Please RT! I'm hiring a postdoc to work in my new lab at UCSB (!) on an NSF-funded project investigating the phenotypic consequences of WGD for photosynthesis and respiration. Check out the full posting here: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02986 And more info about the lab here: sharbroughlab.com

Destroying 50 years of women’s health samples is like ‘burning the Library of Congress’ www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/h...

Congressionally mandated climate reports disappeared from their federal websites. www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/c...

🚨 I’m thrilled to share that I am starting as an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University this Fall! 👀 Opportunities coming soon as I re-root my research program in plant ecophysiology and evolution at Wake 🌿 🌲🌱 #NewPI #plantecophys #botany @wfubiology.bsky.social @wakeforest.bsky.social

We decoded the genome of #Boechera falcata, the only Eurasian species in a mostly North American plant group. It helps us understand how it evolved and how it reproduces. academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad... @ceitec.eu @uebscimuni.bsky.social

Caiti Smukowski Heil @caitismuheil.bsky.social tells us about th domestication of yeast in bread 🍞 Humans have made a profound impact on the genome of S. cerevisiae And commercial baking strains are super weird! #Evol2025 #Evol25

#ICYMI: In April, we reported that at least a dozen members of Congress wrote to the Trump administration with questions about citizens detained, questioned and even held at gunpoint by ICE agents. None of them received an answer. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social‬

🌴 Deadline extended! There’s still time to snag your #Botany2025 swag—now available through June 15! Get ready for Palm Springs with t-shirts, hoodies, hats, and totes in a range of colors. Everything ships straight to you, so you’ll be stylish and conference-ready. www.bonfire.com/store/botany...

Really proud to have worked with my 14-year-old, Anjali, on this new and free kids' book on #evolution. Published in time for the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Please check it out and share! www.lsu.edu/mns/news-and...

#AcademicSky and all #UNC system academics: www.heraldsun.com/news/local/e...

Just read about Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a Republican who spoke out against McCarthyism. According to @wikipedia.org, "She stated the basic principles of "Americanism" were: The right to criticize; The right to hold unpopular beliefs; The right to protest; The right of independent thought.

Will America’s National Parks Survive Trump? He plans to close 350 of our parks, monuments and historic sites www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...

Excited for the first day of virtual #evol2025? The workshop day is always important for our community, especially early-career members. Think you might want to organize a workshop someday? Now is your chance - The SSB standalone is coming up in January! #ssb2026

Respect!!! @harvard.edu 😍 The link to the FREE GOVERNMENT COURSES is ... pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

A comprehensive illustrated protocol for clearing, mounting, and imaging leaf venation networks 🌾🧪 bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

I am really excited about this new article series in Systematic Botany. It's a great opportunity to draw attention to plant biodiversity and natural history, plus rally communities around clades that need more work or have particular ecological / economic significance. www.aspt.net/news-blog/20...

Mesquite 4 beta released! Many new features, esp. phylogenomic. Check out the trailer and longer video on the home page: www.mesquiteproject.org, and use the download link there to get a copy. Feedback welcome! Ask and discuss on our new Google Group (groups.google.com/g/mesquite-p...).

I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school

BIG NEWS for Botany 2025 STUDENTS!🌴 We’ve got a brand-new student hotel block at Courtyard Palm Springs—just for YOU! It’s the perfect place to rest, recharge, and connect with your fellow plant science enthusiasts. Deadline to book is JULY 4TH—so don’t wait! www.marriott.com/event-reserv...

🌼The 2nd episode of the BSA's new podcast---A Botanical Podcast!---is now available on all major streaming services!🌼 In this episode, Jordan Dowell explores how #plants communicate through #chemistry. www.buzzsprout.com/admin/244699... #botany #plantscience @volatileorganic.bsky.social

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday 📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

I commented today. Please y'all, chime in and make sure these proposed Schedule F rule changes are called out for what they are. 🧪🔬🥽🧬👩‍🔬🏥

Help BSA raise funds to support the PLANTS program! NSF terminated our award, but our community is stepping up! Donate today to support a leadership & mentoring program that supports the next generation of plant scientists! #SupportPLANTS botany.org/.../plants-g... crm.botany.org/makeadonation

RAxML-NG v2.0 beta is here github.com/amkozlov/rax... Features 1. Difficulty prediction academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... 2. Adaptive search academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... 3. Early Stop www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 4. Model selection 5. Rapid bootstrapping academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

