Our deep dive into cis-regulatory diversity using single-cell genomics across maize germplasm reveals how genetic variants reshape chromatin accessibility, transcription factor binding, chromatin interactions and much more. Led by Alexandre Marand! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Make an impact in the world of molecular plant-microbe interactions by submitting a concurrent session to #2025ISMPMI! Your last chance to submit is September 4, 2024. Share Your Ideas: bit.ly/3LA7JSv #PlantScience #Research #Submissions #ConcurrentSessions

Profiling cell identity and tissue architecture with single-cell and spatial transcriptomics nature.com/articles/s4158…

Thanks for the write-up! Excited to step into my new role and be a bridge to these two great institutions! 😁🌱

Applause for The Plant Cell Senior Editor and all-around inspiring scientist Siobhan Brady Brady Lab on being named an HHMI Investigator 👏 👏 👏 buff.ly/3WKRIhN

I am thrilled to share that on August 1st, the Scavuzzo lab launched in the Institute for Glial Sciences / Department of Genetics CWRU School of Medicine

We are pleased to announced that registration for the inaugural BiPS Conference is 🎊now open🎊 and will be taking place at the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) in Cambridge this autumn. You can register here: eventbrite.com/e/100062639949… More info on our website: blackinplantscience.org/bips-conferenc…

advanced ChIP (aChIP) - an optimized method that efficiently isolates chromatin from plant tissues while simultaneously removing cell walls and cellular constituents Nature Plants nature.com/articles/s4147…

Last week's #ThirdPCASymposium brought together 908 attendees from 59 countries, creating a truly global community of plant scientists! From groundbreaking research presentations to lively discussions, the energy and innovation were incredible. Thank you to all who participated!

My department Berkeley Plant & Microbial Biology has an open position for an Assistant Professor in Plant Developmental Biology aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04554 The environment is supportive and collegial, the grad student program is outstanding and.. we are overall very happy! Join us🌱🧬🔬💻🌎

What links the chloroplast to 🌱 immunity? We have found that chloroplastic ROS may be the key signal involved in inducing salicylic acid biosynthesis in its organelle of biosynthetic origin (i.e. the chloroplast) Want to learn more about it? Link 👇🧪🌿 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The Department of Plant Pathology at UW–Madison is seeking a bacteriologist specializing in plant-microbe interactions at the Associate or Full Professor level. This is a fantastic department in a great university. Candidates focusing on plant-microbe symbioses and beneficial

We are HIRING - join our phenotyping team as a technician! paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php…

Ok, this is a big one! Proud to present our latest story on hydropatterning-a process that allows plants to sense moisture gradients in soil and activate branching. Johannes Scharwies defines the genetic basis for this response in maize and Arabidopsis! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Happy to welcome a new colleague! Congrats Justin and look forward to seeing you and your program next year! 🎉🎉🎉

We were very successful in running a weekly microscopy workshop series at Howard University in Spring 2024. Thanks to amazing speakers and participants (faculties and trainees from Howard University, Trinity Washington University, and Catholic University of America).

We had a lot of fun putting together this paper. The true "Atlas" is the supplemental figures: more than 30 and almost all multi-panel figures. Amazingly, we had two excellent reviewers who went through the whole paper with a fine-tooth comb and help improve the paper.

Postdoc position alert - in Alex Cantó-Pastor's NEW lab at Yale. While we will miss him greatly, a new postdoc will be sure to benefit from his mentorship and will get to participate in a very exciting project at the intersection of development and immunity. Alex Cantó-Pastor

NEW REVIEW OUT Fungal pathogens (in fact, not only fungi and not only pathogens!) manipulate the microbiota of their plant hosts during infection. We reviewed the processes involved, focusing on effector proteins with selective antimicrobial activities. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Last week, the Danforth Center had their first Lab Olympics and it was a blast! My lab formed a team and got in on the fun and even took home a couple of medals. Oh, and I won gold in my event - I may be a #NewPI , but I still got it as far as lab skills!! 😅😤