Harm Nijveen

Full Professor and Chair Laboratory of Biophysics We are looking for a Full Professor in the Biophysics chair group, part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f...

Become our new colleague (and next door neighbor) and lead a chair/group/department of Biophysics at Wageningen University. Reach out to me for info and please spread!!!

Paid internship opportunity for Master’s students in the Netherlands 🇳🇱

If you’re studying computer science, bioinformatics or molecular biology, this could be the perfect springboard for you.

A collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

www.ebi.ac.uk/about/jobs/i...

We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables.

This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.

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#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob

Next generation of 1001 Genomes Plus browser and data download Please indicate all features you would like to see in a browser that displays features of completely sequenced Arabidopsis thaliana genomes

We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes.

Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Rational design of induced regeneration via somatic embryogenesis in the absence of exogenous phytohormones Stem cell transcription factors synergistically induce regeneration involving somatic embryogenesis and can break recalcitrance in Arabidopsis and pepper w

Rational design of induced regeneration via somatic embryogenesis in the absence of exogenous phytohormones (Jana Wittmer, Menno Pijnenburg, Tristan Wijsman, Sieme Pelzer, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

Using cross-species co-expression to predict metabolic interactions in microbiomes In microbial ecosystems, metabolic interactions are key determinants of species’ relative abundance and activity. Given the immense number of possible interactions in microbial communities, their expe...

New preprint out by #RobertKoetsier, the first of his PhD project, on assessing the use of cross-species coexpression analysis to identify primary and secondary metabolic interactions in microbiomes: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Detection of functional clusters (FCs) specific to the phenylalanine (PAL) and p-coumaroyltyramine (THT) pathways. Top left: Network depicting the relationship between transcripts and mass signatures within the PAL FC. Bottom left: Network illustrating the interplay between transcripts and mass signatures within the THT FC. Top right: Heatmap illustrating the expression levels of all transcripts within the PAL and THT FCs. Upper middle right: Heatmap displaying the abundance of all mass signatures present in the PAL and THT FCs. Lower middle right: Correlation matrix highlighting the correlations among transcripts and mass signatures within the PAL FC. Bottom right: Correlation matrix displaying the relationships between transcripts and mass signatures within the THT FC, including Mutual rank and transformed edge weights.

Elucidating #plant #Biosynthetic pathways: @jjjvanderhooft.bsky.social @marnixmedema.bsky.social &co develop #MEANtools, an unsupervised computational workflow that integrates #MultiOmics data to predict #metabolic pathways by linking transcripts to metabolites @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4odL94g

We are hiring! If you have experience in plant genomics + AI, or promoter engineering + synthetic biology, check out our two open postdoc positions (computational + wetlab): www.vandepoelelab.be/Jobs please re-share RT #ERC

I'm developing a strategic 1-on-1 game called Base Pair™ – based on biologically accurate rules 🧬🎲

Want to play and give feedback? Reply to this tweet (or RT), and I might send you a free handmade beta copy!

(I have a limited nr right now, but more are on the way)

Wageningen University seeks a postdoc for a 2-year project on phage-host-superhost evolution using spatially explicit modeling. PhD required. Apply: https://www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/postdoctoral-researcher-interacting-scales-in-host-pathogen-superhost-coevolution.htm #postdoc

PhD Position in Modelling Regulation of Plant Stress Responses across Species Join us to model plant stress responses and help breed climate-resilient crops in a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment!

PhD Position in Modelling Regulation of Plant Stress Responses across Species!! 🌱🌽🌾🥬🌡️🌡️

Apply before June 16 to join this exciting project with Kirsten ten Tusscher in the context of CropXR!! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Join our symposium The evolution of microbial pangenomes at @eseb2025.bsky.social with @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social and @annadewar.bsky.social (co-organized with @fbaumdicker.bsky.social and Jaime Iranzo) eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...

Seeds in the starting blocks Farmers and researchers prime seeds to get an even germination. Now researchers from the Netherlands show in New Phytologist that priming puts the available mRNA in the translation starting blocks.

Farmers and researchers prime seeds to get an even germination. Now researchers from the Netherlands show in New Phytologist that priming puts the available mRNA in the translation starting blocks.
Read more about this study on my blog plantenzo.net/2025/04/08/s...

🧪 #PlantScience

Unravelling the dynamics of seed‐stored mRNAs during seed priming Seed priming is a pre-sowing treatment that enables more efficient and uniform seed germination; however, it negatively affects seed longevity. In this work, the mRNA dynamics underlying a hydroprim...

Our research published in @newphyt.bsky.social titled "Unravelling the dynamics of seed‐stored mRNAs during seed priming" (nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) explores how hydropriming affects mRNA dynamics, enhancing germination but reducing longevity. Thanks to all my co-authors!

Postdoc/ PhD student Spatial and single cell seed transcriptomics

We invite motivated candidates to apply for a PhD or Postdoctoral position focusing on the analysis of single cell RNA-seq, tomo-seq, and degradome sequencing data in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds.

Reposting is appreciated :)

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

Ten days left to apply!!

Photo of the inside of a university building at WUR, it looks like a mix of a greenhouse with offices that have balconies.

We're offering a fully funded PhD at the intersection of ML/AI and the natural sciences with a focus on sustainability and chemistry.

You'll work at WUR in the Netherlands, ranked #3 in environ. sciences, #1 in agricultural science, #38 in life sciences (QS).

Apply here:
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...

Please spread the word. We're looking at recruiting a structural biologist (any level) @KamounLab to study plant-pathogen protein complexes especially in the context of coevolution.

Direct inquiries welcome.

Please include a cover letter.

medium.com/@kamounlab/2...

Join our symposium The evolution of microbial pangenomes at @eseb2025.bsky.social with @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social @annadewar.bsky.social (co-organized with @fbaumdicker.bsky.social and Jaime Iranzo)

You too! Some fresh fungal art (hair ice) to kick off the week 🙂

[Please repost] Re-upping this in the new year.

Please let us know if you want to contribute to the 1001 Genomes Plus Project, which revolves around a curated collection of almost 600 long-read assemblies of #Arabidopsis thaliana.
#plantscience

Symposium: Bioinformatics in Food Science Join us to explore how bioinformatics and data science, including AI technologies, are transforming the science behind our food, from microbes in food fermentation and sustainable agriculture to advan...

📢 Abstract Submission Extended Until January 12th.

Don't miss your chance to present at the upcoming Symposium on Bioinformatics in Food Science!

☯️ We encourage abstracts from female speakers. Submit here: forms.gle/nA6b5zx9qv5K...

~80 in-person attendees registered, few spots still available!

Project Coordinator Plant Physiology

📢JOB ALERT!
An interesting position is open in our department for a project coordinator!
Please share!
#plantscijobs #plantscifyi
@pph-wur.bsky.social

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

PhD student - Machine learning in bio- and cheminformatics

If you're looking for a (fully funded) PhD position in #ml / #ai methodology (with plenty of opportunities to apply it) at the intersection of #chemistry and #biology, don't forget to apply before the end of the year.

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

Come join us!!

PhD student MiSeed

www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...

My colleagues Rumyana Karlova and Leónie Bentsink are hiring! @pph-wur.bsky.social
@w-u-r.bsky.social

Dear hivemind, in the absence of a fresh CAFA publication: what predictor(s) do people consider to be the state-of-the-art in protein function prediction nowadays? #bioinformatics #bioml #protein

PhD student - Machine learning in bio- and cheminformatics

Here's a first:
I'm hiring a PhD student.
If you have (or know someone who has) a strong background and interest in computational (bio)chemistry or computer science (especially 3D computer vision), let's work together 😊

www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...

I started a WUR (Wageningen University and Research) starter pack. Will add people as I find them 😉

go.bsky.app/6mNyhCa

Justin J.J. van der Hooft on LinkedIn: Postdoc: Algorithmic developments to automatically detect RiPP structural… 🚨 Just a few days left to apply!! 🚨 #CompMetabolomics #Job #PostDoc #naturalproducts #RIPPs #bioactive #peptides

#CompMetabolomics #Job #PostDoc

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