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Remco Stam

@rstam.bsky.social
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Professor of Phytopathology | Kiel University | Likes quantitative resistance mechanisms, crop wild relatives & popgen

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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This was a great meeting... It's very exciting how research on 5 plant species and ranging from molecular biology to ecology comes together. Shame I had to leave early.
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Holger Nohr @holgernohr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reiche hat im Wirtschaftsministerium das Referat für Wind-, Solar- und Transformationsindustrien aufgelöst. Am 2. Oktober wurde das Referat geschlossen. Seither gibt es keine eigene Stelle mehr für Wind- und Solarpolitik. Die Energieverbände sind entsetzt. www.topagrar.com/energie/news...
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Reiche löst heimlich Referat für Wind-, Solar- und Transformationsindustrien auf
Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium hat bekannt gegeben, das Referat für Wind-, Solar- und Transformationsindustrien aufgelöst zu haben. Die Energieverbände sind entsetzt.
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Ralph Hückelhoven @huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Professorship for Plant Metabolism: www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/about-the...
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W3_Pflanzenmetabolismus - FACULTY OF BIOLOGY
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This! Until a few days ago, I still tried to see which of these overly polished emails at least used the right keywords. But, I have up on that too. So, if you want me to read your emails, write them yourself and get to the point. I don't care about your GPA or generic background.
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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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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Job alert! We are looking for a Head of Applied Genomics in our Vegetable Division @kwsgroup.bsky.social. This is a leadership position (full-time, permanent) based in the Netherlands. A strong background in #CropGenetics and leadership experience are necessary. #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
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Head of Applied Genomics
Head of Applied Genomics
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've talked to a few journal editors who are concerned about similar problems re: anonymous reviewers. If a peer reviewer wants a little help & feeds your unpublished submission into an AI system, they've just shared your proprietary work & broken confidentiality. A nightmare to think about
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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Still one week to apply!
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are basically like this in research already. Postdocs and PhD students growing plants, doing tissue culture, and pipetting, while AI chat bots doing the analyses, writing proposals and papers. Humans having to do the menial tasks, while AI chat bots took over the creative work.
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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please repost/share We're hiring! UC Davis Plant Pathology seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in plant health & microbiomes. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07904 My department is full of great colleagues, and we look forward to recruiting our new colleague!
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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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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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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Have you heard English speakers with very strong dutch accents? 🙈
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's even more mesmerizing when they are all installed and running... 100+ infection time courses in the making. 😊
Close up of a few out of many plant disease phenotyping boxes. Inside leaves and petioles are visible on a blue background
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is what high throughput disease phenotyping looks like... 😍
Grad student moving away. Five boxes with leaf and petiole fragments representing dozens of genotypes on the table next to herOther angle of the same room showing another set of phenotyping boxes..
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's even more mesmerizing when they are all installed and running... 100+ infection time courses in the making. 😊
Close up of a few out of many plant disease phenotyping boxes. Inside leaves and petioles are visible on a blue background
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is what high throughput disease phenotyping looks like... 😍
Grad student moving away. Five boxes with leaf and petiole fragments representing dozens of genotypes on the table next to herOther angle of the same room showing another set of phenotyping boxes..
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Ralph Hückelhoven @huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wingen LU, Crosbie DB, Hu Y, et al. Towards a quantitative view of the NLR gene family evolution in the genome space. Quantitative Plant Biology. 2026;7:e17. doi.org/10.1017/qpb....
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Towards a quantitative view of the NLR gene family evolution in the genome space | Quantitative Plant Biology | Cambridge Core
Towards a quantitative view of the NLR gene family evolution in the genome space - Volume 7
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Alexis Stamatakis @stamatak.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The RAxML-NG v2.0 preprint is out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... v2.0 features integrated model testing, fast branch support metrics, automatic parallelization, phylogenetic difficulty prediction, genotype evolution models, to name but the most important features. And it is A LOT FASTER of course
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RAxML-NG 2: Automatic model selection, novel tree search heuristics, and fast branch support metrics
RAxML-NG is a widely used tool for maximum likelihood based phylogenetic inference. In the seven years since the last RAxML-NG publication, we have continuously improved and extended the code. Here, w...
