📣 Just two days left to apply! 🧪🌾 Are you interested in plant genomics and looking for a postdoc? Apply for this position in Nathaniel Street's research group and join us @umeaplantsciencecentre.se & @umeauniversitet.bsky.social! Follow the link below for more information👇! Deadline: 11 February

🧪🌾VACANCY – PhD position in plant development Join Stephan Wenkel’s group @microproteins.bsky.social and study how molecular mechanisms shape flower development, combining experimental and computational approaches! 📅 Deadline: 31 March 2026 👉 Read more and apply: www.upsc.se/jobs/6659-ph...

🧪🌾VACANCY - Looking for a postdoc in forest tree genomics and population genetics?🧬 Join Susan McEvoy's group and study genetic variation and local adaptation in forest trees in an international research environment! 📅 Deadline: 28 Feb 2026 👉Read more and apply: www.upsc.se/jobs/6660-a-...

Do you want to be part of a diverse community building a comprehensive understanding of mechanobiology across kingdoms? 🔬🧬 Then join us in Heidelberg or virtually for the #EESMechanobiology symposium: https://s.embl.org/ees26-06-bl#EESMechanobiology Date: 9 – 12 June Abstract submission deadline: 3 March

Many thanks to our hosts, and all colleagues at the amazing ACCESS Forum 2026, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile!🌞 ⭐The next ACCESS Forum is held on 14-18 June, 2027, hosted by University of Gothenburg, Sweden⭐ accesschilesweden.org

🧪🌾Researcher portrait: Meet Susan McEvoy🧬 “To better anticipate the future, I’m interested in understanding the past.” In our new researcher portrait, Susan talks about genetic diversity, adaptation, and how genomics can support future forests. Read the portrait here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

To survive winter trees must time spring growth with great precision. Research from @umeaplantsciencecentre.se shows that trees also use warm interruptions in early winter as signals helping buds avoid opening too early #research supported by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation tinyurl.com/bdz4f4pr

För att överleva vintern måste träd tajma vårens tillväxt med stor precision. Forskning från @umeaplantsciencecentre.se visar att träd också använder varma avbrott tidigt i vintern som signaler för att öppna knopparna #forskning med stöd av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse tinyurl.com/532kx9st

⏰Final call – 6 days left!🧪🌾 We’re recruiting 3 PhD students at UPSC & SLU in the frame of the #WIFORCE programme: 🧬 RNA biology of trees 💻 Climate adaptation & modelling 🌿 Nitrogen use efficiency & wood formation 🗓 Deadline: 10 Feb 2026 #PlantSciJobs

Register now for the next webinar in our series 'all aabout' #plantscience & #sustainableagriculture 🌱 This month we're 'all aabout' Roots & Soil, ft. talks from Eva Oburger @bokuvienna.bsky.social & Jason Banda @uniofnottingham.bsky.social 📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT 👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4

🧪🌾News - How do trees know when winter has really begun? New research from the Bhalerao group in @natcomms.nature.com shows that trees don’t just count cold hours - they also use brief warm spells early in winter. 📸 From left: @shkpandey.bsky.social, Bibek Aryal & @sisiphusonbreak.bsky.social

🧪🌾Great to see the #LandscapeBreeding project bringing together genetics, remote sensing and AI to meet climate challenges.🧬 Curious to learn more about the concept? Take a look here: old.slu.se/en/campaign-...

🧪🌾Curious about the research environment? Leonard Blaschek’s Wood Cell Wall Architecture group page is now live: www.upsc.se/leonard_blas... Take a look!

