New work from Sohyun Bang using scATAC-seq to decipher WUS function. Sohyun led our first scTAC-seq analysis of a TF mutant, which led to many surprises.

WUSCHEL-dependent chromatin regulation in maize inflorescence development at single-cell resolution biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Such an amazing and nerve-racking experience to participate at Pint of Science World 2024 festival. Thank you for all my supporters from lewsey lab La Trobe Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment La Trobe University !

Three new continuing Lecturer/Senior Lecturer T&R positions in The School of Biological Sciences including #Botany #Phycology #GLobalChangeBiology #PlantCommunityEcology
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Join us tomorrow, May 9th, for the Plant Cell Atlas Spatial Omics Workshop with Tatsuya Nobori Marta Peirats. We have an excellent line-up of speakers Stefania Giacomello Rong Fan Travis Lee Matthew Tucker Alex Monell and Andrea Mair

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Please RT - we are seeking a new postdoc!

The Williams lab at UC Berkeley (williamsplantlab.com) has a post-doc position available to study the impact of epigenetics on organ regeneration in plants.

APPF POSTGRADUATE INTERNSHIP AWARDS – get $10k access to Aust Plant Phenomics facilities, technologies and expertise in Canberra or Adelaide to address your #plantscience questions. Applications close 30 May. plantphenomics.org.au/education/#pia #NCRISimpact

Meet Lucas Auroux, whose PhD is focused on the area he loves the most: plant sciences.
“I'm trying to understand how the genome of each embryo cell wakes up in the seed during germination - a crucial step in plant development.'
Read more on our #LinkedIn :
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New paper out from @Plants4Space & Molecular Sci-UWA led by Dr Farley Kwok van der Giezen looking for RNA editing in an understudied group of plants! Just think how useful this can be for synbio!

Insights into U-to-C RNA editing from the lycophyte Phylloglossum drummondii

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BioSciences UniMelb
is seeking an Associate Lecturer (level A) to help deliver teaching in genomics/bioinformatics over the coming year. Great opportunity to build teaching experience.
Australian Society of Plant Scientists Genetics AustralAsia University of Melbourne Science at Melbourne jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/916806/…

I will be presenting at Pint of Science AU Melbourne on 14th May. I will share my knowledge about how plants start their life from tiny little seeds. A research project carried out at lewsey lab La Trobe Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment La Trobe University pintofscience.com.au/event/lets-tal…

Come and join our team!!

JOB OPPORTUNTITY: New AAPF node University of Sydney, Narrabri Campus, has an opportunity open for a Senior Technical Officer. If you're interested in working with drones, robots & sensors, then this role is for you! Applications close 21 April. Apply here: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNAL_…

This was definitely a fun project to work on. Stay tuned for more!

Two rejected grant proposals on the same day. The highs and the lows 🤷‍♂️😂

I am part of #20phds20min on the Einstein A Go Go science show on 3rrrfm 102.7FM.
See you on Sunday 21 April from 11am with Dr Shane Huntington OAM!

lewsey lab La Trobe University La Trobe Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment

Last week to submit an abstract for the NAASC & North American ICAR Seed Biology workshop organised by Julia Qüesta and I! We still have slots for speakers, and earlybird registration discounts end this week too, so it's well worth applying!

I find listening back to myself fairly painful! But if you'd like to hear a bit about the experiments we're developing for Artemis III astronauts to do on the moon, here's a radio recording:

Can plants grow on the surface of the moon? 🌛 🚀

NASA's 2026 Artemis III mission will send humans to the moon with a payload of plant experiments, developed with the help of lewsey lab and @Plants4Space scientists. latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/…

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

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