Niloofar Vaghefi

23.09.2025 13:31 — 👍 283    🔁 73    💬 3    📌 0

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16.09.2025 05:00 — 👍 38    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 5

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

12.08.2025 05:48 — 👍 8    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0

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

03.05.2025 10:44 — 👍 24    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

ABC’s coverage has been pretty crap tbh.

Seven and Nine called it first.

03.05.2025 10:25 — 👍 124    🔁 6    💬 21    📌 0

9 has called it for Labor. #ausvotes

03.05.2025 10:25 — 👍 60    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0

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

08.12.2024 07:26 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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

15.11.2024 22:21 — 👍 40    🔁 26    💬 8    📌 2

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! 🧪

14.11.2024 18:44 — 👍 64    🔁 59    💬 1    📌 6

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

29.10.2024 23:04 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

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!

12.11.2024 20:50 — 👍 16    🔁 27    💬 2    📌 1