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Cluster of Excellence "GreenRobust: Understanding Robustness of Plant Systems from Molecules to Ecosystems" research initiative led by the Universities of Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Hohenheim. Website: www.greenrobust.de

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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 29/09/2026
Visit of Südzucker and their research station at Kirschgartshausen by a GreeenRobust delegation. A fascinating insight into agricultural realities with @pascalhunziker.bsky.social, @kjschmid.bsky.social, @thomasgreb.bsky.social and Renata Campos-Motta.
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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Now out! Together with Kenneth Berendzen, Yu Zhou et al., in a commendable team effort, set up a FANS-FAPS protocol for the isolation of plant Cajal bodies @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social — revealing kingdom-specific protein composition: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Proteome profiling of plant Cajal bodies uncovers kingdom-specific components
Abstract. Membraneless organelles (MLOs) in eukaryotic cells, such as the nuclear Cajal body (CB), have been notoriously difficult to biochemically isolate
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 18/09/2026
Xu Wang from Andreas Schaller’s (@as-in-hohenheim.bsky.social) group has received the Best Talk Prize at the Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting (PPRM2026) for his work on new systemins in tomato. Congratulations!
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Kasper van Gelderen @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The first preprint of my lab has just come out doi.org/10.64898/202... This paper came out at the same day on the sudden passing of Prof. Meng Chen. Without his work, this paper would not have existed. He was an extremely supportive member of the plant photobiology community..
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 03/09/2026
Congratulations, Juan Carlos! Fantastic to see that another GreenRobust PI secured funding from the @erc.europa.eu.
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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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Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V. @dialogbdp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Weil es (uns) wichtig ist! In unserem Leitbild haben wir die Grundsätze und Werte aufgeschrieben, die uns im politischen Dialog leiten 👉 www.bdp-online.de/de/Homepage/...
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Maximilian Hanusch @mhanusch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
📣we're hiring a PhD researcher to test whether rhizosphere microbiomes keep flowers attractive under drought 🌸 joint supervision with soil ecologist @tcamenzind.bsky.social for the ROOT2BLOOM project in @greenrobust.de apply by 30/09 tinyurl.com/root2bloom questions welcome, thanks for sharing!
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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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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🚜 Mehrkomponenten-Dünger für den ökologischen Pflanzenbau 👨‍🔬Forschende der Universität Tübingen und der Universität Hohenheim arbeiten an der Entwicklung eines Mehrkomponenten-Düngers für den ökologischen Pflanzenbau 🔗 uni-tuebingen.de/99projekte #Klimaschutz @eco-future.bsky.social
Traktor. Foto: Iryna Loginova / Universität Tübingen
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob PhD candidate: Exploring the concept of disparity as an evolutionary principle of plant robustness @greenrobust.de 📍@cosheidelberg.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social Deadline: 9 October 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
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Job Openings
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Martin Bouda @boudalab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New PhD opportunity with Bernd Berauer and myself within the @greenrobust.de cluster @unihohenheim.bsky.social ! 3-yr funded position to measure and model gas exchange at leaf, plant, and canopy scale. Applications can be submitted until *September 15*, at: jobs.uni-hohenheim.de/jobposting/2...
PhD position advertisement and project description.
For more details, contact bernd.berauer@uni-hohenheim.de
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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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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 18/08/2026
Thrilling to see that our founding GreenRobust spokesperson Rosa Lozano-Durán (@geminiteamlab.bsky.social) has been appointed as new director @mpipz.bsky.social in Cologne. Congratulations! We wish you all the best for your future endeavors in a new environment, Rosa!
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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
FUNDING. We secured our first collaborative grant with @mpcontreras.bsky.social through the @greenrobust.de excellence cluster. Our project IDentity will investigate the mechanistic consequences of domain integration, a major event that reshapes function and evolution of #NLR immune receptors 🌱❄️🔬
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 29/07/2026
New GreenRobust publication by the group of Eric Kemen on using machine learning to identify beneficial microbiota: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Machine learning reveals biocontrol agents shaping disease outcome in natural Arabidopsis populations - Nature Communications
Plants can recruit beneficial microbes to suppress pathogens, offering a route to rational biocontrol beyond empirical screening. Here, the authors use machine learning to identify disease-associated ...
