📢 Inviting submissions for the MPMI Focus Issue on Plant Receptors and Signaling in Plant-Microbe Interactions! Research & reviews across all areas of immune receptor biology. If you have an idea, please reach out (via link below). Pls repost 🔗 apsjournals.apsnet.org/mpmireceptors

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

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

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

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

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

🌱 We’re hiring in Plant Biology at Penn State! The Department of Biology at Penn State University Park is searching for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in any area of plant biology.

Cell surface receptors integrate plant immunity, stress adaptation, and nutrient acquisition #plantscience

You are an ambitious young scientist, on the verge to independence, in a research field related to our Cluster of Excellence @cmfi.bsky.social “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections”? Join our vibrant, interactive scientific community in Tubingen. Repost and apply! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Penn State Biology is hiring! We have an opening for a tenure-line faculty position in plant biology - if you'd like to pursue awesome science in a supportive and interdisciplinary community of researchers, consider applying! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

We are looking for a new Director @cragenomica.bsky.social to help us keep growing and making even cooler science, come join us!, Application details www.cragenomica.es/sites/defaul... please, help us spread the word!

Coordinated action of BSMT1, SABP3, and MAT2 activates methyl salicylate-mediated systemic immunity in plants #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

🚨 Paper out now in #ScienceAdvances @science.org 🌱🦠 Pathogens don’t just target protein degradation—they also hijack host translation. "Bacteria use P-body condensates to attenuate host translation during infection" ⚖️♻️ led by @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Warm congratulations to our Editor @diorkelley.bsky.social, who has been recognised with the ASPB's Excellence in Education Award! blog.aspb.org/2026_aspb_aw...

That time of year again! If you'd like an example of job apps in academia or industry, here's a good resource. If you got a job in industry or academia in the last few years, please consider adding yours! github.com/RILAB/statem...

Exciting position open @aarhusuniint.bsky.social: Professor in Epidemiology/Pathology for agricultural crop plants www.au.dk/om/stillinge...

Pathogen-inducible expression of autoactive NLRs confers multi-pathogen resistance in tomato www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We are hiring! We’re excited to recruit a postdoc to our lab at UC Davis to work on plant immune engineering and single-cell analyses of plant pathogen interactions. Apply by June 1. Please repost. www.coakerlab.org/postdoctoral...

We are looking for a Tomato Breeder to join our Team @kwsgroup.bsky.social in Antalya, Türkiye. jobs.kws.com/job/Eski%C5%... Our Vegetable Division is expanding at the moment, and this is a good timepoint to get on board. #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJob

Interested in a teaching faculty position in Bacteriology at UW-Madison? See the attached announcement! @uwbact.bsky.social

DefensePredictor: A machine learning model to discover prokaryotic immune systems #microbiology #prokaryotes #CRISPR #MicroSky @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

NAASC has funds to support 4 travel awards for U.S. students & postdocs that work on Arabidopsis and want to attend ICAR 2026-Singapore! 👍 The deadline to apply is February 10 👍 please read eligibility criteria before applying Application information here: www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/icar-funding

The International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, ICAR 2026, 22 - 26 June  | National University of Singapore, https://icar2026.sg

📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: 37th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR 2027) 👉 buff.ly/ctiQtAa #PlantScience

New pre-print from the lab! We show that the subtilase SBT12a is essential for symbiosome stabilization in Medicago. Using HUNTER proteomics, we even got some of its substrates. Have a look. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Preprint alert 🚨 (1/10) 🧵 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺: It can promote resistance, susceptibility, or restrict cell death 🤯 So what is its actual role? We show it acts as a spatial organizer of immunity across cell types 🌱🦠 #proteostasis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

We are inviting applications for a joint appointment MLU and IPB: 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 at the IPB and 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 (W3) of Chemistry of Natural Products and Bioactives 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 via the MLU appointment portal: berufungsportal.uni-halle.de

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Excited to share that PNAS published our research article focused on "Why are Ralstonia goofy?"

