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Rachel Shahan
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Plant developmental biologist
Assistant Professor, UCLA MCDB
2021 Leading Edge Fellow
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thecapitulab.bsky.social
Such a great resource and a fantastic collaborative effort! Be sure to check out this story about evolutionary genomics in the Asterales!

Especially proud of @brannanrose.bsky.social for her contributions to this story!

Huge thanks to all the labs involved!
jennifermandel.bsky.social Jennifer Mandel @jennifermandel.bsky.social · 23d
🌻 Sharing this preprint where we assembled 3 new chromosome-level genomes, including the first for Asteraceae's South American sister Calyceraceae! Asteraceae uses all the tricks when it comes to being the most ecologically successful family of flowering plants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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ips2parissaclay.bsky.social
Welcome and congratulations to Bruno Guillotin on joining IPS2 as a permanent researcher!
May the spirit of science always be with you and inspire your future discoveries. #PlantScience
ips2.u-psud.fr/en/articles/...
Dr. Bruno Guillotin
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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thepallavisingh.bsky.social
We are looking for a Postdoc with expertise in plant molecular/synthetic biology, or single-cell/spatial transcriptomics to join the UKRI-FLF funded project focused on understanding and improving water-use efficiency in rice.

Apply online before 15/10/2025:
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

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September 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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mingyuanzhu.bsky.social
Excited to share that the Zhu Lab will officially open at Texas A&M University on August 1st, 2025!

We’re a multidisciplinary group, exploring how plant roots adapt their growth to environmental stresses across scales. Actively recruiting!

Postdoc Advertisement: drive.google.com/file/d/1Gpvn...
July 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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bar-plantbio.bsky.social
At CSHL's Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science course to tell students about plant bioinformatics! I added an scRNA-seq part to the gene expression lab, it's also available online at www.coursera.org/learn/plant-..., you can audit for free! 🌱💻
July 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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plantcellatlas.bsky.social
Meet The Speakers of the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference!

@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social

To Apply to the GRC: lnkd.in/gvkMxuKR

To Learn More About Dr. Nobori's Research: www.tatsuyanobori.com
Promotional image for the "Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference" focusing on meeting the speakers. This promo includes an image of Dr. Tatsuya Nobori from The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK with a short bio on Dr. Nobori.
June 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.

Learn more about these exceptional scientists:

