Elena Kramer
@elenakramer.bsky.social
I’m a plant developmental geneticist who loves plants, evolution, teaching and hiking with my dogs.
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We also have an opening in the Biology Dept. at UMass Boston for a tenure track position to teach #genetics! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us... - research area very flexible! Could definitely see candidates applying to both.
Page Up - UMass Boston
employmentopportunities.umb.edu
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We also have an opening in the Biology Dept. at UMass Boston for a tenure track position to teach #genetics! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us... - research area very flexible! Could definitely see candidates applying to both.
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We also have an opening in the Biology Dept. at UMass Boston for a tenure track position for someone who's research centers on Biology Education and pedagogy! This candidate will take up our intro bio courses. Area of biology flexible! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...
Page Up - UMass Boston
employmentopportunities.umb.edu
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We also have an opening in the Biology Dept. at UMass Boston for a tenure track position for someone who's research centers on Biology Education and pedagogy! This candidate will take up our intro bio courses. Area of biology flexible! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...
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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 : Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Apply for a PhD: Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation
www.findaphd.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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...
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On the cover of our #LatestIssue: #Nectar collecting at the tip of the stigma in Agapetes lacei (Ericaceae). Photo by Evin Magner, courtesy of the University of Minnesota CBS Conservatory.
📖 See Virtual Issue: Nectar and nectaries
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#PlantScience
📖 See Virtual Issue: Nectar and nectaries
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#PlantScience
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
On the cover of our #LatestIssue: #Nectar collecting at the tip of the stigma in Agapetes lacei (Ericaceae). Photo by Evin Magner, courtesy of the University of Minnesota CBS Conservatory.
📖 See Virtual Issue: Nectar and nectaries
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#PlantScience
📖 See Virtual Issue: Nectar and nectaries
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#PlantScience
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Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)
career5.successfactors.eu
September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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Whenever I see cactus blooms, I tickle them. 💅🏻🌸
Thigmonastic stamens - rapid, touch induced movement for pollination.
#plantjoy #iamabotanist
Thigmonastic stamens - rapid, touch induced movement for pollination.
#plantjoy #iamabotanist
September 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Whenever I see cactus blooms, I tickle them. 💅🏻🌸
Thigmonastic stamens - rapid, touch induced movement for pollination.
#plantjoy #iamabotanist
Thigmonastic stamens - rapid, touch induced movement for pollination.
#plantjoy #iamabotanist
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The final version of this paper is now published @newphyt.bsky.social
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Long-term databases as an antidote to the shifting baseline syndrome in global change.
🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Long-term databases as an antidote to the shifting baseline syndrome in global change.
🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology
Climate warming is not a recent phenomenon; it has had detectable impacts on plants for at least 134 years!
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology @cideinvestiga.bsky.social @csic.es
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology @cideinvestiga.bsky.social @csic.es
August 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The final version of this paper is now published @newphyt.bsky.social
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Long-term databases as an antidote to the shifting baseline syndrome in global change.
🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Long-term databases as an antidote to the shifting baseline syndrome in global change.
🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology
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Looking for an exciting bachelor/master thesis in plant genomics, applied bioinformatics, or evolutionary biology?
We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach...
@puckerlab.bsky.social
We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach...
@puckerlab.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Looking for an exciting bachelor/master thesis in plant genomics, applied bioinformatics, or evolutionary biology?
We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach...
@puckerlab.bsky.social
We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach...
@puckerlab.bsky.social
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Notification about the Kennedy Center Honors:
August 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Notification about the Kennedy Center Honors:
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📢 To all molecular mossers 📢
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
August 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📢 To all molecular mossers 📢
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
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Please repost and amplify !
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina
sc.edu
August 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Please repost and amplify !
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
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Our paper showing that variation in transcription factor binding sites underlies the majority of additive genetic variance for phenotypic variation in maize is finally out!
Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Our paper showing that variation in transcription factor binding sites underlies the majority of additive genetic variance for phenotypic variation in maize is finally out!
Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🌟 JXB75 Daily Highlight 🌟
On Sept 17th, we will hear from our plenary speaker Prof Jane Langdale on the regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves 🌱🔬
⏳ Time is running out – register by 19 Aug! 🗓️
👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @janelangdale.bsky.social
On Sept 17th, we will hear from our plenary speaker Prof Jane Langdale on the regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves 🌱🔬
⏳ Time is running out – register by 19 Aug! 🗓️
👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @janelangdale.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🌟 JXB75 Daily Highlight 🌟
On Sept 17th, we will hear from our plenary speaker Prof Jane Langdale on the regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves 🌱🔬
⏳ Time is running out – register by 19 Aug! 🗓️
👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @janelangdale.bsky.social
On Sept 17th, we will hear from our plenary speaker Prof Jane Langdale on the regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves 🌱🔬
⏳ Time is running out – register by 19 Aug! 🗓️
👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @janelangdale.bsky.social
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Reposted by Elena Kramer
Applications are now being accepted for the MSU EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship. We’d be happy to sponsor your application so please get in touch!
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
eeb.msu.edu
August 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Applications are now being accepted for the MSU EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship. We’d be happy to sponsor your application so please get in touch!
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
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These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.
We found 437 of them.
Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Why learn botany and plant identification?
Knowledge of botany, including experience with identifying specimens and accessing the advanced literature of plant systematics (which implies understanding of the terminology and language of the science).
trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
Knowledge of botany, including experience with identifying specimens and accessing the advanced literature of plant systematics (which implies understanding of the terminology and language of the science).
trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09
Job Opening: Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
trustcareers.si.edu
August 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Why learn botany and plant identification?
Knowledge of botany, including experience with identifying specimens and accessing the advanced literature of plant systematics (which implies understanding of the terminology and language of the science).
trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
Knowledge of botany, including experience with identifying specimens and accessing the advanced literature of plant systematics (which implies understanding of the terminology and language of the science).
trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
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The NMNH Department of Botany is looking for a Museum Specialist. Please spread the word!
Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09
Job Opening: Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
trustcareers.si.edu
August 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The NMNH Department of Botany is looking for a Museum Specialist. Please spread the word!
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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...
The Moment
That
Symmetry
Breaks.
#plantscience #development #imaging #microscopy 🧪🌸🔬
w. Captain Yaowu & @biancatash.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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...
The Moment
That
Symmetry
Breaks.
#plantscience #development #imaging #microscopy 🧪🌸🔬
w. Captain Yaowu & @biancatash.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Reposted by Elena Kramer
🎉 Congratulations to Jennifer Doudna! The Nobel Laureate has just received the @acs.org‘s Priestley Medal for her incredible work on CRISPR-Cas9 🧬 and contributions to unlocking the power of RNA. 🧪
@biosci.lbl.gov
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@biosci.lbl.gov
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
Jennifer Doudna Wins American Chemical Society’s Priestley Award
The Nobel Laureate has received the American Chemical Society’s highest prize for her breakthrough work on CRISPR-Cas9
newscenter.lbl.gov
August 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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NEW: A federal judge has demanded NSF explain in court how the UCLA grant suspensions are not in violation of her June order that restored grants to UC scientists
August 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW: A federal judge has demanded NSF explain in court how the UCLA grant suspensions are not in violation of her June order that restored grants to UC scientists
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New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/08/05/h...
How US Universities Can Survive State Terrorism
BY CATHERINE D’IGNAZIO As a professor at MIT, I find myself navigating strange waters these days. Last semester, I advised the thesis of a student who left the country because she did not fee…
academeblog.org
August 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/08/05/h...
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Looks like a great opportunity!!
🚨🚨 New tenure track position in #ConservationBiology @oberlincollege.bsky.social in the #Biology department--come join us, and contribute to our brand new Environmental Science major too! #biologyjobs #ecologyjobs
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671
Assistant Professor of Biology
The Biology Department at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time tenure track faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences in conservation ecology. Initial appointment to this po...
jobs.oberlin.edu
August 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Looks like a great opportunity!!