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Laura Ragni

@lauraragni.bsky.social
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She/ Her, Plant development & Plant Cell Biology. Roots lover. Runner. Professor @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social

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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · 02/10/2026
🎉✨ Großer Erfolg für Freiburg: Die #unifreiburg ist wieder #Exzellenzuniversität. Ab 2027 wird sie im Rahmen der #Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern institutionell gefördert. #ufrexu26 #wirsindexzellent ➡️ Mehr dazu: ufr.link/wir-sind-exz...
Eine große Gruppe Menschen steht dicht gedrängt in einem Saal, jubelt und streckt die Arme in die Höhe. Im Vordergrund halten mehrere Personen ein großes blaues Banner mit der Aufschrift „Exzellent. universität freiburg“. Von der Decke hängen zahlreiche bunte Luftschlangen.Eine große Gruppe Menschen steht dicht gedrängt in einem Saal und jubelt mit erhobenen Armen. Im Vordergrund halten mehrere Personen ein großes blaues Banner mit der Aufschrift „universität freiburg“.Grafik mit einem Farbverlauf in Blau, Grün, Rosa und Gelb. Links steht in weißer Schrift „Welcome to the Future Research University.“ Rechts unten steht „universität freiburg“.
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Baden-Württemberg Stiftung @bwstiftung.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
👩‍🏫👨‍🏫Mit dem 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮 𝘧ü𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘴 unterstützen wir exzellente Wissenschaftler:innen auf ihrem Weg zur Professur.⏰ Bis zum 22. April können Hochschulen exzellente Postdocs nominieren. ➡️Hier mehr erfahren: www.bwstiftung.de/Eliteprogramm
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Eliteprogramm für Postdocs - Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
Die Hochschulen müssen die ausgewählten Antragstellerinnen und Antragsteller bis 22. April 2026 (12.00 Uhr) der Baden-Wü…
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Phil Knutson, PhD @philknutson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lignin chemistry!! I’ve drawn a line tree with the lignin polymer behind it. I’ve drawn it as one single polymer throughout! This messy, highly irregular biopolymer gives plants structural strength and helps protect their cell walls. #sciart #chemsky
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Laura Ragni @lauraragni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Already 3 years in Freiburg! 🎉 A perfect occasion to celebrate and welcome the new faces in the team! 🥂
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Gabriel Schaaf @gabrielschaaf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
PhenoRob at the University of Bonn is recruiting 3 Junior Research Group Leaders in plant/crop science, phenotyping, robotics, sensing, ML, ecology & related fields. Each position comes with 2 funded PhD positions. Deadline: 2 Nov 2026 www.uni-bonn.de/de/universit...
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3 Junior Research Group Leaders (100%)
full-time, limited until December 31, 2032 , EG 14, Reference number: 2026/397
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob PhD position: Plant Development - how cell fate is established during male germline initiation in #maize @uniregensburg.bsky.social www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
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Job Openings
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DOMPS @domps-ufr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wood reflects environmental change. Today, visitors from the Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology showed how quantitative wood anatomy and image analysis can reveal how trees form wood and adapt their architecture to environmental stress. 📆 Sep 25 #PlantScience
Speaker: Mareike HirschSpeaker: Melchior SchliephackSpeaker: Elena Larysch
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just published: How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in What I told early-career researchers about prediction, rigour, failure, priors — and the tyranny of bar graphs. kamounlab.medium.com/how-do-we-re...
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How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in
What I told early-career researchers about prediction, rigour, failure, priors — and the tyranny of bar graphs.
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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We are so lucky -> 24 !!! outstanding and inspiring postdocs in our Division of Molecular Plant Science #DOMPS in #Freiburg
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Laura Ragni @lauraragni.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last Friday was a great opportunity to celebrate how fantastic are the @domps-ufr.bsky.social postdoc! Plus I had the privilege to introduce the new DOMPS logo.
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Hugues Renault @huguesrenault.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The multilayered cuticle underlying structural coloration in red algae shares features with the metazoan extracellular matrix Cool work! 👍 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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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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Ulrich Hammes @uhammes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We’re looking for a new colleague in Würzburg! 🌱 W3 Professorship in Plant Metabolism 💊 Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology 🧪 Head of the Metabolomics Core Unit jobs.zeit.de/jobs/univers... Please spread the word! Questions? Feel free to contact me. www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/about-the...
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W3_Pflanzenmetabolismus - FACULTY OF BIOLOGY
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Tonni Andersen @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Check out our new preprint: a very cool fluorescence tool developed by @samwalds.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Intronised fluorophores improve reporter output and biosensor expression in plants
Genetically encoded biosensors are central to plant cell biology, but low reporter signal can limit their use. Here, we developed modular intronised fluorophores to improve reporter output in transien...
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Rebekah Rogers @evolscientist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
USDA approves blight resistant chestnut trees. www.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/202...
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USDA approves genetically modified American chestnut tree developed at SUNY ESF
Decision marks first time a genetically modified tree designed for forest restoration clears regulatory hurdle.
