Do you know a talented undergraduate student who would like to undertake a paid summer internship in your cell biology lab?
Applications to our summer studentships are OPEN
Deadline 31st March
For details and how to apply, see our website:
bscb.org/support-gran...
Pollen grains from crocus, cyclamen and tulip plants. The tulip pollen grains are irregular in shape. The cyclamen pollen grains are small and shaped like lemon pips with a furrow down the side. The crocus pollen grains are large spheres with lots of small evenly spaced projections.
Had a bit of fun with the benchtop SEM this afternoon. That's crocus pollen on the left, tulip pollen on the right (so irregular in shape!), and tiny cyclamen pollen grains in between.
Two days left to apply for a PhD position in plant development with me, Sam Amsbury and Andrew Fleming!!
Links to the three projects on FindAPhD:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Fully funded for home students for 4 years. International students can apply, but please be aware the Doctoral Training Programme only covers a stipend and student fees - it doesn't cover your visa, NHS surcharge, travel insurance or travel.
Details of the three PhD projects on offer: Primed for Protection: Cell Wall Modifications in Plant Defense and Long-Term Immunity, Engineering Stomata: How Shape Informs Function: and Signalling Complexes and Cell Wall Changes during Plant Reproduction
Interested in plant development and/or cell walls? We (Sam Amsbury, Andrew Fleming and I) have three PhD positions at the University of Sheffield open for applications until 7th January. We offer a friendly, jointly-run lab, great facilities, an affordable city and proximity to the Peak District!
I'm recruiting a post doc and a research assistant for a 30 month project “ZHOUPI genes, cell death and the evolution of plant endosperm” funded by a Research Project grant from the Leverhulme Trust @Leverhulme.ac.uk. Application details are on the Opportunities page at biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich
Post-doctoral position in Plant Developmental Genetics and Evolution
A 2-year post-doctoral position is available in
@rdplab.bsky.social
The successful candidate will join the SIGNAL team under the supervision of Dr. Yoan Coudert.
For more information : www.ens-lyon.fr/RDP/IMG/pdf/...
Very excited to finally share the main findings from my PhD, now out as a preprint!
We developed an epigenetic system to understand how plants remember and forget past infections - a phenomenon known as immune memory 🌱🧬🧠
Highlights below! 1/9
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Promotional image for the PCA Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images. The promo has a purple and green plant cell graphic with a black background. It also includes the details for the webinar including the date/time: Wednesday September 24, 2025 9:30am CT/10:30am ET/7:30am PT, the Zoom Link, and the Organizers: Ivan Radin, Kirk Czymmek, and Daniel Kierzkowski.
Promotional image for the PCA Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images. The promo has a purple and green plant cell graphic with a black background. It also includes the details for the webinar including the date/time: Wednesday September 24, 2025 9:30am CT/10:30am ET/7:30am PT, and the abstract for the event.
We are excited to announce the PCA Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images!
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET.
Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V
@radinbio.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social
ONE Lectureship in genomics + TWO in ecology are advertised right now in my 'hood. Applications close 7th August. It'd be brilliant to have these filled with plant people. #PlantSciJobs #MonashBiol #plantecology #plantgenomics 🪴🧪🌱🌿🌾 This links to both : www.ecolsoc.org.au/opportunitie...
Jodie's sculpture is amazing! So great to have Sheffield plant scientists' work on display in London. Well done, Jess and Jodie!
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Please RT: 🌾 Open PhD Position @TUM (Phytopathology, Freising, Germany)
Join our team and help us to decode the molecular mechanisms driving plant cell remodeling during fungal infection. Focus: RIC proteins in Barley–Blumeria hordei interaction 🔬 CRISPR, microscopy, proteomics & more!
#PlantScience
In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…
A vase with sweet peas.
Two bowls of strawberries
Home grown sweet peas and strawberries. Must be summer.
We are looking for an intern to join the Biofoundry team!
Group leader position at the University of Helsinki, Institute of Biotechnology. Plant biologists eligible as well. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
❗ We have an open post-doc position in our group! 🌱🥔🧬
Are you interested in novel crop breeding techniques and potatoes? If yes, the CRISPS project (in collaboration with Wageningen University and SLU Sweden) may be something for you! You can apply here:
jobs.admin.ch/job-vacancie...
#NBTs
In 2024, the main paper from our collaboration with Frank's group appeared on BioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With this week's BioRxiv submission, that's four exciting papers from what was, in some respects, a failed experiment.
A second paper followed in 2023 using epigenetic rather than genomic data from some of our lines, this time from our collaboration with Frank Johannes and his lab:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In 2021, the first paper using some of our data was published thanks to @labschneeberger.bsky.social sharing genome sequencing data from our wild-type plants with @hendersi.bsky.social.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
However, in 2016/7 we had started collaborating with @labschneeberger.bsky.social and Frank Johannes. Our failure to induce priming fortunately didn't affect what they wanted to look at in the data.
10 generations turned into 15 as we grew the plants from 2014 to 2018. We checked priming in 2014 after one generation and were satisfied our protocol worked.
Then in 2018, we checked the priming after ten generations and there was no transgenerational priming. Four years of work and no priming...
In 2013, I joined the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at Sheffield, with @jurriaanton.bsky.social as a colleague. Jurr quickly persuaded me to join forces and start a multiple-generation stress experiment to see how long transgenerational priming would last after 10 generations of stress.
With the publication of a new preprint (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...) with collaborators @labschneeberger.bsky.social @plantevolution.bsky.social and @jurriaanton.bsky.social, I feel it is timely to talk about what will probably be the most successful 'failed' experiment of my career.
A PhD position (initially 3 years) is available in our laboratory in the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), at the University of Tübingen (Germany). The position is available with an intended start date starting January 2026. Interested applicants should submit a single PDF comprising a motivation letter describing your research interests, an up-to-date CV, and the names and contact information for 2 references to timing.lab@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de ideally before July 21st.
We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄
There are a couple more #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs open here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social
Scientist Pre-Breeding Rapeseed:
jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...
Technical Assistant in Biotic Stress Trait Development
jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...
Research Intern Plant Breeding
jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...
We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher! Join the Ma Lab in exploring the the intricate interplay between plant development and defense signaling. Link below. #jobs #research #plantbiology #vienna
