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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Jo Hepworth
@coolcabbage.bsky.social
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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
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Super pleased our @jxbotany.bsky.social review with Pablo González-Suárez @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!
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Pre-weekend reminder to contact me about applying for my #PhD opportunity @durham.ac.uk #PlantSciJobs:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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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
www.findaphd.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Pre-weekend reminder to contact me about applying for my #PhD opportunity @durham.ac.uk #PlantSciJobs:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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I’ve opened my own research group at the #Umeå 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:
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:
Postdoctoral researcher in wood formation | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
www.slu.se
January 30, 2026 at 10:48 AM
I’ve opened my own research group at the #Umeå 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:
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:
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Please share!
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...
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...
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Please share!
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...
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...
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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...
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...
January 30, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Please share!
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...
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...
@zbevo.bsky.social food for thought!
Rye is the most commonly cited example of this. (See, for example, www.smbc-comics.com/comic/vavilov ). Oats are another. Both rye and oats have different environmental tolerances than wheat and barley do, so there are locations where they're a far more reliable crop than what they were mimicking.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Vavilov
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Vavilov
www.smbc-comics.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 AM
@zbevo.bsky.social food for thought!
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Starting in an hour, join this free online root symposium! #plantscience
🌱 ISRR Mini-Symposium Registration is now open!
📅 Jan 28th 2026
Join us online to dig into the latest in #root and #rhizosphere science! Don't miss out on this chance to grow your knowledge and network with fellow enthusiasts!
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📅 Jan 28th 2026
Join us online to dig into the latest in #root and #rhizosphere science! Don't miss out on this chance to grow your knowledge and network with fellow enthusiasts!
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International Society of Root Research - Mini Symposium
Join us online for the International Society of Root Research Mini Symposium to dig into the latest in root and rhizosphere science!
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January 28, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Starting in an hour, join this free online root symposium! #plantscience
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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!!!
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!!!
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
January 28, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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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!!!
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!!!
Fabulous opportunity #plantscijobs
I am excited to offer a postdoctoral research position in my lab in Oxford studying the distribution of small RNAs during plant sexual reproduction. shorturl.at/7Goxt
Reposts appreciated!
Obligatory cat video to brighten your day. :-)
Reposts appreciated!
Obligatory cat video to brighten your day. :-)
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Fabulous opportunity #plantscijobs
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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...
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...
Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in Plant Developmental Biology
Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in Plant Developmental Biology
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January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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...
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...
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Our new preprint is out on bioRxiv!
A regulation-compliant infrared heating system for UK field trials 🌾🔥
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Here’s what it looked like ↓
A regulation-compliant infrared heating system for UK field trials 🌾🔥
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Here’s what it looked like ↓
January 23, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Our new preprint is out on bioRxiv!
A regulation-compliant infrared heating system for UK field trials 🌾🔥
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Here’s what it looked like ↓
A regulation-compliant infrared heating system for UK field trials 🌾🔥
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Here’s what it looked like ↓
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...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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
www.findaphd.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Looks fascinating!
August 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Looks fascinating!
for the crazy few:
Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
August 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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.
➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/2d6ad8sw
➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/2d6ad8sw
July 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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.
➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/2d6ad8sw
➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/2d6ad8sw
Pablo's elegant figures are definitely a highlight!
Thrilled to see our review published! 🌺Here we asked how temperature affects reproductive meristems across the year in seasonal climates and what that means for the final plant architecture of Arabidopsis and some of its crop relatives 🌡️
July 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Pablo's elegant figures are definitely a highlight!
Super pleased our @jxbotany.bsky.social review with Pablo González-Suárez @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-...
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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
academic.oup.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Super pleased our @jxbotany.bsky.social review with Pablo González-Suárez @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-...
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🌱🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌱🧬
Tremblay & Qüesta discuss how examining the seed-to-seedling transition can reveal how non-coding RNAs and epigenetic changes regulate transcription during developmental transitions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @jiquesta.bsky.social
Tremblay & Qüesta discuss how examining the seed-to-seedling transition can reveal how non-coding RNAs and epigenetic changes regulate transcription during developmental transitions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @jiquesta.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🌱🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌱🧬
Tremblay & Qüesta discuss how examining the seed-to-seedling transition can reveal how non-coding RNAs and epigenetic changes regulate transcription during developmental transitions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @jiquesta.bsky.social
Tremblay & Qüesta discuss how examining the seed-to-seedling transition can reveal how non-coding RNAs and epigenetic changes regulate transcription during developmental transitions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @jiquesta.bsky.social
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...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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…
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June 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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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.
Please reskeet and share.
Joining | The Mosher Lab
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January 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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.
Please reskeet and share.
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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...
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...
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
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December 3, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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...
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...
An unexpected joy of being an academic: writing references for talented students, in the happy hope of them going on to great things.
December 20, 2024 at 1:08 PM
An unexpected joy of being an academic: writing references for talented students, in the happy hope of them going on to great things.
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...
(Though, it's Christmas - so, no stress! I'll get back to you after the break).
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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
www.findaphd.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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...
(Though, it's Christmas - so, no stress! I'll get back to you after the break).
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@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!)
In fact a chance has come up for UK students to start this PhD *now - ASAP - before April 2025*!
Send me a CV ASAP!
#plantscijobs #phd #DurhamUni
Send me a CV ASAP!
#plantscijobs #phd #DurhamUni
Am writing a PhD project studying the genes that control drought during flowering in a key UK crop (oilseed rape) - using molecular biology, mutants, lab and field experiments, hyperspectral imaging - all the way from lab to field. Contact me to find out more!
December 16, 2024 at 10:46 AM
@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!)
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🚨 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 open—please share with potential candidates! 👇 (1/7)
December 2, 2024 at 12:05 PM
🚨 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 open—please share with potential candidates! 👇 (1/7)