Michelle Facette
@mfacette.bsky.social
Plant biologist at UMass Amherst.
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I am pleased to share this paper. A beautiful and useful collaboration between a group of researchers and lecturers who care about plant Science education.
Thank you to all that contributed!
Check it out! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thank you to all that contributed!
Check it out! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I am pleased to share this paper. A beautiful and useful collaboration between a group of researchers and lecturers who care about plant Science education.
Thank you to all that contributed!
Check it out! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thank you to all that contributed!
Check it out! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Come work with us!!
We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
Just a few days left to apply to our TT position in Plant Physiology in the Dept. of Biology @UMassAmherst! Join a great group of plant scientists (and physiologists 😉) AND fall in love with small town New England! Please repost. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Come work with us!!
We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
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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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Brilliant use of gfp-tagged transposons & automated scoring of kernels, combined with differential style-lengths along maize ear, to screen for genes underlying pollen competition in maize. Diana gave a banger of a presentation on this in #Zeavolution this morning. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Brilliant use of gfp-tagged transposons & automated scoring of kernels, combined with differential style-lengths along maize ear, to screen for genes underlying pollen competition in maize. Diana gave a banger of a presentation on this in #Zeavolution this morning. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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My department is hiring a herbarium manager: www.schooljobs.com/careers/uvu/...
It's a great place to work with a close knit botany group 🙂
It's a great place to work with a close knit botany group 🙂
Herbarium Manager - Biology
The Department of Biology invites applications for a full-time Herbarium Manager position to begin as soon as September 2025. We seek an exceptional candidate with expertise in plant systematics, taxo...
www.schooljobs.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
My department is hiring a herbarium manager: www.schooljobs.com/careers/uvu/...
It's a great place to work with a close knit botany group 🙂
It's a great place to work with a close knit botany group 🙂
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
For no reason at all, my brain has started parsing "Bluesky" as "Blues-key".
I kinda like it.
I kinda like it.
May 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
For no reason at all, my brain has started parsing "Bluesky" as "Blues-key".
I kinda like it.
I kinda like it.
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"A teaching and training framework to promote findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) data generation in agriculture"
Excellent, free, online curriculum!! This is so needed.
Please share widely.
academic.oup.com/database/art...
Excellent, free, online curriculum!! This is so needed.
Please share widely.
academic.oup.com/database/art...
A teaching and training framework to promote findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable data generation in agriculture
Abstract. Advances in agricultural genetic, genomic, and breeding (GGB) technologies generate increasingly large and complex datasets that need to be adequ
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May 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"A teaching and training framework to promote findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) data generation in agriculture"
Excellent, free, online curriculum!! This is so needed.
Please share widely.
academic.oup.com/database/art...
Excellent, free, online curriculum!! This is so needed.
Please share widely.
academic.oup.com/database/art...
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I’m so happy to share my official tenure!! Super grateful to my amazing research team (past & present), all the letter writers, my mentors, and the cheerleaders who helped me achieve this career goal 💯🌽🍾🤓 www.provost.iastate.edu/faculty-succ...
2025-2026 Approved Faculty - Division of Academic Affairs
www.provost.iastate.edu
April 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I’m so happy to share my official tenure!! Super grateful to my amazing research team (past & present), all the letter writers, my mentors, and the cheerleaders who helped me achieve this career goal 💯🌽🍾🤓 www.provost.iastate.edu/faculty-succ...
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An important consequence of the analysis by Paajanen et al is that the 'cell-to-cell mobile RNA' user-defined description listed under Gene Ontology by TAIR is a classification based on flawed analyses. Be careful!
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
We need to talk about mobile RNAs...
SNP-based analysis of transcriptomic datasets are subject to technical noise, incomplete genome assemblies and pseudoheterozygosity so it seems like we don't know as much as we thought we knew.
#PlantScience
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
SNP-based analysis of transcriptomic datasets are subject to technical noise, incomplete genome assemblies and pseudoheterozygosity so it seems like we don't know as much as we thought we knew.
