Up in the canopies! 🌲 Nice to be in #Pfynwald helping Giovanni Bortolami assess Scots pine trees' responses to vpd and drought in the amazing #VPDrought field site! Looking forward to seeing the results! More info about the project here: www.wsl.ch/it/progetti/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

🌿 Doing science deep in the #Congo rainforest? Lucette Adet, postdoc at CREAF, is doing just that with the European project #CoForFunc. 📍They need to walk 30 km to the field site! 👉 The goal: to understand how tropical forests grow, survive, and handle environmental stress like #drought.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.

Ask us anything! @thatssciencetas.bsky.social Feel free to message me your questions directly :D, really looking forward to them! #askascientist

Nearly 50% of Tasmanians struggle with literacy 📚. Kaitlyn shares her lived experience with literacy and the changes she decided to make for herself by joining 26Ten as an adult learner. She shares her past struggles, and we celebrate her newfound love of reading and writing.

I am currently advertising a new 3-year research position in my TerraLuma team: Research Associate in Drone Field Operations (Academic Level A) The position will support the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network’s (@TERN_Aus) Dronescape project. careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...

Excellent job opportunity at @unihohenheim.bsky.social: build your own team in Experimental Plant Biodiversity Research (within @plantecology.bsky.social, group of Frank Schurr). Great environment (also b/c of new @greenrobust.de and #TERRA @dfg.de clusters of excellence), and great people!

#ScientificNomenclatureConventions matter regardless of whether or not it's plant physiology or climatology.

#Viewpoint: Cones and consequences: the false dichotomy of #conifers vs #broad-leaves has critical implications for research and modelling Kate Johnson, Matilda Brown, Katya Bandow & Helena Vallicrosa 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

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Showing off our figure of global conifer leaf-widths & leaf silhouettes highlighting that conifers can be broad-leaved & angiosperms can be narrow/ needle-leaved! 🍃 Our paper: tinyurl.com/mss2me7v @newphyt.bsky.social @vallicrosah.bsky.social @botanykat.bsky.social & Matilda Brown

Did you ever wonder when to use "conifer", "gymnosperm", "needleleaf", "angiosperms" and "broadleaves"? Us too so we transformed the discussion into this viewpoint. I hope you enjoy the reading as much as we enjoyed the writing! @kateplantphys.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Do you define trees as either needle- or broad-leaved? Are you doing this correctly? Read our OA paper: Cones & Consequences @newphyt.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mss2me7v @vallicrosah.bsky.social @botanykat.bsky.social @creaf.cat @wslresearch.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌿How you measure heat tolerance matters! We tested 3 species under different methods & durations to find their thermal limits. @a-gthy.bsky.social @kateplantphys.bsky.social @philippschuler.bsky.social

My first paper is out! We investigated how #photosynthetic and #respiratory #thermal #acclimation 🌡️ and #canopy size 🌳 shape tree net #carbon uptake under prolonged warming and drought. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social

It was so inspiring interviewing Georgia!! thatsscience.org/2025/03/30/e...

Today (31 March) is International Trans Day of Visibility! 🌈💙💗🤍 Trans and queer people remain underrepresented in STEM [1], facing higher risks of career limitations, harassment, and professional devaluation, with many even considering leaving academia [2]. #TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV (1/3)

🌿🔥How heat and VPD shape tree survival? We tested how acclimation to high temperature & VPD impacts drought mortality. While heat speeds up death via leaf area expansion, VPD acclimation slows it down by enhancing stomatal control - balancing mortality timing. doi.org/10.1111/PCE....

What a pleasure it was to chat with @ollydove.bsky.social and Anna Abela about my recent adventures as a researcher @wslresearch.bsky.social and my new adventures @creaf.cat 💚 Listen here: thatsscience.org/2025/03/16/e... , on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts

🎙️ NEW EPISODE: From marine research to political action! This week on #ThatsWhatICallScience, we spotlight our own Emma Hamasaki's journey through marine science, #scicomm projects like Redmap, TedX performances, and her current work with Tas Greens. Listen now! #STEMM #lutruwita @EdgeRadio993FM

Have you been awarded the #MSCA-PF Seal of Excellence in a project related to CREAF’S #research but didn’t secure funding? We're offering 3⃣ Postdoctoral Researcher positions to develop your proposal! Apply: creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

CREAF is offering 2⃣ research positions under the #ERC Recruitment Program to help #scientists like ✨you✨ 🎺What’s in it for you? 2-year contract & competitive salary Exclusive ERC coaching & mentoring €8,000/year for research expenses Apply: creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.

Continuing on, please welcome: ✨ Tia & Elise – Bringing creativity to the forefront in our brand-new Content Creator roles ✨ Richard – One of our amazing Editors AND a huge welcome to Alex, our new Treasurer 💰, helping steer the ship behind the scenes at STEMM Communicators Australia!

