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I was on a 🇩🇪 reviewing board for postdoc fellowships last week. In the past, the 🇺🇸 was always the No. 1 destination across all disciplines. This time, only 10% of applicants aimed for the US. This year the most popular destination was 🇦🇺 (Australia).

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The final version of our review on cereal root system genetics and domestication has now been published: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

The Genetic Basis and Domestication of Root System Architecture in CerealsCereal root systems are critical for nutrient and water uptake as well as for anchorage and thus for plant productivity. This review synthesizes the current understanding of the morphological and cell...www.annualreviews.org

Dear students, the @tagesschau.bsky.social shows you how NOT to do bar diagrams: - bar charts rely completely on visual proportions. - Therefore, always keep the baseline at zero for any bar chart. - If you must truncate a bar chart, use a visual break symbol to warn the reader of the truncation.

I miss the physical Maize Genetics Newsletter. After the printed issue was discontinued in 2013 and became online only, it was dead shortly after. bsky.app/profile/jros...

Co-dominant inheritance bsky.app/profile/wolk...

Reunion of current and former lab members at the Maize Genetics Meeting in Cologne. #MGM2026

The 68th Maize Genetics Meeting in Cologne, Germany has just started. #MGM2026

Our review on the genetics and domestication of cereal root systems is now online. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

The Genetic Basis and Domestication of Root System Architecture in CerealsCereal root systems are critical for nutrient and water uptake as well as for anchorage and thus for plant productivity. This review synthesizes the current understanding of the morphological and cell...www.annualreviews.org

Only one day left for early registration for the 2026 Maize Genetics Meeting in Cologne, Germany (Feb 26-Mar 1, 2026). www.mgcmeeting.com

Maize Genetics Cooperation, Inc Meetingwww.mgcmeeting.com

4:13 Std. Gespräch mit Nobelpreisträgerin Chr. Nüsslein-Volhard. Was wären interessante künftige Forschungsthemen? „Bei der Pflanzenforschung würde mir gefallen, wenn man mal etwas anderes als Arabidopsis erforschen würde, nicht nur dieses unscheinbare Kraut.“ 😀 podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/a...

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, warum ist nach dem Nobelpreis alles aus?Podcast-Folge · Alles gesagt? · 29.08.2025 · 4 Std. 13 Min.podcasts.apple.com