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Thomas Ott

@ottlab.bsky.social

Plant Cell Biologist; interested in symbiotic plant-microbe interactions, membrane biology, signalling; Professor@ Uni Freiburg, Germany; views are my own. he/him

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Nice one! Congratulations to all authors involved.

22.11.2025 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) | Universitรคtsklinikum Freiburg

Please share: we have an open postdoc position!๐Ÿชฐ๐Ÿชฐ๐Ÿ‘พWe are looking for a motivated Drosophilist to join our team and explore the role of hemocytes in interorgan signaling! Interested?๐Ÿ˜Žsend us your application or contact me! Looking forward to hear from you!
www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/karriere/ste...

12.11.2025 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Career โ€“ Schneeberger Lab

๐ŸŒฑ Postdoc position in Plant Genomics/Bioinformatics!

Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our newly established Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Dรผsseldorf.

More info on schneebergerlab.org/career/
Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position

11.11.2025 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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CIBSS - Von Infektionen, Symbiosen und Tumorzellen - ZEIT fรผr X Der Exzellenzcluster CIBSS โ€“ Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies erforscht biologische Signale und entwickelt Lรถsungsansรคtze in den Bereichen Gesundheit und Ernรคhrungssicherung.

A really exciting strength of our Cluster of Excellence @cibss.bsky.social is the highly collaborative atmosphere, which stretches as far as bridging plant and medical research. Happy to see an example that involves our work highlighted at "ZEIT fรผr X" from @zeit.de.
zeitfuerx.de/forschung/ci...

11.11.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Hiring announcement graphic for an Assistant Professor position at the Boyce Thompson Institute. The image shows a greenhouse and brick building under a blue sky, with text reading โ€˜Assistant Professorโ€™ at the top and a hand holding a sign that says โ€˜Weโ€™re Hiringโ€™ in the foreground. The BTI logo is visible in the corner.

Hiring announcement graphic for an Assistant Professor position at the Boyce Thompson Institute. The image shows a greenhouse and brick building under a blue sky, with text reading โ€˜Assistant Professorโ€™ at the top and a hand holding a sign that says โ€˜Weโ€™re Hiringโ€™ in the foreground. The BTI logo is visible in the corner.

Shape the future of #PlantScience! BTI, affiliated with Cornell, seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor to drive discovery in plant biology. Review of applications begins November. Apply: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

02.10.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's great! Congratulations. We are really happy to see that our TEM has been of great use for your team and especially for @sshamphavi.bsky.social again!

02.10.2025 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Open Professorship (W1-TT) at the ZMBP, University of Tรผbingen (Germany). Deadline October 17th. More info: https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/fachbereiche/zentren/zentrum-fuer-molekularbiologie-der-pflanzen/zmbp/job-opportunities/#c12494

Open Professorship (W1-TT) at the ZMBP, University of Tรผbingen (Germany). Deadline October 17th. More info: https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/fachbereiche/zentren/zentrum-fuer-molekularbiologie-der-pflanzen/zmbp/job-opportunities/#c12494

๐Ÿ“ข Job alert! #PlantSciJob
We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social
Apply by October 17th

Please spread the word!

More info ๐Ÿ‘‡
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

09.09.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Welcome Simon. Looking forward to our scientific and collegial interactions in the future.

19.09.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)

Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!

career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

17.09.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Please retweet: Julius-von-Sachs Institute, University of Wรผrzburg is hiring: Prof. For Plant Genetics, Chair Botany III. Please apply until Oct 13th

www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/ueber-die-fa...
#plantscience

07.09.2025 06:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Head of Service Unit Proteomics

Attention plant proteomics specialists: We are looking for a Head of our new Proteomics Unit at our international and dynamic Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology. @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social Applications are welcome until 30. Sept 2025: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/8...

23.08.2025 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of my absolute highlights being presented at the #IS-MPMI2025 congress this year. Congratulations to everyone involved.

16.08.2025 08:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Very proud to share our latest preprint: postdoc/LRSF fellow Yue Rui studies the mechanisms regulating attachment of the cell wall to the plasma membrane. The Cellulose Synthase Complex and REMORINs determine the extent of attachment and root osmotic stress tolerance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

03.08.2025 03:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.

