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Thomas Ott
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Plant Cell Biologist; interested in symbiotic plant-microbe interactions, membrane biology, signalling; scientist@ Uni Freiburg, Germany; views are my own. he/him
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evoldir.bsky.social
Aarhus University is seeking a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Bioinformatics/Co… https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/vacant-positions-and-career/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-associate-professor-in-bioinformatics-and-or-computational-biology-at-aarhus-university-denmark #job
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics and/or Computational Biology at Aarhus University, Denmark - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - BiRC - Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University
nat.au.dk
February 7, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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plantevolution.bsky.social
Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs

jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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kseniakrasileva.bsky.social
📣 Our lab is seeking a postdoc to study mutation mechanisms in fungi using cutting-edge sequencing + computational biology. No active posting/grant right now, but we’re excited to host postdoc fellowship applicants in our comparative immunology team.
Interested? Reach out DM email. krasilevalab.org
Krasileva Lab – Research Lab
krasilevalab.org
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social
Please share!
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social
📢 2 PhD Positions Available in Plant Immune Receptor Bioengineering at Imperial College London
🌱 Start: Oct 2026
📅 Deadline: 10 Feb 2026
🇬🇧 UK/settled status only
💰 Fully funded (48 months)
ℹ️ Info: shorturl.at/po61I
#PlantImmunity #PlantPathology #SyntheticBiology
🙏 Share with interested candidates!
PhD Opportunities | Faculty of Natural Sciences | Imperial College London
www.imperial.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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trujillolab.bsky.social
Thrilled to congratulate the newly minted Dr. Allahham on an outstanding viva! Many thanks to collaborators and the examiners for their invaluable support throughout the process.
@ottlab.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @hartman-plantlab.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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rdplab.bsky.social
Ahead of Clara Igisch’s PhD defense tomorrow, we enjoyed four excellent talks today in a 🌱 mini-symposium:

@emmanuellebayer.bsky.social / @ottlab.bsky.social / @jennyrussinova.bsky.social & @structplantbio.bsky.social

Great science, great stories!
January 22, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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dorotakawa.bsky.social
PhD position open in my team @uuplants.bsky.social !
Join us to investigate how sorghum roots interact with recently discovered Suberin-Inducing Microbes! More details: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Please share!
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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cibss.bsky.social
#APPLYNOW
📣 The CIBSS Team is hiring! We are looking for someone passionate about helping early-career researchers develop their skills, qualifications and career prospects🧑🏽🔬🧬
➡️ Coordinator of Early-Career Programs and Diversity Management
🗓️Deadline: Jan 18, 2026
🔗 uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004767/
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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agronomistag.bsky.social
“We did our absolute best to get the best possible outcome from these products.”
but
“The biggest surprise of anything is that nothing worked anywhere,” says Naeve. “Even among cynical people like me, that was really shocking.”

Me too.
blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2026/01/do-b...
Do biostimulant seed treatments boost soybean yields? New study across 103 locations in 22 states says no
Biostimulants—especially seed-applied biological products—continue to generate interest across soybean-growing regions. The promise is appe...
blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu
January 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
ottlab.bsky.social
Happy to share our latest paper: The symbiosome space needs to be continuously cleared from demethylated pectins to keep rhizobia happy. Former PostDoc Chao Su took this story with him when moving back to China and finished it off.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PlantScience; @uni-freiburg.de
Symbiosome functionality in Medicago truncatula nodules requires continuous clearing of pectins from the symbiosome space - Nature Communications
Here a mechanism for nitrogen fixation maintenance is identified in Medicago truncatula where two polygalacturoneases are expressed in nodules and secreted into the symbiosome space for clearing of ex...
www.nature.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
ottlab.bsky.social
Now out: The expansin EXPA1 is required for both inter- and intracellular infections of Lotus roots. The study was led by Jesús Montiel (UNAM, Mexico) and Jens Stougaard (Aarhus, Denmark) with @blace.bsky.social from our team doing lots of the imaging.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Lotus japonicus alpha‐expansin EXPA1 is recruited during intracellular and intercellular rhizobial colonization
The colonization of legume roots by rhizobia represents a critical phase in the establishment of root nodule symbiosis. In this study, we demonstrated that LjEXPA1, a plant protein involved in cell w...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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katrinkierdorf.bsky.social
Please share: we have an open postdoc position!🪰🪰👾We are looking for a motivated Drosophilist to join our team and explore the role of hemocytes in interorgan signaling! Interested?😎send us your application or contact me! Looking forward to hear from you!
www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/karriere/ste...
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) | Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
www.uniklinik-freiburg.de
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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labschneeberger.bsky.social
🌱 Postdoc position in Plant Genomics/Bioinformatics!

Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our newly established Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Düsseldorf.

More info on schneebergerlab.org/career/
Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position
Career – Schneeberger Lab
schneebergerlab.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
ottlab.bsky.social
A really exciting strength of our Cluster of Excellence @cibss.bsky.social is the highly collaborative atmosphere, which stretches as far as bridging plant and medical research. Happy to see an example that involves our work highlighted at "ZEIT für X" from @zeit.de.
zeitfuerx.de/forschung/ci...
CIBSS - Von Infektionen, Symbiosen und Tumorzellen - ZEIT für X
Der Exzellenzcluster CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies erforscht biologische Signale und entwickelt Lösungsansätze in den Bereichen Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherung.
zeitfuerx.de
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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btiscience.bsky.social
Shape the future of #PlantScience! BTI, affiliated with Cornell, seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor to drive discovery in plant biology. Review of applications begins November. Apply: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
Hiring announcement graphic for an Assistant Professor position at the Boyce Thompson Institute. The image shows a greenhouse and brick building under a blue sky, with text reading ‘Assistant Professor’ at the top and a hand holding a sign that says ‘We’re Hiring’ in the foreground. The BTI logo is visible in the corner.
October 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social
📢 Job alert! #PlantSciJob
We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social
Apply by October 17th

Please spread the word!

More info 👇
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
Open Professorship (W1-TT) at the ZMBP, University of Tübingen (Germany). Deadline October 17th. More info: https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/fachbereiche/zentren/zentrum-fuer-molekularbiologie-der-pflanzen/zmbp/job-opportunities/#c12494
September 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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nikogeldner.bsky.social
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...
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
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wdl1.bsky.social
Please retweet: Julius-von-Sachs Institute, University of Würzburg is hiring: Prof. For Plant Genetics, Chair Botany III. Please apply until Oct 13th

www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/ueber-die-fa...
#plantscience
September 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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carogutj.bsky.social
Attention plant proteomics specialists: We are looking for a Head of our new Proteomics Unit at our international and dynamic Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology. @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social Applications are welcome until 30. Sept 2025: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/8...
Head of Service Unit Proteomics
jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de
August 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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suaybuestuen.bsky.social
Job alert 📣 Our faculty looks for a Junior Professor W1 with tt to W2 in Membrane Biology! We are looking for #ECRs working on membrane biogenesis,contact sites,composition & other aspects of membranes in 🌱 and other organisms! DM me if you need more details!

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f...
W1TTW2 Professorship in Membrane Biology (m/f/d)
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
August 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
ottlab.bsky.social
One of my absolute highlights being presented at the #IS-MPMI2025 congress this year. Congratulations to everyone involved.
teamthomma.bsky.social Team Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social · Aug 15
📣 Massively proud of this ⬇️ great study, led by the brilliant @mesny.bsky.social surprisingly uncovering that many pathogen effectors stem from ancient antimicrobials 🤯 #EffectorWisdom #EvoMPMI
mesny.bsky.social Fantin Mesny @mesny.bsky.social · Aug 15
📣 NEW PREPRINT 📝

We identified evolutionary origins of many fungal effectors!
We show that fungi secrete lots of antimicrobial proteins, and that some of them were repurposed by plant pathogens for host immune suppression.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

cc @teamthomma.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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josedinneny.bsky.social
Very proud to share our latest preprint: postdoc/LRSF fellow Yue Rui studies the mechanisms regulating attachment of the cell wall to the plasma membrane. The Cellulose Synthase Complex and REMORINs determine the extent of attachment and root osmotic stress tolerance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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pdchristine.bsky.social
GROUP LEADER VACANCY

JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.

If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.
www.jic.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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emmanuellebayer.bsky.social
We have two open Post-Doc positions in my group at the interface with:
1- @ataly.bsky.social for molecular dynamics
2- Bruno Guillotin from protein mobility

Apply by sending CV, two ref letters and a short motivation letter to me : emmanuelle.bayer@u-bordeaux.fr. Deadline 15 sept.
July 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM