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@plantabioticlab.bsky.social
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Our lab investigates how plants respond to abiotic stress and changing environments using auxin and regulated proteolysis.

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Auxinologic @plantabioticlab.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
3 AP jobs in town. #plantscience, #DevelopmentalBiology, #Plantbiology, #Microbiology, #Physiology spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/sea...
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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Come be my colleague!! 🎉 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Developmental Biology at UCSD! If you’re doing exciting work in development or regeneration, come join us!! Please spread the word and apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04591
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Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
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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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Erik A. Rodriguez @erin-rod.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Today, I would like to honor the memory of Roger Y. Tsien, who died on August 24, 2016. His legacy lives with all who use his technologies, including calcium sensors, fluorescent proteins, the acetoxymethyl (AM) ester, & many more! #FluorescenceFriday www.nature.com/articles/nme...
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Dominique Bergmann @stanfordstomata.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
1/9 🧵New preprint from the lab! A midpoint in a long journey to understand specificity among bHLH transcription factors in plants. Part IV: how does an accessory domain guide specificity of heterodimerizing bHLHs? #PlantSci #TranscriptionFactors #stomata www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Final few days to register for #Auxin2026! ⏰ Registration closes 1st Aug! ⏰ 👉 auxin2026.info #plantscience
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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Do not miss this amazing opportunity from @jxbotany.bsky.social Apply now !
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Ravi Palanivelu @rpalaniveluaz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I am delighted to share that I have been elected Secretary-Elect of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) by the Society’s members in an open election. It is a tremendous honor to be chosen by my peers to serve in this important leadership role. Announcement from ASPB:
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aspbplantbiology.bsky.social @aspbplantbiology.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🧬 Gibbs Symposium: Auxin Signaling A cornerstone of plant growth & development. Chaired by Mark Estelle (UCSD). Details: plantbiology.aspb.org/plenary-symp... #PlantBio2026
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North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
NAASC is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2026 Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Awards! Read more about them: Mary Lou Guerinot, USA Julian Schroeder, USA Caroline Dean, UK Nominate by 31 Oct 2026 for the 2027 cycle! www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/news-events/...
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Mary-Dell Chilton, NC biochemist who revolutionized agriculture, dies at 87 www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a... #PlantScience #PlantBiotech 🧪
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Mary-Dell Chilton, NC biochemist who revolutionized agriculture, dies at 87
The late biochemist from Southern Pines transformed agriculture by creating the first genetically modified plants.
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Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Something nice to look forward to in these apocalyptic times. T-shirts for our lab's 30th anniversary reunion ordered and on their way! Cannot wait to see so many lab alums coming in from all over the world (despite reliable intel that apparently I am in for some ribbing).
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Auxinologic @plantabioticlab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Feeling re-energized after spending a nice time @AAAS headquarters🤓 Humbled to stand in this podium, enlightened by many many LEGENDS @aaas.org , @ncatnews.bsky.social, #plantscience
AAAS Faculty Leadership Institute
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 23/06/2026
The results of the Advanced Grants 2025 are here! Out of 3,329 applicants, 319 leading researchers have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. Congratulations to all! 🎉 Curious to know more ? 👉 buff.ly/uiU9x5K #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch
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Auxinologic @plantabioticlab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Feeling excited n nostalgic to deliver a seminar at the town where my academic journey has began once upon a time. #plantscience, #iiser, #kolkata, @ncatnews.bsky.social , @IISER-Kolkata, @indranilmalik.bsky.social. Thanks to local host Dr. AIM🥸
IISER-Kolkata seminar
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Dior Kelley @diorkelley.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Had a wonderful time celebrating my postdoc advisor, Mark Estelle yesterday. Happy retirement Mark!
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Ravi Palanivelu @rpalaniveluaz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I am a candidate for the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Secretary-Elect and would greatly appreciate your support. My candidate statement is attached & cast your vote here: tinyurl.com/ycshbzxj Polls close on June 19, 2026. Thank you! #ASPB
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Bas Bargmann @bas-bargmann.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Still an Ass, but now 'ociate! 🤓💥 This is thanks to all the wonderfull advisees, advisors, collaborators, and colleagues I have had the privilege to work with over the years! 💚💚💚 I am so lucky to know you all! news.vt.edu/articles/202...
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Board of Visitors approves 2026 promotions, tenure, and continued appointments
The board approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments.
