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Join us tomorrow, December 12 (12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET)to hear Dr. Elena talk at the Sahyadri Symposium 2025

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Join us tomorrow, December 12 (12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET)to hear Dr. Penelope talk at the Sahyadri Symposium 2025

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Join us tomorrow, December 12 (12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET)to hear Dr. Erica talk at the Sahyadri Symposium 2025

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Hi Folks! Hope you had a great weekend.

We are back again with the Sahyadri Symposium 2025 featuring Drs. Penelope Lindsay, Elena Perry, and Erica Lawrence-Paul, this Friday, December 12 (12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET)

Don't forget to Register :)
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Sahyadri Symposium 2025 flyer featuring QR code for registration and profiles of Drs. Penelope Lindsay, Elena Perry, and Erica Lawrence-Paul.

Please join us for the 2025 Plant Postdocs Sahyadri Symposium featuring Drs. Penelope Lindsay, Elena Perry, and Erica Lawrence-Paul. #PlantScience #PlantBiology #Maize #Rice #Microbes #Drought

Next Friday, December 12
12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET

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Open rank faculty positions available at MSU Plant Resilience Institute. Apply online at: https://tinyurl.com/yy2kvt3n

Only 10 days left to apply to the MSU Plant Resilience Institute for a faculty position.We're looking for 1 junior and 1 senior faculty. Applications submitted after 10/15 cannot be considered. Join us! It's a very collaborative, fun, innovative group of plant biologists. Apply at: lnkd.in/eRyDv_Pi

RSVP for this upcoming (Oct 23, register by Oct 21) Workshop:
Quantifying Plant Morphogenesis: 4D Insights with MorphoGraphX with Dr. Ya Min & Dr. Shuyao Kong.

Brought to you by PMEX, @plantpostdocs.bsky.social, and NAASC. RSVP @ https:/tinyurl.com/PMEXOctober
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Dr. Rajnandani Kashyap is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Saint Louis University, USA. She specializes in anaerobic structural biology, with expertise in cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography, and spectroscopy to investigate the mechanisms of long-range electron transfer enzymes. Her research focuses on Fe-S cluster carrying enzymes including nitrogenase, nitrogenase-like enzyme and mammalian enzymes, with broader implications for photosynthesis and genome stability. She has received multiple awards, including invited talks, travel and poster awards at national and international conferences, and has published in high-impact journals such as Nature Communications.

Dr. Rajnandani Kashyap is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Saint Louis University who specializes in anaerobic structural biology to investigate the mechanisms of long-range electron transfer enzymes. @rajnandani.bsky.social

Dr. Kirk Amundson is currently a postdoctoral scholar and USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research aims to better understand cis-regualtory evolution in plants, with a focus on dissecting the molecular basis of evolutionary innovations in the grasses. He earned a PhD from the University of California Davis where he investigated how mutations accumulate throughout a plant over its lifetime, as well as the cytological basis of a genetic trick known as haploid induction.

Dr. Kirk Amundson is currently a postdoctoral scholar & USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst whose research aims to better understand cis-regualtory evolution in plants. @kirkamundson.bsky.social

I am Erika Moore-Pollard, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Connecticut. My current research focuses on photosynthetic metabolism and functional trait tradeoffs in Bromeliaceae. I earned my PhD at the University of Memphis, where I investigated the phylogenomics, genomics, and systematics of Asteraceae, with a particular focus on the complex genus Packera. My overall research goal is to uncover the molecular drivers of plant diversification, with an emphasis on how polyploidy, hybridization, and convergent evolution shape trait innovation and ecological success across angiosperms.

Dr. Erika Moore-Pollard is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Connecticut whose research focuses on photosynthetic metabolism and functional trait tradeoffs in Bromeliaceae. @erikarmoore11.bsky.social

Dr. Arpita Yadav is a plant molecular and cell biologist investigating the fundamental mechanisms of plant growth and development. As an Assistant Research Professor at Pennsylvania State University in the Cosgrove Lab, she currently studies plant cell wall mechanics and growth. Her previous postdoctoral work at the University of Massachusetts Amherst elucidated the relationship between cellulose microfibrils and anisotropic growth. Dr. Yadav earned her PhD in India, where she discovered key roles for BBX proteins in mediating photomorphogenesis and UV-B stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Dr. Arpita Yadav is a plant molecular and cell biologist investigating the fundamental mechanisms of plant growth and development. @arpitayadav.bsky.social

Announcing the 2025 Future Faculty Academy cohort! Congratulations to Dr. Arpita Yadav, Dr. Erika Moore-Pollard, Dr. Kirk Amundson, and Dr. Rajnandani Kashyap. See thread for their bios!

Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States Position Summary The Li lab in the Department of Plant Biology is recruiting a postdoctoral research associate to work on project(s) in plant molecular biology, biochemistry, and/or genomics. The idea...

MSU is great place to do plant science research. My lab will be a great place to develop new expertise in genomics and plant molecular biology.

Application instruction and link: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...

Please email me if you have any questions.

Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation - Nature Communications Post-drought rehydration triggers a preventive immune response in plants, revealing targets to enhance crop resilience by linking drought stress recovery with improved pathogen resistance.

Want to dive into the datasets from our recent @natcomms.nature.com paper? 🌱📊
Check out this step-by-step guide on how to explore and analyze the #drought #recovery #datasets with Omnibusx:

Check out the paper and datasets: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Tutorial: youtu.be/YI0RVFiQnMs

Honored to have been selected for this award! 😊 Happy national postdoc appreciation week everyone!

Honored to be selected as a Sahyadri Outstanding Postdoc by @plantpostdocs.bsky.social !

Finally we have Dr. Elena Perry from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Congratulations Elena!

Next we have Dr. Penelope Lindsay from Oregons State University! Congratulations Penelope!

First we have Dr. Erica Lawrence-Paul from Pennsylvania State University. Congratulations Erica!

Congratulations to the 2025 Sahyadri Outstanding Postdoc Awardees:

🌱📚Excited to share my journey and experiences in academia, the ups, downs, and everything in between!
Hope it sparks good conversations!
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JXB EDITORIAL INTERNSHIPS 2026 Who is this for? • Early career researchers (2-8 yrs postgrad/postdoc experience) What will you do? • Assess submitted manuscripts (with editorial mentorship) • Write commentary articles for publication in JXB • (Optional) Join JXB's social media activities Benefits for you: • Gain editorial & publishing experience • Career development as a researcher • Free SEB membership (1 year) • Invitation to JXB's Editorial Board meeting in 2026 Apply by 30th September 2025 bit.ly/jxbinterns

🚨 Applications are open for the 2026 JXB Editorial Internships! 🚨

🌱 Designed for ECRs, you will gain behind-the-scenes publishing experience, write commentary pieces & join the JXB Editorial Board meeting next year 👩‍💻✈️

Deadline: 30 Sept 2025

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The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to launch an open rank tenure-track faculty search!

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Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱

YouTube video by Plant Postdoc PMEX Morphogenic Regulator Assisted Plant Transformation

PMEX Morphogenic Regulator Assisted Plant Transformation with Jianqiang Shen, Juan Debernardi and Greg Goralogia youtu.be/ppInj8080yE

YouTube video by Plant Postdoc 2025 Sahyadri Outstanding Plant Postdoc Award

2025 Sahyadri Symposium Research talks with awardees Deepak Bhandari (Michigan State University), Renee Dale (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center), and Sombir Rao (Cornell University) youtu.be/e8aLPosFG2w