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cerealcell.bsky.social @cerealcell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

📣Job alert! PhD position on Cell Fate Establishment during Male Germline Initiation in Maize in Karina van der Linde's lab. The project is part of the @cerealcell.bsky.social consortium. Apply now or share it! #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob www.uni-regensburg.de/fileadmin/su...

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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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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Check out this really cool study where @matthiaserb.bsky.social's lab used Kalanchoë laxiflora to study volatile uptake routes and found that stomatal and non-stomatal pathways both play a role. Again, this project idea came from an inspiring visit and discussion with @jameshartwell.bsky.social!

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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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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Come join us as a Postdoc on this really cool project in this incredibly inspiring consortium in beautiful Bern! 🌾🔬🏊‍♀️

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Lena Kutscher @lenakutscher.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We're recruiting a postdoc to study the molecular and cellular basis of the male bias in medulloblastoma! Please apply through the DKFZ Postdoc Program until September 8th. Our project is under B430_Developmental Origins. Please get in touch with questions! jobs.dkfz.de/en/jobs/1687...

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DKFZ Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Our single-cell atlas paper made the cover 🎉 image by @lbmountain.bsky.social, showing the mature Brachy epidermis in all its beauty. #GoBrachy: yellow is lignin, and blue is cell wall autofluorescence.

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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Now online, our new preprint about asymmetric cell division regulation in the grass leaf: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Big congratulations to all co-authors, especially @ncyberwitch.bsky.social, whose thorough analysis pushed this work, including beautiful time-lapse imaging 🌾💪

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A premitotic polarity program patterns the grass leaf epidermis

Transverse asymmetric cell divisions (ACDs) in grass leaf epidermal development produce large basal pavement cells and small apical specialised cells. These “patterning divisions” generate the long-sh...

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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Now, you can find our single-cell transcriptomic dataset of the developing grass leaf in The Plant Cell (academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...). You can also screen for the expression of your genes of interest (shiny.ips.unibe.ch). Congrats to all authors, especially the brilliant @lbmountain.bsky.social

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Claudia Köhler @claudiakohler11.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Our lab @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social is hiring two postdoctoral researchers to join our ERC-funded GRAFT project on mobile small RNAs in plants. 🔗 Details: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/b... 📅 Deadline: July 31, 2026 Please share!

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Ora Hazak @hazaklab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We have an open position for lab technician to support our research @uni-muenster.de : stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/9... Experience in molecular biology, laboratory management, and strong communication skills are required. The position is initially offered at 50% for one year. 🌱🍅🧪

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Technische*r Assistent*in

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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

#EED2026 in Glasgow was my first but surely not last EED conference.What a welcoming and inspiring crowd combining plant and animal Evo-Devo,I learned so many new things.Our group went strong with great talks by @michaelraissig.bsky.social and @aemonet.bsky.social and Lidia winning the poster prize!

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

So proud to share our latest publication @CellCellPress! Yue Rui reveals that the same enzyme that makes the wall, cellulose synthase complex (CESA), also tethers the plasma membrane to the wall during water-deficit stress, providing resilience. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

If I could do another Postdoc, I would do it with Edwige! I highly recommend her as a mentor, person, and scientist. You can do incredible research at a cutting-edge institute surrounded by a supportive team. Don‘t miss this chance! 🌱

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 30/05/2026

Dear #plantscience friends, we're looking to recruit a new colleague at @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social: a Professor in Plant Biotechnology. 🌱🧪 The @dompsfr.bsky.social community is truly fantastic. Interested? Please share far and wide and join us! uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center @bzh-hd.bsky.social is looking for a #professor of #biochemistry. Please spread the word‼️ www.bzh.uni-heidelberg.de

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Mateusz Majda @matmajda.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Happy to see this out! Big congratulations to @nicolatrozzi.bsky.social and all involved! doi.org/10.1038/s443...

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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Look at this amazing story from @aemonet.bsky.social comparing explosive aerial and non-explosive underground fruit in C. chenopodiifolia. Having Aurélia‘s Evo-Devo expertise in the lab is an absolute game-changer and this story highlights her outstanding talent. Congratulations to all co-authors!

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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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Moritz K. Nowack @moritznowack.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Registration for the International PhD School Plant Development 2026 is up and running, half the places have been already booked! So don't wait until the deadline to register raissiglab.org/plantdevosch... ! Cost: €350.- for conference, accommodation, meals, and a wine tasting in a local winery 🍷

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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Our first Kalanchoë laxiflora story found its perfect home @Science Advances with a beautiful cover image of Kalanchoë thyrsiflora leaves. I am grateful that I can continue working with this incredible new model to learn more about succulent development 🤩 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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mariebarberon.bsky.social @mariebarberon.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The 7th International Symposium on Plant Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers (PADiBa2026) will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland from August 31th to September 3rd 2026. We now have a website: wp.unil.ch/padiba2026/ Registrations will open on April 1st.

