Kin Pan Chung
@kinpanchung.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | Wageningen University & Research
Lab homepage: https://www.cytoplasmic-genetics.org/
Lab homepage: https://www.cytoplasmic-genetics.org/
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Absolutely happy to share our latest publication!🥳🎉
The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩
Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩
Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
The phylotranscriptomic profile of angiosperm seed development follows a reverse hourglass pattern
Angiosperm seed development exhibits a reverse phylotranscriptomic pattern, with early and late stages showing greater conservation and mid-phase showing h
academic.oup.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Absolutely happy to share our latest publication!🥳🎉
The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩
Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩
Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
Cool study from the Sloan lab @sloanevolab.bsky.social demonstrating MSH1’s role in maintaining low mutation rates in cytoplasmic genomes and plant viability across generations!
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Flipping the switch on some of the slowest mutating genomes: Direct measurements of plant mitochondrial and plastid mutation rates in msh1 mutants
Author summary Plants have very low rates of mutations in the sequence of their mitochondrial and plastid (chloroplast) DNA, especially when compared to the high rates found in animal mitochondrial ge...
dx.plos.org
July 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Cool study from the Sloan lab @sloanevolab.bsky.social demonstrating MSH1’s role in maintaining low mutation rates in cytoplasmic genomes and plant viability across generations!
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Please share! Our lab is recruiting a PhD student to join us starting fall 2026. Our group is broadly interested in plant molecular evolution and comparative genomics. More info about our lab and grad programs at Colorado St. is available on our lab website.
sites.google.com/site/danielb...
sites.google.com/site/danielb...
Sloan Lab
Welcome! Our research focuses on the evolutionary process at the molecular level. In particular, we investigate how a mixture of natural selection and non-adaptive forces create and maintain the amazi...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Please share! Our lab is recruiting a PhD student to join us starting fall 2026. Our group is broadly interested in plant molecular evolution and comparative genomics. More info about our lab and grad programs at Colorado St. is available on our lab website.
sites.google.com/site/danielb...
sites.google.com/site/danielb...
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Just a few left - Do not miss your chance !
📢 Only 3 weeks to go 📢
📝 Abstract submission and travel grant deadlines for #JXB75 are both on July 22 - so don’t delay applying 👩💻
Join us in beautiful Edinburgh to celebrate our 75th year 🎂
🔗 bit.ly/JXB75?utm_sou...
#PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
📝 Abstract submission and travel grant deadlines for #JXB75 are both on July 22 - so don’t delay applying 👩💻
Join us in beautiful Edinburgh to celebrate our 75th year 🎂
🔗 bit.ly/JXB75?utm_sou...
#PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Just a few left - Do not miss your chance !
This week, I’m #RootingForScience by sharing a day in my life as a plant biologist, highlighting what I do and why it matters💚
June 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp🌻 #SEBconference
Senior researchers and group leaders will also be showcasing their exciting work. Come and learn more about the research of Eyal Fridman and @vanessaloi.bsky.social !
Registration Deadline: 13th June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Senior researchers and group leaders will also be showcasing their exciting work. Come and learn more about the research of Eyal Fridman and @vanessaloi.bsky.social !
Registration Deadline: 13th June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
June 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp🌻 #SEBconference
Senior researchers and group leaders will also be showcasing their exciting work. Come and learn more about the research of Eyal Fridman and @vanessaloi.bsky.social !
Registration Deadline: 13th June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Senior researchers and group leaders will also be showcasing their exciting work. Come and learn more about the research of Eyal Fridman and @vanessaloi.bsky.social !
Registration Deadline: 13th June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp🌻
We encourage New Generation Researchers to take the stage and share their new ideas on cytoplasmic genetics. Don't miss the talks by Femke van den Berg and Schewach Bodenheimer.
Registration Deadline: 13 June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
#SEBconference
We encourage New Generation Researchers to take the stage and share their new ideas on cytoplasmic genetics. Don't miss the talks by Femke van den Berg and Schewach Bodenheimer.
Registration Deadline: 13 June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
#SEBconference
June 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp🌻
We encourage New Generation Researchers to take the stage and share their new ideas on cytoplasmic genetics. Don't miss the talks by Femke van den Berg and Schewach Bodenheimer.
