Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center @bzh-hd.bsky.social is looking for a #professor of #biochemistry. Please spread the word‼️ www.bzh.uni-heidelberg.de

When you finally recognize your new model species outside the greenhouse and see it everywhere 🌈 #LoliumAlsoRocks

"Dans la bande de Gaza, à peine 4 % des terres agricoles restent intactes 👇 "https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/05/28/dans-la-bande-de-gaza-blocus-et-destructions-mettent-le-secteur-agricole-a-l-agonie_6694493_3210.html

"Group leader focused on plant morphogenesis at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic *Application Deadline: 6/30/2026" Read more here: https://natur.cuni.cz/en/faculty/official-board/selection-procedures?pracid=202606-AP2-P%C5%99F-1300-051 #PlantSciJobs

Many pathogens that infect wild plants are close relatives of crop pathogens. Important model systems for studying plant diseases. Check out the special issue on wild plant pathosystems published in the Philosophical Transactions B: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

Really happy to share the final v/ of @thevirusmc.bsky.social's paper @science.org (w/ incredible help from many colleagues) www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... Illustration by @doroteaartscience.bsky.social A short 🧵

Another #PlantScience job opening here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social! We are looking for a #Phytopathology Scientist at our station in Murcia, Spain. As I have already written in one of last posts: Our vegetable division is expanding & it's a good time to get on board! #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs

🚨 Excited to share a new manuscript from the lab. Here, we have developed a new method, HiCPotts, to identify significant interactions in 3D chromatin data www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...; package bioconductor.org/packages/HiC.... Big shoutout to an amazing previous PhD in the lab Godwin. 1/n

@lauramathieu.bsky.social @samwuest.bsky.social

Congratulations to Prof. Eva Stukenbrock on her appointment to the Leopoldina. Her research on fungal pathogens helps us better understand evolution and protect crops. www.evolbio.mpg.de/3882989/eva-... #EvolutionaryBiology #Leopoldina

1/ Working with big data in R? Your wrangling just got a massive upgrade. duckplyr is now in the tidyverse—and it’s fast. Really fast. 🧵

Looking forward to Sam Yeaman's seminar about repeatability of adaptation on Thursday May 28 at 4 pm CET. Join us online!

If you haven't been using Bioicons, you should check it out: bioicons.com You can find so many high quality vector arts for science that is also open source/free! If you made vector arts for your papers, I urge you to contribute them on Bioicons too. I have shared several icons I made as well.

Au début du XXᵉ siècle, la biologie est dominée par l’héritage de Darwin. D’Arcy Thompson propose alors un autre regard sur la nature : comprendre comment les lois physiques influencent la croissance et la forme des organismes. ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/a2x

The RTS (Swiss TV) visited our lab and talked about our recent work on natural variation for suberin in the News yesterday evening! (In French)

We are looking for a sugar beet breeder here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social to work on insect/pest resistance traits. This is a full-time, permanent position here in Einbeck (remote work possible) You will most likely get a chance to work with me on #PlantImmunity! #PlantScienceJobs #plantscijobs

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Didier Raoult, parmi les champions mondiaux des études scientifiques bidon L’infectiologue a connu 58 rétractations de ses articles. La plupart concernent des travaux effectués avant la pandémie de Covid-19.

We have an open-rank professorship position open @unileiden.bsky.social Institute of Biology: careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan... welcome to apply! due: 7 June

Host-transposable element coexistence: a matter of resistance, tolerance and trade-off Read this new review by Séverine Chambeyron, Charlotte Grimaud, Mikiko Siomi et al link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Exciting!

@bourgeoisyann.bsky.social @johannconfais.bsky.social

Professorship Plant Ecology. Bremen, Germany. #plantscijob #plantscijobs www.academics.de/jobs/profess...

En 50 ans, la vaccination a sauvé 154 millions de vies selon l’OMS. 💉 Comment fonctionne un vaccin et comment est-il développé ? Des chercheurs du CNRS apportent des réponses dans l’ouvrage à paraître "Tout comprendre (ou presque) sur les vaccins".

PhD position: Genetic basis of yield stability in barley under drought // Wageningen www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... We are looking for two enthusiastic PhD candidates to investigate how wild barley can maintain stable yield across both optimal and drought conditions. #BotanyJobs

Assessment of phenotypic trait plasticity in the oilseed Camelina sativa using integrated early stage abiotic stress and field studies (Susana Silvestre , Sylvain Prigent , Pierre Pétriacq , Kirsty L Hassall , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

🧪🧬VACANCY - Senior Staff Scientist in Bioinformatics Are you ready to take a leading role in bioinformatics and support plant science? Join us and lead our bioinformatics support facility that is part of a strong and collaborative bioinformatics environment. Apply👇: www.umu.se/en/work-with...