#WithoutNSF, it will be more challenging to train the next generation of scientists & entrepreneurs in #agriculture #Soil #Crop #plant #biology #genomics #teamscience & more; #NSF supports training of students & that is in our national interest #SupportNSF #SaveNSF #AgSky #AcademicSky #highered 🌾🌱🧪

The Drug Enforcement Administration has quietly ended its body camera program barely four years after it began, according to an internal email obtained by ProPublica. By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social

Travel 400M years in a flip. FERNS explores the evolution, survival, and modern ties of Earth’s most adaptable plants. By @fernway.bsky.social & Jacob Suissa, illustrated by Laura Silburn. Out May 6: go.btiscience.org/ferns #FernsBook #PlantScience

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Join us in the evolution tri-societies Week of Action for NSF! Call/write congress, engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding! Scan the QR code on the attached image for instructions and scripts. We must make noise! Pls RT!!!! #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF

#Phylogenetics & population structure of the western North American endemic Pacific Laurasian clade of #Isoëtes New #AJB research by Forrest Freund, Daniel Gates, Matthew Johnson & @crothfels.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #genetics #biogeography #evolution

In case this is helpful to someone out there: I'm moving to Ball State University this August, and I'll have a support for MS students over the next three years (RAs/TAs) If your lab has talented students graduating this spring, I welcome them to reach out and talk about the opportunities.

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Some 1,900 leading researchers accused the Trump administration in an open letter on Monday of conducting a “wholesale assault on U.S. science” that could set back research by decades and that threatens the health and safety of Americans.

#Botany2025 let's gooooooooooo

Lots of brilliant job vacancies @thebotanics.bsky.social just now, including Horticulturalists, Pollinator Ecologist & the Big Boss post (Regius Keeper)🌿🍄🌳🌼: www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job... #hortjobs #horticulture #RBGE #ecologyjobs #botanyjobs

Evolutionary biologists: can you envision a way that SSE can support its members? Is there something that would help our community right now? Go talk to Gina!

IMLS staff put on administrative leave today. This is so upsetting. Libraries and museums are the places where you can educate yourself whatever your means and whatever your interests. These are institutions we can all agree on, right? Where are we without an informed population?

Paper "Triploid bridges enable gene flow in mixed-ploidy populations of Cardamine amara" published in Molecular Ecology! doi.org/10.1111/mec.... The study reveals how rare triploids help overcome ploidy barriers and mediate gene flow between diploid and tetraploid populations.

We made the cover www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It's finally here! Our first round of Herbmadness2025 has ended, so get ready for round 2! Be sure to check out the poll in our story or the Round 2 highlights. Get acquainted with your favorite genera and make sure they make it to the final round! Round 2: March 10 - 14 Round 3: March 17 - 21

The Florida State Collection of Arthropods is hiring a Collections Manager (Biological Scientist IV) in Gainesville. Applications close March 20, 2025. For inquiries, contact Dr. Patrick Gorring. Apply here: 42001238. #job

Very excited to be co-teaching this new course at the University of Michigan Biological Station this spring! myumi.ch/n14Vr

Hello botany enthusiasts! With March Madness right around the corner that means it's time for… Herb-Madness! 32 plant genera are set to compete in the 2025 Herb Madness Championship. We have an exciting lineup for this year’s Herb Madness, but we can’t do it without YOUR HELP. #herbmadness2025

Come work with us! The New York Botanical Garden is hiring a Curator at the Assist. or Associate level. Profile: a productive and FUN Mycologist or Cryptogamic Botanist. Happy to talk to candidates about how wonderful one of the best botanical research centers is, easy. www.nybg.org/about/work-w...

PhD student positions open all times of the year in Sweden. These are jobs (=employment for ~4 years at a Swedish University) and are openly announced on University websites and usually on www.euraxess.se too. A master’s degree is usually required.

Hi folks! What tools/techniques do you use personally or in your department to evaluate graduate student mentoring by PI's? (looking for FORMAL mechanisms, not informal feedback from mentees which is helpful but not what i'm looking for) 🧪🌱

Abhorrent. @nature.org

Please share: @delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group. They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...

Get ready to dive into hands-on learning at #Botany2025 Workshops! Join expert-led sessions designed to enhance your skills, explore cutting-edge research, and connect with fellow botanical scientists. To learn more, visit: www.botanyconference.org/workshops/wo... #IamaBotanist