🧪🌾VACANCY – PhD position in plant development Join Stephan Wenkel’s group @microproteins.bsky.social and study how molecular mechanisms shape flower development, combining experimental and computational approaches! 📅 Deadline: 31 March 2026 👉 Read more and apply: www.upsc.se/jobs/6659-ph...

Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026. Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...

Join the vibrant @entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca community for University of Toronto Entrepreneurship Week from March 2-6 for 15 events that celebrate, showcase, reward and accelerate U of T’s top startups and innovators. 🔗Register now: uoft.me/uteweek-2026 #UofTEntWeek #UofTStartup

Actomyosin cortex integration with complex plasma membrane topography in the early #Drosophila embryo. New study from Rowan K. Naidoo, Rebecca Tam, and Tony J.C. Harris @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Development #Cytoskeleton

Fascinating to see these plans for our new home! We’ve been grateful that renovations have updated our current 50+ year old buildings. Now we’re eager for construction to start so we can have purpose built 21st century lab space! urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/02...

What does university feel like in an age of AI & accelerating change? In our first-ever student issue , 🎒 #UofT students reflect on uncertainty and hope — from setbacks to finding community — and how it’s shaping life after graduation. ➡️ magazine.utoronto.ca

Looking for an academic job? Check out GetHIRED! from @socdevbio.bsky.social! This course provides expert advice and stories from leading investigators and reading and writing assignments that guide you through preparing all your job packet materials. www.sdbonline.org/gethired

Feb. 26 | Annual #BHM Luncheon 2026 Join the #UofT community for the annual tradition of celebrating #BlackExcellence while providing a welcoming & inclusive community space. ⏰ 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. 📍 Hart House More info ➡️ https://bit.ly/4qcHQKx

Please share! PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

📬 Our January 2026 C-SPIRIT newsletter is out now! Featuring a new Aim 6 blogpost, recent member publications, upcoming events, and more. 🌱 Read it here: msunatsci.createsend1.com/t/y-e-awultd... Subscribe: forms.gle/hWQycasrts2m... #PlantScience

Naidoo, Tam, and Harris @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social show that, over the early #Drosophila embryo, a composite of actomyosin and plasma membrane folds conveys cortical tension, and regulation involves PM topography modulation by Arp2/3. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Actin #Cytoskeleton #Development

Cell Bio 2026 is built by scientists, for scientists—and it starts with your ideas. Submit a scientific session proposal and help shape the program. 🗓 Deadline: February 22, 2026 https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/

#UofT ranked 1st in Canada, among top 30 globally, in all subjects: Times Higher Education 🍁 uoft.me/c7J

Senior Scientist – Translational Genomics, Translational Medicine AstraZeneca - Cambridge, UK Read the full job description and apply⤵️ jobrxiv.org/job/senior-s... #ScienceJobs

Sr. Scientist, Biology AstraZeneca - Hamilton, Canada Read the full job description and apply⤵️ jobrxiv.org/job/sr-scien... #ScienceJobs

Are you anywhere in the world (other than Canada) and want to do a PhD in my lab in Canada at Queen's University? We have a prestigious scholarship for 3-years of PhD funding. Get in touch, applications due early February. Must love plants and evolution! friedmanlab.ca

How do we get molecules where they need to be, when they need to be there? Molly Shoichet, a #UofT University Professor & cell and tissue engineer is making a difference in human health. 👩‍🔬 uoft.me/shoichet-m

🌈 Download JCB's CELLULAR DIVERSITY poster! 📩 Sign up to receive our future special collections and download this beautiful artwork by Bianca Dunn to display at home or in the lab 👉 info.rupress.org/jcb-collecti...

CSB has amazing undergrads! A BCB project student in the @bar-plantbio.bsky.social lab developed a visualizer for the Oat Pangenome, leading to a paper in Nature! csb.utoronto.ca/bcb-undergra...

On Jan 27, join us for a Fireside Chat: International Students: Life After Graduation. We will screen a short documentary that follows six international students after graduation. A discuss featuring some of these students will follow. Register: uoft.me/c6R

#Postdocs! Going on academic job market? Apply for SDB GetHIRED! Take stock of what you want, know your options, prepare an outstanding job packet, organize your research & chalk talks, perfect your interview. Deadline: March 5 sdbonline.org/gethired

Abstracts submissions are open for Early Career Summer Conference 2026. Hear from invited speakers and network with fellow early career members between the 6—7 July. Registration opens 28 January: https://microb.io/ECConf26Abstracts #ECConf26

🧪🪼 We are pleased to welcome Prof Brady Weissbourd of @picowerinstitute.bsky.social this Friday Jan 23 at 11am in RW432. Join us to cogitate on “Mechanisms of robustness in jellyfish neural networks” csb.utoronto.ca/events/brady...

