Don’t forget the basic research that made it all possible. Ozempuc originally comes from discoveries from Gila monster venom.
Let’s stop the attacks on basic research, and enable the discoveries of the future. SamForNJ.org
As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us ALL safe and healthy
🚨Happening Tomorrow 🚨
Plant Science Postdocs, Senior Grad Students, and ECRs: don't forget to join us next TOMORROW, Tuesday, April 14th from 2-3 pm PT / 4-5 pm CT / 5-6 pm ET for our @plantpostdocs.bsky.social webinar "What's new with NSF?" 🌾 🧪 🌱
Registration: tinyurl.com/PlantPostdocsApril14
I am hiring a new postdoc to work on an ecosystem modeling project with colleagues in hydrology, computer science, and the social sciences, including @mojisadegh.bsky.social
If you want to do impactful work to understand the forest-water relationship, apply:
www.hurteaulab.org/blog/ecosyst...
Bubbles (2019)
Plants know when to let go.
Special Issue announcement for Annals of Botany titled “C4 60 – From Kranz to Crops: Celebrating 60 Years of C4 Discovery and Innovation.” AoB editor Rowan Sage and guest editors Marjorie Lundgren, Robert Sharwood, and Luke Dunning are listed. Submission deadline: November 1, 2026. Background features a colorful microscopic image of plant tissue.
🍃 Join @annbot.bsky.social Special Issue celebrating 60 years of discovery in C4 photosynthesis, edited by Rowan Sage & guest editors Marj Lundgren, Robert Sharwood & Luke Dunning. (1/4)
@marjorielundgren.bsky.social
@luketdunning.bsky.social
#C4Photosynthesis #PlantScience #CropScience
"Postdoctoral and Ph.D. Positions, Plant Molecular Cell Biology at Louisiana State University, Wang Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States"
Read more here: arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view
#PlantSciJobs
This is nothing less than a breakthrough. What a phantastic paper. So happy to see it out after five years.
The influence of electrical charge on plasmodesma conductivity | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thanks! I will just order some!
Bumping this and flagging some corny folks - anyone know the best place for PH207 seeds (and if there are RILs or NILs)?
@jefowlerjr.bsky.social @jrossibarra.bsky.social @carolynplants.bsky.social @maizegdb.bsky.social @maizezynskihi.bsky.social
Exciting news to share today!
My grad student @ohazel.bsky.social Olivia received Linda Matsuuchi award! 🎉🍀🔬
She is the only grad student within the entire Faculty of Science from UBC @science.ubc.ca @ubcbotany.bsky.social received the award this year!
www.ashraflab.com/mentees-succ...
Okay maize folks- does anyone know if there are genetic resources for PH207 - specifically RIL or NIL lines? (And is GRIN the best place to get the PH207 parental line?)
Here is a graph with dollar amounts of funding committed.
The curves look very similar to those based on the number of awards.
This is a hill I will absolutely die on.
“We can’t stop heatwaves or snow storms,” said UBC botanist Dr. Arif Ashraf. “So we’re pinpointing genes that can help the plants recover from these events and still produce in time for harvest.” @ubcbotany.bsky.social @aribidopsis.bsky.social
science.ubc.ca/news/2026-03...
Our Review "Development, Anatomy and Integrated Function of Grass Leaf Veins and Graminoid Stomata" is out doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Alec Baird and I discuss the development and function of the anatomical structures that regulate water supply (leaf veins) and water demand (stomata) in the grass leaf.
Phylogeny of the 284 species of plants included in Conservatory data set. Conservatory uncovered ~2.3 million conserved non-coding DNA sequences across 284 plant species from 72 families including eudicots, monocots, gymnosperms, and algae. Illustrations by Professor Madelaine Bartlett.
Hiding in plain sight! 2.3M conserved non-coding sequences traced back 300M years across 284 plant species
Ground-breaking study out in First Release @science.org from labs of @madelaineb.bsky.social, @idane.bsky.social & Zach Lippman
▶️ doi.org/10.1126/scie...
▶️ www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/hiding-...
Except for when that 90 min meeting could have been an email.
“A program with a 0.5% success rate is not elite. It’s wasteful. Thousands of highly trained scientists will sink dozens of hours into writing proposals with vanishing odds of success. This is not just inefficient — it’s disrespectful of scientific labour.” Very well said @kamounlab.bsky.social!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I am pleased to share this paper. A beautiful and useful collaboration between a group of researchers and lecturers who care about plant Science education.
Thank you to all that contributed!
Check it out! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
PS. If you think, gosh, I applied to UMass already - did I mention we have 4 open plant positions? Please apply to all you are qualified for; they're different committees!
Three are still open:
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Come work with us!!
We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
Hey plant developmental biologists! Want to do great science with a great guy in a great place? @oconnord.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc to join his lab at Colorado State:
oconnorlab.colostate.edu/wp-content/u...
#devbio #plantscience #botany #bioimaging #microscopy
Brilliant use of gfp-tagged transposons & automated scoring of kernels, combined with differential style-lengths along maize ear, to screen for genes underlying pollen competition in maize. Diana gave a banger of a presentation on this in #Zeavolution this morning. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks for letting me speak, and to John for inviting me! Sanzhen was a great host. I really loved the questions and how engaged the audience was.
My department is hiring a herbarium manager: www.schooljobs.com/careers/uvu/...
It's a great place to work with a close knit botany group 🙂
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
That sort of bleaching seems weird for temperature. It almost reads more like herbicide exposure to me?
For no reason at all, my brain has started parsing "Bluesky" as "Blues-key".
I kinda like it.
