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🌱 The Moghe Lab at Cornell University is hiring a Postdoctoral Associate to study specialized plant metabolites using LC-MS metabolomics and biochemistry. The role supports research on plant chemistry, function, and resilience. Apply by Nov 30! 🔗 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/33087 #plantscience

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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

🍎🍂 A little fall fun with the Rhee Lab! This past weekend, our team visited Uncle John's Cider Mill for some autumn fun and quality time together outside the lab! 🧡 #PlantScience

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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The 2027 Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology Gordon Research Conference is now open for applications! Learn more about this event and apply to attend here: www.grc.org/single-cell-...

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 09/10/2026

🌱 Last week, C-SPIRIT welcomed NSF representatives to MSU for our Global Centers Site Visit! Through research presentations, posters, and discussions, our team highlighted progress and international collaborations advancing plant resilience. 🔬 #plantscience

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 06/10/2026

📬 Our September C-SPIRIT Newsletter is out! 🌱 Meet the Graham Lab, explore our University of Manitoba feature, check out the new BAR Single Cell Data Portal, and catch up on publications, events & more! 🔬🧬 📖 createsend.com/t/y-F2F2F5F3... Subscribe here: forms.gle/hWQycasrts2m... #plantscience

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Invited Speaker Dr. Catherine Royer will be giving a talk on “Pressure-based Mapping of Protein Conformational Landscapes” at the 2nd virtual WALII Symposium. Register to hear the talk & submit an abstract to present: walii.science/2nd-virtual-... #WALII2026 #LifeWithoutWater

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Invited Speaker Dr. Olivia Carmo will be giving a talk on “Unfurling Mechanisms of Desiccation Tolerance: An Ultrastructural Perspective” at the 2nd virtual WALII Symposium. Register to hear the talk & submit an abstract to present: walii.science/2nd-virtual-...

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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

Promotional graphic announcing the BAR Single Cell Data Portal. The image features a six-panel visualization of single-cell data, with yellow, orange, and red cells representing different water and salinity conditions. Text highlights curated scRNA-seq datasets, CellxGene exploration, and a new single-cell portal viewer. Logos for BAR, Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience, and Plant Cell Atlas appear along the bottom.

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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🌱 The Rhee Lab’s semi-field research site is ready! We've finished building the raised beds for upcoming C-SPIRIT pennycress experiments studying responses to drought and candidate compounds. 🔨🌿 Next step: plants! #plantscience

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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🔬 Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🌱 We’re celebrating the incredible postdocs in the Rhee Lab and the curiosity, expertise & dedication they bring to our research every day. 🧪🌿 Thank you for everything you contribute to our lab and the plant science community! 💚 #PlantScience

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series continues on October 8 with Dr. Julia Miller's webinar "WALII Intellectual Property and Commercialization." Learn more and register: bit.ly/4uDLobX

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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Meet the speakers of the 2nd Annual WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water, happening Thursday, Nov 12! 💧 To Learn More, Submit an Abstract, and Register for the Symposium: walii.science/2nd-virtual-...

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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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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🛠️🌱 The Rhee Lab has been busy getting ready for pennycress experiments! We assembled our new raised beds and continued preparing the semi-field site for upcoming C-SPIRIT drought and compound studies. Thanks to everyone who pitched in! 🌿 #plantscience

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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

Promotional graphic for the 2nd AnnualWALII Symposium, “Exploring Life Without Water,” featuring a desert landscape. The graphic provides abstract submission guidelines, including a one-page PDF or Word document with title, authors, affiliation, and abstract. Submission deadline is October 9, 2026.

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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Apparently I've moved to Mushroomville, MA. Very impressive diversity. Many more photos in comments. All photos are from the Holyoke Range.

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 31/08/2026

📬 Our August 2026 C-SPIRIT Newsletter is out now! This month: a Glassmire Lab Spotlight, a Sun Moon University feature, new member publications, upcoming events, and recent social media highlights. 🌱 🔗 createsend.com/t/y-ACB98C1E... Subscribe here: forms.gle/hWQycasrts2m... #plantscience

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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🎉 Congratulations, Bri! 🌱 Rhee Lab member Bri Hashim has successfully passed her Ph.D. qualifying exam! Bri studies plant resilience as a graduate student in MSU’s Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 🔬🌿 We’re excited to celebrate this milestone! 👏🎓 #PlantScience

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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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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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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We are so excited to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2027 Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology Gordon Research Conference! Learn More and Apply Now! www.grc.org/single-cell-...

Image of a Gordon Research Conference webpage for “Decoding Plant Cell Biology Through Integrated Single Cell ‘Omics,” taking place August 8–13, 2027, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. The page lists Nicola Patron and Marc Libault as chairs and Tatsuya Nobori and Shao-Shan Carol C. Huang as vice chairs. On the left is a collage of colorful microscopic images of plant cells.

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

MSU Plant Resilience Institute Research Specialist Karine Prado spoke with @davidcondos.bsky.social at @kuer.org about how a native Death Valley plant is helping the @rheelab.bsky.social uncover how life can flourish in extreme heat, unlocking a potential blueprint for more heat-resilient crops.

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Growing food in a hotter, drier Utah calls for crops that survive like desert plants

Native desert plants evolved not just to handle hot, dry weather but to thrive in it. Now scientists are looking for clues that might help farm crops survive in a warming world.

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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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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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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 · 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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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 14/08/2026

🌱 C-SPIRIT members Sue Rhee (Michigan State University), Motoaki Seki (RIKEN CSRS) & Nicola Patron (University of Cambridge) will be speaking at OIST, Nov. 16–18! 📅 Register by Aug. 31. Please note that participation is limited to 100 attendees! 🔗 www.oist.jp/events/plant... #plantscience

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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today, we celebrated two new Rhee Lab members with a welcome lunch at Sindhu! 🎉 Dr. Henry Nvenankeng joins us as a Postdoctoral Scholar, and Dr. Huiqiao Pan as a Lab Manager/Research Assistant. 🔬 Welcome to the Rhee Lab, Henry and Huiqiao! We’re so happy to have you on the team! 💚 #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 · 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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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Phosphorus addition shifts elevated CO2 effects on soil respiration Zhao et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Good morning from the Conservation Lands Experiment - our field-scale prairie reconstruction experiment at @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social

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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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Christine Mayr @christinemayr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Jim Shorter and his postdoc Miriam wrote a beautiful preview about our most recent paper on mRNAs preventing misfolding of IDR-containing proteins. UTR-ly unexpected: RNA chaperones tame intrinsically disordered proteins: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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UTR-ly unexpected: RNA chaperones tame intrinsically disordered proteins

How do cells ensure that complex, multidomain proteins fold correctly? Luo et al. reveal a self-contained solution. The 3′UTR of an mRNA co-translationally chaperones the protein it encodes, preventin...

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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The prestigious Miller Research Postdoctoral Fellowship is open! University of California, Berkeley This is a postdoc fellowship with substantial support and independence to be hosted at a lab at Berkeley, reach out with interests! miller.berkeley.edu/nominate-app...

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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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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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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I'm so excited to be a close colleague of Bill's and his group!

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 28/07/2026

🌍 It's World Nature Conservation Day! 🌱 Today reminds us that protecting nature means investing in a more sustainable future. At C-SPIRIT, we support that mission by discovering plant- and microbe-derived compounds that help crops thrive under environmental stress. 💚 #plantscience

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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Rhee Lab undergrad researchers Natalie Pitts & Alaina Martin did a fantastic job with their poster presentations at this year's MidSURE! 🎉 Alaina, visiting from WIU, was also able to present her research at the Plant Genomics @ MSU REU Student Presentation Symposium! 📣 #plantscience

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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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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Yesterday, WALII's Dr. Sue Rhee presented her talk, "Aradbidopsis thaliana RHAMNOSE 1 Condensate Formation Drives UDP-rhamnose Synthesis" at the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) meeting in Ottawa, Canada! #ASPB #ASPB2026 @rheelab.bsky.social

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 17/07/2026

Congratulations to Hui-Kyong Cho and Hatem Rouached (@hatem-rouached.bsky.social) of Michigan State University as well as their collaborators on their new article “Coumarins link iron deficiency to TOR inhibition in plants” published in Current Biology! 🌿🔬 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #PlantScience

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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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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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