Robyn Emmerson

Finding balance: the dynamic interplay between H3K27me3 writers and erasers in regulating environmental plasticity and memory Subject to an ever-changing world, plants must respond to harmful conditions and environmental fluctuations. Their evolutionary success can be attributed to their plasticity in both perceiving and in...

So happy to see this work finally online!

In this Research Review, I discuss the emerging roles of H3K27me3 writers (the enzymes that lay it down) and erasers (the enzymes that remove it) in controlling plant adaptation 🌿🌡️❄️🦠

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I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.

Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience

Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.

If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs

Research question for the #epigenetics community: Anyone on here tested using NEB's EM conversion with Illumina Infinium microarrays and want to share there experiences? Please share 🙏

My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
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Happy to share our latest paper on a new method iNOME-seq that acts as an in vivo bookmarking system to measure open chromatin and other features in plants rdcu.be/eMh36. Project started several years ago with Prof Jose Gutierrez-Marcos and a great collaboration with @plantevolution.bsky.social.

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If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

FindAPhD : NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme Studentship 2026 at University of Glasgow Apply for a PhD: NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme Studentship 2026 at University of Glasgow

New #PhD opportunities! NorthWestBio projects now online for 2026! Including a #photosynthesis project w/ @marjorielundgren.bsky.social looking at how photosynthetic diversity may affect future crop nutrient quality. Plant projects and the full set of projects available here: tinyurl.com/529yz4jd

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Schematic representation of the experimental design used in this study.

DNA methylation contributes to plant acclimation to naturally fluctuating light

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by Emmerson et al.

@robynemm.bsky.social @raduzabet.bsky.social @ubechtold.bsky.social @proftlawson.bsky.social #PlantScience

We are looking for a Postdoc with expertise in plant molecular/synthetic biology, or single-cell/spatial transcriptomics to join the UKRI-FLF funded project focused on understanding and improving water-use efficiency in rice.

Apply online before 15/10/2025:
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

RP

We are looking for a PDRA for the PlantPlug project, turning parasitic plants into programmable bio-modules! Using mistletoe as a novel chassis, we are exploring the frontiers of inter-species communication.
Apply online by 15/10/2025.
*RP*
#PlantSciencesJobs

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Excited to see our story on epigenetic mediated aclimation of plants to fluctuating light patterns out today in doi.org/10.1111/nph..... This work started 6 years ago co-supervised with the amazing @proftlawson.bsky.social and led by the brilliant @robynemm.bsky.social. 1/2

I'm so pleased this is out, I loved my PhD project so much!
We found that natural fluctuations in light impacts both DNA methylation and gene expression, and identified a possible candidate (MCCA) for further exploration. Check it out ⬇️

I can't stress it more. This conference has been designed for us by us. Support @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at the University of Leeds funded by the SEB, Faculty of Biological Science at Leeds, the Grow More and New Phytologist foundations and Gastby. Join us on 24/10, details below.

Large group of diverse scientists and researchers gathered outside a modern building for a New Phytologist next generation scientists symposium.

Thank you to our brilliant delegates, mentors, speakers, the organising committee and our hosts at the University of Birmingham for making New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 a great success!

I really enjoyed writing this with Marco! If you're interested in the possible consequences of transposon movement and viral infection on plant genome plasticity, check it out ⬇️

Vol 76 | Issue 9 | 2025 Journal of Experimental Botany Special Issue: Epigenetic Plasticity Cover image: This cover design features an octopus in a glass jar, symbolizing chromatin and the nucleus. The artwork is rendered in the Ukiyo-e (浮世絵) style. The ancient Chinese characters, written in cursive script (草書), represent ‘the dynamic regulation of chromatin’. The Yang seal (朱文) in seal script (篆書) signifies ‘chromatin’; the Yin seal (白文) signifies ‘nucleus’ (credit: Dr. Yihan Dong).

📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣

Epigenetic Plasticity: From Model Plants to Crops

📘 Edited by Marco Catoni, Tamara Lechon Gomez, and Aline Probst

📸 Cover image by Yihan Dong

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Radu is an amazing supervisor, I would highly recommend!

VRN2-PRC2 facilitates light-triggered repression of PIF signaling to coordinate growth in Arabidopsis Osborne et al. show that the angiosperm-specific PRC2 subunit VRN2 is enriched in hypoxic regions of the Arabidopsis shoot, where it is required for stable deposition of H3K27me3 in key PIF4 target ge...

Happy to see our latest paper by @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social et al out today in Developmental Cell @cellpress.bsky.social! We identify a role for VRN2-PRC2 in regulating light-responsive growth in Arabidopsis through the conditional epigenetic repression of PIF signalling. tinyurl.com/swbyff24

Join our lab in @kent.ac.uk

Paid summer #studentship for #BAME students to study #seaweed as biostimulant in #crops
Application:
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Want to do a #PhD in Molecular #Plantscience / Plant Epigenetics? We are recruiting through two currently open Freiburg graduate school program calls by @mpi-ie.bsky.social and SGBM of @uni-freiburg.de! Consider to apply:
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de/node/1847

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Don't miss your opportunity to attend New Phytologist next generation scientists, the FREE meeting for early career researchers in plant science. #npnextgen

4–7 July 2025
Birmingham, UK

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Right before the weekend, revisit the wonders of biology in the SEB Magazine Winter 2024 issue, Beyond the Code!

Explore the intricate layers of protein expression, epigenetics, and gene regulation.

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New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 takes place on 4–7 August at the University of Birmingham!

Don't miss your opportunity to join this unique meeting of early career plant scientists! Apply to attend by 27 January:

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Climbing the Ivory Tower: How Socio-Economic Background Shapes Academia Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

“Academics from poorer backgrounds introduce more novel scientific concepts, but are less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards.” www.nber.org/papers/w33289

Announcing a curated collection of long-read genomes for Arabidopsis thaliana: The 1001 Genomes Plus Project. Currently 453 unique accessions/almost 600 assemblies.
Interested in contributing? Please contact us!
#plantscience
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Dive into "Beyond the Code," exploring epigenetics, protein expression, and gene regulation across biology. 🌱🧬🐾

🎄 Just before the holiday break, take a moment to explore these fascinating topics!

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