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Jessica Stapley

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Erin Hotchkiss @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We (Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech) are #hiring TWO tenure-track Molecular Microbiology professors! Review of applications starts 1 Nov. I'm happy to answer questions about the department, VT, life in Blacksburg, etc.! More info / to apply: jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista... 🧪👩‍🔬🦠 #academicjobs
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Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...
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Jessica Stapley @jessstapley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Check out my open database of eukaryote recombinantion rates estimated from linkage map data. Contributions welcome. If you have recently built a linkage maps please 🙏 add your data github.com/jessstapley/...
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GitHub - jessstapley/RecMapDB: Data to calculate Recombination rate across Eukaryotes
Data to calculate Recombination rate across Eukaryotes - jessstapley/RecMapDB
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Jessica Stapley @jessstapley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Excited to share our most recent manuscript on the genetic architecture of phenotypic plasticity in the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici
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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Genetic mapping of trait plasticity in a plant pathogenic fungus reveals genetic architecture and candidate genes for plasticity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Biodiversity Genomics Europe plus (BGE+) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
BGE+ will open thematic funding calls via the EU’s #FSTP mechanism: biodiversitygenomics.eu/supporting-c... €2.75M for an ultimate goal: mobilise European researchers to increase production/application of #genomic data during the next 3.5 years @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social
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The Coalition for Conservation Genetics @coalitioncongen.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
🚨 #Policy brief for recent @nature.com paper: available in 14 languages (more to come)🚨 We highlight key recommendations for #policymakers, #conservation practitioners & researchers to safeguard #GeneticDiversity. 🔗Download the policy brief: www.coalitionforconservationgenetics.org/resources-da...
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Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss — Coalition for Conservation Genetics
Policy brief available for download in 14 languages
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The Coalition for Conservation Genetics @coalitioncongen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🚨New #policy research! A recent study explores how the #conservation of #GeneticDiversity can be integrated into the EU’s Nature Restoration Regulations & why safeguarding genetic diversity is key to ecosystem resilience🌿 Read more here: www.coalitionforconservationgenetics.org/resources-da...
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Genetic diversity is key to restoring nature — Coalition for Conservation Genetics
Find out how genetic diversity can be integrated into the EU’s Nature Restoration Regulations.
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nccr-climplus.bsky.social @nccr-climplus.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Breaking news: The #NCCR #CLIM+ on "Climate Extremes & Society" will be funded by the @snf-fns.ch in the coming 4 years! With 47 PIs, 20 institutions & 22 stakeholders from #health to #finance & #agriculture, it will unite climate expertise from both natural & social science! nccr-climplus.ch
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Spatial inference of ancestor locations suggests northern refugia for canopy-forming #kelps in the Pacific Northwest Jordan B. Bemmels, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @gregowens.bsky.social #PlantScience #phylogeography
Population genetic structure in the Pacific Northwest for Nereocystis and Macrocystis.
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Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
We are recruiting‼️A permanent university lecturer position in BIOSTATISTICS is available at @helsinki.fi Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Great colleagues, excellent infrastructures and startup support 🙌🏻 DL 14 September jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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University Lecturer in Biostatistics
University Lecturer in Biostatistics
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Arctic charr #genome - a highly polygenic basis of morph differentiation with population-specific selection on alleles linked to the development of similar morph phenotypes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals How Plasticity and Genetic Differentiation Underlie Sympatric Morphs of Arctic Charr
Salmonids have a remarkable ability to form sympatric morphs after postglacial colonisation of freshwater lakes. These morphs often differ in morphology, feeding and spawning behaviour. Here, we expl....
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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
👇 This is an excellent opportunity to join this fantastic group led by our great new colleague Prof. Melissa Chapman @milliechapman.bsky.social at the USYS Department @usyseth.bsky.social ofETH Zürich @ethz.ch as doctoral student or postdoc!
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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
We discuss the startling news that the rubber hand illusion works on OCTOPUSES m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q8B...
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Famous psychology trick works on octopuses too
YouTube video by New Scientist
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Alex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Happy to see our latest work out in @molbioevol.bsky.social. We revisit the evolution of 5-methylcytosine across neglected eukaryotic supergroups, establishing an ancestral repressive role silencing genome invaders, both transposons and viral elements👾: academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-... 🧵 1/7
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Repressive cytosine methylation is a marker of viral gene transfer across divergent eukaryotes
Abstract. Cytosine DNA methylation patterns vary widely across eukaryotes, with its ancestral roles being understood to have included both transposable ele
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Sabhrina Aninta @sagitaninta.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Just want to share this wild revision history of the Wikipedia page on Linkage Disequilibrium where Felsenstein himself debated people on the correct use of notations & definitions. After 100 years of #popgen people does not seem to be totally agree on what LD is? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Li...
