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Andy Plackett

@seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social

Researcher into the reproduction, developmental genetics and evolution of plants

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My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

30.01.2026 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Excited for this meeting on Epigenetic Memory in #plantscience in Amsterdam next week and present our latest work 🌱🌊

31.01.2026 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still buzzing from #NonSeedUK2025
@gensocuknonseed.bsky.social Organizing energy: calm and cool (@philcarella.bsky.social) And the questions were flying β€” no holding back, just pure curiosity. Loved it!
Edinburgh 🏰 next year? Absolutely, UK-based or not πŸ™ƒ!

13.12.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was a great meeting, thanks to all the speakers, particularly @sramundo.bsky.social and @rensingstefan.bsky.social for their keynotes.
Next year is already announced, looking forward to #NonseedUK2026 in Edinburgh,organised by @justingoodrich.bsky.social and @sandyheth.bsky.social πŸ™‚
#Plantscience

13.12.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Une doctorante de l'université récompensée par l'Académie des sciences pour sa thèse sur les lichens - Université de Toulouse

Huge congratulations @puginiercamille.bsky.social for receiving the Prix Locoq from the French Academy of science @academiesciences.bsky.social !!

@lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social

www.univ-tlse3.fr/actualite-de...

26.11.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Yesterday's #nonseedUK25 meeting fot me thinking 'what about lichen, how do they fit in?' and lo and behold. Fascinating πŸ™‚
#Plantscience

13.12.2025 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Plantscience
#nonseedUK25

12.12.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's the day! Thanks so much to Phil Carella of JIC for hosting this meeting at Norwich.
#Plantscience

12.12.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Marchantia Workshop 2026 News

International Marchantia Workshop 2026

Nov. 27th – 29th, 2026
Kobe, Japan

sites.google.com/view/marchan...

28.11.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had a blast at the @embo.org workshop 'Plant evolution: from origins to diversification on land' hosted by the Gregor Mendel Institute Vienna. Would 100% recommend. Thank you so much to the organisers incl @isabelmonte.bsky.social and @moodytomato.bsky.social for all their hard work!
#Plantscience

28.11.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.

Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience

19.11.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r...

A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.

If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd πŸ™‚
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs

18.11.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fame at last^^
#Plantscience

14.11.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And when I (finally) grow up I want to be as amazing a scientist as @bkoskella.bsky.social, who gave not one but two entirely separate inspirational talks about her science whilst visiting us at Uob!

07.08.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We had a stellar end to #NGS2025 today! πŸŽ‰ Thank you to everyone for coming, it was a pleasure to host you at the University of Birmingham. A massive thank you to the local committee and especially the New Phytologist Foundation for making this work. πŸ™‚
All the best for next year's NGS!
#PlantScience

07.08.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today was Careers focused at #NGS2025 Thank you so much to all our panellists for their time and for sharing their varied experiences and views with our delegates. πŸ™‚
#PlantScience

06.08.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A purple water lily flower in full bloom with pointed petals surrounding a bright yellow center dotted with purple stamens. The flower floats on water surrounded by large green lily pads in soft focus in the background.

A purple water lily flower in full bloom with pointed petals surrounding a bright yellow center dotted with purple stamens. The flower floats on water surrounded by large green lily pads in soft focus in the background.

Advances in understanding seed formation could be crucial for future food security. Dr. Duarte Figueiredo explains why studying the molecular mechanisms behind reproduction matters and shares advice for aspiring botanists.

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#Botany #PlantScience

03.08.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 starts very soon - at 13:30 BST (UTC+1)!

Join in for free online via the livestream: www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...

#PlantScience #Botany

04.08.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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We've had a great first day of the New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists Symposium, with fantastic talks from delegates and a lively panel discussion on publishing. Looking forward to tomorrow!
#PlantScience
#NGS2025

04.08.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a reminder about this opportunity - closing date is tomorrow πŸ™‚

30.07.2025 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

I have a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position starting in January to study the evolution of seed gene networks using the fern Ceratopteris! Interested? More info here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU179/r...

Closing date 31st July. πŸ™‚
#PlantScience
#PlantSciencejobs

10.07.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I was extremely flattered to be asked to contribute to this Voices piece. Hope folks find it interesting and that it tempts you to try working with new models. 😁
#PlantScience

23.06.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Image Text: Plant Reproduction: From Sporogenesis to Seed Formation Under Normal and Stress Conditions. Monday, July 28, 2025. 3:45 PM - 5:30 PM. Dazhong (Dave) Zhao, James Walker, Sharon Kessler, Min Ni, and Ravishankar Palanivelu. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | Purdue University | University of Minnesota | University of Arizona

Image Text: Plant Reproduction: From Sporogenesis to Seed Formation Under Normal and Stress Conditions. Monday, July 28, 2025. 3:45 PM - 5:30 PM. Dazhong (Dave) Zhao, James Walker, Sharon Kessler, Min Ni, and Ravishankar Palanivelu. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | Purdue University | University of Minnesota | University of Arizona

πŸ“£#PlantBio2025 daily highlight: Plant Reproduction: From Sporogenesis to Seed Formation Under Normal and Stress Conditions Concurrent Session!🌱
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#plantscience

06.06.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#Plantscience

06.04.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Final photo- just to show everyone the scale of the evo-repro-devo community out there. Auf wiedersehen, until next time (hopefully)!
#ICIPS2025
#Plantscience

29.03.2025 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We have another opportunity to join the lab!

We and @jmhibberd.bsky.social are looking for a technician to focus on the development of a NAM population in the orphan crop and C4 model species, G. gynandra πŸŒ±β˜€οΈ

Includes collaborations with partners at NIAB, Wageningen πŸ‡³πŸ‡± and in Cotonou (Benin) πŸ‡§πŸ‡―

27.03.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ahh, this was such an amazing symposium. Thank you so much to all the speakers and especially the @icips.bsky.social community for organising this. πŸ™‚
#ICIPS2025

28.03.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great start to the final day of #ICIPS2025 with a talk by @dromius.bsky.social showcasing the work of @davidjhoey.bsky.social about genetic control of marchantia reproductive strategies

28.03.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amidst a great programme of topics @icips.bsky.social today, we had multiple gymnosperm research talks! I was really excited to see these kinds of projects coming through, they're going to be great for the field. πŸ™‚
#ICIPS2025
#Plantscience

27.03.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 3! Into the mysteries of double fertilization...
#ICIPS2025

27.03.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0