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Jill Harrison

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Biologist interested in plant evolution and development, especially the origin of vascular plants. Works as a Professor at @BristolBioSci.

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Congrats Fay Wei πŸ’•

06.03.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you Head now Yoselin? Way to go!

26.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
10th European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology Meeting 2026 The European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology is delighted to welcome you to the 10th biennial meeting, to be held at the University of Glasgow from June 9th - 12th in 2026.

We are really excited that Euro Evo Devo will take place here in Scotland from the 9th-12th June, at the University of Glasgow!

Deadline for Early Bird Registration and Abstract Submission are rapidly approaching in March so do register soon!

www.evodevoconference26.com/important-da...

26.02.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Ha ha!

24.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Black in Plant Science Summer Studentship 2026 For the second time we will be offering Black undergraduate students from universities across the UK the opportunity to undertake a research experience placement at a UK university or research…

πŸ“£ Applications are currently open for a @blackinplantsci.bsky.social Summer Studentship working with @cgrandel.bsky.social and the Earlham #Biofoundry team. 🌱

This is a great opportunity for Black undergraduate students to gain experience in #automation and #syntheticbiology in plants. 🧬

24.02.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

- ai on google? You can turn it off on Mozilla

21.02.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
JOB ALERT!

Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Come and join us in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol!

Closing date: Sunday 8 March

JOB ALERT! Lecturer in Biological Sciences Come and join us in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol! Closing date: Sunday 8 March

JOB ALERT!

Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Interested in our research areas? Click the link in our bio to discover more!

Closing date: Sunday 8 March

JOB ALERT! Lecturer in Biological Sciences Interested in our research areas? Click the link in our bio to discover more! Closing date: Sunday 8 March

JOB ALERT!

We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!

Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!

We look forward to receiving your applications!

www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

12.02.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 7
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

Were hiring! We have 3 new open positions on our academic staff, more details on the link below. It’s an open call, and we would love to boost the diversity of our staff, so if you think there might be a good scientific fit, do apply! I am happy to take enquiries. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

12.02.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For 10 min πŸ˜‚!

11.02.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brilliant to see these guys graduating today and to attend my first UoB ceremony. Huge congratulations to Dr Liu, Dr Greiff and Dr Jeal, and look forward very much to hearing about the difference you make in the future!

11.02.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
SS13360 Research Associate - Jobs at Bath

A new 2 year post in our team at the Milner Centre in Bath - single cell transcriptomics, non-coding RNA, stomatal physiology and evolution, all rolled into one. Really exciting project and excellent collaborators in Sheffield too! Please share, details here: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

06.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
A person working in a greenhouse. Text says Funding opportunity: Host a Plant Health Undergraduate Studentship, Apply by 10 March

A person working in a greenhouse. Text says Funding opportunity: Host a Plant Health Undergraduate Studentship, Apply by 10 March

Are you a researcher looking to help the next generation of plant scientists gain valuable experience? Then consider applying to host a Plant Health Undergraduate Studentship this summer!

πŸ“†Apply by Tues 10 March

Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health...

#PlantHealth

03.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

A tour de force!

04.02.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Free sharing link here for those who lack access authors.elsevier.com/a/1mYLe3QW8S...

02.02.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Evolution and development: What makes a merry stem? From tiny mosses to giant redwoods, around 450,000 species of land plants show a huge variety of forms, yet all land plants develop from stem cells in proliferative meristems. What makes a meristem? T...

It was good to catch up on my reading for this dispatch in Current Biology. Sjoerd Woudenberg in the Weijers lab, Wallner et al. In the Dolan lab and Flores Sandoval et al. In the Bowman lab have done a great job! Evolution and development: What makes a merry stem?: www.cell.com/current-biol...

02.02.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything ok?

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A great hire!

09.01.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Efficient CRISPR-Cas genome editing in brown algae Brown algae, a key yet understudied lineage of multicellular eukaryotes, have long lacked tools for functional genomics. Martinho et al. introduce a high-efficiency, transgene-free CRISPR platform ena...

Love this really cool method for gene editing briwn algae- greens or lycophytes next? www.cell.com/cell-reports...

06.01.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (NERC) | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol Find out about the Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership, a multidisciplinary training environment for postgraduate students in NERC sciences.

Thursday is the last chance to apply for a NERC GW4 funded PhD to work with me and James Clark at Bath on roles for WOX genes in the evolution of plant life histories. The project builds on prior work showing a divergence in function after duplication in mosses. www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...

05.01.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🧬 Fancy a fully funded PhD at the cutting edge of parasitology? 🦠✨
We’re recruiting outstanding students to join an exciting 4-year, fully funded PhD programme in Molecular & Cellular Parasitology – home & international students welcome 🌍

04.01.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Best wishes for your mat leave Maddy.

02.01.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU!πŸŽ„βœ¨

19.12.2025 18:08 πŸ‘ 339 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 14

Huge congratulations Gwyneth!

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Phylogeny, chromosomal mapping and expression analyses of wheat CLAVATA pathway components suggest differential selection on receptor‐like kinases, CLEs and T3 WOXes The Arabidopsis CLAVATA pathway regulates shoot apex and fruit size, and disrupting CLAVATA function has led to yield improvement in crops. Despite its central position in agriculture, the potential ...

Happy to share my lab’s first venture into the world of wheat from an enjoyable collaboration with Chris Burt at RAGT Seeds and Keith Edwards. My team members Katie Jeal and Sophie Carpenter did a terrific job of the bioinformatics and starting the lab work. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

12.12.2025 11:45 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
UBC

Friends, I hardly ever get to post this…

Bryophyte faculty job!!!

botany.ubc.ca/job-postings...

12.12.2025 02:58 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fabulous opportunity for early career folk, great place, great colleagues and a salary bump!

11.12.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Making Better Rice: The quest to feed the world by hacking plant evolution
Making Better Rice: The quest to feed the world by hacking plant evolution YouTube video by University of Oxford

Led by Professor Jane Langdale @biology.ox.ac.uk, the C4 Rice Project builds on decades of interdisciplinary research working to ensure global food security.

Discover the incredible story of the multi-decade battle to make better rice ⬇️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3RY0vxzFpg

05.12.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I am grateful it has Dominique in it πŸ’•

05.12.2025 08:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very proud of my PhD alumnus George Greiff for passing his viva and submitting his corrections last week. Not to mention all the other things, a new job at the Cardiff Museum, paper submission and a new house all in the last few weeks! Huge congrats and loved the celebrations πŸ₯³πŸ˜.

01.12.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. πŸͺ΄ πŸ₯¬ πŸ”§ 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community!

www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

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