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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Mark your calendars: The next Botanik-Tagung #BT2028, the international Conference of our German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social 📍will take place at Göttingen, Germany organised by @jandevries.bsky.social 🗓️ 17 - 21 September 2028

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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm excited to share that my newly funded #ERCStG FRONTERA is recruiting two postdoctoral researchers at @ipbhalle.bsky.social 🌱🔬 If you are passionate about plant immunity, proteolysis, membrane proteins, or proteomics, I'd love to hear from you. 🧵 Please RT/share!

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 28/08/2026

New OA Article: "PAX-regulated self-organizing polarity drives procambial strand formation" rdcu.be/fCz7y The polarly localized protein kinase converts auxin cues into coordinated cell polarity, propagating polarity between neighbouring cells to form connected veins. #PlantScience

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Hochschule Anhalt @hsanhalt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Eine neue Plattform bringt Akteure der Algenbiotechnologie zusammen. Es geht um Wissen, Austausch & Zukunftsprojekte. Mit dem AlgaHub schließt die #hsanhalt eine Lücke auf dem Weg zur industriellen Verwertung ihrer Forschung, die der Region zugute kommen soll: www.hs-anhalt.de/hochschule-a...

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Algen und Strukturwandel: Was AlgaHub in Sachsen-Anhalt leisten kann

Eine neue Plattform bringt Akteure der Algenbiotechnologie zusammen. Es geht um Wissen, Austausch und Zukunftsprojekte.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

About 500 plant scientists from all #PlantSci disciplines will meet at our international #BT2026 conference at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de from 6th to 10th September 2026.

The poster of the International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG), the Botanik-Tagung, lists invited speakers and session topic that can also be retrieved from the conference website: https://botanik-tagung.de/speakers.html

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

📣 Job alert! PhD position on Regulation of Pattern Scaling in Plant Stem Cell Niches in Marja Timmermans's lab and co-supervised by @cecilialaram.bsky.social The project is part of the @cerealcell.bsky.social consortium. The position is available from October 1st Apply now or share it! #PlantSciJob

Advert of the PhD position. Applications should be sent to Marja Timmermans or Cecilia Lara-Mondragón as a single pdf containing the motivation letter, CV, and contact details of 3 referees.
The advert shows a maize plant and several images of maize shoot apical meristems.

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SNP2Prot @snp2prot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mark your calendars‼️ The SNP2PROT team hosts the "Plant Genetic Variation meets Protein Architecture" international conference, 21-23 June 2027, at the Leopoldina, Halle (Saale). Join us for interdisciplinary discussions, coffee and networking! Registration opens: 17th October, 2026 ⏰ #SNP2Prot

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🌾 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Stomatal Biology group in beautiful Bern @unibe.ch How do grass leaves spatially coordinate development of veins & stomatal rows? 2 years (plus possible extension), funded by @snsf.ch @dfg.de within @cerealcell.bsky.social RU5325 jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...

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Leibniz IPK @leibnizipk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We are looking for a new lead of our Research & Service group that is in charge of the light and electron microscopy platform and conducts own and collaborative research on structural and cell biological traits in crop species. Interested? ➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/3fty3rm9

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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Online at @cellcellpress.bsky.social today: everything you always wanted (???) to know about Auxin Signaling and never dared to ask. From Jiashu, Aaron and Martijn in our team, with @luciastrader.bsky.social and Tongda Xu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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SNP2Prot @snp2prot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Excited to share the SNPstar! preprint! 🌿 SNPstar helps researchers explore how natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana affects protein structure and function by integrating SNP data, AlphaFold3 models, stability predictions, population context, and more. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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SNPstar: A Web Server Linking Allelic Variation to Protein Structure and Function in Arabidopsis thaliana

Understanding how natural genetic variants affect protein structure and function is central to plant biology. The 1001 Genomes Project has catalogued millions of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)...

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Zihao Zhu @zihaozhu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Pangenomics identifies extensive structural variants, but how do they connect to the regulatory genome? 🧬🌾 Our new preprint links structural variation with chromatin state, 3D genome organization, and gene regulation across the barley pangenome. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Comparative epigenomics across the barley pangenome links structural variation to regulatory genome function

Structural variants (SVs) are abundant in plant genomes and influence agronomic traits, yet their regulatory interpretation remains challenging. Here, we combine pangenome-wide profiling of DNA methyl...

