ERC-funded PhD position: auxin in plant morphogenesis!
Come to our team to study molecular mechanisms downstream of auxin signaling that control morphogenesis in plants! ueb.cas.cz/en/news/?id=...
#JobAlert #PhD π±
We are offering a PhD project to explore how transcription factors have shaped the evolution of plant protective barriers.
We will support suitable candidates in applying to the @unistra.fr Graduate School competition.
Interested? Please get in touch for more information!
π¨ PhD Position in Plant Molecular Biology π±
We are looking for a motivated PhD student to join our team to study root protective barriers. If you are interested in confocal microscopy, cell wall biology, and plant development, this project might be for you! Please share!
#PlantScience #PlantSciJob
PLETHORA3/7 controls cucumber shoot architecture
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by Kerstens et al.
@WileyPlantSci @merijnkerstens.bsky.social @violawillemsen.bsky.social
Someone got Cas9-Turbo to work. It's like basically Y1H but with proteomics. It however requires transgenic plant expressing Cas9-Turbo and gRNAs, which is still cumbersome for many plants that are not Arabidopsis. #PlantSciences
Are you, or do you know someone that is excited to do a PhD in plant biology. We are happy to offer a position to explore physiology, gene regulatory networks and wild species. Come join our team in a stimulating scientific environment at the University of Groningen!
werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...
Exciting! Congratulations and enjoy the day @almeidasilvaf.bsky.social!
Were you considering applying to the 2026 GRC on Salt and Water Stress? Do you want to give an oral presentation? We are over 60% full, so apply soon! Consideration for oral presentations from submitted abstracts will occur on March 9, 2026. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please re-post!
PhD position open with an excellent supervisor and in a very warm, fun research group! Highly recommended!
#plantscience
#suberinteresting
It may be forever January 2026 in my office from now on. π±π¬
TEM image of suberin lamella by @riannekluck.bsky.social
#suberinteresting
Rooting for roots?
#PlantScience
Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social
Register here for free:
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Programmeπ
I'm very happy to announce that starting February 2026, I'm joining Utrecht University as an Assistant Professor!!!
Reading this as a pre-print a bit over a year ago really changed the way how I think about plant cell/organ types - great to see the final version in press. Congratulations to all authors for the wonderful, thought-provoking work!
𧡠Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making!
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Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans.
Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation?
@cellpress.bsky.social
π¨Weβre hiring! Please help spread the word!
Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
Last week I saw @leonardojo.bsky.social present a summary of his postdoc work, and I was so impressed about his ability to draw overarching themes and draw ideas from his various postdoc projects.
It made me contemplate the importance of taking a step back and look at the big picture. (1/4)
So, this is to say that I am one proud mentor and enthusiastic fan of @leonardojo.bsky.social, and I look forward to seeing his future research output!
(4/4)
This also reminded me that I may have forgotten to celebrate the fact here that he was awarded a prestigious Dutch Talent Program VENI fellowship earlier this year!
This allows him to carry out independent research on his chosen topic, pioneer factors! π
www.wur.nl/en/news/hitc...
(3/4)
The projects were on
1) chickpea exodermis with me (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...)
2) effector-triggered immunity with @dinglab.bsky.social (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...)
3) far-red responses with @ronaldpierik.bsky.social.
What a crazy diverse set to see shared biology in! (2/4)
Last week I saw @leonardojo.bsky.social present a summary of his postdoc work, and I was so impressed about his ability to draw overarching themes and draw ideas from his various postdoc projects.
It made me contemplate the importance of taking a step back and look at the big picture. (1/4)
Congratulations to both of you! π₯πΎ
Are 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...
π£ Check out the Journal of Experimental Botany's newest special issue π£
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Tomato - Issue 21 of 2025 π
π Guest edited by Yves Gibon, Diane Beckles, Sonia Osorio & Hiroshi Ezura
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#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience π§ͺ @sebiology.bsky.social @dianemariabeckles.bsky.social
![Fig. 2 (shortened, full legend in paper): Perturbations of SlMYB41, SlMYB92, and SlWRKY71 expression affect the suberization of tomato exodermis. (A) Percentage of cross-sections showing a non-suberized, an early suberized (suberin in <50% of exodermal cells), or a late suberized (suberin in >50% of exodermal cells) exodermis phenotype in hairy root cultures of the control (empty vector), CRISPR knockout lines [Slmyb41-ko, Slmyb92-ko, Slwrky71-ko(4), and Slwrky71-ko(5)], and overexpressing lines (SlMYB41-OX, SlMYB92-OX, and SlWRKY71-OX). The number above the bars represents the number (n) of individual roots examined in each genotype. Asterisks denotes statistically significant differences between each line in comparison with the empty vector control, whereas n.s. indicates no significant differences (P<0.05, Ο2 test).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ggz22gcwkakll7efac23g33s/bafkreidbanhpxnb52kuljrltp3voz7jfnkuh4js6tbmdxudjsbfxuozteu)
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SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH π
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MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
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Check out this #Root methods course organised at Aarhus University in May 2026! Register using the link below.
phd.tech.au.dk/for-phd-stud...
Flashback also to September when @marianasartur.bsky.social had her first co-promoted PhD graduate from @pph-wur.bsky.social! First photo shows her signing the PhD diploma, and second with the freshly minted PhD. So happy to see mentees become excellent mentors! π
Flashback also to September when @marianasartur.bsky.social had her first co-promoted PhD graduate from @pph-wur.bsky.social! First photo shows her signing the PhD diploma, and second with the freshly minted PhD. So happy to see mentees become excellent mentors! π
Super proud to see my first postdoc @marianasartur.bsky.social publishing super cool work from her own lab! π±β³
#PlantScienceβ
π₯ π± Reading about potato breeding I learned: "there has been no genetic gain in potato yield over the last 100 years"
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