PLEASE SHARE! New job openings in my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We have a broad interest into the mechanistic basis of how molecular complexes are rewired during cellular development in plants and during invasion by pathogens. 🌱🍄🔬 See details below 👇 #PlantSciJobs

RA position working on Marchantia reproductive development in the Penfield group at JIC. Deadline is August 18th!

John Innes Centre@johninnescentre.bsky.social · 2d ago

VACANCY - We’re looking for a Research Assistant to join the Penfield Group, working to understand the effects of temperature on plant reproductive development. https://okt.to/Yx9K5e Deadline - 18 August 2026 Contract - Until 7 August 2029, full-time

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

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From MBoC A new localization atlas maps more than 600 Giardia proteins, revealing the locations of hundreds of previously uncharacterized proteins and creating a valuable resource for functional discovery. https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-12-0590

www.nature.com/articles/s41... It's been a long time coming, but delighted to say that the first major output from my Royal Society Fellowship is now published. 🙂 #PlantScience

The post-fertilization archegonium gene network of seedless plants contributed to the origin of seeds - Nature Communications

The authors identify conserved gene networks across fern and angiosperm reproductive development, including between the sporophyte ovule and the fern gametophyte egg-chamber. Repurposing of this netwo...

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A starch sheath surrounds many pyrenoids to enhance CO2 fixation, but how the sheath is shaped was unknown. We discovered that the starch-branching enzyme SBE1 promotes lateral growth of starch to shape the sheath! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The cold case of state transition 7 (stt7) mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, solved by whole-genome sequencing nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newphyt.bsky.social

The cold case of <fi>state transition 7</fi> (<fi>stt7</fi>) mutants of <fi>Chlamydomonas reinhardtii</fi>, solved by whole‐genome sequencing

Long-read whole-genome sequencing revealed extensive chromosomal rearrangements and aneuploidy in a widely used Chlamydomonas reinhardtii stt7-1 mutant. The STT7 gene (shown in red) was found to be s....

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Gene Editing in Chlamydomonas Using the SCREAM Technique:bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail... Work by Ian L. Ross and Ben Hankamer at The University of Queensland. #LifeSciences #Reproducibility #PlantScience

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... nice stuff!

A highly Ca2+-permeable channelrhodopsin from the ancyromonad Nutomonas longa enables optogenetic control of Ca2+ signaling

Ca²⁺ is a ubiquitous regulator of cellular function, linking electrical activity to gene expression, secretion, metabolism, and synaptic plasticity. Yet, tools for its direct, time-resolved optical ma...

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📢 PhD opportunity | Melbourne, Australia We're seeking a #PhD candidate at Agriculture Victoria to investigate Behavioural drivers of horizontal transmission of entomopathogenic fungi in Bactrocera tryoni Apply here: www.latrobe.edu.au/study/schola... #Entomology #BiologicalControl #PlantProtection

Sailing in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ready for summer, our study on the iconic Portuguese man o' war 🪼 is out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We use (epi)genomics to understand a critter that fascinates me since childhood. Massive team effort with @obog.bsky.social, Cummins and Neely groups. 🧵

🌾🧬A tetraploid wheat pangenome from 12 genomes reveals domestication genetics, transposon-driven SV, and a Btr1-A allele for non-brittle rachis. GWAS identifies 287 loci, including HAT14-B for grain size and spikelet number. A key resource for wheat breeding #plantsci www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A pangenome of tetraploid wheat reveals the genetic architecture underlying domestication and genomic diversity for breeding - Nature Genetics

A pangenome of tetraploid wheat constructed from 12 de novo genome assemblies spanning 10 subspecies, integrating with whole-genome sequencing data, highlights genetic variation associated with agricu...

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Excited to share our latest publication on genetic transformation in Nannochloropsis and Microchloropsis!🦠 We demonstrate a robust sulfadiazine-based selection system enabling efficient transformation with minimal background growth in these important algal model species. shorturl.at/BGdov

Sulfadiazine selection enables high‐efficiency transformation in <fi>Nannochloropsis</fi> and <fi>Microchloropsis</fi>

Genetic engineering in the marine eustigmatophytes Nannochloropsis and Microchloropsis is constrained by intrinsic antibiotic resistance and reduced marker efficacy at high salinity. We show that mit....

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Riboseek is a fast RNA/DNA search. More sensitive than nhmmer at 250x speed. Structure-aware realignment produces MSAs approaching rMSA quality. Plus 1.7M precomputed RNA MSAs, and an API to search your own 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 💾 github.com/steineggerla... 🌐 search.foldseek.com/riboseek

Pls share: GRINNELL COLLEGE – BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, TENURE-TRACK POSITION. Research and teaching interests might include but are not limited to organismal biology and ecology - apply by October 2, 2026. Please visit our application website at jobs.grinnell.edu

📣 We are now accepting applications to join the Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor (AFE) program. These are two-year appointments, starting either in January 2027 or 2028. 👉 Learn more and apply now: blog.aspb.org/plantphys_af.... #PlantSci #PlantScience

Ruibao's first paper from the lab is out in @nature.com . www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Collab with @multicellgenome.bsky.social & @jennahed.bsky.social. How did cells stick together and form the first animals? The protist Ministeria suggests cellular aggregation had a role. @iuqcb.bsky.social

A unicellular relative links aggregative multicellularity to animal origins - Nature

Aggregative multicellularity was key to the evolution of the multicellular animal genetic toolkit.

