Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)
@slcuplants.bsky.social
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) is a research institute of the University of Cambridge dedicated to plant developmental biology.
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🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Launch your first independent research group in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
Deadline extended to 30 Jan 2026
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
#plantscijobs
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Launch your first independent research group in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
Deadline extended to 30 Jan 2026
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
#plantscijobs
1/4🧵
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It's been a great experience, feel free to message me if you have questions :).
Launch your own independent research group!
2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
📆 Apply by 30 Jan 2026
More info:
👉 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/careers/grou...
Job details:
👉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Please share this post #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
📆 Apply by 30 Jan 2026
More info:
👉 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/careers/grou...
Job details:
👉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Please share this post #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
January 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
It's been a great experience, feel free to message me if you have questions :).
Launch your own independent research group!
2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
📆 Apply by 30 Jan 2026
More info:
👉 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/careers/grou...
Job details:
👉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Please share this post #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
📆 Apply by 30 Jan 2026
More info:
👉 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/careers/grou...
Job details:
👉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Please share this post #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
January 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Launch your own independent research group!
2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
📆 Apply by 30 Jan 2026
More info:
👉 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/careers/grou...
Job details:
👉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Please share this post #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
📆 Apply by 30 Jan 2026
More info:
👉 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/careers/grou...
Job details:
👉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Please share this post #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
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In preprints: understanding leaf form for better crop designs
Neha Bhatia from @slcuplants.bsky.social discusses two preprints on soybean leaf development by Chancelor Clark & colleagues and Bishal Tamang & colleagues
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Neha Bhatia from @slcuplants.bsky.social discusses two preprints on soybean leaf development by Chancelor Clark & colleagues and Bishal Tamang & colleagues
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
January 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM
In preprints: understanding leaf form for better crop designs
Neha Bhatia from @slcuplants.bsky.social discusses two preprints on soybean leaf development by Chancelor Clark & colleagues and Bishal Tamang & colleagues
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Neha Bhatia from @slcuplants.bsky.social discusses two preprints on soybean leaf development by Chancelor Clark & colleagues and Bishal Tamang & colleagues
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Explore gene expression evolution across organs in seven flowering plant species via our interactive atlas:
🖥️ DevSeq Plant WebApp
👉 www.devseqplant.org/index.php
📂 All datasets are openly available for reuse and reanalysis:
👉 github.com/schustischus...
🖥️ DevSeq Plant WebApp
👉 www.devseqplant.org/index.php
📂 All datasets are openly available for reuse and reanalysis:
👉 github.com/schustischus...
January 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Explore gene expression evolution across organs in seven flowering plant species via our interactive atlas:
🖥️ DevSeq Plant WebApp
👉 www.devseqplant.org/index.php
📂 All datasets are openly available for reuse and reanalysis:
👉 github.com/schustischus...
🖥️ DevSeq Plant WebApp
👉 www.devseqplant.org/index.php
📂 All datasets are openly available for reuse and reanalysis:
👉 github.com/schustischus...
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Now speaking is Ho-Wei Wu of @slcuplants.bsky.social about imaging of circadian gene expression in live growing root tips
January 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Now speaking is Ho-Wei Wu of @slcuplants.bsky.social about imaging of circadian gene expression in live growing root tips
🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Launch your first independent research group in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
Deadline extended to 30 Jan 2026
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
#plantscijobs
1/4🧵
Launch your first independent research group in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
Deadline extended to 30 Jan 2026
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
#plantscijobs
1/4🧵
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Launch your first independent research group in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
Deadline extended to 30 Jan 2026
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
#plantscijobs
1/4🧵
Launch your first independent research group in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
Deadline extended to 30 Jan 2026
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
#plantscijobs
1/4🧵
🚨Two fully-funded #PhD positions🚨
Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
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Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
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December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚨Two fully-funded #PhD positions🚨
Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
1/3🧵
Join @slcuplants.bsky.social to help us explore intriguing fundamental plant development questions in a supportive, friendly institute with fantastic supervisors & exceptional support services 🌿🧬🔬
Find out more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/PhD
Pls share
#plantscijobs
1/3🧵
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Café Synthetique returns in 2026!
Join us on Mon 19 Jan for talks on Cellular Decision Making in Plant Environmental Response & miRNA Crop Assessment with
@xanderjones.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social and the Cambridge iGEM Team 🪴🌱
Sign up👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...
Join us on Mon 19 Jan for talks on Cellular Decision Making in Plant Environmental Response & miRNA Crop Assessment with
@xanderjones.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social and the Cambridge iGEM Team 🪴🌱
Sign up👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Café Synthetique returns in 2026!
Join us on Mon 19 Jan for talks on Cellular Decision Making in Plant Environmental Response & miRNA Crop Assessment with
@xanderjones.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social and the Cambridge iGEM Team 🪴🌱
Sign up👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...
