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Margaret Frank

@margografts

Plant Biologist, tomato lover, plant grafter. https://www.franklab-cornell.org/

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Reminder: tomorrow (Oct. 31) is the deadline for submitting an abstract to be considered for a talk and PlantCV travel award applications for the 2026 NAPPN conference: www.plantphenotyping.org/abstracts

30.10.2025 16:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Come work with us!!

We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!

29.10.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳

Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland

Apply by Jan 23 2026 πŸ‘‰ ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...

30.10.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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The genome of the vining fern Lygodium microphyllum highlights genomic and functional differences between life phases of an invasive plant | PNAS Functional and genomic studies on the differences between the gametophyte and sporophyte life phases of plants remain scarce, yet unraveling these ...

Another fern (Lygodium microphyllum) genome just published @pnas.org !

What a year for non-sed plant genomics!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

29.09.2025 19:45 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨Job Alert!! Assistant professor vacancy β€˜plant abiotic stress resilience’ in our group @uuplants.bsky.social Come for the science, stay for the amazing colleagues πŸ˜€More details here www.uu.nl/en/organisat... Please share!!

03.09.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Yesterday I talked* science with modellers, mathematicians, biochemists, cell biologists and geneticists. Sound like your kind of place? Join us!

Applications for a tenure-track or tenured Group Leader ar JIC close Monday.

(*I love chatting - if you come to JIC I *will* stop you in the corridor)

22.08.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us for a fun webinar in an hour! For my talk, Ill be doing an overview of my thoughts on flower design. Come hanggg πŸ’š

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

20.08.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A unified cell atlas of vascular plants reveals cell-type foundational genes and accelerates gene discovery A cross-species single-cell atlas highlights a core subset of cell-type foundational genes associated with major vascular plant cell types, enabling the identification of hidden cell types and the dev...

A great example of how comparative genomics across the full range of vascular plant lineages can be used as a catalyst for gene discovery!
Exciting new single cell datasets for gymnosperms, ferns and lycophytes!
The scale of this study is really amazing!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

20.08.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Postdoctoral Fellow in Tomatillo Evolution

Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social

11.08.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Allison was a delight to have in the lab this summer! She'll be applying to PhD programs in Plant Bio this fall...

11.08.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m proud to present the main work from my postdoc, 3+ years in making from scratch, my ultimate #MimulusPropaganda up till now:

The Moment
That
Symmetry
Breaks.

#plantscience #development #imaging #microscopy πŸ§ͺπŸŒΈπŸ”¬
w. Captain Yaowu & @biancatash.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

07.08.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 7
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Career & Internships Β» HF&G Holden Forests & Gardens is not just a great place to visit, it’s a wonderful place to work. Discover the opportunities now available for potential

Job alert! Please share.
We're looking for an urban ecologist (PhD) to join the research team at the Holden Arboretum.
Develop an active research program while supporting stakeholders. 🌳
I'll be at #ESA2025 and happy to chat.
#AltAc #HoldenScience #UrbanEcology

holdenfg.org/career-and-i...

08.08.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Biology of Plants Coloring Textbook The Biology of Plants Coloring Textbook was created by Dr. Rachel S. Jabaily (Colorado College Dept. Organismal Biology & Ecology) and M.G.B. Hurst (Colorado College class of 2025) with a grant from t...

Did you see @racheljabaily.bsky.social new open educational resource "Biology of Plants" coloring textbook when you were at #Botany2025 ? No? WELL GO CHECK IT OUT: oercommons.org/courses/the-... Gorgeous illustrations by MGB Hurst 😍

07.08.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For me, it's my MIL, and she still spends the first day "straightening up our house" πŸ˜…

07.08.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Any ECR folks (esp postdocs) want to review a paper on polyploid gene expression? 🌾

06.08.2025 11:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Posters are going up… that can only mean one thing: the George and Helen Kohut Symposium is TOMORROW at 9:30 AM! Join us in-person or on Zoom to celebrate student research & achievement!

Info & schedule: btiscience.org/event/2025-g...

06.08.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunflowers are full of secrets πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈπŸŒ» I had a blast making this for @nybg.bsky.social 's Van Gogh's Flowers exhibit, where you can see all the 🌻🌻🌻 shine through Oct. 26th!

#scicomm πŸ§ͺ #nationalsunflowerday #botany

05.08.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5
How to Cross Pollinate Tomatoes!
How to Cross Pollinate Tomatoes! YouTube video by Allison Kokal

Take a look at my amazing REU student, Allison, cross-pollinating tomatoes in the greenhouse! πŸ… 🌱 @btiscience.bsky.social
youtu.be/r1o4tRv2kXM?...

28.07.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If anyone wants a set, head on over to atinygreencell.com! Open source and reasonably priced. Made with love, on Long Island. πŸŒˆπŸ¦ πŸ’š

07.07.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Annual reminder that @atinygreencell.bsky.social's rainbow bacteria are BEAUTIFUL! We're getting cultures ready to make bacteria art with the high school summer program.

07.07.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Ruby & Robots 😍 Not a bad bandname. #plantscience

30.06.2025 19:34 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Guest Editorial: Invest in science, invest in the future β€œAn investment in knowledge pays the best interest,” wrote Pennsylvania’s own Benjamin Franklin β€” words that have only grown more powerful in today’s world.

I wrote an op-ed for my local paper (The Sentinel in Carlisle, PA) about the impact of science funding cuts.
cumberlink.com/opinion/edit...

Thank you to @cornellasap.bsky.social and @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social to get my writing out there as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative!

01.07.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Promotional image for the "Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference" focusing on meeting the speakers. This promo includes an image of Dr. David Jackson from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory with a short bio on Dr. Jackson.

Promotional image for the "Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference" focusing on meeting the speakers. This promo includes an image of Dr. David Jackson from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory with a short bio on Dr. Jackson.

Meet The Speakers of the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference!

To Apply to the GRC: lnkd.in/gvkMxuKR

To Learn More About Dr. Jacksons Research: jacksonlab.labsites.cshl.edu

01.07.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're a scientist who's had to cut or cancel your field season because of US budget cuts, DM me here for an oped I'm working on. 🌏πŸ§ͺ

30.06.2025 02:08 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
NIH, NSF and NASA budgets decreases substantially in FY26.

https://joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/the-white-house-vision-for-dismantling

NIH, NSF and NASA budgets decreases substantially in FY26. https://joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/the-white-house-vision-for-dismantling

The FY26 budget will devastate our innovation driven economy. A summary in 3 parts...

Part 1 - The White House vision for dismantling science, as described in one simple plot, means slashing budgets of NIH, NASA, NSF & going back 25 years (or more).

joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/the-white-...

30.06.2025 13:46 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Single-Nucleus Transcriptomics Reveals How Tissue Context Shapes the Circadian Transcriptome of the Arabidopsis Leaf https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.12.659411v1

16.06.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Fantastic News!!! Congratulations, Yan!

20.06.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!! Very exciting news!

20.06.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Promotional image for the "Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference" focusing on meeting the speakers. This promo includes an image of Dr. Tatsuya Nobori from The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK with a short bio on Dr. Nobori.

Promotional image for the "Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference" focusing on meeting the speakers. This promo includes an image of Dr. Tatsuya Nobori from The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK with a short bio on Dr. Nobori.

Meet The Speakers of the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference!

@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social

To Apply to the GRC: lnkd.in/gvkMxuKR

To Learn More About Dr. Nobori's Research: www.tatsuyanobori.com

20.06.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0