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Michael Raissig

@michaelraissig.bsky.social

Plant developmental geneticist, football fanatic, parent Associate Prof @unibern equity, fairness, transparency, posts my own, he/him

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Gong Lab @ UC Berkeley PMB

Happy to announce that I will be opening my lab in the PMB department at UC Berkeley this July. Our lab will study nectary development and evolution using non-conventional models. We are actively recruiting. Join us if you are also enthusiastic about development or evolution!

19.06.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

Congratulations Yan! This is such fantastic news!

05.08.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🌱 come join our lab πŸ˜€
πŸ”¬ PhD: small RNAs & plant stress (36β€―mo)
🧬CDD researcher: plant molecular biology (24β€―mo)
Apply πŸ‘‡
PhD: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...
CDD: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

#PlantScience #PhD #ResearchJobs#ERC#CNRS

05.08.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Join us for a unique workshop that will give many diverse perspectives on how to approach experimental cell and developmental biology in the 21st century.

03.08.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Registrations are Open for the Rigi Workshop 2026, which I'm happy to co-organise with @michaelraissig.bsky.social

"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"

This is primarily intended for PhDs & Postdocs.
Only 30 spots available! So think fast !

#Cell #Biology #ProtistsOnSky

LINK: scnat.ch/en/uuid/i/aa...

14.07.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a community, what a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere, what a location! Thank you @snsf.ch, CSF @ethz.ch, @newphyt.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social and @cerealcell.bsky.social for supporting us.
🌾Brachypodium 2025 was a blast🌾
Grazie mille - Thank you so much
Forza Brachy - Go Brachy

10.07.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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I ❀️meetings where the community comes together in an open and welcoming manner. The atmosphere was great and scientific curiosity was at its peak. Thank you @michaelraissig.bsky.social @anneroulin.bsky.social Joop and the entire organisation team. #Brachypodium #Brachy2025 #IBRC2025 πŸ§ͺ #photography πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

10.07.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ”₯Postdoc opportunity 🌱

The Legris lab at the University of NeuchΓ’tel πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ is looking for a Postdoc to work on the regulation of branching by warm temperatures. If you have a background on plant physiology and development, and you're interested in shoot thermomorphogenesis, apply now!

07.07.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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We ordered a double (due!) 🌈 for #IBRC2025

07.07.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Featured image with Lea Berg - FocalPlane Featured image with Lea Berg - News

This #FluorescenceFriday our featured image is from by @lbmountain.bsky.social (@michaelraissig.bsky.social lab). It shows mature epidermal cell types in a grass leaf of Brachypodium distachyon.
Check out our post to learn more the image & Lea’s research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/07/04/f...

04.07.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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IBRC2025 #Brachy2025 is about to start on Monte Verità 🌾
I am very excited for four full days of Brachypodium love β™₯️

www.brachypodium2025.org

06.07.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations on this amazing image @lbmountain.bsky.social πŸŒΎπŸ”¬

06.07.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Stomatal Biology Group at UniBe celebrating Xin's defense.

Stomatal Biology Group at UniBe celebrating Xin's defense.

πŸ₯³Congratulations, Dr. Cheng!πŸ₯³

PhD student #4, who pioneered work with the leaf succulent KalanchoΓ« laxiflora in our lab πŸŒ΅πŸ”¬

See Xin's #preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I don't think I will ever get used to mentees leaving the lab.

Best of luck, Xin, you will be missed πŸ’š

04.07.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Associate Senior Lecturer in plant physiology with focus on plant embryo development | slu.se SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

"Associate Senior Lecturer in plant physiology with focus on plant embryo development Umea Plant Science Centre and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden
*Application Deadline: Sep 15, 2025"

Read more here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#PlantSciJobs

03.07.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Check out this collaborative paper where we identified two new alleles of a myosin XI that reduce growth and branching and have strong asymmetric division defects. Making the mutant version of the protein is worse than no protein β€” first author @zebosi.bsky.social πŸŒ½πŸŽ‰

01.07.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Frontiers | PubPlant – a continuously updated online resource for sequenced and published plant genomes Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies over the last decade have substantially reduced the cost and effort required to sequence plant genomes. W...

We have been tracking sequenced plant genomes for many years now not least for our @denbi.bsky.social activities at www.plabipd.de/pubplant_mai.... We have now with about 2000 species finally published this resource doi.org/10.3389/fpls...

27.06.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Fantastic opportunity for a plant evo-devo person to launch an independent group - amazing facilities, wonderful colleagues and likely the most interesting and welcoming city in Germany!