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Universität Heidelberg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Sanierung des Botanischen Gartens: „Ein Schatz für die Wissenschaft“ – Arbeiten zur Erneuerung der Gebäude und Außenanlagen haben begonnen – Feierstunde markierte offiziellen Start des Bauvorhabens www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/... #universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #botanischergarten
Feierstunde zum offiziellen Start der Gesamtsanierung des Botanischen Gartens mit Bauschildenthüllung.
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Gabriella Mosca @moscabiomeclab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Check out our Review on #AFM in plants now on @jxbotany.bsky.social !
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Isabel Monte @isabelmonte.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Thanks to all the speakers and participants in the "Plant Robustness from molecules to ecosystems" session at the #SEB2026 conference! Exciting science and great discussions sponsored by @theplantjournal.bsky.social and our Excellence Cluster @greenrobust.de 🌱 with @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social
Kasper introducing our Excellence Cluster GreenRobust as sponsor of the SEB 2026 session on Plant Robustness from molecules to ecosystems in FlorenceFishbowl discussion on plant robustness including ECRs and invited speakers and moderated by Kasper in the P12 session on Plant Robustness from the SEB 2026 Annual Conference in Florence (Italy)
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Kasper van Gelderen @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Very happy with our @greenrobust.de @isabelmonte.bsky.social Plant Robustness session at the @sebiology.bsky.social conference. Excellent talks by @hildenelissen.bsky.social, Marcel Quint, @rsasidharan.bsky.social and Amy Austin. Great fishbowl discussion on plant robustness! Thanks PlantJ
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 08/07/2026
How plant stem cells are kept robust summarized by GreenRobust PIs Jan Lohmann (@meristemania.bsky.social) and Thomas Greb (@thomasgreb.bsky.social). Enjoy! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Plant stem cell systems: Robust by design
Plants maintain active stem cell populations throughout their lives, yet these systems are remarkably resilient to genetic, environmental, and mechani…
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc position to work on plant robustness in an interdisciplinary project. Great for somebody with experience who can take a central role, coordinate experiments and co-supervise students, and contribute conceptually. @greenrobust.de @unituebingen.bsky.social Please re-post.
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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today marks a major milestone for my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We got our first member! I am really excited to welcome @d-moser.bsky.social. She will bring her expertise in cryo-ET data processing to solve the mechanisms of plant invasion by fungal pathogens 🧊🔬🌾🍄 Follow her and stay tuned!
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 18/06/2026
Durchbruch für die Pflanzenforschung in Europa: Die DFG begrüßt die Zustimmung des EU-Parlaments zur neuen Verordnung zu Züchtungstechniken, für dessen wissenschaftsbasierte Differenzierung sich die Senatskommission für Grundsatzfragen der Genforschung über Jahre eingesetzt hat: sohub.io/csi8
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Neue Züchtungstechniken bei Pflanzen: DFG begrüßt Zustimmung des EU-Parlaments zu neuer Verordnung
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 17/06/2026
A highly significant step for European plant sciences: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/pres...
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Neue genomische Techniken für Innovationen in nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft | Aktuelles | Europäisches Parlament
Das Parlament nahm heute neue Vorschriften an, die den Zugang zu neuen, klima- und schädlingsresistenten Pflanzen erleichtern.
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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Happy to share our new paper in @dev-journal.bsky.social . This project started while I was at Stanford with @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and was completed at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social by @pablidopsis.bsky.social . Find it here: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Targets of SPEECHLESS and FAMA control guard cell division and expansion in the late stomatal lineage
Highlighted Article: In Arabidopsis stomatal cells, SPEECHLESS persists into maturing guard cells where its balance with FAMA is essential for guard cell development. Transcriptomic and genetic analys...