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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📣We are #hiring Join the Department of Comparative Development and Genetics @mpipz.bsky.social to work on mechanisms underlying plant development & diversity in a Research Support role.🌿Apply now #plantsci 👉https://jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/36d653f86928d4c47af6b4d32debc67692b34a7d0?ref=homepage
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Elke Barbez @elkebarbez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How is CRISPR embedded in society—and how can it change agriculture? 🌱🧬 Ursula Franklin argued long before CRISPR-Cas that technologies are shaped by the systems around them: regulation, access and trust! rdcu.be/xuiHDM7EB5Ka #NGT @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de
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Hugues Renault @huguesrenault.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🌿 Master internships available in our team at @ibmp-cnrs.bsky.social in Strasbourg! Explore the adaptations that allowed plants conquer land. More details below 👇 #plantscience
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mariebarberon.bsky.social @mariebarberon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
PADiBa2026 was a blast! 🌱 A huge thank you to everyone who made it such a fantastic meeting, with exciting science, great discussions and such a friendly community. Already looking to seeing many of you at PADiBa2028 in Utrecht!
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Laura Ragni @lauraragni.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am so looking forward to forward to this nice opportunity to dig in the MYB world.
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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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Claudia Martinho @cssmartinho.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Postdoc opportunity in my group! Please share! 🔁 Investigate the epigenetic mechanisms underlying stress memory in plants 🧬🌱 Looking for someone excited about computational genomics + plant molecular biology. 📍 Dundee, Scotland | 3 years 📅 Apply by 21 Sept www.dundee.ac.uk/work-for-us/...
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant - UOD2369
Closing date: Monday 21 September 2026, 23:59
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KWS Group @kwsgroup.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📣 We are hiring a Computational Biologist – Genome Editing Trait Discovery in Einbeck, Germany. This is an interesting role for someone with strong analytical skills and a collaborative mindset. #PlantSciJobs #AgSciJobs jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...
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Computational Biologist (m/f/d) - Genome Editing Trait Discovery
Computational Biologist (m/f/d) - Genome Editing Trait Discovery
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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Can the pretrained transformer-based architecture TabPFN predict plant organismal complexity based on their complement of transcription factors? Yes it can: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Happy to hear your thoughts! @dvarshney.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social
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Prediction of plant organismal complexity based on transcription factor annotation: an AI approach
How morphological complexity evolves is still enigmatic. While there is evidence in algae and plants as well as animals that diversification of the repertoire of transcription factors (TF) is causativ...
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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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Anne-Laure D 🌿 @aldpaleo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A beautiful section in a stem of the seed plant Calamopitys embergeri, from the early Carboniferous of France 🌿⛏️ The section shows the central vascular tissues (wood etc., V) and the cortex (C). See alt-text for more details. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamop... #FossilFriday #paleobotany
Section showing the vascular tissues (mostly wood), the cortex (C) with at the periphery bands of cells with thicker, and vascular bundles that were connected to the leaves (L)
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob W3-Professorship in Plant Breeding @unihalle.bsky.social wcms.itz.uni-halle.de/download.php...
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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · 19/08/2026
🏆 Rang 5 in Deutschland! Die #UniversitätFreiburg belegt im #ShanghaiRanking 2026 erneut Rang 5 von 51 deutschen Universitäten. International liegt sie in der Ranggruppe 101–150. ufr.link/shanghairank...
Straßenbahn vor der Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg mit der Überschrift: „Shanghai Ranking 2026: Universität Freiburg deutschlandweit unter den Top 5.“
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are looking for a Group Leader in #Wheat research for pre-breeding here @kwsgroup.bsky.social. This is a full-time, permanent position at KWS France. You would be working on a research station near Lille or Paris. jobs.kws.com/job/Mons-en-... #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs
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Group Lead Wheat Research & Pre-Breeding (m/f/d)
Group Lead Wheat Research & Pre-Breeding (m/f/d)
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Mélanie Rich 🌱🍄 @melaniekrich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New preprint alert! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... The conclusion of a long-lasting obsession about lipids, plant terrestrialization and the origin of plant symbioses 1/7 🧵 @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social @katharinamel1.bsky.social @tatiana-vernie.bsky.social @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social
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Ralph Hückelhoven @huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Professorship in plant breeding in Halle/Germany. Doownload: wcms.itz.uni-halle.de/download.php...