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thanks! Do let us know if there are any things not clear. :)
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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So nice to see this story out! This is so incredibly useful for us receptor people. Thanks! @rstam.bsky.social et al!
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Defence associated RLPs are systematically more associated with TEs and clusters with known functional RLPs like Cf5 and CURe1 show inter and intra specific variance. This indicates a high potential for functional variation as well!
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New preprint! There have been quite a few papers about RLP and RLK receptors, but none of them have a truly reproducible annotation pipeline (including my own...)... We finally made such a pipeline and look more systematically at RLPs within tomato. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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PlantLRR-PRR:A Reproducible Annotation Pipeline Reveals Contrasting Evolution of Developmental and Defense Receptor-Like Proteins in Tomato
Plants perceive external and internal signals via receptors to modulate their growth, development, and defenses. Leucine-rich-repeat receptor-like-kinase (RLKs) and receptor-like-proteins (RLPs) are t...
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👻 Spooky Cat War 👻 @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
No, their brokeass release miscategorized a ton of shit as bio-weapons related and the model was functionally useless
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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I'm excited to share that my newly funded #ERCStG FRONTERA is recruiting two postdoctoral researchers at @ipbhalle.bsky.social 🌱🔬 If you are passionate about plant immunity, proteolysis, membrane proteins, or proteomics, I'd love to hear from you. 🧵 Please RT/share!
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Please submit comments to the EU Commission’s Call for Evidence on how to implement the new rules for "Plants obtained by new genomic techniques (#NGT)". Submission deadline 28 Sept. Below what I submitted. #plantscience ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026
"So in summary: using AI for coding led to depression, apathy, existential dread, and worse software. Not good. Add on top of that the negative environmental, community, and economic impacts of AI, and it became extremely apparent to me that something's gotta change." brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
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I'm done using AI
Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.
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Paula Elomaa @paulaelomaa.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Open university lecturer position at @helsinki.fi Dept. of Agricultural Sciences! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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University Lecturer in Crop science
University Lecturer in Crop science
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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Wow. Researchers at Leiden university and TU Delft university in the Netherlands accuse TU Munich of "gross misrepresentation" of their findings in the TUM press release of last week, which attacked EU regulations on vehicle emissions www.linkedin.com/pulse/misint...
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Daniel Croll @danielcroll.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Our lab is looking for PhD students to join us in 2027 🎓🎉 The projects can be structured around our research directions: - Transposable element dynamics - Fungal pangenomics - ML/language model genomics applications - Pathogen adaptation More here pathogen-genomics.org ("Jobs") and please share! 🙏
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Evolutionary genomics of pathogens
Croll lab at University of Neuchatel. The lab of Daniel Croll wants to understand how pathogens evolve to cause disease. For this, we mainly focus on major crop pathogens to unravel mechanisms of rapi...
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Congratulations!
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Gabrielle Gozo @gabriellegozo.com · 03/09/2026
CHATGPT AND CLAUDE ARE DOWN!! Teachers, time for an exam
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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I am currently searching for a postdoc to work on the evolution of adaptations, cold acclimation, and freezing tolerance in switchgrass. The position entails lab, growth facility, bioinformatics, and fieldwork. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct field and laboratory experiments to understand the causes of genetic variation...
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New paper published! A couple of years ago, German Sepulvada found that there were Alternaria growing as endophytes in Tillandsia plants in the Atacama! We show that they are very similar to the Alternaria atra isolate we found as a pathogen on wild tomato! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Alternaria atra from distinct ecological contexts share functional genomic repertoires - Mycological Progress
Fungi, particularly ascomycetes, exhibit diverse ecological lifestyles, including endophytism, pathogenicity, and saprotrophy. Species of the genus Alternaria are taxonomically and ecologically divers...
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New paper published! A couple of years ago, German Sepulvada found that there were Alternaria growing as endophytes in Tillandsia plants in the Atacama! We show that they are very similar to the Alternaria atra isolate we found as a pathogen on wild tomato! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Alternaria atra from distinct ecological contexts share functional genomic repertoires - Mycological Progress
Fungi, particularly ascomycetes, exhibit diverse ecological lifestyles, including endophytism, pathogenicity, and saprotrophy. Species of the genus Alternaria are taxonomically and ecologically divers...
