Oxford Biology is growing 📢 We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology 3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7 Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

Saddened to hear about the passing of Steve Long. His work had a profound impact on plant science. A true loss to the scientific community. @ripeproject.bsky.social emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/4...

#PlantSci New type of transport protein discovered by @franzikuhnert.bsky.social and the @weberlab.bsky.social team: How amino acids are transported in plants in @natplants.nature.com

Registration and abstract submission are still open for our 2025 conference in Adelaide! www.asps.org.au/asps-annual-...

Further evidence that sugar in the plates changes the plant biology you study. Best to avoid putting sugar in the agar, unless you want to study what sugar in the agar does to plants. This paper uses sugar in the agar to study what sugar does. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #plantresearch

Job alert 📣 Our faculty looks for a Junior Professor W1 with tt to W2 in Membrane Biology! We are looking for #ECRs working on membrane biogenesis,contact sites,composition & other aspects of membranes in 🌱 and other organisms! DM me if you need more details! jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f...

Great opportunity! #PlantScience PLOS Biology hiring full-time Associate Editor. Requires PhD+2 years postdoc experience "Expertise in molecular cell biology is required, preferably in context of plant science" job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46... I know folks who should apply to this!

Very happy to see our work finally published! #PlantScience @natplants.nature.com

Your research brings together fundamental plant biology & applied research to enhance crop traits? 🌱🌾🎓🏭 Join us as professor in 'Molecular Crop Improvement' @uni-muenster.de & @fraunhofer.bsky.social Please PM if you got questions. stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...

Is plant single cell/nuc. & spatial transcriptomics your passion? Do you want to understand plant adaptation using cutting edge molecular & bioinformatics tools? Then come and join us to work together with @ceplas.bsky.social & @wggc-de.bsky.social. #plantjobs www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

New Article: "High-efficiency leucoplast transit peptides for manipulating plastid protein production" rdcu.be/esSAr With Research Briefing rdcu.be/esSBC

🎊 We made it!! @dfg.de has just announced that we have been successful with our CEPLAS III proposal in the current funding round of the Excellence Strategy! Many thanks to all our supporters! @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social

SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH: 'Grain lysine enrichment and improved stress tolerance in rice through protein engineering' - Ray Singh Rathore et al, doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 🧪 #plantscience 🍚 🛡️ 🧬

REVIEW: The metabolite transporters of C4 photosynthesis (Oliver Mattinson, Steven Kelly) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaf019 @ASPB #PlantScience

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/

Did you know 2024 was our 20th anniversary? We're closing it out by sharing a brief history of Addgene, with commentary from our incredible community. Read it below! blog.addgene.org/add...

📣 Plant Physiology welcomes new Assistant Features Editors starting in 2025 and 2026!👉 https://academic.oup.com/plphys/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plphys/kiae661/7922604 A big thanks, to those who are stepping down from the position!👏

Can anyone point me to the best way to design a peptide/protein inhibitor of my favorite enzyme or transcription factor? I am aware of this paper but I do not know the field of protein design well, so any advice would be amazing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Researchers have streamlined methods to study chloroplast & mitochondrial impacts on photosynthesis. Plants currently capture only ~1% of solar energy; optimized genetics could increase this sixfold. globalplantcouncil.org/hidden-dna-i... #PlantScience

Researchers are using #microbiome tweaks to protect #crops from #pests and #ClimateChange. An Inner Workings in PNAS Front Matter: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #passaging #GeneticEngineering #ConventionalBreeding #sustainability #resilience

Two great #PhDposition available in the Photosynthesis Research Group at Sheffield 🌞🌱🦠 Pls RT tinyurl.com/5yhajrpp tinyurl.com/4nsdu45s Come and join us!

🥳New cryo tomography Preprint ☀️🌱🔬Molecular architecture of thylakoid membranes within intact spinach chloroplasts. doi.org/10.1101/2024.1… Proud to be part of this great work with @cellarchlab.com @wojwie.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social

Job alert 📢 We are looking for a new Independent Junior Group Leader in plant molecular biology at the ZMBP in Tübingen! 🌱 Submit your application by December 8th as a single pdf Please share

Just signed. Stand up for golden rice. #goldenrice act.weplanet.org/golden-rice-...

@suberinnetwork.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! And we have also made a suberin starer pack! Please (self-)nominate to be added. go.bsky.app/6XQT4ek

New Editorial: "Alternate routes to gene functions" rdcu.be/d0IB9 The functions of many genes in model plants are unknown. Traditional methods to infer function are showing their limitations, but other approaches are emerging. #PlantScience

🚨 Research Assistant #job available at The University of Queensland! Provide technical research support to Christine Beveridge, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, and Mark Cooper's groups through DNA/RNA/metabolite/hormone work on Arabidopsis and soghum🌱🧬 More info and apply: bit.ly/UQ-RA

If you've ever wished there was an encyclopedia for all the Cas enzymes out there, learn about the Doudna lab's CasPEDIA in our latest blog post! Thanks to Doudna lab members @benadler.bsky.social, Elaine, and Marena for their help with this post 🎉 blog.addgene.org/caspedia-a-f...

We have an exciting opportunity to join us as an Associate Professor (or Professor) in Molecular Plant Biology! Establish or maintain your own collaborative, supportive research group and offer innovative teaching to students. Deadline to apply is 1 March ➡️ bit.ly/3OgnqQO #plantsci

[Please repost] Don't miss this exciting EMBO | EMBL Symposium "Diversity of plants: from genomes to metabolism" April 9-12, 2024, in Heidelberg. Registration closes soon! www.embl.org/about/info/c...

Welcome to the official Bluesky account of the International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) Follow us for regular updates and insightful highlights. Let the #BT2024DBG journey begin!