Today Dr. Kayla King (Prof. Kayla King) was appointed Canada Excellence Research Chair in Evolutionary Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions. Her research aims to better understand the evolution of infection and immunity in a changing world. UBC Zoology UBC Dept of Microbiology and Immunology TIPS_SPIIE

New Article: "PSKR1 balances the plant growth–defence tradeoff in the rhizosphere microbiome" rdcu.be/driOM To avoid autoimmunity against the microbiome, plants use PSKR1-mediated regulation of SA signalling to tune the growth–defence balance in response to microbiota.

Overdue post, I'm excited to announce that the Haney Lab has moved to the University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Pitt Dietrich School. University of British Columbia UBC Dept of Microbiology and Immunology was a fantastic first lab home, but I'm happy to be back in my hometown. Opportunities to join us in a beautiful, affordable city!

Check out our latest opinion piece - the pandemic amplified challenges in academic publishing, with increasing number of reviewers needed for peer review. We need to revamp the peer review process and we have some ideas for how to do that. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

🎉Our work on the ancestry of innate immune proteins is now published in PLOS Biology! Great insights from postdoc Ed Culbertson on the connections between mammalian immunity and bacterial anti-phage immunity🦠 Original tweet thread on our findings here: x.com/tera_levin/sta…

New preview from postdoc Melissa Chen of a super cool new article from Britt Koskella lab that describes microbiota transmission between plant species. Thanks to CHM editor Yingyu Liu | 刘英宇 for the appreciation of plant microbiota 🌱🦠

👀TT faculty searches at UNH! Horticultural Crop Physiologist (abiotic/biotic stress, nutritional quality, postharvest, climate change adaptation) & Plant Pathologist (biology, Eco/Evo, epidemiology, biorational, New England Ag.). jobs.usnh.edu/postings/59021 jobs.usnh.edu/postings/59023

Plant Science Research Weekly -- PSKR1 balances the plant growth–defense trade-off in the rhizosphere microbiome (Nature Plants) Cara Haney Siyu Song Zayda Morales Moreira (Summary by Arijit Mukherjee Arijit Mukherjee) buff.ly/4b0ufQb #PlantaePSRW

TWO faculty positions in molecular biology at UdeS, one in plant science - new greenhouse! Must be able to teach in French within a year of hiring, we have strong support for learning French. We take EDI seriously. usherbrooke.ca/emplois/offre/…

Congratulations Dr. Song on a fantastic PhD thesis defense!!! 🥂🎉👩🏻‍🎓

Eclipse and awesome seminar and visit from Veronica Roman-Reyna Veronica Roman-Reyna all in one day!!!

Thanks so much for inviting and hosting me Hsiao-Chun Johnny Chen PlantCenterUGA !! I had so much fun meeting with students, hearing great talks, and visiting beautiful Athens! (Also best conference stickers ever!!)

🚨Please share: PhD position in my group! Developing high-throughput methods using cameras and computer vision to explore the hidden world of earthworm-plant interactions!🌱🖥🪱 More here: darsa.info/post/2024-worm…

Highly recommend my colleague Tera Levin's lab! Her science is really exciting, and Tera is a fantastic mentor who has built a diverse and inclusive lab. Our department and Pitt has a strong host-microbe interaction community, and Pittsburgh is a great city to live and work!

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences is hiring a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in BioChemistry and BioPhysics! Join us in a scientifically excellent and diverse community in beautiful and affordable Pittsburgh! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/…

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences is hiring 2(!) Tenure Track Assistant Professors in Ecology and Evolution! Join us in a scientifically excellent and diverse community in beautiful and affordable Pittsburgh! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/…