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A #PlantSci #postdocs community supporting advancement to the next career stage. Tweets by the leadership team. To join visit http://plantpostdocs.com
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Dr. Rajnandani Kashyap is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Saint Louis University who specializes in anaerobic structural biology to investigate the mechanisms of long-range electron transfer enzymes. @rajnandani.bsky.social
Dr. Rajnandani Kashyap is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Saint Louis University, USA. She specializes in anaerobic structural biology, with expertise in cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography, and spectroscopy to investigate the mechanisms of long-range electron transfer enzymes. Her research focuses on Fe-S cluster carrying enzymes including nitrogenase, nitrogenase-like enzyme and mammalian enzymes, with broader implications for photosynthesis and genome stability. She has received multiple awards, including invited talks, travel and poster awards at national and international conferences, and has published in high-impact journals such as Nature Communications.
September 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Dr. Kirk Amundson is currently a postdoctoral scholar & USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst whose research aims to better understand cis-regualtory evolution in plants. @kirkamundson.bsky.social
Dr. Kirk Amundson is currently a postdoctoral scholar and USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research aims to better understand cis-regualtory evolution in plants, with a focus on dissecting the molecular basis of evolutionary innovations in the grasses. He earned a PhD from the University of California Davis where he investigated how mutations accumulate throughout a plant over its lifetime, as well as the cytological basis of a genetic trick known as haploid induction.
September 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Dr. Erika Moore-Pollard is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Connecticut whose research focuses on photosynthetic metabolism and functional trait tradeoffs in Bromeliaceae. @erikarmoore11.bsky.social
I am Erika Moore-Pollard, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Connecticut. My current research focuses on photosynthetic metabolism and functional trait tradeoffs in Bromeliaceae. I earned my PhD at the University of Memphis, where I investigated the phylogenomics, genomics, and systematics of Asteraceae, with a particular focus on the complex genus Packera. My overall research goal is to uncover the molecular drivers of plant diversification, with an emphasis on how polyploidy, hybridization, and convergent evolution shape trait innovation and ecological success across angiosperms.
September 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Dr. Arpita Yadav is a plant molecular and cell biologist investigating the fundamental mechanisms of plant growth and development. @arpitayadav.bsky.social
Dr. Arpita Yadav is a plant molecular and cell biologist investigating the fundamental mechanisms of plant growth and development. As an Assistant Research Professor at Pennsylvania State University in the Cosgrove Lab, she currently studies plant cell wall mechanics and growth. Her previous postdoctoral work at the University of Massachusetts Amherst elucidated the relationship between cellulose microfibrils and anisotropic growth. Dr. Yadav earned her PhD in India, where she discovered key roles for BBX proteins in mediating photomorphogenesis and UV-B stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana.
September 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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MSU is great place to do plant science research. My lab will be a great place to develop new expertise in genomics and plant molecular biology.

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Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary The Li lab in the Department of Plant Biology is recruiting a postdoctoral research associate to work on project(s) in plant molecular biology, biochemistry, and/or genomics. The idea...
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September 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Finally we have Dr. Elena Perry from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Congratulations Elena!
September 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Next we have Dr. Penelope Lindsay from Oregons State University! Congratulations Penelope!
September 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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First we have Dr. Erica Lawrence-Paul from Pennsylvania State University. Congratulations Erica!
September 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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PMEX Morphogenic Regulator Assisted Plant Transformation with Jianqiang Shen, Juan Debernardi and Greg Goralogia youtu.be/ppInj8080yE
PMEX Morphogenic Regulator Assisted Plant Transformation
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August 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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2025 Sahyadri Symposium Research talks with awardees Deepak Bhandari (Michigan State University), Renee Dale (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center), and Sombir Rao (Cornell University) youtu.be/e8aLPosFG2w
2025 Sahyadri Outstanding Plant Postdoc Award
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Editing and Editing Resources (discusses AI-based resources) in the Plant Sciences with Nancy Hofmann, Ellen Kuwana, and Mary Williams. youtu.be/c2DrxI6s0nE @aspbofficial.bsky.social @planteditors.bsky.social @plantteaching.bsky.social @ellenkuwana.bsky.social
From Sound Science to a Successful Publication - Editing and Editing Resources in the Plant Sciences
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Navigating the Job Market after Grad School with panelists Dhruv Patel-Tupper, Min Ya, Michael Tross, Prince Zogli and Nadia Shakoor @plantgrads.bsky.social youtu.be/90OjyQvvraA
Plant Grads Navigating the Job Market After Grad School
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