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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Issue 18 is now complete! Cover: Confocal image of an eight-day-old microcolony cultured from a single #Arabidopsis leaf protoplast, with visualisation of the cell membrane (green) and the nuclei (magenta). See Research Article by Reed, @bas-bargmann.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Cover: Confocal image of an eight-day-old microcolony cultured from a single Arabidopsis leaf protoplast, with visualization of the cell membrane (green) and the nuclei (magenta). See Research Article by Reed et al. (dev205715).

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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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Sarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🧪🚨ATTENTION: TENURE TRACK JOB POSTINGS!🚨Come work with me in Buffalo! We are hiring TWO TT faculty lines: -Physical/Analytical Chemistry -Genetics/Microbiology Biologist Please Share!! 1/7

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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481

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Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026

Our paper about photoperiod effects on strawberry development in vertical farms is out! Short days suppress vegetative growth, but less so in everbearing than seasonal cultivars 🍓 #PlantScience @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social journals.ashs.org/view/journal...

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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026

Our paper about stomatal malfunction in chrysanthemum is out! High humidity during growth can cause chrysanthemums to lose water post-harvest, but susceptibility varies by genotype — a path to better cultivars 🌼💧 #PlantScience journals.ashs.org/view/journal... @hortproductphyswur.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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petuniaplatform.org @petuniaplatform.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#petunia in Porto, Portugal

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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Working hard

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Marnix Medema @marnixmedema.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New postdoc opportunity in our team! Topic is computational analysis of (meta)genomic data to study evolution of plant-microbiome interactions. Part of the AEGIS consortium (aegisearth.bio/en). Apply here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... Please RT!

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Postdoc on computational (meta)genomic analysis

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges for global food security, requiring new approaches to understand and harness the natural diversity that enables plants and their associated microbiomes...

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Joris Sprakel @jorissprakel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

How do transcription factors bind DNA strongly, and in a switch like manner, while remaining sequence specific? Our new paper on a canonical plant TF suggests the answer is a previously underappreciated assembly state: transcription factor nanoclusters. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Nanoclustering of a plant transcription factor enables strong yet specific DNA binding

Transcription factor nanoclusters balance the DNA binding trade-off between weakly binding oligomers and nonspecific condensates.

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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I found that H2O2 treatment of Petunia flowers creates a spotted pattern 😯 It's known oxidation degrades anthocyanins, but the pattern was unexpected! Any ideas @gardiner-lab.bsky.social @julianverdonk.eurosky.social ?

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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

🌾🧬 Virus-induced genome editing (VIGE) delivers CRISPR via plant viruses, bypassing tissue culture. Now moving from proof-of-concept to practice, with heritable edits achieved in wheat A promising non-transgenic tool #plantscience @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/plant...

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Virus-induced genome editing: toward crop breeding applications

CRISPR-Cas-based genome editing has revolutionized precise genome manipulation in plants, yet its practical application is still constrained by the inefficient delivery of editing reagents across diff...

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pfeilmeier.bsky.social @pfeilmeier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Job alert 🚨 Two (!!) postdoc positions in plant-virus interactions at University of Amsterdam! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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Cat's Plant Shenanigans

ALT: Cat's Plant Shenanigans

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petuniaplatform.org @petuniaplatform.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Petunia on the campus of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA, USA #Petunia

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Bas Bargmann @bas-bargmann.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Such fun hosting @julianverdonk.eurosky.social for a mini sabatical (Virginia Tech Translational Plant Sciences Center Global Distinction Fellow) in the lab! Been messing with science together since the 90's 🤓

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Team Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

📣 We are hiring! In the collaborative research center 'Plant Ecological Genetics' @teamthomma.bsky.social searches a PhD candidate to study the role of plant-associated microbiota in plant density responses and inter-plant competition. See project A07: sl1nk.com/b7z0doc Deadline July 10!

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Encurtador de Link

Encurtador de Link | O melhor encurtador de links e urls gratuito da internet.

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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026

Research stay in the Bargmann lab @bas-bargmann.bsky.social as Global Distinction Fellow to do some Petunia Protoplast TARGET experiments. Sorting and sequencing! @petuniaplatform.bsky.social @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social #PlantScience #Petunia

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

W 3 Professorship for Plant Biotechnology. Freiburg, Germany. Apply if you’d like to be my successor. #plantscijobs #plantscijob #plantsciencejob uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

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University of Freiburg

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petuniaplatform.org @petuniaplatform.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Back from World Petunia Days 2026 in Rome 🌸 Great meeting — familiar faces, new ones, and excellent science. The petunia community keeps growing. Already looking forward to the next one! #Petunia #PlantScience #WorldPetuniaDays2026 #WPD2026

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Hatem Rouached @hatem-rouached.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🔜Two postdoc positions are available in Rouached Lab for a creative individual to lead a project that will explore a new dimension in the field of plant nutrition. Please contact me if you are interested in TOR signaling, epigenetic and/or plant development rouached@msu.edu

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Isabel saur @izzysaurlab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We have an open PhD position in our Mol. Biochemistry of Plant-Microbe Interactions Lab Saurlab.com. Please see details below, share and consider applying. jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

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petuniaplatform.org @petuniaplatform.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

In Rome for the World Petunia Days 2026! #Petunia #WPD2026 #PlantScience

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Ingo Nettersheim @ingonettersheim.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

What a time to be alive... RNA-Seq for half the price I paid 3 months ago, with results 4x faster... And I can ship it without dry-ice at the dropbox at my neighbouring faculty. Thanks @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social! Looking forward to the results 🧬 #PhDlife #molecularbiology #plantscience

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

#PlantSciJobs 🌱 Postdoctoral Research Associate (x2) and Research Assistant (x2) Dr Edwige Moyroud is seeking 2 Postdocs and 2 Research Assistants to join her team investigating petal patterning Applications close: 5 June: Research Assistant bit.ly/4a32ffK 17 June: Postdoc bit.ly/4dT2LOC

Microscopy images of a petal showing petal patterning developing in the young petals. Around the image is 6-stages of hibiscus development from closed bud to open flower. The flower is plit in two to show one flower with a dark purple bullseye and one flower fully white with no pigment petal patterns.