Registration Deadline: 13 June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
#SEBconference
We encourage New Generation Researchers to take the stage and share their new ideas on cytoplasmic genetics. Don't miss the talks by Femke van den Berg and Schewach Bodenheimer.
Registration Deadline: 13 June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
#SEBconference
Join us at SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp🌻 #SEBconference
Early Career Researchers, @egonzalezduran.bsky.social and Tom Theeuwen, will share their excellent research with us in the Plant Session P4!
Conference Registration Deadline: 13th June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Early Career Researchers, @egonzalezduran.bsky.social and Tom Theeuwen, will share their excellent research with us in the Plant Session P4!
Conference Registration Deadline: 13th June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
June 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Join us at SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp🌻 #SEBconference
Early Career Researchers, @egonzalezduran.bsky.social and Tom Theeuwen, will share their excellent research with us in the Plant Session P4!
Conference Registration Deadline: 13th June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Early Career Researchers, @egonzalezduran.bsky.social and Tom Theeuwen, will share their excellent research with us in the Plant Session P4!
Conference Registration Deadline: 13th June
Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
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✈️ JXB75 Travel Grants are now LIVE on the website ✈️
📢 Calling all ECRs attending the #JXB75 Symposium – apply now for travel support!
👉 More info here: sebiology.org/events...
🧪 #PlantScience @sebiology.bsky.social
📢 Calling all ECRs attending the #JXB75 Symposium – apply now for travel support!
👉 More info here: sebiology.org/events...
🧪 #PlantScience @sebiology.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
✈️ JXB75 Travel Grants are now LIVE on the website ✈️
📢 Calling all ECRs attending the #JXB75 Symposium – apply now for travel support!
👉 More info here: sebiology.org/events...
🧪 #PlantScience @sebiology.bsky.social
📢 Calling all ECRs attending the #JXB75 Symposium – apply now for travel support!
👉 More info here: sebiology.org/events...
🧪 #PlantScience @sebiology.bsky.social
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🔬 New study from José Gualberto’s team in
@theplantcell.bsky.social reveals how OEX1 safeguards mitochondrial DNA in Arabidopsis thaliana. This all-purpose nuclease is key to genome stability and plant fertility.
👉 doi.org/10.1093/plce...
#PlantScience #Mitochondria #Arabidopsis
@theplantcell.bsky.social reveals how OEX1 safeguards mitochondrial DNA in Arabidopsis thaliana. This all-purpose nuclease is key to genome stability and plant fertility.
👉 doi.org/10.1093/plce...
#PlantScience #Mitochondria #Arabidopsis
May 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
🔬 New study from José Gualberto’s team in
@theplantcell.bsky.social reveals how OEX1 safeguards mitochondrial DNA in Arabidopsis thaliana. This all-purpose nuclease is key to genome stability and plant fertility.
👉 doi.org/10.1093/plce...
#PlantScience #Mitochondria #Arabidopsis
@theplantcell.bsky.social reveals how OEX1 safeguards mitochondrial DNA in Arabidopsis thaliana. This all-purpose nuclease is key to genome stability and plant fertility.
👉 doi.org/10.1093/plce...
#PlantScience #Mitochondria #Arabidopsis
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New research by @egonzalezduran.bsky.social shows that DSB repair suppresses gene transfer from chloroplasts to nucleus. With DSB repair impaired, transfer rates jump 20× — revealing how plants protect genome stability, with lessons beyond plant biology. Read: nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02005-w
Suppression of plastid-to-nucleus gene transfer by DNA double-strand break repair - Nature Plants
Inactivation of double-strand break repair pathways greatly increases the integration of plastid DNA into the nuclear genome of tobacco plants, highlighting the mutagenic potential of organellar DNA a...