Our amazing volunteer team has recently grown to include some incredible new members ❤️. We work hard to bring you new STEMM-based episodes every week! Check them out here: thatsscience.org/episodes/ or on any major podcast platform✨

Happy International Women's Day! TWICS is proud to represent a diverse group of STEMM professionals, but... Only 29% of STEMM positions are held by Women in Australia (Department of Industry, Science and Resources, 2023). Let's talk about it!

Climate change is a global crisis but do our solutions represent the people it's impacting the most? Tegan Clark takes Olly behind the scenes of attending COP29 and her journey to becoming a gender and climate justice activist. #Tasmania #scicomm #stemmpodcast #climatechange @EdgeRadio993FM

💥 Intergalactic jets and supercomputer simulations—PhD student Georgia Stewart breaks down Active Galactic Nuclei and one way scientists study them! 🔭🌌 #Astrophysics #AGN #SpaceScience Our new Ep is out now! Listen via our website, your favourite podcast platform, or on edge radio.

Join Tia in this episode as she shares her journey from journalism into science communication, reflecting on the challenges, lessons learned along the way, and how it led her back into the classroom. . . #Tasmania #scicomm #stemmpodcast #journalism #sciencejournalism #earthsciences

Hello BlueSky! (ie. my one follower @kateplantphys.bsky.social 🩵) After joining Twitter/X for my #PhD, I decided it was fitting for my last post over there to be the Dedication and Acknowledgements pages of my thesis. Soooo seems equally fitting to start my time here with the same to match! ✨

From psychology to anthropology, to disease ecology to epidemiology, Dr Emily has had a twisting, turning, exciting sort of career. Tune in to find out what these -ologies all mean, and hear about her research in connecting with nature and sustainable communities. #sustainability #health #nature

Check out our wonderful and entirely volunteer team at TWICS and follow us as we highlight STEMM experts in our diverse weekly episodes! ✨@thatssciencetas.bsky.social✨ thatsscience.org #scicomm #stemmforall #STEMM #podcast

Happy (belated) UN International Day for Women and Girls in Science. Our team was privileged to celebrate young women/ femmes and their bright futures in STEMM. The reception was hosted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, on behalf of the Zonta Club of Hobart Inc. #womeninSTEMM

I played just a small part in this excellent paper led by ECR Félix de Tombeur: Anatomical and Trait Analyses Reveal a Silicon-Carbon Trade-Off in the Epidermis of Sedges (Plant, Cell Environ: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)

'What excites me is the chance to work with incredible scientists from all over the world, some of whom are just starting their scientific journey.' In #Profile: Charlotte Grossiord 👇 📖 https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20404 #LatestIssue #PlantScience

Check out our first episode for 2025! Follow us to catch our weekly episodes as we highlight fascinating and diverse STEMM with a focus on underrepresented voices @thatssciencetas.bsky.social‬

🌿 Join us for a workshop at our unique VPDrought field site in Switzerland on Aug 21-22, 2025! The event will feature a field site tour & presentations from experts studying VPD impacts on forests worldwide. Don’t miss the chance to connect & collaborate! www.wsl.ch/en/events-an...

Just 1 more day to apply! meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

Apply to our session 'Impacts of climatic extremes on plants and ecosystems across scales' at EGU by January 15th! meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

Just a bit of lutruwita/ Tassie for y'all, Happy New Year!

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Are you in Lausanne, Switzerland next week? Come and hear me (a scientist) and Maja Renn (a performance artist) discuss Maja’s current piece '[Pheno]plasticity' from scientific & artistic perspectives!! Wednesday, 4 December 24, 2.45pm – 3.45pm Salle MED 2 2423 EPFL, Lausanne Free admission (1/4)

Interested in plants under climate extremes? 🍃🌡️💧❄️ Submit an abstract to our session at EGU in Vienna, 27th April- 2nd May 2025! meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio... Abstracts due Jan 15th, submission info here: egu25.eu/programme/ho...

My wonderful friend is looking for a PhD or job in threatened species/ conservation in Lutruwita/Tasmania! Please let her know if you know of any opportunities!! 🐾🦅🌳

Lovely idea for a thread! Thought I'd throw in some of my science art. Here’s a painting I did of the majestic Callitris rhomboidea, a member of the most drought resistant clade of trees, for the cover of Tree Physiology last year academic.oup.com/treephys/iss...

Enter the British Lichen Society's photo competition! The categories this year are: 'Close encounters' and 'Lichenscapes'. Two free entries per person. Full details: britishlichensociety.org.uk/the-society/...

The #SciComm starter pack is almost full. Make sure to revisit it as l’ve added lots of folk this week. Do share it and flag up if you’d like added. go.bsky.app/VJQzace