Robyn Emmerson
@robynemm.bsky.social
Postdoc in plant epigenetics at University of Oxford, UK in the Mosher lab
Interested in epigenetics 🧬 plant reproduction 🌱 photosynthesis 🌿
Lino print enthusiast 🎨
Interested in epigenetics 🧬 plant reproduction 🌱 photosynthesis 🌿
Lino print enthusiast 🎨
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I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r...
A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r...
A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
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Research question for the #epigenetics community: Anyone on here tested using NEB's EM conversion with Illumina Infinium microarrays and want to share there experiences? Please share 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Research question for the #epigenetics community: Anyone on here tested using NEB's EM conversion with Illumina Infinium microarrays and want to share there experiences? Please share 🙏
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My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
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Please consider signing
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November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
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Please consider signing
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Happy to share our latest paper on a new method iNOME-seq that acts as an in vivo bookmarking system to measure open chromatin and other features in plants rdcu.be/eMh36. Project started several years ago with Prof Jose Gutierrez-Marcos and a great collaboration with @plantevolution.bsky.social.
October 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Happy to share our latest paper on a new method iNOME-seq that acts as an in vivo bookmarking system to measure open chromatin and other features in plants rdcu.be/eMh36. Project started several years ago with Prof Jose Gutierrez-Marcos and a great collaboration with @plantevolution.bsky.social.
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If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
FindAPhD : Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Apply for a PhD: Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation
www.findaphd.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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New #PhD opportunities! NorthWestBio projects now online for 2026! Including a #photosynthesis project w/ @marjorielundgren.bsky.social looking at how photosynthetic diversity may affect future crop nutrient quality. Plant projects and the full set of projects available here: tinyurl.com/529yz4jd
FindAPhD : NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme Studentship 2026 at University of Glasgow
Apply for a PhD: NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme Studentship 2026 at University of Glasgow
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September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New #PhD opportunities! NorthWestBio projects now online for 2026! Including a #photosynthesis project w/ @marjorielundgren.bsky.social looking at how photosynthetic diversity may affect future crop nutrient quality. Plant projects and the full set of projects available here: tinyurl.com/529yz4jd
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🚨 Hurry! Only 3 days remaining to submit your session proposals for SEB Florence 2026.
Deadline: Wednesday, 1 October 2025 — time is almost up!
🔬 Organise a session, share your expertise, and help shape the future of experimental biology.
Apply now:
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Deadline: Wednesday, 1 October 2025 — time is almost up!
🔬 Organise a session, share your expertise, and help shape the future of experimental biology.
Apply now:
www.sebiology.org/resource/ses...
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🚨 Hurry! Only 3 days remaining to submit your session proposals for SEB Florence 2026.
Deadline: Wednesday, 1 October 2025 — time is almost up!
🔬 Organise a session, share your expertise, and help shape the future of experimental biology.
Apply now:
www.sebiology.org/resource/ses...
Deadline: Wednesday, 1 October 2025 — time is almost up!
🔬 Organise a session, share your expertise, and help shape the future of experimental biology.
Apply now:
www.sebiology.org/resource/ses...
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DNA methylation contributes to plant acclimation to naturally fluctuating light
📖 buff.ly/3QP9OJ5
by Emmerson et al.
@robynemm.bsky.social @raduzabet.bsky.social @ubechtold.bsky.social @proftlawson.bsky.social #PlantScience
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by Emmerson et al.
@robynemm.bsky.social @raduzabet.bsky.social @ubechtold.bsky.social @proftlawson.bsky.social #PlantScience
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
DNA methylation contributes to plant acclimation to naturally fluctuating light
📖 buff.ly/3QP9OJ5
by Emmerson et al.
@robynemm.bsky.social @raduzabet.bsky.social @ubechtold.bsky.social @proftlawson.bsky.social #PlantScience
📖 buff.ly/3QP9OJ5
by Emmerson et al.
@robynemm.bsky.social @raduzabet.bsky.social @ubechtold.bsky.social @proftlawson.bsky.social #PlantScience
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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...
RP
Apply online before 15/10/2025:
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
RP
September 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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...
RP
Apply online before 15/10/2025:
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
RP
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We are looking for a PDRA for the PlantPlug project, turning parasitic plants into programmable bio-modules! Using mistletoe as a novel chassis, we are exploring the frontiers of inter-species communication.
Apply online by 15/10/2025.
*RP*
#PlantSciencesJobs
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
Apply online by 15/10/2025.
*RP*
#PlantSciencesJobs
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
September 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We are looking for a PDRA for the PlantPlug project, turning parasitic plants into programmable bio-modules! Using mistletoe as a novel chassis, we are exploring the frontiers of inter-species communication.
Apply online by 15/10/2025.
*RP*
#PlantSciencesJobs
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
Apply online by 15/10/2025.
