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Research group understanding the genetics of environmental adaptation in cereal plants, HQ at IPK Gatersleben, Laura Dixon
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Lovely (as always) to catch up with @bberger-au.bsky.social on a brief visit to sunny Adelaide. Check out the amazing #OzBarley resource open & available to the crop science community 🇦🇺
March 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Dr @GunesTaylor is the editor of our magazine and clearly a fan of science since an early age! This is what she would share with a videoscope-loving young Gunes!

#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
#WomenInScience
February 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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ASPB Reaffirms Its Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Statement from ASPB’s Board of Directors, February 11, 2025. The Society remains dedicated to fostering a welcoming, diverse, and supportive scientific community.

https://buff.ly/4hw2r9e via @aspbofficial.bsky.social#PlantScience
February 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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I'm looking for musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers, etc. who are passionate about translating science to a broader audience. The field is at the intersection of geoscience, paleo, climate, biology, and conservation. This is a funded opportunity. Tag your favorite STEAM folks, please!
January 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN PLANT PATHOLOGY / GENOMICS

We have extended the deadlines for the postdoctoral positions. Please apply by January 15!
Note that experience with either genome or transcriptome data, preferably on a large scale, is a must for these positions.
We're recruiting:
1 PhD student, 2 postdocs and 2 lab assistants!

Application deadlines in January.

More details here:

www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de/en/open-posi...
Open Positions
Open Positions
www.phytopathology.uni-kiel.de
January 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Our Durum Wheat Expert Working Group held their Virtual Durum Meeting in December #durumwheat Check the talk from Marco Maccaferri, @Unibo Developing the tetraploid wheat pangenome for wheat research and breeding: Triticum turgidum diversity unravelled?
www.wheatinitiative.org/durum
January 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Please register for and join our up-coming session of the Wheat Initiative Expert Working Group on Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE)!
Amanda De Oliveira Silva will give a talk about 'Understanding Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Wheat'
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/-...
January 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Young maritime pine trees retain a memory of early temperature conditions through epigenetic changes; marks persist for up to 2 years post-germination.

Discovery shows how trees could be conditioned to adapt to climate change.

https://buff.ly/40hLTKy... via @inrae-france.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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#PlantSciJobs #plantscijob
Full Professor: Functional Plant Biology and Metabolism. IPB Halle and @unihalle.bsky.social.
Start: 1 April 2026
Deadline: 15 February 2025
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
Job Openings
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de
January 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Applications are currently open for UNIQ 2025.

UNIQ helps support UK state-school students from underrepresented backgrounds prepare for university, with support through the application process to help take those first steps to university life.

www.uniq.ox.ac.uk
UNIQ
University of Oxford
www.uniq.ox.ac.uk
January 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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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
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Leseempfehlung! Unter dem Titel "Vom Korn zum Code" stellt das Magazin der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft die Arbeit des Getreidegenomforschers Nils Stein vom @leibnizipk.bsky.social vor und begleitet ihn bei einem Rundgang durch die Genbank des Instituts.

www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...
Vom Korn zum Code
Mithilfe von KI lösen Biologen die genetischen Rätsel von Kulturpflanzen. Ein Besuch in der Genbank.
www.leibniz-magazin.de
December 30, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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A call for greater investment in research—including genebanks, breeding programs, and biodiversity-friendly farming practices. Science helps us better understand the complex relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and agricultural productivity. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Why biodiversity matters in agriculture and food systems
Imagine a world where the variety of food sources we rely on is reduced to a mere handful of species. This is not a dystopian future. It’s the path we are on right now, and it’s happening silently in ...
www.science.org
December 29, 2024 at 4:56 AM
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Learn to communicate your science with impact at a FREE residential workshop (2–4 April 2025)!

Join @genotripe.bsky.social , @AlisonWoollard, @helen_keen and @FirstCreateMe for hands-on training in storytelling, public talks, demos & multimedia.

Apply by 10 Jan: genetics.org.uk/grants/comm-...
December 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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Der Sender ARTE hat dem Citizen-Science-Projekt von
@pulsesincrease.bsky.social eine Doku gewidmet. Regisseurin Jasmin Lakatoš erklärt, wie die Dreharbeiten (u.a. am
@leibnizipk.bsky.social) gelaufen sind.

➡️Zum Interview: tinyurl.com/wznfu4ud
➡️Zur Doku: tinyurl.com/ysj5jk7t
December 19, 2024 at 9:04 AM
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Please RT: We’re hiring a PhD and a Postdoc to explore the exciting intersection of microprotein biology, bioengineering, and flower development. 🌺
Apply now: resydeproject.org
Deadline: Jan 31
#PhDPosition #PostdocPosition #PlantScience #ComputationalBiology #Microproteins #ERC #RESYDE
Home -
RESYDE: Collaboration between Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Sydney, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and Umeå University.
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December 17, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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Heading to #PAG32 next month?

EI researchers @jonwright99.bsky.social and Graham will be speaking as part of the #WheatGenomics to Breeding session discussing work using #genomeassemblies and ultra-long @nanoporetech.com reads to identify key variations in wheat.

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December 16, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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The announcement for the 67th Annual Maize Genetics Meeting (#MGM2025) is here! 📅 Join us March 6-9, 2025, at Union Station, St. Louis, MO, USA. 🌽 View the PDF announcement: documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...
documents.maizegdb.org
November 17, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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Are you a plant science researcher working towards a PhD or an early career researcher who completed their PhD no more than five years ago? Consider applying to the Next Generation Scientists 2025 meeting, sponsored by New Phytologist! #botany
www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...
Next generation scientists 2025
www.newphytologist.org
December 13, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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Heads up! #Monogram25 will take place 7-10th April 2025 in Aberystwyth. Abstract registration will open soon, deadline 31st of January
December 10, 2024 at 1:42 PM