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Auxinologic @plantabioticlab.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I know @bas-bargmann.bsky.social for d last ~15 yrs, but this is the first time we published a community resources article together for the greater plant bio colleagues:) Enjoy! @ncatnews.bsky.social @jxbotany.bsky.social #Plantscience, #ASPB, #Single-cell, #Genomics, #AI doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
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Michael Prigge @mjprigge.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
FYI: The bpm single/double/triple mutants, BPMx-GFP lines, and degron reporter lines are now available at ABRC
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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A SAUR gene enhances maize drought resilience by promoting silk elongation www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A SAUR gene enhances maize drought resilience by promoting silk elongation - Nature
The Small Auxin Up RNA (SAUR) protein ZmSAUR72 in maize (Zea mays) promotes silk growth via regulation of H+-ATPase activity, and is a key determinant of the anthesis-silking interval and thus resilie...
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Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Ok, hearing from multiple (very believable) NSF sources that this slowness is due largely to transitions and budget shutdown but that they’re moving a bunch of money out (all the money) by end of fiscal year
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Auxinologic @plantabioticlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
@ncatnews.bsky.social; @ncatsuaggies.bsky.social
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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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Richard Hilleary @drdickhilleary.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New preprint from the He lab: FERONIA is required for high humidity-induced Ca²⁺ waves and adaptive leaf hyponasty in Arabidopsis. Whole-plant calcium imaging across three species. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #plantbiology #calciumsignaling
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Auxinologic @plantabioticlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Congrtulations to #Plantbiology, #ASPB, #Plantscience, @nasonline.org Colleagues for this deserving accolade!
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Don't celebrate too early. Wait for the NOA (notice of award) bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Victory slips away as marathon runner celebrates too soon
The dramatic end to the Delaware Marathon occurred when the lead runner slowed in celebration before a trailing marathoner sprinted toward the finish line .
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Fausto Rodríguez Zapata @minorallele.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
“NSF Plant Biology Act.” H.R. 7949 www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c... This bill would expand NSF funding for plant and microbial biology grants with $150 million authorized each year from FY2026 through 2031. Reach out to your representatives. www.house.gov/representati...
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Michael Hothorn @structplantbio.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New method paper from Alberto Caregnato and former PhD student @hohmannulrich.bsky.social. A tailored crystallisation screen for plant receptor kinase ectodomains, with examples from our lab and from @cellsensing.bsky.social. Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 19/03/2026
Wild rice is a perennial, creeping plant. The secret to its perennial growth habit lies in a developmental reversal directed by small RNAs. This image illustrates how combining perennial genes with prostrate growth genes allows cultivated rice to mimic wild rice. Learn more: scim.ag/40GOjDb
This image illustrates how combining perennial genes with prostrate growth genes allows cultivated rice to mimic wild rice.
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Javier Brumós @jbrumos.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Attending #RBMP2026 in beautiful Bilbao next July? Participate in AR(t)RBMP 🌱🎨📷🔬🧬 Prepare your best artwork, pictures, drawings, videos, & artistic visions #PlantScience 🏆 The most outstanding pieces will receive an award! More info below & at: rbmp2026.com/RBMP/en/info
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Auxinologic @plantabioticlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Nice work coming out from @aribidopsis.bsky.social Arif's group at @ubcbotany.bsky.social #plantscience
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Jeffrey Brainard @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
#preprints are seen as accelerating science – but do they accelerate #researchcareers? @science.org @sciencecareers.bsky.social #scientificpublishing #scicomm www.science.org/content/arti...
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Career effects of preprints get mixed reviews from biomedical researchers
Junior researchers are more likely to embrace preprints; grant reviewers and hiring committees express doubts
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Dior Kelley @diorkelley.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
As an elected Member-at-Large for AAAS Section Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources (O) I am working to support the AAAS mission to advance science and serve society! @aaas.org
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UC San Diego @ucsandiego.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
First, a kidney for a close friend. Then part of her liver for a child she’d never met. Anh Nguyen’s rare journey as the first double living organ donor at UC San Diego Health reveals how one person’s generosity can transform multiple lives, including her own. ➡️ bit.ly/4ap2anm
When Penny Pride, left, urgently needed a kidney, her friend, Anh Nguyen, right, stepped in to help. Photo credit: Annie Pierce, UC San Diego Health
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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🌟𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝🌟 Meet 𝐃𝐫. 𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐱 @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social Asst. Prof. Biology @WashU Asst. Member @danforthcenter.bsky.social The Cox lab maps gene activity in plants to understand how genes are organized and regulated across tissues. To know more👉 www.thecoxlab.org Welcome to TPJ!!