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 29/05/2026
A GreenRobust-associated project on the cover of Genome Biology and Evolution!
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COS Heidelberg @cosheidelberg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New paper from the Yasin Dagdas (@plantophagy.bsky.social) group, this time in @science.org, on how plant cells cope with viral infection and how selective autophagy delays cell death to give plants a chance to survive. Chapeau and congratulations to all the authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Selective autophagy fine-tunes plant immunity to promote cell survival during viral infection
RNA viruses co-opt host endomembranes to form replication complexes, often triggering cellular stress and immune responses. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana activates selective autophagy to res...
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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Berlin: Verleihung der Humboldt-Professur in Strukturbiologie an Sebastian Deindl 👏 durch Bundesforschungsministerin Dorothee Bär (links) und Robert Schlögl, Präsident der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/… @humboldt-foundation.de
Von links: Bundesministerin für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt Dorothee Bär, Sebastian Deindl und der Präsident der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Robert Schlögl. Foto: Humboldt-Stiftung/David Ausserhofer
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Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science Hohenheim @landscape-ecol.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
NEW PAPER: this review by @chemodiversity.bsky.social, introduces the concept of a chemodiversity landscape, and compiles evidence for emergent properties arising from the mixing of chemical blends from different sources with consequences for ecological functions.
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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Plant hormone and peptide signaling converge in the genetic network regulating cambium activation in Arabidopsis roots (Tiina Blomster , Riccardo Siligato , Riikka Mäkilä , Wiktoria Fatz , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Plant hormone and peptide signaling converge in the genetic network regulating cambium activation in Arabidopsis roots
An intertwined network of cytokinin, auxin and peptide hormone signaling activates secondary growth in the Arabidopsis roots.
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 14/05/2026
Congratulations, Juan Carlos! Another Junior group supported by @dfg.de within the GreenRobust cluster.
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Pascal Hunziker @pascalhunziker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🎉 Our paper on the first reference genome of 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘮 has been accepted in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social This has been a great collaboration and a rewarding outcome of this work. @cosheidelberg.bsky.social @greenrobust.de @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social
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Reference genome assembly of a tetraploid accession of the tuber crop Tropaeolum tuberosum
Abstract. Tropaeolum tuberosum is a tuber-forming crop native to the Andes, valued for its nutritional content, pest resistance and adaptation to high-alti
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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Now online at @natplants.nature.com ‼️ Led by Jierui Zhao, a former PhD student @gmivienna.bsky.social & together w/ @moritznowack.bsky.social lab, we uncover how #autophagy shapes salt stress tolerance and lifespan. www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41... A short 🧵👇
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Cell-type-specific autophagy in root-hair-forming cells is essential for salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana - Nature Plants
This study reveals that enhanced autophagy in root-hair-forming cells helps Arabidopsis store excess sodium, control oxidative stress and tolerate salt stress.
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 16/04/2026
Super stimulating talk by Olivier Hamant from @rdplab.bsky.social on the tradeoff between efficiency and systemic robustness in biology and beyond. And on how we define societal progress.
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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We could also say that two @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social junior PIs and three @greenrobust.de PIs won the 2018, 2026 and 2027 @biochemsoc.bsky.social awards 😉 We are good at recruiting biochemists! 😄
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COS Heidelberg @cosheidelberg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New publication from Markus Wirtz and colleagues on N-terminal protein acetylation: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The ribosome-associated N-terminal acetyltransferase B coordinates global proteostasis and autophagy in plants by creating Ac/N-degrons - Nature Communications
Protein N-terminal acetylation profoundly influences protein fate. Here, the authors establish NatB as a central regulator of the interplay between ubiquitin–proteasome system and autophagy, and highl...
