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Ian Willick
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Plant ecophysiologist at the Kentville Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Personal account.
https://iwillick.github.io/
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Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist

Applications due Dec 1

Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

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September 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The 2025 #CSPB_ERM conference website is now ONLINE!
LINK: event.fourwaves.com/erm2025

Early registration: Oct. 24
Regular registration: Oct. 25-Nov. 12
Abstract deadline for oral/poster presentations: Oct. 24

Student/postdoc registration fees are heavily discounted. See you soon!
October 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I am super excited about this search. Come join us and take the helm of an excellent herbarium.
Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!

plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu
August 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
eeb.msu.edu
August 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Co-authored chapter discussing the resilience of apple to fire blight and winter injury in a warming world is available. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Enhancing the Resilience of Apple to Fire Blight and Winter Injury in
Climate change has become a topic of increasing significance in apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) physiology and orchard management due to rising temperatures and
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March 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Fully funded PhD in Plant Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver 🍁! Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology & more. Start Jan/May/Sept 2026. michaletzlab.org
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
March 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Are you a student and planning to attend CSPB 2025 in Halifax? The George H Duff Student Travel Award Aplications are now open. Check out www.cspb-scbv.ca/travel-bursaries for info and application. #cspb #scbv #plantscience #plantscienceconference #plantbiology #plantbiologyconference #cspb2025
March 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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For International Women's Day, let's pay homage to the great plant anatomist Katherine Esau. In her long career, she transformed our understanding of plant structure through her research and her very important books. She is my academic grandmother, advisor of my advisor.
March 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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#PhD opportunity in my (Canadian) lab investigating the genetic & neural basis of variation in behavior, in the powerful Drosophila model system. International students encouraged! You must be a strong student or already have your MSc to qualify (per dept regulations). #genetics #evolution #science
March 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Multiple faculty positions available in our department at Trinity College Dublin, including plant conservation, biogeography and biodiversity genomics. #sciencejobs 🧪🌎🌾
For more information, please go to tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ and search the 'School of Natural Sciences'.
You will see that we also have several Assistant Professor positions open at the moment.
Please pass this on to any early career academics / postdocs, especially those who are new to this platform!
February 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Reminder - Don't forget about our grants! We offer #grants for undergrads & graduate students doing research, going to symposia or workshops, and more, and the deadline for submission is coming up soon - Feb 15! Details can be found here: www.torreybotanical.org/grants-awards/

#botany 🧪🌎🌿🍄🌾
February 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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A great opportunity to come to Birmingham, visit our beautiful campus and, while you’re here, interact with our wide range of great plant scientists working at UoB!
New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 takes place on 4–7 August at the University of Birmingham!

Don't miss your opportunity to join this unique meeting of early career plant scientists! Apply to attend by 27 January:

www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...

#PlantScience #npnextgen
January 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Acadia is hiring an Assistant Professor, Tenure Track in Biopharma and Animal Physiology which closes February 3, see details here (and let me know if you have any questions about Acadia!)

Please share:
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January 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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♻️GasanalyzeR: advancing reproducible research using a new R package for photosynthesis data workflows by Danny Tholen and co-authors

Full #openaccess
👉 https://buff.ly/4c92gx2

#PlantScience
GasanalyzeR: advancing reproducible research using a new R package for photosynthesis data workflows
GasanalyzeR, a new software tool, helps analyse data related to photosynthesis to achieve consistent and reproducible results. Many physiologically relevan
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December 7, 2024 at 7:07 AM
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Citrus growers face challenges like low soil organic matter and the devastating impact of HLB. UF-IFAS researchers studied how varying SOM levels affect citrus root systems and nutrient uptake. 3% SOM may be key for healthier trees and better nutrient uptake! doi.org/10.21273/HOR...
🌱🧪
December 7, 2024 at 12:52 PM
A nice article discussing interplay between low temperature and drought response pathways. academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
Regulatory networks in plant responses to drought and cold stress
Abstract. Drought and cold represent distinct types of abiotic stress, each initiating unique primary signaling pathways in response to dehydration and tem
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December 5, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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I'm so excited to announce that my department is now hiring TWO ECOLOGISTS at the Assistant Professor Level.

We will be really excited to substantially expand research in ecology in our EEOB Department at UCR.
Please Repost and share widely!

aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01983
Assistant Professor of Ecology
University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.ucr.edu
November 1, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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Postdoc position in abiotic stress tolerance in plants
https://botany.fyi/df39ns

This position will involve investigating molecular, genetic, and physiological mechanisms that enable plants to withstand environmental stresses such as drought and extreme temperatures.
#PlantSciJobs
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Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.
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October 9, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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Plant Ecophysiologist faculty position at Wake Forest -"We seek an ecophysiologist studying plants in their natural environments and focused on processes ranging from cellular to global scales. ...questions related to the ecosystem impacts of global change biology.wfu.edu/faculty-sear... 🧪🌎🌾
Faculty Search 2024-2025 Plant Ecophysiology – WFU Biology
biology.wfu.edu
October 2, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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Integrating cold hardiness and deacclimation resistance demonstrates a conserved response to chilling accumulation in grapevines. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.28.615590v1
Integrating cold hardiness and deacclimation resistance demonstrates a conserved response to chilling accumulation in grapevines. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.28.615590v1
To survive the harsh conditions of winter, woody perennial species such as grapevine have adapted to
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October 1, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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Super excited to announce a cluster hire in plant biology
at UNC's Biology Dept; THREE faculty searches, two in plant molecular biology writ broadly & one in Plant Evolutionary Biology 1/n please RT 🧪
Molecular - unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288...
Evolutionary - unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288...
Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology
The tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biology will study critical questions in Plant Molecular Biology.We seek candidates who focus on molecular mechanisms that illuminate...
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September 25, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Come be my colleague in the dept of plant bio at MSU!!!!! This department has been such a supportive and exciting place to be a new professor and mid-Michigan is a great, affordable place to live. jobs.plantae.org/jobs/2056365...
Assistant/Associate Professor Positions in Molecular/Cellular Biology of Plants in East Lansing, MI for Michigan State University
Exciting opportunity in East Lansing, MI for Michigan State University as a Assistant/Associate Professor Positions in Molecular/Cellular Biology of Plants
jobs.plantae.org
September 18, 2024 at 8:29 PM