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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

We also have an opening in the Biology Dept. at UMass Boston for a tenure track position to teach #genetics! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us... - research area very flexible! Could definitely see candidates applying to both.

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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

We also have an opening in the Biology Dept. at UMass Boston for a tenure track position for someone who's research centers on Biology Education and pedagogy! This candidate will take up our intro bio courses. Area of biology flexible! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...

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Katie Field @katiefield4.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

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FindAPhD : Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Apply for a PhD: Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

On the cover of our #LatestIssue: #Nectar collecting at the tip of the stigma in Agapetes lacei (Ericaceae). Photo by Evin Magner, courtesy of the University of Minnesota CBS Conservatory. 📖 See Virtual Issue: Nectar and nectaries nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #PlantScience

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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

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Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Whenever I see cactus blooms, I tickle them. 💅🏻🌸 Thigmonastic stamens - rapid, touch induced movement for pollination. #plantjoy #iamabotanist

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The final version of this paper is now published @newphyt.bsky.social The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Long-term databases as an antidote to the shifting baseline syndrome in global change. 🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Looking for an exciting bachelor/master thesis in plant genomics, applied bioinformatics, or evolutionary biology? We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach... @puckerlab.bsky.social

Harvesting plant samples for nucleic acid extraction

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Notification about the Kennedy Center Honors:

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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

📢 To all molecular mossers 📢 The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Please repost and amplify ! We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina! Check us out and come be our colleague! sc.edu/study/colleg... Deadline for applications is Oct 1 #AcademicJobs #EvoBio

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Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Our paper showing that variation in transcription factor binding sites underlies the majority of additive genetic variance for phenotypic variation in maize is finally out! Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur). www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

🌟 JXB75 Daily Highlight 🌟 On Sept 17th, we will hear from our plenary speaker Prof Jane Langdale on the regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves 🌱🔬 ⏳ Time is running out – register by 19 Aug! 🗓️ 👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75 #JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @janelangdale.bsky.social

JXB 75th Anniversary Symposium
PLENARY LECTURE
17 September | 5 PM | Edinburgh
Prof Jane Langdale
University of Oxford
Regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves: understanding maize with a view to engineering rice

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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

New academic year, new ecoevojobs site. Already >200 faculty / permanent jobs! ecoevojobs.net

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ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Applications are now being accepted for the MSU EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship. We’d be happy to sponsor your application so please get in touch! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers. My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers. We found 437 of them. Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Why learn botany and plant identification? Knowledge of botany, including experience with identifying specimens and accessing the advanced literature of plant systematics (which implies understanding of the terminology and language of the science). trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...

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Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09

Job Opening: Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I’m proud to present the main work from my postdoc, 3+ years in making from scratch, my ultimate #MimulusPropaganda up till now: The Moment That Symmetry Breaks. #plantscience #development #imaging #microscopy 🧪🌸🔬 w. Captain Yaowu & @biancatash.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

NEW: A federal judge has demanded NSF explain in court how the UCLA grant suspensions are not in violation of her June order that restored grants to UC scientists

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Amy McP @aemcp.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Looks like a great opportunity!!

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

While many institutions are capitulating to Trump, my favorite scientific societies are fighting back. Aug 1 @ascbiology.bsky.social, @asm.org, @asbmb.bsky.social, & @faseborg.bsky.social jointly filed an expanded amicus brief with the Supreme Court in American Public Health Association v. NIH 1/n

Leading Scientific Societies File Amicus Brief With U.S. Supreme Court in Support of NIH Grant Recipients

Washington, DC – August 4, 2025 – On Friday, August 1, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) jointly filed an expanded amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in American Public Health Association v. NIH. As some of the nation’s largest and most respected scientific societies, the amici submit this brief to emphasize the urgent need to safeguard federal research investments, protect early-career scientists, and uphold the integrity of the nation’s science ecosystem.

The four leading life science organizations originally filed an amicus brief in the case on May 2, urging the court to find recent executive actions that led to the termination of NIH grants supporting early-career scientists—such as the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program—unlawful and to compel NIH to restore funding swiftly. MOSAIC grants support scientists from a wide range of backgrounds in transitioning to research careers. Today’s updated filing focuses specifically on the immediate and irreparable harm caused by the grant terminations and asks the Court to deny the government’s request for a stay pending approval.

The updated brief includes new evidence and perspectives drawn from peer-reviewed articles and commentary published in recent months, which underscore the devastating consequences these grant cancellations have already had across the scientific community. Together, ASBMB, ASCB, ASM, and FASEB represent more than 150,000 biological and biomedical researchers whose work drives innovation, improves public health, and fuels the U.S. economy. Their members have long supported and participated in programs like MOSAIC, w…

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I didn't know what personate flowers are until I heard about @trinitydepatie.bsky.social's Penstemons. My conclusion is that these cute little flowers in fact dial up discrimination to max, and they make the entrance of their corolla tube sooo occluded that only the most buffed bees can enter. 👀🧪

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Yan Gong @yangong.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Happy to announce that I will be opening my lab in the PMB department at UC Berkeley this July. Our lab will study nectary development and evolution using non-conventional models. We are actively recruiting. Join us if you are also enthusiastic about development or evolution!

