New publication on stomatal decoupling led by Zhaoguo Wang. I first noticed decoupling in temperature response curves in 2016 (tinyurl.com/k6dnhn94) and have been intrigued since. This study focuses on decoupling under experimental warming, showing interesting patterns www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My professor said ‘Black people are not interested in the environment’. I set out to prove him wrong Environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor has helped her field to be more welcoming to researchers of colour. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

There are nice things outside! At least in Northern California.

🏵 Check out the latest #AJB Synthesis article, by Haley Branch! 🏵 The sleeping giant needs coffee: Overlooked areas for integrating plant #ecophysiology & evolutionary biology doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #ecology #evolution

too many days are an exercise in discerning between "is the world ending" or "are we just run by idiots"...or both

Crowd-sourcing my #EcoEvo Friends! What, in your mind, makes a "good" & fundable research proposal idea? I'm talking with my upper-level evolution class about this tomorrow (undergrads only) in preparation for them writing a NSF GRFP-style proposal as a semester long project. Thanks!

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

Do you have undergrads interested in collections-based research? Have them apply to go work with @jmheberling.bsky.social at CMNH! I cannot imagine a better place to work over the summer

My student @laymonstera.bsky.social is defending her @lsubiosci.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social PhD thesis today! If you're at LSU, join us in LSA A101 at 1pm for Laymon's talk: "Disentangling Mechanisms of Speciation in a Florally Diverse Neotropical Plant Clade, Hillieae (Rubiaceae)".

so proud of @laymonstera.bsky.social!!! she's an incredibly accomplished scientist (so many grants! published dissertation chapters already!) but she's also an incredible friend :)

Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University. www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/ Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Details in the attached pic--Feb 14 deadline 🧫🧪🦠#microsky

Can’t believe I used to live outside in this stuff

Um... so today I was on @cbsmornings.bsky.social. 🤯 I talked to Jericka Duncan about why Black women matter to our economy. CBS called me a "Harvard Economist" (bruh). And Gayle King read my book, #TheDoubleTax. I'm in disbelief. Here's a clip from our segment. #blacksky #news #jobs

WNBA and Unrivaled star Paige Bueckers is matching up to $50K in donations to relief efforts in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota. Details on how you can contribute here: www.hopkinseducationfoundation.org/hopkins-strong

One day, if we are lucky, the erasure of American history will itself be remembered as a shameful chapter in American history

It's so real. I am helping a church pull together a community meeting about preparing for ICE and everyone I'm reaching out to "yes-ands" me. I am 40 and I have spent my entire adult life organizing, and I have literally never experienced this before. It's wild. People are DONE.

My @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social lecture "Fostering a Natural History Community" is published open-access in Systematic Botany. Natural history is more important than ever, and this year (of all years) is the time to reach out to build up our community. Pls read & share! bioone.org/journals/sys...

It breaks our hearts to have to say that CDC is no longer a source for evidence-based vaccine recommendations. 💔 But we are so proud of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for stepping up to protect kids. ❤️‍🩹 Childhood vaccine schedule from AAP 👇 downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...

Make it viral.

Support from @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social up to $1500 is available for masters and doctoral students to conduct fieldwork, herbarium studies, and/or laboratory research in any area of plant systematics. Join ASPT today, and apply by Feb 28, 2026... details below: www.aspt.net/awards

In case y’all were wondering

Get in loser, we're doing Fast and Furious science memes again

I love getting the local paper. There’s no comments section, I get to donate the papers to the herbarium or the parrot rescue after, and you get gems like today’s front-page story.

Today at @sicb.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social told us bulbs were the worms from tremors so I had to do a quick lunch doodle (seriously neat talk thought)

I'm stoked to talk about this (and some other cool things these plants do) Tuesday at 10:45 in the Sex Across Origins complementary session in B113 at #SICB2026. #PlantsAreCoolToo #SICBplants #PUI #SICBPUI

This webinar by @stephenbheard.bsky.social looks fabulous!!! Aimed at professors mentoring ECR writers (rather than the writer's themselves)! If you're not a member of @csee-scee.bsky.social, join now for only $65 CAD (less for students). You do not need to be Canadian: csee-scee.ca/signup/

Tomorrow (Jan 6th) is our last day at #SICB2026! One Darwin zippered bag left, a few nudibranchs and fish, too! #biologist

Fully funded PhD opportunity in my lab to study threatened plant species responses to drought and heat. This is part of mu recently funded DECRA fellowship.

