Postdoc opp; the Katherine Esau Fellowship @UC Davis funds 2–3 years of work on plant structure and function. Curious how plant structure shapes plant-microbe interactions? Get in touch! Due Nov 1, international applicants welcome. www-plb.ucdavis.edu/about/fellow...

Department Fellowships

The Department of Plant Biology offers fellowships that support research, scholarship and professional development for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and faculty. These awards recognize exce...

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📣Our department is hiring a new group leader!📣 Want to start your team in a vibrant scientific environment in the center of Paris? I was very lucky to do that 10 years ago, reach out if you have any question. Apply by December 18th: jpi-recruitment-curie-umr3215-u934.curie.fr

Please share! My lab is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar in evolutionary development. For more details feel free to email me.

Our review on #lichen research in the #omics era is out in @lichenologist.bsky.social! We discuss omics-driven progress and outline several areas and methods that we think especially promising for lichen biology, such as single-cell omics and epigenomics 🖥️ 🧪 🦠 🧫 #SymbioSky doi.org/10.1017/S002...

Happy to see this one finally in print! A fantastic story led by Daan and the team. Congrats to everyone involved! #plantscience

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Our work, Progressive oxygenation of developing leaves directs morphogenesis, is now out in Science Advances! We found that developing leaves oxygenate from tip to base, strikingly mirroring their developmental axis, and this drives leaf dev. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aef2430 #plantscience

#plantsci Assistant Professor position in Canada🇨🇦 www.academicwork.ca/jobs/tenure-... Heard from a colleague that it is a very supportive department!

Two Assistant Professor Positions in Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes - including microbes! faculty.utexas.edu/career/191568

🌱🔬 We're hiring! 2-year Senior Technician in the McKenna Lab @warwicklifesci.bsky.social. Plant cell biology meets proteomics. We want someone enthusiastic to help drive our research forward. Interested? DM or email for an informal chat. workwithus.warwick.ac.uk/job/COVENTRY... #PlantScience #Jobs

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...

Aasee: a pearl of Münster😍

The multilayered cuticle underlying structural coloration in red algae shares features with the metazoan extracellular matrix Cool work! 👍 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Out now in Science: Two papers from our lab reveal VIPR, an RNA-guided DNA-targeting system in bacteriophages, providing clues to the origins of CRISPR www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Congrats to Peter Yoon, @kenjmloi.bsky.social @terryzzy.bsky.social, T.Docter & team

A noncontiguous code for RNA-guided DNA recognition at the origin of CRISPR-Cas

CRISPR-Cas provides RNA-mediated adaptive immunity, but how its first RNA-guided effector arose is unclear. In this study, we report the discovery of Viral Interference Programmable Repeat (VIPR) syst...

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A symbiotic MLO gene regulates root development via RALF34-triggered Ca2+ signaling in Lotus japonicus (Filippo Binci , Giacomo Guarneri , Sofía Cristina et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

A symbiotic MLO gene regulates root development via RALF34-triggered Ca2+ signaling in Lotus japonicus

Abstract. Mildew Locus O (MLO) genes, initially identified as powdery mildew susceptibility factors, are increasingly recognized as multifunctional regulat

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Fantastic moment to reunite with amazing plant biologists🌱, great meeting #PPRM2026 in a beautiful city of Freising🇩🇪🥂🍻—Vielen Dank

Very nice PPRM2026 ( Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting) closes in Freising. Organised by @julien-gronnier.bsky.social , @isabelmonte.bsky.social and @kpkinase.bsky.social

Nice work by @cellsensing.bsky.social Glycan recognition by a plant damage-sensing immune receptor www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Glycan recognition by a plant damage-sensing immune receptor

Pathogens target and degrade the extracellular matrix surrounding plant cells. A central question is how cell wall-derived damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are recognized and integrated to...

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At Peptide Receptor Meeting #PPRM2026. A theme that came back twice is re-evaluation of old published results. We know about ABP1 and the systemin receptor, but there were two other examples today: WAK1 perception of OGs, and BSU1 Tyr dephosphorylation of BIN2 in BR signalling. #PlantScience

PPRM2026 ( Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting) starts tomorrow : this time in Freising, Germany 🇩🇪 with an excellent scientific program! Looking forward!

New Preprint! We use #AFM and CarboTag-based #FLIM to describe rapid cell wall mechanisms of Phytosulfokines & Brassinosteroids and investigate how these processes are initiated on the nanoscale by using #sptPALM! PS: This is also the main story of my PhD project😊✌🏻 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Distinct nanoscale dynamics of growth receptor complexes link hormone perception to rapid cell wall remodeling

Cell elongation is a fundamental process allowing plants to change size and shape, a process governed by several growth promoting hormones. While hormones such as brassinosteroids (BRs) and phytosulfo...

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🌱We are looking for an Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics @irbv.bsky.social If you are passionate about genetics, molecular biology, or imaging, this is your chance to join a community of researchers working on plant development, cell biology, evolution, and biodiversity 🧬🔬 🧪🍁

🌱🧬 CERI is a co-receptor that works with CEPR1 to enable systemic nitrogen-demand signaling in Arabidopsis—selectively regulating long-distance nitrate uptake without affecting root architecture. #plantscience @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An LRR co-receptor kinase essential for systemic nitrogen-demand signalling - Nature Plants

This study identifies a LRR-RK subfamily II receptor kinase as a co-receptor for CEPR1, assigning a function to the last unknown clade of this receptor family and revealing a key regulator of systemic...

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We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack

#Evolution in arid environments: the role of #betalains, succulence, and medullary bundles Tom Carruthers, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience

An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis

Angiosperm seed formation requires the coordinated development of the products of double fertilization—the embryo and the endosperm. The endosperm mediates efficient nutrient transfer from surrounding...

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Another #PlantScience job here @kwsgroup.bsky.social! We need a seed physiology expert in our seed research team. This is a full-time, permanent position here at our headquarters in Einbeck. Expertise in Seed Physiology and Germination are needed. #PlantSciJob #PlantSciJobs

Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! 📣 At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us! 🔎 Read more and apply here: bit.ly/4x9Edss

Here is our experimental answer to the question of how plant leaves take up volatiles. Tested with the very cool Kalanchoë laxiflora, which has two types of leaves with opposite stomatal opening patterns. With @heikelindner.bsky.social and colleagues. Happy reading! t.co/aU77BZTqYV

📣 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

Double celebration : two successful research projects supervised by Tobi @teierhoff.bsky.social and Nabila were concluded today👏🏼 So proud of my team😇 @uni-muenster.de 🌱

DDX6-like RNA helicases compromise salt-stress tolerance by facilitating mRNA decapping activity in Arabidopsis (Xian Duo Zhang , Jianbo Song , Xinyu Wu , Yuxiang Han , Bing Geng , Jie Hou , Liping Wang , Zhi Min Yang , Di Sun) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

DDX6-like RNA helicases compromise salt-stress tolerance by facilitating mRNA decapping activity in Arabidopsis

The RNA helicase genes RH6, RH8, and RH12 negatively regulate salt stress tolerance by modulating the RNA decay of salt responsive mRNAs through disturbing

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