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Kirk Amundson

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USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow @UMass Plant Genome Evolution | Grasses

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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
UMass Amherst Dept of Biology is hiring a TT faculty member in Evolutionary Biology! careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista... We have a diverse and wonderful dept - please consider joining us!
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Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Biology Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work A...
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Andrew Kennard @askennard.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The kinetochore is essential for cell division across species, but its components and organization evolve dramatically. How can that be? Our first foray into this fascinating question is up now on biorxiv: 🧪 1/12 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Kinetochore diversification in Naegleria reveals plasticity in the kinetochore-microtubule interface
The kinetochore--the molecular machine that couples chromosomes to spindle microtubules--performs an essential, tightly regulated function, yet varies dramatically across eukaryotes. Microtubules are ...
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E. Han Tan @ekhtn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
My lab is currently searching for a motivated technician/research assistant to join our NSF/DBT-funded plant minichromosome project team at UMaine. Please help spread the word! 🌱🌾🧪🧬 fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Research Assistant
The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the stat...
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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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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The latest episode of #No_Time_To_Read podcast! It was a wonderful conversation with @backinbrach.bsky.social Greg about his recent @currentbiology.bsky.social paper. Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/7Jlm... Article: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Latest episode of #No_Time_To_Read podcast! It was a wonderful discussion with @kirkamundson.bsky.social Kirk about his recent @science.org article. Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/2JVy... Article: www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This fall I'm thrilled to be joining UMass Amherst (@umassamherst.bsky.social) as an assistant prof. My lab will study photosynthetic evolution, diversity & resilience, focusing on C4 photosynthesis, one of the most remarkably convergent traits in the biosphere. #PlantScience #Evolution #NewPI
HeadshotPhylogeny showing multiple independent origins of C4 photosynthesis in flowering plants.A photo of Blepharis macra, one of three Blepharis species which exhibit intraspecific variation in C4 cycle engagement.A cell-type UMAP, characteristic of single-cell RNA-seq datasets.
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Nadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Our biology department at Université Laval has a faculty position in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, or Genetics. We have an Institute of Integrative and Systems biology, we are unionized, and Québec City is a wonderful mix of culture and access to nature. AMA universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Hiding in plain sight! 2.3M conserved non-coding sequences traced back 300M years across 284 plant species Ground-breaking study out in First Release @science.org from labs of @madelaineb.bsky.social, @idane.bsky.social & Zach Lippman ▶️ doi.org/10.1126/scie... ▶️ www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/hiding-...
Phylogeny of the 284 species of plants included in Conservatory data set. Conservatory uncovered ~2.3 million conserved non-coding DNA sequences across 284 plant species from 72 families including eudicots, monocots, gymnosperms, and algae. Illustrations by Professor Madelaine Bartlett.
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Sarah Guest @sarahmoeba.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Our work on Naegleria Myosin 2 is out! Naegleria encodes 3 Myo2s which contract its actin network—the first evidence of contractile Myo2 outside of Amorphea. Myo2 is actually widespread in Naegleria's relatives and correlates with fast cell crawling. Read more: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Myosin 2 drives actin contractility in fast-crawling species outside of the amorphean lineage
Myosin 2-dependent actin contractility—the force that powers cell division and migration in animals, fungi, and other Amorphea—had been previously unknown outside this single eukaryotic group. Guest e...
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Schneeberger Lab @labschneeberger.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🌱 Postdoc position in Plant Genomics/Bioinformatics! Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our newly established Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Düsseldorf. More info on schneebergerlab.org/career/ Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position
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Kirk Amundson @kirkamundson.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Finally out! We measured mutations in tetraploid potato. Highlights: - higher mutation rates in L1 than L2 - even higher rates and a distinct oxidative stress signature outside of meristems - lower mutation rates in genes everywhere we looked More 👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2514507122
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Annis Richardson @drannisr.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition #PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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Dan Starr @danstarrucdavis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
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Kirk Amundson @kirkamundson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Our lab’s variegated peperomia makes green flecks on leaves, but only on the abaxial side. It’s the typical sandwich: L1 green-L2 yellow-L3 green, so guessing flecks are L1-derived cells dividing periclinally into L2. But how only on the abaxial side? Something to do with the super thick epidermis?
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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Come work with us!! We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
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Sarah Guest @sarahmoeba.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Just for fun, here's a game I like to call "Find the neuron" with examples of olfactory sensory neuron images from Šmít et al 2017 (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...) and Filoreta ramosa, a free-living syncytial amoeba from a salt marsh.
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Sarah Guest @sarahmoeba.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
My PhD work is up on bioRxiv! Read all about the #actin and #microtubule #cytoskeleton of the Rhizarian #amoeba Filoreta ramosa here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
From @kirkamundson.bsky.social this looks pretty amazing. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A deep-time landscape of plant cis-regulatory sequence evolution
Developmental gene function is conserved over deep time, but cis -regulatory sequence conservation is rarely found. Rapid sequence turnover, paleopolyploidy, structural variation, and limited phylogen...
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
PD fellowship opportunity! New project ideas on medicinal plant engineering, cell type specific response to elicitation of biosynthesis, and epigenome/cloning evolution of long term cultured plant cells in the context of chemical production. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons... Email me!
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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
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Greg Copenhaver @copenhaverlab.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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Terry Daynard @terrydaynard.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Of note: "Of particular importance, the successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of the strength that is brought to science through diversity, equity, inclusivity, and accessibility."
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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Here is a great job for the right plant physiologist.
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Kirk Amundson @kirkamundson.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
UMass Amherst Biology is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Physiology. Deadline Nov 1. Please spread the word and apply! careers.massachusetts.edu/mob/en-us/jo...
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Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology
The Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Plant Physiology. The successful can...
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Looks like the solicitation finally posted! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
"With 2 weeks left before the end of this fiscal year, USDA’s [NIFA] had awarded just 558 competitive grants ... 68% fewer than during the prior fiscal year—and $741 million less in competitively awarded research funds" Don't forget #PlantSci and ag research, folks. www.science.org/content/arti...
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USDA funding delays under Trump compromise agricultural research
Sharp drop in grant awards leaves researchers frustrated
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Devin O’Connor @oconnord.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
My department is hiring! Join us! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
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Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
While full solicitation isn’t up, looks like we have 2025 proposal deadlines for the GRFP: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Once more, with feeling. Using Kernza, a perennial grain with 1/3 the yield of wheat, to make crackers and beer for rich people is NOT a climate solution. Only at the end does this piece quote @mikegrunwald.bsky.social on Kernza's yield problem. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/b...
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Patagonia Changed the Apparel Business. Can It Change Food, Too?
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Ksenia Krasileva @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Spread the word 😃 Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱
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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Partial retention of ancient function increases genetic pleiotropy in grass evolution www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Kirk Amundson @kirkamundson.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Clonal variants of the Russet Norkotah potato cultivar are popular for their vigorous growth, delayed maturity and higher yield. We tracked down the mutation that likely drives these changes to a TE that hopped out of CDF1. Out now in @plantphys.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
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Clonal strains of the fresh-market potato cultivar Russet Norkotah changed the domestication gene CDF1
Dear Editor,
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