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob Independent Junior Research Group Leader: Mechanisms of Biotic and/or Abiotic Stress Biology in Plants In volkerlipka.bsky.social’s + S. Balazadeh’s lab @uni-goettingen.de www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...77

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In 2021, we published an article in eLife on the role of CLE40 in Arabidopsis shoot meristem development ( see here: elifesciences.org/articles/70934 ). We recently found that one of the Arabidopsis lines used in that publication.....

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

1/5 Every paper has a story. Ours started with a dataset and ended with a conceptual advance. But what I'm most proud of is the development of the people behind it. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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SHOOT GRAVITROPISM 9 links sensory timing to the initial lateral root growth angle | PNAS

Plants strategically respond to gravity and actively set defined growth angles. These gravitropic set-point angles (GSAs) shape the width and depth...

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Volker Lipka @volkerlipka.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We are currently recruiting an Independent Junior Research Group Leader in the field of biotic and/or abiotic stress biology in plants at the University of Göttingen (starting in January 2027). www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht... Best, Salma Balazadeh & Volker Lipka

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Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

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Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) @istaresearch.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Auxin and the control of plant growth and development”, a concise @currentbiology.bsky.social primer by ISTA researchers Valentin Leitner and Eva Benková is out now: www.cell.com/current-biology/fullte… #Auxin #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantHormones #Botany

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Thorsten Langner @thorstenlangner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

‼️Job altert🚨📢 please spread the word: We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our new department "Phytopathology and Plant Protection" at @unihalle.bsky.social. www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/DEZERN3/AUSS...

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Professorship Plant Biochemistry. Bielefeld, Germany. #plantscijobs #plantscijob #plantsciencejob www.uni-bielefeld.de/uni/karriere...

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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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Ari Pekka Mähönen @apmahonen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I am incredibly excited and grateful to have received an ERC Advanced Grant for my project, WOODIER: What Makes Trees Woody! 🌳 This award feels like the culmination of many years of work carried out in our research group, and the biggest thanks go to my lab members. bsky.app/profile/erc.... 1/x

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Peter Etchells @peteretchells.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Really pleased to see Qing He’s work out in its final form (www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....). My group had previously shown that PXY-mediated regulation of cambium development had an ERECTA-mediated influence, but we didn’t understand the mechanism. 🧵

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

VACANCY - Group Leader in Fundamental Biology of Legumes Closing date: 1 September 2026 Salary: competitive Contract: six-year tenure track or direct appointment, depending on experience Apply now: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

We're hiring for a Group Leader in Fundamental Biology of Legumes

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New insights into cell fates of the Arabidopsis inflorescence meristem @sebamorenor.bsky.social generated the most detailed map to date of this critical stem cell niche, identifying 18 distinct cell type clusters, including precursors to cortex & vascular tissues www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-ins...

Inflorescence meristem cell identities: (A) Force-directed graph layout of clusters associated with inner cell layers such as early primordia (EP), undifferentiated cells, procambium, xylem parenchyma and cortex. Clusters are represented by different colours. (B) Schematic illustration of selected cell identities in the primary stem and inflorescence meristem. Procambial strands arise in developing primordia and give rise to vascular bundles, which subsequently differentiate into phloem, cambium and xylem within the primary stem. The exact locations of cell identities in the primary stem are schematically represented rather than accurately portrayed. Illustration by first author first author Dr Sebastián Moreno-Ramírez. Source: Fig 6 in Moreno-Ramirez et al Science Advances 2026.

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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🌱🧬 Gravity sensing in plants relies on statocytes with sedimenting amyloplasts that repolarize LAZY proteins. This defines one sensing pathway from physical susception to signal conversion Alternative pathways may exist #plantscience @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Gravity sensing in plants

Gravitropism in plants.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Thanks to all the plant scientists, who have tirelessly explained the new genomic techniques (#NGT) besides their workload in the universities, the labs and during their PhD theses! #SciComm Read details on EU’s new rules www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

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New genomic techniques for plants to boost innovation in sustainable agriculture | News | European Parliament

Parliament has adopted new rules facilitating access to new plants that are climate and pest resistant, give higher yields and require fewer pesticides.

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Leibniz-Institut für Gartenbauwissenschaften (IGZ) @igzleibniz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

PhD position in Plant Biology at @igzleibniz.bsky.social in Prof. Ph. Wigge's research group on temperature sensing via prion-like domains in plants. Start: earliest possible date | 3 years | TV-L E13 (65%) Info/apply: igzev.de/en/career/jo... #JobsInPlantScience #PhDPosition #JobAd #WeReHiring

Picture of the job advertisment - see IGZ careers page for details, link in the post.

