Margaret Frank

The genome of the vining fern Lygodium microphyllum highlights genomic and functional differences between life phases of an invasive plant | PNAS Functional and genomic studies on the differences between the gametophyte and sporophyte life phases of plants remain scarce, yet unraveling these ...

Another fern (Lygodium microphyllum) genome just published @pnas.org !

What a year for non-sed plant genomics!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🚨Job Alert!! Assistant professor vacancy ‘plant abiotic stress resilience’ in our group @uuplants.bsky.social Come for the science, stay for the amazing colleagues 😀More details here www.uu.nl/en/organisat... Please share!!

Yesterday I talked* science with modellers, mathematicians, biochemists, cell biologists and geneticists. Sound like your kind of place? Join us!

Applications for a tenure-track or tenured Group Leader ar JIC close Monday.

(*I love chatting - if you come to JIC I *will* stop you in the corridor)

Join us for a fun webinar in an hour! For my talk, Ill be doing an overview of my thoughts on flower design. Come hanggg 💚

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A unified cell atlas of vascular plants reveals cell-type foundational genes and accelerates gene discovery A cross-species single-cell atlas highlights a core subset of cell-type foundational genes associated with major vascular plant cell types, enabling the identification of hidden cell types and the dev...

A great example of how comparative genomics across the full range of vascular plant lineages can be used as a catalyst for gene discovery!
Exciting new single cell datasets for gymnosperms, ferns and lycophytes!
The scale of this study is really amazing!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social

Allison was a delight to have in the lab this summer! She'll be applying to PhD programs in Plant Bio this fall...

I’m proud to present the main work from my postdoc, 3+ years in making from scratch, my ultimate #MimulusPropaganda up till now:

The Moment
That
Symmetry
Breaks.

#plantscience #development #imaging #microscopy 🧪🌸🔬
w. Captain Yaowu & @biancatash.bsky.social

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

Career & Internships » HF&G Holden Forests & Gardens is not just a great place to visit, it’s a wonderful place to work. Discover the opportunities now available for potential

Job alert! Please share.
We're looking for an urban ecologist (PhD) to join the research team at the Holden Arboretum.
Develop an active research program while supporting stakeholders. 🌳
I'll be at #ESA2025 and happy to chat.
#AltAc #HoldenScience #UrbanEcology

holdenfg.org/career-and-i...

Did you see @racheljabaily.bsky.social new open educational resource "Biology of Plants" coloring textbook when you were at #Botany2025 ? No? WELL GO CHECK IT OUT: oercommons.org/courses/the-... Gorgeous illustrations by MGB Hurst 😍

For me, it's my MIL, and she still spends the first day "straightening up our house" 😅

Any ECR folks (esp postdocs) want to review a paper on polyploid gene expression? 🌾

Posters are going up… that can only mean one thing: the George and Helen Kohut Symposium is TOMORROW at 9:30 AM! Join us in-person or on Zoom to celebrate student research & achievement!

Info & schedule: btiscience.org/event/2025-g...

Sunflowers are full of secrets 🕵️‍♀️🌻 I had a blast making this for @nybg.bsky.social 's Van Gogh's Flowers exhibit, where you can see all the 🌻🌻🌻 shine through Oct. 26th!

#scicomm 🧪 #nationalsunflowerday #botany

YouTube video by Allison Kokal How to Cross Pollinate Tomatoes!

Take a look at my amazing REU student, Allison, cross-pollinating tomatoes in the greenhouse! 🍅 🌱 @btiscience.bsky.social
youtu.be/r1o4tRv2kXM?...

If anyone wants a set, head on over to atinygreencell.com! Open source and reasonably priced. Made with love, on Long Island. 🌈🦠💚

Annual reminder that @atinygreencell.bsky.social's rainbow bacteria are BEAUTIFUL! We're getting cultures ready to make bacteria art with the high school summer program.

Ruby & Robots 😍 Not a bad bandname. #plantscience

Guest Editorial: Invest in science, invest in the future “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest,” wrote Pennsylvania’s own Benjamin Franklin — words that have only grown more powerful in today’s world.

I wrote an op-ed for my local paper (The Sentinel in Carlisle, PA) about the impact of science funding cuts.
cumberlink.com/opinion/edit...

Thank you to @cornellasap.bsky.social and @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social to get my writing out there as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative!

Promotional image for the "Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference" focusing on meeting the speakers. This promo includes an image of Dr. David Jackson from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory with a short bio on Dr. Jackson.

Meet The Speakers of the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference!

To Apply to the GRC: lnkd.in/gvkMxuKR

To Learn More About Dr. Jacksons Research: jacksonlab.labsites.cshl.edu

If you're a scientist who's had to cut or cancel your field season because of US budget cuts, DM me here for an oped I'm working on. 🌏🧪

NIH, NSF and NASA budgets decreases substantially in FY26. https://joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/the-white-house-vision-for-dismantling

The FY26 budget will devastate our innovation driven economy. A summary in 3 parts...

Part 1 - The White House vision for dismantling science, as described in one simple plot, means slashing budgets of NIH, NASA, NSF & going back 25 years (or more).

joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/the-white-...

Open PhD position in plant regeneration 🌱
www.muni.cz/en/about-us/...

Single-Nucleus Transcriptomics Reveals How Tissue Context Shapes the Circadian Transcriptome of the Arabidopsis Leaf https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.12.659411v1

Fantastic News!!! Congratulations, Yan!

Congratulations!!! Very exciting news!

Promotional image for the "Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference" focusing on meeting the speakers. This promo includes an image of Dr. Tatsuya Nobori from The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK with a short bio on Dr. Nobori.

Meet The Speakers of the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference!

@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social

To Apply to the GRC: lnkd.in/gvkMxuKR

To Learn More About Dr. Nobori's Research: www.tatsuyanobori.com

GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.

New additions in fellowships, industry, and academic jobs! If you've recently gotten a fellowship or a job (research, industry, PUI) please consider contributing your application materials. It's a helpful resource for those on the job market! github.com/RILAB/statem...

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...

An incredible interactive look at the thousands of NIH grants and billions of dollars cut — and the real people, both researchers and patients, behind them.

Bravo @anniewaldman.bsky.social et al at @propublica.org

Our work on re-engineering soybean floral traits to attract bee pollinators is up on BioRxiv! Shout-out to first author, Dr. Nicole Szeluga, who led this project and the tremendous team of scientists at the Danforth Center, UC-Davis, and the JIC, who made the project possible + funders: FFAR & USB