Sonal

Postdoc @NYUniversity | Ambassador @ASPB |Fellow @plantae_org |Leadership Team @plantpostdocs |Mentor @SEBiology | PhD @bose_institute | @sci3ntyst.bsky.social

[Nick Desnoyer @NickDesnoyer]

Genes for genetic painting in flowers now available on Addgene!: https://t.co/gec7Kywuyd

[PlantPostdocs (@plantpostdocs.bsky.social) @plantpostdocs]

Hi Fam!

We are excited to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Plant Postdoc's Sahyadri Initiatives: the Sahyadri Award for Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher and the Sahyadri Future Faculty Academy.

Information can be found at https://t.co/MGNPAfbQoO

[Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis]

Exciting time!🔬🔬🔬

My lab has started the week-long hands-on Quantitative Microscopy Workshop from today.

We have 10-15 graduate students from 5-6 labs of UBC Botany @UBCBotany are participating the workshop this summer.

Each of my grad students are leading at least one session on your expertise area.

[PlantPostdocs (@plantpostdocs.bsky.social) @plantpostdocs]

Hi fam, Happy Friyay!

Today we are celebrating our Leadership Team co-chair Dr Aimee Uyehara @plantsdonttweet who’s currently a postdoc at Dr Dominique Bergmann’s lab @stanfordstomata

Our @plantpostdocs leadership team is growing stronger! 🌱

Join us 🔗 in bio 🌸

[Sonal @sci3ntyst]

@ATinyGreenCell Failure is beautiful 🤩

[PlantPostdocs (@plantpostdocs.bsky.social) @plantpostdocs]

Re-introducing our Co-founder Dr Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis
Since founding @plantpostdocs in 2019, Arif has spent 7 years spearheading the community and now leading his lab @UBC

🌱With a leadership team of 8 members now, we’re expanding faster than ever!

Join us-🔗 in bio! 🌸

[Plantae @plantae_org]

#JustIn on Plantae - The Subtle Art of Pivot: Navigating Topic Changes in Your Research. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Sonal Sachdev and Cael Dant share a practical framework for early-career researchers navigating a change in research topic. https://t.co/cCrmakz2E3

[Niko McCarty. @NikoMcCarty]

My first podcast is out today with @markwbudde, CEO of @plasmidsaurus.

Plasmidsaurus took whole-plasmid sequencing from $600 to $15 and turned a "boring" service company idea into a hugely successful company that now serves >70,000 scientists.

We talked about what it means to build a "boring" company, whether the Plasmidsaurus idea could apply to other technologies (like CRISPR screens), and why Plasmidsaurus isn't expanding into China. This podcast is made possible by @AsteraInstitute.

00:00 – Enter Plasmidsaurus
01:21 – Reducing sequencing costs by 40x
04:17 – Scaling Oxford Nanopore technology
06:29 – Venture capital and building a "boring" company
13:03 – Plasmidsaurus vs. traditional CROs
22:25 – On selling customer data
30:10 – Building a moat
37:08 – 50-minute results
39:26 – Logistics and the UPS partnership
48:42 – The Chinese market
50:20 – Playbook for new biotech founders
52:31 – The future of biological reasoning and AI

You can find the podcast, THE NEW BIOLOGY, on YouTube, Spotify, and everywhere else.

[Sonal @sci3ntyst]

@ATinyGreenCell Beautiful 🤩

[AmirAli Toghani @amiralito_]

Protein structure prediction changed biology. Protein assembly discovery is next.
We present SNI (Structural Novelty Index), a scalable framework for finding new protein complexes.
We used it to uncover an unexpected resistosome assembly: 11-mer. 🧵👇🏻

https://t.co/bCADVEnE6b

[Nature India @NatureInd]

Researchers at the Bose Institute in Kolkata have built a gene-editing tool that glows as it works

https://t.co/nwGzfu5WpN

[Panagiotis Sarris @PanosSarris]

Transition metal-enhanced immunity in Arabidopsis roots via an NLR pair.
https://t.co/D5lo8xZay3

[PlantPostdocs (@plantpostdocs.bsky.social) @plantpostdocs]

Hello Fam! 🌱
Hope you’re having a fabulous day!

A mid-week reminder to join our vastly expanded global community of researchers🧑‍🔬🧑‍💻

To know more look us up on our socials
https://t.co/56c4IGllYH

If you’re already a part of our vibrant community refer us to your network 🛜

[Sonal @sci3ntyst]

From entries in my diary to writing full blog for @ASPB @plantae_org I sure have come a long way! 🌱

Whether you’re starting a position in grad school, a research tech or your first postdoc, this might help you ease into your new environment! 💯

https://t.co/I2US6gywVR

[Sonal @sci3ntyst]

@santosh7bhai @NewPhyt @sbslab_IISERM @DBS_IISERM @IiserMohali Wow! That’s amazing news, congratulations 🎉

[Sonal @sci3ntyst]

Excited to share that the Huang lab @nyuniversity is looking for a new postdoc🌱

I joined the Huang Lab because of the incredible intersection of experimental and computational plant genomics! 
Happy to answer any relevant questions 🙌

https://t.co/Q4O5At7ntm

[Sonal @sci3ntyst]

@Deep_Shikha_DS Amazing landscape 😍 What’s the medium you’re using for this?

I just started with watercolors after, more than a decade!

[Sonal @sci3ntyst]

Truly grateful to @ASPB ambassadors program and ASPB Northeast Section for granting me with a travel award!

[Sonal @sci3ntyst]

Attended my very first @ASPB Northeast @TCNJ as a Plant Science advocate for ASPB- Ambassadors @plantae_org @plantpostdocs

It was delightful to hear scientists showcasing their impactful work at the meeting! 🌸

Shoutout to all attendees for supporting Plant Science! 🌱

[ASPB @ASPB]

What a fantastic 2026 ASPB Midwest-IPG Symposium! From phenomenal talks to poster presentations, the Midwest section meeting had it all!👉 https://t.co/eyZY8ilBf7.

#2026ASPBMidwest #2026IPG #PlantScience