We are pleased to offer a postdoctoral fellowship opportunity (MSCA-PF 2026) in our group. Interested? Have a look here 👉 shorturl.at/VYGHN

Come join us! We're recruiting 3 new academic posts in the School of Biology, University of Leeds, closing 23/04/26. Assoc Prof Plant Science tinyurl.com/4x48jc78 Assoc Prof Animal Biology tinyurl.com/2s4sk85s Lecturer in Ecology, Zoology, Biodiversity or Ecosystem Management: tinyurl.com/39dwp47j

How diverse is bacterial immunity ? We report in @science.org how language models allowed us to predict 2.4M antiphage proteins spanning >23K novel potential systems. 👏 @emordret.bsky.social, @alexhv.bsky.social & al doi.org/10.1126/scie... Explore them here defensefinder.mdmlab.fr/wiki/refseq_...

🌱 CRAG launches an international call for early‑career researchers! We invite young scientists interested in starting their independent research group at CRAG 📅 Deadline - April 26 Apply now 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/jdwzombrbd

It’s time to say farewell to ERC Research Group Leader Thorsten Langner after nearly 3 years at the institute. He reflects on his time here, key milestones, and what’s next: tinyurl.com/2vce2d6k Congratulations on your new position—we wish you and your team all the best for the future!

Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor position in Molecular Microbiology available at Lund University, Sweden: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

I’m very happy to see my fist article now officially published 🥳 great work by my partner in crime @wolki95.bsky.social and the rest of @teamthomma.bsky.social! Find it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... or have a look at the 🧵⬇️

If you're studying #Agriculture #PlantBreeding and would be interested in #IndustryPlacement experience, there is an opportunity at our @kwsgroup.bsky.social Breeding Station in Thriplow, Cambridgeshire: jobs.kws.com/job/Thriplow... #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceUK #outdoorclassroom

1/11 🔥 New preprint alert 🔥 We wanted to know what plants in the wild really care about. So we asked them 🎤. Here is what we learned: “Biotic-response networks are an important organizer of the transcriptome in wild Arabidopsis thaliana populations” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Great to see this really cool story published in Nature! rdcu.be/e7UoR Parker & Wang’s commentary, “A fellowship of the rings in plant defence”, provides further insights into the elaborate structures of NLRs formed during plant immunity. rdcu.be/e7UnA @nature.com @mpipz.bsky.social

🧪🌾PAPER – Does straw mulching support more sustainable potato production?🦠 The Albrectsen group studied how straw mulching affects potato performance and soil bacterial communities, offering insights for sustainable farming. Read more in Plant-Environment Interactions: doi.org/10.1002/pei3...

Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you! 1/n

Faculty position in Plant Molecular Biology (Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) at Aarhus University, Denmark mbg.au.dk/aktuelt/ledi...

Trait discovery is one of the most difficult parts of our work here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social. Thus, we need help: We are looking for a Scientist in #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics for Trait Discovery. This is a full time, permanent position here in Einbeck. #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs

#TansleyInsight: From bacterial #predators to partners: phages in agriculture Zahra Salehimoghaddam, Alexander P. Hynes and Rebecca T. Doyle 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

#MicroSky: Plasmid vectors still underpin molecular biology, but convenience shouldn’t trump design. De Lorenzo & Martínez revisit copy number, selection & stability, and explores modular AI-assisted vector design for robust synthetic biology across the microbial world. doi.org/10.1111/1751...

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

Awesome Master’s degree level #Phycology job at UC Berkeley! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05258?fbc...

As promised - here is more information on our Assistent/Associtate Professor position in Plant Biochemistry @lbvpam.bsky.social - please share. lbvpam.univ-st-etienne.fr/en/join-us/c...

Spatial transcriptomics (ST) should be conductive to anyone who has done microscopy in their lives, but it's not! Resolution vs coverage tradeoffs, static workflows, heavy data analysis still plague it... IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THIS!! INTRODUCING NaVis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A really cool #PlantImmunity paper showing that the ubiquitin-binding protein RH3 recruits PTI & ETI receptors into one large complex via ubiquitin chains, linking these pathways. Also goes well with this paper showing a link between BIK1 & NLRs via phosphorylation: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Positions available in Plant Science! Please share. We’re hiring: 1. Postdoc 2.PhD (UK applicants only) Focus: root oxygen dynamics, developmental signalling. Come help us uncover how O2 shapes root development. More info here- sites.google.com/view/root-re... #plantscijobs #plantscience