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
New preprint online! We sequenced several hundred Zymoseptoria isolates from different fields through a field epidemic to ask what really drives short-term evolution. Fungicide selection or seasonal epidemic progression? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Standing genetic variation buffers field populations of Zymoseptoria tritici against seasonal and fungicide selection
### Competing Interest Statement AT was funded by BASF under a formal scientific collaboration agreement. BASF did not exert control over the data collection, analysis, or interpretation of results. ...
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
New preprint online! We sequenced several hundred Zymoseptoria isolates from different fields through a field epidemic to ask what really drives short-term evolution. Fungicide selection or seasonal epidemic progression? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Standing genetic variation buffers field populations of Zymoseptoria tritici against seasonal and fungicide selection
### Competing Interest Statement AT was funded by BASF under a formal scientific collaboration agreement. BASF did not exert control over the data collection, analysis, or interpretation of results. ...
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
And some wine and snacks to keep us going, of course...
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We did a special journal club social. 4,5 hours featuring the three recent papers by @spicybotrytis.bsky.social @annajomu.bsky.social @ritu2806.bsky.social. Great stuff, highly recommended!
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hehe. Different climate. Last week we had: Apples, maize, potato, and empty fields that contained cereals or rape seed earlier in the season.
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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
But, naming each crop is one of the train rules!
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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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Sigrid Neuhauser @sigridneuhauser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ich korrigiere mal wieder eine BSc Arbeit. Die war in der ersten Runde wirklich schlecht. Jetzt ist sie plötzlich sehr gefällig geschrieben, keine Fehler, alle Sätze grammatikalisch korrekt. Der Inhalt ist immer noch dünn. Hab jetzt für solche Fälle einen Prompt, weil: bsky.app/profile/afel...
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Assistant Professor – Plant Responses to Environmental Changes at University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA *Application Deadline: 9/30/2026" Read more here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 #PlantSciJobs
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Leonie Moyle @speciationlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Interested in genetics, diversification, and speciation? We're hiring a Research Associate to help with our projects, including the convergent evolution of fruit color. Come and work with us! Feel free to contact me with questions. (Reposts appreciated!) Link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33973
a matrix of 6 different Solanum (wild tomato) species with six different fruit colors, ranging from white to bright red.
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Peter Solomon @plantpathpete.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We're recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow at ANU to help strengthen Australia's preparedness for wheat blast. The project spans plant pathology, genetics, breeding and biosecurity, with collaborators in Australia and Brazil. Apply here: tinyurl.com/25zcj9yy #PlantScience #Postdoc #Biosecurity
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: Academic Level ASalary package: $91,546 - $114,906 per annum plus 17% superannuationTerm: Full-Time, Continuing (Contingent Funded) Note: This position will be primarily based at the N...
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It's not hyperbolic to say that these companies are literally the enemies of humanity. novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/a...
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AI Firms Are Buying up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
The world’s biggest AI companies are buying antiquarian books en masse so they can be scanned to train their large language models (LLMs) before being destroyed.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
news.com.au
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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Gabriel Schaaf @gabrielschaaf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Please share! 🌱🤖 Permanent W2 Professorship in crop & plant sciences @ PhenoRob, University of Bonn. Especially encouraged: crop genome engineering, sustainable pest control, or sustainable disease control. Expertise in one area is enough. Apply by Sept. 30, 2026. www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
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David Cooke @llewelyn68.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Status of #Phytophthora infestans populations in Europe updated. Helping late blight IPM on potato crops. Sunshine may be a good fungicide but I imagine many thirsty crops about. @hutton.ac.uk EuroBlight final data release, 2025 share.google/PhwBZllqrWdE...
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EuroBlight final data release, 2025
EuroBlight announce the final results of 2025 monitoring – despite the low blight pressure 2025 season over 1700 samples from 27 countries across Europe were genotyped.
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Frédéric Suffert @wheatpath.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Stomatal closure, a conserved spore concentration-dependent response mediated by different Stb genes to avirulent isolates of #Zymoseptoria tritici doi.org/10.1111/ppa....
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