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Shpak Lab is looking for new graduate students. Check out our BCMB graduate program, and email me if you have questions.

Come work with me as a #postdoc in beautiful UMass Amherst on dodder pop genetics and adaptation! Join an NSF-funded collaboration with researchers at Penn State and Rutgers. Great plant and evo bio folks at UMass too! Job details and how to apply below. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/…

Postdoc in plant protein-protein interaction regulation Cecilia Rodriguez-Furlan The Rodriguez-Furlan Lab at Washington State University is recruiting a postdoc to study protein interactions regulating plant endomembrane traffic jobrxiv.org/job/washington… #membrane_dyn... jobrxiv.org/job/washington…

I’m proud to share the exciting news that all undergraduate students from households earning $75,000 or less will be able to attend any UMass campus tuition-free starting next fall: bostonglobe.com/2024/10/29/met… @umassamherst @umassboston @umassd @umasslowell #umass #highered (1/4)

My department has two open Asst. Prof searches: Plant Systems Biology or Biotechnology (aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02016) and Translational Plant Sciences (aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02015).

Our work on "Lateral cell polarization drives organization of epithelia in sea anemone embryos and embryonic cell aggregates" is published today. We thank the NIH and Amherst College for supporting our work! We thank you for reading it! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

"Cell division in plant development and environmental response" is the title of today's GDCB Seminar, which begins at 1 p.m. in 1414 Molecular Biology Building. Howard University Assistant Professor Arif Ashraf will present the seminar.

I had the opportunity (as a lab and field neighbor) to see my friend Stav Stavroula Fili working on this classic maize genetics project at E Walk Walker lab. Look at this beautiful iron deficient phenotype (yellow-striped maize leaf) 🌽🌽🌽 bioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🌿 Today, we remember Salk Professor Joanne Chory, a visionary plant biologist and a force for climate action. Her research revolutionized how we understand plant biology and inspired solutions to fight climate change. Joanne’s brilliant mind and passion will forever impact the

I am ***absurdly*** excited to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity through Experiment dot com!!! You have one month to pitch something wonderful in the realm of plant biology/biotech research and education. $10,000 max grant. PLEASE RT!!! 1/3 experiment.com/programs/plants

I am very happy to share that the Missouri Botanical Garden has received funding to digitize their entire herbarium! This work - made possible by an anonymous $14.4 million grant - will image and transcribe all 8 million specimens in the MO herbarium. MO Botanical Garden

🗓️ Save the Date! 🌱 Roots of Resilience: A Decade of Empowering African Ag-Scientists for Food Security & Sustainability. Join us in March 2025 at Cambridge Uni to celebrate 10 years of impactful work strengthening ag-research capacity & fostering equitable partnerships

Vivek's "immigrant culture" argument ignores basic selection bias: immigrants are precisely the small subset of people willing to leave behind everything familiar in pursuit of success. We're not representative of our home cultures. We're the ones who left.

I am thrilled that these talented scientists have been recognized with Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring! Congrats to Dr. Terri Long ncsu and Dr. Beronda Montgomery Grinnell College Long Lab at NC State Beronda L. Montgomery--@BerondaM at BSky bit.ly/3C9PQsG

Submit a poster abstract today to get a chance to present a short talk at the GRC Conference in Portland, Maine! Due date to submit is April 30, 2025. All other applications for this conference are due July 13, 2025. To Apply: bit.ly/ApplyforGRC