Jill Harrison
@jillharrison.bsky.social
Biologist interested in plant evolution and development, especially the origin of vascular plants. Works as a Professor at @BristolBioSci.
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PhD opportunity in plant developmental biology for UK based students of Black heritage!
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
PhD opportunity in plant developmental biology for UK based students of Black heritage!
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
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Hey plant developmental biologists! Want to do great science with a great guy in a great place? @oconnord.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc to join his lab at Colorado State:
oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u...
#devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy
oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u...
#devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hey plant developmental biologists! Want to do great science with a great guy in a great place? @oconnord.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc to join his lab at Colorado State:
oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u...
#devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy
oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u...
#devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy
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Interested in floral development and evolution 🌺🔬? We have a PhD position available to join our lab! Open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interested in floral development and evolution 🌺🔬? We have a PhD position available to join our lab! Open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - Better together: investigating the role of organ boundary genes in flora...
PhD Project - Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - Better together: investigating the role of organ boundary ...
www.findaphd.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Interested in floral development and evolution 🌺🔬? We have a PhD position available to join our lab! Open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interested in floral development and evolution 🌺🔬? We have a PhD position available to join our lab! Open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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New #PhD opportunity in the Uauy lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social.
Can we increase grain number in wheat by studying genes controlling organ identity?
#wheat #spikelet #development
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/ide...
Can we increase grain number in wheat by studying genes controlling organ identity?
#wheat #spikelet #development
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/ide...
Identity matters: understanding spike architecture to increase grain number in wheat (UAUY_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Wheat provides 20% of the calories and protein consumed by humans. The world population will reach 9 billion by 2050, which requires food production to more than double. Although plant breeding has…
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
New #PhD opportunity in the Uauy lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social.
Can we increase grain number in wheat by studying genes controlling organ identity?
#wheat #spikelet #development
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/ide...
Can we increase grain number in wheat by studying genes controlling organ identity?
#wheat #spikelet #development
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/ide...
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Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics
A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.
www.nature.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I'm recruiting a post doc and a research assistant for a 30 month project “ZHOUPI genes, cell death and the evolution of plant endosperm” funded by a Research Project grant from the Leverhulme Trust @Leverhulme.ac.uk. Application details are on the Opportunities page at biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich
September 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I'm recruiting a post doc and a research assistant for a 30 month project “ZHOUPI genes, cell death and the evolution of plant endosperm” funded by a Research Project grant from the Leverhulme Trust @Leverhulme.ac.uk. Application details are on the Opportunities page at biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich
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Really excited to be kicking off this series of Palaeobotany evening lectures at the Oxford University Botanic Garden. All are online and free to attend 👇👇
There’s an interesting series of 5 free online paleobotany lectures via the Oxford University Botanic Garden this autumn. You can book all 5 lectures here (scroll down webpage to ‘Get your tickets now’ button) www.obga.ox.ac.uk/event/dr-san... #paleobotany
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Really excited to be kicking off this series of Palaeobotany evening lectures at the Oxford University Botanic Garden. All are online and free to attend 👇👇
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Oxford Biology is growing 📢
We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology
3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology
3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
September 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Oxford Biology is growing 📢
We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology
3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology
3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
So pleased that my student Wei Liu successfully defended her PhD thesis yesterday. Joining my lab from Wuhan in 2019, she had a bumpy ride and has shown tremendous tenacity and resilience in taking it over the line. I take my hat off to you Dr Liu! 👏🏻🥳🍾🥂
September 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
So pleased that my student Wei Liu successfully defended her PhD thesis yesterday. Joining my lab from Wuhan in 2019, she had a bumpy ride and has shown tremendous tenacity and resilience in taking it over the line. I take my hat off to you Dr Liu! 👏🏻🥳🍾🥂
So very proud of my student George Greiff for winning the David Hanke Medal for the best student talk at this year’s Gatsby Plant Science network meeting in Oxford. Well deserved at the end of a busy and productive PhD 👏🏻💕.
September 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So very proud of my student George Greiff for winning the David Hanke Medal for the best student talk at this year’s Gatsby Plant Science network meeting in Oxford. Well deserved at the end of a busy and productive PhD 👏🏻💕.
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Here it is! Epidermal cells in the root can figure out if they are covered by the root cap or not using mechanical signals! Thanks to @ckirchhelle.bsky.social, @moritznowack.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social Annamaria Kiss and all the others!
Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth control programme https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.25.672229v1
August 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Here it is! Epidermal cells in the root can figure out if they are covered by the root cap or not using mechanical signals! Thanks to @ckirchhelle.bsky.social, @moritznowack.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social Annamaria Kiss and all the others!
Thinking of friends, collaborators and colleagues who will be at the wonderful FASEB mechanisms in plant development meeting this week. Hoping very much that you will be posting about the latest exciting news and advances, and your favourite new results (with permission!). Happy travels☺️!
August 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Thinking of friends, collaborators and colleagues who will be at the wonderful FASEB mechanisms in plant development meeting this week. Hoping very much that you will be posting about the latest exciting news and advances, and your favourite new results (with permission!). Happy travels☺️!
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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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🌿 Black in Plant Science Conference 2025 🌿
Join us for a powerful celebration of Black excellence in plant research!
🗓️ Registration & Poster Submission Deadline: 28 Sept 2025
📍 Connect with researchers, share your work, and grow your network.
🎟️ Register now:
🔗 buff.ly/ax54FQ4
Join us for a powerful celebration of Black excellence in plant research!
🗓️ Registration & Poster Submission Deadline: 28 Sept 2025
📍 Connect with researchers, share your work, and grow your network.
🎟️ Register now:
🔗 buff.ly/ax54FQ4
August 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🌿 Black in Plant Science Conference 2025 🌿
Join us for a powerful celebration of Black excellence in plant research!
🗓️ Registration & Poster Submission Deadline: 28 Sept 2025
📍 Connect with researchers, share your work, and grow your network.
🎟️ Register now:
🔗 buff.ly/ax54FQ4
Join us for a powerful celebration of Black excellence in plant research!
🗓️ Registration & Poster Submission Deadline: 28 Sept 2025
📍 Connect with researchers, share your work, and grow your network.
🎟️ Register now:
🔗 buff.ly/ax54FQ4
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OrthoFinder just dropped a major update
It’s faster, more accurate, and ready for thousands of genomes
Let’s break it down (1/10)
github.com/OrthoFinder/...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
It’s faster, more accurate, and ready for thousands of genomes
Let’s break it down (1/10)
github.com/OrthoFinder/...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
OrthoFinder just dropped a major update
It’s faster, more accurate, and ready for thousands of genomes
Let’s break it down (1/10)
github.com/OrthoFinder/...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
It’s faster, more accurate, and ready for thousands of genomes
Let’s break it down (1/10)
github.com/OrthoFinder/...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We visited the beautiful RHS garden at Rosemoor on the way back from Croyde yesterday. Many trees with unusual habits, wonderful formal planting, a Mediterranean garden and masses of Roses in bloom. The students enjoyed the raised herb and veg beds in the education centre 🫛🥬🥕🍓!
June 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We visited the beautiful RHS garden at Rosemoor on the way back from Croyde yesterday. Many trees with unusual habits, wonderful formal planting, a Mediterranean garden and masses of Roses in bloom. The students enjoyed the raised herb and veg beds in the education centre 🫛🥬🥕🍓!
Enjoying teaching this year’s Croyde field course on plant biodiversity, ecology and evolution with my great colleagues Andy Bailey, Sue Holwell and Daniela Dietrich. Fab students and so many Orchids at Braunton Burrows UNESCO biosphere reserve. Great to see Gary Foster too ☺️
June 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Enjoying teaching this year’s Croyde field course on plant biodiversity, ecology and evolution with my great colleagues Andy Bailey, Sue Holwell and Daniela Dietrich. Fab students and so many Orchids at Braunton Burrows UNESCO biosphere reserve. Great to see Gary Foster too ☺️
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It is out! CLAVATA in moss: not only meristems! Big thanks to @jillharrison.bsky.social , @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social and @newphyt.bsky.social
Diversification of CLE expression patterns and nonmeristematic roles for CLAVATA receptor‐like kinases in a moss
The CLAVATA pathway controls meristematic cell proliferation and multiple nonmeristematic processes in Arabidopsis development. While CLAVATA ancestrally regulates meristematic proliferation in nons.....
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May 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It is out! CLAVATA in moss: not only meristems! Big thanks to @jillharrison.bsky.social , @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social and @newphyt.bsky.social
Very happy to be visiting Chris Whitewoods @slcuplants.bsky.social this week- thanks Chris 🙏😁. Imaging mutants from Chris and George Greiff’s PhDs. Are there CLV/WOX interactions in moss…? @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Very happy to be visiting Chris Whitewoods @slcuplants.bsky.social this week- thanks Chris 🙏😁. Imaging mutants from Chris and George Greiff’s PhDs. Are there CLV/WOX interactions in moss…? @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social
Another great job opportunity
@BristolBioSci. This one is a lectureship in evolutionary biology, and we are looking for an academic lead to our MSc in bioinformatics, so genomics and phylogenetics will be strong cards to play!
@BristolBioSci. This one is a lectureship in evolutionary biology, and we are looking for an academic lead to our MSc in bioinformatics, so genomics and phylogenetics will be strong cards to play!
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
February 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Another great job opportunity
@BristolBioSci. This one is a lectureship in evolutionary biology, and we are looking for an academic lead to our MSc in bioinformatics, so genomics and phylogenetics will be strong cards to play!
@BristolBioSci. This one is a lectureship in evolutionary biology, and we are looking for an academic lead to our MSc in bioinformatics, so genomics and phylogenetics will be strong cards to play!