Niloofar Vaghefi

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Declining a review should not require registration. Commercially driven #predatorypublishing plain and simple.

#sciencecrisis

#Iran

How do pathogens sneak past plant defenses? Join Dr. Quan Zeng in "Illustrating a Novel Host Entry Mechanism of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria.​"

Don’t miss this event in our Advances in Phytobacteriology series on January 15!

https://bit.ly/3YnkfLz

#planthealth #plantscience

The baby whose life was saved by the first personalized CRISPR therapy KJ Muldoon is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

KJ Muldoon’s name and photo were splashed across newspapers and broadcasts around the world as the first known person to receive a personalized CRISPR-based genome-editing therapy. He’s part of Nature’s 10. 🧪

This year’s Presidential Christmas card.

Eucalyptus grandis MYB‐Like and RAN‐Like Zinc Finger Proteins Display Dual Roles in Regulating Plant Immunity and Symbiosis Pathways Plant roots live in constant contact with diverse microbes in the soil. Plant fitness, therefore, relies on signaling pathways that mount an effective immune response against pathogens while fosterin...

Can you fool a plant into mis-identifying a beneficial symbiont? Yes you can! Check out our new paper where we use comparative transcriptomics to identify bi-functional signalling hubs controlling pathogenesis and mutualism in Eucalyptus. dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppl....

Abstracts are open for #ICOM2026!

I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴

There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/

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Aetiology and epidemiology of truffle rot in Australia : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne <p> We have an open, fully funded PhD position on the causes and epidemiology of truffle rot in Australian orchards. The PhD student will be enrolled at the University of Melbourne under the supervision of Niloofar Vaghefi and Camille Truong from the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. </p> <p> The project will elucidate the biotic and abiotic causes of truffle rot across different regions and provide recommendations for improved management, while equipping the industry with diagnostic tools for early and reliable detection in soils. Activities include identifying affected farms and potential experimental sites in collaboration with growers, surveys of fungi, bacteria and oomycetes associated with truffle rot, and assessing the pathogenicity of commonly isolated microorganisms using glasshouse and field trials. </p> <p> <strong>Eligibility criteria:</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Hsc or Msc in biological sciences or a relevant field, experience in conducting both fieldwork and molecular biology work. </li> <li>Demonstrated writing and communication skills in English, including with stakeholders. </li> <li>Background and laboratory skills in mycology or plant pathology, as well as bioinformatics skills, are desirable. </li> <li>The successful candidate will be based in the Parkville campus in Melbourne and will require to travel for field experiments. </li> </ul>

Come to work with @niloofar232.bsky.social, @fungidownunder.bsky.social and myself on truffle rot in Australian orchards!

Fully funded PhD position - for more details and to apply:
findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...

@plant-pathogens.bsky.social
@ausmycsoc.bsky.social

What a beautiful graph 😂😂 #auspol #ausvotes25 #ausvotes2025

ABC’s coverage has been pretty crap tbh.

Seven and Nine called it first.

9 has called it for Labor. #ausvotes

Proud moment as our PhD students @violecarrillo.bsky.social Hanyue Feng, and Nathan Ma present their research at the #UniMElb Faculty of Science Graduate Research Conference! 🌟👏 #GradResearch #PhDLife #FoSGR #Plant_Pathology

Here is a starter to a starter pack for the Aus plant science community. Let’s rebuild. #plantscience

Let me know if you want to be added. Help me find more.
go.bsky.app/AiLTKHH

I am recruiting graduate students this year to join my lab in Tucson! If you are interested in studying the evolution of plant diversity, polypoidy, and chromosomal evolution, please reach out about opportunities in my lab! Details about applying to EEB and our new CAMBIUM NRT in the thread below! 🧪

To celebrate the one-year anniversary 🎂 of my online book R for Plant Disease Epidemiology (R4PDE), I’m excited to announce the addition of two new chapters: one on remote sensing and another on disease modeling.
r4pde.net

We're looking for a full professor Plant Breeding (Kiel University, Germany). The position comes with good labs, glasshouses, technical and administrative staff and one or two permanent postdoc positions to be filled freely.

Questions? Feel free to contact me!