#PlantScience
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
Re-analysis of mobile mRNA datasets raises questions about the extent of long-distance mRNA communication - Nature Plants
This study reveals that a substantial number of transcripts that are currently annotated as graft-mobile lack statistical support from available RNA-seq data.
doi.org
April 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
An important consequence of the analysis by Paajanen et al is that the 'cell-to-cell mobile RNA' user-defined description listed under Gene Ontology by TAIR is a classification based on flawed analyses. Be careful!
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
Reposted by Michelle Facette
Reposted by Michelle Facette
(1/6) The very first paper on actin-microtubule interactions and the collaboration between @Qiong_Nan Qiong's lab at Northwest A&F University and my lab is online now at @CytoskelJournal Cytoskeleton journal!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
April 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
(1/6) The very first paper on actin-microtubule interactions and the collaboration between @Qiong_Nan Qiong's lab at Northwest A&F University and my lab is online now at @CytoskelJournal Cytoskeleton journal!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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(1/17) We are excited to share the Ashraf and Gallagher labs collaboration on cell cycle regulation during environmental stress recovery in Arabidopsis, Brachypodium, and ryegrass.
Cell cycle follows pause and play mechanism in environment stress recovery in diverse plant species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.02.646900v1
April 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
(1/17) We are excited to share the Ashraf and Gallagher labs collaboration on cell cycle regulation during environmental stress recovery in Arabidopsis, Brachypodium, and ryegrass.
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Delighted to unveil the poster and speakers list of the Mechanism of Plant Development meeting. 2 keynotes by @bradylabs.bsky.social & @nikogeldner.bsky.social to honour the legacy of P. Benfey & J. Chory. Congrats to @minyaaa.bsky.social for her beautiful Mimulus image.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
February 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Delighted to unveil the poster and speakers list of the Mechanism of Plant Development meeting. 2 keynotes by @bradylabs.bsky.social & @nikogeldner.bsky.social to honour the legacy of P. Benfey & J. Chory. Congrats to @minyaaa.bsky.social for her beautiful Mimulus image.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
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Howard University is now a R1 university, the first HBCU with a research one designation. H-U definitely knows!
Howard University Receives “Research One” Carnegie Classification Indicating Highest Level of Research Production
The American Council of Education (ACE) today announced that Howard University has been conferred a Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification, indicating “very high research spending and doctorate pro...
thedig.howard.edu
February 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Howard University is now a R1 university, the first HBCU with a research one designation. H-U definitely knows!
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Did you know there is a great database of diverse plant scientists created and maintained by @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social? 🌱 Fantastic resource for inviting speakers, reviewers, and applications!
#PlantScience 🧪 #academicsky
rdale1.shinyapps.io/diversifypla...
#PlantScience 🧪 #academicsky
rdale1.shinyapps.io/diversifypla...
Diversify Plant Science
rdale1.shinyapps.io
February 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Did you know there is a great database of diverse plant scientists created and maintained by @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social? 🌱 Fantastic resource for inviting speakers, reviewers, and applications!
#PlantScience 🧪 #academicsky
rdale1.shinyapps.io/diversifypla...
#PlantScience 🧪 #academicsky
rdale1.shinyapps.io/diversifypla...
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#plantproteolysis2025 cont'ing with another very talented grad student, Jodi Callwood from @diorkelley.bsky.social lab, giving a fantastic talk on #ubiquitination & quantitative #proteomics www.gdcb.iastate.edu/people/dior-...
Dior Kelley
Dr. Kelley, Assistant Professor, received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2000, and her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of California Davis in 2009. Dr...
www.gdcb.iastate.edu
January 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#plantproteolysis2025 cont'ing with another very talented grad student, Jodi Callwood from @diorkelley.bsky.social lab, giving a fantastic talk on #ubiquitination & quantitative #proteomics www.gdcb.iastate.edu/people/dior-...
