I'm recruiting a post doc and a research assistant for a 30 month project “ZHOUPI genes, cell death and the evolution of plant endosperm” funded by a Research Project grant from the Leverhulme Trust @Leverhulme.ac.uk. Application details are on the Opportunities page at biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich

Really excited to be kicking off this series of Palaeobotany evening lectures at the Oxford University Botanic Garden. All are online and free to attend 👇👇

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

So pleased that my student Wei Liu successfully defended her PhD thesis yesterday. Joining my lab from Wuhan in 2019, she had a bumpy ride and has shown tremendous tenacity and resilience in taking it over the line. I take my hat off to you Dr Liu! 👏🏻🥳🍾🥂

So very proud of my student George Greiff for winning the David Hanke Medal for the best student talk at this year’s Gatsby Plant Science network meeting in Oxford. Well deserved at the end of a busy and productive PhD 👏🏻💕.

Here it is! Epidermal cells in the root can figure out if they are covered by the root cap or not using mechanical signals! Thanks to @ckirchhelle.bsky.social, @moritznowack.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social Annamaria Kiss and all the others!

Interesting new piece in the 3D growth puzzle journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Thinking of friends, collaborators and colleagues who will be at the wonderful FASEB mechanisms in plant development meeting this week. Hoping very much that you will be posting about the latest exciting news and advances, and your favourite new results (with permission!). Happy travels☺️!

📢 To all molecular mossers 📢 The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍

🌿 Black in Plant Science Conference 2025 🌿 Join us for a powerful celebration of Black excellence in plant research! 🗓️ Registration & Poster Submission Deadline: 28 Sept 2025 📍 Connect with researchers, share your work, and grow your network. 🎟️ Register now: 🔗 buff.ly/ax54FQ4

OrthoFinder just dropped a major update It’s faster, more accurate, and ready for thousands of genomes Let’s break it down (1/10) github.com/OrthoFinder/... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We visited the beautiful RHS garden at Rosemoor on the way back from Croyde yesterday. Many trees with unusual habits, wonderful formal planting, a Mediterranean garden and masses of Roses in bloom. The students enjoyed the raised herb and veg beds in the education centre 🫛🥬🥕🍓!

Enjoying teaching this year’s Croyde field course on plant biodiversity, ecology and evolution with my great colleagues Andy Bailey, Sue Holwell and Daniela Dietrich. Fab students and so many Orchids at Braunton Burrows UNESCO biosphere reserve. Great to see Gary Foster too ☺️

It is out! CLAVATA in moss: not only meristems! Big thanks to @jillharrison.bsky.social , @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social and @newphyt.bsky.social

Very happy to be visiting Chris Whitewoods @slcuplants.bsky.social this week- thanks Chris 🙏😁. Imaging mutants from Chris and George Greiff’s PhDs. Are there CLV/WOX interactions in moss…? @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social

Another great job opportunity @BristolBioSci. This one is a lectureship in evolutionary biology, and we are looking for an academic lead to our MSc in bioinformatics, so genomics and phylogenetics will be strong cards to play!