Register now for the second installment of the Plant Cell Atlas Imaging Workshop Series: Introduction to 2D and 3D Segmentation with MorphoGraphX. You can learn more and register here: plantcellatlas.org/events

Registration is NOW OPEN for the second installment of the Plant Cell Atlas Imaging Workshop Series: Introduction to 2D and 3D Segmentation with MorphoGraphX. You can learn more and register here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events

A scalable approach to inoculate plant viral vectors into plant tissue using non-pathogenic, transgenic galls https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.16.706162v1

#Cell-to-cell connectivity: a future target for #crop improvement academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... #PlantScience #PlantStress @jxbotany.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social @plantcelltech.bsky.social @plantcellatlas.bsky.social @cropxr.bsky.social @mcropper.bsky.social

Today, the PCA recognizes the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. We celebrate women whose leadership, innovation, & collaboration are advancing our understanding of the plant cell. We remain committed to fostering an inclusive & supportive scientific community where everyone can thrive

This past weekend, interdisciplinary trainees came together to tackle real-world agricultural data challenges at the MSU Bayer Hackathon! As a proud sponsor, the Plant Resilience Institute celebrates the creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration demonstrated by everyone involved! #MSUAgHack2026

The Data Reproducibility Workshop is NEXT WEEK!! Registration is open until 11:59pm ET on February 8, 2026. Register Here: plantcellatlas.org/events

The Data Reproducibility Workshop is ONE WEEK AWAY! Don't forget to register!! Learn more here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events

The PCA & @msupri.bsky.social 's art exhibit featuring historically significant Black scholars in honor of Black History month is now on display at Michigan State University's Multicultural Center. Check it out in-person during the month of February or visit: www.plantcellatlas.org/pca-art-exhi...

How do you assess risk before a compound ever reaches the field? 🌱 In our newest blogpost, Aim 6 lead Karilyn Sant (@santastic-k.bsky.social) walks through how environmental and animal toxicity is evaluated from the start. 🔗 c-spirit.org/2026/01/29/e... #plantscience

Bayer and the Plant Resilience Institute are hosting a free plant breeding hackathon for trainees, February 7-8 at Michigan State University! Register by January 30 for this fast-paced, collaborative event focused on engineering solutions in predictive breeding: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our January 2026 Newsletter is now available! Check it out here: bit.ly/4biqZSP

We are TWO WEEKS away from the first session of the Data Reproducibility Workshop! Don't forget to register!! Learn more here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events

The third day of this 3-part workshop will cover how to use reproducible workflows in R and/or Python for analyzing and visualizing single-cell data. Register now! plantcellatlas.org/events.html

The second day of this 3-part workshop will cover reproducibly running single-cell preprocessing pipelines using Docker. Register now! plantcellatlas.org/events.html

The first day of this 3-part workshop will cover version control (git) for single-cell code repositories and recording sample metadata. Register now! www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html

With the New Year upon us, it's the perfect time to register for next month's 3-part Data Reproducibility Workshop! This workshop will be held February 9–11, meeting daily at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST. Register now, here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html

PCA is one of the MSU Plant Resilience Institute-led Center Projects that helps foster PRI's vision in being a leader in innovative plant resilience research. Learn more about MSU PRI's accomplishments in their 2025 Annual Report!

The Data Reproducibility Workshop aims to equip participants with essential skills and knowledge to achieve the critical goal of ensuring data reproducibility in single-cell research and the utility of the data generated grows in scale. You can register here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html?...

🚨 Hiring alert! MSU's Plant Resilience Institute is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to advance discovery of new regulatory metabolites driving plant stress responses. #PlantSciJobs Join us as we push the boundaries of plant resilience research: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...

PRI is seeking a postdoctoral researcher with strong computational and data science skills to join a project focused on identifying causal environmental drivers of crop resilience and yield. 🧬 Learn more and apply: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... #PlantSciJobs #PlantScience

Registration is NOW OPEN for the Three-Part Data Reproducibility Workshop Series (February 9-11, 2026 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST) To Learn More and Register, Visit: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html?...

Together with @c-spirit.org, the PCA has curated 186 single cell plant papers to help with ingestion into the EBI's Single Cell Expression Atlas! You can view this list of papers here: www.plantcellatlas.org/scea-papers....

Check out the October 2025 issue of The Plant Cell from @ASPB @OxUniPress! academic.oup.com/plcell/issue... #PlantScience

The First Annual Virtual WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water is ONE WEEK AWAY! 🗓️💧 Register now to join us on November, 18! www.walii.science/virtual-symp...

