A deep-time landscape of plant cis-regulatory sequence evolution doi.org/10.1101/2025... Automatic identification and annotation of MYB gene family members in plants doi.org/10.1101/2021...

Join us on March 10, 2026 at Kyoto University 🇯🇵 for a day celebrating my long-time friend and collaborator Prof. Ryohei Terauchi. "Kyoto Mini-Symposium on Plant–Microbe Interactions"

⏰Happening, Monday, February 23, at 10:00 am Eastern time. Don’t miss it! 🌱 👉Free registration at plantae.org/plantaeprese... #plantscience

"TAIR 12 is here!" Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/breaking-news#307 #News

Reference genome assembly of the tetraploid tuber crop Tropaeolum tuberosum doi.org/10.64898/202... Genome sequence of the medicinal plant Tropaeolum majus provides insights into flavonoid biosynthesis doi.org/10.1101/2024... #Genomics #Bioinformatics

Genome sequence of the ornamental plant Digitalis purpurea reveals the molecular basis of flower color and morphology variation doi.org/10.1101/2024... #Genomics #PlantScience #Flavonoids

🌱 From BMC Genomic Data: A new chromosome-scale genome for Mentha longifolia clarifies mint parentage, enabling trait mapping and improvement of spearmint and peppermint oils. (Luca Comai) ▶️ link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PlantScience #PlantGenetics

New Phytologist's Editor-in-Chief, Maarja Öpik, received the Order of Merit from the Estonian President on Saturday: www.delfi.ee/artikkel/120... Congratulations Maarja!

Getting ready for “Plant Bioinformatics” 🌱 Big data, command line, cloud computing & reproducible research — plus replicating published studies. Materials: github.com/bpucker/Plan... Study in Bonn: www.biologie.uni-bonn.de/de/studium/b... #Bioinformatics #OpenEducation @puckerlab.bsky.social

@proudlycanadian.bsky.social Good morning Gail! Have a wonderful Sunday!

The difference the sun makes! Feels like spring with crocuses and daffs 🌱

Have you ever grown 🌽 Sweetcorn? Are there any new plants you are going to try this year? What's your garden challenge? #GardenChallenge #GrowSomethingNew

I set some brassicas late last 🍁 🍂 and thought originally they'd died and I had messed up. Yesterday, my husband said something about my cauliflower. So I went out today, and.... I have SEVERAL cauliflower, Brussels, and 🥦 plants growing! Really well, too! 🤯 *happy dance* #gardensky #gardening 🌱

Our neighbors plum tree is blossoming 🌸 #photography #art #flowers #trees

And save >80% on the cost by pooling 6 or more plasmids into a single sample using our free SAVEMONEY algorithm! elifesciences.org/articles/88794 colab.research.google.com/github/Masaa...

#transgenerational transmission of a core #microbiome that protects against downy mildew from soil to #phyllosphere Fantastic and important study by @jellespooren.bsky.social @rlberendsen.bsky.social @cornepieterse.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #plantscience

A welcome bit of spring colour today in North Devon. Red Campion Silene dioica, Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, Danish Scurvygrass Cochlearia danica, Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

We’re hiring! Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Assistant @KamounLab “Biology and Applications of Plant Immune Receptors” www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...

Eustoma russellianum, our Showy Prairie Gentian, blooming in Loveland #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to August 12 🌿

How to complete your plant genomics project with a comprehensive annotation? "Cookbook for Plant Genome Sequences" doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #BigData @puckerlab.bsky.social

I’m loving all the early flowers popping up on the property. This is Tree Mallow. Sebastopol, California #flowers #photography #art #macro

Friday 20 Feb 2026 (15:00 UvA Science Park) “From Fertilization to Flower Design” by @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social From live imaging of pollen tube–synergid interactions in Arabidopsis and Petunia @petuniaplatform.bsky.social to flower genetic design. Host: Francesca Quattrocchio 🌺#PlantScience

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! And a special shout-out to the awesome women scientists in the Cox Lab! From undergrads to postdocs, I'm privileged and grateful to have the opportunity to mentor these individuals and do fun, great plant science together. 🌱👩🏽‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬👩‍🔬

Find our blog here on the use of seaweed in the vegetable garden.