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Talk:Linkage disequilibrium - Wikipedia
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Aaron Vogan @fungage-lab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We did it! We caught Starship #transposons moving between #fungal species in the lab, including between species separated by ~100my. We think Starships are a mediator of HGT in fungi, akin to conjugative elements in bacteria. Check out the preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Illustration depicting the ways in which fungi can exchange genetic material with each other. Starship mediated HGT is confirmed experimentally in this preprint.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 24/07/2025
Painters often prime a canvas with a layer of white to make it smoother, stronger and to enhance the colours they will later layer on, but it seems this is a mechanism that birds were using long before humans picked up paintbrushes.
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The secret to what makes colours pop on dazzling songbirds
Hidden layers of colour in the plumage of tanagers and some other songbirds explain what makes them so eye-catching
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Magdalena Bohutínská @majdabohu.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
1/5 ✨Proud✨ to see our review with Katie Peichel as featured content in Trends_Ecol_Evo, with my beloved alpine lineages of Arabidopsis arenosa on the cover. Hope that you find it interesting! doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.007
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SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics @sib.swiss · 21/07/2025
🎉🧬🇨🇭 Researchers in Switzerland can soon deposit human genomics data in a secure national archive, and control access to researchers around the world, with Swiss FEGA joining the international FEGA network 👇 Swiss FEGA is consortium of six institutions, including at @ethz.ch, coordinated by SIB.
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Switzerland joins the Federated European Genome-phenome Archive (FEGA)
Following the successful demonstration of secure infrastructure for storing and sharing sensitive patient data, Switzerland has now officially joined the Federated European Genome-phenome Archive (FEG...
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Dr. Tyler A. Elliott @transposableman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
#TEsky Lepidopteran genomes have denser transposable elements in smaller chromosomes, likely driven by non-allelic homologous recombination doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
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Lepidopteran genomes have denser transposable elements in smaller chromosomes, likely driven by non-allelic homologous recombination
Abstract. Transposable elements (TEs) drive major genome size and structural variations, yet evolutionary forces affecting their accumulation and removal r
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SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics @sib.swiss · 16/07/2025
“Invest in data resources to make FAIR a reality”, a correspondence penned by our director, @dessimoz.bsky.social, @francesarnold.bsky.social‬, Richard J. Roberts, and @timjph.bsky.social, published in Nature.
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Invest in data resources to make FAIR a reality | Nature
Letter to the Editor
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Owen Petchey @owpet.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Seen a potential problem in a published article? Wonder whether and how to respond? Here are some thoughts on how to figure out what's best for you. Happy to hear your thoughts... thetrophiclink.org/posts/2025-0...
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Public critique or private conversation? How to know what's best for you. | TheTrophicLink
A few months ago, I and some colleagues at the University of Zurich gathered to discuss a recent paper in a leading ecology journal. During the discussion, I realised, or at least believed, that the p...
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Julius Brennecke @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Pls. share widely Calling all transposon fans & lovers of genetic innovation MOBILE GENOME welcomes you in Heidelberg, Nov. 4–7 2025 → Vibrant & friendly community → Cutting-edge talks from mechanisms to physiology → Plenty of surprises (TEs never stop innovating) submit abstract by July 29
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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · 17/07/2025
The National Research Programme “Promoting #Biodiversity and Sustainable Ecosystem Services for Switzerland” (NRP 82) is supporting 15 projects with a total of 11.2 million francs. And it is doing so with an approach that is completely new in #Switzerland. ➡️ buff.ly/1nx56ln
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11.2 million francs for biodiversity
The National Research Programme “Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services“ (NRP 82) is supporting 15 research projects.
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Slavica Janevska @slavi-jan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
📣 I’m recruiting a #Postdoc to help us further our understanding on the infection strategies of our human fungal pathogen. If you’re enthusiastic about research, our interdisciplinary group @leibniz-hki.de will be a good fit for you! Please share! jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...