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I started offering career advice to two junior colleagues today in separate meetings, and both times I caught myself thinking that, if I'm honest, I don't have very good advice on navigating the current funding and job climate. I think it's important to say that no one does.
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Dior Kelley @diorkelley.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Does the winter weather have you day dreaming about the beach? Register for AUXIN 2026 and join us in the Algarve, Portugal on Oct 4-8th for all things auxin :) This meeting only happens every four years, so don't wait...
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Interesting that a 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 mutant (𝘢𝘣𝘪𝟣-𝟣 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝟣 𝘦𝘥𝘴𝟣 𝘦𝘪𝘯𝟤 𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘩𝘋 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝟤) is less sensitive to fungal infection than a 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝟩𝟫𝘣𝟤/𝘣𝟤 mutant (Similarly, 𝘦𝘥𝘴𝟣 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝟤 is more susceptible to bacterial infection than the 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴). From @newphyt.bsky.social: shorturl.at/jYbOS #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
An Arabidopsis leaf-infection assay with Alternaria alternata showing lesions on Col-0, defenseless (abi1-1 coi1 eds1 ein2 rbohD sid2) and cyp79b2b3 plants. The lesions are worst on cyb79b2b3, intermediate on the defenseless plant, and least on Col. Similarly, plants infected with Pseudomonas syringae show strongest susceptibility in an eds1 sid2 background, medium susceptibility in defenseless, and least in Col.
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee (MASC) is delighted to launch a new funding initiative that aims to support colleagues whose research has been curtailed by an unexpected loss of funding/ support. 🤝 More: arabidopsisresearch.org/masc-initiat... Please share widely. #plantbiology
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MASC Funding Initiative – arabidopsisresearch
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Dr Jasmine Janes @jazjanes.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Come work with us! We are seeking a tenure-track botanist, preferably in the areas of non-vascular, systematics, physiology or cell. Happy to answer questions. unbc.njoyn.com/CL/xweb/xweb... 🧪🌱 #botany
Assistant professor in botany job description for University of Northern British Columbia
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Dominique Bergmann @stanfordstomata.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This is an amazing opportunity for students and postdocs to learn new ideas and techniques at the intersections of biology/physics/AI. This course was transformative for me and my students! Summer in beautiful Santa Barbara as a bonus.
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Priya Ramakrishna @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
🌱📢Join us at the 𝐆𝐑𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 23-24, 2026 in 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝! 💡Specially encourage ECRs to apply to present your work! Its a great forum to connect with peers and mentors in the field. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲👉 www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please repost! #plantscience #abioticstress #ECRs
Poster inviting participants for Gordon Research Seminar on Salt and Water Stress in Plants happening on 23-24th May 2026 at Switzerland.
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
An in planta single-cell screen to accelerate functional genetics--very cool application of the TMV vector pTRBO by Elizabeth Sattely’s Lab 😎 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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An in planta single-cell screen to accelerate functional genetics
Genetic screens in whole plants are a powerful tool for functional genetics. However, elucidating gene function in highly redundant genetic programs such as signaling pathways remains challenging in b...
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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
📣 Registration is open for Auxin 2026!! Join us as we delve into the latest advancements in auxin biology by the sea in the beautiful Algarve! 🦞 4 - 8th October 🌊 Albufeira, Portugal Register now 👉 auxin2026.info #plantscience #auxin2026
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Auxinologic @plantabioticlab.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Still Some Open Faculty Poistions Exist In Our Town. #Microbiome, #AI, #CancerBIo,#PlantScience, #Toxicology NCA&T Bio jobs.ncat.edu/postings/sea... UNCG Bio spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/sea...
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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Rising undergrad junior or senior? Last chance to apply! Applications close TOMORROW, Dec. 22, 11:59pm EST. 🧪 Our 9-week summer research experience includes hands-on lab work, a generous stipend, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists. Learn more & apply at bit.ly/CechFellows.
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ABC 10News @abc10news.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
A 3-year-old girl was taken to the hospital Tuesday night after being bitten by a coyote near the Westfield UTC mall.
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3-year-old bitten by coyote near Westfield UTC
A 3-year-old girl was taken to the hospital Tuesday night after being bitten by a coyote near the Westfield UTC mall.
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