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@hcacanindin.bsky.social
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Botanical Society ED, hockey mom, lover of history, avid reader
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Botanical Society of America
3 days ago
Assessing the viability of genebanked seeds from rare, wild plants native to the United States using the D.E.A.D. paradigm New in
#AppsPlantSci
by Christina Walters
@seedystudies.bsky.social
@dustinwolkis.bsky.social
et al
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#seedbank
#genebank
#botany
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Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too!
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Herbarium specimens FTW.
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Herbarium Records Lead Bucknell Researcher to New Plant Species in Australian Outback
The specialized organs for feeding ants are the first of their kind.
https://www.bucknell.edu/news/herbarium-records-lead-bucknell-researcher-new-plant-species-australian-outback
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
10 days ago
The new issue of
#AppsPlantSci
is online! Highlights include a segmentation pipeline for
#herbarium
specimens,
#ComputerVision
species ID of
#lichens
&
#bryophytes
& a protocol to create 3D reconstructions of
#PlantAnatomy
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/21680450...
#botany
#MachineLearning
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
9 days ago
Check out this great reaction video from Incoming BSA President,
@martinebotany.bsky.social
, who breaks down the truth behind the botanical references in the
#HarryPotter
movies!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkaO...
#botany
#plantscience
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Bucknell Botany Professor Reacts to Harry Potter
YouTube video by BucknellU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkaO2opDlUI
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Andrew Hipp
4 days ago
What can we do as scientists? One thing: mentor the habits of seeing and thinking scientifically, and cultivate interest in the world. From
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
Plant Science Bulletin, a clip of high-school students' responses to
@plantingscience.bsky.social
mentorship:
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 days ago
Get more involved with BSA! We’re accepting applications for BSA committees, with openings across many focus areas—including opportunities for students and early career members. Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
botany.org/home/governa...
Some Board positions are open too!
mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 days ago
🌱We’re now accepting nominations for the BSA Board. Board members help guide the Society’s direction, support our community, and advance botanical science together. Nomination deadline: February 1, 2026
mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
Committee openings are also available:
botany.org/home/governa...
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#Botany
and
#StrangerThings
is the perfect December gift for myself! How about you? CHECK OUT these Stranger Plants tshirts and BSA swag!
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With cuts to federal research, we need your support now more than ever to help us provide more research funding to our early career scientists through the Grad Student Research Awards. Make a donation today on
#GivingTuesday
!
#iamabotanist
#Botany
crm.botany.org/makeadonation
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There's still time to submit your workshop for
#Botany2026
!
#iamabotanist
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There's still time to submit a workshop for
#Botany2026
!
#iamabotanist
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Masha van der Sande
3 months ago
🔥🌳🌴Check out this exhaustive overview of how
#traits
may mediate the impact of
#fire
on (tropical)
#forests
and vice versa, led by PhD student David Pacuk! An important start to better understand fire resilience of fire-unadapted forests!🔥🌳🌴
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
2 months ago
🌱Check out this new
#AJB
Review!🌱 The
#polyploid
continuum & the landscape of polyploid genomic variation By Alex Twyford, Justin Conover, Jeff Doyle, Annaliese Mason, Douglas Soltis, Pamela Soltis & Jonathan Wendel
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany
#plantscience
#polyploidy
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
2 months ago
ROOT & SHOOT 2026 travel awards are open for SACNAS, MANRRS, or AISES student/mentor pairs. Up to $3,000 per pair (US) / $4,000 (intl) to attend select plant-science conferences. Apply by Dec 5, 2025. Details & application:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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NSF Research Coordination Network: ROOT & SHOOT. 2026 travel award application for members of SACNAS, MANRRS, or AISES
The NSF-funded LEAPS: RCN: ROOT & SHOOT (Rooting Out Oppression Together and SHaring Our Outcomes Transparently) aims to strengthen plant science to become more welcoming to all. Part of this mission ...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfq7D6IeDRDm-S35AgQKSXRM9D_fj9ioMfuw2GMwoXATQEfQw/viewform
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
2 months ago
Optimizing DNA extraction protocols for
#bryophytes
: Insights from
#Orthotrichaceae
New in
#AppsPlantSci
by
@paguado-ramsay.bsky.social
,
@flara-bryo.bsky.social
,
@macacuerdo.bsky.social
&
@idraper.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@orthotreeproject.bsky.social
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Heather Cacanindin
BSA-ecophys
4 months ago
🔬🌱 We are planning ahead for Botany 2026! We’re looking for folks interested in helping organize a hands-on workshop on building custom LI-COR chambers and measuring gas exchange on non-conventional plant material. 👉 Reach out to
[email protected]
if interested!
#Botany2026
#bsaecophys
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
3 months ago
DEADLINE ALERT! Symposia & Colloquia proposals for
#Botany2026
are due this Thursday, Oct. 16th! Don’t wait—submit your proposal today and help grow the ideas that will take root in Tucson next year!🌵 To learn more about proposal guidelines, or how to submit a proposal, visit:
botanyconference.org
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
3 months ago
🍂 Fall (or spring in the south!) is the perfect time to join the Botanical Society of America. Join now and get 3 extra months of membership free—through Dec 2026! Enjoy journal access, $125K+ in awards, Botany 2026 discounts, & more. Join today:
crm.botany.org
Benefits:
botany.org/home/members...
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
3 months ago
Applying to Grad School: Q&A Panel Thinking about grad school in botany or the plant sciences? Join us for a free virtual
#Botany360
Q&A next Thur, Oct. 9 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Panelists from diverse institutions will answer your questions about the application process.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
3 months ago
Drawing your attention to an effort to convince NSF to re-open this year's GRFP competition to second year PhD students. Please consider signing or sharing the petition asking NSF to broaden the application eligibility to what it has been previously.
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
https://laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
3 months ago
🌵Deadline alert!
#Botany2026
Symposia & Colloquia Proposals are due October 16. Help shape the scientific program for our Tucson meeting, themed Biodiversity at the Boundaries! Submit your proposal and get details here:
mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
or here:
www.botanyconference.org
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Are you making your plans yet? Botany 2019 in Tucson was one of the highest rated Botany meetings ever- and we are returning in 2026. Proposals for Symposia, Colloquia and Workshops due on October 16. Get talking and get writing!
#Botany2026
www.botanyconference.org
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
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
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
3 months ago
The latest American Journal of
#Botany
is now online at
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197...
! Check out these issue highlights at
botany.org/file.php?fil...
!
#botany
#plantscience
#fossils
#phylogenetics
#mycorrhizae
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
3 months ago
📢 Happening this Friday! Join us for the
#Botany360
Graduate Research Fellowship Writing Panel on Oct 3, 2025 at 1 pm ET. Hear from reviewers & grad students on writing strong NSF GRFP applications + fellowship tips. Free & open to students! Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#IamaBotanist
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
3 months ago
Environmental versus phylogenetic control of leaf anatomical traits in
#Fabaceae
, across a continental scale New
#AJB
research by Kexiang Huang, Ying Li, Jianming Wang, Wanting Liang, Keyu Zhao, Changsheng Long, Nianting Yu et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#plantscience
#legumes
#phylogeny
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
BSA’s Graduate Research Fellowship Writing Workshop is back! Whether you’re applying for the NSF GRFP or another graduate-level fellowship, this workshop will help you craft clear, compelling research statements. Apply by Sept. 26:
forms.gle/wfFPhVUELj47...
Workshop date to be announced soon!
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
📢 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
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
Check out this new
#AJB
Review by Connor Morozumi et al.! Aboveground-belowground microbial interactions in plants: A call to recognize the complexity within multispecies microbial communities
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#plantscience
#botany
#ecology
#endophytes
#Epichloë
#mycorrhizae
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
🌸 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
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
Honoring the 2025 Physiological & Ecophysiological Section Awards Recipients! 🏅 LI-COR Prize Presentation Award: Daniel Mok 🏅 LI-COR Prize Poster Award: Amelie LeTierce 🏅 Presentation Award: Malinda Barberio 🏅 Poster Award: Osedipo Adegbeyeni Visit:
botany.org/home/awards....
