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Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
@katherinedenby.bsky.social
Plant scientist; disease resistance; gene regulatory networks; crop improvement; leafy vegetables; vertical farming; amaranth; Editor in Chief of @theplantjournal.bsky.social
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
We are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor.
Apps reviewed 12/15.

Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
jobs.charlotte.edu
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
And the 2nd is collaboration with Tozer Seeds - Discovering Conserved Transcriptional networks driving plant immunity -
investigating the conservation of defence transcriptional networks across plant lineages. Includes placement at Tozer Seeds.
tinyurl.tools/1e6737af
Deadline for both is Jan 7th
Two 4-year PhD positions available for Oct 2026 🪴 We're part of CNAP with 12 plant/microbe research groups combining excellent fundamental science with innovation.

1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
tinyurl.tools/fa83da49
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Two 4-year PhD positions available for Oct 2026 🪴 We're part of CNAP with 12 plant/microbe research groups combining excellent fundamental science with innovation.

1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
tinyurl.tools/fa83da49
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Last days to apply for the Research Highlights editor positions @theplantjournal.bsky.social
Develop scientific writing and communication skills, gain an insight into scientific publishing and work with an enthusiastic editorial team.
deadline nov 24th
Looking for 2 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬!
🌿 Join TPJ! You´ll:

🧬 Select standout TPJ papers
📰 Write short commentaries
🎨 Choose cover images
💬 Work with authors & SEB team

👉https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/rheditor
📩 Rosie Trice 𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞@𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲.𝐜𝐨𝐦
🗓️24Nov2025
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
🏆 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭! 🏆
Read our EiC
@katherinedenby.bsky.social
´s editorial about the prizes and 2024 winners 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70567

Discover the winners of the six award categories in the thread below 🧵

🌟Congratulations to all authors! 🎉
Editorial for TPJ paper prizes 2024
Click on the article title to read more.
doi.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is a fantastic meeting (I was lucky enough to go last year) and @theplantjournal.bsky.social is delighted to sponsor an early career researcher award for the best talk
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
Looking for 2 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬!
🌿 Join TPJ! You´ll:

🧬 Select standout TPJ papers
📰 Write short commentaries
🎨 Choose cover images
💬 Work with authors & SEB team

👉https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/rheditor
📩 Rosie Trice 𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞@𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲.𝐜𝐨𝐦
🗓️24Nov2025
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
Meet the 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐓𝐏𝐉-𝐏𝐒𝐍𝐀 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 🏆
This award recognizes outstanding postdocs and research scientists, with preference for early-career researchers ready to launch independent labs:
💠Ryo Yokoyama @yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social
💠 Boaz Negin
CONGRATULATIONS!

@psna-official.bsky.social
⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
Meet the winners of the 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at the 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 consortium meeting

🟢 PhD student 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 @hannahlepper.bsky.social
@franzificht.bsky.social lab
🟢Postdoc 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡 @physcomitr_ella from the Ischebeck lab

CONGRATULATIONS!
@watertoland.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
⏰ Just 13 days left to apply!
Great opportunity for Early Career Researchers!
Please, spread the word! 🗣️
🌿🌱
📢Announcement!
The call for 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 is now open! 🌟
It is designed to offer support and mentorship to researchers transitioning from post-doctoral scientists to principal investigators

Info: 👉http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/TPJ-fellowships
& in 🧵
October 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Delighted to be able to support two early career group leaders with this award - and look forward to seeing exciting work coming from their labs!
Meet the 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐓𝐏𝐉-𝐏𝐒𝐍𝐀 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 🏆
This award recognizes outstanding postdocs and research scientists, with preference for early-career researchers ready to launch independent labs:
💠Ryo Yokoyama @yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social
💠 Boaz Negin
CONGRATULATIONS!

@psna-official.bsky.social
⬇️
October 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
How can indoor plants improve air quality? We're looking for innovative ideas beyond your individual office plant pot 🙃 Look out for sandpit opportunities and monthly webinars
🌱✨ We’re live! ✨🌱

The GREENIN Network Plus is officially up and running 🚀
Follow us here to stay updated as we grow a community for sustainability, innovation & positive impact.

💻 Our website is coming soon — stay tuned!

#GREENIN #NetworkPlus #Sustainability #Innovation
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Fantastic PhD opportunity to join myself, Nicola Patron and @lichmanlab.bsky.social in uncovering the biosynthesis and function of lettuce sesquiterpene lactones. 4-year fully-funded combining molecular & engineering biology, & plant pathology.

