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Michael Hothorn

@structplantbio

Structural biologist interested in all things green. Professor at University of Geneva, Switzerland. https://web.structplantbio.org/

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We are very excited to share a new resource from our team: spatial subcellular proteome maps in plants! We developed an MS-based method that registers localizations of about 8000 proteins in Arabidopsis roots in a single experiment.

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03.03.2026 06:53 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Contact/Job - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - UNIGE

You are finishing your PhD and looking to continue in science?

The Martin lab @biology-unige.bsky.social has an open postdoctoral position in cell biology to study cell-cell fusion. For more information, please consult mocel.unige.ch/research-gro....

Thanks for reposting!

03.03.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

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Caged Magic Spot Nucleotides with 4 or 5 phosphates can now be delivered into living E coli cells and be released with light on demand. Congratulations to Christoph Popp for all the great work.

28.02.2026 12:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Highly recommended EMBO Workshop on Plant Photobiology (ISPP2026) in Les Diablerets, Switzerland! (even if I may be slightly biased...) Registration open. We are very much looking forward to seeing you there! ⬇️

25.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸͺ΄Postdoc position - UT Austin, TX, USA
- Developmental Mechanisms of Adaptation to Underwater Environment/Genome EditingπŸͺ΄
Do you love amphibious/aquatic plants? Then consider applying to the position! See the attached ads.
utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...

26.02.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Please consider attending this conference in the Swiss Alps meetings.embo.org/event/26-pla... . Exciting science & great venue, lots of opportunities for selected talks from abstracts.
Join the conversation on Bluesky with #EMBOispp2026

25.02.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Job opening for Research Group Leader in Structural Studies at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, focusing on macromolecular structures.

Job opening for Research Group Leader in Structural Studies at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, focusing on macromolecular structures.

Are you a structural biologist pushing the boundaries of molecular science with an ambitious research programme?
Join our Structural Studies Division as a tenure-track Group Leader, with core funding, world-leading facilities & enthusiastic colleagues.
Apply by 16 MAR
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

24.02.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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I have a PhD student and a post-doc position available in my lab to work on plant photobiology. Please use the links below to postulate.
Please RT, many thanks
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

23.02.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Announcing the publication of TAIR12: Consult the fully reannotated genome on the European Nucleotide Archive - Phoenix Bioinformatics TAIR (The Arabidopsis Information Resource), together with our nonprofit host Phoenix Bioinformatics, is pleased to announce the public release of TAIR12

πŸŽ‰πŸ“£ #TAIR12, the latest reannotation of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, is now available under accession number PRJEB100887 on ENA and NCBI!

Thank you all the volunteer researchers whose hard work has made this possible!

#plantscience #plantbiology πŸ§ͺ

bit.ly/3ZHtneT

19.02.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ’« We're hiring! The Computational Biology Facility is looking for a Computational Proteomics Scientist to collaborate on cutting-edge proteomics projects, develop new analytical approaches, and publish impactful research.
Apply by April 12 at: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

19.02.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

"Isomorphic has struck drug-development deals, potentially worth billions of pounds" OK, my current share of the PDB is around 0.05%. So please do send at least 500 000 GBP to our research account, we can sure use it.

19.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AI-based manuscript evaluation and review systems will undoubtedly be revolutionary. What remains to be seen is whether this will be a 1989 Berlin-style or a 1793 Paris-style revolution πŸ˜‰

19.02.2026 07:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
CEPLAS: Call 2026

CEPLAS starts a number of new projects, and we are looking for 12 Postdocs ❗
CEPLAS projects are always highly collaborative, that means postdocs working with us will always closely interact with several CEPLAS research groups. Find all postdoc openings here: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...

18.02.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Very nice genetic dissection of the roles of BSK kinases in brassinosteroid signaling by Wenqiang Tang's lab. bsk-u (ko for BSK1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 & 12) really looks like a bri1 null mutant and can be rescued by over-expressing BSK3. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

17.02.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”¬πŸ’Šβš›οΈ In the 1950s, Dorothy Hodgkin developed X-ray crystallography of biomolecules, making it possible to β€˜see’ their exact structure for the first time. This breakthrough is still used today to develop and optimise new medicines.

