Check out our new paper focusing on unaccessioned herbarium specimens. nhcm.pensoft.net/article/1829... We found that bryophytes and fungi/lichens were over-represented in the specimen backlog, compared to vascular plants. This highlights the need for more bryophyte and fungi/lichen identification!

We are currently recruiting @utknoxville.bsky.social students to sign up for our May-term course, EEB 466: Immersions in Collection Research. Please share widely!

The @herbariumcurators.bsky.social SE USA Chapter is pleased to invite you to Coffee with a Curator: Demetra Kandalepas will present a tour of the Glen N. Montz Herbarium at Southeastern Louisiana University (SELU) on Friday, March 20th at 1pm CT/ 2pm ET. (Note this is not our typical time.)

My former grad student Eric Shershen just published the researcher from his second chapter! @utknoxville.bsky.social @utkherbarium.bsky.social Check it out at the link below!

The @herbariumcurators.bsky.social SE USA chapter invites you to Coffee with a Curator: Our next installment will be Clara Minnich from Marshall University Herbarium (MUHW) presenting on Herbarium DNA: A Complicated History of the Destructive Sampling Paradox on Friday, Nov 21st at 1pm CT/2pm ET.

It feels like winter today in Knoxville, but I am already thinking about spring! Spread the word to any students looking for advanced EEB classes. Students can send me an email to pre-register for the course now!

If you want the Forest Service to be anything other than just a logging company get in those public comments, people

Very important paper and resource. Bryophyte genomes expanded by one order of magnitude. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is no bird! The White Egret Orchid uses its "unique" shape to attract pollinators. 🐞 🦋 🐝

SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS #AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Beyond #phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data,” led by @emcassey.bsky.social, @erikarmoore11.bsky.social, Mafe Torres Jimenez & ‪@yannickwoudstra.bsky.social‬ Deadline 30 Nov 2025 botany.org/home/publica...

We’re excited to announce the Call for Symposia, Colloquia, & Workshop Proposals for #Botany2026, Aug. 1–5, 2026 in Tucson, AZ. Help us explore this year’s theme: Biodiversity at the Boundaries. There is a hard deadline of October 16 for Symposia and Colloquia proposals. www.botanyconference.org

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

The submissions for the new Massachusetts seal, flag and motto are up, and my friends, they are a *trip* www.mass.gov/doc/massachu...

MSU Plant Bio is hiring a new herbarium director! Our herbarium is a wonderful resource on campus and I'm excited to have the opportunity to make it even better by bringing in a new director. Details here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1. #AcademicJobs #tenuretrack #facultyjobs apply.interfolio.com/171403 (I love being here. Come join!) @stonybrooku.bsky.social

New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

Let's go to mars with moss! Moss-derived microbiome improves crop growth in lunar and Martian soil simulants www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions! plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

Check out this great video www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6-x... that @utknoxville.bsky.social graduate Cruz Gouveia put together about our US National Science Foundation funded May mini-term class (EEB 466 - Immersion in Collections Research)!

Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social

Looking for a #postdoc in evolutionary biology? Come join the Budke Lab! Read more about the lab jmbudke.github.io & apply at this link fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... This is the last weekend to apply before applications will be evaluated and zoom interviews scheduled.

WSU biology is hiring a vertebrate ecologist! wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

We are selling American Bryological and Lichenological Society hats to raise money for student travel awards to our annual conference. Place your order by August 17th. You can access the fundraiser via the link or QR code below. www.customink.com/fundraising/...

Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology! Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions. (Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.) lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring! We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.

🚨🚨 New tenure track position in #ConservationBiology @oberlincollege.bsky.social in the #Biology department--come join us, and contribute to our brand new Environmental Science major too! #biologyjobs #ecologyjobs jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671

Are you or someone you know an Evolutionary parasitologist? Wanna come work with me? Low cost of living, lots of areas doe outdoor recreation nearby. Please share far and wide! 🧪 🌱 nsuok.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Know an Evolutionary Genomicist looking for a faculty position? Join us in EEB @utknoxville.bsky.social Position is open for studying any organism, but personally I have some botany bias. 🌱 Apply before Sept 19 for full consideration. apply.interfolio.com/170735 Please share widely. Thanks!

My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...