Join us on Monday, January 19, 2026 from 12 - 1 p.m. EDT for our first Seminar Series of 2026. Dr. Rayzel Shulman from The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto will join us to discuss improving the transition to adult diabetes care. www.eventbrite.com/e/network-fo...

Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.

🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org Please share!

🚨 Don’t forget to add your fun fact about your favorite organism ‼️ Thank you to everyone who has already contributed 👏

The Young Investigator Travel Award provides support for young researchers (postdoctoral researchers and graduate students) to attend SMBE2026. 📨 Award applications smbe2026.org/abstracts #SMBE2026

Do you know a @utoronto.ca student interested in participating in our 2026 Summer Research and Training Program? ☀️ 🌟 Applications are due on January 30th! 🌟 healthypopulationsnetwork.utoronto.ca/nhp-summer-p...

Join us this Friday as we welcome Prof Owen Tamplin @otamplin.bsky.social for his talk on “The blood stem cell microenvironment: development and function across the lifespan”. We look forward to seeing you at 11 am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/events/owen-...

OPPORTUNITY: McGill Plant Science is looking for an expert in plant pathology, plant breeding, or horticulture in the context of the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program (senior established researcher). Contact: www.mcgill.ca/plant/contact Program: lnkd.in/eavfNu7e Please re-post.

SMBE2026 IDEA Symposium: Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Molecular Biology and Evolution @smbe-idea.bsky.social 📨 Abstract submission smbe2026.org/abstracts 📋 Programme details smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026

Welcome back to campus for Winter 2026, #UofT! Happy New Year 💙

Happy New Year! 🥳 CSB Friday seminars resume Jan 9 with a fascinating talk by Prof Cheng Huang @huangchengwashu.bsky.social on “Decoding dopamine-mediated learning algorithms in the Drosophila brain”! 🧪🪰 Join us at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/events/cheng...

Happy holidays, #UofT 💙 The university will be closed from Dec. 24, 2025 to Jan. 2, 2026. To find resources for the U of T community, please visit utoronto.ca/utogether. We wish you a safe & restful winter break! ❄️

Folks, our research group is looking for a new recruit. A research technician position is available (48 month contract). Please repost. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

My lab is hiring a postdoc (ERC funded)! If you're interested, get in touch!

We were delighted to welcome our most recent Pathway to Independence (PI) fellows to our offices at @biologists.bsky.social for leadership training. Find out more about our PI fellows and how to apply here: journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi... Application deadline: 2 February 2026.

We are #hiring! This IMPRS PhD project @algazuccaro.bsky.social group @unicologne.bsky.social explores plant–microbiome interactions. 🗓️ Deadline: Jan 5, 2025 ✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de ℹ️ IMPRS: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs 🔗 Group: ag-zuccaro.botanik.uni-koeln.de

We are pleased to welcome Prof Christopher Grefen for his talk on “Insertion pathways for membrane proteins in the plant ER” this Friday, Dec 12. See you at 11am in RW432! csb.utoronto.ca/events/csb-s...

From #AI to clean tech to life-saving health care breakthroughs, Ontario’s universities are developing future-ready talent, fuelling job growth & boosting the provincial economy. Learn more at ontariosuniversities.ca #ONpse

Inside and out, this building is designed to shrink its carbon footprint while inspiring the next generation of researchers. U of T Magazine: UTM’s New Science Building is a model of sustainability 🌱 https://bit.ly/48gKBmX

‘Thank you all’: President Melanie A. Woodin releases first holiday message to the #UofT community 💙 uoft.me/holiday25

"No one should be made to feel inferior or that they do not belong in science because of their origins." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/48JF6Pg

#UofT's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections @uoftlibraries.bsky.social is turning 70! Visit now until Dec. 23 for a special tour to mark the anniversary. 📖 bit.ly/70RB

From celebrating the history of vanilla to love advice in Sanskrit, #UofTArtSci community members published a diverse range of books in 2025. Add to your reading list: bit.ly/48UX9kD

#UofT geochemist Barbara Sherwood Lollar draws on billion-year-old water discovery to aid green energy transition 💧 uoft.me/rwib

In his year-end message, Interim Dean Stephen Wright extends his gratitude and wishes the #UofTArtSci community a restful holiday break. Read his holiday message here: www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/message...

Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community! www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...