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Jo Hepworth

@coolcabbage.bsky.social

Cool Cabbage Lab @ Durham University. Researching plant developmental responses to temperature - brassicas and Arabidopsis. She/her/call me Dr.

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Watering the flowers: gene x environment control of water use during Brassica napus inflorescence development. at Durham University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Watering the flowers: gene x environment control of water use during Brassica napus inflorescence development. at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Pre-weekend reminder to contact me about applying for my #PhD opportunity @durham.ac.uk #PlantSciJobs:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

30.01.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral researcher in wood formation | slu.se SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

I’ve opened my own research group at the #UmeΓ₯ Plant Science Center,
and get to dig into the cell #biology of #wood formation to my heart’s content.

I can’t do it alone though, so I’m looking for postdocs!

If you know anyone in #plantscience that might be interested, send them my way:

30.01.2026 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

30.01.2026 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens.
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

30.01.2026 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

@zbevo.bsky.social food for thought!

28.01.2026 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Starting in an hour, join this free online root symposium! #plantscience

28.01.2026 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Full Professor and Chair Laboratory of Biophysics We are looking for a Full Professor in the Biophysics chair group, part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f...

Become our new colleague (and next door neighbor) and lead a chair/group/department of Biophysics at Wageningen University. Reach out to me for info and please spread!!!

28.01.2026 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fabulous opportunity #plantscijobs

27.01.2026 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done Chris!

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Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in Plant Developmental Biology Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in Plant Developmental Biology

We’re hiring! 🌱
Open positions in my lab for candidates interested in cambium development in Arabidopsis, hybrid aspen, or silver birch. Apply now! Please repost! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

09.01.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

This is also in collaboration with the fabulous @ubechtold.bsky.social, benefitting from her supervision and Dr Prashar's to give a full view from bioinformatics, cell biology, development up to the crop in the field!

26.01.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ignore the note that says it's Newcastle, that's due to the funding system. The main base is Durham, but second supervisor Dr Ankush Prashar is indeed at Newcastle and the farm rotation will be at the wonderful NUFarm!

26.01.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our new preprint is out on bioRxiv!
A regulation-compliant infrared heating system for UK field trials 🌾πŸ”₯

doi.org/10.64898/202...

Here’s what it looked like ↓

23.01.2026 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Watering the flowers: gene x environment control of water use during Brassica napus inflorescence development. at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Watering the flowers: gene x environment control of water use during Brassica napus inflorescence development. at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD position available in my group at Durham! So exciting! PLEASE do email me if you're thinking of applying for tips on cover letters and to find out more about the lab, the uni and the project. #phd #plantphd #plantscijobs #plantsci #crops #climate

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

26.01.2026 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looks fascinating!

20.08.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

for the crazy few:

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You have strong interest in plant genomics and machine learning? And you hold a PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics or a related field? The we have a great job offer at the @leibnizipk.bsky.social.

➑️Read more: tinyurl.com/2d6ad8sw

03.07.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Pablo's elegant figures are definitely a highlight!

03.07.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seasons and shape: Inflorescences from autumn to summer Abstract. Flowering plants organize their reproductive organs within specialized structures named inflorescences. Plasticity in the architecture of these i

Super pleased our @jxbotany.bsky.social review with Pablo GonzΓ‘lez-SuΓ‘rez @pablidopsis.bsky.social (now with Margot Smit), Tom Lock @txmlock.bsky.social and Steve Penfield (@johninnescentre.bsky.social) on plant architecture responses to seasonal temperature is out!
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