ERGA BioGenome Seminar Series - TODAY! Jérôme Goudet and Isabela do O - the impact of population structure in identifying local adaptation 📅 11.05.2026 🕒 10:30 am CEST 🔗 Subscribe to ERGA to receive the link

🌿🧬 Trees from harsher climates show more growth‑timing flexibility. But the genes behind that plasticity aren't under selection—unlike the genes controlling the traits themselves. What does that mean for forest resilience in a warming world? 🌍🌱 #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧬🍞New wheat genome just unlocked the secrets of perfect dough. What's inside? Gluten genes with wild structural variation. Epistatic interactions strong in modern wheats but weak in landraces. That's the signature of modern breeding at work🍞🔥 #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New preprint out! We generated haplotype-phased genome assemblies for two poplar rust fungi. These resources open new opportunities to explore rust genome architecture, haplotype diversity, and TE-driven evolution. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Plant Molecular (and Cell) Biology // Leiden University euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/434542 Are you an academic in plant molecular (and cell) biology ready to strengthen and advance the plant research and teaching at the IBL? #BotanyJobs

Very proud to be part of the "Tree Evolution Colloquium" at the Cumberland Lodge in Great Windsor Park, England. For three days, we discussed whether evolutionary rates in trees are underestimated or not.

David Attenborough turns 100 today. 💯 🎂🥳 "As David Attenborough turns 100, four experts explore his legacy, from science to storytelling" www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/... 🧪

I find this unsettling: A new study in #Lancet shows that the number of faux citations in scientific articles is on the rise, and #AI is likely to blame. @aniloza.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/l...

Dans le cadre du projet PEPR AgroEcoNum IPIDEO (Etude des Interactions Plantes-insectes et des facteurs influençant les comportements à l'aide d’outils numérIques et de viDEO-tracking), nous recrutons un IE bioinfo pour des développements côté pipeline d'analyse métagénomique. Toutes les infos ⬇️

Postdoctoral Position in Machine Learning for Automated Plant Phenotyping // ETH Zürich academicpositions.com/ad/eth-zuric... This role sits at the intersection of machine learning, computer vision, agricultural sciences, and plant phenotyping. #BotanyJobs

Plant Science Research Weekly --  Arabidopsis is not always enough: What a succulent taught us about stomata development (Science Advances) @michaelraissig.bsky.social @heikelindner.bsky.social @jameshartwell.bsky.social (Summary by Montserrat López-Coria) buff.ly/FNCQT5C #PlantaePSRW

I’m getting tired of mis-citations, especially in reviews (1/2) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... sates "[...] the increased TE load coinciding with the expansion on of A. thaliana popu- lations, further underscoring the involvement of TEs in population evolution and expansion [36]"

We’re hiring! We invite applications for an Ecological Statistician to join our team. Work at the interface of cutting-edge biodiversity science and statistics. DL 27 May @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social @rececochange.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

🥳 Happy (belated) 8th Birthday to the Stomatal Biology group @unibe.ch🌾🌵 This is also the first birthday of the "Functional Anatomy of Succulents" group led by my partner-in-crime, best friend and eternal ally @heikelindner.bsky.social. Here's to many more years of adventures and joys together!

Super excited to see our work on the Pm3e NLR that recognises two structurally diverse AVR effectors from powdery mildew out in @natcomms.nature.com Congratulations to @lukas-kunz.bsky.social, Beat Keller, and everyone involved! Check it out ➡️https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72199-w

Open #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/... ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!

Where do plant pathogen effectors come from? @mesny.bsky.social shows how fungi turned shield 🛡️ into sword ⚔️ to end up with dual-function molecules to disrupt host immunity & protective host microbiota. @ceplas.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social @madfungi.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Après une averse sur un sol chaud, l’air change. Une odeur monte du sol, à la fois fraîche, terreuse, presque végétale. Elle a un nom : le petrichor. Mais d'où vient-elle ? ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/swA

A long-overdue reunion with two of my PhD office mates @thevirusmc.bsky.social and not-on-Bluesky Julie Jacquemin. Lovely day in Ulm, great company, and yes… we had to look for liverworts along the river 🧐

Yay! Postdoc and transposon conspirator Dr. Beibei Liu now in the blue sky. @beibeiliu.bsky.social Follow her as an expert on plant epigenetics and TEs!

The face of someone who’s devoted their life to service, science and space exploration needing to listen to some draft-dodging, out-of-shape bozo brag that he easily could’ve been an astronaut.