New preprint out 🌱 We present a new T-DNA vector system for Arabidopsis that supports clean, genomically mapped, single-copy T-DNA insertion with predictable cell-type/conditional gene expression. @MoKhalilLab Gehring labs biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… 🧵1/16

Our stream for Single Cell Genomics Day goes live tomorrow morning at satijalab.org/scgd , look forward to seeing you there for our 10th year!

PCA Members are excited to share our new paper, which outlines a roadmap for tracing the origins and diversification of cell types across green plants using single-cell technologies. Read the Paper Here: bit.ly/4eAip2Q

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 2nd meeting. Congratulations to TPSC affiliates Dr. Bas Bargmann, Dr. Courtney Leisner, and Dr. Yun Yin on their promotions to associate professor with tenure!

Excited to see our review online in @CurrentBiology, led by our amazing leader @Luke_Nikolov, as part of the @CellAtlas Comparative Biology and Evolution Committee to help envision the future of evolutionary and comparative single-cell omics in plants cell.com/current-biology/ful…

Excited to share our new preprint "Genetic code expansion enables plant-directed control of bacterial activity", a fantastic collaboration with @kunjapur lab! biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

🐸🌱Position OPEN in the Torii Lab @ut_mbs @TexasScience @hhmi_science ! We are looking for an enthusiastic, plant propagation, tissue Culture, transformation and genome editing expert to develop emerging Amphibious model system🐸🌱 Apply↓ utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.c…

Check out our paper in the @PNASNews Special Feature: bit.ly/PNASpoly. We explore how stress induces polyploidy across fungi, plants, and animals, reshaping genomes, cells, and tissues through cell cycle alterations. Great collaboration with @FoxLabNC and @AnnaSelmecki

Single somatic plant cells have the remarkable potential to dedifferentiate and regenerate entirely new plants. However, the cell states and regulatory dynamics enabling dedifferentiation competence had not been fully explored... dun dun dun ⬇️ (1/12) biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

Congratulations to Julie Law, PhD, on her promotion to full professor at Salk! 🎉 Law studies epigenetics—the chemical modifications that regulate DNA activity without changing the genetic code—and how these processes influence development, genome stability, and responses to environmental stress. Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, her lab has made major discoveries in DNA methylation and recently revealed how transcription factors and DNA sequences can direct new epigenetic patterns, a major conceptual advance in the field. Her research is helping uncover the fundamental mechanisms that govern genome function while advancing efforts to engineer more resilient crops through Salk’s Harnessing Plants Initiative. #SalkInstitute #Epigenetics #PlantScience #GenomeBiology #WomenInSTEM

Amazing colleague! So well deserved promotion 👏🏼 congrats Julie!

CSHL Professor Dave Jackson is joining the likes of Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking as a Fellow of the Royal Society. The Royal Society recognizes, promotes, and supports excellence in science and encourages the use of science for the benefit of humanity.  Bruce Stillman, CSHL President & CEO, congratulates Jackson on this well-deserved election, as his research has progressed humanity's understanding of plant stem cell regeneration. #InspiringDiscovery #RoyalSociety #PlantBiology #ScienceMakesLifeBetter

🎉Huge congratulations @MaizeMeristem on being elected Fellow of the Royal Society, London! An incredible and well-deserved honor 🌽

Are you excited about understanding the molecular underpinnings of arbuscular mycorrhiza? Then this PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobpo…

RSPS2026 | Finalist: Dr. Ben P. Williams | Presentation: Jun 2 15:00-15:30 (GMT) | DNA methylation dynamics in plant development and aging | FREE to Watch the Live Streaming via YouTube (youtube.com/@molecularplant9…) / WeChat (MolPlant Channel)

Did you know that SoyBase was once distributed to researchers on CDs?  Learn about this and other SoyBase historical information in the new blog post. soybase.org/blog/2026/03/27/… #historical #Genomics #Soybean

Terrific work led by @TrALEE_Sci on a problem my lab initiated 3 decades ago! We only now have the tools to address the complexity of a standing wave of growth cell by cell!

How do cells break symmetry to generate new shape and form? Using the apical hook as a model, we @JoeEcker applied spatial and single-cell multiomics, and identify a regulatory hotspot in a transient cell niche that drives this U-shaped structure 1/8 biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

New OA Resource: "A transcriptional atlas of early Arabidopsis seed development suggests mechanisms for inter-tissue coordination" rdcu.be/fj8H2 Single-nucleus RNAseq profiling of early Arabidopsis seed development.

The Application deadline for the SynBio Hackathon has been EXTENDED until June 8, 2026! Apply Now Here: plantcellatlas.org/2026-synb… *Participants will be reimbursed up to $800 for travel and lodging costs.