The Association of Applied Biologists AAB has named Harper Adams University academics, Reader in Entomology Dr Tom Pope and Reader in Nematology Dr Matthew Back among its inaugural Fellows 👏

Read more here: harper.ac.uk/aab24

📣🆕 Come and join me at ARIA! I’m looking for a technical specialist to be a thought partner in my #plant #synbio programme 🧬🧪🌱🌾🌽 Please RT & share. Applications now live: aria-jobs.teamtailor.com/jobs/4263108-t…

Is optimal control really 'optimal' for plant disease? Not when disease spread is stochastic, which matters when trying to eradicate epidemics. Rachel Russell's 1st PhD preprint tinyurl.com/ye5zastf Department of Plant Sciences AgriFoRwArdS CDT explores implications #planthealth Open Plant Pathology

Our TALE cytosin-base editor paper is out! 🥳 Great work done by Dingbo Zhang and master student Vanessa. We edited rice chloroplasts. Revision gave us also time to include T1 benthis with chromosomal edits. 🧬✍️🌱 A worldwide first! rdcu.be/dF5pX

📢We are organizing a PhD course entitled 'Host-microbe interactions: mechanisms and ecosystem relevance' from 24-28 of June at the University of Copenhagen. Please visit the website for more info and share: phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus.a…
University of Copenhagen Research Holobiont/Hologenome European Society of Nematologists

I am truly honored to receive this award at the AGBT AGBT Meeting conference! I'm grateful for the constant support from my mentor, Prof. Giles Oldroyd Giles E D Oldroyd (he/they) 🏳️‍🌈, the incredible teams at Cancer Research Centre UK Cambridge & 10x Genomics, and our funders ENSA & Gates Ag One.🌱🔬

Happy #DNA Day ! 🧬 This is one of my favourite pieces I made for Scientific American about genome sizes across select species. Was really fun to make this!

#science #DNA #genome #infographic #sciart #genomics #genetics #genes

Our new work on identifying the receptors for nematode ascaroside pheromones in a predatory fungus!

The GMI is looking for a Senior Group Leader! The successful candidate will receive core funding, access to cutting-edge core facilities and the ability to recruit students through the highly competitive Vienna BioCenter PhD program. Apply here: jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/656914/sen…

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen. If you're interested in adaptive evolution of plant pathogens and supernumerary chromosomes 🧬please apply! Please RT 📢
For info about ongoing projects check out our webiste: bio.mpg.de/302180/thorste…

Rapid assessment of Beech Leaf Disease onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ef…

A 3 minutes “protocol” to assess BLD in buds and our favorite nematode Litylenchus crenatae!

We have our very detailed protocol out that walks through the process of going from an intact fly to an annotated genome assembly.
Daniel Klaus Fabian, Erik Garrison, and GloverLab

📁 The detailed program for the 35th Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists is available: esn24cordoba.com/program/
☀️ Safe travels and see you all next week in Córdoba! 🇪🇸

Really happy today that the ERC have funded our research on convergent evolution of floral patterning. Thanks to lab members who helped develop these ideas, to lovely colleagues ⁦Department of Plant Sciences⁩ for support and to ⁦Cam Botanic Garden⁩ for inspiration! cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

Last few days!!

Fully funded 4year PhD Cambridge University Crop Science Centre studying plant-parasitic nematodes

Like biology, plantpath, AI, and/or making things? come join this totally normal bunch!

shorturl.at/norAH

Truly regrettably, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research mandate means UK applicants only

Last few days!!

Fully funded 4year PhD Cambridge University Crop Science Centre studying plant-parasitic nematodes

Like biology, plantpath, AI, and/or making things? come join this totally normal bunch!

shorturl.at/norAH

Truly regrettably, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research mandate means UK applicants only

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Fully funded 4year PhD in our group Cambridge University Crop Science Centre studying dynamics of plant-parasitic nematodes

Interested in biology, AI, and/or making things? Please apply!

Truly regrettably, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research mandate means UK applicants only.

14th April

shorturl.at/norAH

Check out our new paper on horizontal transfer of supernumerary mini-chromosomes in the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae! 🥳
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We have an open, fully funded postdoctoral position in the lab! Application deadline May 3rd. If interested please follow this link: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45902/