🔬🌱 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

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

🍂 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...

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...

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/

🌵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 #iamabotanist

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

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

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

📢 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

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

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!

📢 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

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

🌸 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

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

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 #IamaBotanist

#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

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

🌹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 #IamaBotanist

🌸 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 #IamaBotanist

#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #BSAGSRAs

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

🌻 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 #IamaBotanist

🎉 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 #IamaBotanist

🌼 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 #IamaBotanist

🌱🏛️ 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 #IamaBotanist

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...

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

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!

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...

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...

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

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

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

We are almost halfway to our Endowment goal of $15,000! Thank you to everyone who has given to today's campaign. Lets keep the momentum going and stand strong for science and BSA! 🌿 Learn more about #ADayforBSA: day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025 🌿 Make your donation here: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

Karolina Heyduk has called BSA her scientific home since 2012 and has dedicated many years to service for the Society. Celebrate #ADayforBSA with a gift to the Endowment to give back to your Society and honor what BSA has meant to your career! Give today! crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

Jacob Suissa's career path was solidified after experiencing his first Botany Conference in 2016. Today, he brings his own students to experience the same inspiration. Celebrate #ADayforBSA by supporting the Endowment and inspire the next generation of botanists! crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

Rachel and I just made our #ADayforBSA contribution... because the BSA and plant people are the best. And we want more students to be supported in joining the fold! #plantpeopleFTW #iamabotanist

🎥 Jenny Xiang, BSA Past President, shares why “#ADayforBSA” matters, BSA member benefits like no AJB page charges & reduced OA fees, and how your donation helps us reach our $15,000 Endowment campaign goal. Watch Jenny's video: youtu.be/1dts8TT6WPk Donate today: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

Today is #ADayforBSA! 🌿 Support the future of botany by donating to the BSA Endowment. Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference and allows us to support students, our publications, and community-building conferences now and for years to come. Donate now: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

Thanks to everyone who’s donated to the '#ADayforBSA' Endowment campaign! We’ve already reached 20% of our $15,000 goal. Every gift matters and helps support students, publications, and the Botany Conference. Haven’t given yet? There’s still time: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont... #IamaBotanist

If everyone gave $25 or $50 today that would go a long way to helping students like Trinity as BSA plans for the future. Despite funding cuts, we remain strong and committed to the next generation of botanists! #ADayforBSA #IamaBotanist crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

Ann Sakai & Steve Weller celebrate BSA’s travel grants, mentorship, and programs that guide students from undergraduates to professional botanists. Join us for #ADayforBSA—give to the Endowment and support future generations. Give today! crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

Give what you can today to support your professional home, your scientific society, and the botanical students of tomorrow! #ADayforBSA is now. If all of us give a little, it means a lot!!! #IamaBotanist day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025

🌿 'A Day for BSA' (day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025) is this Wednesday! Join us as we celebrate 130+ years of advancing botanical science, and then help us reach our campaign goal of $15,000 raised for the BSA Endowment with a gift of any amount. Give today! crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont... #ADayforBSA

With grants being terminated and federal funding cuts, any donation amount to your professional society and scientific home is much appreciated! #ADayforBSA is coming on Wednesday, August 27th. Help us reach our $15,000 goal!

BSA and more than 90 scientific/professional organizations signed this letter to Director Kratsios at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) yesterday in response to the recent Executive Order "Restoring the Gold Standard in Science." unitedsciencealliance.org/good-science...

Celebrate 130+ years of BSA supporting the botanical sciences! Join us for the 2nd annual 'A Day for BSA' on Aug 27, 2025. www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025 🌱 Help us reach our $15,000 August Endowment campaign goal–every gift makes a difference! 🌱 Share your stories with #ADayforBSA

I'm so thrilled that this paper is now out in American Journal of Botany! This paper marks a couple of exciting firsts for me - it is the first chapter of my dissertation and my first first-author publication 🎉. I hope folks enjoy reading it and become fans of personate flowers in Penstemon!