Congratulations Charlotte!

I enjoyed thinking about some of the people who have been important to me at different points of my academic journey for this Q & A in Current Biology. I hope some of you enjoy it too! authors.elsevier.com/a/1muUD3QW8S...

I'll focus on
What is needed to build a fulfilling career in academia
How to navigate the current job market
What constitutes a “successful” academic application package from a search committee’s perspective
Strategies for balancing research program success with teaching and service expectations

How are you getting on?

1 year technician position in the Roeder lab on how sepal morphogenesis is robust to environmental perturbations. Great position for a postbac. jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...

This looks fab!

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:

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#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceUK #outdoorclassroom

Look forward to reading that!

Thanks for sharing this sad news Liz. He was very inclusive towards me when I started working with moss, and this is big loss for the moss community.

Congrats Fay Wei 💕

Are you Head now Yoselin? Way to go!

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...

Ha ha!

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…

📣 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. 🧬

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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!

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...

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...

For 10 min 😂!

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!

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...

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!

📆Apply by Tues 10 March

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

#PlantHealth

A tour de force!

Free sharing link here for those who lack access authors.elsevier.com/a/1mYLe3QW8S...

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...

Everything ok?

A great hire!

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...

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...

🧬 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 🌍

Best wishes for your mat leave Maddy.