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What a great talk by Kirsten Bomblies and an inspiring discussion on #womeninscience. Always believe in yourself - you belong here! 🌿🧪Learn more about our fantastic female scientists @mpipz_cologne here 👉https://t.co/lDhjTBz6qA
I was glad to host Kirsten Bomblies for our annual Barbara McClintock talk at the @mpipz.bsky.social to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
We are excited to welcome Kirsten Bomblies as the speaker at our 🌿Annual Barbara McClintock Seminar🧪 and guest at our roundtable discussion @mpipz_cologne on “Women in Science,” held in celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.#11Feb#WomenInSTEM
📣Postdoc position available! Join the group of @HadrienOliveri@mpipz_cologne to work on mathematical modelling of plant morphogenesis 🌿📐
We’re excited to hear from curious, interdisciplinary researchers! #plants#career#postdoc
https://t.co/k1fgFaWZB1
We are #hiring!
Join Miltos Tsiantis’s lab within the IMPRS @mpipz_cologne to identify genes driving root sucker formation in crucifer plants — combining evolution & genetics.
🗓️Deadline: Jan 5, 2026
✏️ Apply via: https://t.co/ccbFi8g9oV
ℹ️ More info: https://t.co/SWAjnIRxtu
We are #hiring!
In Nadine Töpfer’s group within the IMPRS @UniCologne, the PhD will use computational modelling to study metabolic interactions of plants and root microbiota.
🗓️ Deadline: Jan 5, 2025
✏️ Apply via: https://t.co/ccbFi8g9oV
ℹ️ More info: https://t.co/SWAjnIRxtu
📣Paper alert! Excited to share a new paper @PNASNews from the Tsiantis lab @mpipz_cologne and colleagues on how enhancer evolution shapes leaf diversity. 🌱🌿Congratulations! 👏🥳Read more👉https://t.co/tCa7a65XCA #plants#Evolution
https://t.co/vABwmVhviM
Congratulations to Mingming Fang on successfully defending his PhD!
Completed at @MPIPZ in the lab of Miltos Tsiantis — all the best for what’s next! 🎉👏
#PhDone#NewDoctor#PlantScience
We are #hiring!
Join Raphael Mercier’s team within the IMPRS @mpipz_cologne to investigate meiotic recombination, focusing on inversions, selection & genome evolution.
🗓️ Deadline: Jan 5, 2025
✏️ Apply via: https://t.co/ccbFi8g9oV
ℹ️ More info: https://t.co/SWAjnIRxtu
We are #hiring!
This IMPRS PhD project in @AlgaZuccaro’s group (@UniCologne) explores plant–microbiome interactions.
🗓️ Deadline: Jan 5, 2025
✏️ Apply via: https://t.co/ccbFi8fBzn
ℹ️ IMPRS: https://t.co/SWAjnIQZDW
🔗 Group: https://t.co/1Wicb7Z0QW
The 2025 VinFuture Special Prize for Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields is awarded to Professors Venkatesan Sundaresan, @Raph_Mercier, Drs. Emmanuel Guiderdoni, Imtiyaz Khanday, Dr. @MieuletD for innovations in the development of clonal hybrid crops.
🚀New publication out by the Formosa-Jordan group @mpipz_cologne and collaborators @DukeU and @Cornell introducing a computational pipeline that enables high-throughput ploidy quantification. 🔬📊👏👏Learn more 👉https://t.co/SHKjGNHosA #plants
https://t.co/jWeAypnsWC
We are #hiring!
Join Juliette de Meaux’s group within the IMPRS @UniCologne to explore the genomic & ecological drivers of gene flow in grassland Arabis species.
🗓️ Deadline: Jan 5, 2025
✏️ Apply via: https://t.co/ccbFi8g9oV
ℹ️ More info: https://t.co/SWAjnIRxtu
We’re #hiring! Our #IMPRS@mpipz_cologne & @UniCologne recruits 4 PhD students. We look for candidates with a keen interest in experimental & computational plant biology to join us in 2026!
Find details at https://t.co/nYbaQrwXz4 and apply by Jan 5.
#PlantSciJobs
Paper alert! New paper out in @Nature by the group of George Coupland @mpipz_cologne and colleagues on new roles for the florigen protein in flowering. 🌱🌿Congratulations! 👏👏 👉https://t.co/V12MHQOd0k #plants#flowering
https://t.co/78y5p1IRAr
🌱 Postdoc position in Plant Genomics/Bioinformatics!
Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Düsseldorf.
More info on https://t.co/dKXZtNjtgY
Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position