#Botany2025 #AFS Come fern out with us at the American Fern Society booth!

Tea towels, jewelry, and so much more - BlueBeehiveStudio.etsy.com . #Botany2025 #HomeDecor #Kitchen #KitchenDecor #TeaTowels #Sale #Diatoms #Ferns #Nudibranchs #science #scientist #botanist

Show your support for bryophytes and lichens. Order an ABLS hat at this link or via the QR code in the photo below. www.customink.com/fundraising/... All proceeds go to support student travel awards to attend and present at the annual ABLS meeting. #Botany2025

Great talks and discussions happening at #Botany2025. Check out the starter pack to follow along (and let me know if you're attending so I can add you): go.bsky.app/Gu9T4st

Beautiful and engaging talk on moss #endozoochory by Yume Imada drawing parallels between animals eating #moss spores and angiosperm seeds. The rates of consumption are similar, and moss spores can survive gut passage. #Botany2025

Join the Society of Herbarium Curators today! Membership benefits include Student Research Awards and an active Eary Career Section that is great for networking! Join at the link below or via theQR code. www.herbariumcurators.org/membership/

In honor of the #fern talks at #Botany2025 happening today, we release the next two Minute Genera #2MG video! Learn about Osmundastrum from Wes Testo of the University of Vermont! youtu.be/o4aXpEBdVQA?...

Stop by the American Bryological & Lichenological Society booth at #Botany2025 to learn more about the society and to get a free sticker.

Hey #Botany2025 attendees, Brandon Corder has set up an #iNaturalist project for the conference. Join the project and all your CA obs during 26 to 30 July will be automatically added. Incentive to upload the cool nature you saw during the field trips, as well as the flora and fauna of Palm Springs!

Dr. Catrina Adams, Botanical Society of America Director of Education, steps up last minute to give our plenary address. YOU are a role model and absolute icon! Thanks for this, and for all you've done to get PlantingScience K-12 outreach to 20 years! Here's to the next 20! #Botany2025

Stop by the Society of Herbarium Curators booth at #Botany2025 to learn more about the society and to get some free stickers to show your support for herbaria! Not a member, join us using this link. www.herbariumcurators.org/membership/

A University of Colorado, Boulder research team found a new lichen species and they named them after the Indigo Girls. @indigogirlsmusic.bsky.social Check out this great work from American Bryological Society members Erin Manzitto-Tripp, Jacob Watts, & Seth Raynor! www.cpr.org/2025/07/24/c...

Looking for a #postdoc position in evolutionary biology? Come join the Budke Lab @utknoxville.bsky.social! Read more about the lab jmbudke.github.io & apply here fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Please share widely. Thanks! #Postdocposition #PostdocOpportunity

☀️THE SUMMER FIGHT FOR SCIENCE☀️ 🫵 WHO: You + all our friends 🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts. 🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community 🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th 🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.

Reminder!! Join us this week for our next Coffee with a Curator, a monthly gathering of the SHC-SE Chapter When: Friday, April 25th at 2pm ET Chris Waters will discuss "Looking to the past to inform the future: What eDNA from herbarium specimens can tell us about plant–animal interactions.”

Save the Date for Coffee with a Curator, a monthly gathering of SHC-SEUSA Chapter When: Friday, April 25th at 2pm ET Speaker: Chris Waters presenting their research, entitled "Looking to the past to inform the future: What eDNA from herbarium specimens can tell us about plant–animal interactions.”

Keep pushing back and speaking out! I spoke at a rally yesterday in support of federal funding for science! In the article they quoted my concerns, but I also spoke about hope at the end of my speech. www.wuot.org/news/2025-04...

🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Distinct patterns of genome size evolution in each bryophyte lineage are not correlated with whole genome duplication’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Nikisha Patel and co-authors is now #free for a limited time 🧵(1/8) 👉 doi.org/pcjr @mossplants.bsky.social #AoBpapers

🌿 Apply for BSA #Botany2025 Travel Awards—3 deadlines are THIS SATURDAY! 🌿 Also, check out BSA Sectional Awards (deadline Apr 1) & the new Hardship Awards (deadline Apr 15). Learn more & apply: botany.org/home/awards.html Must be a BSA member. Need to join? Visit botany.org and click on Join!