Three postdoc positions available in my lab at University of California Riverside immediately. Two are on RNA trafficking between plant hosts and microbes and one is on developing innovative tools to control citrus greening. iigb.ucr.edu/jobs#academic-…. Please RT, thanks.

A post-doc position is available to work in my group in Lyon (@RDPlab). Come join us in FRANCE to work in the field of haploid induction and gene editing. If you are interested to work on this topic in Lyon, please contact me! Please RT! #plantscijobs

Graduating soon? I am hiring a postdoc in my laboratory HudsonAlpha to collaborate w/ Loren Honaas (USDA) and Stephen Ficklin (WSU) labs to sequence 1000s of apple and pear RNAs to develop biomarker assays for maturity and post-harvest traits. $60,000. hudsonalpha.applicantpro.com/jobs/3238779

Hi plant tweeps! I’m looking for a postdoc to study the regulation of nitrogen use efficiency and/or seed protein content & quality in maize. The position is 3 year, at Huazhong Agricultural Univ., Wuhan, co-mentored by myself and Dr. Jianbing Yan. DM/email me if interested.

Premeiotic 24-nt phasiRNAs are present in the Zea genus and unique in biogenesis mechanism and molecular function biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

NEWS & VIEWS: Which ring is the ring? Insights from a study on maize circRNAs under drought stress (Chong Teng) buff.ly/4bhgrQX Chong Teng (TC) ASPB #PlantSci

I’m thrilled to see this work out in its final format — we discovered a new type of phasiRNAs in maize anthers! Thanks to all the co-authors for a wonderful collaboration.

Applications for the Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor program (volunteer positions) are being accepted between now and October 15, 2024. Who should apply? Late-stage PhD students & postdocs who want to expand their horizons and skillsets. More ➡️ blog.aspb.org/plant-physiolo…

Comparative transcriptome profiling identifies stage-specific phasiRNAs and co-expressed Argonaute genes in Bambusoideae and Pooideae ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

So proud of my lab for our latest work out today in Nature Publishing. We took advantage of transposable elements and CRISPR to perform targeted insertion of cargo DNA in the Arabidopsis and soy genomes. Led by Peng Liu. nature.com/articles/s4158…. 🧵

I'm recruiting a postdoc to work on the evolutionary genetics of introgression, following on our recent work (doi.org/10.1126/scienc…). This is a 2yr joint position w/ collaborators at Huazhong Agricultural University, and the pdoc will spend 1 year at each locale. Please share!

Our deep dive into cis-regulatory diversity using single-cell genomics across maize germplasm reveals how genetic variants reshape chromatin accessibility, transcription factor binding, chromatin interactions and much more. Led by Alexandre Marand! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New work from Forrest Li with me and Daniel Runcie, asking how well genotype-environment correlations improve our ability to predict fitness in cultivated populations (spoiler: they don't). biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

35S:RUBY, one of the most popular plasmids at Addgene, is featured in nature . A great tool for crop engineering, basic research, and teaching of plant genetics. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Ribosome binding of phasiRNA precursors accelerates the 24-nt phasiRNA burst in meiotic maize anthers (Yingjia Han, Siqi Jiang, Xiaomei Dong, Xing Dai, Shunxi Wang, et. al.) buff.ly/3NAGOaa ASPB #PlantSci

A collaborative study involving five labs, including mine, revealed that heat stress during pollen tube growth phase lowers fruit and seed yield in tomatoes. Forms the basis to develop heat-tolerant tomato varieties. tinyurl.com/msarphw7

Our collaboration on comparative PhasiRNAs in grasses 詹俊鹏 | Junpeng Zhan

Excited to share our latest work on grass reproductive phasiRNAs! In this work we profiled the anther phasiRNAs and (tried to) identified their targets in six Pooideae species plus herbaceous bamboo.

Job alert! I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and a technician to join my Future Leaders Fellowship project, titled "The development and evolution of grain abscission in the Triticeae". International Barley Hub James Hutton Institute. hutton.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/37… hutton.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/37…

The International Forum for Maize Bio #IFMB2025 happening this October in Wuhan with myself, Jianbing Yan, and Dave Jackson as chairs. All the corniest science! Please submit abstracts! We will reimburse airfare for some of the selected abstracts as well! ifmb.maizemeeting.com