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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New #preprint 😍‼️ led by 2 incredible postdocs @ninizhani.bsky.social & Ranj Papareddy: transforming #UFMylation from a local ribosome rescue pathway to systems level regulator of mRNA splicing www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A short 🧵
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Karl Schmid @kjschmid.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
For our project in the context of the Excellence Cluster GreenRobust @greenrobust.de we look for 2 PhD students and 1 postdoc in the area of plant molecular and evolutionary ecology. Deadline: 15 April Reposts are welcome #plantjobs #plantscijobs
Job advertisement for PhD and postdoc positions
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
FINDING THE BIG PICTURE FOR GENETIC DIVERSITY! We are offering a 2-year POSTDOC JOB to work on genetic diversity synthesis & metrics across species, as part of a larger @bexplo.bsky.social project on multi-species genetic diversity. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social
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Kasper van Gelderen @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New #Sci #Job ! Together with six other PI’s we are looking for two PhD students and a Postdoc for our LEAP project, which is part of @greenrobust.de backend.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/documents...
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
1/11 🔥 New preprint alert 🔥 We wanted to know what plants in the wild really care about. So we asked them 🎤. Here is what we learned: “Biotic-response networks are an important organizer of the transcriptome in wild Arabidopsis thaliana populations” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Dream Job Alert! @unituebingen.bsky.social is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) for EXPERIMENTAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH! You work on soil fauna/fungi/food webs and their relations with environment, plants, ecosystem processes? Come and join the @terra-cluster.org and our institute! Please re-post!
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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Die Universität Tübingen bleibt Exzellenzuniversität! 🎉 Dies hat eine Kommission aus Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern sowie Vertreterinnen und Vertretern von Bund und Ländern am Abend bekannt gegeben: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/… #ExStra #Forschung #UniTübingen #Exzellenzstrategie
Grafik mit goldenem, geschwungenem Weg und Bäumen, Text: „Excellent – today and in the future. University of Excellence 2027–2033“.Grafik mit Text vor grünem Hintergrund: 

Fünf Ziele in der neuen Förderphase

Die in der vergangenen Förderphase begonnenen Projekte werden fortgeführt beziehungsweise weiterentwickelt. Dabei wird die Universität Tübingen mit den Mitteln aus der künftigen Exzellenzförderung fünf Ziele verfolgen:

Exzellenz in Forschung und Lehre
Aufbau eines integrativen und kooperativen Universitätsumfelds
Flexibilität und Anpassungsfähigkeit in einer sich schnell verändernden Welt
Globales Bewusstsein und internationale Vernetzung
Gesellschaftliches Engagement, Innovation und Ko-KreationLogowand: Exzellenzstrategie, Wissenschaftsrat, DFG sowie Förderhinweis mit Logos von Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt und Baden-Württembergischem Wissenschaftsministerium.
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Universität Heidelberg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Universität Heidelberg verteidigt Status als Exzellenzuniversität – Rektorin Frauke Melchior: „Großartige Gemeinschaftsleistung hat zum Erfolg geführt“ www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/... #universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #Exzellenzstrategie #ExStra
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Impressive work from @saschalaubinger.bsky.social and colleagues, describing molecular and phenotypic footprints of climate in transcriptomes of native Arabidopsis thaliana. #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 05/03/2026
Next position advertised by our cluster: We are searching for a Lab Manager running the single cell-sequencing lab at Heidelberg University. adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
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Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 04/03/2026
Kick-off meeting of our GreenRobust cluster of excellence last week. Exciting times ahead for plant sciences by bringing together an extraordinary bunch of enthusiastic scientists and human beings!
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Isabel Monte @isabelmonte.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Join us at the #SEBconference Florence 2026 to discuss #Plant Robustness! 🌱🔥 @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social and I are organising the P12 session "Plant robustness from molecules to ecosystems" with the support of @greenrobust.de Check the program and submit your abstract by March 6th! 👇
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 27/02/2026
our cluster is searching for a technical assistant for supporting joint plant phenotyping experiments to be carried out at the University of Hohenheim www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/job-openi...
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Job vacancies: University of Hohenheim
Current job opportunities at the University of Hohenheim
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