Aman Husbands
@husbandslab.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Univ of Pennsylvania. Plant developmental biology, robustness, evolution, transcription factors, Bajan rum
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🪱 Selfish genes are everywhere and drive some of biology’s biggest innovations (CRISPR, antibody recombination, epigenetics). Yet almost no one asks the obvious question: how does a selfish gene begin? Our new manuscript uncovers how selfishness can emerge directly from the host genome.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🪱 Selfish genes are everywhere and drive some of biology’s biggest innovations (CRISPR, antibody recombination, epigenetics). Yet almost no one asks the obvious question: how does a selfish gene begin? Our new manuscript uncovers how selfishness can emerge directly from the host genome.
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Very happy to share that this paper is now online on @currentbiology.bsky.social !! 🥳🧪 Check out the final published verion here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
#mimuluspropaganda
#mimuluspropaganda
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Very happy to share that this paper is now online on @currentbiology.bsky.social !! 🥳🧪 Check out the final published verion here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
#mimuluspropaganda
#mimuluspropaganda
Beautiful work by Julie aka
November 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Beautiful work by Julie aka
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Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
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November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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Elevated CO2 drives epigenetic reprogramming andchromatin dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689512v1
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Elevated CO2 drives epigenetic reprogramming andchromatin dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689512v1
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It’s finally out! 🎉
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
An AINTEGUMENTA phosphoswitch controls bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth | PNAS
Plant stem cells have the remarkable ability to give rise to distinct tissues and
organs throughout development. Two concentric cylinders of active...
www.pnas.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It’s finally out! 🎉
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
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MicroRNA166-HD-ZIP III module impacts tuber shape, color and productivity in potato https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.685984v1
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
MicroRNA166-HD-ZIP III module impacts tuber shape, color and productivity in potato https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.685984v1
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CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
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Are you a postdoc or assistant professor on the job market? Reminder that our department is hiring! We are a scientifically diverse department looking for a colleague that is excited about science, teaching, and potential collaborations! Please apply by 12/5/25!
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Are you a postdoc or assistant professor on the job market? Reminder that our department is hiring! We are a scientifically diverse department looking for a colleague that is excited about science, teaching, and potential collaborations! Please apply by 12/5/25!
Good people!💪🏽
Check out our latest issue where we interview Cassandra Extavour, who studies the evolution of the genetic mechanisms employed during early animal embryogenesis to specify cell fate, development, and differentiation at Harvard University. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Q & A
Interview with Cassandra Extavour, who studies the evolution of the genetic mechanisms
employed during early animal embryogenesis to specify cell fate, development, and
differentiation at Harvard Univ...
www.cell.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Good people!💪🏽
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Come do a joint postdoc with me and @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social, splitting your time between Princeton and Columbia. Come design new activity-dependent labeling enzymes and transcriptional reporters optimized for application in the peripheral nervous system.
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Postdoctoral Scientist- Kim and Abdus-Saboor Lab
Primary Work Address: Dept of Molecular Biology, Princeton, NJ, 08544 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Kim Lab at Princeton University and Abdus-Saboor Lab at ...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Come do a joint postdoc with me and @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social, splitting your time between Princeton and Columbia. Come design new activity-dependent labeling enzymes and transcriptional reporters optimized for application in the peripheral nervous system.
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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📢 Our Dept. of Systems Biology at Columbia University has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the broad area of quantitative biology. Come join our awesome department in NYC! Please circulate.
apply.interfolio.com/177622
Suggested deadline: 12/15/2025.
@columbiasysbio.bsky.social
apply.interfolio.com/177622
Suggested deadline: 12/15/2025.
@columbiasysbio.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
📢 Our Dept. of Systems Biology at Columbia University has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the broad area of quantitative biology. Come join our awesome department in NYC! Please circulate.
apply.interfolio.com/177622
Suggested deadline: 12/15/2025.
@columbiasysbio.bsky.social
apply.interfolio.com/177622
Suggested deadline: 12/15/2025.
@columbiasysbio.bsky.social
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A really nice highlight of our recent PLOS Biology paper on leaf giant cells with Frances Clark, @gweissbart.bsky.social , Xihang Wang, and @pauformosa.bsky.social from @cornelluniversity.bsky.social news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Randomness reveals hidden order in the plant world | Cornell Chronicle
Findings from a recent study show how randomness and growth together create the striking cellular patterns that shape plant organs—and perhaps all multicellular life.
