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Jogi Madhuprakash @jmadhuprakash.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🍅 Tomato brown rugose fruit virus spread worldwide. For >60 years, one resistance gene protected tomatoes. This virus broke through. A second gene confers resistance. The same viral target? Convergent evolution? Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #EvoMPMI #NLRbiology (1/9) 🧵

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nawaraj-dulal.bsky.social @nawaraj-dulal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Excited to share our new preprint from the Wilson lab at the Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln, identifying a pre-Golgi intermediate compartment protein required for effector sorting in #Magnaporthe during #riceblast biotrophy. biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Postdoc opp; the Katherine Esau Fellowship @UC Davis funds 2–3 years of work on plant structure and function. Curious how plant structure shapes plant-microbe interactions? Get in touch! Due Nov 1, international applicants welcome. www-plb.ucdavis.edu/about/fellow...

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Department Fellowships

The Department of Plant Biology offers fellowships that support research, scholarship and professional development for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and faculty. These awards recognize exce...

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#plantsci Assistant Professor position in Canada🇨🇦 www.academicwork.ca/jobs/tenure-... Heard from a colleague that it is a very supportive department!

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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Plant Biology

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Case outcomes at Cornell largely aligned with those of its peers.” … Gross failure to protect college students.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy postdoc appreciation week! Celebrating the fabulous @alba-mp.bsky.social.

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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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Martin Pacesa @martinpacesa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ʙɪɴᴅᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ2 is out, and we're not waiting for the paper. The full code drops today, free for academic and industry use. We're releasing it early so you can start designing right now, and bring its full power to the current Adaptyv competition. github.com/PacesaLab/Bi...

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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fantastic Asst Professor positions open across multiple UC Berkeley departments @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Plant/Algae/Microb aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522 Plant/Env aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 Gen/Dev/Evo aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 Eco aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489

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Assistant Professor – Plant or Macroalgae-Associated Microbial Communities and Interactions - Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Doudna Lab @doudna-lab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Out now in Science: Two papers from our lab reveal VIPR, an RNA-guided DNA-targeting system in bacteriophages, providing clues to the origins of CRISPR www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Congrats to Peter Yoon, @kenjmloi.bsky.social @terryzzy.bsky.social, T.Docter & team

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A noncontiguous code for RNA-guided DNA recognition at the origin of CRISPR-Cas

CRISPR-Cas provides RNA-mediated adaptive immunity, but how its first RNA-guided effector arose is unclear. In this study, we report the discovery of Viral Interference Programmable Repeat (VIPR) syst...

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 18/09/2026

"How SCREW finds its NUT" rdcu.be/k8vBj18vix9a A News & Views on 3 complementary structural studies published together about SCREW/CTNIP–NUT/HSL3 signalling: rdcu.be/AY11kgcFgTia rdcu.be/S6g7YM6WPjTa rdcu.be/16bsh4fYzpna

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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#PPRM2026 starts now! Thanks to @julien-gronnier.bsky.social et al for organizing! I look forward to 3 days with this lovely community!

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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New preprint! There have been quite a few papers about RLP and RLK receptors, but none of them have a truly reproducible annotation pipeline (including my own...)... We finally made such a pipeline and look more systematically at RLPs within tomato. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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PlantLRR-PRR:A Reproducible Annotation Pipeline Reveals Contrasting Evolution of Developmental and Defense Receptor-Like Proteins in Tomato

Plants perceive external and internal signals via receptors to modulate their growth, development, and defenses. Leucine-rich-repeat receptor-like-kinase (RLKs) and receptor-like-proteins (RLPs) are t...

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

2 jobs at NCSU in Plant Pathology - Assistant Professor and also Assistant Extension Specialist. jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/233... and jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/234... are posting, advertisement fliers attached - September 18th is application deadline for Assistant Professor position.

The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology is seeking a 9-month tenure-track Assistant Professor in Raleigh, NC to advance its undergraduate educational mission and build a complementary research program. This role involves delivering 2-3 courses using engaging instruction, alongside developing an externally visible research program in areas such as plant disease diagnostics, fungal biology, soilborne pathogens, or epidemiology.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Deliver and modernize core undergraduate courses (including PP 315 and lab), integrate active learning and distance education, and mentor undergraduate researchers, graduate students, and postdocs.
• Build an active, externally funded research program in plant pathology that engages students and connects teaching with areas like fungal biology or plant-soil-microbe interactions.
• Contribute to faculty governance, engage in scientific leadership and peer review, and foster interdisciplinary partnerships that enhance the department's mission.
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
• Ph.D. in Plant Pathology or related field; active scholarly record (publications/presentations); strong communication skills to teach complex concepts.
• Demonstrated experience with innovative teaching methodologies (active/case-based/distance learning), student mentorship, securing external research funding, interdisciplinary collaboration, and active professional service
JOIN OUR TEAM!
For more information and to submit your application, please visit:
https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/233776

