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Plant & microbial biosciences PhD candidate πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ”¬ @WUSTLdbbs @DanforthCenter @MeyersLabUCDavis Plant bio 🌱 🌽, RNA bio 🧬,and developmental bio πŸ₯š 🐣 πŸ“

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Coexpression network and trans‐activation analyses of maize reproductive phasiRNA loci This work identifies the temporal gene coexpression networks associated with maize anther development, including two modules highly enriched for the 21- or 24-nucleotide reproductive phased, small in....

We tried something similar! Very small pilot experiment with very few cells so that significantly limited the power of our analysis, but I’ve always wanted to give it another (better) shot! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

06.10.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Plant cells are totipotent, meaning individual cells have the potential to develop into a full organism, a property unique to the zygote for animals. However, in most species for most cells, plant cells are not spontaneously totipotent, since they must be treated with specific hormone combinations to unlock their totipotency. Species within the Kalanchoe genus is unique as they spontaneously develop foliar embryos that are fully realized plantlets with shoot and root from notches along the edges of leaves. We speculate that the progenitor cells that give rise to these foliar embryos are totipotent, and we are using single cell techniques to identify & characterize them. In addition to being a fundamental process for plant biology, we foresee unlocking totipotency has many biotechnological applications, such as faciliating genetic transformation and the development of synthetic organs of biomanufacturing.

Please share! I'm looking for a postdoc. The position is to lead one of the following projects: 1) regulation of plant specialized metabolism by cell fate, or 2) foliar embryogenesis in the succulent plant Kalanchoe.

Learn more abt projects: cxli233.github.io/cxLi_lab/res...

04.09.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049

02.09.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Introducing the 1,000 Flower Collection 🧬🌹

I’m creating 1,000 genetically designed flowers each crafted with new colors, patterns, and shapes.

Here’s how I’m making it happen… and how you can join me on this journey 🧡(1/7)

11.08.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 9
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A truly enabling new approach by @taralowensohn.bsky.social Will Cody and @sattelylab.bsky.social to probe plant genetics at scale.

Single-gene-per-cell delivery coupled to an effective transcriptional selection system

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

07.08.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Breaking: the American Society of Plant Taxonomists now on BlueSky @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social!

#botany2025 #iamabotanist

04.08.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I am SO excited to talk about my dissertation work on the circadian regulation of triacylglycerol biosynthesis at #PlantBio2025!!

31.05.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Conservation and divergence of regulatory architecture in nitrate-responsive plant gene circuits Gene circuits that control transcriptional regulation of nitrate-responses have similarities and differences, despite the equivalent effects of nitrogen on

Excited that our paper with @bradylabs.bsky.social on conservation and divergence in nitrogen regulatory networks is finally published. This was a fun & rewarding collaboration that will continue in new projects to engineer πŸ… N responses academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

04.07.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@cornellasap.bsky.social my McClintock letter in the Petersburg Observer! Research helps everyone, including farmers πŸ‘©β€πŸŒΎπŸšœπŸŒ½

30.06.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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πŸ“£πŸ“£We are #hiring! πŸ“£Please RT! @mpipz.bsky.social has a group leader position available in the broad area of Plant Development and Diversity 🌿. Apply now!🌿 πŸ‘‰http://bit.ly/4nkUvLa #plantsci

27.06.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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I'm excited to share this NAASC early career professional development seminar aimed at plant biology scientists considering faculty jobs!
🌱Lab Launchpad: The New PIs Guide to Starting Your Own Lab🌱
Register www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/register-car...

02.05.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress.

Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.

#McClintockLetters

blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

21.04.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 27
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ExPOSE: a comprehensive toolkit to perform expansion microscopy in plant protoplast systems This method provides a robust approach for performing expansion microscopy in plant protoplasts for imaging single-cell and subcellular compartments at greatly enhanced resolution.

