA cargo into host cells - but how do they get through the plant cell wall? This question puzzled us and the field for years… 🧵 1/6
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
📣 VACANCY: Postdoctoral Researcher - Wenbo Ma group Exciting opportunity to investigate small RNA-based plant immunity, applied to crop disease resistance 🧬 🌱 📍 Norwich, UK ⏰ Apply by 1 Sept 2026 ✨️ 2 positions available www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
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Postdoctoral Researcher - Wenbo Ma group
The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), Norwich, United KingdomApplication review starts 1 September 2026
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
📣 VACANCY: Research Assistant / Postdoctoral Researcher - Tatsuya Nobori group @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social Join the team to work on work on live-cell and 3D spatial imaging of plant–microbe interactions 🔬🌱 📍Norwich, UK ⏰ Apply online by 14 Sept 2026 Apply here: www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
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Research Assistant or Postdoctoral Researcher - Nobori group
Research Assistant or Postdoctoral Researcher position available to work on live-cell and 3D spatial imaging of plant–microbe interactions
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Identification of a plasma membrane complex that interacts with phyB to regulate ROS production (Devasantosh Mohanty , Yosef Fichman , María Ángeles Peláez-Vico , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Identification of a plasma membrane complex that interacts with phyB to regulate ROS production
Phytochorme B interacts with a plasma membrane complex containing respiratory burst oxidase homolog D to regulate reactive oxygen species production during
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Doudna Lab @doudna-lab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The latest work from the lab now out in @cp-molcell.bsky.social! New mechanistic insights into TnpB DNA unwinding and hypercompact plant genome editors🌱 Congratulations to leads @zehanzhou.bsky.social, Iren Saffarian, @honglue.bsky.social, Trevor Weiss & team, and Jacobsen, Savage and Bryant labs
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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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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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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Assistant Professor - Plant Health & Microbe Interactions - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Assistant Professor - Plant Health & Microbe Interactions Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Stockbridge Sch of Agriculture Work Lo...
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Joris Sprakel @jorissprakel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
How do transcription factors bind DNA strongly, and in a switch like manner, while remaining sequence specific? Our new paper on a canonical plant TF suggests the answer is a previously underappreciated assembly state: transcription factor nanoclusters. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Nanoclustering of a plant transcription factor enables strong yet specific DNA binding
Transcription factor nanoclusters balance the DNA binding trade-off between weakly binding oligomers and nonspecific condensates.
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Tonni Andersen @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Time for another preprint from the lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Led by @yuanyuanzhang.bsky.social and @defengshen.bsky.social. We found some surprising secrets that connect and uncouple root barrier formation with systemic nitrogen signaling in shoots. see the thread below for more details
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A tunable receptor separates root barrier formation from nutrient signaling through ligand-perception states
In roots, the endodermis controls nutrient entry by forming a barrier known as the Casparian strip. Yet how barrier-associated processes interface with systemic signaling remains unclear. Here, we sho...
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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Surface immune signaling unlocks NLR activation through mRNA alternative splicing www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Surface immune signaling unlocks NLR activation through mRNA alternative splicing
Plants activate pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and effector-triggered immunity (ETI) to combat pathogens. However, how these systems coordinate immune activation while preventing autoimmunity remain...
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Felipe Opazo @opazo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
New paper! 🚀 A high-affinity anti- #mNeonGreen #nanobody turns #mNG into a #multifunctional Tag. @nanotag.bsky.social decided to openly share the #nanobody for research use. Not common, but we strongly believe well-defined reagents are key for reproducible science. We hope you find it useful! 💚
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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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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Our latest work on immune receptor engineering for enhanced pathogen recognition is out in @theplantcell.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plcell/artic... #NLRs #Effectors #Exo70
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Engineering an Exo70 integrated domain of a barley NLR for improved blast resistance
Engineering the barley NLR RGH2 enhances recognition of blast pathogen effectors from rice and wheat, leading to improved disease resistance.
