@rm0sher.bsky.social
Plant small RNA and epigenomes enthusiast; recently repotted from Arizona to University of Oxford; academic mom
Tis the season, weirdos.
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Photos of the 14 victims of the Montreal massacre: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault and Annie Turcotte and the rooms where they were killed.
36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
06.12.2025 19:03 — 👍 511 🔁 225 💬 11 📌 12Are you interested in using synthetic approaches to promote arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis? Then our PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/b...
05.12.2025 21:52 — 👍 20 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 0
Great culture can save lives. Literally.
Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
Two really cool PhD positions available with Christina Barragan on Plant Pathogen evolution!
Our dept. just moved to a brand new building with great facilities and we have an absolutely amazing team!
#Oxford people, #birdflu has been confirmed on Port Meadow.
Take care everyone.
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Graphic with Arabidopsis thaliana plant. It says in the text: We're hiring: 5 PhD positions, apply by 10 January, 2026. Over the caption, there are keywords: Plant Physiology, Epigenetics, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Bioinformatics. At the bottom there are logos of IMPRS, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Society.
Looking for a #PhDposition in #PlantScience ?
Our #IMPRS @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social and @unipotsdam.bsky.social is #hiring !
📅 Apply by 10 January 2026
More info:
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Please share this post to plant it in the right feed 🌱 #PlantSciJobs
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
03.12.2025 16:14 — 👍 5943 🔁 666 💬 190 📌 96It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
We are hiring! There is a PhD-position available in my group on environmental signal integration in plants. @swammerdamuva.bsky.social
More information:
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Aspiring PhD candidates: do not miss this opportunity to join a great mentor and awesome project!!! Bonus: it is in Amsterdam
02.12.2025 17:35 — 👍 4 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0We 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
Begging reporters to make this distinction. She did not "cite" the Bible, she *invoked* the Bible.
"Citing" is this: "According to the Genesis account, 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth'" (Genesis 1:1, KJV)."
Just saying "the Bible says" before your claim isn't citing.
“It’s not a panto” got me. 😆
30.11.2025 15:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hundreds of people are dead and missing from flooding in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-sumatra-cyclone-floods-destruction-residents-pick-up-pieces-5498106
30.11.2025 12:47 — 👍 5 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 0Agreed. Or just pump that money into the system that already works well to increase success rates
30.11.2025 10:48 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Discouraging applications is not how you fund the most exciting science. Same for, ““We’re looking for people who can demonstrate that they have achieved great things,” said Leptin. “You will have to have done something very important.”” Sounds like they already know exactly who will win these.
30.11.2025 10:36 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Someone tell him if he backs down from this threat he can count it as another war he ended
29.11.2025 15:56 — 👍 3920 🔁 629 💬 94 📌 11
Number of SNAP recipients Amazon 2,456 Walmart 2,318 Uber 1,799 DoorDash 1,462 Tempus Unlimited 1,425 Stop & Shop 989 Mass General Brigham 956 Dollar Tree 952 Albertsons Companies, Inc. 896 Bayada Home Health 887
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
28.11.2025 22:15 — 👍 5079 🔁 1187 💬 258 📌 843
New PhD opportunity available in my lab, in collaboration with Betty Chung (Cambridge), focusing on plant RNA viruses and AI-driven design. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
28.11.2025 23:36 — 👍 3 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
Brown and white tabby with eyes closed, laying on his side in bed. From his shoulders back he is under the duvet.
Talon is making a smart choice to stay in bed in this wet Caturday morning.
29.11.2025 10:04 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
24.11.2025 11:02 — 👍 3849 🔁 1747 💬 147 📌 184
Come work with us!! 2.5 year postdoc on HGT in plants.
Please share and get in touch if interested
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PhD opportunity in our lab - deadline passes on Dec 2nd - don’t miss out!
28.11.2025 19:30 — 👍 24 🔁 32 💬 1 📌 1
A pie chart of an actual pumpkin pie Approx 70% was CONSUMED YESTERDAY FOR DESSERT Approx 30% was CONSUMED TODAY FOR BREAKFAST
#Dataviz
28.11.2025 14:32 — 👍 111 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 4I love the JBB story for a few reasons:
- stringing 120 miles of wire
- months of analzying paper roll data
- her PI was like "that can't be right, do it again," the motto of PI's everywhere.
- rare case of a landmark discovery becoming ubiquitous in popular culture for no particular reason
Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community!
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I’m mindful today of those for whom this is their first Thanksgiving without a loved one. I’m praying for a measure of peace and the comfort of beautiful memories.
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