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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss the free @plantaeofficial.bsky.social webinar How to Build a Productive Lab
Friday, November 21, 2025, at 11:30 AM PST | 2:30 PM EST | 7:30 PM GTMT | 3:30 AM Beijing
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #PlantScience

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Plantae Presents: How to Build a Productive Lab. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 4d

The ASPB is offering travel scholarships for Plant Biology 2026! These include grants for Women’s Young Researchers, Primarily Undergraduate Institutions, DEI, and Early Career Researchers.
Application deadline *Nov 14*
Discover more details here: plantbiology.aspb.org/travel-awards/ #PlantScience

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · 4d

Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...

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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 6d

Which Arabidopsis gene discoveries have informed crop trait improvements? Here are just a few examples...

What are some of the others you're aware of? 🧪

#plantbiology #plantscience #scisky #cropscience

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Marta I Sanchez @sanchezmarta.bsky.social · 6d

Si tienes niñ@s no pierdas la oportunidad de disfrutar en familia este taller sobre contaminacion por plasticos en la @casacienciasevcsic.bsky.social El 29 de nov, reserva tu entrada ya!! @ebdonana.bsky.social @csicandalextrem.bsky.social

www.casadelaciencia.csic.es/es/taller/ma...

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Andrew Hendry @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social · 11d

Years ago, I attempted a self-assessment of my potential gender biases in an academic research setting:
ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com/2016/04/subt...

Today, I happened on a very nice summary of how to avoid such biases in letters of recommendation, which provides an comprehensive outline. Check it out

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Nature @nature.com · 10d

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake

go.nature.com/3X5lbUg

From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected

Nature - In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.

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Siri Birkeland @siribirkeland.bsky.social · 12d

In memory of Richard Abbott 🌱❄ 35 years of Arctic plant phylogeography - glacial refugia, trans-oceanic dispersals, and the genomic evidence revealing their hidden histories.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Phylogeography of Arctic plants: where are we after 35 years, and where to go?

The Arctic provides an excellent system to study climate change effects on geographic ranges and genetic diversity. We re-examine the large number of phylogeographic studies of Arctic plants to ass...

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 12d

🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳

Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland

Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...

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Dr Hannah Fluck @hannahfluck.bsky.social · 14d

Today I found an Ent

An oak tree with two trunks like legs that grow together about halfway up before branching out into outstretched arms.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 14d

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 14d

Postdoc for high-throughput plant phenotyping using UAV and remote sensing with the Digital Agriculture lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
digitalag.bse.wisc.edu/phd-positions/ #PlantSciJobs

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Mike Barker @barkerms.bsky.social · 19d

I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖

The allotetraploid lycophyte Selaginella rupincola growing among the boulders at Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains southeast of Tucson, Arizona.

Xanthisma spinulosum growing outside a gym in Tucson, Arizona.

Selaginella arizonica X eremophila hybrid zone at Alamo Canyon in Organ Pipe National Monument.

A Dieteria sp. being visited by a skipper in the White Mountains of Arizona.

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Alexandra Rodríguez @xandrouva.bsky.social · 19d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision

Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.

www.nature.com

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Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social · 20d

#EBDSeminars Join us today for our new seminar!

🔸Diversity dependence impacts population resilience and recovery

🔹Christina M. Hernández (@ox.ac.uk)

📅23rd October. 13:00h CEST

Live: youtube.com/live/lPUjghM...

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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 21d

Two years ago we undertook a volunteer-driven effort to reannotate the #Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Over 70 researchers in labs all over the world contributed. Read our latest status update 🧪➡️ phoenixbioinfo.org/get-ready-ta...

#TAIR12 #plantbiology #plantscience #scisky

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NPR @npr.org · 22d

NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network. n.pr/3IR4JUn

Opinion: Susan Stamberg gave NPR its voice

NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network.

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ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · 22d

Next week, we welcome @cmarin.bsky.social in our ROTO Lecture Series. César will speak about understanding plant holobionts through complexity science. 🌿 Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#HPBio #PhilSci #PlantScience

Poster for the talk by César Marín, entitled "Understanding plant holobionts through complexity science". It will take place on Monday, 27 October 2025 at 4 pm (CET) via Zoom.

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 23d

Join us on 4 November for a #NewPhytologistNow #webinar featuring talks from Itumeleng Moroenyane and 'Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life' poster prize winner Ezgi Mehmetoglu Boz, hosted by Maarja Öpik!

Register now for #free:
www.newphytologist.org/events/2025-...

#PlantScience

Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life

Post-symposium webinar with Itumeleng Moroenyane and Ezgi Mehmetoglu Boz, hosted by Maarja Öpik

www.newphytologist.org

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Cody Coyotee @wile-phylote.bsky.social · Oct 6

Join us at the University of Central Florida! 🍊🚀🌴

We’re seeking an Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology! We’ve got growth chambers, hoop houses, greenhouse space, an arboretum, and students chomping at the bit for more plant courses!

#PlantPeopleFTW #IAmABotanist

jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology - Orlando, Florida, United States

The OpportunityThe Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for the position of tenure track Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology (9-month appointment), a...

jobs.ucf.edu

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 25d

JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!

Please re-post!

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Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social · 27d

#EBDSeminars New seminar today! 🌍🐒

🔹The cascading effects of climate change on primate food availability, behaviour, and survival

🔸 Laura Lüthy (@uni-konstanz.de and @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social)

📅16th October, 13h CEST

Live: youtu.be/OdU_UvXQsCk

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 27d

Aarhus University, Denmark, offers a 2-year postdoc in population and conservation genomics, focusing on genetic load in high-Ne species starting March 2026. App… https://international.au.dk/about/profile/vacant-positions/job/two-year-postdoc-position-in-population-and-conservation-genomics #postdoc

Two year postdoc position in population and conservation genomics - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

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Xavier Picó @xavierpico.bsky.social · 27d

We don’t have to modify anything. Natural selection will work for us in a changing world. We shouldn’t overlook the power of organisms to generate new genetic variants and rapid evolution taking place as we speak. We just need to reduce our presence in vast geographic regions to let nature evolve

NPR @npr.org · 27d

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change. The IUCN is voting on whether those species should be allowed in nature. n.pr/4hhtAxo

Scientists are modifying wildlife DNA. Should these species be released into nature?

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change. The IUCN is voting on whether those species should be allowed in nature.

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 27d

📢 Submissions are now open for in silico Plant's Special Issue on “Simulating plant-plant interactions and community dynamics”
🔬 Edited by Andrew Friend (University of Cambridge)
ℹ️ Find out more: academic.oup.com/insilicoplan... #PlantScience #DGVM

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