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Philipp Denninger @philipp-denninger.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Looking for an efficient way to clone and purify your proteins? Check out our new Vector-Set with lots of different tags, especially useful for GreenGate users. Including a low-cost DIY HRV3C-protease (PreScission) purification strategy. doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 19/06/2026
Efficient site-specific gene addition using R2 retrotransposons in tobacco and rice www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Efficient site-specific gene addition using R2 retrotransposons in tobacco and rice - Nature Biotechnology
Retrotransposons are applied in plants for safe-harbor transgene integration.
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Gozde Demirer @prof-gozde.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Targeted DNA insertion remains a major bottleneck in plant engineering. We developed an avian R2 retrotransposon as an efficient plant genome editor to precisely insert large DNA payloads at targeted sites: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulations to @kimuchenje03.bsky.social and the team! 🧵👇
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#Stomata in motion: How #temperature shapes #guard cell function and developmental plasticity nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantSci @newphyt.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @stomata-tweets.bsky.social @stomagenesis.bsky.social @plantcellatlas.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Effector recognition by molecular mimicry of its target by an NLR - enabling multiple disease resistance specificities to be generated- first seen on @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social - great work led by @dianagdlc.bsky.social and Matt Moscou 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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Adam Steinbrenner @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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A plant immune receptor mediates tritrophic interactions by linking caterpillar detection to predator recruitment
A plant receptor detects caterpillar attack and triggers emission of chemical cues to attract predatory wasps.
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Caroline Gutjahr @carogutj.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Are you excited about understanding the molecular underpinnings of arbuscular mycorrhiza? Then this PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
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Postdoc (m/f/d) position on molecular mechanisms of nutrient exchange in arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
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Schnittger Lab @schnittger-lab.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Here it finally is: our protocol for boosting maize transformation. We’ve already shared it at several conferences, and it was overdue to give it its final shape and submit it. We hope it will be useful for the community! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Travis Lee @tralee-sci.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
How do cells break symmetry to generate new shape and form? Using the apical hook as a model, we @joeecker.bsky.social applied spatial and single-cell multiomics, and identify a regulatory hotspot in a transient cell niche that drives this U-shaped structure 1/8 bsky.app/profile/bior...
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Elenor Kennedy @ebkennedy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
@khongsamchia.bsky.social Extremely excited to share the first pre-print from my PhD project in the Carella lab, co-first authored with @khongsamchia.bsky.social 🎉 (Thread below ⬇️) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Huge thanks to all co-authors and the #CarellaCapybaras for all the support 😊
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Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Check out our latest work! AlphaFold 3 revealed a transient immune receptor complex that eluded biochemical studies for almost a decade 🤯 We describe a conserved structural logic underlying sensor–helper communication in an NLR immune receptor network 🧵👇
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Joris Sprakel @jorissprakel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Chemical probes + imaging can reveal spatiotemporal patterns of a wide range of physico-chemical features in plants, without the need for genetic access. We reviewed what tools exist and how they can be used & engineered. Chemistry meets plant cell biology! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Chemical Probes for Functional Plant Imaging
The advent of spatial and quantitative biology has led to immense advances in understanding the complex inner workings of plants, down to the molecular scale. Functional imaging of live plants, which ...
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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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Adam Steinbrenner @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We are excited to release the BAT!🦇🚨 We've used this phylogenetic analysis pipeline in our lab for years, and grad Ben Sheppard now presents a Github release and preprint. I run BAT analyses almost daily. It makes exploring gene families routine, customizable, and fun🧵
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Cell surface #receptors integrate plant #immunity, stress #adaptation, and #nutrient acquisition www.cell.com/trends/plant... #PlantScience @scicommlab.bsky.social @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @negauneeinstitute.bsky.social @suchi-plants.bsky.social
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Cell surface receptors integrate plant immunity, stress adaptation, and nutrient acquisition
Plants thrive in complex and often hostile environments by continuously sensing and responding to a wide array of biotic and abiotic challenges. Central to this surveillance system are cell surface re...
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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This work shows that experimental context shapes Arabidopsis immune responses, with implications for how we interpret PRR signaling assays. Heavy lifting by @alba-mp.bsky.social and undergrad researcher Hanxu Sha (who will now pursue her PhD in a plant biology lab at Stanford).