Great contribution by the three SSF hashtag #LandscapeBreeding PhD students (Louisa Eurich, Sara López Fernández, Annica Nordström) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Center of Forest Damage (Skogsskadecentrum). @umeaplantsciencecentre.se #Stiftelsenförstrategiskforskning #Skogforsk

🧪🌾VACANCY - Postdoc in wood formation🔬 Join the newly established Wood Cell Wall Architecture group, led by Leonard Blaschek, and study novel cellular components controlling secondary cell wall development in trees. 👉 Read more & apply by 27 Feb 2026: www.slu.se/en/about-slu... #PlantSciJobs

2026 has just begun and we are looking forward to welcoming you to EMBL for another year of groundbreaking science. Our programme now features even more events, check it out ➡️ s.embl.org/2026-poster

🌾🧪Wood anatomy is something special 🪵🔬 Hands-on learning powered by a great teaching team - huge thanks to our PhD students and teachers!✨

You only have until 3 February to register to attend #EESSymbiosis on site: s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl#EESSymbiosis We'll explore how hosts distinguish friend from foe and what biological functions allow an organism to engage in stable symbiotic interactions. 🗓️ 17 – 20 March 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

🧪🌾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...

Olivier Keech from @umeaplantsciencecentre.se on SVT! www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...

Discuss #RNA 3' ends and their regulation at the EMBO Workshop "RNA 3' ends and beyond" in #Oxford, United Kingdom, 7–11 September 2026. Deadline: 4 May 2026 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-rna3#RNA#Oxford#EMBORNA3EndsBeyond #RNAsky #LifeSciences #meeting #EMBOevents 🧪

🧪🌾News - New genes behind chemical defence in aspen identified PhD student Sara Rydman investigated the genetic basis of chemical defence in Swedish aspen. Using a systems biology approach, she identified genes involved in salicinoid biosynthesis.🐛 👉 Read the interview: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

🧪🌾 PAPER – How do trees know when winter is really over? Trees don’t just track long-term cold exposure. The Bhalerao group and collaborators show they also count short warm spells when assessing winter progression. Read more in @natcomms.nature.com:👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧪🌾 A real pleasure to host you, Edwige! Thank you for contributing your expertise and for the inspiring scientific discussions during your visit! 🌸

📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on January 28 at 8:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2026 Plantae Fellows.🌱 👉 Free registration at buff.ly/FbmaFGR #PlantScience

Seeking scientist volunteers for the 2026 spring semester! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? Apply by 1/25. Please share widely. bit.ly/comicscollabspring2026

🧪🌾Sweet training outcome - looks like the students really understood leaf epidermis structure 🧁!

⏳ Deadline Today: applications close 11 Jan. Hurry up! 🧪🌾

🧪🌾PAPER - Why do Rhododendron flowers show such diverse colours? Jian-Feng Mao's group shows that transposable elements account for ~50% of Rhododendron genomes and may drive genomic divergence and colour diversity.🌸🧬 Explore their pangenome study in BMC Genomics: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🧪🌾PAPER - How conserved are spliceosomal genes across plant life forms? By studying the spliceosomal genes SmEa and SmEb in poplar, Goretti et al. reveal both conserved and divergent regulatory roles compared to Arabidopsis. Read more in BMC Plant Biology: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🧪🌾PAPER - When did cell wall sensing developed?🧬 The groups of @laurabacete.bsky.social and Christiane Funk showed that key cell wall integrity sensing components already exist in green algae, revealing deep evolutionary roots of extracellular surveillance. Read more in @pplplantarum.bsky.social👇

🧪🌾PAPER - How do different nitrogen forms shape root growth? Pařízková et al. reveal that L-glutamine acts beyond nutrition, triggering a specific root growth response and linking nitrogen metabolism with hormone signalling. Read more in @pplplantarum.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/ppl....

The Plant Cell welcomes 2026 Assistant Features Editors. In an exciting turn of events, this year I get to work with the Plant Cell Assistant Features Editors (AFEs) as well as Plant Physiology AFEs, because Nan Eckardt, long-time Plant Cell Features Editor, has retired! 🎉 doi.org/10.1093/plce...

⏰ Last call – apply by 11 Jan! Are you finishing your PhD or recently graduated in plant science?🧪🌾 Applications for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists (28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden) are closing soon! 👉 www.upsc.se/about-upsc/e...