A new intergeneric hybrid has been developed in the Malvaceae. The hybrid was developed by crossing a member of the Callianthe genus and the Abutilon genus, and the traits of the hybrid are intermediate to those of the parents. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI19073-25 #plantscience

We are the @elixir-europe.org training platform

Celebrate the brilliance of women driving plant sciences forward at Pucker Lab on International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🌱🔬 Here's to curiosity, innovation, and shattering glass ceilings in STEM! 💪♀️ #WomenInScience #PuckerLab #PlantGenomics #GirlsInSTEM

Our calls to nominate #ECRs for 3 scientific awards are out 1/5 ➡️ www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/u/BS3awards

Serotiny means that the seeds are stored on the mother plant, that they are retained 1+ yr (up to 10+ yr), & that high temp. (usually from fire) is involved in the release of the seeds. 📷: Pinus pinaster. Note 2 generations of seed cones on the shoot. #Pinaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Actual footage of my plants trying to escape the growth chambers after I stress them. 🌱🌡️ #PlantScience #PlantStress

Need a genome sequence of your favourite plant? We laid out instructions for a complete workflow based on ONT sequencing: "Cookbook for plant genome sequences" doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Genomics #LongReads #PlantSciences #Bioinformatics @puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social

Phylogenomics and metabolic engineering reveal a conserved gene cluster in Solanaceae plants for withanolide biosynthesis doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Evolution #SpecializedMetabolism

2 PhD Positions in Crop Genetics and Phenotyping for Future Protein Crops in the Netherlands Two fully funded PhD positions at Wageningen University focusing on genetics, physiology, and high-throughput phenotyping of future protein crops within the REAP2SOW programme.

I wonder how many plant species have gone extinct, but their genomic legacy lives on as intact subgenomes of extant allopolyploids.

My data collection cycle brings me peace.

Out of the blue: Family-wide loss of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Cucurbitaceae doi.org/10.1101/2025... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #PlantScience #BigData #DataScience #DataReuse #Pigments

Phylogenomics and metabolic engineering reveal a conserved gene cluster in Solanaceae plants for withanolide biosynthesis doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Evolution #SpecializedMetabolism

Chromosome-level reference genome of the beach false foxglove, Agalinis fasciculata (Orobanchaceae) doi.org/10.64898/202... Genome sequence of the ornamental plant Digitalis purpurea reveals the molecular basis of flower color and morphology variation doi.org/10.1101/2024... #Genomics #PlantSci

And publish in society owned journals like @theplantcell.bsky.social @theplantjournal.bsky.social Plant Biotechnology Journal, @jxbotany.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social and many others!

The ever so classy cyclamen. #FlowersOnFriday

Ready to grow? 🌿 Our latest guide is live! Learn how to design a high-performance herb garden using sustainable materials, peat-free soil, and clever companion planting. Get the ultimate 10-herb blueprint here: vegplotter.com/blog/designi...

💡 #KnowledgeHighlight | Course: Applied Plant Genomics by @bpucker.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social 🌱 🖥️ github.com/bpucker/Appl... Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu #WGSdata #DataAnalysis #sequencing #assembly

Last day of our Python course 🐍 Students are presenting individual projects: tools for analyzing biological datasets. Creativity & smart AI use produced amazing results. Really impressive work across the board 👏 Materials: github.com/bpucker/teac... #Python #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #Teaching

Cymbidium Orchids at Kew Gardens, England. #FlowersOnSunday #BloomScrolling #Photography #EastCoastKin

Fully Funded PhD Position in Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Potsdam (Germany) The University of Potsdam is offering a fully funded PhD position in plant molecular biology focusing on somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis. Open to international applicants.

September 19th 2024 Angel Wing Begonias

PhD Funded Position in Forest Biometrics at University of Tennessee, United States I am looking for a skilled and motivated PhD student in the area of forest biometrics for Fall 2026 (or earlier). Please share with any M.S. graduates that might want to bring their quantitative forestry skills and…