Meet the individuals selected to present their research at the first annual WALII Symposium! Check out the talk titles below from two of the Session Two speakers and visit www.walii.science/virtual-symp... to see the full schedule of talks!

Did you know that the practice of carving pumpkins originated from a tradition in Ireland? The most popular pumpkin to carve for Halloween is the Field Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo), which is one of the oldest varieties of pumpkin in existence!

Check out the finale of the Plant Cell Identity webinar series! 🌱 🔬 🧬 We had a panel discussion with @oli-wilkins.bsky.social, @bas-bargmann.bsky.social and Marc Libault, on why and how we define cell types, and what could be done better. I love this question and its complexity! ✨

In case you missed it... The final installment of the Plant Cell Identity Webinar Series - The Open Panel Discussion, is now available on YouTube! youtu.be/BNy3dNRphnc

Invited Speaker Dr. Amy Gladfelter will be giving a talk on “A Physical Code in mRNA as an Adaptive Mechanism” at the first annual, virtual WALII Symposium. Register now to hear the talk! www.walii.science/virtual-symp... @gladfelterlab.bsky.social

Did you miss last year's PCA Syn-Bio Hackathon? Three sessions from the Hackathon are now available to view online! View them here: www.plantcellatlas.org/pca-videos.h...

Meet the speakers of the very first inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water, happening Tuesday, Nov 18! 💧 To Learn More about the symposium: walii.science/virtual-symp... To Learn More about Dr. Mariana Silva Artur: www.mariana-artur.com @marianasartur.bsky.social

Did you miss the Plant Cell Atlas Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images? No worries! You can view it here: youtu.be/4TMJt69yyjw

Meet the speakers of the very first inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water, happening Tuesday, Nov 18! 💧 To Learn More about the symposium: walii.science/virtual-symp... To Learn More about Dr. Erez Lieberman Aiden: www.bcm.edu/people-searc...

Meet the speakers of the very first inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water, happening Tuesday, Nov 18! 💧 To Learn More about the symposium: walii.science/virtual-symp... To Learn More about Dr. Amy Gladfelter: www.cellbio.duke.edu/amy-gladfelter @gladfelterlab.bsky.social

Starting Soon!

Join us for the first inaugural WALII Virtual Symposium on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025! Abstract submissions for a contributed talk are NOW OPEN! Selected speakers will be chosen in Oct. & will present 10-12 min. talks followed by 3-5 min. of Q&A. Visit: walii.science/virtual-symp...

Meet the speakers of the very first inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water, happening Tuesday, Nov 18! 💧 To Learn More about the symposium: www.walii.science/virtual-symp... To Learn More about Dr. Erin Green: www.eringreenlab.org @erinrgreen.bsky.social

In Two Days! Attendees: we encourage you to download and install FIJI in advance of the workshop if you wish to follow along on your own computer. Keep an eye on your email & visit: hpc.nih.gov/apps/Fiji and fiji.sc Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V

Next Week! Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V

Delighted to present our Tansley Insight on what we know about the potential of different root cortex layers to do develop into different things! 👩‍🔬 @dorotakawa.bsky.social @hannahschneider.bsky.social 📗 @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

TODAY!

Starting in 3h or so - we will be discussing why and how we should be defining cell types and states - I expect really stimulating conversation and important suggestions for how to (not) use the terminology! #PlantScience @oli-wilkins.bsky.social @bas-bargmann.bsky.social @b-coli.bsky.social

TOMORROW! The final segment of the Plant Cell Identity Webinar Series, The Open Panel Discussion is tomorrow, Sept. 16, 2025. To Register: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar @kaisakajala.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who attended the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference and helped make it a success! This inaugural meeting brought together 416 registrants from 55 institutions. Together, we’ve built momentum for the future of #plantscience in the Great Lakes region and beyond! #GLPSC2025

Really looking forward to this panel discussion on Tuesday - getting to discuss in depth why it is important to define plant cell types and states! #PlantScience 🌱

Don't forget to register for this 90-minute workshop on FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images! This workshop will be held in TWO WEEKS on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET. Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to launch an open rank tenure-track faculty search! We're seeking creative, collaborative researchers to join the PRI faculty to investigate plant responses to environmental challenges. 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

ONE WEEK AWAY! The final segment of the Plant Cell Identity Webinar Series, The Open Panel Discussion is Sept. 16, 2025. To Register: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar

@rheelab.bsky.social at Michigan State University is looking to hire a new postdoc position to work on nematodes for desiccation tolerance and plant-pathogenic nematode interactions on both the WALII and @c-spirit.org grants. For more information, visit: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...