nature.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
New research by @egonzalezduran.bsky.social shows that DSB repair suppresses gene transfer from chloroplasts to nucleus. With DSB repair impaired, transfer rates jump 20× — revealing how plants protect genome stability, with lessons beyond plant biology. Read: nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02005-w
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Over 100 organisations still consider eLife papers when evaluating research contributions since losing our Impact Factor: buff.ly/wGQWNqs
Help us rally more community support for research reform and let us know your funder or institution’s stance on the #ImpactFactor 💬
Help us rally more community support for research reform and let us know your funder or institution’s stance on the #ImpactFactor 💬
May 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Over 100 organisations still consider eLife papers when evaluating research contributions since losing our Impact Factor: buff.ly/wGQWNqs
Help us rally more community support for research reform and let us know your funder or institution’s stance on the #ImpactFactor 💬
Help us rally more community support for research reform and let us know your funder or institution’s stance on the #ImpactFactor 💬
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Excited by new #NSFFunded research from #PopUpPoplars led by @michellezavala.bsky.social that shows the importance of considering cytonuclear interactions to plant function
The role of cytonuclear interactions to plant adaptation across a Populus hybrid zone www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The role of cytonuclear interactions to plant adaptation across a Populus hybrid zone www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Excited by new #NSFFunded research from #PopUpPoplars led by @michellezavala.bsky.social that shows the importance of considering cytonuclear interactions to plant function
The role of cytonuclear interactions to plant adaptation across a Populus hybrid zone www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The role of cytonuclear interactions to plant adaptation across a Populus hybrid zone www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Glad to share this review, which takes a narrative approach to explore mechanisms governing cytoplasmic inheritance. It highlights exciting advances in the field, while also pointing to the many open questions that remain. Have a read here: doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Cytoplasmic Inheritance: The Transmission of Plastid and Mitochondrial Genomes Across Cells and Generations
Abstract. In photosynthetic organisms, genetic material is stored in the nucleus and the two cytoplasmic organelles: plastids and mitochondria. While both
doi.org
May 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Glad to share this review, which takes a narrative approach to explore mechanisms governing cytoplasmic inheritance. It highlights exciting advances in the field, while also pointing to the many open questions that remain. Have a read here: doi.org/10.1093/plph...
🚨 Job Alert 🚨
We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to investigate how plastids and mitochondria are inherited in plants.
Join us at Laboratory of Plant Physiology - Wageningen University & Research! 🔬
📅 Application deadline: 19th May, 2025
Link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to investigate how plastids and mitochondria are inherited in plants.
Join us at Laboratory of Plant Physiology - Wageningen University & Research! 🔬
📅 Application deadline: 19th May, 2025
Link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
PhD position: Manipulating plastid and mitochondrial inheritance in plants
www.wur.nl
April 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🚨 Job Alert 🚨
We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to investigate how plastids and mitochondria are inherited in plants.
Join us at Laboratory of Plant Physiology - Wageningen University & Research! 🔬
📅 Application deadline: 19th May, 2025
Link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to investigate how plastids and mitochondria are inherited in plants.
Join us at Laboratory of Plant Physiology - Wageningen University & Research! 🔬
📅 Application deadline: 19th May, 2025
Link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Job Alert 🚨
We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the ERC-funded project 🌟Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants🌟
Join us at Wageningen University! 🔬
📅 Application deadline: April 7, 2025
Application link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
More details about us: www.cytoplasmic-genetics.org
We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the ERC-funded project 🌟Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants🌟
Join us at Wageningen University! 🔬
📅 Application deadline: April 7, 2025
Application link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
More details about us: www.cytoplasmic-genetics.org
March 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Job Alert 🚨
We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the ERC-funded project 🌟Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants🌟
Join us at Wageningen University! 🔬
📅 Application deadline: April 7, 2025
Application link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
More details about us: www.cytoplasmic-genetics.org
We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the ERC-funded project 🌟Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants🌟
Join us at Wageningen University! 🔬
📅 Application deadline: April 7, 2025
Application link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
More details about us: www.cytoplasmic-genetics.org
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So true: "In a very short time, we have created not only silly systems of governance and regulation, but are also managing to subvert academic life through the creation of bullshit jobs and, I would argue, bullshit practices."
March 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
So true: "In a very short time, we have created not only silly systems of governance and regulation, but are also managing to subvert academic life through the creation of bullshit jobs and, I would argue, bullshit practices."