Deadline Nov 25th

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The biosynthesis and immunity function of lettuce sesquiterpene lactones at Gatsby Charitable Foundation on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The biosynthesis and immunity function of lettuce sesquiterpene lactones at Gatsby Charitable Foundation, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
Thank you very much to Editor Martin Balcerowicz (@transcription.bsky.social) for highlighting our work in the September issue of @theplantjournal.bsky.social!

Article: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
Research Highlight: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

@laurierbiology.bsky.social @cspbscbv.bsky.social
Too hot to defend: elevated temperature compromises systemic acquired resistance
Click on the article title to read more.
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Please repost - If you're a new group leader in plant science, take a look - travel funds, mentorship from the TPJ editorial board, invitation to editorial board meetings and opportunity to submit a review. Find out more about scientific publishing and help build your research network 🌱🌾🌴🥬
📢Announcement!
The call for 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 is now open! 🌟
It is designed to offer support and mentorship to researchers transitioning from post-doctoral scientists to principal investigators

Info: 👉http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/TPJ-fellowships
& in 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A fantastic opportunity for early career researchers at universities in the UK to gain understanding of the plant breeding/seed sector & make connections with companies across Europe. Dedicated sessions & participation in EuroSeeds2025.

Deadline Sept 30th

euroseedscongress.com/nextgen-forum/
NextGen Forum – Euroseeds Congress
euroseedscongress.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
Join us for the 4th annual NonSeed Plant Meeting in Norwich this year! @johninnescentre.bsky.social
Registration for #nonseedUK25 is officially open: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge.... If you wish to be considered for a talk, please submit your abstract by 30th October. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social for acting as local organizer this year 😃
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September 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Excellent new review by Gail Preston's group @ox.ac.uk on RNA binding proteins and their role in plant defence
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
✨RNA-binding proteins orchestrating immunity in plants 🧬🌿🦠
✍️ Marcel Bach-Pages et al

RBPs govern plant immunity, but pathogens hijack them
🔎 This review explores the role of RBPs in defense & how this knowledge could boost resistance

📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70433
RNA‐binding proteins orchestrating immunity in plants
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a central role in plant immunity by controlling the form, function and fate of RNA and are directly targeted by pathogens to promote susceptibility. This review exami...
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
We’re kicking off a brand-new webinar series with @theplantjournal.bsky.social 🧬🌱

Join us into the latest breakthroughs & challenges in plant engineering research

📅 29 September 2025
⏰ 17:00 CEST

Hosted by @katherinedenby.bsky.social (Editor in Chief)

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

#PlantSci
September 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
🌱Big news
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 with @globalplantgpc.bsky.social to highlight TPJ papers

1st features researchers from our 𝑆𝐼 𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 🌱🧬
🗓️Sept 29 ⏰17:00 CEST
🎙️Hosted by EiC @katherinedenby.bsky.social
🔗 Register us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

SI onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Engineering – Advances, Bottlenecks, and Promise. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This webinar is the 1st in a series together with "The Plant Journal" Join us for a webinar hosted in collaboration between The Global Plant Council and the "The Plant Journal", exploring the latest ...
us02web.zoom.us
September 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
See @theplantjournal.bsky.social latest Foundation review by Stacey Harmer - a fantastic overview of the plant clock and where circadian research is going next!
𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
Circadian rhythms -24h internal clocks- regulate nearly all biological processes
This review traces
-history
-molecular basis
-tissue-specific roles
-and potential for boosting crop resilience in a changing climate.
✍️Stacey Harmer @ucdavis.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70275
The time machine: feedback loops, post‐transcriptional regulation, and environmental integration in the plant circadian oscillator
The plant circadian oscillator orchestrates daily and seasonal rhythms in key traits, such as growth, flowering, dormancy, and stress responses. This review summarizes current insights into the trans...
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
The TAIR12 genome reannotation has FINALLY been submitted to GenBank. Now we await review and approval. Stay tuned for updates, hopefully within the next month. Thank you to everyone that made this project possible. @labschneeberger.bsky.social @bar-plantbio.bsky.social @sigmafacto.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞!
🌱Plant engineering: advances, bottlenecks, and promise
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Focused Reviews & Technical Advances
🌿Plant transformation tech
🧬Gene editing & synthetic biology
🔧Emerging engineering strategies
breakthroughs & challenges
🧵⬇️
Special Issue: Plant Engineering — Advances, Bottlenecks, and Promise: The Plant Journal
Click on the title to browse this issue
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Reposted by Katherine Denby 🌱🥬
If you haven't already - make sure to save the date to the Black in Plant Science Conference taking place on Friday 24 October at the University of Leeds. Registration will soon be opening so make sure to save the date to avoid disappointment.
April 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM