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Frontiers & Techniques in Plant Science Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.

PhDs apply to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory course Frontiers & Techniques in Plant Science.
1 month of hands-on training with leading experts.
A unique opportunity to explore cutting-edge plant science methods and build your network. 🌱

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Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs

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We are inviting applications for a joint appointment:

Director at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry

Full Professor (W3) at MLU

Apply by April, 24 via: berufungsportal.uni-halle.de

Join us in advancing innovative research at the interface of chemistry and bioactive natural products.

You are finishing your PhD and looking to continue in science?

The Martin lab @biology-unige.bsky.social has an open postdoctoral position in cell biology to study cell-cell fusion. For more information, please consult mocel.unige.ch/research-gro....

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Highly recommended EMBO Workshop on Plant Photobiology (ISPP2026) in Les Diablerets, Switzerland! (even if I may be slightly biased...) Registration open. We are very much looking forward to seeing you there! ⬇️

Highly recommended EMBO Workshop on Plant Photobiology (ISPP2026) in Les Diablerets, Switzerland! (even if I may be slightly biased...) Registration open. We are very much looking forward to seeing you there! ⬇️

Please consider attending this conference in the Swiss Alps meetings.embo.org/event/26-pla... . Exciting science & great venue, lots of opportunities for selected talks from abstracts.
Join the conversation on Bluesky with #EMBOispp2026

I have a PhD student and a post-doc position available in my lab to work on plant photobiology. Please use the links below to postulate.
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Apply to be a Rising Star in Plant Science!
Organized by Molecular Plant and Plant Communications.
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Applications close March 31, 2026
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If your one true love is plant photobiology, then we have the symposium for you! 💚🌱

This Valentine’s Day, register for YRSPP 2026 and make it official ✨
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Sustainable Plant Nutrition The Department of Environmental Systems Science (www.usys.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position.

Job opportunity: Join ETH Zurich as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Sustainable Plant Nutrition.
Application deadline: 28th February 2026.
Explore more details at the link. #PlantSciJobs

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New preprint out! Zhoubo Hu et al "A redox-regulated RCC1-like protein controls catalase activity in Arabidopsis". We identify CAIR1, a UVR8-interacting protein, as a redox-responsive regulator of catalase localization and activity, maintaining cellular ROS balance. 🌱
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Genetically modified purple tomatoes get green light to be sold in Australia Purple Bliss tomatoes, which get colour from the genes of snapdragon flowers, could become the first fresh GM food available in Australian stores

Great to see Cathie Martin’s team’s work come to fruition, so to speak 🙌
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The Federal Council is proposing the dissolution of the Swiss Science Council.

Independent fact-based, scientific advice should be available for policy decisions.

A redox-regulated RCC1-like protein controls catalase activity in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.30.702735v1

It's not always that sunny, but Uppsala Uni–especially the Evo Biol Centre (EBC)–is a great place to set up your lab. Apply to join us!

Ministerin Holzleitner prescht mit Drei-Milliarden-Budget für Grundlagenforschung vor 375 Millionen Euro mehr für drei Jahre für die Grundlagenforschung, FTI-Pakt bleibt aber weiterhin in Schwebe – Kürzungen bei angewandter Forschung werden befürchtet

Forschungsförderung ist ein wichtiger Teil unserer Zukunftsvorsorge.

Österreich investiert in den nächsten 3 Jahren 3 Mrd € in die Grundlagenforschung. Ein reales Wachstum - selbst angesichts der hohen Inflation der letzten Jahre 👏

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Great news — forward looking voices are finally prevailing in the discussion on genome editing in crop plants!

Directors

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön, Germany, seeks expressions of interest for open Max Planck Director positions. For details: http://www.evolbio.mpg.de/3856225/Directors. #job

Last day to register! www.grc.org/photosensory...

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📢 Open faculty position – Origins of Life
We have an opening in our section at the University of Geneva! 🧬🚀

SPREAD THE WORD

Apply here: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

10 more days to apply - wonderful place and wonderful people (even though I might be slightly biased...)

Save the date: Plant Development PhD school (i.e. Retzbach 2.0) in Neustadt, Germany.

Sept 23rd-25th, 2026
~€350 all inclusive

Excellent speakers and a relaxed atmosphere for early-career researchers (PhDs & postdocs). Registration opens soon.

For more info, see
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Carella Group) | John Innes Centre An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Carella Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Evo-MPMI (Evolutionary Molecular…

We have an open POSTDOC position to explore Marchantia immune receptor biology that is closing on the 18th of Jan. Apply using the link below, and/or email me for more details. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

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Launch your own independent research group!

2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social

📆 Apply by 30 Jan 2026

More info:
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Job details:
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ipRGC properties prevent light from shifting the SCN clock during daytime Nature - The inability of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells to shift the circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus during daytime is caused by light-dependent depolarization...

A new paper from my lab. I will have a full description soon. rdcu.be/eX1Ld

Plant Kelch phosphatases are Ser/Thr phosphatases involved in cell cycle regulation Brassinosteroids (BRs) are plant steroid hormones sensed at the cell surface by the membrane receptor kinase BRI1. Activation of BRI1 leads to the dephosphorylation of BZR1/BES1 transcription factors ...

Our new year starts of course with new preprint on brassinosteroid signaling tinyurl.com/nhzcfkxd. We re-analyzed the function of Kelch phosphatases, which were previously characterized as protein tyrosine phosphatases that dephosphorylate the critical pTyr200 in the GSK3 kinase BIN2. (1/6)

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Sustainable Plant Nutrition

A great tenure track position (Assistant Professor) of Sustainable Plant Nutrition @ethz.ch @usyseth.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social ! Deadline to apply: 28/02/2026.

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📣 The CIBSS Team is hiring! We are looking for someone who is passionate about helping early-career researchers develop their skills, qualifications and career prospects🧑🏽‍🔬🔬🫱🏽‍🫲🏾
➡️ Coordinator of Early-Career Programs and Diversity Management
🗓️Deadline: Jan 18, 2026
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