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Breakthrough discovery in the field of peptide-receptor kinase signaling in stomatal development🌱. Six partially-redundant subtilases producing mature EPF1/EPF2 pepetide to enforce stomatal patterning @natplants.nature.com 🥰 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Subtilase-mediated maturation of EPF1 and EPF2 is crucial for stomatal patterning - Nature Plants
This study identifies epidermal patterning factor (EPF)-processing proteinases as the key activators of EPF1 and EPF2 peptides, establishing their proteolytic processing as the critical missing link f...
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Tolga Bozkurt @tolgaboz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Final version of our NRG1 MS is out! We uncover a surprising mechanism: the helper NLR NRG1 targets organellar membranes to trigger immunity Great collaborations with @KamounLab, @JiorgosKourelis, @jonathandgjones, @AdamWu9527, and the @Phil_Carella labs! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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Jae Young Choi @jychoi.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I'm looking to hire a postdoc. Please share if you can!
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Charlie Anderson @candersonlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Penn State Biology is hiring! We have an opening for a tenure-line faculty position in plant biology - if you'd like to pursue awesome science in a supportive and interdisciplinary community of researchers, consider applying! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
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Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Plant Biology
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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Seth Shipman @seth-shipman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Out now in Nature Biotechnology! Alejandro González-Delgado and a fantastic team of collaborators worked across nine labs to get retron recombineering up-and-running in fifteen bacterial species. Molecular parts on addgene: www.addgene.org/browse/artic... Happy editing!
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Justin Walley @justinwwalley.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Another paper hot off the press! We profiled protein abundance, acetylation, and phosphorylation in rice infected with Magnaporthe oryzae. Awesome work led by @pri-auler.bsky.social. It was great hosting her in my lab for a year long post-doc internship!!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Sebastian Soyk @sebastiansoyk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🚨Job alert: We are looking for a #phd student to join us @unil.bsky.social to study the evolution & function of gene regulatory sequences in the context of crop domestication using genomics, genome editing and imaging 🌱🍅🧬. #plantscience #scijobs #plantscijobs. Apply here: tinyurl.com/3u73csma
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#Temperature regulation in plants: From #molecular mechanisms to #climate-resilient #crop improvement onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience #StressBiology #PlantSci @jipb.bsky.social @planteditors.bsky.social @phimresearch.bsky.social @isplore.bsky.social @rsasidharan.bsky.social
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Temperature regulation in plants: From molecular mechanisms to climate‐resilient crop improvement
This review summarizes advances in thermosensory and signaling networks, thermomorphogenesis, male sterility, and vernalization, and discusses how natural variation, genome editing, and AI-assisted a...
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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
We are hiring! We’re excited to recruit a postdoc to our lab at UC Davis to work on plant immune engineering and single-cell analyses of plant pathogen interactions. Apply by June 1. Please repost. www.coakerlab.org/postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral Scholar position in the Coaker group
University of California, Davis
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to join our research program focused on immune receptor engineering and spatial analyses of plant pathogens interactions using computational and imaging approaches. The position will involve integration of molecular, imaging, and computational approaches. Relevant publications from the laboratory include Nature Plants (2025, PMID: 40721669), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024, PMID: 38814867), and Cell Reports (2023, PMID: 37342910). https://www.coakerlab.org/
Qualifications:
•	Ph.D. in plant biology, molecular biology, genetics, computational biology, or a related field
•	Strong background in genomics and/or computational biology 
•	First author publications in peer-reviewed journals
•	Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment
•	Experience in plant innate immunity is preferred

Application Instructions:
The position is initially available for two years, with the possibility of extension based on performance and funding. Salary is based on the University of California postdoctoral salary scale (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2025-26/represented-oct-2025-scales/t23.pdf). The salary range for this position is $69,073-$82,836 US Dollars/year. 
Review of applications will begin June 1, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled.
Please submit a CV, a brief statement of research interests (~1 page), and contact information for three references to glcoaker@ucdavis.edu. The research statement should describe your previous work, how your expertise aligns with ongoing research in the lab, and potential future research directions.
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Şuayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Beautiful new review on how autophagy is hijacked by pathogens by Enoch & @tolgaboz.bsky.social "𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦-𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴?" Yes, there are - watch this space :-) royalsocietypublishing.org/rsob/article...
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