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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Developed with input from @c-spirit.org & PCA, The BAR Single Cell Data Portal is now in beta, feat. curated scRNA-seq datasets, interactive data exploration, & the new SUPeR Viewer! Explore the portal: bar.utoronto.ca/single_cell_... #SingleCell #PlantScience

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The 2nd Annual @waliianhydro.bsky.social Symposium will bring the scientific community together to explore anhydrobiosis, the ability of life to persist without water. If you're interested in presenting at this interdisciplinary, virtual symposium, submit your abstract by Oct 9: bit.ly/4xkAOqL

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn a promising research discovery into a product/service that improves lives? Join us in two weeks for this webinar that will explain the commercialization process! Learn more and register: bit.ly/4uDLobX

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week to the postdoctoral scholars at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute! Your scientific rigor and collaborative spirits are what make our community so resilient. Thank you for everything you bring to PRI, this week and every week! #NPAW2026 #NPAW #PlantScience

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Plant Resilience Institute faculty member Gregg Howe recently spoke with @pnas.org about his career trajectory, from how he first became interested in plant immunity to his more recent research on how plants balance growth and defense. Read the full Q&A: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #PlantScience

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Spartan plant scientists have access to invaluable hands-on training at facilities like the Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics Core. Learn how the facility helps power graduate student Bailey Kleven's research on how plants juggle growth and defense: prl.natsci.msu.edu/news-and-eve... #plantscience

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We’re #hiring an experienced and collaborative Business & Human Resources Administrator to lead the MSU Plant Resilience Institute's business operations and HR functions! 💼 Learn more and apply: careers.msu.edu/jobs/busines... #Jobs #HumanResources #HRJobs #BusinessAdmin #FinanceJobs

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Abstract submissions are OPEN! Share your research at the 2nd Annual WALII Virtual Symposium and connect with researchers exploring anhydrobiosis and desiccation tolerance. Deadline: October 9, 2026 Submit your abstract: bit.ly/4xkAOqL

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On windswept coasts in Oregon & California, an unassuming flower manages to withstand salty blasts that kill its inland counterparts. Known as the yellow monkeyflower, researchers in @davidlowry.bsky.social's lab are unlocking the secrets to its survival. #PlantScience 🔗 eeb.msu.edu/news/monkeyf...

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

How do flooding and temperature interact to affect corn establishment? A new study co-authored by @sprunger.bsky.social examines how early-season flooding affects corn emergence, root growth, and soil nitrogen availability across a range of temperatures. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Madison Plunkert (she/her) @madisonplunkert.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New preprint! Concerning Erythranthe angulosa, a charming little monkeyflower from the Eastern Sierra that makes up for its lack of extrafloral nectaries with striking morphological variation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A small herbaceous plant (Erythranthe angulosa) with developing fruits and small swellings at the base of some leaves, growing appressed to a granite rock. There is a pen that says "Plant Resilience Institute" in the bottom of the image.

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Lowry lab at MSU is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to conduct field and lab experiments on the evolution of adaptations, cold acclimation, and freezing tolerance in switchgrass! A valid U.S. driver's license is required. #PlantSciJobs 🌱 Learn more & apply: careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We are excited to announce that registration is NOW OPEN for the 2nd Annual Virtual WALII Symposium on November 12, 2026! The program will also feature contributed talks selected from abstracts. Abstract submission will be open soon! Register Now: bit.ly/3UrLohM

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Join the MSU Plant Resilience Institute as a Scientific Program Manager, providing strategic leadership for the institute's portfolio of center grants and major research initiatives! 🔗 Learn more and apply: careers.msu.edu/jobs/scienti... #Hiring #PlantSciJobs #SciAdmin

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Save the Date! The 2nd Annual WALII Symposium is happening on November 12, 2026! Join us to hear from these four outstanding invited speakers! More details coming soon! #WALIISymposium #Science #LifeWithoutWater #DesiccationTolerance

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#Tansleyreview: Desiccation tolerance mechanisms in the green lineage and beyond Schuster & VanBuren 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

Fig. 1 Ancient origin and recurrent evolution of desiccation tolerance in the green lineage.

