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

MSU Plant Resilience Institute@msupri.bsky.social · 2w ago

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...

TWO WEEKS 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

Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series

The Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Public Webinar Series The Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series is a public seminar and technical training series featurin…

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

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

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...

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...

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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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...

Final few days to register for #Auxin2026! ⏰ Registration closes 1st Aug! ⏰ 👉 auxin2026.info #plantscience

Association of Applied Biologists@aabiologists.bsky.social · last mo.

🦞 Auxin biology by the sea 🦞 Not only is Auxin 2026 in a stunning location but we have a fantastic line-up of speakers from around the world 🌍️ Check-out the preliminary programme online now! auxin2026.info

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!

MSU Plant Resilience Institute@msupri.bsky.social · last wk.

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...

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

MSU Plant Resilience Institute@msupri.bsky.social · last wk.

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...

🌍 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

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

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...

🌿 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

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

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

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.

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! 🌱🧬

🌱 Upcoming Rhee Lab member talk! 🔬 Joanna Feehan will chair & present in the Abiotic Stress symposium at #PlantBiology2026 🇨🇦 Her talk explores how extreme cooling helps desert plants survive extreme heat! 🗓️ July 19, 4:30 pm EDT 📍 Room 206/208 🔗 plantbiology.aspb.org/ #plantscience

🌱 Upcoming C-SPIRIT team member talk! 🔬 Dr. Sue Rhee will present at #PlantBiology2026 🇨🇦 Her talk explores how Arabidopsis RHAMNOSE 1 forms “rhamnosomes” that help drive UDP-rhamnose synthesis and plant development. 🗓️ Monday, July 20, 4:10 pm EDT 📍 Room 214 🔗 plantbiology.aspb.org/ #plantscience

We are excited to share the PCA 2025-2026 Annual Report! From scientific breakthroughs to a growing global community, this annual report highlights the achievements that are advancing our mission. Explore the Report: bit.ly/4yaHYPI

Congratulations to Rhee Lab member Aidan Deneen on receiving the MSU Plant Biotechnology for Health and Sustainability Graduate Training Program Fellowship! 🌱🎉 We’re proud to celebrate this recognition and Aidan’s continued contributions to plant biotechnology and sustainability. 👏 #plantscience

WALII members gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 4–6 for our Annual Retreat and SAB Meeting. The weekend was filled with connection, collaboration, learning, and reflection, while also providing an opportunity to experience the beauty of the surrounding area.

Don't forget to join us for the next Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar featuring Dr. Matt Stata! His technical training workshop will be on "Exploring the Many Applications of RNA-seq Data." Learn more and register for this event here: bit.ly/4uDLobX @mattstata.bsky.social

🌱 Our 2026 C-SPIRIT All-Hands Meeting! 🌏 Last week, our team gathered in person at RIKEN Yokohama in Japan for pipeline working time, a poster session, networking, and dinner aboard the Yakatabune Suzuyoshi Riverboat 🚢✨ Thank you to our hosts, organizers, and attendees 💚 #PlantScience

🌱 Welcome to the Rhee Lab, Dr. Shifa Ansari! 🎉 Shifa joins us as a postdoctoral scholar contributing to EWAS-PR, using computational approaches to connect environmental, phenotypic, and genomic data for plant resilience research. 🌾🧬 We’re so glad to have you in the lab, Shifa! 💚 #PlantScience

MSU Plant Resilience Institute@msupri.bsky.social · last mo.

We're excited to welcome Dr. Shifa Ansari to PRI! Shifa joins our EWAS-PR project to develop computational approaches for integrating environmental, phenotypic, and genomic data to uncover the drivers of #plantresilience. We look forward to the discoveries ahead! plantresilience.msu.edu/research

🧬 New C-SPIRIT Publication! Congratulations to C-SPIRIT members Prakash Paudel, Kamal Prasad Regmi, and Tae-Jin Oh of Sun Moon University on their new Bioorganic Chemistry article on CYP154C10 biocatalysis! doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #plantscience

🌱 C-SPIRIT is headed to IBS 2026! 🌏 Our members will present in the JST ASPIRE Symposium session “International Research Center for Enhancing Plant Resilience" 🎤 Featuring Motoaki Seki, Kathe Rivera-Zuluaga, Nick Schlecht, Miyo Yamane, Shogo Kuwayama, Toon Suzuki & Suzuka Matsuki #PlantScience

Congratulations to @mattstata.bsky.social on his new faculty position at @umassamherst.bsky.social! We're excited to see him build on his work in the @rheelab.bsky.social at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute as he launches the Stata lab this fall!

Matt Stata@mattstata.bsky.social · last mo.

This fall I'm thrilled to be joining UMass Amherst (@umassamherst.bsky.social) as an assistant prof. My lab will study photosynthetic evolution, diversity & resilience, focusing on C4 photosynthesis, one of the most remarkably convergent traits in the biosphere. #PlantScience #Evolution #NewPI

🌱🤖 New C-SPIRIT Publication! Congrats to C-SPIRIT members Gaurav Moghe, Alen Zimić, Nicholas Provart, Olivia Wilkins, Robert VanBuren, Sue Rhee, and Yuying Xie & colleagues on their new The Plant Cell Perspective on GenAI and plant science training. 🌎🌿 📖 doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience