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NicolaJPatron
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Engineering plants and plant metabolism 🌼🌿🪴Cambridge, U.K.
Last week we held the 2nd @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference in Leeds, full of 🌱science, 🌸art, African crops, careers & mentorship and talent. Highlight was seeing the impacts of our Research Excellence Awards & Studentships. So proud to honour and promote the excellence in our community 💓
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Excited to welcome speakers and delegates to Black In Plant Science 2025, today in Leeds! Thanks @newphyt.bsky.social & other sponsors! @blackinplantsci.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @yoselin.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
August 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
One more week to apply for a postdoc in our group (patronlab.org) @Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge. This is a 3-year position to investigate regulatory sequences and engineer gene expression in plants with the aim of optimising yields from metabolic pathways. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/
May 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Submissions to present a short talk at the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology Gordon Research Conference are open now. Hope to see you in Portland, Maine, August 10-15, 2025!
To apply: bit.ly/ApplyforGRC
March 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We’re looking for 3 postdocs to join our lab and work on engineering plant gene expression, metabolism and growth. If you have enthusiasm & skills in synthetic biology or metabolic engineering, apply by Jan 31.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49767/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49773/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/
January 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The 2025 Black in Plant Science Excellence Awards are now open to submissions from UK-based Black early career researchers. Closing Date Jan 31. 🎉🎉

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