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
We’re proud to announce the 2025 Phytochemical Section Presentation Awardees! 🏅 Best Presentation: Melanie Madrigal 🏅 Honorable Mention: Chase Hearn 🏅 Best Poster: Karen Campos Secenas 🏅 Honorable Mention: Abbigale Baum Learn more:
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
#Nitrogen
enrichment reduces parasitism in an annual hemiparasite New
#AJB
researc by Jasmine Taite & Paul Nabity
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#plantscience
#climatechange
#Poaceae
#pollution
#ecology
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
Insect visitation patterns in diploid
#Centaurea
aspera & its related allotetraploid & triploid hybrids: Similar rates but distinct assemblages New
#AJB
research by Alfonso Garmendia, Hugo Merle, Pau Lucio-Puig & María Ferriol
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany
#plantscience
#polyploidy
#Asteraceae
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
🌹Congratulations to Oluwatobi Oso of Yale University, winner of the 2025 Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology. Honorable mention: Christopher Joaquín Muñoz (The University of Texas at El Paso).
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
🌸 We are delighted to share that Sara Sofia Pedraza Narvaez (University of California, Los Angeles) is the winner of the 2025 Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology. Learn more here:
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
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Botanical Society of America
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#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
#IamaBotanist
#BSAGSRAs
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
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Meet the 2025 Undergraduate Student Research Award winners! 🌱 Andrew Conlon 🌱 Lena Kadau 🌱 Will Pearce 🌱 Alex Risdal 🌱 Nicole Stark 🌱 Brooke Tillotson Learn more about these $500 student awards here:
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
#IamaBotanist
#BSAUGSRAs
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Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
🌻 We are proud to recognize Dr. Tanisha M. Williams (University of Georgia) as the 2025 BSA Impact Award Recipient! This award honors individuals whose efforts have had a broad and lasting impact on the botanical community and beyond.
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
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Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
🎉 Help us celebrate Natalia Pabón-Mora (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia), the 2025 BSA Corresponding Member! This recognition is given to distinguished international scientists who have made major contributions to the plant sciences.
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
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Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
🌼 Congrats to Naomi Volain (Plants Go Global) & Dr. Jenn Yost (Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo), recipients of the 2025 Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award! This award honors outstanding contributions to botanical education.
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
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Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
🌱🏛️ Congratulations to Kimberly A. Brown (Native Plant Society of Oregon) for receiving the 2025 Botanical Advocacy and Service Grant! This grant awarded $1,000 to her project, "Creating Accessible and Educational Native Plant Gardens."
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
Mentors needed for BSA’s GRFP Workshop! 🌱 The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Workshop for Plant Researchers is returning in 2025. With NSF’s 2026 GRFP deadline set for Oct 27, we’re looking for mentors to guide student applicants. Learn how you can help!
mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
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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
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Woohooo!!!! Our community rocks! We raised over $16,000 in 24 hours for the Endowment that supports our students and scientists.
#ADayfoBSA
was a success. Thank you!
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Sarita Munoz-Gomez
4 months ago
So honored to be a BSA spotlight this month! Thank you
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
for all the opportunities you give students and early career professionals to share their work and interests 🌱 You can read it here 👉
botany.org/home/careers...
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
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...
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Heather Cacanindin
Botanical Society of America
4 months ago
We’re so close to hitting $15,000 for the BSA Endowment during this year’s
#ADayforBSA
! 💚 Thank you to everyone who has already taken a stand for science and given so generously—you’re making a real difference. Let’s finish strong together
crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...
day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025
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We have just cross the $10,000 mark. Let's keep pushing to make that $15K goal! Thanks everyone for standing up for the botanical sciences!
#ADayforBSA
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Have you received a travel award, research award or other support from your professional society? Give back to BSA today! $10, $25, $50, $100, $1000 - whatever you can donate is appreciated!
#ADayforBSA
#IamaBotanist
day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025
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