*RP*
#PlantSciencesJobs
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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Excited to see our story on epigenetic mediated aclimation of plants to fluctuating light patterns out today in doi.org/10.1111/nph..... This work started 6 years ago co-supervised with the amazing @proftlawson.bsky.social and led by the brilliant @robynemm.bsky.social. 1/2
September 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Excited to see our story on epigenetic mediated aclimation of plants to fluctuating light patterns out today in doi.org/10.1111/nph..... This work started 6 years ago co-supervised with the amazing @proftlawson.bsky.social and led by the brilliant @robynemm.bsky.social. 1/2
I'm so pleased this is out, I loved my PhD project so much!
We found that natural fluctuations in light impacts both DNA methylation and gene expression, and identified a possible candidate (MCCA) for further exploration. Check it out ⬇️
We found that natural fluctuations in light impacts both DNA methylation and gene expression, and identified a possible candidate (MCCA) for further exploration. Check it out ⬇️
Excited to see our story on epigenetic mediated aclimation of plants to fluctuating light patterns out today in doi.org/10.1111/nph..... This work started 6 years ago co-supervised with the amazing @proftlawson.bsky.social and led by the brilliant @robynemm.bsky.social. 1/2
September 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm so pleased this is out, I loved my PhD project so much!
We found that natural fluctuations in light impacts both DNA methylation and gene expression, and identified a possible candidate (MCCA) for further exploration. Check it out ⬇️
We found that natural fluctuations in light impacts both DNA methylation and gene expression, and identified a possible candidate (MCCA) for further exploration. Check it out ⬇️
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I can't stress it more. This conference has been designed for us by us. Support @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at the University of Leeds funded by the SEB, Faculty of Biological Science at Leeds, the Grow More and New Phytologist foundations and Gastby. Join us on 24/10, details below.
📢Deadlines fast approaching for the BiPS Conference 2025!
Join us for a day of connection and celebration where we'll be hearing from the renowned academics Nicola Patron and Kevin Cox. With workshops on a variety of topics and a chance for you to build your community.
Register: buff.ly/J9PM0Wj
Join us for a day of connection and celebration where we'll be hearing from the renowned academics Nicola Patron and Kevin Cox. With workshops on a variety of topics and a chance for you to build your community.
Register: buff.ly/J9PM0Wj
September 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I can't stress it more. This conference has been designed for us by us. Support @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at the University of Leeds funded by the SEB, Faculty of Biological Science at Leeds, the Grow More and New Phytologist foundations and Gastby. Join us on 24/10, details below.
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Thank you to our brilliant delegates, mentors, speakers, the organising committee and our hosts at the University of Birmingham for making New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 a great success!
August 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Thank you to our brilliant delegates, mentors, speakers, the organising committee and our hosts at the University of Birmingham for making New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 a great success!
I really enjoyed writing this with Marco! If you're interested in the possible consequences of transposon movement and viral infection on plant genome plasticity, check it out ⬇️
🌱 🌽 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🦠 🧬
The role of mobile DNA elements in the dynamics of plant genome plasticity - Emmerson & Catoni
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @robynemm.bsky.social
The role of mobile DNA elements in the dynamics of plant genome plasticity - Emmerson & Catoni
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @robynemm.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I really enjoyed writing this with Marco! If you're interested in the possible consequences of transposon movement and viral infection on plant genome plasticity, check it out ⬇️
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📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣
Epigenetic Plasticity: From Model Plants to Crops
📘 Edited by Marco Catoni, Tamara Lechon Gomez, and Aline Probst
📸 Cover image by Yihan Dong
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
@sebiology.bsky.social @alineprobst.bsky.social
Epigenetic Plasticity: From Model Plants to Crops
📘 Edited by Marco Catoni, Tamara Lechon Gomez, and Aline Probst
📸 Cover image by Yihan Dong
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
@sebiology.bsky.social @alineprobst.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣
Epigenetic Plasticity: From Model Plants to Crops
📘 Edited by Marco Catoni, Tamara Lechon Gomez, and Aline Probst
📸 Cover image by Yihan Dong
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
@sebiology.bsky.social @alineprobst.bsky.social
Epigenetic Plasticity: From Model Plants to Crops
📘 Edited by Marco Catoni, Tamara Lechon Gomez, and Aline Probst
📸 Cover image by Yihan Dong
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
@sebiology.bsky.social @alineprobst.bsky.social
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⚠️ SEB MEMBERS: This is for you.
Don’t let your research live and die in a PDF.
Bring it to life in the SEB Spring 2025 Magazine.
Contact us now:
🔗 www.sebiology.org/resource/promote-your-work-in-our-spring-2025-magazine.htm
Don’t let your research live and die in a PDF.
Bring it to life in the SEB Spring 2025 Magazine.
Contact us now:
🔗 www.sebiology.org/resource/promote-your-work-in-our-spring-2025-magazine.htm
May 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
⚠️ SEB MEMBERS: This is for you.
Don’t let your research live and die in a PDF.
Bring it to life in the SEB Spring 2025 Magazine.
Contact us now:
🔗 www.sebiology.org/resource/promote-your-work-in-our-spring-2025-magazine.htm
Don’t let your research live and die in a PDF.
Bring it to life in the SEB Spring 2025 Magazine.