The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology is seeking a 12-month tenure-track (70% Extension, 30% Research) Assistant Professor to provide statewide leadership in arthropod management for North Carolina row crops, focusing on sweetpotato, peanut, and soybean. This position will connect applied research, grower needs, and emerging technologies to build an externally funded Extension and research program that advances sustainable integrated pest management across North Carolina.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Lead a statewide Extension program for sweetpotatoes, peanuts, and soybeans, translating research into practical grower tools, field days, and agent training.
• Build an applied, externally funded research program in pest ecology and management, publishing in scholarly and Extension outlets.
• Mentor students, contribute to classroom instruction, and engage in department, university, and professional service.
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
• Strong background in row crop entomology, integrated pest management (IPM), and insecticide resistance.
• Experience or interest in using precision ag, remote sensing, drones, or Al-driven decision-support tools.
• Proven ability to build partnerships with growers, commodity groups, Extension agents, and industry partners.

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Congratulations on the grant!

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include: 1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc 2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A fantastic @johninnescentre.bsky.social session at #BSPP26, showcasing an impressive range of pathosystems across wheat, legumes and brassicas 🌾🫘🥬 #PPATH2026 #PlantHealth

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#BSPP26 #PPATH2026 @BS_PP Tolga Bozkurt @Tolga_Bzkrt highlighting the subcellular dynamics of helper NLRs before and after activation

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Diane Saunders addressing the breakdown of resistance of the Yr15 tandem kinase in the UK. Nice identification of promising germplasm from a landrace collection. #PPATH2026

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Adam Steinbrenner @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Two faculty searches at Berkeley Plant & Microbial Bio @PMB_Berkeley Submit applications by Sept 30 Plant Responses to Environmental Changes aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 Plant-Microbe Communities aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522

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Assistant Professor - Plant Responses to Environmental Changes - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“It's unhelpful to draw a sharp line between applied and basic research” Cristobal Uauy @cristobaluauy.bsky.social Director of the John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social #PPATH2026 #BSPP26

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Up next, Saskia Hogenhout, speaking about her pioneering work on Phytoplasma manipulation of plant hosts. #BSPP2026

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

An important question in plant pathology still lacks a coherent model—a striking example of how bad science can bring an entire field to a standstill: How do filamentous pathogens deliver effector proteins into plant cells? dx.doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🤢Horrible take. " The value of a good postdoctoral fellowship is not to be measured in salary but in the opportunity to learn at the feet of, yes, a master." Are you kidding me?! The best scientists I worked with/for both train AND learn from their trainees. It's not a master-slave relationship.

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I was looking at the list and thought they get all the money then after the term is up, retire. I would think you want to hire someone that has another 15+ years of creativity left.

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We’ve been getting a lot of beautiful sunsets lately

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Lots of faculty positions are being advertised in the US. In some respects, this is good because the last couple cycles were brutal. However, with cratering science funding new profs could just be hired to fail unless something major changes.

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Most basic science departments at UCSF are having faculty searches this year. Biochemistry & Biophysics, Microbiology & Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and more. We're looking for new and exciting science and nice people. You'll find them all at aprecruit.ucsf.edu

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Welcome - AP Recruit

University of California, San Francisco Online Faculty Recruitment

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ok. I am getting off bluesky and finalizing my comments. 😂

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Charles Roussin-Léveillée @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Do plants sense extracellular modifications induced by pathogens? New data suggests that yes. Water-soaking lesions activate atypical but functional immune programs, hinting at sensing mechanisms beyond canonical pattern recognition. First of two papers dropping this week. Read it on bioRxiv 🧵

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm sorry. I am in the same situation. It feels worse to have a grant ranked outstanding but not funded than a grant ranked medium. Maybe if there is no RFA they will back fund grants?

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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Happy to share the news that I have received the University of Arizona 2026 Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award universityevents.arizona.edu/person/micha...

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Michael D. L. Johnson

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

No call yet from what I can tell.

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

personal record, although I would say the PR is only since I turned 40.

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In case you are wondering how US science is going.... sent a request about status of a grant submitted 9+ months ago and got a reply with this executive order & no timeline. If you read it your head may explode, or you could get a PR on your morning run like me. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

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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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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🔬Big news🥳 We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new Director and head of the Department of Plant Virology @mpipz.bsky.social Her research focuses on how plant viruses interact with their hosts. 🎉Welcome to MPIPZ, Rosa 🌿🌱 www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...

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The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research welcomes Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new director

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Josh Bennett @joshwbennett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I am really excited to share the first chapter of my PhD, where we characterise a genetically linked NLR/MLKL pair underpinning the Rwt3 resistance locus in wheat! With yet another KFP involved in monocot immunity 🌾 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777

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