Our latest issue includes an interview with Zhongchi Liu, who uses strawberries to study plant developmental genetics at the Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology. Find out more about why she decided to study strawberries and how her research benefits society here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Fellows! 40 remarkable postdocs pursuing transformative research in biological/biomedical sciences. This is the 7th Leading Edge cohort and we are so excited to welcome them! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/

Still an Ass, but now 'ociate! 🤓💥 This is thanks to all the wonderfull advisees, advisors, collaborators, and colleagues I have had the privilege to work with over the years! 💚💚💚 I am so lucky to know you all! news.vt.edu/articles/202...

Such a great resource and a fantastic collaborative effort! Be sure to check out this story about evolutionary genomics in the Asterales! Especially proud of @brannanrose.bsky.social for her contributions to this story! Huge thanks to all the labs involved!

Welcome and congratulations to Bruno Guillotin on joining IPS2 as a permanent researcher! May the spirit of science always be with you and inspire your future discoveries. #PlantScience ips2.u-psud.fr/en/articles/...

We are looking for a Postdoc with expertise in plant molecular/synthetic biology, or single-cell/spatial transcriptomics to join the UKRI-FLF funded project focused on understanding and improving water-use efficiency in rice. Apply online before 15/10/2025: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... RP

Excited to share that the Zhu Lab will officially open at Texas A&M University on August 1st, 2025! We’re a multidisciplinary group, exploring how plant roots adapt their growth to environmental stresses across scales. Actively recruiting! Postdoc Advertisement: drive.google.com/file/d/1Gpvn...

At CSHL's Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science course to tell students about plant bioinformatics! I added an scRNA-seq part to the gene expression lab, it's also available online at www.coursera.org/learn/plant-..., you can audit for free! 🌱💻

Meet The Speakers of the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference! @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social To Apply to the GRC: lnkd.in/gvkMxuKR To Learn More About Dr. Nobori's Research: www.tatsuyanobori.com

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines. Learn more about these exceptional scientists: www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows

Join the 5/29 NAASC panel (register by 5/28): with Rachel Shahan (UCLA), Kevin Cox (WUSTL & Danforth Center) & Monika Fischer (Univ. British Columbia). Early Career Scholar Hosts: Catherine Freed, Mingyuan Zhu, Vincent Cerbantez. Panel will be recorded for later viewing @rachelmshahan.bsky.social

The news is out! The CapituLab is moving to Clemson University this fall 🌻 We are excited to get there and get started!

I'm excited to share this NAASC early career professional development seminar aimed at plant biology scientists considering faculty jobs! 🌱Lab Launchpad: The New PIs Guide to Starting Your Own Lab🌱 Register www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/register-car...

🌱 When a root cell undergoes symmetric division, are the daughter cells actually identical? By combining live-cell imaging and scRNAseq we discovered a new cell state with uneven BR activity. Read our full paper in Cell: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... @nvukas.bsky.social @trevormnolan.bsky.social

We are openly recruiting at all levels at the Tornini Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)! Please share with your networks. For more information, please check the info below, visit www.torninilab.org, or email me directly at vtornini at ucla dot edu. Thank you in advance!

🚨 The Delas lab @LMCB_UCL is officially recruiting 🥳 We will study how cis-regulatory elements control developmental cell fate choice, focusing on gene silencing. Funded by Wellcome. Postdoc advert closes on 12 March! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Applications for the 2024 Leading Edge cohort are open! Due Feb 1. Leading Edge provides community, training, and visibility for postdocs pursuing academic careers. Year-round online career dev + in-person symposium at Janelia in June www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/