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Professorship Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants. Halle/Saale, Germany. #plantscijob #plantscijobs #plantsciencejob www.academics.de/jobs/w2-prof...

W2-Professur für "Systematik, Evolution und Biodiversität der Pflanzen" - Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) bietet Stelle als W2-Professur für "Systematik, Evolution und Biodiversität der Pflanzen" in Halle (Saale) - jetzt bewerben!

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Good news! Our paper (with @aabiddanda.github.io @sarahaj34.bsky.social @codushlaine.bsky.social and Priya Moorjani) is now officially online! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Recovering signatures of archaic hominin introgression using ancestral recombination graphs

Admixture between modern humans and extinct hominins has shaped the genomes of present-day individuals, but reconstructing this history has been constrained by the scarcity of archaic samples and unad...

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Yulin Zhang@yulinzhang.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Have you ever wondered how many archaic populations contributed DNA to modern humans? We know about Neanderthals and Denisovans, but the fossil and genetic evidence suggests a much more complex history! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Together with @plantophagy.bsky.social, we have an opened postdoc position for a young scientist that graduated after 01/01/2025, see ad attached

In situ structures of plant photosystem supercomplexes www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com

In situ structures of plant photosystem supercomplexes - Nature

The cryo‑EM structure of the Oryza sativa photosystem II–light harvesting complex II supercomplex in its native membrane reveals the intact plant photosystem architecture, retaining physiologically re...

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Have ideas for your own, independent research program in Theoretical Biology? Then come and join us as a Group Leader at the @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social in Plön, Germany!

Group Leader in Theoretical Biology (m/f/d)

Experience in Theoretical Biology, Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics

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Polypolish v0.7.1 is out! github.com/rrwick/Polyp... Main new feature is better handling of read name suffixes, which makes it easier to use Polypolish with aligners other than BWA-MEM. I've been using it with minibwa, which seems pretty great: github.com/lh3/minibwa

GitHub - rrwick/Polypolish: a short-read polishing tool for long-read assemblies

a short-read polishing tool for long-read assemblies - rrwick/Polypolish

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I am thrilled to share that the biology dept at Hamilton College is hiring a TT Evolutionary Ecologist to start in fall of 2027! This position would teach an upper level Evolution lect/lab, a section of Bio-100, rotate through our 200-level Eco/Evo course, and a seminar. apply.interfolio.com/190184

My lab at @stonybrooku.bsky.social Dept of Ecology & Evolution is recruiting a 2-year Postdoc! They will split time between genomics and symbiosis dynamics of cnidarians 🪸, and the development of STAGdb. Start date as early as Sept 2026. Please share this post with anyone who might be a great fit!

5 (+?) independent plant lineages evolved to text the same bacteria for nitrogen. we just need to learn the language they're using. www.cell.com/trends/plant...

Plant–cyanobacterial symbioses: mutualism with emerging translational possibilities

Engineering rhizobial–plant nitrogen fixation in crops is a major goal in plant synthetic biology. We propose expanding efforts to plant–cyanobacterial symbioses as an alternative path. Targeting the ...

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Our paper on how better amino acid substitution matrices trained on cleaned alignments improve gene tree inference, and on best practice for cleaning MSAs more broadly, is now out academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-.... New options in both IQTree and Muscle5. @phylowheeler.bsky.social

Improved gene tree inference from removing alignment errors both from focal genes and when training substitution models

Abstract. Multiple Sequence Alignment (MSA) is a key step in phylogenetic analysis and is prone to error. Unfortunately, algorithms that remove likely alig

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Joanna Masel@joannamasel.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Sequence alignments are notoriously prone to error. Our latest preprint offers a new tool for filtering errors out, assesses it and other filtering tools, and recommends new best practice. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @phylowheeler.bsky.social 1/10

This story is now published in @natplants.nature.com ! 🎉🎩 Check out the final article here: nature.com/articles/s41477-026-02361-1 Very similar to the original bioRxiv preprint, with the addition of some cool polysome analysis (in the supplementals)! Thanks and congrats to everyone involved! 🙏

Chloroplast-encoded small subunit extensions reshape the Chlamydomonas chlororibosome - Nature Plants

Using in situ cryo-electron tomography, researchers found a unique ‘arm’ domain on the small subunit of Chlamydomonas chlororibosomes. This discovery suggests that chlororibosome structure is more evo...

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Florent Waltz@florentwaltz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Long in the making, but happy to present the Chlamydomonas chlororibosome! Cryo-ET🔬reveals a large new domain on the small subunit, built from multiple extensions in conserved ribosomal proteins. bioRxiv 📖: shorturl.at/q44tG This suggests greater chlororibosome diversity than expected! 1/n 🧵

We reengineered the TIR-Learner for 60-100 times faster de novo search of Terminal Inverted Repeat transposons. We completed annotating 579 vertebrate genomes in 4 hours! Kenji Gerhardt did all the heavy lifting for this "side project".

bioRxiv Bioinfo@biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 2w ago

TIR-Learner v4: Accelerated annotation of terminal inverted repeat transposons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.21.739826v1

AI-redesigned starting points and outcomes enhance protein evolution #proteins #AI #evolution #MicroSky @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

AI-redesigned starting points and outcomes enhance protein evolution - Nature

A workflow using artificial intelligence-redesigned starting points to evolve enzymes with improved properties compared with those evolved from natural proteins is established.

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