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Alexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 2h

Remember this paper "Low overlap
of transcription factor DNA binding and regulatory targets" ? (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)

well, well, well 🍿

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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

On the overlap of transcription factor binding and regulatory targets: functional and regulatory coherence of top-bound targets is masked by weakly bound ones

A recent study that systematically mapped genomic bindings and regulatory effects of transcription factors (TFs) reported a surprisingly low overlap between TF binding and regulatory targets in Saccha...

www.biorxiv.org

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 1h

Happy to chat if interested. #PlantSciences

Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 1h

PD fellowship opportunity! New project ideas on medicinal plant engineering, cell type specific response to elicitation of biosynthesis, and epigenome/cloning evolution of long term cultured plant cells in the context of chemical production. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Email me!

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 1h

PD fellowship opportunity! New project ideas on medicinal plant engineering, cell type specific response to elicitation of biosynthesis, and epigenome/cloning evolution of long term cultured plant cells in the context of chemical production. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Email me!

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 23h

If you're on the job market and are working in any area of Plant Molecular Biology, check this out. We have a very strong group: Jeff Dangl, Joe Kieber, Greg Copenhaver, Jason Reed, Zack Nimchuk, and an incoming new assistant professor starting in January
bio.unc.edu/people/facul...

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah so important yet so under-funded.

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Joachim Frank @joachim123.bsky.social · 22h

My OpEd piece in US News & World Report, about not wanting my life to be book-ended by two fascist regimes and about the state of higher education in this country,

www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

has now been republished in German translation by JOSHA:

josha-journal.org/en/categorie...

www.usnews.com

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Ana Fiszbein @anafiszbein.bsky.social · 3d

Thrilled to share our work on transcription initiation and termination being spatially coordinated out today in Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

mRNA initiation and termination are spatially coordinated

Transcriptional initiation and termination decisions drive messenger RNA (mRNA) isoform diversity but the relationship between them remains poorly understood. By systematically profiling joint usage o...

www.science.org

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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 1d

New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group ⁦‪at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!

Understanding Host Compatibility in the Marchantia-Phytophthora System (CARELLA_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

The fossil record demonstrates that filamentous microbes invaded ancient plant cells with intracellular hyphal structures over 450 million years ago. To this day, a rich diversity of extant land plant...

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk

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Rob Patro @robp.bsky.social · 4d

Hi bioinformatics, genomics and CS friends! Please help me spread the word. I'm hiring a postdoc! Come work on cutting edge method development in algorithmic genomics with me and my group at @umdscience.bsky.social! 🖥️🧬

Rob Patro @robp.bsky.social · 5d

And it's posted! If you're interested and eligible, please consider applying through the UMD portal: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j....

If you're a PI working in algorithmic genomics (& you can recommend my lab to your top graduating students ;P), please let them know!

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Joao Pereira @jdpereira.bsky.social · 2d

Any idea what this is? I’m kind of worried that the babies will grab them thinking they are blueberries.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

“U.S. wine exports to Canada dropped 96% in the second quarter—from nearly $111 million last year to under $4 million this year—and the U.S. wine trade surplus with Canada has flipped to a deficit for the first time ever.”

California’s Wine Industry Is in Crisis

Changing drinking habits, falling prices, tariffs and the weather are forcing winemakers to do the unthinkable: rip up the vines.

www.wsj.com

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 2d

Last night I had a dream about looking at whole plasmid sequencing results and saw a transposon landed in my plasmid and had to rebuild the plasmid

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 3d

Stella Sacco
@antlervel.vet
It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"
April 23, 2024 at 1:28 AM © Everybody can reply
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Henryk Straube @hstraube.bsky.social · 2d

🌿 Postdoc in Algae Biochemistry – University of Copenhagen

Join the Algae Biochemistry Group to explore molecular biology, synthetic biology & metabolomics in eukaryotic microalgae.

📅 Apply by 1 Nov 2025

🔗 employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=164971

#Postdoc #Algae #Biochemistry #SyntheticBiology

Postdoc in Algae biochemistry

employment.ku.dk

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 4d

The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders

- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology

Deadline 27 Nov

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Early career group leaders

We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.

www.crick.ac.uk

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bioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 3d

Hybrids reveal accessible chromatin trans genetic associations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.09.681407v1

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 3d

There are a lot more stuff to take care of as a PI, but the income is also a lot higher, so I am not complaining.

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 3d

Guarding the tree

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でんか @k-hermit.com · 4d

海のちいさな生き物シールを発注しました
来週の「いきもにあ」で販売します🫧

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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 3d

Begging scientists (and media posts about science) to stop using ChatGPT-generated images

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Satyros Phil Brucato @satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social · 4d

Folks who think "cats are not loving" have never been loved by a cat.

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Francis M. Martin @fmartin54.bsky.social · 3d

In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently

www.science.org/content/arti...

In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently

Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin

www.science.org

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Mike Grillo @mikegrillo.bsky.social · 3d

I am hiring a postdoc to examine the genomic and evolutionary basis of plant microbiome variation in legumes. There are opportunities to gain teaching experience. Chicago is a great city to live in! Please help spread the word.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Evolutionary Genomics

The postdoctoral researcher will work in Dr. Michael Grillo’s plant evolutionary genetics lab. The goal of this research project is to understand the genomic basis of plant-microbiome variation in leg...

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 3d

I am sure university admin understands game theory and prisoners dilemma. If no one accepts the deal, no one has advantage or disadvantage relative to others.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3d

This is what courage in the face of authoritarianism looks like. No university should take Trump's bribe & surrender their integrity — bending the knee to a bully only feeds the beast & puts ALL our rights at risk.

Others should follows MIT’s example ASAP.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Pallavi Singh Lab @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social · 4d

We are excited to welcome Ella Whiteley, our new Master's student, to the Singh Lab! 🌱 Ella will be joining us to explore aquaporins and water transport to improve water-use efficiency in rice🌾
#PlantScience

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