Reposted by Kin Pan Chung
IPGSA 2025 is going on in BEAUTIFUL Fort Collins, Colorado,
from June 29th to July 3rd. EARLY REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION deadlines due April 15th! 54 talks chosen from abstracts and 22 Travel Awards to USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. Register and apply for awards NOW. 🌱 #plantscience
from June 29th to July 3rd. EARLY REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION deadlines due April 15th! 54 talks chosen from abstracts and 22 Travel Awards to USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. Register and apply for awards NOW. 🌱 #plantscience
March 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
IPGSA 2025 is going on in BEAUTIFUL Fort Collins, Colorado,
from June 29th to July 3rd. EARLY REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION deadlines due April 15th! 54 talks chosen from abstracts and 22 Travel Awards to USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. Register and apply for awards NOW. 🌱 #plantscience
from June 29th to July 3rd. EARLY REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION deadlines due April 15th! 54 talks chosen from abstracts and 22 Travel Awards to USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. Register and apply for awards NOW. 🌱 #plantscience
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Join us in Edinburgh & enjoy the FOUR sessions covering the life journey of a plant!
BEGINNINGS – the origins of plants and the start of the life cycle
GROWING – photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient acquisition, growth
MATURITY – flowering, reproduction and coping with stress
FUTURE – new plan(t)s
BEGINNINGS – the origins of plants and the start of the life cycle
GROWING – photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient acquisition, growth
MATURITY – flowering, reproduction and coping with stress
FUTURE – new plan(t)s
We've got some 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 speakers at our 75th birthday conference. Sign up now to join them in September bit.ly/JXB75 🎉 🌳 🧪 #plantscience
@janelangdale.bsky.social @cristobaluauy.bsky.social @kinpanchung.bsky.social @dianebeckles.bsky.social
@janelangdale.bsky.social @cristobaluauy.bsky.social @kinpanchung.bsky.social @dianebeckles.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Join us in Edinburgh & enjoy the FOUR sessions covering the life journey of a plant!
BEGINNINGS – the origins of plants and the start of the life cycle
GROWING – photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient acquisition, growth
MATURITY – flowering, reproduction and coping with stress
FUTURE – new plan(t)s
BEGINNINGS – the origins of plants and the start of the life cycle
GROWING – photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient acquisition, growth
MATURITY – flowering, reproduction and coping with stress
FUTURE – new plan(t)s
Join us in Edinburgh & enjoy the FOUR sessions covering the life journey of a plant!
BEGINNINGS – the origins of plants and the start of the life cycle
GROWING – photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient acquisition, growth
MATURITY – flowering, reproduction and coping with stress
FUTURE – new plan(t)s
BEGINNINGS – the origins of plants and the start of the life cycle
GROWING – photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient acquisition, growth
MATURITY – flowering, reproduction and coping with stress
FUTURE – new plan(t)s
We've got some 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 speakers at our 75th birthday conference. Sign up now to join them in September bit.ly/JXB75 🎉 🌳 🧪 #plantscience
@janelangdale.bsky.social @cristobaluauy.bsky.social @kinpanchung.bsky.social @dianebeckles.bsky.social
@janelangdale.bsky.social @cristobaluauy.bsky.social @kinpanchung.bsky.social @dianebeckles.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Join us in Edinburgh & enjoy the FOUR sessions covering the life journey of a plant!
BEGINNINGS – the origins of plants and the start of the life cycle
GROWING – photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient acquisition, growth
MATURITY – flowering, reproduction and coping with stress
FUTURE – new plan(t)s
BEGINNINGS – the origins of plants and the start of the life cycle
GROWING – photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient acquisition, growth
MATURITY – flowering, reproduction and coping with stress
FUTURE – new plan(t)s
Reposted by Kin Pan Chung
🚨Job alert!
🔬Postdoc in Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants at @w-u-r.bsky.social!
🗓 Deadline: April 7, 202
📍Start: June 1, 2025
Details: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
#Postdoc #PlantScience #WUR
@erc.europa.eu @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social
🔬Postdoc in Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants at @w-u-r.bsky.social!
🗓 Deadline: April 7, 202
📍Start: June 1, 2025
Details: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
#Postdoc #PlantScience #WUR
@erc.europa.eu @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher: ERC-funded project 'Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants'
www.wur.nl
March 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🚨Job alert!
🔬Postdoc in Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants at @w-u-r.bsky.social!
🗓 Deadline: April 7, 202
📍Start: June 1, 2025
Details: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
#Postdoc #PlantScience #WUR
@erc.europa.eu @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social
🔬Postdoc in Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants at @w-u-r.bsky.social!
🗓 Deadline: April 7, 202
📍Start: June 1, 2025
Details: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
#Postdoc #PlantScience #WUR
@erc.europa.eu @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social