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Plant ecophysiologist at the Kentville Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Personal account. https://iwillick.github.io/

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Debra Lynn Moreau - White Family Funeral Home It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Debra Lynn Moreau, age 65, on July 29th in the Halifax Infirmary. Debra passed away with her family at her side and wil...

We will miss you Deb. Thank you for everything.

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Enhancing the Resilience of Apple to Fire Blight and Winter Injury in Climate change has become a topic of increasing significance in apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) physiology and orchard management due to rising temperatures and

Co-authored chapter discussing the resilience of apple to fire blight and winter injury in a warming world is available. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

27.03.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fully funded PhD in Plant Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver 🍁! Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology & more. Start Jan/May/Sept 2026. michaletzlab.org
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool

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White bold all uppercase font text reads Applications now open George H Duff Travel Bursary Aplly by May 16,2025. The background image is a seed sprouting out of a small pile of dark earth in front of a green to blue gradient

White bold all uppercase font text reads Applications now open George H Duff Travel Bursary Aplly by May 16,2025. The background image is a seed sprouting out of a small pile of dark earth in front of a green to blue gradient

Are you a student and planning to attend CSPB 2025 in Halifax? The George H Duff Student Travel Award Aplications are now open. Check out www.cspb-scbv.ca/travel-bursaries for info and application. #cspb #scbv #plantscience #plantscienceconference #plantbiology #plantbiologyconference #cspb2025

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Plant anatomist Dr. Katherine Esau peering into the screen of a transmission electron microscope.

Plant anatomist Dr. Katherine Esau peering into the screen of a transmission electron microscope.

The black, plain cover of the book Anatomy of Seed Plants 2nd Edition.

The black, plain cover of the book Anatomy of Seed Plants 2nd Edition.

For International Women's Day, let's pay homage to the great plant anatomist Katherine Esau. In her long career, she transformed our understanding of plant structure through her research and her very important books. She is my academic grandmother, advisor of my advisor.

08.03.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor in Quantitative Genetics - IRBV is located in the Montreal Botanical Garden, one of the largest in North America. job with UniversitΓ© de MontrΓ©al / IRBV | 12835129 Tenure-track Assistant Professor position to develop a research program related to quantitative genetics of plants or plant-associated systems.

Plant Biology faculty position @umontreal.ca @irbv.bsky.social : Assistant Professor in Quantitative Genetics

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

23.01.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

#PhD opportunity in my (Canadian) lab investigating the genetic & neural basis of variation in behavior, in the powerful Drosophila model system. International students encouraged! You must be a strong student or already have your MSc to qualify (per dept regulations). #genetics #evolution #science

01.03.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Multiple faculty positions available in our department at Trinity College Dublin, including plant conservation, biogeography and biodiversity genomics. #sciencejobs πŸ§ͺ🌎🌾

24.02.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reminder - Don't forget about our grants! We offer #grants for undergrads & graduate students doing research, going to symposia or workshops, and more, and the deadline for submission is coming up soon - Feb 15! Details can be found here: www.torreybotanical.org/grants-awards/

#botany πŸ§ͺπŸŒŽπŸŒΏπŸ„πŸŒΎ

09.02.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!!

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A great opportunity to come to Birmingham, visit our beautiful campus and, while you’re here, interact with our wide range of great plant scientists working at UoB!

08.01.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Search Jobs - University Affairs

Acadia is hiring an Assistant Professor, Tenure Track in Biopharma and Animal Physiology which closes February 3, see details here (and let me know if you have any questions about Acadia!)

Please share:
universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

05.01.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Canadian Society for Plant Biologists AGM. I have not attended in a few years and I look forward to meeting up with some old friends πŸ™‚

02.01.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GasanalyzeR: advancing reproducible research using a new R package for photosynthesis data workflows GasanalyzeR, a new software tool, helps analyse data related to photosynthesis to achieve consistent and reproducible results. Many physiologically relevan

♻️GasanalyzeR: advancing reproducible research using a new R package for photosynthesis data workflows by Danny Tholen and co-authors