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Our Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series continues on September 10 with Dr. Jill Farrant from the University of Cape Town's talk "Understanding Vegetative Desiccation Tolerance as a Tool for Climate Smart Agriculture." Learn more and register: bit.ly/4uDLobX

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#Viewpoint: The incredible vulnerability that reproduction poses for plant species in a warming world Denney & Taylor et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience @derekdenney.bsky.social @emjo.bsky.social @davidlowry.bsky.social @msupri.bsky.social

Fig. 1 Generalized plant responses to heat stress across whole-plant and reproductive scales.

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Topp lab at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute is #hiring a project administrator for a new multi-institutional research effort focused on engineering synchronized nitrogen efficiency traits in corn agriculture. #PlantSciJobs #SciAdmin 🌽 Learn more and apply: careers.msu.edu/jobs/project...

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 20/08/2026

🥔 This week, the MSU C-SPIRIT team has been busy harvesting potatoes from our greenhouse experiment! The team is connecting above-ground plant traits with tuber development to better understand how potatoes respond to heat stress. #PlantScience

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We’re #hiring! The Michigan State University Plant Resilience Institute is seeking an experienced and collaborative Business & Human Resources Administrator to join our team. 🔗 Learn more and apply: careers.msu.edu/jobs/busines... #HumanResources #HRJobs #BusinessAdmin #Jobs

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Madison Plunkert (she/her) @madisonplunkert.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

See our new paper examining how monkeyflowers handle salt spray landing on their leaves! Salt spray lands on plant leaves in coastal habitats around the world, yet we know little about how plants survive this stress.

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to welcome @bobvanburen.bsky.social as our new associate director! A PRI faculty member since 2016, VanBuren brings scientific excellence and a deep commitment to our community to the role. 🌱 Learn more: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

PRI members joined international agrifood and biotech experts for MSU's "Agricultural Biotechnology for a Better World" Global Symposium, including a special seminar for the MSU #plantscience community by Dr. Leena Tripathi! 🌍 Read more: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

PRI Postdoc Fellow @derekdenney.bsky.social attended #ESA2026 to accept the W.S. Cooper Award for the groundbreaking study he co-authored, "Adaptation and gene flow are insufficient to rescue a montane plant under climate change." 🏅 Read more: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202... #PlantScience

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Mark your calendars!! We are excited to announce the date for this year's WALII Virtual Symposium on November 12, 2026! More details will be shared soon!

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! Dr. Michael Menze will present "From Anhydrobiosis to Biomedical Innovation: Borrowing Nature's Survival Strategies." Read the abstract and register here: bit.ly/4uDLobX #Anhydrobiosis #Science #LifeWithoutWater

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

How do some plants survive a nearly complete loss of cellular water? A new review by PRI’s Jenny Schuster and Robert VanBuren synthesizes decades of research on the evolutionary origins and cellular mechanisms underlying desiccation tolerance. #PlantScience Read more: doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Join the MSU Plant Resilience Institute to help set up a state-of-the-art fundamental field research program as we dive into a field to lab to field paradigm! Review of applications for this position will begin on August 5th and continue until filled. #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

New MSU #plantscience research from the Howe lab details an immune 'dimmer switch' that allows plants to conserve and allocate sulfur to critical growth and defense functions. 🔬 Read the paper in #PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 💡 Read the press release: natsci.msu.edu/news/2026/20...

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William Hammond @wmhammond.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Some big news for my lab, and for forests too, I hope! Very excited to join Michigan State in the Plant Resilience Institute, Departments of Forestry and Plant Biology, next fall. Lots of work ahead studying plant #necrodiversity and #WhatKillsTrees with so many new (& continuing) colleagues!

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is pleased to welcome internationally recognized plant ecophysiologist William Hammond (@wmhammond.bsky.social) to its faculty! #PlantScience 🌳 Read the full announcement: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Our Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series continues on August 13 with Dr. Michael Menze's talk "From Anhydrobiosis to Biomedical Innovation: Borrowing Nature's Survival Strategies." Learn more and register: bit.ly/4uDLobX

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Join the Michigan State University Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences as a fixed-term teaching specialist! This position plays an important role in supporting undergraduate education, with an anticipated start date of Aug 16. #PlantSciJobs 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/special...

