Bob Schmitz

🌿 New paper from the lab out in @NaturePlants! We built a single-cell atlas of Arabidopsis leaf development to ask: how does drought reshape leaf gene expression at the cellular level? doi.org/10.1038/s41477… 🧵

Advances in plant spatial multi-omics data analysis cell.com/trends/plant-s… ♻️

Post Doc in soybean breeding & genetics -focuses on identifying & characterizing wild soybean germplasm w/ stress-tolerance traits relevant to resilient crop development -use sequencing information & evidence-based analytical workflows @plantpostdocs zintellect.com/Opportunity/De…

🌱 🐞 Professor Gaelen R. Burke, an internationally recognized expert in insect-microbe interactions, has been honored with The University of Georgia's highest early-career honor for outstanding and innovative instruction. 🔗 More here: ugacaes.org/4uxYBDm

#polyploidy enthusiasts: check out this exciting meeting in the Netherlands! pe-rc.nl/events/interna…

We're hiring a postdoctoral researcher in plant genome engineering with expertise in synthetic biology, gene editing and omics, with an interest in developing next-generation technologies for plants.🪴🧬 Available immediately. If interested, send your CV! demirerlab.com

🌱 🥜 Over $6 million in funding from the @gatesfoundation and @MarsGlobal is propelling CAES peanut researchers David Bertioli and Soraya Leal-Bertioli closer to a more resilient crop for farmers in Africa and the U.S. 🔗 ugacaes.org/4ltyjOi

“The University Professorship is reserved for faculty who have created an enduring legacy at the University of Georgia above and beyond their exceptional impact in teaching, research and service." Join us in celebrating the 2025-2026 University Professors! This year's honorees are Wayne Parrott, Distinguished Research Professor in the department of crop and soil sciences, director of the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics and interim director of the Center for Applied Genetic Technologies in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; and Olin E. Rhodes Jr., UGA Athletic Association Professor of Applied Ecology in the Odum School of Ecology and director of the UGA Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. t.uga.edu/4rrqdXR

Hiding in plain sight! 2.3M conserved non-coding sequences traced back 300M years across 284 plant species Ground-breaking study in First Release @ScienceMagazine from labs of Madelaine Bartlett, Idane Efroni & Zach Lippman ▶️ doi.org/10.1126/scienc… ▶️ slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/hiding-pl…

A deep-time landscape of plant cis-regulatory sequence evolution science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Reminder of upcoming deadline for this workshop. Registration is free; and fellowships are available for graduate students 🌽

🌱EPIPLANT is live! Registration is now open for the EPIPLANT 2026 conference (June 22–24). We look forward to welcoming you to Nantes, France for an exciting conference on the epigenetics of photosynthetic organisms! 👉Details & registration: epiplant-2026.sciencesconf.org

This week, the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics welcomes Dr. Brian Kvitko, Associate Professor in CAES Plant Pathology, for a guest seminar titled “Bacterial Virulence and Plant Resistance: Mechanistic Perspectives and Translational Opportunities.”

#ASPBPlantCellTuesday #ICYMI

Applications are now open for our next class of Pivot Fellows! This unique opportunity allows researchers to pivot and apply their talents and expertise to a new field in #math or #science: simonsfoundation.org/2026/03/02/app…

Proud to share that our Institute Director, Dr. Wayne Parrott, has been named 2025-2026 University Professor at UGA. It is a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and service. Congratulations Dr. Parrott on this well-deserved recognition!

SoyBase & @MaizeGDB Workshop: Resources for Crop Genetics #research This workshop will give an overview of the wide variety of tools & data available on SoyBase & MaizeGDB. At @IowaStateU Agronomy Hall 3140 March 11th at 3-5pm plantbreeding.iastate.edu/event/2026/pla…

2026 NDSU #Soybean Symposium - Communication in Science On March 5, 2026 in Fargo, ND ndsu.edu/agriculture/pl… The symposium bridges multiple disciplines: soybean agronomy, #breeding, foster collaboration, & develop new networks for cutting edge soybean #research.

2026 Missouri #Soybean Symposium This free in-person symposium is open to researchers, students, industry, farmers, and other stakeholders interested in soybean. This symposium will be held at University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. soybeancenter.missouri.edu/symposium/

March 15th is the deadline for the virtual competition! Share your science with us!