Lovely (as always) to catch up with @bberger-au.bsky.social on a brief visit to sunny Adelaide. Check out the amazing #OzBarley resource open & available to the crop science community 🇦🇺

Dr @GunesTaylor is the editor of our magazine and clearly a fan of science since an early age! This is what she would share with a videoscope-loving young Gunes! #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #WomenInScience

ASPB Reaffirms Its Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Statement from ASPB’s Board of Directors, February 11, 2025. The Society remains dedicated to fostering a welcoming, diverse, and supportive scientific community. https://buff.ly/4hw2r9e via @aspbofficial.bsky.social‬ #PlantScience

I'm looking for musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers, etc. who are passionate about translating science to a broader audience. The field is at the intersection of geoscience, paleo, climate, biology, and conservation. This is a funded opportunity. Tag your favorite STEAM folks, please!

JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN PLANT PATHOLOGY / GENOMICS We have extended the deadlines for the postdoctoral positions. Please apply by January 15! Note that experience with either genome or transcriptome data, preferably on a large scale, is a must for these positions.

Our Durum Wheat Expert Working Group held their Virtual Durum Meeting in December #durumwheat Check the talk from Marco Maccaferri, @Unibo Developing the tetraploid wheat pangenome for wheat research and breeding: Triticum turgidum diversity unravelled? www.wheatinitiative.org/durum

Please register for and join our up-coming session of the Wheat Initiative Expert Working Group on Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE)! Amanda De Oliveira Silva will give a talk about 'Understanding Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Wheat' www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/-...

Young maritime pine trees retain a memory of early temperature conditions through epigenetic changes; marks persist for up to 2 years post-germination. Discovery shows how trees could be conditioned to adapt to climate change. https://buff.ly/40hLTKy... via @inrae-france.bsky.social

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social

#PlantSciJobs #plantscijob Full Professor: Functional Plant Biology and Metabolism. IPB Halle and @unihalle.bsky.social. Start: 1 April 2026 Deadline: 15 February 2025 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

Applications are currently open for UNIQ 2025. UNIQ helps support UK state-school students from underrepresented backgrounds prepare for university, with support through the application process to help take those first steps to university life. www.uniq.ox.ac.uk

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/

Leseempfehlung! Unter dem Titel "Vom Korn zum Code" stellt das Magazin der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft die Arbeit des Getreidegenomforschers Nils Stein vom @leibnizipk.bsky.social vor und begleitet ihn bei einem Rundgang durch die Genbank des Instituts. www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...

A call for greater investment in research—including genebanks, breeding programs, and biodiversity-friendly farming practices. Science helps us better understand the complex relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and agricultural productivity. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Learn to communicate your science with impact at a FREE residential workshop (2–4 April 2025)! Join @genotripe.bsky.social , @AlisonWoollard, @helen_keen and @FirstCreateMe for hands-on training in storytelling, public talks, demos & multimedia. Apply by 10 Jan: genetics.org.uk/grants/comm-...

Der Sender ARTE hat dem Citizen-Science-Projekt von @pulsesincrease.bsky.social eine Doku gewidmet. Regisseurin Jasmin Lakatoš erklärt, wie die Dreharbeiten (u.a. am @leibnizipk.bsky.social) gelaufen sind. ➡️Zum Interview: tinyurl.com/wznfu4ud ➡️Zur Doku: tinyurl.com/ysj5jk7t

Please RT: We’re hiring a PhD and a Postdoc to explore the exciting intersection of microprotein biology, bioengineering, and flower development. 🌺 Apply now: resydeproject.org Deadline: Jan 31 #PhDPosition #PostdocPosition #PlantScience #ComputationalBiology #Microproteins #ERC #RESYDE

Heading to #PAG32 next month? EI researchers @jonwright99.bsky.social and Graham will be speaking as part of the #WheatGenomics to Breeding session discussing work using #genomeassemblies and ultra-long @nanoporetech.com reads to identify key variations in wheat. pag.confex.com/pag/32/meeti...

The announcement for the 67th Annual Maize Genetics Meeting (#MGM2025) is here! 📅 Join us March 6-9, 2025, at Union Station, St. Louis, MO, USA. 🌽 View the PDF announcement: documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...

Are you a plant science researcher working towards a PhD or an early career researcher who completed their PhD no more than five years ago? Consider applying to the Next Generation Scientists 2025 meeting, sponsored by New Phytologist! #botany www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...

Heads up! #Monogram25 will take place 7-10th April 2025 in Aberystwyth. Abstract registration will open soon, deadline 31st of January