Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Cycad chemicals and coevolution (New Phytologist) @shaylasalzman.bsky.social @jcarlosvillarreal.bsky.social @lycaeidesmelissa.bsky.social @evodivmet.bsky.social (Summary by Xavier Ozowara [email protected]) buff.ly/utBCK2L #PlantaePSRW

Floral nectar: Fifty years of new ecological perspectives beyond pollinator reward. Nice article from #MartaBarberis and #MassimoNepi on ecological function of nectar chemistry although overlooks the role of nectar metabolites in mitigating disease in bees. usiena-air.unisi.it/retrieve/e5b...

Big news from Finnish publication forum. Almost all MDPI and Frontiers journals will be downgraded to level 0 and thus are not considered as properly peer reviewed trustworthy scientific journals. julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...

Know any promising students interested in plant-insect chemical ecology? The Whitaker lab at ETSU has two open master's positions for the 2025-2026 academic year! Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🧪The 2025 Guarda Summer course is intended for master students and early PhD students in evolutionary biology. 14. - 21. June 2025 in the Swiss mountain village Guarda. Web page with all details: tb.ethz.ch/education/gu... Application is open now. Deadline is the 15. January 2025.