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Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/w/div) in “Microbial Infection Strategies” at Leibniz HKI Jobportal
Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
🕷️🕸️🧬 whole #genome sequencing of 202 parent-offspring trios from 34 families across 3 social & 4 subsocial species - sociality is associated with an approximately 50% reduction in germline mutation rate www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #biodiversity #genomics
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Convergent Evolution of Sociality Causes Reduction of Mutation Rates in Spiders
Germline mutations play a crucial role in determining the rate of molecular evolution. In the spider genus Stegodyphus, sociality has independently evolved three times within the past million years, e...
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Agristok @agristok.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
11 Funded PhD Positions in Evolutionary Genomics at the University of Göttingen in Germany Explore 11 fully funded PhD opportunities in Evolutionary Genomics at the University of Göttingen. Work on groundbreaking research in genome evolution, reproductive systems, and bioinformatics. Apply before…
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11 Funded PhD Positions in Evolutionary Genomics at the University of Göttingen in Germany
Explore 11 fully funded PhD opportunities in Evolutionary Genomics at the University of Göttingen. Work on groundbreaking research in genome evolution, reproductive systems, and bioinformatics. Apply before September 1, 2025!
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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
In #G3journal, Ziming Zhong, Bruce A. McDonald, and @jessstapley.bsky.social identified genomic regions associated with colony growth and melanization under temperature conditions in the wheat pathogen, showing how the pathogenic fungi respond to temperature stress. Read more: buff.ly/4eBnwhs
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
A great collection of papers here ... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17550998... Special Issue: Advancing species conservation and management through omics tools
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Special Issue: Advancing species conservation and management through omics tools: Molecular Ecology Resources: Vol 25, No 5
Molecular Ecology Resources is a broad journal publishing computer programs, statistical & molecular advances & more for studies in evolution, ecology & conservation.
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Jessica Stapley @jessstapley.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Milking it - leveraging large pedigree-SNP dataset to study age-related changes in Recombination in Dairy cattle. Finally out thanks to a very talented student Evelyn Jade and a dedicated academic @annasanture.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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An Increase in Male Recombination Rate With Age in Dairy Cattle Is Heritable and Polygenic
Meiotic recombination is an essential process for shuffling genetic diversity in sexually reproducing organisms, can vary within and between individuals in response to intrinsic and extrinsic factors....
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Agristok @agristok.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
13 PhD Positions in Food Science at University of Naples Federico II, Italy – Open for International Students The University of Naples Federico II has opened applications for the 41st PhD cycle (2025/2026), offering fully funded opportunities for international students. Deadline: July 7, 2025.
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13 PhD Positions in Food Science at University of Naples Federico II, Italy – Open for International Students
The University of Naples Federico II has opened applications for the 41st PhD cycle (2025/2026), offering fully funded opportunities for international students. Deadline: July 7, 2025.
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The Fungal Kingdom as a Rosetta Stone for biological discovery – a long-time Current Biology advisory board member, Joseph Heitman, introduces the special issue on ‘The Fungi’. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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The Fungal Kingdom as a Rosetta Stone for biological discovery
Long-time Current Biology advisory board member, Joseph Heitman, introduces this special issue on ‘The Fungi’.
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Anne Roulin @anneroulin.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Incredibly sad. Triste. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Rapid emergence of a maths gender gap in first grade - Nature
Boys and girls exhibit very similar maths scores upon school entry, but a gender gap in favour of boys becomes highly significant after 4 months of schooling, which increases with years of schooling,&...
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Jessica Stapley @jessstapley.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Two caught Smuggling Fusarium graminearum into US www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Chinese nationals accused of smuggling 'biological pathogen' into US
Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu allegedly brought into the US a fungus which damages a variety of crops and is toxic to humans and animals.
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Agristok @agristok.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
184 PhD Funded Positions in All Research Fields at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy Discover 184 fully funded PhD opportunities across multiple disciplines at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Open to all nationalities. Apply online by June 30, 2025.
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184 PhD Funded Positions in All Research Fields at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy
Discover 184 fully funded PhD opportunities across multiple disciplines at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Open to all nationalities. Apply online by June 30, 2025.
