Assistant Professor Plant or Fungal Genomics. Univ of Wyoming. eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Meet our August #BSASpotlight, Sarita Munoz-Gomez! Sarita is a graduate student at Clemson University investigating sex determination in Baccharis species using genomic and developmental approaches. 🌱 Learn more about Sarita on her BSA Spotlight page: botany.org/home/careers... #IamaBotanist

I was honored to be an invited speaker at this year’s Grassland Restoration Network meeting! 🌾 I shared our work on using native inoculants to boost diversity in seed-based restorations—and learned so much from the community of practitioners & researchers. #RestorationEcology #Grasslands

🌸 Congratulations to Grace Burgin (Harvard University), winner of the 2025 Margaret Menzel Award, and Keana Tang (University of Kansas), winner of the 2025 Maynard Moseley Award! Menzel Award – botany.org/home/awards/... Moseley Award – botany.org/home/awards/... #BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist

Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

📢 The Darbaker Prize in Phycology nomination deadline has been extended to November 1st! 🌿 Learn more about this $2500 award and submit nominations: botany.org/home/awards/... #BSA2025Awards #Phycology #AlgaeResearch #IamaBotanist

Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology & Fungal Biology, UC Davis. 🍄🌱 recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339 Deadline Dec 1, 2025. 👀 "Primary teaching responsibilities will be teaching Introductory Mycology, an upper-division lab class, and SAS 30, Mushroom, Molds & Society"

We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607

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

🚨 1 Week Left to Apply! 🚨 The Krieg Lab is hiring a Research Professional in Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution. 📅 Deadline: October 1, 2025 📧 Sending materials (Cover Letter, CV, References) to: kriegc[at]wfu.edu

@sandyknapp.bsky.social opens the #SOLRUB2025 meeting talking about how wonderful are #Solanaceae species. New dating results are coming out soon. The family is older that we thought. Almost 90 MY. She closes her presentation talking about the importance of community.

When did tomato and coffee split? I used to say 90 Myrs similar to human-mouse, but apparently I have to push this way back… What is your number #SolRub2025

Sandy @SandyKnapp kicking off #SolRub2025 with the biodiversity session and a call for rank-free taxonomy. A refreshing concept that ensures name stability given that monophyletic groups get named independently of rank. Deals with #deathbytaxonomy #witherlinneanbinoms

Bombshell from Sandy @SandyKnapp : Solanaceae are way older than we thought at ~98 million years! 🌍🍆🌶️🍅 #SolRub2025

Honoring the 2025 Ecological Section Student Presentation & Poster Award Recipients! 🏅 Graduate Presentation: Brooklyn Richards 🏅 Graduate Poster: Alex Arena 🏅 Undergraduate Posters: Bjoyrn Domst & Sarah Jones Learn more: botany.org/home/awards/... #BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist

In case you feel lazy & do not want to read the whole paper, I added a bit more context on the key findings of our recent paper investigating 🌸 time shifts across 11 ⛰️ ranges in 🇨🇳🌏🌐

Awesome: Undergraduate and professor discover several new species of violets in the mountains of Virginia. “Put very simply, we looked." #iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW www.ohio.edu/news/2025/09...

Enter the 2026 @sicb-spdac.bsky.social sticker contest! Stickers will be available at the SPDAC booth at the #SICB2026 meeting. Enter submissions by November 3 as PDF or PNG files (>600 dpi; no AI designs). 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place will receive Visa gift card prizes: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Pleased that the Manning #Herbarium at Bucknell University is among 400 surveyed for this new paper -- and especially to be among the 261 small collections caring for 7.6 million specimens! #iamabotanist @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Now published in @newphyt.bsky.social, @1pantunes.bsky.social and I review evidence for the "Novel Weapons Hypothesis" and the role of allelopathy during invasion. Bottom line: there is very good reason to be skeptical. dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph....

🌿 We’re proud to recognize Kyra N. Krakos (Maryville University) as the 2025 recipient of the Samuel Noel Postlethwait Award! Presented by the BSA Teaching Section, this award honors excellence in teaching botany. Learn more here: botany.org/home/awards/... #BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist

🎉 Congrats to the 2025 Sectional Travel Award Recipients! These awards, given by BSA’s scientific sections, support students with travel and/or registration funding to present their research & build connections at the Botany Conference. botany.org/home/awards.... #BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist

🎉 It’s time to celebrate! The 2025 BSA Award Winner Blitz is here. Over the next week we’ll be sharing with you the incredible students, scientists, and educators who have been recognized with BSA awards this year. #BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist

Check out this new podcast episode from the Native Plant Society of New Jersey---feat. BSA President-Elect @martinebotany.bsky.social! npsnj.org/the-wildstor... #botany #plantscience #iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW

Start your engines! #Botany2026 Biodiversity at the Boundaries issued the Call for Symposia, Colloquia and Workshops earlier this month! Deadline Oct. 15. #IamaBotanist #Botany #PlantSci

huitlacoche time

Four years ago today 🌿 Hypericum majus, our uncommon Greater St. John's-Wort, blooming east of the East Boulder Rec. Center #nativeplants An ironic name since it’s so much smaller than regular St. John's-Wort. 🤷🏻‍♂️

#SciArtSeptember 7 - Boreal Boreal forests are known for their conifers, but a real tree of life for them is the aspen. In Finland, there are over 200 species exclusively living on aspen, and many, many more that benefit from it. A large aspen is a hub of life that should be treasured.

ICB co author of doi.org/10.1093/icb/... Drew Harvell's share for #SciArtSeptember (started by @lizlagomorph.bsky.social ) Drew is an author, #scientists and #artist. Watch this clip for her first share of her #art:) youtu.be/XWwyoqiIuTI #biologist #scientist #octopus #starfish #marinescience

mounting today at the #herbarium 😁

Do you know someone who has contributed to strengthening the evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusion and diversity? Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info: www.systbio.org/idea-award.h... You may self-nominate!!!

Enjoyed talking about #BotanicalSexism in tree planting... which tbh I think is mostly just like its initials. Gotta be dioecious & wind pollinated to support the hypothesis... and options among commonly-planted street tree species are limited. Sure, red maple is a bit of a caveat. #iamabotanist

There’s a whole pop-up charter industry around here built around catching these. Unfortunately, it also often includes releasing them. phys.org/news/2025-09...

Making elderberry syrup today.

We are hiring! The #PlantBio department at UIUC is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Plant-Fungal interactions. Application deadline is October 31st @dallingjim.bsky.social see the link below for more details: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

My department is hiring a Plant-Fungal Assist Prof!! As the newest #NewPI here, don't get me started on how wonderful my colleagues, how smooth my onboarding has been, how supportive the school and the department are, how nice my brand new lab is, and how convenient living in Champaign Urbana is!

This elaborated feathery structure (crest) of Polygala myrtifolia is a pollinator attractant, but also a landing platform & a lever. Only strong bees 🐝🏋️ can press it down enough to enter the flower for nectar, during which the pollens also get attached onto the bee’s head. #iamabotanist #plantjoy

New paper in which we evaluate how we can use information on past extinction events to better contextualise the ongoing anthropogenic extinction, led by @anthropocenebio.bsky.social (with @bethanyjallen.bsky.social, @inesismartins.bsky.social, & others): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Sobering analysis from Brookings finds that NIH cuts will have severe impacts on local employment in small towns dependent on universities. Gainesville, FL, e.g., would lose ~2,000 jobs, while Columbia, MO, and State College, PA, would lose almost 1,000 jobs. www.brookings.edu/articles/nih...

I am recruiting a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology for fall 2026. Please share! Details: qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr... Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...

Cicada as a food for mammals: a global review and implications for mammal behaviour and populations vist.ly/45br7 #ClimateChange #FoodWebs

Was a good visit to see family in Jersey. #iamabotanist

Genomes of brown algae with different sex determination systems show that U/V sex chromosomes evolved 450–224 million years ago and show remarkable conservation of genes within the sex-determining region, despite independent expansions of the sex locus in each lineage www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sunny afternoon measuring field experimental plants #mimulus #SequoiaNatlPark #iamabotanist 🧪🌾

Omg I dropped the R in embryophytes. Hope I don’t get my #iamabotanist card revoked.

Embyophytes what’s up #iamabotanist

#SICB Members! Do you identify as disabled and/or neurodivergent? We co-organizers of the upcoming symposium "Disabled/Neurodivergent Perception, Community, and Identity" created a Slack to connect prior to the #SICB2026 meeting and build community! @sicb.bsky.social join.slack.com/t/sicbdisabl...

New pub: An #invasive plant in the mid-Atlantic US that just went from being considered "occasionally naturalized" to "all over the place" thanks, in part, to @inaturalist.bsky.social observations. #LysimachiaVulgaris #iamabotanist #undergradresearch castaneajournal.com/article/scie...

Sarita Munoz-Gomez joined BSA in 2020 and quickly became involved by going to the conference, joining SciComm panels, being featured on a BSA Spotlight, and receiving travel awards. Celebrate #ADayforBSA by supporting students with a gift to the Endowment! Give today: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

Celebrate #ADayforBSA by supporting the BSA Endowment, which sustains opportunities for students and early-career botanists, such as Jared Meek, to connect, share their research, and thrive in a collaborative, inspiring community. Give today! crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...