Contact us now:
🔗 www.sebiology.org/resource/promote-your-work-in-our-spring-2025-magazine.htm
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⏳ Just one month left to grab your Early Bird ticket for #SEB2025 in Antwerp!
Save money, plan ahead, and get ready for a fantastic conference.
Register now 👉 www.sebiology.org/events/seb-annual-conference-antwerp-2025/registration.html
Save money, plan ahead, and get ready for a fantastic conference.
Register now 👉 www.sebiology.org/events/seb-annual-conference-antwerp-2025/registration.html
SEB Annual Conference Antwerp 2025
All the information you need about registration can be found here.
Early bird registration deadline: 16 May 2025
www.sebiology.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
⏳ Just one month left to grab your Early Bird ticket for #SEB2025 in Antwerp!
Save money, plan ahead, and get ready for a fantastic conference.
Register now 👉 www.sebiology.org/events/seb-annual-conference-antwerp-2025/registration.html
Save money, plan ahead, and get ready for a fantastic conference.
Register now 👉 www.sebiology.org/events/seb-annual-conference-antwerp-2025/registration.html
Radu is an amazing supervisor, I would highly recommend!
I am recruiting for a postdoc in my lab at @blizardinstitute.bsky.social @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social to work on explainable AI/ML and epigenetics with a focus on enhancers. 3-year BBSRC funded position. A collaboration with @a-radzisheuskaya.bsky.social
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April 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Radu is an amazing supervisor, I would highly recommend!
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Happy to see our latest paper by @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social et al out today in Developmental Cell @cellpress.bsky.social! We identify a role for VRN2-PRC2 in regulating light-responsive growth in Arabidopsis through the conditional epigenetic repression of PIF signalling. tinyurl.com/swbyff24
VRN2-PRC2 facilitates light-triggered repression of PIF signaling to coordinate growth in Arabidopsis
Osborne et al. show that the angiosperm-specific PRC2 subunit VRN2 is enriched in
hypoxic regions of the Arabidopsis shoot, where it is required for stable deposition
of H3K27me3 in key PIF4 target ge...
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March 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy to see our latest paper by @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social et al out today in Developmental Cell @cellpress.bsky.social! We identify a role for VRN2-PRC2 in regulating light-responsive growth in Arabidopsis through the conditional epigenetic repression of PIF signalling. tinyurl.com/swbyff24
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Join our lab in @kent.ac.uk
Paid summer #studentship for #BAME students to study #seaweed as biostimulant in #crops
Application:
blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...
Paid summer #studentship for #BAME students to study #seaweed as biostimulant in #crops
Application:
blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...
March 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join our lab in @kent.ac.uk
Paid summer #studentship for #BAME students to study #seaweed as biostimulant in #crops
Application:
blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...
Paid summer #studentship for #BAME students to study #seaweed as biostimulant in #crops
Application:
blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...
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Want to do a #PhD in Molecular #Plantscience / Plant Epigenetics? We are recruiting through two currently open Freiburg graduate school program calls by @mpi-ie.bsky.social and SGBM of @uni-freiburg.de! Consider to apply:
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de/node/1847
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de/node/1847
Application | SGBM
There are several ways to join the SGBM doctoral program. The availability of open positions is determined by the funding source and it changes throughout the year.
www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de
February 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Want to do a #PhD in Molecular #Plantscience / Plant Epigenetics? We are recruiting through two currently open Freiburg graduate school program calls by @mpi-ie.bsky.social and SGBM of @uni-freiburg.de! Consider to apply:
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de/node/1847
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de/node/1847
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Don't miss your opportunity to attend New Phytologist next generation scientists, the FREE meeting for early career researchers in plant science. #npnextgen
4–7 July 2025
Birmingham, UK
Apply to attend by 27 January!
www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...
4–7 July 2025
Birmingham, UK
Apply to attend by 27 January!
www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...
January 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Don't miss your opportunity to attend New Phytologist next generation scientists, the FREE meeting for early career researchers in plant science. #npnextgen
4–7 July 2025
Birmingham, UK
Apply to attend by 27 January!
www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...
4–7 July 2025
Birmingham, UK
Apply to attend by 27 January!
www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...
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Right before the weekend, revisit the wonders of biology in the SEB Magazine Winter 2024 issue, Beyond the Code!
Explore the intricate layers of protein expression, epigenetics, and gene regulation.
Dive in now:
www.sebiology.org/news-publications/magazine/winter-magazine-2024.html
Explore the intricate layers of protein expression, epigenetics, and gene regulation.
Dive in now:
www.sebiology.org/news-publications/magazine/winter-magazine-2024.html
January 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Right before the weekend, revisit the wonders of biology in the SEB Magazine Winter 2024 issue, Beyond the Code!
Explore the intricate layers of protein expression, epigenetics, and gene regulation.
Dive in now:
www.sebiology.org/news-publications/magazine/winter-magazine-2024.html
Explore the intricate layers of protein expression, epigenetics, and gene regulation.
Dive in now:
www.sebiology.org/news-publications/magazine/winter-magazine-2024.html