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Anna Santure @annasanture.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
What joy & privilege to work with such amazing people - today a brilliant scientist I mentored successfully defended his PhD with NO REVISIONS!, a manuscript written by then undergrad was accepted, my beautiful group bought me a birthday cake and my dear friend and collaborator bought me flowers
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Anna Frances Probert @afprobert.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Two academic (lecturer) positions available at the University of Otago in Aotearoa/New Zealand! One in Conservation Biology, another in Evolutionary Ecology. Links for positions below: otago.taleo.net/careersectio... otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Peter Solomon @plantpathpete.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Happy to announce that registration for the 2025 Stromlo Plant Pathology (and plant pests!) conference at ANU is now open (Nov 27-28). Plenary speakers confirmed include @yasukadota.bsky.social, Cecile Segonzac and@thamlab.bsky.social. Please go to tinyurl.com/2rdxuap3 to register - all are welcome!
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Upgraded CheloAbing_2.0 assembly resulted in individual estimates of inbreeding, including ROH proportion (FROH), number (NROH), and cumulative length (SROH), that were statistically different from those derived from the draft #genome onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🐢
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Synteny Enabled Upgrade of the Galapagos Giant Tortoise Genome Improves Inferences of Runs of Homozygosity
Here we update the reference genome for the Pinta Island Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii) through rescaffolding against the most closely related chromosome-level genome assembly, the...
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Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Papua New Guinea plant survey research jobs at Binatang Research Centre Madang
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Jessica Stapley @jessstapley.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Beyond thrilled to see this paper out. It is a combination of experiments I did breeding anole lizards in Panama combined with sequence data collected by my collaborators. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The genetic basis of a colorful signal: the polymorphic dewlap of the slender anole (Anolis apletophallus) - Heredity
Heredity - The genetic basis of a colorful signal: the polymorphic dewlap of the slender anole (Anolis apletophallus)
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Jessica Stapley @jessstapley.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Excited to share our latest paper on QTL mapping of temperature stress in the devastating wheat pathogen Z. tritici. academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...
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Mapping genomic regions associated with temperature stress in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici
Abstract. Climate change can alter interactions between plants and their pathogens, which could adversely affect crop production. To better understand the
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Jo Rhodes @drjorhodes.com · 28/04/2025
Mapping genomic regions associated with temperature stress in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...
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Mapping genomic regions associated with temperature stress in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici
Abstract. Climate change can alter interactions between plants and their pathogens, which could adversely affect crop production. To better understand the
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Jessica Stapley @jessstapley.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Hey Journals - when you ask me if I can review a MS on Friday - I really don’t appreciate being reminded and asked to respond on the following Sunday. Surely you can train your automated response algorithms about weekends.
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John Manners @jmaus.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Genetically modified pod borer resistant cowpeas now boosting food security for smallholder farmers in Ghana #plantscience 🧪 theconversation.com/ghanas-first...
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Ghana’s first genetically modified crop: why we created a new cowpea variety, how we tested it and what we found
Research results demonstrate the potential of GM cowpea to enhance yields and profitability for resource-poor farmers.
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Thorsten Reusch @thorstenreusch.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June
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Nicolas Bierne @couplingdmi.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
#PostDoc in #Montpellier on mussel transmissible cancers #TransCan These weird cancers have undergone genome doublings and aneuploidisation You will play with PacBio and Nanopore data Join the #HyperCan team in a joyfull environment. #MarEvol #PopGen #MusselsAreCool euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/333894
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Post-Doctoral Researcher – Haplotype-Resolved Assembly and Structural Variation of Polyploid Genomes in Transmissible Cancers of the Blue Mussel (M/F)
- work environment: Host-Pathogen-Environment Interactions Laboratory (UMR5244 IHPE), Montpellier - main mission:
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Eva Stukenbrock @estukenbrock.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
New post doc opportunity in our team at Kiel University in the north of Germany. We are looking for a motivated molecular biologists to unravel plant-microbe interactions in grasses. Please see: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... More to our research and group here: www.environmental-genomics.de
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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Are you interested in a postdoc in Germany on fungal pathogen biology, genomics, or antifungal resistance? My Uni (@uni-jena.de) is hosting a free two-day masterclass in June on preparing MSCA Postdoc Fellowships with it as host. If you are interested in writing a fellowship with me, get in touch!
An image that reads: Friedrich Schiller University Jena: Preparing your application for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship hosted by the University of Jena. Invitation for a Master class.A medium sized German city. On the right is a picteruesque river in the glowing daybreak. Around the city are gently rolling, green hills.
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KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🚨There is still time to apply for the POST DOC POSITION on wheat powdery mildew in my lab @theccdm.bsky.social !🚨 staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...
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