‼️If you are finishing (or have just finished) your PhD and are exploring postdoc options, this is a great chance to meet people, share ideas, and build links. Come to northern Sweden ❄️🇸🇪 and connect with the community Message me if you have any questions 📩

🎄✨ Season’s greetings from UPSC! Looking ahead to the new year - are you an early career plant scientist interested in new research ideas and collaborations? 🌾Apply for the UPSC Early Career Symposium, April 2026!🧪 🗓 Deadline: 11 January 2026 👉 www.upsc.se/early-career...

Really enjoyed being part of this #AcademicFreedom workshop. I learnt so much, and it finally filled in the global perspective that was kind of missing. Here is a summary for anyone interested. sverigesungaakademi.se/en/internati...

So much good food! Looks like a wonderful celebration.

🌱 Meet Manju, our new PhD student in the Cell Wall Dynamics team! From the Newah Indigenous community in Nepal🇳🇵 to Umeå, she’ll work on the VR-funded Watchers on the Wall project, using advanced tools to study how plant cell walls sense and respond to stress. 🔗 Read her interview: bit.ly/3JAsZK7

🎉 Proud moment for our lab! PhD student Klaudia Ordyniak won the Best Poster Award at the #SPPSPhD2025 conference for her work on transcription factors ZAT11 & ZAT18 in cell wall integrity 🌿👏 Also cheers to another UPSC colleague, Julie Ducla, for winning Best Presentation! bit.ly/46xCUZZ

🧪🌾VACANCY - Are you interested in RNA biology and how it shapes tree growth and adaptation?🧬 Join the Peter Kindgren group for a PhD and study how trees adapt their RNA synthesis (transcription) during their life cycle. Read more: 👉 www.slu.se/en/about-slu... 📆Deadline: 10 Feb 2026 #PlantSciJobs

🧪🌾PAPER - How does alternative splicing change protein structure? Vergara et al. present IsoformMapper, a tool that uses protein structure to compare splice isoforms, enabling functional analysis across biological systems.🧬 Read more in @rnajournal.bsky.social: rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/32/1...

🧪🧬NEWS - New Master’s Programme in Bioinformatics @umeauniversitet.bsky.social Starting autumn 2026, this programme focuses on bioinformatics and data-driven biology, bridging molecular biology and data science, with UPSC involvement. 👉Read more - and feel free to share: www.umu.se/en/news/new-...

🧪🌾VACANCY - Are you interested in combining plant physiology, climate science, and modeling?🧬 Join the Kelly Swarts group to study how plants inherit environmentally induced responses to changing conditions. Read more & apply👇: www.slu.se/en/about-slu... ⏰ Deadline: 10 Feb 2026 #PlantSciJobs

Welcome to @umeaplantsciencecentre.se, @jalonsos.bsky.social! We are very much looking forward to working with you!

🧪🌾VACANCY - Looking for a PhD in plant/forest science? Join the @hanneletuominen.bsky.social group at UPSC & the WIFORCE Research School and investigate nitrogen use efficiency and wood formation in trees! Read more and apply here👇: www.slu.se/en/about-slu... Deadline: 10 Feb 2026 #PlantSciJobs

🧪🌾NEWS - Nitrate affects wood development, not just growth PhD student Anna Renström showed that nitrate specifically affects wood formation and wood properties - adding some of the missing pieces to a better understanding of how trees respond to nitrogen.🔬 Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

🧪🌾REVIEW - What are the functions of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)?🧬 In this review, Jeky Chanwala, Isabell Rosenkranz & Peter Kindgren provide an overview of recent research and group lncRNAs into broad functional categories. Read more in Current Opinion in Plant Biology: doi.org/10.1016/j.pb...

You will likely get much more of fresh cold air in future🌨️❄️!

🌳How do trees know when to grow?🧪🌾 Last week, Maria E. Eriksson @treesandgrowth.bsky.social gave a popular science talk at "Vetenskapslunch" @umeauniversitet.bsky.social about how trees use their internal clock to time growth. Understand Swedish? Watch her talk here: www.umu.se/vetenskapslu...