02.07.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Figure 2 (shortened, see paper for full legend): Long non-coding RNAs participate in both activation and repression of genes preventing germination. (A) Under red and far-red light conditions, phytochrome B (phyB) promotes accumulation of the HIDDEN TREASURE 1 (HID1) lncRNA in the radicle of germinating seeds to repress transcription of genes which slow germination. For the repressor PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 3 (PIF3), HID1 RNA directly interacts with the chromatin in its promoter region, repressing transcription. For other genes such as the ABA biosynthesis gene 9-CIS-EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE (NCED9), HID1 not only interacts with the chromatin in its promoter region, but also with the histone methylase ARABIDOPSIS TRITHORAX-RELATED7 (ATXR7) to suppress its ability to deposit the activating gene body mark H3K4me3, thus reducing transcription of NCED9. (B) Transcription of the dormancy-promoting gene DELAY OF GERMINATION1 (DOG1) is induced and repressed by different lncRNAs.

Figure 2 (shortened, see paper for full legend): Long non-coding RNAs participate in both activation and repression of genes preventing germination. (A) Under red and far-red light conditions, phytochrome B (phyB) promotes accumulation of the HIDDEN TREASURE 1 (HID1) lncRNA in the radicle of germinating seeds to repress transcription of genes which slow germination. For the repressor PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 3 (PIF3), HID1 RNA directly interacts with the chromatin in its promoter region, repressing transcription. For other genes such as the ABA biosynthesis gene 9-CIS-EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE (NCED9), HID1 not only interacts with the chromatin in its promoter region, but also with the histone methylase ARABIDOPSIS TRITHORAX-RELATED7 (ATXR7) to suppress its ability to deposit the activating gene body mark H3K4me3, thus reducing transcription of NCED9. (B) Transcription of the dormancy-promoting gene DELAY OF GERMINATION1 (DOG1) is induced and repressed by different lncRNAs.

🌱🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌱🧬

Tremblay & QΓΌesta discuss how examining the seed-to-seedling transition can reveal how non-coding RNAs and epigenetic changes regulate transcription during developmental transitions.

πŸ”— doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience πŸ§ͺ @jiquesta.bsky.social‬

01.07.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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DeepCanola: Phenotyping brassica pods using semi-synthetic data and active learning Phenotyping, the measurement of attributes or traits, is crucial in selecting superior cultivars for specific environmental situations. This is a time…

Very excited to see this wonderful work by Larissa and Keiran at @ibers.bsky.social creating a brilliant, accurate high-throughput model for Brassica pod phenotyping out in the world!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

12.06.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Joining | The Mosher Lab

I'm happy to announce a postdoctoral position is available in my lab. We have lots of great data to analyze with respect to transposons & epigenetics and cool biological questions to answer.
Please reskeet and share.

22.01.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

There's been a pair terrorising students and staff at University of York for decades!

09.01.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Twenty-seven scientists become EMBO Young Investigators – Press releases – EMBO The group leaders join an international network of nearly 800 life scientists and receive financial support

I am very happy to be part of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme! Huge thanks to the members of my group
at CRAG for sharing with me the motivation for science #plants #epigenetics. Looking forward to interacting with the EMBO_YIP scientific community. www.embo.org/press-releas...

03.12.2024 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations! So well deserved!

09.01.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An unexpected joy of being an academic: writing references for talented students, in the happy hope of them going on to great things.

20.12.2024 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watering the flowers: gene x environment control of water use during Brassica napus inflorescence development at Durham University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Watering the flowers: gene x environment control of water use during Brassica napus inflorescence development at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Here's more info on my available PhD position. Please do message me to get more info!
(Though, it's Christmas - so, no stress! I'll get back to you after the break).

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

20.12.2024 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@txmlock.bsky.social, could you pass to the JIC crowd? Opportunity should be available to study this year or next, anyone at all curious - i'm happy to answer questions (and will be @ JIC Thursday 19th!)

16.12.2024 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 PhD Opportunity Alert! 🚨 I'm thrilled to announce my new project, Watchers on the Wall, exploring how plant cells sense and respond to stress through their walls. 🌱 A 5-year fully funded PhD position is openβ€”please share with potential candidates! πŸ‘‡ (1/7)

02.12.2024 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

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