Partnering with over 90 farmers across Michigan, Dr. Christine Sprunger (@sprunger.bsky.social) is examining how land management practices impact soil health. Read more about her work to improve soil health, ecosystem diversity and crop productivity: www.canr.msu.edu/news/msu-res... #PlantScience

'Science is at its best when guided by curiosity, intuition, and the courage to explore ideas that others might overlook.' In Profile: Kolby J. Jardine nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience

So good. #SICB2026

Five years ago.

This is just to say They have plowed each flake that was in the parking lot and now they are plowing again at 5am Forgive me each clawing scrape so sharp and so cruel

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

The modern-day potato came to be from the natural interbreeding between wild tomatoes and a potato-like species from South America about 9 million years ago. www.cell.com/news-do/pr-p... @cp-cell.bsky.social

Out today! Our newly-described bush tomato #Solanum nectarifolium appears to be the first species in the genus with extrafloral nectaries that are visible to the naked eye. And ants seem to love 'em. #ozplants #iamabotanist #newspecies @phytokeys.pensoft.net

Climate niches structure a regional hybrid zone in #Sphagnum ( #peatmoss, Bryophyta) New #AJB research by A. Jonathan Shaw, Aaron Duffy, Blanka Aguero, Marta Nieto-Lugilde, Karn Imwattana, Sean Robinson, Scott Schuette, Richard Wilkens, et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #moss

New In Brief out in The Plant Cell, co-authored with Dr. Travis Lee! We highlight recent work by Katie Long, Ashleigh Lister, and colleagues, who adapt MERFISH–based spatial transcriptomics to the anatomically complex wheat spike. 🧵👇

This was a nice little Christmas present, with Boyd Wright and Rod Fensham. Vegetation flammability contributes to alternative stable states in arid Australia #flammability #Triodia connectsci.au/wf/article/d...

In less than a week, I will be sworn in as the next mayor of New York City. It was only possible because of the more than 100,000 people who volunteered on our campaign. Here’s a story about one of them, my mother.

Christmas in the East Wing, 2023. 🎄

My favorite version of “Silent Night.” Sung by India Arie & Brandy. Enjoy and Happy Christmas Eve. music.apple.com/us/album/sil...

My favorite part of this event is going into the internal research house to care for our solanums. It’s a bit like I’m a botanical animal in a zoo. “Please do not tap/bang on glass. It can stress and harm the botanist.” #iamabotanist

We are hiring at California Botanic Garden! The Restoration Intern will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects involving out-planting, seed collection, plant propagation and monitoring. This is a full time temp position (6 months) that can be extended. Please share! lnkd.in/gaNuNGxA

It's in print! My opinionated dive into the definition of "coevolution" is officially out in the December issue of @journal-evo.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/evol...

We are exactly six weeks out from the release of my new book "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy". I'm so excited to share this work. If you haven't already done so, please pre-order & look out for book evens. Link in bio or at berondamontgomery.com.

Of interest to our followers. Editorial work is important and can be very professionally rewarding. #PlantScience

Ran into a delightful paper on AJB @botsocamerica.bsky.social:"The gas bubbles produced by male flowers of H. verticillata came from the gas produced by branches under light. These bubbles can help ascending male flowers bypass the obstacles in water and reach the surface to complete pollination" 🧪🌸

Looking forward to the Modern Coexistence Theory workshop tomorrow. Please repost :)

The UC Davis Ecology and Evolution in Working Landscapes REU provides undergrads with research experience in ecology and evolution in natural and managed landscapes. Apply now through Feb 15 via etap.nsf.gov Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!