GROUP LEADER VACANCY

JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.

If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

16.07.2025 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 89    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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We have two open Post-Doc positions in my group at the interface with:
1- @ataly.bsky.social for molecular dynamics
2- Bruno Guillotin from protein mobility

Apply by sending CV, two ref letters and a short motivation letter to me : emmanuelle.bayer@u-bordeaux.fr. Deadline 15 sept.

28.07.2025 08:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Guofeng Zhang successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Freiburg, Germany. The picture shows him and his supervisor Thomas Ott.

Guofeng Zhang successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Freiburg, Germany. The picture shows him and his supervisor Thomas Ott.

Congratulations @guofengzhang.bsky.social for successfully defending your PhD today @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social. Very proud of you. Symbiosis lovers stay tuned, there is a nice study to come from him hopefully soon.

28.07.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The first part of our Faculty Day symposium highlighted the latest research and teaching achievements, and how two Excellence Clusters integrated into our faculty. Great talks by Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, @archaellum.bsky.social, @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social, chaired by @ottlab.bsky.social

11.07.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Thomas Ott and Chris van der Does winning the teaching prize at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Thomas Ott and Chris van der Does winning the teaching prize at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Happy to be selected again for this years teaching prize awarded by the students at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social for the best teaching in the past winter term. Congratulations also to @chrisvanderdoes.bsky.social who received the same prize for the winter term. A motivating reward.

14.07.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Competence for transcellular infection in the root cortex involves a post-replicative, cell-cycle exit decision in Medicago truncatula Imaging deep root tissues with a combination of cell-cycle reporters reveals that a cortical cell file traversed by symbiotic bacteria exhibits reduced proliferative potential and enters a prolonged G...

Happy to share our newest paper fresh from the press. Have a look, how cells prepare to host symbiotic infections. We really appreciate the reviewers comments. Enjoy the microscopy and other experiments by the lead PostDoc Morgane Batzenschlager & collaborators. elifesciences.org/articles/88588

07.07.2025 13:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thanks Claudine for the great job!!

23.05.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to announce that our Cluster of Excellence CIBSS โ€“ Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social will continue to receive funding for another seven years! Weโ€™re happy to be part of such a great team!

23.05.2025 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations also to our plant colleagues in Tรผbingen, Heidelberg and Hohenheim! Well done!

23.05.2025 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations to our plant colleagues in Dรผsseldorf and Cologne! Well deserved. Ready for a green axis between CEPLAS and us @cibss.bsky.social.

23.05.2025 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Logo of the Cluster of Excellence CIBSS at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Logo of the Cluster of Excellence CIBSS at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Great moment yesterday afternoon for signalling research in Freiburg, when we learned that our Cluster of Excellence @cibss.bsky.social was funded for another seven years! Happy to be part of it. Many thanks to the speaker team and rectorate of @uni-freiburg.de!

23.05.2025 06:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We are thrilled to have just found out: CIBSS has secured continued funding under the #ExcellenceStrategy! This major boost will enable us to accelerate our research into biological signalling and lay the groundwork for next-generation insights from 2026 to 2032!

22.05.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

Join our group (www.luginbuehllab.com) at @camplantsci.bsky.social! Are you excited about mycorrhiza, (single-cell) transcriptomics, carbon physiology, and the model crop rice? We have a 2-year postdoc position available, starting ASAP. Closing date 23rd May 2025!

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/

04.05.2025 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Recording part #1 for a documentary on nitrogen in agriculture has started yesterday. Happy, that our team has been selected to report on symbiotic nitrogen fixation and how research searches for long-term and sustainable solutions. Thanks Magda and Casandra from our team to be part of it.

01.05.2025 06:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Researcher- Brady Lab University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

We have a postdoc position that just opened up in the Brady lab on reprogramming tomato root system architecture in response to changes in nutrient availability - please consider applying! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07095

19.04.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 96    ๐Ÿ” 108    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿ”ฌ

๐Ÿšจ There is a 2-year postdoc position available in my group in Neuchรขtel ๐Ÿšจ
Please share!
Details here: www.unine.ch/biologie/wp-...

11.04.2025 07:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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