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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 24/05/2026

Ik ben medestander van The Firewall, omdat ik weiger toe te kijken hoe techgiganten onze democratie ondermijnen. The Firewall vecht terug. Met het vrije woord en de rechtspraak. #StaOpTegenBigTech Word ook medestander van TheFirewall www.thefirewall.eu/doe-mee

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Breek de macht van Big Tech, doe mee

The Firewall is een journalistieke waakhond die niet alleen blaft naar misstanden maar daar ook zijn tanden in zal zetten. The Firewall richt zich op Big Tech en onderzoekt de macht, invloed en impact...

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PuckerLab publications @puckerlabpapers.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Planning to sequence the genome of your favourite plant? This workflow based on ONT sequencing comes with hands-on instructions: "Cookbook for plant genome sequences" doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Genomics #LongReads #PlantSciences #Bioinformatics

Plant genome sequencing and annotation workflow. Source: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12623-z

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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 11/05/2026

Watch out, PI in the lab!! Still got it. Good old Birnboim and Doly alkaline lysis prep. 10 ml culture, scaled up, 10 ug DNA! #nokits #molbiol

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Charlie Anderson @candersonlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Penn State Biology is hiring! We have an opening for a tenure-line faculty position in plant biology - if you'd like to pursue awesome science in a supportive and interdisciplinary community of researchers, consider applying! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

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Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Plant Biology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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James Lloyd 🧬 @jamespblloyd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I am super excited to announce that I am recruiting a new post-doc to join my team at UWA & @plants4space.bsky.social to work on plant synthetic biology, with a focus on genome engineering. If you are interested, please apply or reach out to me. external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

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Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : The University Of Western Australia

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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 22/04/2026

Ik found the dessert plant Cistanthe longiscapa in a growth chamber at Universidad de Andres Bello in Chile #PlantScience

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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 19/04/2026

RNA treatment with DNAse is an absolute disaster for RNA quality in my lab. WTF is happening?! Beautiful RNA turns to smear after DNAse. L We tried RQ1 from promega and DNAse I from thermo. RNA from chrysanthemum leafusing CiAR (share.google/cRcXPl1UA0Vn...). Any advise? #PlantScience #RNA #DNAse

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Kaisa Kajala @kaisakajala.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I am excited to announce that we have two open positions on our recently funded MYBstery M-WEAVE (NWO-DFG) project! 1) Postdoc in my team at Utrecht University (NL). www.uu.nl/en/organisat... 2) PhD in the team of @lauraragni.bsky.social at University of Freiburg (DE). (See thread)

Ad banner: germinating plant, Utrecht University, VACANCY: Postdoc position in Experimental & Computational Plant Biology

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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 14/03/2026

Happy Pi(e) Day! 🥧 20 years since I defended my PhD 🧑‍🎓 Turns out you never stop being a student 😄

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plasmidsaurus @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

We teamed up with OpenFlower (@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social), a nonprofit creating designer flowers for art & education, to release 3 limited edition postcards! These flowers were powered by Whole Plasmid Sequencing from Plasmidsaurus. Want one? Just fill out the form! tinyurl.com/plasmidsauru...

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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Let's extract some DNA from a petunia leef together! 🧬🧵 1/n

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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Petunia hybrida has been bred into an incredible diversity of colors and patterns. Most arise from mutations in the anthocyanin pathway or post-transcriptional gene silencing that turns pigment genes on and off 🧬🎨

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Are you passionate about computational biology and the evolution of specialized plant metabolism? More details and contact information: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/conta... #Bioinformatics #Genomics #ResearchInGermany @puckerlab.bsky.social

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petuniaplatform.org @petuniaplatform.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

World Petunia Days 2026 – Registration is now open! Please share!! Join us in Rome, 3–5 June 2026 with presentation priority given to early‑career scientists. Senior PIs are, of course, welcome to contribute. Scholarships available! Young researchers can apply

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beckybart.bsky.social @beckybart.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The Bart Lab at UC Berkeley is looking for a postdoc. Please share!

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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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PhD Projects | Photobodies

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petuniaplatform.org @petuniaplatform.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Friday 20 Feb 2026 (15:00 UvA Science Park) “From Fertilization to Flower Design” by @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social From live imaging of pollen tube–synergid interactions in Arabidopsis and Petunia @petuniaplatform.bsky.social to flower genetic design. Host: Francesca Quattrocchio 🌺#PlantScience

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Dorota Kawa @dorotakawa.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

One week left to apply! Join our team for a PhD -it's gonna be fun!

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petuniaplatform.org @petuniaplatform.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Save the Date: World Petunia Days 2026! Join us in Rome, June 3-5, for an inspiring scientific gathering amidst historic landmarks. Exchange innovative ideas in a collegial atmosphere. More details coming soon! We can't wait to welcome you to the Eternal City. #WPD2026 #Rome #ScienceMeetsHistory

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