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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Unpopular opinion: Not all research needs to be 'groundbreaking'. Small, incremental advancements are just as valuable.
March 11, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Unpopular opinion: Not all research needs to be 'groundbreaking'. Small, incremental advancements are just as valuable.
The Bio Dept at UMass Amherst is hiring: a tenure track and continuing track (lecturer).
TT: Eukaryotic genetics. Plant 🌱, fungal🍄, animal🐟, eukaryotic microbes 🦠 models all welcome! careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
CT: Genetic/Cell/Molecular Biology.
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
TT: Eukaryotic genetics. Plant 🌱, fungal🍄, animal🐟, eukaryotic microbes 🦠 models all welcome! careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
CT: Genetic/Cell/Molecular Biology.
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
February 6, 2024 at 7:35 PM
The Bio Dept at UMass Amherst is hiring: a tenure track and continuing track (lecturer).
TT: Eukaryotic genetics. Plant 🌱, fungal🍄, animal🐟, eukaryotic microbes 🦠 models all welcome! careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
CT: Genetic/Cell/Molecular Biology.
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
TT: Eukaryotic genetics. Plant 🌱, fungal🍄, animal🐟, eukaryotic microbes 🦠 models all welcome! careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
CT: Genetic/Cell/Molecular Biology.
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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We are recruiting postdocs for our new lab at the
Salk Institute
🌱 receptors, peptides, and signaling
🍄 plant-fungus interactions
🍀 symbiosis
🤩 great team and amazing views
Please check link for more info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/yskywhvf
Salk Institute
🌱 receptors, peptides, and signaling
🍄 plant-fungus interactions
🍀 symbiosis
🤩 great team and amazing views
Please check link for more info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/yskywhvf
November 10, 2023 at 1:56 PM
We are recruiting postdocs for our new lab at the
Salk Institute
🌱 receptors, peptides, and signaling
🍄 plant-fungus interactions
🍀 symbiosis
🤩 great team and amazing views
Please check link for more info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/yskywhvf
Salk Institute
🌱 receptors, peptides, and signaling
🍄 plant-fungus interactions
🍀 symbiosis
🤩 great team and amazing views
Please check link for more info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/yskywhvf
Reposted by Michelle Facette
it should be against the science rules to release a new version of genome annotations without an id conversion table from the old version.
November 7, 2023 at 5:23 PM
it should be against the science rules to release a new version of genome annotations without an id conversion table from the old version.
Reposted by Michelle Facette
The Oberlin College Biology Department is hiring! We seek a Visiting Assistant Professor in Organismal Biology for three semesters, starting February 1, 2024. Details are below--come join us!
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/14655
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/14655
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, organismal biology
The Department of Biology at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appointment to this position will be for a term o...
jobs.oberlin.edu
November 7, 2023 at 6:42 PM
The Oberlin College Biology Department is hiring! We seek a Visiting Assistant Professor in Organismal Biology for three semesters, starting February 1, 2024. Details are below--come join us!
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/14655
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/14655
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Love me some Peperomia leaf cross sections. Look at that chonky epidermis*!
*I don't know off the top of my head if this succulent tissue is really derived from epidermis or ground tissue, but I always thought epi. Either way it's juicy.
*I don't know off the top of my head if this succulent tissue is really derived from epidermis or ground tissue, but I always thought epi. Either way it's juicy.
October 11, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Love me some Peperomia leaf cross sections. Look at that chonky epidermis*!
*I don't know off the top of my head if this succulent tissue is really derived from epidermis or ground tissue, but I always thought epi. Either way it's juicy.
*I don't know off the top of my head if this succulent tissue is really derived from epidermis or ground tissue, but I always thought epi. Either way it's juicy.
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Tenure-track position focused on temperature stress. Come join me at VT!
careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
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October 23, 2023 at 2:25 PM
Tenure-track position focused on temperature stress. Come join me at VT!
careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...