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Amazing! This report suggests that a gall aphid injects into their plant host an enzyme that manipulates auxin levels in the host and thereby induces galls. #plantscience #plantsci www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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josephineherbst.bsky.social @josephineherbst.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Hiring: Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science — CRC 1664 SNP2Prot, MLU Halle. Lead your own group + budget, funded PhD, world-class protein-structure facilities. 5 yrs, E14. Apply by 7 July 2026. snp2prot.uni-halle.de #ProteinScience #SNP2Prot #AcademicJobs

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PPHEN @pphen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🌱 We just sowed our first field experiment in Halle! A chickpea diversity panel kindly provided by Millicent Smith and Shanice Van Haeften from the University of Queensland, Australia. Can't wait to see how these Aussie varieties perform in German soil! 🐨🇩🇪

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Dieses Wochenende noch nichts vor? Hier ist Tipp 2/2: 📅 Samstag, 6. Juni, ab 10 Uhr ist Tag der offenen Tür am Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik +Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) @leibnizipk.bsky.social 📍in Gatersleben (Stadt Seeland) in Sachsen-Anhalt bsky.app/profile/fors...

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Karl Schmid @kjschmid.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The BOKU University in Vienna, Austria invites applications for the position of a Full Professor of Crop Breeding and Genomics. boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da... #plantjobs #plantscijobs #plantbreeding

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Hochschule Anhalt @hsanhalt.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

„Als wir die festen Plättchen aus der Presse nahmen, waren wir selbst positiv überrascht." – Martin Wiesner, Hochschule Anhalt. Wer Maschinenbau studiert, denkt zuerst an Metall, Motoren, Konstruktion. Doch das Fach verändert sich.

In der Hand gehaltene runde Scheibe aus dunklem, krümeligem Material zeigt verpressten Staudenknöterich aus dem Maschinenbaulabor der Hochschule Anhalt.

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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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Ari Pekka Mähönen @apmahonen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Funded, four-year Doctoral Researchers positions open in various disciplines at the University of Helsinki, including my laboratory! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

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Doctoral Researchers (30 positions) in various disciplines at the University of Helsinki, Finland

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Call for Papers Submit your latest plant and multicellular algae #DevBio research to our upcoming special issue – Plant and Algae Development #DevSIPlantAlgae Editors: @stanfordstomata.bsky.social & Susana Coelho Deadline: 2 November 2026 journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pl...

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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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Jens Boch @mikrobenjaeger.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's be an honour to write this TALE-review with my long-time friend and colleague Jan Grau 👨‍🔬📗🧑‍💻. It's about both worlds: virulence, genomics 🌾🧫🧪 & genome editing, SynBio 🧬✂️. All figures done by ourselves! Hope you like it. Please spread the news! 📰🥳 doi.org/10.1146/annu...

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TALEs, TALENs, and TALE Base Editors: From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology

TALEs (transcription activator-like effectors) are an excellent example of how studying pathogen–host interactions can lead to significant biotechnology inventions. TALEs are bacterial effectors that ...

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Wanted: Outstanding plant scientist and fantastic colleague. If your science combines fundamental discovery with future applications, we would love to hear from you @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

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University of Freiburg

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Kai Bartusch @kaibartusch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Am Mittwoch, den 3. Juni kann man sich direkt auf dem Campus Heide-Süd der @unihalle.bsky.social über Studienmöglichkeiten am Institut für Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaften informieren ... und anschließend gleich beim Hoffest mitfeiern. 🌱 🌾 🐮

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Agrarwissenschaften laden am 3. Juni zum Studieninfotag an der Uni Halle ein

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Caroline Gutjahr @carogutj.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Are you excited about understanding the molecular underpinnings of arbuscular mycorrhiza? Then this PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/4...

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Postdoc (m/f/d) position on molecular mechanisms of nutrient exchange in arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

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Plant & Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Damage limitation... van Wüllen et al. @charlesmelnyk.bsky.social explore the role of #phytohormones during the various stages of parasitism, expose knowledge gaps in the field, & propose novel strategies to help limit agricultural damage by parasitic plants doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

schematic illustration of the role of plant hormones during infection by a parasitic plant resulting in formation of a root lateral haustorium. Image taken from Figure 1 of Anna K van Wüllen, Martina Leso, Brikti Ferede Hailu, Kirsten Krause, Charles W Melnyk, The role of hormones in parasitic plant infection, Plant and Cell Physiology, Volume 67, Issue 4, April 2026, Pages 414–426, https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf132

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