Shuxiao (Susan) Zhang

Two amazing opportunities at the @johninnescentre.bsky.social

PLOS Biology Associate Editor- FTC UK-Remote

The @plosbiology.org team is growing!

If you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health & are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you!

Please spread the word

1yr FTC, remote in the UK
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...

🚨Opportunity Alert: NSF-sponsored Registration Award for attending the Joanne Chory Symposium! Early career researchers will be charged a nominal fee of $25 for this two-day event.🌱

Please apply for this award by July 21👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#plantscience

Happy to announce that I will be opening my lab in the PMB department at UC Berkeley this July. Our lab will study nectary development and evolution using non-conventional models. We are actively recruiting. Join us if you are also enthusiastic about development or evolution!

Excited to share that the Zhu Lab will officially open at Texas A&M University on August 1st, 2025!

We’re a multidisciplinary group, exploring how plant roots adapt their growth to environmental stresses across scales. Actively recruiting!

Postdoc Advertisement: drive.google.com/file/d/1Gpvn...

How do pistachio shells split? With Shuxiao Zhang and Georgia Drakakaki — Growing the Valley We know pistachios, and we love to eat them. Despite pistachio ice cream being the objectively best way to consume this nut , the majority of pistachios are sold in-shell. Have you ever wondered how t...

First time I've been professionally involved on a podcast! www.growingthevalleypodcast.com/podcastfeed/... #pistachio #plantanatomy #shapeisimportant #fruitdehiscence

Journal of Experimental Botany 75th Anniversary Symposium 17th-19th September 2025 Edinburgh

ECR focus • Workshops • Abstract submission for talks and posters • Travel grants • Conference dinner • Virtual participation option

July 22nd closing date for both travel grants and abstract submission. Spaces are limited - register soon to avoid disappointment! #JXB75

⏳ 12 days to go!

Don't miss the chance to submit an abstract or apply for a travel grant for the #JXB75 Symposium 📝

💸 Grants available:
🇬🇧 £100 (UK-based participants)
🇪🇺 £200 (Europe-based participants)
🌍 £400 (Rest of the World)

Apply now 👉 🔗 bit.ly/jxb75-travel?...

#PlantScience 🧪

Lost in translation: What we have learned from attributes that do not translate from Arabidopsis to other plants Abstract. Research in Arabidopsis thaliana has a powerful influence on our understanding of gene functions and pathways. However, not everything translates

🌱 From The Plant Cell: Not all Arabidopsis findings apply to crops. Differences in genes, symbioses, cell types, and photosynthesis challenge direct translation. (Kevin W Morimoto, Siobhán M Brady)

▶️ academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

#PlantBiology #PlantScience

This seems like a cool idea: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-... #scienceoutreach

New OA Article: "Water availability positions auxin response maxima to determine plant regeneration fates" rdcu.be/evfFF

High water availability induces root regeneration whereas low water availability triggers callus formation via stress hormones...

Arabidopsis JINGUBANG Is a Negative Regulator of Pollen Germination That Prevents Pollination in Moist Environments JINGUBANG, a novel negative regulator of pollen germination, regulates jasmonic acid synthesis in pollen by interacting with TCP4 and controls pollen germi

Also any fellow Asian #plantbiologists out there understand my surprise and hilarity five minutes ago when I discovered there's a gene called #jingubang. academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

I became a scientist, but I don’t know if my career will exist in five years | Opinion “The opportunities I had as an aspiring researcher are gone. The path to a better life for kids in Sacramento is slipping away.”

New: “So many families in Sacramento see STEM fields as a path toward a better future. My family was no exception.” www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

Structural analyses of ABA transporters give new impetus to the study of ABA regulation Abscisic acid (ABA) regulates key physiological processes and coordinates abiotic stress responses. In the six decades since it was first described, a huge amount of work has been conducted on ABA sy...

Its been yet another hot, dry week here in the UK... the perfect time to highlight this new #openaccess review from Nigel Halford's group @rothamsted.bsky.social on transport of ABA - the original #drought stress hormone 🌱

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Anyway I've a first author pre-print out! doi.org/10.1101/2025... This one is more on the #plantanatomy and #plantdevelopment side of my work, focusing on #fruit cracking in #pistachios. Fingers crossed on the peer review folks.

This might seem obvious but once again I have learned that I cannot trust notifications. Apparently this thing logged me out and I just didn't notice??

Great to meet a fellow colleague!

The @maizel-lab.org & @schumacherlab.bsky.social are hiring!
Part-time lab manager position available immediately! Apply by June 30th 🇬🇧/🇩🇪
➡️ adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...

Directional improvement of agronomic traits in salt‐tolerant rice by multiplex‐genome‐editing CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex editing of 13 genes improved the salt-tolerant rice variety Sea Rice 86 (SR86); the optimized SR86M line maintained salt tolerance with enhanced agronomic traits (plant architec...

Multiplex #genomeediting for better #salttolerance #rice cultivar: doi.org/10.1111/jipb.... (I didn't know #searice is a thing and am fascinated by the idea behind the name.)

Megan Lynch (she/her) (@ml@ecoevo.social) Attached: 1 image From CA Senator Perez' office. https://wicl.us/frequently-asked-questions/ #HigherEd #Women #Scholarship #California

#minervascholarship #scholarship #fellowshipforwomen #california ecoevo.social/@ml/11461137...

Happy #PrideMonth! 🏳️‍🌈

This is a very exciting news !

This is a great program! Designed mainly for postdocs but some late-stage PhD students have been successful in the past. Follow the link to read more!

The @viennabiocenter.bsky.social PostDoc Program call is now open! We have 16 fully-funded positions for scientists with a PhD in biology, chemistry, physics, bioinformatics etc.

Apply here: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi...

#VBCPostDoc

#plant #intership #farm #jobs

Untangling cell-specific root responses to stress | Plantae Single-cell technologies have brought our understanding of complex tissues to whole new levels. Previous methods showed how gene expression in tissues changes over time or after challenges…

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Untangling cell-specific root responses to stress (Nature) (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/l2M7QHp

#PlantaePSRW

And to all my undergrads who have followed me here, Sierra Gold Nurseries is hiring: ucdavis.joinhandshake.com/jobs/9930321...
#undergradjobs

Let me introduce myself again: Shuxiao Zhang, double PhD in #biomedicalsciences and #plantbiology. Professionally interested in research in #abioticstress response in #plants, using #anatomy - based approaches to study cell & development, and #undergradeducation (fan of #CURE)

Hello again, Bluesky, I'm going to start posting more here since nearly my entire professional network appears to be clustering here.

S Zhang (@sxzhang@mastodon.social) 113 Posts, 13 Following, 3 Followers · Professional plant nerd currently at UC Davis.

Professional #plant nerd at #UCDavis. Main site of social activity mostly at mastodon.social/@sxzhang