Liat Adler
@noodlyscientist.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Burlacot lab at Carnegie Science
Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellow
Interested in all things photosynthetic 🧪💚
Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellow
Interested in all things photosynthetic 🧪💚
New pre-print! ➡️ LCI9 is required for normal pyrenoid starch sheath formation and efficiency of the CO2-concentrating mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Featuring the wildest looking starch granules you've ever seen!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Featuring the wildest looking starch granules you've ever seen!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New pre-print! ➡️ LCI9 is required for normal pyrenoid starch sheath formation and efficiency of the CO2-concentrating mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Featuring the wildest looking starch granules you've ever seen!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Featuring the wildest looking starch granules you've ever seen!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
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University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
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November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
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Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? We have a project on cereal leaf genetics and evolution available through The EastBio competitive fellowship. Find out more here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Apply by 15th December #plantsci #cereals #crops #genetics #development #evolution #PhD
EASTBIO: Defining the genetic toolkit that underpins cereal leaf development and evolution at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO: Defining the genetic toolkit that underpins cereal leaf development and evolution at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? We have a project on cereal leaf genetics and evolution available through The EastBio competitive fellowship. Find out more here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Apply by 15th December #plantsci #cereals #crops #genetics #development #evolution #PhD
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Interested in doing a postdoc on fundamental problems in plant biology? Apply for our Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology. Due 12/4/25: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/10/13/applications-for-simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology-now-open/ #biology #lifesciences
Applications for Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Now Open
Applications for Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Now Open on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Interested in doing a postdoc on fundamental problems in plant biology? Apply for our Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology. Due 12/4/25: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/10/13/applications-for-simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology-now-open/ #biology #lifesciences
More images from @pacifiplankton.bsky.social this time of hornwort spores! These start off as a tetrad and break apart. Thinking these belong to Paraphymatoceros pearsonii, also growing on the Stanford campus. @diatomsattack.bsky.social @sfmicrosociety.org
October 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
More images from @pacifiplankton.bsky.social this time of hornwort spores! These start off as a tetrad and break apart. Thinking these belong to Paraphymatoceros pearsonii, also growing on the Stanford campus. @diatomsattack.bsky.social @sfmicrosociety.org
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Large-scale #hornwort plastomes unlock RNA editing, new species, and diversification history.
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Xu et al.
@WileyPlantSci
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Xu et al.
@WileyPlantSci
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Large-scale #hornwort plastomes unlock RNA editing, new species, and diversification history.
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Xu et al.
@WileyPlantSci
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Xu et al.
@WileyPlantSci
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#Proteomic analysis of the #pyrenoid‐traversing membranes of #Chlamydomonas #reinhardtii reveals novel components
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Franklin et al.
@mjonikas.bsky.social @ericfranklin.bsky.social @WileyPlantSci
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Franklin et al.
@mjonikas.bsky.social @ericfranklin.bsky.social @WileyPlantSci
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
#Proteomic analysis of the #pyrenoid‐traversing membranes of #Chlamydomonas #reinhardtii reveals novel components
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Franklin et al.
@mjonikas.bsky.social @ericfranklin.bsky.social @WileyPlantSci
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Franklin et al.
@mjonikas.bsky.social @ericfranklin.bsky.social @WileyPlantSci
Check out these awesome scanning electron microscopy images of some bottle liverwort (Sphaerocarpos cristatus) spores that I collected on Stanford campus! Taken by @pacifiplankton.bsky.social 🤩 in the lab of @diatomsattack.bsky.social. Thanks so much! @sfmicrosociety.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Check out these awesome scanning electron microscopy images of some bottle liverwort (Sphaerocarpos cristatus) spores that I collected on Stanford campus! Taken by @pacifiplankton.bsky.social 🤩 in the lab of @diatomsattack.bsky.social. Thanks so much! @sfmicrosociety.org
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October 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
this is a lichen appreciation post
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Convergence, stability, and thermal adaptation in the rubisco enzyme in plants
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Convergence, stability, and thermal adaptation in the rubisco enzyme in plants
Enzymes are thought to be tuned to perform similarly in different thermal regimes. Whether the photosynthetic enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) follows similar rules, es...
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October 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Convergence, stability, and thermal adaptation in the rubisco enzyme in plants
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Algal pyrenoids—condensates that mediate ~1/3 of Earth’s CO2 fixation—change size and number as cells divide. Our data suggest a simple control mechanism: a kinase that continuously ejects material from the condensate! ☀️🌍🔬💧 #Biophysics #Photosynthesis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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October 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Algal pyrenoids—condensates that mediate ~1/3 of Earth’s CO2 fixation—change size and number as cells divide. Our data suggest a simple control mechanism: a kinase that continuously ejects material from the condensate! ☀️🌍🔬💧 #Biophysics #Photosynthesis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We really enjoyed putting together this Darwin Review for JXB. Fun to think about how carboxysomes work and why plants don't have them.
@jxbotany.bsky.social
Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
@jxbotany.bsky.social
Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
The Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes
Abstract. Since their discovery as rubisco-containing compartments more than 50 years ago, significant breakthroughs have advanced our understanding of car
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September 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We really enjoyed putting together this Darwin Review for JXB. Fun to think about how carboxysomes work and why plants don't have them.
