When did liverwort oil body cells originate? Here, Susan and I provide quantitative evidence that they emerged by at least the Middle Devonian (~390 Ma!), shedding light on a key anti-herbivory defense mechanism of early land plants!
Wonderful team, mentor and place to work. Apply!
We got a cover!!! Beautiful artwork by
@nicolatrozzi.bsky.social
🎨🌺🍀 @mechanobiologylab.bsky.social
@fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
Effector recognition by molecular mimicry of its target by an NLR - enabling multiple disease resistance specificities to be generated- first seen on @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social - great work led by @dianagdlc.bsky.social and Matt Moscou
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantSciJobs 🌱
Postdoctoral Research Associate (x2) and Research Assistant (x2)
Dr Edwige Moyroud is seeking 2 Postdocs and 2 Research Assistants to join her team investigating petal patterning
Applications close:
5 June: Research Assistant bit.ly/4a32ffK
17 June: Postdoc bit.ly/4dT2LOC
Molecular mimicry of a pathogen virulence target by a plant immune receptor | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
So proud to see this story finally out!🎉 We added new data since our previous preprint—transgenic barley plants with an engineered immune receptor that fights off two fungal pathogens at once. Short 🧵 and link to the original preprint thread on X👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Plants and animals respond to pathogen attack by mounting innate immune responses that require intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins. These immune receptors detect pathog...
Plants and animals respond to pathogen attack by mounting innate immune responses that require intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins. These immune receptors detect pathog...
Plants and animals respond to pathogen attack by mounting innate immune responses that require intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins. These immune receptors detect pathog...
#PlantSciJobs 🌱
Postdoctoral Research Associate (x2) and Research Assistant (x2)
Dr Edwige Moyroud is seeking 2 Postdocs and 2 Research Assistants to join her team investigating petal patterning
Applications close:
5 June: Research Assistant bit.ly/4a32ffK
17 June: Postdoc bit.ly/4dT2LOC
Josep Mercadal
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)
Jim Rowe
Nick Talbot
Mateusz Majda
📢 PDRA Position - Plant Immune Receptor Bioengineering at Imperial College London
🌱 Start: Aug 2026 (flexible)
🧪 Wet lab + bioinformatics
📅 Up to 3 years (ERC-funded)
📍 South Kensington, on site
ℹ️ shorturl.at/VIITk
🔗 kourelislab.com
#PlantImmunity #PlantPathology
🙏 Share with interested candidates!
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)
Mauricio Contreras
📢 #Postdoc opportunity!
We're looking for a Postdoc to join the lab of @carogutj.bsky.social at the @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social (Potsdam, Germany). Research focus: #molecular mechanisms of nutrient exchange in arbuscular #mycorrhiza #symbiosis
📩 See www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/2287446/karr...
Homology of the dark cells of Paleozoic liverworts with the specialized oil body cells of modern liverworts (Marchantiophyta)
Tremblay and Mercadal
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BWYYSE...
www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de
Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
Huge pleasure to host today’s @TheSainsburyLab @JohnInnesCentre Friday Seminar – Prof. Erh-Min Lai @erhminlai "From Recalcitrance to Efficiency: Understanding and Expanding Agrobacteria-Mediated Transformability in Plants” 🌱 🦠 🧫
Second May issue is live!
link.springer.com/journal/4431...
The cover features work by Mateusz Majda @matmajda.bsky.social and Richard S Smith @johninnescentre.bsky.social showing that puzzle cells transform cell geometry into a living record of how leaves grow.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Jiorgos Kourelis
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology 🌱🧪
