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Eva Stukenbrock @estukenbrock.bsky.social · 12h

Professorship in plant genetics.
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University is advertising a W2 professorship. Great opportunity to do plant research in the north of Germany. See:
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...

www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de

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Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 1d

new preprint from our group & Antoine Hocher: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A fantastic collaboration with Antoine, with Jovana Kaljevic' initiated the collaboration and drives the project.

Versatile NTP recognition and domain fusions expand the functional repertoire of the ParB-CTPase fold beyond chromosome segregation

Nucleotide triphosphate (NTP)-dependent molecular switches regulate essential cellular processes by cycling between active and inactive states through nucleotide binding and hydrolysis. These mechanis...

www.biorxiv.org

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Henryk Straube @hstraube.bsky.social · 1d

🌿 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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Henryk Straube @hstraube.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations Gerrich!

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 3d

Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.

How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?

scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...

Statistics in the era of AI

How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?

scienceforeveryone.science

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Lucas Farnung @lucas.farnunglab.com · 13d

New week, new tool: Find our Protein Domain Designer tool to generate publication-ready protein domain diagrams here: domaindesigner.farnunglab.com

Protein Domain Designer tool for the generation of publication-ready protein domain diagrams

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 7d

Our new short article is online at Plant Biotech J (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)!

"Single Cell Multi-Omics Reveals Rare Biosynthetic Cell Types in the Medicinal Tree Camptotheca acuminata"

Product of an NSF-EAGER award that I was co-PI from 2023-2025 (www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...).

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Maite Colinas @maitecolinas.bsky.social · 9d

Very exciting to finally see our iridoid cyclase ICYC online @natplants.nature.com!
A joined effort with Robin Buell’s lab with Josh Wood generating snRNA-seq, and my student Chloée Tymen performing the initial experiment.
#natprod
#PlantScience
@mpi-ce.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Discovery of iridoid cyclase completes the iridoid pathway in asterids - Nature Plants

Iridoids are terpenoid metabolites found in thousands of plants. Using single-cell transcriptomics, the authors discovered an unexpected enzyme that has been neofunctionalized to catalyse the cyclization required to form the iridoid scaffold.

www.nature.com

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Gerrich @gerrich.bsky.social · 9d

'hey mela' is the first vegan pregnancy test in the world. Now available in Germany.

What could be vegan about it?

These tests are based on antibodies that are usually farmed from small rodents kept in cages, infected with hybridoma cells.

This test is based on AB expressed from algae!! 🧪

In my left hand I am holding the package of the 'hey mela' pregnancy test. The first vegan pregnancy test in the world. Now available in Germany.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11d

Today is our first day without federal funding. Our commitment to providing trusted, objective journalism hasn't wavered.

For 50 years, PBS News has helped you understand the world and make informed decisions. This mission drives our work every day, and your support of PBS News makes it possible.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 16d

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob

W2-Professorship: Plant Genetics

@uni-kiel.de

Deadline: 19 October 2025
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

Job Openings

www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 18d

I love an elegant paper that addresses an old question: what happens (to translation and gene expression) when glucose is removed from cells? Really nice work from the one and only David Tollervey.

www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

Rapid remodeling of NTP levels enables immediate translational adaptation to energy stress in yeast

Bexley et al. report that rapid metabolic shifts mediate immediate, protective changes in RNA metabolism following energy depletion. In yeast, protein production is regulated by tuning enzymatic const...

www.cell.com

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Dan Kliebenstein @spicybotrytis.bsky.social · 18d

Fun review of Arabidopsis anti-pathogen metabolism with @somssich.bsky.social and @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social.

Started to make a complete catalogue and had to focus. Even with all this knowledge, we still haven't studied most Arabidopsis enzymes or metabolites doi.org/10.1093/plph...

Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal

Arabidopsis remains one of the best studied models today and has a number of remarkable chemical defense systems which actively engage, interact and preven

doi.org

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 25d

"Science is a set of rules to keep us from telling lies to each other. All scientists really have is a reputation for telling the truth."