@jxbotany.bsky.social
Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
@jxbotany.bsky.social
Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
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I was deeply saddened today to learn of the passing of Steve Long. He was a pioneer and an inspiration to so many of us. Find his obituary here: www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Ste...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I was deeply saddened today to learn of the passing of Steve Long. He was a pioneer and an inspiration to so many of us. Find his obituary here: www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Ste...
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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
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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August 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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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
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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Fantastic studies presented by young scientists today: @noodlyscientist.bsky.social, @aliciakmichael.bsky.social, @sramundo.bsky.social, @florentwaltz.bsky.social.
Beautifully orchestrated by @cellarchlab.com
What a treat here in Münster @uni-muenster.de!
Beautifully orchestrated by @cellarchlab.com
What a treat here in Münster @uni-muenster.de!
August 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Fantastic studies presented by young scientists today: @noodlyscientist.bsky.social, @aliciakmichael.bsky.social, @sramundo.bsky.social, @florentwaltz.bsky.social.
Beautifully orchestrated by @cellarchlab.com
What a treat here in Münster @uni-muenster.de!
Beautifully orchestrated by @cellarchlab.com
What a treat here in Münster @uni-muenster.de!
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📢 To all molecular mossers 📢
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
August 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📢 To all molecular mossers 📢
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
Come join our lab for a super exciting project!
🚨 We’re hiring! The Burlacot Lab @carnegiescience.bsky.social is recruiting a Postdoc to study how photosynthetic electron flows power CO₂ fixation in algae 🌱🧫
Cutting-edge microscopy + biophysics + sustainability 🚀
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/171656
Cutting-edge microscopy + biophysics + sustainability 🚀
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/171656
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August 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Come join our lab for a super exciting project!
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It's publication day for Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World!
Immerse yourself in the miniature world of these fascinating plants, delve into their evolutionary past and look ahead to what might be in store for their future.
More details at: shorturl.at/Zmtfe
Immerse yourself in the miniature world of these fascinating plants, delve into their evolutionary past and look ahead to what might be in store for their future.
More details at: shorturl.at/Zmtfe
August 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It's publication day for Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World!
Immerse yourself in the miniature world of these fascinating plants, delve into their evolutionary past and look ahead to what might be in store for their future.
More details at: shorturl.at/Zmtfe
Immerse yourself in the miniature world of these fascinating plants, delve into their evolutionary past and look ahead to what might be in store for their future.
More details at: shorturl.at/Zmtfe
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My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here:
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...
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July 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here:
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...
Had the opportunity to make this short video about my current work at @stanfordenergy.bsky.social & @aburlacot.bsky.social, @carnegiescience.bsky.social! Applications for the Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship are now open- I can't recommend it enough! energypostdoc.stanford.edu/selection-fe...
Liat Adler | Stanford Energy Fellow – Algal Biofuels
YouTube video by Stanford ENERGY
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August 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Had the opportunity to make this short video about my current work at @stanfordenergy.bsky.social & @aburlacot.bsky.social, @carnegiescience.bsky.social! Applications for the Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship are now open- I can't recommend it enough! energypostdoc.stanford.edu/selection-fe...
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Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Early Land Plant Evolution – Phylogenetics, Paleobotany, and Evo-devo Physiology. Submission Deadline: 03/2026. academic.oup.com/plphys/pages...
#plantscience
#plantscience
July 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Early Land Plant Evolution – Phylogenetics, Paleobotany, and Evo-devo Physiology. Submission Deadline: 03/2026. academic.oup.com/plphys/pages...
#plantscience
#plantscience
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Really pleased to see Josh's amazing work on using electrochemistry to answer biological questions published in @jacs.acspublications.org!
Our latest paper is out now in @jacs.acspublications.org . In this study we tried to push the limits of #electrochemistry beyond proteins, to studying entire pathways of biological electron transfer ⚡️🦠. Here's a summary 🧵 (1/10)
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Dissecting Bioelectrical Networks in Photosynthetic Membranes with Electrochemistry
Photosynthetic membranes contain complex networks of redox proteins and molecules, which direct electrons along various energy-to-chemical interconversion reactions important for sustaining life on Ea...
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July 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Really pleased to see Josh's amazing work on using electrochemistry to answer biological questions published in @jacs.acspublications.org!
An off switch for the Chlamy CO2-concentrating mechanism!
A nuclear CobW/WW-domain factor represses the CO2-concentrating mechanism in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Microalgae induce a CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM) to maintain photosynthesis when dissolved CO2 is limited, but how this energy-intensive system is suppressed when CO2 levels rise has remained unc...
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July 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
An off switch for the Chlamy CO2-concentrating mechanism!
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GROUP LEADER VACANCY
JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.
If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.
If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.
www.jic.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
GROUP LEADER VACANCY
JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.
If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.
If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
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First contact with greater gravity: Moss plants adapted via enhanced photosynthesis mediated by AP2/ERF transcription factors | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
First contact with greater gravity: Moss plants adapted via enhanced photosynthesis mediated by AP2/ERF transcription factors
Mosses adapt to greater gravity via enhanced photosynthesis mediated by AP2/ERF transcription factors.
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July 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
First contact with greater gravity: Moss plants adapted via enhanced photosynthesis mediated by AP2/ERF transcription factors | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...