www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Text reads "Congratulations to the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows" followed by the Leading Edge logo and www.leadingedgesymposium.org. Below are the headshots and names of the 40 new Leading Edge Fellows. They are Cel Welch Lianna Wat Maria Toro Moreno Sarah Talley Xulu Sun Ines Sturmlechner Virginia Savy Amelie Raz Kali Pruss Caterina Profaci Sarah Pierce Melissa Pamula Kehinde Odufowora Patricia Nano Ariana Musa de Aquino Nour El Houda Mimouni Kathleen Martin Brea Manuel Mable Lam Miri Krupkin Elaine Kouame Megan Kirchgessner Sumin Kim Shubhangini Kataruka Geraldine Jowett Andrea Jones Leanne Iannucci Emily Heckman Allison Girasole Florencia Fernandez Chiappe Tonie Farris Hannah Elam Erin Doherty Xiaoyun Ding Maria Bustillo Julia Brunner Debadrita Bhattacharya Lorena Benedetti Ashley Anderson Krisha Aghi
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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naascarabidopsis.bsky.social
Join the 5/29 NAASC panel (register by 5/28): with Rachel Shahan (UCLA), Kevin Cox (WUSTL & Danforth Center) & Monika Fischer (Univ. British Columbia).
Early Career Scholar Hosts: Catherine Freed, Mingyuan Zhu, Vincent Cerbantez.
Panel will be recorded for later viewing
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May 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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thecapitulab.bsky.social
The news is out! The CapituLab is moving to Clemson University this fall 🌻 We are excited to get there and get started!
May 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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naascarabidopsis.bsky.social
I'm excited to share this NAASC early career professional development seminar aimed at plant biology scientists considering faculty jobs!
🌱Lab Launchpad: The New PIs Guide to Starting Your Own Lab🌱
Register www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/register-car...
May 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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jennyrussinova.bsky.social
🌱 When a root cell undergoes symmetric division, are the daughter cells actually identical? By combining live-cell imaging and scRNAseq we discovered a new cell state with uneven BR activity. Read our full paper in Cell: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... @nvukas.bsky.social @trevormnolan.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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valetornini.bsky.social
We are openly recruiting at all levels at the Tornini Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)!
Please share with your networks. For more information, please check the info below, visit www.torninilab.org, or email me directly at vtornini at ucla dot edu. Thank you in advance!
Open recruitment for the Tornini Lab Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology & Institute for Society and Genetics Hispanic Serving Institution Infrastructure Initiative University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) www.torninilab.org We are a new developmental, cell, and molecular biology lab interested in understanding the genetics of vertebrate neurodevelopment. We use genome engineering, single-cell technologies, behavioral analyses, pharmacological profiling, confocal imaging, genomics, and computational biology using the vertebrate zebrafish (Danio rerio) system and other models (like sea lamprey) for evolutionary studies. Our work is driven by curiosity, independence and teamwork, fun, a sense of urgency, and a desire to understand how networks of genes regulate brain and organismal development. This work can help us better understand basic mechanisms of what happens in human developmental disorders or diseases and can inform novel therapeutic strategies. We are recruiting across all levels. Our lab works in multiple complementary areas (please see below). We’re looking to match motivated people with what motivates them in a supportive and engaging environment. We are recruiting staff research scientists (1-2 years after undergrad+), graduate students (open rotation positions), postdocs, and other positions as relevant. While multiple of our projects are already funded, we strongly support candidates to identify and apply for your own fellowships/grants with the full mentorship and resources of the lab. Like our research? Think you might be a good fit? Consider joining us! For more information, please visit our website, the next page, or contact Val at: vtornini at ucla dot edu UCLA is an equal opportunity employer. Novel micropeptides in vertebrate neurodevelopment Using zebrafish models, we ask: what are these proteins; what are their functions in neurodevelopment; what are other “ignored” or “dark proteome” genes we are missing; and what can they reveal about human neurodevelopmental disorders or diseases? Chromatin regulators in vertebrate development and behavior A growing group of evolutionarily conserved chromatin regulators have been identified as genes linked with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism. In many cases, patients may struggle with co-occurring conditions that impact daily life in childhood and adulthood, including seizures, sleeplessness or sleep disruptions, and autoimmune disruptions. How do these genes work to establish and maintain neural cell types during development, and in turn shape circuits during early critical periods, including interactions with the environment, to establish organismal physiological processes? Non-neuronal regulation during development and aging Non-neuronal cell types, including oligodendrocytes and microglia, have emerged as key players in shaping neurodevelopment and into adulthood. How are the cellular, molecular, and physiological dynamics of these cell types in developing and aging brains affected in mutant genetic models linked to neurodevelopmental disorders? Can we target these cells to modulate neural dysregulation and resulting behaviors in these mutant models? Evolution of vertebrate brain cell states We seek to understand the principles of how novel genes co-evolve with the emergence of neural cell types found only in vertebrates. We use cross-species genomics and functional approaches with the jawless vertebrate model, sea lamprey, to elucidate the roles of vertebrate-specific genes on the gene regulatory networks. Bioethics, neuroethics, and genetics We seek to integrate evidence-based methods throughout our projects to investigate and address bioethical considerations in this research domain.
December 9, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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joadelas.bsky.social
🚨 The Delas lab @LMCB_UCL is officially recruiting 🥳
We will study how cis-regulatory elements control developmental cell fate choice, focusing on gene silencing. Funded by Wellcome.

Postdoc advert closes on 12 March!

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
February 27, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social
Applications for the 2024 Leading Edge cohort are open! Due Feb 1.

Leading Edge provides community, training, and visibility for postdocs pursuing academic careers.

Year-round online career dev + in-person symposium at Janelia in June

www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
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November 14, 2023 at 3:54 PM