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Anja Geitmann @geitmannlab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Postdoc Opportunity at McGill University, Montreal, Canada You have worked with Arabidopsis / other plant model systems & are trained in high-end imaging? Details: www.plantbiomechanics.net/joining-the-... #plants, #Arabidopsis, #postdoc, #jobs, #microscopy, #confocal, #molecularbiology
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Plant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🧬🌱 Magicpen engineered bioluminescent plants using a dual-gene TAL tyrosine pathway—more efficient than traditional systems. Over 20 glowing species created, from orchids to sunflowers Aimed at experiential spaces, hotels & museums #plantscience @natbiotech.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Light up your space with glowing houseplants - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - Light up your space with glowing houseplants
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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · 30/07/2026
🌡️🌿 Hitze und Trockenheit verändern den Botanischen Garten der #UniversitätFreiburg. Im Interview erklären Direktor Prof. Dr. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen und Kustodin Dr. Friederike Gallenmüller, welche Folgen der #Klimawandel für Pflanzen und Bäume im Park hat. 👉 ufr.link/botanischer-garten-hitze
Das Bild zeigt eine Ansicht des Botanischen Gartens der Universität Freiburg. Im Vordergrund verlaufen geschwungene Wege aus Kopfsteinpflaster zwischen trockenen Rasenflächen und mehreren runden, eingefassten Pflanzbeeten. Im Hintergrund stehen große, dicht belaubte Bäume. Oben links steht auf einer gelben, halbrunden Fläche ein Zitat von Prof. Dr. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Direktor des Botanischen Gartens der Universität Freiburg: „Das Bild des Botanischen Gartens wird sich sehr stark ändern.“
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Bayer lab @bayerlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our latest preprint is online. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Our exciting data show that embryonic patterning in Arabidopsis is kick-started by differential sensitivity towards auxin and not by differential distribution of auxin.
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Before auxin distribution matters: Prepatterning of the Arabidopsis embryo axis by MPK6-dependent AUX/IAA8 phosphorylation
In growth and development of plants, the signaling molecule auxin plays an instrumental role. Many patterning processes are controlled by auxin signaling in a self-organizing matter. After fertilizati...
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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Fresh preprint online from our group! We find that stomatal maturation IS possible in the embryo, when they lack ERECTA signaling, but then still, only at the cotyledon tip. A thread. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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ERECTA signaling controls the timing of Arabidopsis Guard Cell maturation at the embryonic leaf tip
While cell identities are established early during embryogenesis, these cells remain immature until germination, and the mechanisms enforcing this developmental pause are poorly understood. Embryonic ...
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Bayer lab @bayerlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This DFG-funded project is the PhD work of @tbplant.bsky.social in collaboration with Gerd Juergens' group at @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social and @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social and @lauraragni.bsky.social.
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📣 #JobAlert The @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social of @uni-freiburg.de invites applications for a position as Head of the Life Imaging Center (LIC) – the core facility for light microscopy. ❗ Application Deadline: 6 September, 2026 🔗 kurzlinks.de/2126 #Biology #LightMicroscopy #Imaging
Job alert for Head of Life Imaging Center with the application deadline (6 September).
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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
PLEASE SHARE! New job openings in my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We have a broad interest into the mechanistic basis of how molecular complexes are rewired during cellular development in plants and during invasion by pathogens. 🌱🍄🔬 See details below 👇 #PlantSciJobs
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Botany One @botany.one · 01/08/2026
Teaching Fellow in Plant Molecular Sciences // Durham University www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK470/t... Applications are invited for a Teaching Fellow with a particular emphasis on Plant Protein Modifications. The appointed fellow will report directly to Professor Ari Sadanandom. #BotanyJobs
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Teaching Fellow in Plant Molecular Sciences at Durham University
Discover Teaching Fellow in Plant Molecular Sciences jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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Pitter Huesgen @degradomics.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Happy and proud to see this story published: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bert De Rybel @bertderybel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Happy to share our combined views on the opportunities and challenges in single-cell and spatial biology; collaborative work now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social : track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
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Decoding plants cell by cell: opportunities and challenges in single-cell and spatial biology
Single-cell and spatial biology techniques present new opportunities for plant research, but also come with methodological considerations, technical limita
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Teva Vernoux @tevavernoux.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Together with @plantophagy.bsky.social, we have an opened postdoc position for a young scientist that graduated after 01/01/2025, see ad attached
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Brady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
One of our recent papers describing techniques to identify root barriers to parasitic plant infection. Plus we show that lignin in the cortex can block branched broomrape infection of tomato.
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Tonni Andersen @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Read our new review: The life and legacy of the root endodermis: A spatiotemporal view of function and development - a very nice piece by @swatimahiwal.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Henning Jessen @jessenlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
happy to share our new review with Adolfo Saiardi: Untangling Inositol (Pyro)Phosphate Biology Through Emerging Technologies - Saiardi - Advanced Science - Wiley Online Library advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Untangling Inositol (Pyro)Phosphate Biology Through Emerging Technologies
Inositol (pyro)phosphates represent a vital class of intracellular messengers that govern multiple biological processes. The last decade has experienced a surge of interest in the functions of this c...
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Jan Lohmann @meristemania.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Awesome Symposium coming up @cosheidelberg.bsky.social in September! Check it out - registration is free. www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/cos-sympo...
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COS Symposium 2026 - Centre for Organismal Studies
Venue: Lecture hallCentre for Organismal Studies – Heidelberg UniversityIm Neuenheimer Feld 230
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Laura Ragni @lauraragni.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Looking forward to your visit @dompsfr.bsky.social
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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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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
📣 #JobAlert The Faculty of Biology of @uni-freiburg.de invites applications for a Professorship (W3) for Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics. ❗ Application Deadline: 15 August, 2026 🔗 kurzlinks.de/roi8 #Biology #Bioinformatics #MolecularGenetics
Job alert text with logo of University of Freiburg.
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