More information: sohub.io/qhst

17.02.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dear PPRM community, we are pleased to invite you to the next PPRM meeting, 14-16 September 2026 in Freising, Germany.

Registration opening soon!

16.02.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

@hohmannulrich.bsky.social, your new address is freeing up quite some characters ;-)

10.02.2026 07:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ulrich’s research will help advance our understanding of RNA biology & gene regulation, as well as how these mechanisms might be altered during viral infections & other diseases.
@hohmannulrich.bsky.social comes from the @impvienna.bsky.social / @imbavienna.bsky.social

www.imb.de/about-imb/ne...

09.02.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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@lorenzoorts.bsky.social previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at @impvienna.bsky.social in Austria. She will establish a new lab at IMB to investigate how mRNA translation is activated in the early embryo. Welcome to IMB Laura! πŸ’

Read more here: www.imb.de/about-imb/ne...

06.02.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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I thought of myself as a structural biologist and biochemist. Apparently not...

09.02.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Metabolism, Perception, and Functions of Inositol (Pyro)Phosphates in Plants Inositol phosphates and pyrophosphates are small, water-soluble molecules involved in a range of physiological processes across eukaryotic organisms, including plants. Over the past two decades, signi...

doi.org/10.1146/annu...

08.02.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very nice & complete review on inositol pyrophosphate metabolism and signaling in plants by Ricardo Giehl @leibnizipk.bsky.social and @gabrielschaaf.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social . Also includes an impressive to-do-list...

08.02.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Really excited to join IMB for this new scientific endeavour!

06.02.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Sustainable Plant Nutrition The Department of Environmental Systems Science (www.usys.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position.

Job opportunity: Join ETH Zurich as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Sustainable Plant Nutrition.
Application deadline: 28th February 2026.
Explore more details at the link. #PlantSciJobs

ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

05.02.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

New preprint out! Zhoubo Hu et al "A redox-regulated RCC1-like protein controls catalase activity in Arabidopsis". We identify CAIR1, a UVR8-interacting protein, as a redox-responsive regulator of catalase localization and activity, maintaining cellular ROS balance. 🌱
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

03.02.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β—πŸ“’ The SNSF is adjusting its project funding as of 1 April 2026. Our goal is to stabilise success rates at a level that ensures funding for research of the highest quality. This is how we guarantee a fair chance for all researchers.

➑️ sohub.io/5x59

02.02.2026 08:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Please share!
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

30.01.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Multiple protein structure alignment at scale with FoldMason Protein structure is conserved beyond sequence, making multiple structural alignment (MSTA) essential for analyzing distantly related proteins. Computational prediction methods have vastly extended ou...

FoldMason is out now in @science.org. It generates accurate multiple structure alignments for thousands of protein structures in seconds. Great work by Cameron L. M. Gilchrist and @milot.bsky.social.
πŸ“„ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
πŸ’Ύ github.com/steineggerla...

30.01.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 300 πŸ” 147 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Ministerin Holzleitner prescht mit Drei-Milliarden-Budget fΓΌr Grundlagenforschung vor 375 Millionen Euro mehr fΓΌr drei Jahre fΓΌr die Grundlagenforschung, FTI-Pakt bleibt aber weiterhin in Schwebe – KΓΌrzungen bei angewandter Forschung werden befΓΌrchtet

ForschungsfΓΆrderung ist ein wichtiger Teil unserer Zukunftsvorsorge.

Γ–sterreich investiert in den nΓ€chsten 3 Jahren 3 Mrd € in die Grundlagenforschung. Ein reales Wachstum - selbst angesichts der hohen Inflation der letzten Jahre πŸ‘

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

@sbfi.admin.ch @snsf.ch πŸ§ͺ

29.01.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0