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We are seeking a field research technician for the Great Lakes Advanced Climate Impact & Experimental Research Center (GLACIER) to coordinate day-to-day field and greenhouse experiments related to plant responses to climate stress! #PlantSciJobs Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/field-r...

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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🌿 Rhee Lab undergrads Natalie Pitts & Alaina Martin present this week at MSU! MID-SURE: Wednesday, 7/22, 12:15–2 PM, STEM Bldg., 3rd floor REU TALKS: Thursday, 7/23, 1–5 PM, MPS 1200. Alaina, a Plant Genomics @ MSU REU student from Western Illinois University, speaks at 2:30 PM. 🌱 #plantscience

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Three graduate students from the MSU Plant Resilience Institute will be presenting posters at #PlantBio2026! Be sure to stop by Lydia, Erin, and Catherine's posters to learn more about #plantresilience.

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/6) The incredible vulnerability that reproduction poses for plant species in a warming world nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Plant reproduction is highly sensitive to heat, often failing before growth declines.

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A new study from MSU Plant Resilience Institute Professor @davidlowry.bsky.social, led by former Lowry lab postdoc Katherine Toll, reveals a surprising role for plant hormones in shaping resilience to harsh coastal environments. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... #PlantScience #EvolutionaryBiology

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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Earlier this week, the Plant Cell Atlas SynBio Hackathon brought together early-career researchers at MIT for two days of collaboration and innovation in plant synthetic biology. Thanks to all the organizers, mentors, participants, and sponsors who made this inspiring event possible! 🌱🧬

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

For those of you heading to #PlantBio2026, you won't want to miss the talks next week from PRI Postdoctoral Fellow Joanna Feehan and PRI Director Sue Rhee! We hope to see you in Ottawa to share advances, foster collaborations, and highlight achievements in #plantscience.

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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Congratulations to Rhee Lab member Aidan Deneen on receiving the MSU Plant Biotechnology for Health and Sustainability Graduate Training Program Fellowship! 🌱🎉 We’re proud to celebrate this recognition and Aidan’s continued contributions to plant biotechnology and sustainability. 👏 #plantscience

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Explore the new annual report from Plant Cell Atlas (PCA), a PRI center-level initiative to synthesize large-scale plant cell data sets! Read more about PCA's continued efforts towards community building, sharing data and methods, and training early-career scientists: bit.ly/4yaHYPI #PlantScience

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Don't forget to join us THIS THURSDAY for Dr. Matt Stata's technical training workshop on "Exploring the Many Applications of RNA-seq Data." Learn more and register for this event here: bit.ly/4uDLobX

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

PRI members involved in the NSF Global Center C-SPIRIT joined researchers from around the globe for the Second Annual C-SPIRIT All-Hands Meeting in Japan! Through international collaboration, PRI and C-SPIRIT are laying the scientific foundation needed to advance resilient agriculture.

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We're excited to welcome Dr. Shifa Ansari to PRI! Shifa joins our EWAS-PR project to develop computational approaches for integrating environmental, phenotypic, and genomic data to uncover the drivers of #plantresilience. We look forward to the discoveries ahead! plantresilience.msu.edu/research

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

For those of you attending #RBMP2026 this week, don't miss PRI faculty member @hatem-rouached.bsky.social's keynote talk on Thursday, "Decoding Nutrient Cues in Plant Developmental Decisions." Learn more at: rbmp2026.com/RBMP/en/info #PlantScience

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

As GenAI alters the landscape of #plantscience, how should we prepare the next generation of researchers? A new perspective by PRI faculty members Robert VanBuren and Sue Rhee outlines six strategic shifts to help educators and students build AI literacy. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/plce...

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Congratulations to @mattstata.bsky.social on his new faculty position at @umassamherst.bsky.social! We're excited to see him build on his work in the @rheelab.bsky.social at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute as he launches the Stata lab this fall!

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