This is a fantastic meeting (I was lucky enough to go last year) and @theplantjournal.bsky.social is delighted to sponsor an early career researcher award for the best talk

Looking for 2 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬! 🌿 Join TPJ! You´ll: 🧬 Select standout TPJ papers 📰 Write short commentaries 🎨 Choose cover images 💬 Work with authors & SEB team 👉https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/rheditor 📩 Rosie Trice 𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞@𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲.𝐜𝐨𝐦 🗓️24Nov2025

Meet the 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐓𝐏𝐉-𝐏𝐒𝐍𝐀 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 🏆 This award recognizes outstanding postdocs and research scientists, with preference for early-career researchers ready to launch independent labs: 💠Ryo Yokoyama @yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social 💠 Boaz Negin CONGRATULATIONS! @psna-official.bsky.social ⬇️

Meet the winners of the 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at the 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 consortium meeting 🟢 PhD student 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 @hannahlepper.bsky.social @franzificht.bsky.social lab 🟢Postdoc 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡 @physcomitr_ella from the Ischebeck lab CONGRATULATIONS! @watertoland.bsky.social

⏰ Just 13 days left to apply! Great opportunity for Early Career Researchers! Please, spread the word! 🗣️ 🌿🌱

Delighted to be able to support two early career group leaders with this award - and look forward to seeing exciting work coming from their labs!

How can indoor plants improve air quality? We're looking for innovative ideas beyond your individual office plant pot 🙃 Look out for sandpit opportunities and monthly webinars

Fantastic PhD opportunity to join myself, Nicola Patron and @lichmanlab.bsky.social in uncovering the biosynthesis and function of lettuce sesquiterpene lactones. 4-year fully-funded combining molecular & engineering biology, & plant pathology. Deadline Nov 25th www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Thank you very much to Editor Martin Balcerowicz (@transcription.bsky.social) for highlighting our work in the September issue of @theplantjournal.bsky.social! Article: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... Research Highlight: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... @laurierbiology.bsky.social @cspbscbv.bsky.social

Please repost - If you're a new group leader in plant science, take a look - travel funds, mentorship from the TPJ editorial board, invitation to editorial board meetings and opportunity to submit a review. Find out more about scientific publishing and help build your research network 🌱🌾🌴🥬

RNA-binding proteins orchestrating immunity in plants onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A fantastic opportunity for early career researchers at universities in the UK to gain understanding of the plant breeding/seed sector & make connections with companies across Europe. Dedicated sessions & participation in EuroSeeds2025. Deadline Sept 30th euroseedscongress.com/nextgen-forum/

Join us for the 4th annual NonSeed Plant Meeting in Norwich this year! @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Excellent new review by Gail Preston's group @ox.ac.uk on RNA binding proteins and their role in plant defence

We’re kicking off a brand-new webinar series with @theplantjournal.bsky.social 🧬🌱 Join us into the latest breakthroughs & challenges in plant engineering research 📅 29 September 2025 ⏰ 17:00 CEST Hosted by @katherinedenby.bsky.social (Editor in Chief) us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #PlantSci

🌱Big news 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 with @globalplantgpc.bsky.social to highlight TPJ papers 1st features researchers from our 𝑆𝐼 𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 🌱🧬 🗓️Sept 29 ⏰17:00 CEST 🎙️Hosted by EiC @katherinedenby.bsky.social 🔗 Register us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... SI onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

See @theplantjournal.bsky.social latest Foundation review by Stacey Harmer - a fantastic overview of the plant clock and where circadian research is going next!

The TAIR12 genome reannotation has FINALLY been submitted to GenBank. Now we await review and approval. Stay tuned for updates, hopefully within the next month. Thank you to everyone that made this project possible. @labschneeberger.bsky.social @bar-plantbio.bsky.social @sigmafacto.bsky.social

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞! 🌱Plant engineering: advances, bottlenecks, and promise onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... Focused Reviews & Technical Advances 🌿Plant transformation tech 🧬Gene editing & synthetic biology 🔧Emerging engineering strategies breakthroughs & challenges 🧵⬇️

If you haven't already - make sure to save the date to the Black in Plant Science Conference taking place on Friday 24 October at the University of Leeds. Registration will soon be opening so make sure to save the date to avoid disappointment.

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Genetic switchboards: rewiring plant traits with synthetic circuits (Plant J.) @jamespblloyd.bsky.social @adil-khan.bsky.social (Summary by Elisa De Meo) buff.ly/iyeEzeh #PlantaePSRW

Our lab's first review article written with @yadhusankar.bsky.social and @vijayalakshmi.bsky.social is out now in The Plant Journal! 🎉🌱 We discuss temporal regulation of (plant) development. When and how do plants control organ and cell identity progression? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰📚 Beyond a few bases: methods for large DNA insertion and gene targeting in plants🧬🌱 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... 🖊️Katie Vollen @alonsostepanovalab.bsky.social 🗺️ @ncstate.bsky.social Large DNA insertions in plants are challenging, but new tools improve efficiency

𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰📚 Molecular aspects of heat stress sensing in land plants 🌡️🌱☀️ 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... 🖊️Cristiane Paula Gomes Calixto 🇧🇷 @usponline Reviewing cellular sensors that detect heat stress in plants and trigger responses for thermotolerance.

We're looking for a postdoc to join the lab to work on cell-to-cell communication via the apoplast. Candidate must be brave, as they will have to lead us (me) away from the plasmodesmata-lands we've inhabited for so long! www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Our new review in @theplantjournal.bsky.social on synthetic gene circuits is out! I am super proud of this. I hope that it acts as a useful resource for people new to gene circuits. The switch-liker's guide to plant synthetic gene circuits onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Inducible expression of DEFECTIVE IN ANTHER DEHISCENCE 1 enhances triacylglycerol accumulation and lipid droplet formation in vegetative tissues 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70088 📝Athen N. Kimberlin, Sakil Mahmud et al. Abraham J Koo´s lab @Mizzou

Can I tempt some young minds to consider Old York for a PhD? Some days left to apply. Open to applicants WORLDWIDE 🌎.

5 days left to join us in Freiburg for a #PhD position through the [email protected] funded program. Consider applying and join me or @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social and our amazing @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social community. www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de/node/1847

*Please apply through TSL website. We will begin reviewing applications on March 24, 2025.

The recording of the previous Plant Cell Identity webinar is now available! Ken Birnbaum and yours truly discuss how to define (plant) cell types and states. 🌱🔬🧬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DB5... @plantcellatlas.bsky.social #PlantScience

Nicola Patron, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge. Her group use synthetic biology approaches to investigate plant gene expression & metabolism. Of Trinidadian descent, Nicola was born and educated in the U.K. Full profile: buff.ly/3EWYWKs

Join us in Ghent on June 14-15 for two days of Plant Vascular Development! A satellite meeting of ICAR2025. More info and registration at web.cvent.com/event/448810... . Spread the word! #PlantScience @bertderybel.bsky.social @apmahonen.bsky.social

SPS - Summer School 2025 on Advanced Plant Imaging – API : From super-resolution to fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy 🔬🌱 in Versailles 👑🇨🇵 For enthusiastic PhD students or young postdoctoral researchers ! Only one week left to apply 👇 eng-saclay-plant-sciences.hub.inrae.fr/teaching-and...

Just a week left to apply for this postdoc position in my lab in Oxford.

Looks a fantastic course!

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob Postdoctoral Researcher: Novel #crop and plant growth-enhancing technology @unihalle.bsky.social + @durham-university.bsky.social in Edgar Peiter’s lab. Start: a.s.a.p. Deadline: 27 February 2025 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐏𝐉 Haplotype-resolved genome and population genomics provide insights into dioscin biosynthesis and evolutionary history of the medicinal species Dioscorea nipponica 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.17237 Ke Hu, Yu Feng et al Contribute to understanding polyploid evolution

𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social 💡 🌱At the grass roots: non-destructive root phenotyping using X-ray computed tomography doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... X-ray CT and RSApaddy3D identify QTLs for rice root traits, aiding breeding architecture Original manuscript 👇

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐏𝐉 Nitrate activates an MKK3-dependent MAPK module via NLP transcription factors in Arabidopsis 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70010 @anne_krapp @IPS2ParisSaclay Nitrate is a nutrient and a signal in plants 🌱Here: MAPK cascade that responds to nitrate regulating senescence and transport

Hi all!!! 👋 New to Bluesky, but... I'm hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg... www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss... Please repost if you can!! Thank you!!!

What a wonderful meeting and community at #MPB2025 Fantastic talks, friendly scientists and great traditions! Thank you for including me 👍

Want to lead a research group at a Max Planck Institute – with a #tenuretrack position & substantial resources? Apply for the Lise Meitner Excellence Program by @maxplanck.de. The program aims to promote exceptionally qualified #WomeninScience. Deadline: April 8, 2025 www.mpg.de/lise-meitner...

Fantastic talk by @somssich.bsky.social - loving the tag line at the bottom “published soon in a society journal” #MPB2025

OK folks, I have now created a google form that allows people to sign to show their support for my open letter to the President of the Royal Society. Please sign and share widely: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw...

Great talk and clever use of a plant pathogen as a delivery mechanism for apoplastic peptides

The deadline for the Research Excellence Award has now been extended to Friday 14 February and we are calling on all supervisors and PIs to nominate any ECRs they believe to be eligible for this award. Please contact us with a name and email of the candidate at [email protected].

Looking forward to seeing all the great science and awarding the TPJ talk prize!

Open call for DAAD funded PhD students of our graduate school of biology and medicine @uni-freiburg.de Please apply, if you are interested in joining us or one of our fantastic colleagues! www.daad.de/en/studying-...

Want to do a #PhD in Molecular #Plantscience / Plant Epigenetics? We are recruiting through two currently open Freiburg graduate school program calls by @mpi-ie.bsky.social and SGBM of @uni-freiburg.de! Consider to apply: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr... www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de/node/1847