Full #openaccess
πŸ‘‰ https://buff.ly/4c92gx2

#PlantScience

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Citrus orchard

Citrus orchard

Citrus growers face challenges like low soil organic matter and the devastating impact of HLB. UF-IFAS researchers studied how varying SOM levels affect citrus root systems and nutrient uptake. 3% SOM may be key for healthier trees and better nutrient uptake! doi.org/10.21273/HOR...
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07.12.2024 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Regulatory networks in plant responses to drought and cold stress Abstract. Drought and cold represent distinct types of abiotic stress, each initiating unique primary signaling pathways in response to dehydration and tem

A nice article discussing interplay between low temperature and drought response pathways. academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

05.12.2024 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor of Ecology University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

I'm so excited to announce that my department is now hiring TWO ECOLOGISTS at the Assistant Professor Level.

We will be really excited to substantially expand research in ecology in our EEOB Department at UCR.
Please Repost and share widely!

aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01983

01.11.2024 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jobs and vacancies at SLU. | slu.se Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.

Postdoc position in abiotic stress tolerance in plants
https://botany.fyi/df39ns

This position will involve investigating molecular, genetic, and physiological mechanisms that enable plants to withstand environmental stresses such as drought and extreme temperatures.
#PlantSciJobs

09.10.2024 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Faculty Search 2024-2025 Plant Ecophysiology – WFU Biology

Plant Ecophysiologist faculty position at Wake Forest -"We seek an ecophysiologist studying plants in their natural environments and focused on processes ranging from cellular to global scales. ...questions related to the ecosystem impacts of global change biology.wfu.edu/faculty-sear... πŸ§ͺ🌎🌾

02.10.2024 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Integrating cold hardiness and deacclimation resistance demonstrates a conserved response to chilling accumulation in grapevines. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.28.615590v1 To survive the harsh conditions of winter, woody perennial species such as grapevine have adapted to

Integrating cold hardiness and deacclimation resistance demonstrates a conserved response to chilling accumulation in grapevines. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.28.615590v1

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Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology The tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biology will study critical questions in Plant Molecular Biology.We seek candidates who focus on molecular mechanisms that illuminate...

Super excited to announce a cluster hire in plant biology
at UNC's Biology Dept; THREE faculty searches, two in plant molecular biology writ broadly & one in Plant Evolutionary Biology 1/n please RT πŸ§ͺ
Molecular - unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288...
Evolutionary - unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288...

25.09.2024 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Assistant/Associate Professor Positions in Molecular/Cellular Biology of Plants in East Lansing, MI for Michigan State University Exciting opportunity in East Lansing, MI for Michigan State University as a Assistant/Associate Professor Positions in Molecular/Cellular Biology of Plants

Come be my colleague in the dept of plant bio at MSU!!!!! This department has been such a supportive and exciting place to be a new professor and mid-Michigan is a great, affordable place to live. jobs.plantae.org/jobs/2056365...

18.09.2024 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations!

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Just add water: A simple floral bud injection method for stable Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in two ecotypes of Mimulus guttatus bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

One of the most exciting things happening in my lab today is the functional molecular research to understand the genetics of local adaption in Mimulus guttatus. This work is only possible because of modified and new transformation methods we report here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

09.07.2024 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Sunil!

26.04.2024 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok *now* it's starting to really look like an early spring - we are seeing plant response to the really warm winter and early spring, esp in the middle of the country. This is the 6-day forecast for the "start of spring," with some locations 4wks early now #phenology www.usanpn.org/data/maps/spring

04.03.2024 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7

Please share πŸ“£ My department Acadia Biology in Nova Scotia πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ is hiring an Assistant Professor in Marine Invertebrate Biology (Tenure-Track) with a closing date of March 4 🦞

You can find details here (or reach out with questions, I love working here!): www2.acadiau.ca/files/files/...

08.02.2024 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TT faculty searches at UNH! πŸ‘€ Horticultural Crop Physiologist (abiotic/biotic stress, nutritional quality, postharvest, climate change adaptation) & Plant Pathologist (biology, Eco/Evo, epidemiology, biorational, New England Ag.). jobs.usnh.edu/postings/59021 jobs.usnh.edu/postings/59023

20.01.2024 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Insightful study in Pinus strobus on rapid nonstructural carbohydrate allocations in response to short photoperiod, low temperature, or elevated CO2 - Chang - 2023 - Physiologia Plantarum - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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