A pier overlooking Apalachicola Bay.

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It’s that time of the year again: we are looking for a new cohort of @jevbio.bsky.social editors. Join our board and support your #SocietyJournal!

Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Get in touch with me if you’re interested in joining my lab and applying to a Sintring 2-year fellowship. I’m particularly interested in developing applications on buzz pollination, floral evolution, and Mimulus eco-gen projects. www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Seeking a postdoc position? ​Balancing selection is a fascinating process: malaria resistance, self-incompatibility,etc. Yet, countless examples remain hidden in genomes! ​If this question intrigues you, the project led by Laure Segurel and Violaine Llaurens (Paris + Lyon) is perfect! urlr.me/Huj2De

Does anyone have a favorite experimental evolution overview for undergraduates? Ideally one that goes into the details of fitness assays, marking strains, etc. Everything I’ve found doesn’t dig into the details sufficiently.

🚨Good news, everyone! 1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026. 2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu

Red tussock (Chionochloa rubra) is flowering in the garden now. One floret in this spikelet is open, presenting two fluffy stigmas, one on each side of the spikelet, and three dangling stamens. #bloomscrolling 🇳🇿🌱

Cash creek in Tate’s Hell State Forest (Florida). Nearby vegetation is a mixture of holly, saw palmetto, and slash pine, with a smattering of Lobelia glandulosa and a nice trail. Heavenly.

Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are

In the field today in Florida with my collaborators, Chris B and @andreacase.bsky.social. This site might not look like much but it has 3 Lobelia species and a hybrid. The state mows the edge, but these species send out side branches from the cut stem—cut and come again. Roadside botany rules!

Another Primer in Plant Sciences! 🎉 🌱 Fantastic topic, lots of nuances reviewed here to clear up misconceptions. Check out the appendix for an extended glossary and some questions you can use to assess student understanding. Please consider writing a primer in your area of expertise!

My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com

If you're looking for a #postdoc but aren't quite a fit for my lab, check out this exciting opportunity via IU's Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity group! 2-year NIH traineeship to work on one of the group's core themes. Details here! ctrd.indiana.edu/how-to-apply/

We have a copy but my partner is reading it first. Can't wait to dive in. For the record, Oren wrote "The Price of Altruism," a completely compelling documentation of George Price's search for an understanding of altruism and selfishness. Get a copy of both!

I'll be heading to @sacnas.bsky.social #NDiSTEM later this week to shamelessly plug my soon-to-open lab (Fall 2026). If any students are interested in studying the plant-insect interactions of the Sonoran Desert, please get in touch!

I warned everyone. More Blue-throated Goldentail #hummingbirds #birds #costarica

If you are a plant biologist interested in collaborating on an evolutionary floral scent/plant volatile project please reach out! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

I'll be reviewing applications for this in a few days, so there's still time to get touch if you're interested.

Come be my colleague! Tenured Associate Professor position opening in Plant Ecology at my department @stockholm-uni.bsky.social www.su.se/department-o...

This is a nice IU short on our eclipse project. #NSF youtube.com/shorts/PrQGn...

Spotted in a coffee shop in Kyoto. Says “scan this QR code. Can you guess the 10 types of trees?”

I am hiring a postdoc to examine the genomic and evolutionary basis of plant microbiome variation in legumes. There are opportunities to gain teaching experience. Chicago is a great city to live in! Please help spread the word. share.google/gukbzS1zdIx6...

Harrod’s food court ✅ KaDeWe 6th floor in Berlin ✅ And now Mitsukoshi Ginza food court ✅❤️‍🔥

Remember the Magic Eye books of the 90s?? Now, you can have a crack at viewing New Zealand’s native flowers in 3D. Clematis, orchid, ngutukākā, korukoru, oioi… this is a luscious, spectacular feature by @rebekahwhite.bsky.social, based on the new book He Puāwai by @theobrominated.bsky.social

my lab has moved to @iubiology.bsky.social! We're getting the #newlab set up here and excited to interact with @iu-cisab.bsky.social, @bdsc.bsky.social, and more! I'd love to hear from prospective lab members, especially prospective PhD students, postdocs, and technicians. more info: saltzlab.com

Requirement: a love of the outdoors!

🎉🆕📰🎉: The evolutionary dynamics of plant mating systems: how bias for studying ‘interesting’ plant reproductive systems could backfire doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

Do not miss it! 1st Place 2025 Small World in Motion Competition "Self-pollination in a flower of thymeleaf speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)" Credit Jay McClellan 🧪 #Science #SciComm #Nature #Photography 1- www.nikonsmallworld.com 2- www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...

Sea urchin metamorphosis is maybe one of the most radical event in developmental biology. In just about an hour, these little pluteus larvae completely reorganize their entire body plan. Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃

Microbiology societies from 5 continents have launched the first global strategy to harness microbial science in tackling climate change. IU Biology’s Jay Lennon is lead author of the paper, co-published in 6 leading scientific journals. Congratulations, @jaytlennon.bsky.social ! 🔗 go.iu.edu/8uZN

Indiana University offers 2 NIH traineeships in reproductive diversity, focusing on sexual reproduction and development across species. PhD in relevant fields required. More info: https://reporter.nih.gov/search/tkwkKtadrUm6rFCBMUaEnw/project-details/11137703. #postdoc

The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage. When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig. Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?

Tomato art from previous years (all from my garden).

I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm

New publication from our lab: Sexually dimorphic and clock gene-specific effects of artificial light at night on Drosophila behavioral rhythms royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪 From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...

Registration is open for the online course on Sex Chromosome Evolution (Oct 6-10) but seats are limited. Learn about sex chromosome evolution and analysis. More info: https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/sexchr/ #course

*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University* We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5 su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Beautiful morning here in Bloomington, IN. Breakfast on the porch and avoiding reading the news.

A nice profile of the wonderful Annie Schmitt www.ucdavis.edu/news/among-a...

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...

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

Spring is just around the corner (southern hemisphere): hazels are flowering in Nelson New Zealand and bluebells are in bud. Hazel trees are hermaphrodites with unisexual male and female flower clusters on every tree. #bloomscrolling 🇳🇿🌱

Hello bluesky community! I'm hiring a postdoc to do machine learning in population genetics. Starting to build up a lab at Indiana University Bloomington where I just started a faculty position. Apply with the below link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30325

Crazy question - does anyone know of a series of microscopic images of meiosis that are free to use? I’m trying to help a former student who wants to use them for a book of poetry.

Interested to know more about a new theory relating the #evolution of #sexchromosomes to the rules of #speciation? Check out this paper that we published with Denis Roze in the last issue of #Science. PDF here: www.science.org/stoken/autho...