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Our Review "Development, Anatomy and Integrated Function of Grass Leaf Veins and Graminoid Stomata" is out doi.org/10.1146/annu... Alec Baird and I discuss the development and function of the anatomical structures that regulate water supply (leaf veins) and water demand (stomata) in the grass leaf.

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Laboratory of Plant Morphodynamics @plantmorpho.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

ERC-funded PhD position: auxin in plant morphogenesis! Come to our team to study molecular mechanisms downstream of auxin signaling that control morphogenesis in plants! ueb.cas.cz/en/news/?id=...

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Registration for the 13th PhD School on Plant Development is open! 🌾 🔬 🌺 🧬 🌵 🧪 Deadline: June 30, 2026 Link to registration form forms.gle/tbmUxaw2vmEn... Cost: €350.- (incl. board, lodging and social event) For details re payment and abstracts see form or homepage raissiglab.org/plantdevosch...

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Laura Ragni @lauraragni.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

🚨 PhD Position in Plant Molecular Biology 🌱 We are looking for a motivated PhD student to join our team to study root protective barriers. If you are interested in confocal microscopy, cell wall biology, and plant development, this project might be for you! Please share! #PlantScience #PlantSciJob

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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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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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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Congratulations Dr. @lbmountain.bsky.social! The past 6 years with you in the lab were a joy! Starting as a rotation student, MSc student and PhD student, moving with us from Heidelberg to Bern, sharing so many memories. You will be missed is the understatement of the year. Thank you for everything!

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Priya Ramakrishna @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🚨Last chance to submit your abstract for a GRS talk! Deadline: Feb 15, 2026. Apply soon! General application deadline (poster presentations only): April 25, 2026. #plantscience #abioticstress #ECRs

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Kasper van Gelderen @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Looking to work with and learn from world-leading experts in plant cell imaging? I’ve got an open PhD position www.photobodies.com/about-6 in the framework of the AGILE Marie Curie Doctoral Network cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1... Deadline: 15th of April, start date September 2026. #phd #job

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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Look how lucky we are to have such a smart and dedicated postdoc in our team 🤩 Let's go, Charlotte! 💪

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

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Davis Summer Population Genomics Program

Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...

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Silvia Ramundo @sramundo.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Here we go again! Join us in Vienna, May 21–22, for two days of plant science—talks, discussions, and celebration of what makes plants both beautiful and essential 💚Full program + registration here: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve... Come be part of it — each of you counts!

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Dorota Kawa @dorotakawa.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

PhD position open in my team @uuplants.bsky.social ! Join us to investigate how sorghum roots interact with recently discovered Suberin-Inducing Microbes! More details: www.uu.nl/en/organisat... Please share!

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Heike Lindner @heikelindner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Join the Plant Development PhD school in Germany this Spring! I went there 16 years ago and met amazing people who are now my friends, colleagues, and role models. 🌱

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Priya Ramakrishna @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

🌱📢Join us at the 𝐆𝐑𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 23-24, 2026 in 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝! 💡Specially encourage ECRs to apply to present your work! Its a great forum to connect with peers and mentors in the field. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲👉 www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please repost! #plantscience #abioticstress #ECRs

Poster inviting participants for Gordon Research Seminar on Salt and Water Stress in Plants happening on 23-24th May 2026 at Switzerland.

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Dear @dfg.de So, I will spend months writing a grant and you will let people judge it with AI tools that are trained on predatory journals like Frontiers, MDPI or alike that are practically not peer-reviewed??? Is this how you will select cutting edge science??? #idiocracy

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Anne Roulin @anneroulin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Have we been overstating the role of transposable elements in adaptation to local or rapidly changing environmental conditions? Happy to share my (somewhat unpopular?) opinion paper on this matter: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Thanks to those who already shared the link!

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Blinded by the lights? Re-examining the adaptive role of transposable elements in plants with population genomics

Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous components of the genome whose mobility can be triggered by environmental stress and influenced by genotype…

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Yvonne Stahl @yvonnestahl.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🚨JOB ALERT! We’re hiring a Head of the new Imaging Facility at Goethe University Frankfurt. You’ll support researchers across disciplines, train users, and help enable cutting-edge science with high-end microscopy platforms. tinygu.de/TknxZ If facility-building + imaging is your thing, please apply!

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Greg Vert @plantubiquitin.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Check out our latest paper. Very glad to see this one finally out. Fantastic work by @charlotte-dlslle.bsky.social . Learn more about MBAP proteins and their roles in brassinosteroid signaling. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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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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Katherine Denby 🌱🥬 @katherinedenby.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community! www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

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