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NAASC is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2026 Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Awards!
Read more about:
🌱Mary Lou Guerinot, USA
🌱Caroline Dean, UK
🌱Julian Schroeder, USA
Nominate by 31 Oct 2026 for the 2027 cycle!
arabidopsiscommunity.org/new…
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The @NelmsLab @UGA is hiring Postdocs to study gene regulation and cell fate during pollen development in maize. Projects include haploid genome activation, genetic screens exploiting haploid selection, and TF-driven reprogramming of repro cell identity #PlantReproJobs 🔬🧬🌽
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Ossoff: This is what small men like Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller will never understand—that our national greatness flows not through our blood or our genes, but through our ideas.
Americans are not a race, we're a people united not by ethnicity, but by our shared convictions, and that is what makes us exceptional
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
It really is. At the end of the day, only two things we do in academia truly matter: the truth we discover and the people we help develop. Everything else is a means to those two
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
Heartbreaking and coming for more of us. My daily panic focuses on figuring out how I will to fund students and keep my lab open without another grant, and I’m not alone. So many of us want to be here, do science, and mentor but without federal support, our labs will close. 💔
@statnews conducted a national survey of NIH-funded researchers and found that, a year after Trump's return, many scientists are reeling, with some closing labs entirely. ‘This is like the Titanic,' one respondent told me. For full details, see our story
statnews.com/2026/03/19/nih-…
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Scottie just told me that they got @ASPB ASPB SURF!!!
Congratulations, Scottie 🎉🍀🔬
Looking forward to having you in the lab over the summer
We are welcoming Scottie Mello, an UBC Biology major, in the lab this semester.
They will work on a project to understand the directionality at cellular level. A super-fundamental biology question, where plants provide a trackable system.
ashraflab.com/team.html
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Happy International Women in STEM Day!
Some personal heroes:
Julie Borlaug
Nicola Patron
Jen Brophy
Min Ya
Keira Havens
Katalin Kariko
Carolyn Bertozzi
Barbara McClintock
Jen Sheen
and so many many more.
These folks inspire me greatly.
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Beautiful work! This study has completely changed the way we should think about plant germlineS, yes with a capital S.
Excited to share our preprint! By avoiding genetic bottlenecks leading to the germline, plant development prevents mutations from spreading to many offspring: doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.05.…
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Excited to share our preprint! By avoiding genetic bottlenecks leading to the germline, plant development prevents mutations from spreading to many offspring: doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.05.…
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
🎙️☘️🔬
New episode of #No_Time_To_Read podcast of this year!
I had a wonderful discussion with @Dr_Heatherini Heather about her @CellReports paper.
Podcast: tinyurl.com/a9vcteru
Article: tinyurl.com/4dhxuye2
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Between the catastrophic funding cuts and the quietly but sharply increasing foreign recruitment of American talent, the US is set to lose its lead in science and technology far faster than most people on here have any idea of
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… #biorxiv_plants
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
Pat Schnable (@schnablep) invented 17 patents and spun 5 companies out of his work at ISU. Now elected to NAI. Also a great story about how @IowaStateU made a conscious decision to support professors translating research into private sector impact. Congratulations, Dad.
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Join us tomorrow, December 12 (12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET)to hear Dr. Penelope talk at the Sahyadri Symposium 2025
Register here to receive a Zoom link: forms.gle/XciuCZ1FP62H94W1A
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
⚠️ Phishing alert: Someone is impersonating MaizeGDB and emailing links to download files from sendspace.com. These emails are NOT from us and may be malicious. MaizeGDB will never send unexpected download requests. Delete/report as spam or phishing if you receive one.
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
Join us in welcoming GSA’s newest Board members: VP David Greenstein, Treasurer @MaryC_Mullins, and Directors Monica Colaiacovo, Tania Reis (@reis_lab), and @jrossibarra. We’re grateful for their leadership and excited for what’s ahead. Learn more: buff.ly/Np4hxNo
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
Please join us for the 2025 Plant Postdocs Sahyadri Symposium featuring Drs. Penelope Lindsay, Elena Perry, and Erica Lawrence-Paul.
Friday, December 12
12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET
Register here: forms.gle/XciuCZ1FP62H94W1A
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
It's good to be back with a new season of #No_Time_To_Read_podcast! 🍀
This podcast, which I started as a postdoc, is growing with me. Thanks for your support over the years.
We have great a line up of awesome plant scientists appearing in Season 4! 🎙️
open.spotify.com/episode/4xH…
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
NAASC Arabidopsis Community Impact Awards Talks Available - mailchi.mp/38043cf1995c/upco…
John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social retweeted
This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you. The brainchild of
@delaconcepcionj @dinokaryon & our fantastic collaborators is now out in
@NaturePlants
nature.com/articles/s41477-0… Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
