The Department of Integrative Biology at Oregon State University is currently looking to hire multiple tenure track researchers with an emphasis on organismal biology. See link for details: jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/181...

HHello, Early-career Bioinformatics folx looking for a job! I have a postdoc opening in my program. P.S. I only have an opening for bioinformatics postdoc. I am not recruiting applied/field nematology postdocs at the moment. #omics #JobAlert #bioinformatics #postdoc

Senyu Chen et al. summarize the evaluation of 1,220 USDA germplasm accessions of common bean for resistance to soybean cyst #nematode (SCN) across eight SCN populations conducted in Minnesota, Illinois, and North Dakota: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-25-0505-RE #plantdisease #plantpathology

Interested in joining my graduate program for Fall 2027? I’m an affiliate faculty member with the UF Genetics Institute, and applications for the Fall 2027 intake are due by December 1, 2026. Learn more and apply here: ufgi.ufl.edu/grad-program...

Happy to share that my recent work on <i>Pratylenchus penetrans </i> and Soybeans is now published online as First Look. Open access article coming soon on Plant Disease @plantdisease.bsky.social @plantdiseasej.bsky.social apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10....

🧪🌾VACANCY – Postdoc in Plant Genomics🧬 Do you work with plant molecular biology, genomics, bioinformatics or systems genetics? Join Nathaniel Street’s group and study transposable elements in conifers! 📅 Apply by 11 February Full details & application: www.umu.se/en/work-with...

This isn’t actually a thread of different posts. It’s all just different cultivars of a single post

The NSF strategic plan FY 2026-30 is available for public comment until Jan 27. Please make your voice heard! www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

When someone borrows your pipette without asking

Haarith lab end-of-semester Ice cream party! Happy Kaarthigai, Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays!

Level up! Just completed the Teacher's college at UF/IFAS CALS. Had a lot of fun and insightful discussions just ahead of teaching a large class in Spring 2026.

Early birthday gift that arrived on Diwali. Very thoughtful and I love it! #Green = The best colour in the world! #Nematode = The best animal in the world! Thank you, my friend Jordan Bretl! #UFBugs

“Overexpression of α-SNAPRhg1 Can Improve rhg1-a-Mediated Soybean Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode,” by Deepak Haarith et al. Available open access in Phytopathology, Volume 115, Number 9: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-02-25-0077-R

Nabin Poudel et al. conducted the first comprehensive evaluation of fluazaindolizine, fluensulfone, fluopyram, and oxamyl on motility, reproduction, and egg hatching in various root-knot nematode species.🪱 Learn more: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-01-25-0028-R

New #soybean #nematode #pratylenchus #rhg1 preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Introducing the first members of Haarith Lab. #UndergraduateResearch

Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social

Welcome gift - a plant? OMG YES! Thank you Dr. Andrea Lucky for the first plant in my new office.

I am looking for a PhD student in #molecularbiology #biochemistry #bioinformatics to work with #plants and #nematodes Please share widely. Also, prospective applicants please check out this link: www.alligator.org/article/2024... #PhDposition

My adviser organized a surprise farewell and sent me away with 5 UW Madison gifts for the 5 years I spent with him. The weather cooperated for a Terrace hangout. So long. Farewell.

Overexpression of α-SNAPRhg1 Can Improve rhg1-a Mediated Soybean Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode | Phytopathology® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/... #nematology #soybean

Fun morning going through stocks and cultures as I prepare for the big move. Here is a picture of some #nematode cuties.

The worst part of Spring is here: the omnipresent skunk of the tree world - Bradford Pears. Ewww

I wrote down my learning as an international (Indian) graduate student in the USA, as a piece of advice. This could be useful to students and other academics alike? Let me know what you think! I hope this is helpful. #gradschool #newPI #international #studyabroad www.linkedin.com/pulse/indian...

Robbert van Himbeeck et al. investigated whether chlorophyll fluorescence could be suitable as a rapid, nondestructive method for early potato cyst nematode detection. 🥔 Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYT... @jaapjanwillig.bsky.social

nematode aquatint etching from c. 2010 that i still like

Very exciting Career Development workshop provided by the SON Industry & Student committees! Registration & event information can be found here: nematologists.org/event-6040380 Hope to see you there!

Wasting a writing session on the paper's title

To US colleagues who have lost or are in imminent danger of losing their jobs: please DM whether we can accommodate your research.

🚨 Opportunity Alert! Now accepting applications for 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF). Learn more and apply by February 7, 2025 👉 https://surf.aspb.org

It's not pandemic anymore and I finally had my PhD graduation party with my lab. Even if it took 5 years post graduation to do this, it was all worth it to see people, have a real conversation and share food. @umnplantpath.bsky.social @son-nemaweb.bsky.social

It is like going back in time by over a decade! #PhDlife #PhDChat #graduateschool #NewPI youtu.be/FAeEIdPJxx4?...

Imagine a pathogen that reproduces 5-6 times in a growing season. Resistance curbs it's growth from 5 to 3 units per turn. It's not statistically signif by any fancy stats. Considering exponential growth of the pathogen, it may be significant. So, what is your research question, Indeed?

Wild-type (WT) strains of Caenorhabditis elegans have a smooth body wall and they crawl in a sinusoidal-like pattern, whereas Rolling (Rol) mutants twist their body like a corkscrew and usually remain in the same region, moving in a nearly circular pattern.

I am building a research team - please check it out! sites.google.com/view/haarith...

If it helps with your anxiety at all, four fifths of all animals are nematodes.

🌏 Happy #WorldSoilDay! 💡 #Nematodes help break down organic matter & recycle nutrients, making them more accessible to plants, acting as natural pest controllers & keeping pathogens in check. By maintaining a balanced soil ecosystem, they help promote thriving plants! 🌿 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15...

Red imported fire ants are named for their ability to inflict painful bites/stings. Fire ant mounds appear as disturbed soil. Tunnels below the mounds can extend up to 30 meters & may hold up to 500,000 ants. Mounds can reach 24 inches in height such as this one centered on a dead soybean plant 🧪

Who do I know in #Nematology who is skilled at classical stuff such as nematode culture and assays while also skilled at molecular biology techniques like RT qPCR, Western blots and omics analyses? Please connect with me and send me a message. Thank you!

#Nematode soup

Hello friends! I am excited to share that I will join University of Florida @uflorida.bsky.social as Assistant Professor of Molecular Nematology from August 2025. My lab will study #plant #nematode #microbe interactions. Back to the tropics? Thanks to all my mentors. #NewPI #nematology

Happy National Agriculture day!

Not including methods papers, how old is an old paper to cite?

I definitely need a respite from this!

When a self-selected group of highly motivated people come together, it is so much fun. No whining, no complaining and no blaming. Enjoyed being part of this awesome cohort of folx, learning to teach better. Delta program at UW is probably the best thing on campus.