Join us on Mon 19 Jan for talks on Cellular Decision Making in Plant Environmental Response & miRNA Crop Assessment with
@xanderjones.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social and the Cambridge iGEM Team 🪴🌱
Sign up👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...
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Watch @anikadamm.bsky.social's presentation on plant-parasitic nematodes from last week's @aabiologists.bsky.social conference:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ha5...
Anika is a PhD student in @sebastianevda.bsky.social's lab at the Crop Science Centre @camplantsci.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ha5...
Anika is a PhD student in @sebastianevda.bsky.social's lab at the Crop Science Centre @camplantsci.bsky.social.
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Watch @anikadamm.bsky.social's presentation on plant-parasitic nematodes from last week's @aabiologists.bsky.social conference:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ha5...
Anika is a PhD student in @sebastianevda.bsky.social's lab at the Crop Science Centre @camplantsci.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ha5...
Anika is a PhD student in @sebastianevda.bsky.social's lab at the Crop Science Centre @camplantsci.bsky.social.
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#PlantResearch Enjoyed writing with @beverleycubg.bsky.social a perspective about wonderful paper by Valencia-Montoya et al. in this week's Science. Cycads use thermal radiation to affect pollinators. Is this why Cycads are not as diverse as angiosperms? share.google/Xj8iH9E4tqvN...
Infrared as a pollination signal
Relying on infrared communication over visual color could have limited cycad evolution
share.google
December 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
#PlantResearch Enjoyed writing with @beverleycubg.bsky.social a perspective about wonderful paper by Valencia-Montoya et al. in this week's Science. Cycads use thermal radiation to affect pollinators. Is this why Cycads are not as diverse as angiosperms? share.google/Xj8iH9E4tqvN...
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Thrilled to have our paper out in @science.org. Cell division guides plant cell wall formation. Does the reverse hold? We show that bimodal pectin methylesterification, via PME5 mRNA nuclear sequestration, influences plant cell division and cell plate orientation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics
The plant cell wall regulates development through spatiotemporal modulation of its chemical and mechanical properties. Pectin methylesterification is recognized as a rheological switch controlling wal...
www.science.org
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Thrilled to have our paper out in @science.org. Cell division guides plant cell wall formation. Does the reverse hold? We show that bimodal pectin methylesterification, via PME5 mRNA nuclear sequestration, influences plant cell division and cell plate orientation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sometimes you're incredibly lucky and it can take a while, but you look back at old data and realise there's something absolutely fascinating in there.
'Oh that's there, people have been hypothesising that might happen for years'
Looks like I'm writing a new grant application...
'Oh that's there, people have been hypothesising that might happen for years'
Looks like I'm writing a new grant application...
December 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Sometimes you're incredibly lucky and it can take a while, but you look back at old data and realise there's something absolutely fascinating in there.
'Oh that's there, people have been hypothesising that might happen for years'
Looks like I'm writing a new grant application...
'Oh that's there, people have been hypothesising that might happen for years'
Looks like I'm writing a new grant application...
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A nice day in the fine Norwich with a lovely crowd! It was fun to talk about GRAS7 and some natural fungus-Marchantia interactions, thanks for the opportunity 🤓
@dariuskos.bsky.social highlights the multitalented MpGRAS7 gene, which is involved in both stress response and reproductive development #nonseedUK25 😀
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A nice day in the fine Norwich with a lovely crowd! It was fun to talk about GRAS7 and some natural fungus-Marchantia interactions, thanks for the opportunity 🤓
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Wondering about the dynamics during a developmental transition? Check out our preprint “Time-dependent bistability leads to critical slowing down during floral transition in Arabidopsis”, a very exciting collaboration with the Coupland lab @mpipz.bsky.social doi.org/10.64898/202...
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Wondering about the dynamics during a developmental transition? Check out our preprint “Time-dependent bistability leads to critical slowing down during floral transition in Arabidopsis”, a very exciting collaboration with the Coupland lab @mpipz.bsky.social doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Our PhD program IMPRS-EBM of #Epigenetics, #Biophysics & #Metabolism will open for applications next week. 📢
Want to work at the forefront of epigenetic research at an MPI? Looking for a fully-funded #PhDposition at Max Planck? Here is your chance: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
Want to work at the forefront of epigenetic research at an MPI? Looking for a fully-funded #PhDposition at Max Planck? Here is your chance: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
December 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Our PhD program IMPRS-EBM of #Epigenetics, #Biophysics & #Metabolism will open for applications next week. 📢
Want to work at the forefront of epigenetic research at an MPI? Looking for a fully-funded #PhDposition at Max Planck? Here is your chance: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
Want to work at the forefront of epigenetic research at an MPI? Looking for a fully-funded #PhDposition at Max Planck? Here is your chance: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
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✨Share a little botanical joy this Christmas. Our 2025 Christmas Gift Guide is bursting with ideas inspired by the beauty of the Garden.🌱 Your gift-giving helps us to continue growing the Garden & its work in research, education, conservation & community support.