Some of my postdoc work has been "exposed" today in @theplantjournal.bsky.social! πŸ˜πŸŽ‰πŸ”¬ We developed ExPOSE - a method to perform expansion microscopy in plant protoplast systems. Here's a quick🧡of the details: @meter76.bsky.social @lily-oconnor.bsky.social
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07.03.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

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ExPOSE: a comprehensive toolkit to perform expansion microscopy in plant protoplast systems
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70049
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09.03.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Responding to Federal Research Grant Terminations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join the AAAS Center for Scientific Responsibility and Justice and AAAS SEA Change for a roundtable discussion on the laws and regulations that govern federal grant terminations, including procedures ...

This Friday at 12 eastern @aaas.org is holding a zoom meeting on how to respond to federal research grant terminations. Register here aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

26.03.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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12 examples of how developmental biology research led to fundamental discoveries for biomedical research. There are many more! Download ppt & jpg versions on @socdevbio.bsky.social website. Use & modify as needed. Poster formats are also posted to print & hang in your lab!

26.03.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article) Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.

Seed and tuber collections are really, really, REALLY important.

A short thread 🧡 1/5

πŸ§ͺ #plantscience

22.03.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 16
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There are days in life that shake you.

I’m shattered πŸ’” to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧡

18.03.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2006    πŸ” 836    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 93

Nature journalists will be at #StandUpForScience protests across the US later today; and in France the actions have already begun. Events will take place in more than 30 French cities, says @standupforscifr.bsky.social

07.03.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 363    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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Maize Genetics Meeting stands up for science!

07.03.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Transcription factors instruct DNA methylation patterns in plant reproductive tissues DNA methylation is maintained by forming self-reinforcing connections with other repressive chromatin modifications, resulting in stably silenced genes and transposons. However, these mechanisms fail ...

Back-to-back manuscripts from the Jacobsen and Law labs revealing TFs that direct RdDM! Genetics controlling epigenetics. Reminiscent of KRAB ZFs... shorturl.at/TE4PH shorturl.at/QEHDU

24.02.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anscombe's quartet - Wikipedia

2nd time in a many weeks I've introduced someone to Anscombe's quartet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anscomb...

25.02.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Data Scientist I - Phenotyping/Data Science ...

We are HIRING! Join us as a Data Scientist or Postdoc working on geospatial (UAV/satellite) analysis and PlantCV development. See details in the job ads.

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22.02.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pseudouridine is the hidden language of plant RNA translation - Nature Plants A groundbreaking study reveals how pseudouridine modifications across plant RNA species orchestrate translation dynamics, and provides a comprehensive atlas of these modifications in four major crop s...

Excited to share my News & Views article in Nature Plants! I talk about Pseudouridine and its broader impact on plant gene translation. Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#PlantScience #NaturePlants #ScienceCommunication @natureplants.bsky.social

08.02.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a week left to apply for this postdoc position in my lab in Oxford.

21.02.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 Black History Month: Black Plant Scientists Spotlight | Plantae An initiative originated by Kevin Cox Jr., PhD, Plantae carries on Kevin’s tremendous effort of bringing visibility to several exceptional scientists and their work across the science community.

#JustIn on Plantae: 2025 Black History Month Plant Scientists Spotlight. Kevin Cox Jr., PhD @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social continues his annual series bringing visibility to exceptional scientists and their work. https://buff.ly/41fCJQn

#plantscience

20.02.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay.

They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence!
Mustard on the [Be][At] bro.

Happy Black History Month!

21.02.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1754    πŸ” 327    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 22
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Internationally recognized plant scientist named next President of the Danforth Plant Science Center - Danforth Plant Science Center After an extensive international search, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has named Giles Oldroyd, PhD, as its next President.

After an extensive search, the Danforth Center has named Giles Oldroyd, PhD, its next President.

@gilesoldroyd.bsky.social is a renowned plant geneticist & one of only a few hundred scientists elected to both the UK @royalsociety.org & the US @nasonline.org.
www.danforthcenter.org/news/interna...

18.02.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

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