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Gong Lab @ UC Berkeley PMB

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Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Sunflowers are full of secrets 🕵️‍♀️🌻 I had a blast making this for @nybg.bsky.social 's Van Gogh's Flowers exhibit, where you can see all the 🌻🌻🌻 shine through Oct. 26th! #scicomm 🧪 #nationalsunflowerday #botany

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Elena Kramer @elenakramer.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Crazy question - does anyone know of a series of microscopic images of meiosis that are free to use? I’m trying to help a former student who wants to use them for a book of poetry.

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Halloween III: Season of the Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

A fun reminder that a loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.

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Amy Goldberg @amygoldberg.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

My first conference ever was at IPAM as an undergrad, bringing me into scientific research. When I branched out into new topics, my first conference as new faculty was also at IPAM. My R35 was suspended. A lot of personal feelings, but more I worry for the future of the country.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

this is a very good thread

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Andrew Willoughby @andrewilloughb.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

A new really exciting preprint from @thecapitulab.bsky.social, my PhD lab, and many others One of the many interesting findings - The sequence evolution of CLV3 and changes to CLV signaling is required for capitulum development. CLEs make sunflowers! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Floral innovation through modifications in stem cell peptide signaling.

Understanding how evolution shapes genetic networks to create new developmental forms is a central question in biology. Flowering shoot (inflorescence) architecture varies significantly across plant f...

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Elena Kramer @elenakramer.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

We’re getting excited about Botany!

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Juan J. Lagos-Oviedo @jjlagosoviedo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

We are launching the Fourth Edition of the Evolutionary Biology Crash Course ⭐ @evobiocc.bsky.social ⭐. There will be three weeks covering a myriad of topics in evolutionary biology with many practicals. Please RT to reach as many students as possible. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The end of US leadership in science, technology, and innovation. All in one little table. A tremendous gift to China, courtesy of the GOP. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 27/05/2025

The US Administration has indefinitely blocked *all* student visa applicants from getting a visa interview. Worldwide, unconditional, no end date. All. International students are crucial to the US university system, American innovation, and future US prosperity.

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Rubio Reportedly Pauses New International Student Visa Interviews

More than 1.1 million international students were enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities in the 2023-2024 school year.

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

In defense of funding foundational plant science (Joanna Friesner , Cristiana T Argueso , Wolfgang Busch , Thorsten Hamann , Lucia Strader , Mary Williams , Shuang Wu , Adrienne H K Roeder) Read more at: doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

New Forbes story about the economic consequences of science cuts. www.forbes.com/sites/johndr... Thoughtful and thorough analysis. 1/n

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Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually

Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself

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Keith Duncan @cygnusplantxray.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Further attempts to stay positive and push the boundaries of X-ray imaging in plant biology, here's a maize root tip. Technical voxel resolution is 0.8um, field of view is about 1mm tall, using the 20X lens on my ZEISS Versa 520 XRM. @danforthcenter.bsky.social @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social

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Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Here's my federal funding story #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF #scicomm 🧪

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Jannice Friedman @jannicefriedman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

🌿🌸🌾🪴 🌿🌸🌾🪴 🌿🌸🌾🪴 🌿🌸🌾🪴 For American students planning to start grad school who are reconsidering their USA offers (or had offer rescinded), my Canadian university #QueensU announced a special funding call. Want to join my lab to study #plant #evolution? Get in touch! 🌿🌸🌾🪴 🌿🌸🌾🪴 🌿🌸🌾🪴 🌿🌸🌾🪴

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Cameron Stern @plantpolyploidy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

It’s great seeing @petebuttigieg.bsky.social defend basic research and explain why it’s important, why it requires government support, and how businesses, the economy, and the people benefit. #DefendScience

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Isako Di Tomassi @isakoditomassi.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Are you mad when you see commenters asking why the gov gives money to universities? Most people simply don't understand how the research ecosystem works. You can help by explaining it to the people in your hometown! A chance for some meaningful #SciComm a la @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Harvard sued the Trump admin today 💪🏽🥳💯 www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

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Paul Bierman @paul-bierman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

If you have a lost NSF or NIH grant. Colleagues inside government agencies are tracking terminated grants in hopes of assisting organizing efforts and perhaps litigation. The link takes you to the NSF tracker; the NIH tracker is linked from there. Pass this on. 🧪🥼 airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

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