December 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
✨Share a little botanical joy this Christmas. Our 2025 Christmas Gift Guide is bursting with ideas inspired by the beauty of the Garden.🌱 Your gift-giving helps us to continue growing the Garden & its work in research, education, conservation & community support.
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Check out amazing confocal images by @alexguyon.bsky.social, former member of @dromius.bsky.social lab and now postdoc in Maria Harrison’s group. He managed to image haustoria from a pathogen and arbuscules from a symbiont in the same cell! 🤩
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi boost plant resilience by remodelling the plant-pathogen membrane interface
Check-out the latest paper from @alexguyon.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
News article www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/arbuscu...
Check-out the latest paper from @alexguyon.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
News article www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/arbuscu...
December 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Check out amazing confocal images by @alexguyon.bsky.social, former member of @dromius.bsky.social lab and now postdoc in Maria Harrison’s group. He managed to image haustoria from a pathogen and arbuscules from a symbiont in the same cell! 🤩
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It's been a great experience to start a team here, I highly recommend applying!
🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
December 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It's been a great experience to start a team here, I highly recommend applying!
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi boost plant resilience by remodelling the plant-pathogen membrane interface
Check-out the latest paper from @alexguyon.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
News article www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/arbuscu...
Check-out the latest paper from @alexguyon.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
News article www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/arbuscu...
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi boost plant resilience by remodelling the plant-pathogen membrane interface
Check-out the latest paper from @alexguyon.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
News article www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/arbuscu...
Check-out the latest paper from @alexguyon.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
News article www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/arbuscu...
🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Congratulations Elise Laruelle & @robinsonsci.bsky.social on your @acceleratescience.bsky.social - @c2d3.cam.ac.uk funded project "Plant automatic cell lineage reconstruction"
More info www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plant-a...
Illustration by Elise Laruelle & leaf images by @sainikumud.bsky.social
More info www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plant-a...
Illustration by Elise Laruelle & leaf images by @sainikumud.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Congratulations Elise Laruelle & @robinsonsci.bsky.social on your @acceleratescience.bsky.social - @c2d3.cam.ac.uk funded project "Plant automatic cell lineage reconstruction"
More info www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plant-a...
Illustration by Elise Laruelle & leaf images by @sainikumud.bsky.social
More info www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plant-a...
Illustration by Elise Laruelle & leaf images by @sainikumud.bsky.social
DIY Plant Walls: Use the secrets of fungal pathognes to reprogramme plant architecture & material properties with @dromius.bsky.social & using @robinsonsci.bsky.social's unique Automated Confocal Micro-Extensometer
Webinar: 10 Dec 2025
Applications close: 19 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Webinar: 10 Dec 2025
Applications close: 19 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
DIY Plant Walls: Use the secrets of fungal pathognes to reprogramme plant architecture & material properties with @dromius.bsky.social & using @robinsonsci.bsky.social's unique Automated Confocal Micro-Extensometer
Webinar: 10 Dec 2025
Applications close: 19 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Webinar: 10 Dec 2025
Applications close: 19 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Very happy that my PhD student can grow such happy plants! It's a simple thing that is very underappreciated and very important.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Very happy that my PhD student can grow such happy plants! It's a simple thing that is very underappreciated and very important.
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I'm offering a PhD project together with Sarah McKim on temperature-controlled stomata formation within EASTBIO DTP www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #plantscience #plantscijobs Deadline 15 Feb. Please share/RP
EASTBIO - How plants breathe in a warming world: unravelling temperature control of stomata development at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO - How plants breathe in a warming world: unravelling temperature control of stomata development at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm offering a PhD project together with Sarah McKim on temperature-controlled stomata formation within EASTBIO DTP www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #plantscience #plantscijobs Deadline 15 Feb. Please share/RP
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Last week, I had the chance to participate in the XVII Chilean Society for Plant Biology meeting 🤩. Inspiring talks from colleagues in Chile and invited speakers @keikoutorii.bsky.social, Malcolm Bennett, @gabkrouk.bsky.social , José Feijó and many others. Looking forward to the next edition!
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Last week, I had the chance to participate in the XVII Chilean Society for Plant Biology meeting 🤩. Inspiring talks from colleagues in Chile and invited speakers @keikoutorii.bsky.social, Malcolm Bennett, @gabkrouk.bsky.social , José Feijó and many others. Looking forward to the next edition!