Good article, but the framing is wrong. There is not a dearth of interest in taxonomy. There is a scarcity of funding and positions, which is a deliberate choice by funding agencies and institutions. The youth love taxonomy! It's the olds that are failing to meet their passion!

A new study from Anthropic finds that gains in coding efficiency when relying on AI assistance did did not meet statistical significance; AI use noticeably degraded programmers’ understanding of what they were doing. Incredible.

The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social has two open PhD positions, help us spread the word! 📣 We are looking for a PhD student in Lichen Biology, and one in Ecology & Evolution. Find more information and apply by 1 February below!

Wikipedia celebrates 25 years this year! Sending some love today to (arguably) the best source of knowledge in the world. From dial-up days to now, travel through Wikipedia's history. wikipedia25.org/en/twenty-fi...

"Quick and easy" roadmap to finished paper. If I do two things per week I'll be done in no time... It's fine if I don't do anything else the coming three months, right?

One of my concerns with AI-assisted research in biology is that we're already looking only in the lamplight and AI incentivizes us to narrow the beam. Seems like it's happening... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My co-conspirator and fellow PhD student Lila writes for The Conversation about how plants have separate sexes, sometimes. Ever wondered something about plant sexual systems? How to start learning about it? I'd say start with this.

Folks, this can compromise the confidentiality of the review process, as well as authors’ intellectual property rights. Doing it is a breach of peer review ethics.

"Phylophytobiogeography" I type. I hesitate... is there no way I can be a bit more... specific? #academicenglish

We’re hiring! 📣 DEEP at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social is looking for a tenured Associate Professor in Plant Ecology. Join a vibrant research & teaching community in the heart of Sweden’s capital. Learn more and apply below by 16 Nov.👇

Botanist or poet? For National Poetry Day, we discovered poetry hidden amongst the personal papers of botanists - from J. Fraser’s 1919 poem on poppies to H.M Ward’s critique’s on his mother’s poetry! #KewLA

Hello all new followers! Writing "Hi, I'm Ruben" feels redundant and uninteresting given that it says so on my profile already. To introduce myself, I will instead introduce my study system and project. And to do this, I will post 16 images from 16 days of Hawai'i island fieldwork.

🚨 We're hiring! PhD position in Evolutionary Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab 🎓 Focus: evolution, development, computational & mathematical modeling, prediction 📍 Stockholm, Sweden 🕒 4 years, fully-funded 🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Please share!

Come work in our division!

Aurelien Tellier presenting the details of #eseb2027 which will be a hub meeting, with connected and local sessions in 4 hubs (Gothenburg, Munich, London, Istanbul) eseb2027.org #eseb2025

Thanks to Sofia and May Sheday for the courageous and inspiring talks! The scientific world cannot remain silent @eseb2025.bsky.social #ESEB2025 #inclusivity 🏳️‍🌈 #transrights 🏳️‍⚧️ #freepalestine 🇵🇸

Festa de Gràcia!

The follow-up in ESEB Barcelona! :)

Great first three days of ESEB @eseb2025.bsky.social Many great talks, many great posters, lots and lots of great evolutionary biology. Also many new followers! I will post a proper introduction once the conference is over, but for now: hello!

re: generative AI I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used. And now, you can use it, too.

If I wasn't already tied up with a different plant, I'm not sure I could resist falling headfirst in love with the ʻōhiʻa lehua. Not only do they pop up out of the lava rock like it's nothing, they also have such amazing blossoms!

Don't look at the view, look at these plants! 🌿 You looked at them? You sure? Fine. Now you can look at the view. ⛰️ #fieldwork #botany #hawaii

Native Hawaiian Plants course excursion. Lots of plants, lots of rain, enthusiastic grad students, great views, and flowering Wikstroemia to sample.

Tester Memorial Symposium at the School of Life Sciences, UHM. Learned a lot about marine biology around the Pacific, and a little bit about terrestial stuff too. An important theme in "Hoʻokele ʻIke: Navigating Knowledge in Life Sciences", a wonderful end banquet, and a great experience overall!

From this week and three months onward I am in Hawai'i for #fieldwork and collaboration. Currently getting myself acquainted with Honolulu.

My species concept is the one that gets the most money

My first proper botanical field work! Good to see the results are finally out. Here are some pictures from my (very minor) contribution 🌱

We talk of doing detective work a lot within science, but few things match the description as well as herbarium sheet deciphering. I spent 30 minutes on one of my sampled sheets today. From 1846, in French, and – it turns out – from Vietnam. The rush when you finally put things together is real! 🔥

Beautiful Český Krumlov 🏰☀️ One week left of Population and Speciation Genomics @wpsg.bsky.social @evomics.bsky.social

Learning Population and Speciation Genomics for all I'm worth! Cold and sunny weather on the breaks helps!