PlantNetX: A web-based transcriptomic resource integrating bulk and single-cell RNA-seq for plant functional genomics. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.30.741827v1
Rong Li
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Postdoc@slcuplants.bsky.social🇬🇧; Jones Group; Auxin&Optogentics; Alumnus@Schaller Lab at Uni-Hohenheim🇩🇪; 🍅 Systemin🐛;Plant immunity; Phosphoproteomics; R coding; She/her; Family members🇨🇳: 🐶(两千万)🐈⬛(Amy) and 🦜(Pepsi)
Signaling by a tyrosine-sulfated peptide balances growth and osmotic stress response in rice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.04.742889v1
Out in @natplants.nature.com, mapping of brassinosteroid chemical features required for (1) receptor binding, (2) ligand positioning and (3) co-receptor recruitment. Fantastic work by Alberto Caregnato & @hmchen93.bsky.social and our friends in Olomouc. Funding:@snf-fns.ch -> doi.org/10.1038/s414...
📣 #JobAlert The @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social of @uni-freiburg.de invites applications for a position as Head of the Life Imaging Center (LIC) – the core facility for light microscopy. ❗ Application Deadline: 6 September, 2026 🔗 kurzlinks.de/2126 #Biology #LightMicroscopy #Imaging
Postdoc position starting in January 2027. You will investigate the mechanistic basis of how pathogen effectors target and modify host proteins using a combination of structural biology, proteomics and interaction assays in vivo and in vitro. Apply by October 2nd! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Postdoc position in effector/host-target interactions (m/f/d, E13 TV-L, 100%)
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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
So proud to see our Ashish Rajurkar’s work featured on this cover! He developed ClearDepthIAS, a scalable, non-destructive platform combining 360° infrared imaging and deep learning to quantify root system architecture in soil-grown crops. Check it out academic.oup.com/plphys/advan... #PlantSci
ClearDepthIAS enables automated high-throughput quantification of roots in soil-grown taproot crops
An automated high-throughput platform enables non-destructive measurement of root architecture in soil-grown crops, accelerating genetic discovery and crop
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The July 2026 issue of Plant Physiology from ASPB @aspbofficial and Oxford University Press is now COMPLETE! Check it out here: academic.oup.com/plphys/issue... #PlantSci
Optimized prime editing for precise gene modification conferring herbicide resistance in sorghum (Jianshuang Zhou , Jiajing Xu , Lingyue Shi , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Optimized prime editing for precise gene modification conferring herbicide resistance in sorghum
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RA position working on Marchantia reproductive development in the Penfield group at JIC. Deadline is August 18th!
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
FERONIA: Organizing plant thermotolerance from the cell surface #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...
PlantPTM: A deep learning framework integrating protein language models with multi-view features for predicting diverse post-translational modification sites in plants #resource #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...
🌱🔬VIEWPOINT 🔬🌱 The relationship between plasma membrane (PM) nanodomains and PM protein condensates within plant cells is an under-recognized but critical nexus - Wang et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...... #PlantScience 🧪
Looking to take the next step in your marketing career? Join us as Marketing Assistant and gain practical cross-channel experience in marketing, taking ownership of projects while supporting the wider team. Apply today: buff.ly/xeLtwjT
How do tissues safely remove cells? Join me, @marija-matejcic.bsky.social in this perspective on the past, present and future of epithelial cell extrusion 🧵 0/16
Many years ago, my lab helped to discover YUCCAs. Later, Jia-Wei Wang in the lab sussed out the role of miR156s in a range of developmental processes. And now YUCCA and miR156 reappear as partners in this beautiful paper from the Lenhard lab! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #plantscience
Salicylic acid mediates graft incompatibility by repressing auxin-dependent vascular reconnection in tomato https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.30.741952v1
Awesome MPMI Symposium at #PlantHealth2026. Translating Molecular interactions into disease management. First up - Sheng Yang He. Effectors that induce watersoaking and nutrient release coupled with inhibitors of these processes. 1/n 🧵
The Sulfated PSY Peptide Negatively Regulates Receptor Kinase Activity to Promote Growth https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.25.740709v1
Ever had issues with contamination in #Marchantia or #liverwort tissue culture? We've developed a protocol that is simple and low-effort (albeit slow) to get rid of fungi and bacteria: dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro.... Work led by Isaac Coven and supported by Chetan Pandey, myself & @dromius.bsky.social.
Our @TheSainsburyLab summer conference speaker today is Jane Parker on TIR-NLR immunity—A good reminder of how quickly science moves. It’s always interesting to see how models evolve as new data accumulate. #NLRbiology
We're recruiting a senior postdoc researcher to develop generative AI methods for biological design and closed-loop discovery within the new group of Prof Ke Li at Earlham Institute. #AI #biology #genomics
(Senior) Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Generative AI and Closed-loop Discovery
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist (SC6) or Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist (SC5) to join Professor Ke Li's AI for Biology Group in the Research Faculty of the Earlham Institute, based in Norwich, UK.
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There are only a few spaces left on our 'Leadership in a Laboratory Environment' online #TrainingCourse in October. 📆 Tues 13 - Weds 14 Oct, 9:00-13:00 Find out more and book your place: my.rsb.org.uk/item.php?eve...
📣 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
RKMR: A Rapid Kernel Machine Regression Framework for Optimal Marker Detection in Spatial Omics Data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.27.740999v1
🚨 Deadline: Monday, August 3, 2026
🚨 There is only 1 week left 🚨, if you want to submit your #plantsci poster abstract for #BT2026, the International #plantsci Conference of our @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social (DBG) 🗓️ 6 -10 Sept 2026 📍in Bochum, Germany ⏰Deadline is 3rd August 2026 botanik-tagung.de/abstract-sub...
Ten commitments for a bold biotechnology industry - @jeremymax.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Happy to share our combined views on the opportunities and challenges in single-cell and spatial biology; collaborative work now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social : track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
Decoding plants cell by cell: opportunities and challenges in single-cell and spatial biology
Single-cell and spatial biology techniques present new opportunities for plant research, but also come with methodological considerations, technical limita
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Role of membrane-organizing SPFH proteins in plants: @hannah-web.bsky.social, Alexandra Ehinger, @birgitkemmerling.bsky.social et al define how Arabidopsis HIR2 forms higher-order assemblies and organizes receptor signaling domains link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Arabidopsis SPFH protein HIR2 modulates receptor signaling and plasma membrane organization - The EMBO Journal
Plant plasma membrane proteins are organized into distinct domains; however, the principles that govern this spatial organization are not fully understood. HYPERSENSITIVE-INDUCED REACTION (HIR) protei...
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A collection of perspectives on the opportunities and challenges in single-cell and spatial biology is now published in @ThePlantCell . academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... Happy to have contributed the chapter, “Spatial transcriptomics in plants: where next?”