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jmb, phd @jmbrkphd.bsky.social · 1h

We're hiring! Please spread the word. We have an opening for an Assistant Professor in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research. See ad for details – and apply to join us here in Athens, GA! 🪴 #PlantBiology #SyntheticBiology #PlantScience #AcademicJobs #UGA

Faculty job ad for a position in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia.

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Daniel Ibrahim @danielibrahim.bsky.social · 4h

What is a promoter? And how does it work?

We very happy to share our latest work trying to understand enhancer-promoter compatibility.
I am very excited about the results of @blanka-majchrzycka.bsky.social, which changed the way I think about promoters

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

Enhancer-promoter compatibility is mediated by the promoter-proximal region

Gene promoters induce transcription in response to distal enhancers. How enhancers specifically activate their target promoter while bypassing other promoters remains unclear. Here, we find that the p...

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations to @jeffgroh.bsky.social on the publication of his paper on an ancient balanced polymorphisms controlling heterodichogamy in two genera of wingnuts. The paper shows the putative turnover & reversal of dominance of a mating type polymorphism
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Distinct haplotypes and reversed dominance at a single-gene balanced polymorphism controlling heterodichogamy in two genera of wingnuts

In the angiosperm mating system of heterodichogamy, two hermaphroditic morphs temporally alternate between male and female flowering phases, promoting…

www.sciencedirect.com

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 7h

Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 35.

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Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 34.

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 1d

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 1d

Just add water: A simple floral bud injection method for stable Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in two ecotypes of #Mimulus guttatus

New in #AppsPlantSci by @lestanley.bsky.social & @davidlowry.bsky.social

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #Agrobacterium #plantscience

A coastal perennial Mimulus guttatus plant overexpressing an anthocyanin MYB gene. The leaves and buds, normally green, are a deep purple, and the flower, normally yellow, is a bright red-orange

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Ryo Yamaguchi @r-yamaguchi.bsky.social · 1d

New review out! With students in my lab, we explore how population size shapes speciation—from drift in small populations to selection in large ones. Do small or large populations speciate faster? The answer is more nuanced than you might think.
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Speciation Through the Lens of Population Dynamics: A Theoretical Primer on How Small and Large Populations Diverge

Population size and dynamics fundamentally shape speciation by influencing genetic drift, founder events, and adaptive potential. Small populations may speciate rapidly due to stronger drift, whereas...

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 33.

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William Curtis @william-curtis.harpo.nl · 2d

Your daily dose of botanical drawings from the Botanical Magazine.

Orange monkey flower (Mimulus aurantiacus)
Plate 354 in volume 10, 1796.

#magazine #artist #plants #curtis #botany

Plate 354: Orange monkey flower (Mimulus aurantiacus)

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 13d

🚨FOUR tenure track positions in my dept @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social in applied & computational geophysics, subsurface geochemistry, sedimentary geology, and sustainable soil science. careers.ucalgary.ca/search/jobs?...

(please reskeet widely!) #academicsky 🧪⚒️🇨🇦

Opportunities matching 'earth'

Search 4 Careers available at University of Calgary.

careers.ucalgary.ca

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 3d

Excited by this breakthrough work led by Dr. Lauren Stanley (now Assistant Professor at Central Michigan University). Lauren was able to develop for the first time floral dip/spray transformation methods in the yellow monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus). bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Just add water: A simple floral bud injection method for stable Agrobacterium‐mediated transformation in two ecotypes of Mimulus guttatus

Premise Stable transformation is the biggest barrier to studying gene function in plants. In most species, transformation requires tissue culture and regeneration methods that may be arduous and cau...

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 3d

This basic scientific research was only possible because the US National Science Foundation, which provided fellowship funding and grant funding to Lauren and myself. Thanks NSF! We are thinking about all of you working there, as well as those who have supported us over the years and have moved on.

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 3d

Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 32.

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Christy Schnitzler @christyschnitz.bsky.social · 17d

Now Hiring! Whitney Laboratory Assistant/Associate Professor in Marine Bioscience
Apply & More Info - explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We seek a creative, collaborative scientist whose research harnesses or advances cutting-edge tools. Please help spread the word & reach out with any questions!

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 3d

She also developed a novel floral injection method for genotypes that did not transform with the dip/spray method. This will greatly speed up molecular analyses and synthetic biology in this model system for ecology and evolutionary research.

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 3d

Excited by this breakthrough work led by Dr. Lauren Stanley (now Assistant Professor at Central Michigan University). Lauren was able to develop for the first time floral dip/spray transformation methods in the yellow monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus). bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Just add water: A simple floral bud injection method for stable Agrobacterium‐mediated transformation in two ecotypes of Mimulus guttatus

Premise Stable transformation is the biggest barrier to studying gene function in plants. In most species, transformation requires tissue culture and regeneration methods that may be arduous and cau...

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 4d

I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Poster with QR code linking to the position

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 4d

Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 31.

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 4d

Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 30.

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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 5d

I'm the incoming SSE president and am behind this idea -- if you're interested in putting together an app and have questions, pls reach out!

Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 7d

Now accepting proposals for new Research Synthesis Working Groups! Each funded group will present a symposium at the Evolution meeting, collaborate on a publication, and establish a lasting research network. Submit your proposal by January 6: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Call for Proposals: Research Synthesis Working Groups. Deadline: January 6.

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Mike Grillo @mikegrillo.bsky.social · 6d

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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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 6d

Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 29.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 7d

PEQG website live! genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/

Homepage - 2026 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference

Visit our website to learn more.

genetics-gsa.org

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Kim Rosvall @rosvall-lab.bsky.social · 7d

Pumped to share our work on bird behavior and the 2024 Eclipse, in today's @science.org. 100k bird vocalizations + 10k continent-wide observations from the public = really fun collab led by Liz Aguilar, with @juncowren.bsky.social @mathcancer.bsky.social @imillercrews.bsky.social #NSF

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