27.06.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JSPS Research Fellowship The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship supports you as a highly qualified postdoc from Germany in conducting your research in Japan – regardless of discipline.

Hey my fellow Germans! I wasn't aware, but there is an AvH-JSPP postdoc fellowship, dedicated to German citizens aiming to do their postdoc in Japan. It covers salary + travel to Japan + startup for your life in Japan. Let me know if you are interested!
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo...

06.06.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exploring the diversity of plant model organisms Increasing plant genome research, together with advanced transformation technology, enables researchers to address their research questions more effec…

I'm very pleased to present the @cp-devcell.bsky.social Voices on plant model organism: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... While we appreciate the diversity of plant models, one often questions which model is the "best"?

23.06.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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From Tip to Grain: Sculpting Barley Inflorescence Through the Regulation of Meristem Activity - the Node Written by Isaia Vardanega Behind the Paper Story of β€œCLAVATA signalling shapes barley inflorescence by controlling activity and determinacy of shoot

From Tip to Grain: Sculpting Barley Inflorescence Through the Regulation of Meristem Activity thenode.biologists.com/from-tip-to-...

12.06.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Rejoignez-moi Γ  l' @sspunil.bsky.social !
Come work with me @unil.bsky.social, SwitzerlandπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­!

Nous recrutons un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique, avec spécialisation en politique suisse (100%)!

We're hiring a PhD candidate / research assistant in political science

Please share polisky

15.05.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

If randomly kidnapping people (including first grade kids) from places of work, education, worship, and immigration appointments and disappearing them without due process to foreign prisons does not meet your definition of fascism, then your definition of fascism is wrong.

11.06.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 873    πŸ” 275    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7
Stellenausschreibungen an der UniversitΓ€t Heidelberg Infosystem der ZUV

The @maizel-lab.org & @schumacherlab.bsky.social are hiring!
Part-time lab manager position available immediately! Apply by June 30th πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§/πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ
➑️ adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...

10.06.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The final program of #Brachy2025 is online www.brachypodium2025.org/program2
This will be a fantastic meeting set in the Mediterranean beauty of the Lago Maggiore Area.
I am excited to welcome the Brachypodium aficionados to Switzerland, 10 years after my first Brachy meeting

11.06.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A PhD position (initially 3 years) is available in our laboratory in the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), at the University of TΓΌbingen (Germany). The position is available with an intended start date starting January 2026.
Interested applicants should submit a single PDF comprising a motivation letter describing your research interests, an up-to-date CV, and the names and contact information for 2 references to timing.lab@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de ideally before July 21st.

A PhD position (initially 3 years) is available in our laboratory in the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), at the University of TΓΌbingen (Germany). The position is available with an intended start date starting January 2026. Interested applicants should submit a single PDF comprising a motivation letter describing your research interests, an up-to-date CV, and the names and contact information for 2 references to timing.lab@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de ideally before July 21st.

We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share πŸŒ±πŸ˜„

05.06.2025 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
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Research Technician Root Barriers Join us in investigating the role of maize root barriers in soil stresses!

We are hiring a technician for our BarrierFates consortium! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

04.06.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rigi Workshop 2026: Endless Forms Most Beautiful PhD-students and Post-docs: From 25 to 27th January 2026, join us for a 3-days interdisciplinary workshop at the top of Rigi Mountain to discuss and embrace curiosity-driven approaches, beyond the tra...

Very excited for the Rigi Workshop "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" that I am co-organising with @dudinlab.bsky.social
speakers: @gautamdey.bsky.social Susana Coelho @jandevries.bsky.social Lauren Sanders @annikaguse.bsky.social Edwige Moyroud
Jan 25-27 2026
biol.scnat.ch/de/rigi_work...

28.05.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Meristems shape plant architectures, and grasses generate a complex array of them. To characterise barley vegetative SAMs and spike development, we used single cell and spatial transcriptome data and integrated them in a new database, BARVISTA. A click on a cell now.....
tinyurl.com/38c3mf5d

26.05.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Merci, Prof. Robert, for sharing your research πŸŒΎπŸ”¬ and for pointing out the toxic gender stereotypes women–and mothers in particular–still have to face daily in academic research β™€οΈβœŠ

27.05.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So we now have two #PlantScience specific Clusters of Excellence in Germany... well done! πŸ‘

#CEPLAS3 #GreenRobust

@ceplas.bsky.social

22.05.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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