Lovely day spent evangelising about land plant evolution at #festofnature22 University of Bristol University of Bristol Biological Sciences Festival of Nature Katie Jeal Ashley Pridgeon

Mine and Jill Harrison's Plant Physiology Update on shoot evolution is out now. Lots of fun speculating (mostly scientifically) on the nature of the ancestral land plant. academic.oup.com/plphys/advance… University of Bristol Biological Sciences

Bristol Uni colleagues could you show the figures below to a non-union member, then look them in the eye an ask them an honest question 'Are you really happy with 3% payrise after years of paycuts' & 'Are you seriously OK with paying more to get less in your pension' #UCUrising

Thanks Laura Moody, Justin Goodrich and The Genetics Society for a great #nonseedUK22 meeting. So many enjoyable and inspiring talks. Who needs seed anyway (except for the occasional bean stew).

We are seeking to appoint a new academic at the level of either Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor in Plant Sciences! Click the link below for more info and how to apply! bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta…

Interested in fundamental questions in plant developmental biology and like living in fantastic cities? Come have fun with Arabidopsis in Bristol! I'm recruiting for two fully funded PhD studentships University of Bristol Biological Sciences, details below: findaphd.com/phds/project/h… findaphd.com/phds/project/l…

Very excited to co-organize the "Plant and Algal Development and Evolution" session of the upcoming Plant Biology Europe PBE2023 - MARSEILLE Meeting in Marseille, France 🌴🌞🇫🇷. Registration is OPEN. Abstract submission will open mid-February. Looking forward to it ! Please RT !

Our paper is out! 🥳🌿 We show that auxin transport regulates shoot branching architecture in the lycophyte, _Selaginella kraussiana_, suggesting that PIN-mediated auxin transport is an ancestral regulator of branching in vascular plants. Development journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

Gene duplication, transfer, and also loss have shaped the diversity of plants, my Tansley Insight is now out and open access :) It was great fun to write and I've heard it's even more fun to read!! Many thanks to New Phytologist for the opportunity nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Going deep into the very essence of cabbages at #FUTURES2023 FUTURES University of Bristol Biological Sciences University of Bristol

*PhD Funding* Do you like plants and are keen to understand how they grow? 🌿🙂 Apply for a SWBio DTP studentship to study the genetic control of pea growth and yield under environmental stress 🫛🧑‍🔬 More info: plantdevo.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/join-us/#Apply…

Plants get older, but do they age? Come to University of Bristol Biological Sciences to find out. My new SWBio DTP PhD project is now online, please get in touch for more details! #PhDfunding #plantdevelopment swbio.ac.uk/bioscience-for…

Lovely talk by George R. L. Greiff on the evolution of WOX gene function at the Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant SIG meeting. Thanks Laura Moody and Andy Plackett for organising a great celebration of all the best plant lineages The Genetics Society #moss #plantdevelopment

We've got some good news to end the year! 🎆 We're delighted to announce that Maria Chondronikola Jim Fouracre & Dr Jo Hepworth are the winners of our 2023 New lecturer grant in nutrition & crop science 👏 Congratulations & good luck with your projects Inst Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Labs University of Bristol Biological Sciences Durham BioSciences

Ever wondered why ivy leaves change shape as a plant grows or why ants don't like young acacias? Check out mine and Scott Poethig's new review on vegetative phase change in Developmental Cell (mainly for the bits Scott wrote) University of Bristol Biological Sciences authors.elsevier.com/c/1iOZf5Sx5gtx…

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer faculty post in Neuroscience available at University of Bristol jobs.ac.uk/job/DEX688/lec… Deadline 21st Jan Feel free to get in touch if you would like to learn more about the fantastic research environment here. Please RT

Interested in using plants to improve human nutrition? I'm hiring a research technician to study the wonderful potential of Camelina for a year University of Bristol Biological Sciences , funded by Rank Prize. Info below, please get in touch if you'd like more details! jobs.ac.uk/job/DFV558/res…

Fantastic postdoc opportunity to work on a critical question in plant evolution - where do shoots come from? A new collaboration between Jill Harrison University of Bristol Biological Sciences , Sandy Hetherington and others are finding out. Contact Jill for details! thenode.biologists.com/jobs/would-you…

Fun day at #SomerScience with the University of Bristol Biological Sciences team Sinead English - find me on Bluesky Jim Fouracre Jessica Foley Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social 🦋🐝🐞🪲🐬 Somerscience

How did bryophytes and vascular plants get so different? I'm looking for a new team member to join my lab for 3 years and find out! The project will involve developmental genetics in Physcomitrium and Selaginella, more info here: linkedin.com/in/jill-harris…