-Isaac Asimov

faded out version of trees in a row on the left with one singular tree on the right and a canal in the middle.

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 25d

A plant-centric investigation of Class B Flavin-dependent Monooxygenase evolution and structural diversity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676513v1

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Akrotelm 🌾 @akrotelm.bsky.social · 28d

1. Durch Schleppnetzfischerei 🐟 sind in der #Nordsee die Austernbänke praktisch vollständig zerstört worden.
Der Profit: privatisiert 💰

2. Die Austernbänke waren aber wichtig für den Küstenschutz.
Daher jetzt: Versuch der Wiederansiedlung der Auster.
Die Kosten: tragen wir alle. 💸

Küstenschutz in der Nordsee - Die Rückkehr der Auster

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · Sep 11

Professorship Plant Genetics. Kiel, Germany. #plantscijobs #plantscijob
www.academics.de/jobs/w-2-pro...

W 2-Professur für Pflanzengenetik - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) bietet Stelle als W 2-Professur für Pflanzengenetik in Kiel - jetzt bewerben!

www.academics.de

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · Sep 11

Professorship Plant Genetics. Würzburg, Germany.
#plantscijobs #plantscijob
www.academics.de/jobs/univers...

Universitätsprofessorin / Universitätsprofessor (m/w/d) für Pflanzengenetik (W3) - Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg bietet Stelle als Universitätsprofessorin / Universitätsprofessor (m/w/d) für Pflanzengenetik (W3) in Würzburg - jetzt bewerben!

www.academics.de

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 A Junior Professorship (W1, tenure track) is open at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology at Uni Tübingen (@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social) — to work on plant protein biochemistry (composition, structure, dynamics, or regulation of protein complexes). 🌱 Great opportunity — Apply by Oct 17th!

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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · Sep 7

Parts of the “organic” “bio” movement is deeply linked with Nazi Germany. Brands like Weleda/Demeter participated in horrific experiments on humans in concentration camps.

Oliver Rautenberg | Vermeintlicher Experte @anthroblogger.bsky.social · Sep 6

Anthroposophie tötet.

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Naturkosmetikfirma Weleda laut Bericht in NS-Zeit eng mit SS verbunden

Eine Studie der Historikerin Anne Sudrow beschreibt Verstrickungen in Geschäfte mit den Nazis und Experimente mit Todesfolge an im KZ Dachau inhaftierten Menschen

www.derstandard.at

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Wolfgang Dröge-Laser @wdl1.bsky.social · Sep 7

Please retweet: Julius-von-Sachs Institute, University of Würzburg is hiring: Prof. For Plant Genetics, Chair Botany III. Please apply until Oct 13th

www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/ueber-die-fa...
#plantscience

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are deeply saddened by the news that Andrew D. Hanson (@adhansonlab.bsky.social) is no longer with us. He was an exceptional scientist, mentor, and leader in multiple fields. He constantly reminded us that over-promising would backfire. Rest in peace, Andrew.

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SattelyLab @sattelylab.bsky.social · Sep 2

Beautiful work by Yaereen and former lab member Kevin! Learn more about the anti-cancer compound homoharringtonine and its'biosynthesis in plants here 🌿https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672243v1

Discovery of homoharringtonine pathway enzymes reveals a whole plant model for coordinated biosynthesis

Plants have evolved to produce diverse molecules that inhibit protein translation. A lead example is homoharringtonine (HHT), both a key tool for ribosomal profiling and an FDA-approved treatment for ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Lars Østergaard @larsostergaard.bsky.social · Aug 25

👉 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Join us and be part of shaping the future of #plantscience at Oxford as we move to the new Life and Mind Building lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/home (recognised for its potential to change the World edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...) @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk

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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Aug 29

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

We just published the paper Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae) in Natural Products Reports.

Thanks to everyone involved! :)

Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae)

Covering: 2000 to 2025The Lamiaceae family, the sixth largest among angiosperms, is renowned for its rich diversity of terpenoids, many of which exhibit remarkable bioactivities, including anti-inflam...

pubs.rsc.org

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