news.cornell.edu
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A really nice highlight of our recent PLOS Biology paper on leaf giant cells with Frances Clark, @gweissbart.bsky.social , Xihang Wang, and @pauformosa.bsky.social from @cornelluniversity.bsky.social news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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Direct shoot regeneration using Arabidopsis WIND1 (35S:AtWIND1) + pAtESR:IPT. The idea is WIND1 both reprograms and activates ESR promter, and subsequently activates cytokinin synthesis via pESR:IPT for shoot regeneration. #PlantScience
From: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
From: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
A synthetic transcription cascade enables direct in planta shoot regeneration for transgenesis and gene editing in multiple plants
This work presents an in planta system for inducing transgenic and gene-edited de
novo meristems via the wounding pathway. By combining the transcriptional regulator
WIND1 with developmental regulator...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Direct shoot regeneration using Arabidopsis WIND1 (35S:AtWIND1) + pAtESR:IPT. The idea is WIND1 both reprograms and activates ESR promter, and subsequently activates cytokinin synthesis via pESR:IPT for shoot regeneration. #PlantScience
From: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
From: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
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New OA Article: "Cambium LBDs promote radial growth by regulating PLL-mediated pectin metabolism" rdcu.be/eP4mp
LBD TFs in the cambium drive radial plant growth by regulating PECTATE LYASE-LIKE (PLL) enzymes that remodel cell wall pectin, promoting cell expansion.
LBD TFs in the cambium drive radial plant growth by regulating PECTATE LYASE-LIKE (PLL) enzymes that remodel cell wall pectin, promoting cell expansion.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
New OA Article: "Cambium LBDs promote radial growth by regulating PLL-mediated pectin metabolism" rdcu.be/eP4mp
LBD TFs in the cambium drive radial plant growth by regulating PECTATE LYASE-LIKE (PLL) enzymes that remodel cell wall pectin, promoting cell expansion.
LBD TFs in the cambium drive radial plant growth by regulating PECTATE LYASE-LIKE (PLL) enzymes that remodel cell wall pectin, promoting cell expansion.
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Are you a postdoc or Asst. Prof on the job market? Check out our listing and consider applying! The search is very broad and it’s in a great department, location, university! Even with the crazy schedule that comes with being a PI- I love my job @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social!
Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Are you a postdoc or Asst. Prof on the job market? Check out our listing and consider applying! The search is very broad and it’s in a great department, location, university! Even with the crazy schedule that comes with being a PI- I love my job @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social!
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Antagonism between blue and red light-signalling controls thallus flatness in Marchantia polymorpha https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.10.687525v1
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Antagonism between blue and red light-signalling controls thallus flatness in Marchantia polymorpha https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.10.687525v1
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Words from Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction on "When Trees Testify":
"Beronda L. Montgomery draws on the experience of Black American...growing up in Arkansas, and her expertise as a plant scientist to....A fascinating, informative, and deeply moving book."
"Beronda L. Montgomery draws on the experience of Black American...growing up in Arkansas, and her expertise as a plant scientist to....A fascinating, informative, and deeply moving book."
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Words from Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction on "When Trees Testify":
"Beronda L. Montgomery draws on the experience of Black American...growing up in Arkansas, and her expertise as a plant scientist to....A fascinating, informative, and deeply moving book."
"Beronda L. Montgomery draws on the experience of Black American...growing up in Arkansas, and her expertise as a plant scientist to....A fascinating, informative, and deeply moving book."
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@plosbiology.org Thanks for the nice highlight of our paper on the website.
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@plosbiology.org Thanks for the nice highlight of our paper on the website.
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A multiscale growth atlas of Arabidopsis: linking cell dynamics to organ development
Alimchandani et al. @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Alimchandani et al. @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A multiscale growth atlas of Arabidopsis: linking cell dynamics to organ development
Alimchandani et al. @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Alimchandani et al. @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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📢🌱 Job alert: Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics (Tenure-track)
Join our interdisciplinary research environment, in Montréal Botanical Garden!
📅 Deadline: October 13, 2025
📍 Université de Montréal, Canada
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Join our interdisciplinary research environment, in Montréal Botanical Garden!
📅 Deadline: October 13, 2025
📍 Université de Montréal, Canada
Please share! 🌿
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Prof_Plant_Mol_Gen_Montreal.pdf
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September 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
📢🌱 Job alert: Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics (Tenure-track)
Join our interdisciplinary research environment, in Montréal Botanical Garden!
📅 Deadline: October 13, 2025
📍 Université de Montréal, Canada
Please share! 🌿
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Join our interdisciplinary research environment, in Montréal Botanical Garden!
📅 Deadline: October 13, 2025
📍 Université de Montréal, Canada
Please share! 🌿
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Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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New paper is online! We used single cell RNA-seq & phylogenetics to identify 2 additional cell type specific TFs that control late-stage vinca alkaloid biosynthesis. The key insights originated from Camptotheca, another species that produces alkaloids. doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantScience #SecMet
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New paper is online! We used single cell RNA-seq & phylogenetics to identify 2 additional cell type specific TFs that control late-stage vinca alkaloid biosynthesis. The key insights originated from Camptotheca, another species that produces alkaloids. doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantScience #SecMet
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PhD opportunity in plant developmental biology for UK based students of Black heritage!
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
PhD opportunity in plant developmental biology for UK based students of Black heritage!
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social