We've just created an exciting new Phylogenomics Botanist role to join our vibrant team at Botanic Gardens of Sydney and help us build the NSW Plant Tree of Life! Applications close 26 Jan 2026: iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/phylogen... #botanicgardens #nswflora #nswptol #phylogenomics

Our new commentary on @blackrim.bsky.social et al's fascinating work in @newphyt.bsky.social, using simulation and analysis of empirical data to scale microevolutionary process to macroevolutionary patterns. Punchline: death rate and max age are driving. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#Sweet! Raspberry is an economically valuable #fruit and medicinal #crop. This #OpenAccess #multi-omics study highlights #genetic intricacies of the species and provides tools for #horticultural improvement at the #genomic level. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantScience

Looking for a new 📕 to read about plants?? I highly recommend the brilliant book ‘Ferns, Lessons in survival from Earth’s most adaptable plants’ Written by @fernway.bsky.social and Jacob Suissa with amazing illustrations by Laura Silburn 🌿 #FernFriday 🌿

Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!

An exciting PhD project in conservation genetics? Check out the one below @uni-freiburg.de that will survey genetic diversity across species to understand the big picture - very important! In collaboration with many others (incl. our group) and the @bexplo.bsky.social community.

Very excited to share the capstone of my postdoc work with @stepheniwright.bsky.social, co-led by Wright lab grad student Cassandre with contributions from many others. We combined new methods with high-quality Rumex assemblies to dive into the remarkable history of rearrangement in this genus.

We are pleased to announce the official release of PLAZA 5.1, our plant genomics platform, which comes with a major front-end redesign. This results in improved performance, enhanced visualization tools, and refined Toolboxes. Src: www.vandepoelelab.be/plaza/news#28

Graduating college soon or recent college graduate? Looking to advance your career in botany, plant conservation and similar topics? Apply to the RAMP program at one of four premier botanic gardens!...

Edible plant families: Actinidiaceae🥝 Apiaceae🥕 Arecaceae🥥 Bromeliaceae🍍 Ericaceae🫐 Fagaceae🌰 Lauraceae🥑 Musaceae🍌 Oleaceae🫒 Vitaceae🍇 Amaryllidaceae🧄🧅 Asteraceae🥬🌻 Fabaceae🥜🫘 Poaceae🌽🌾 Rutaceae🍊🍋 Cucurbitaceae🥒🎃🍉🍈 Solanaceae🍆🥔🍅🌶️🫑 Rosaceae🍏🍎🍐🍓🍑🍒

Biolojical is now on BlueSky! (not promising anything new, but moved some of my favorite posts over from the other site)

Are you an #undergrad interested in #phenology, #trees, #herbarium & #livingCollections? Join our @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Herbarium / Systematics Lab as a summer NSF REU participant for a great project with my staff & me! Apply today: mortonarb.org/science/oppo... Message w/ Qs, & pls share!

Everything you always wanted to know about mushroom-forming fungi! Great collab with amazing mycologists. Thanks Laszlo Nagy for leading this effort! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

I am procrastinating on writing by reading this interview of one of the true pioneers in evolutionary biology (and one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life) Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on. www.edge.org/conversation...

I'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026. jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...

I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...

This just out from @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Rebekah Mohn: reference genome and read mapping method both affect phylogenetic inference & heterozygosity estimates across species. Punchline? Use a closely related but not conspecific reference. Open-access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We are looking for undergrads to visit us over the next summer! If you study in the UK, USA, or Canada, you might be eligible for the DAAD-RISE program 🇩🇪🧬 Learn more 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR Do excellent science in Bonn next summer! @puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social

I am looking to hire a postdoc interested in combining genetics and evolution to understand why telomeres vary so much in plants. My group has been developing Mimulus a genetic model for studying plant telomeres and we have really cool research brewing. Please check ad for detail. Deadline is 12/31.

Consider this your sign from the universe, your future self, and your unfinished Google Doc. We want your cool ideas, your weird ideas, or your ‘is-this-crazy-or-brilliant’ ideas! Just over two weeks left to submit a proposal for this special issue. Reach out if you have any questions ☺️

Another Primer in Plant Sciences! 🎉 🌱 Fantastic topic, lots of nuances reviewed here to clear up misconceptions. Check out the appendix for an extended glossary and some questions you can use to assess student understanding. Please consider writing a primer in your area of expertise!

The UW Herbarium @ Burke Museum is hiring a Research Mycologist! 🍄 Focus: fungal systematics & evolution, collections-based research, and outreach. Initial 3-year appointment, renewable pending funding. Apply here! wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u... Please share widely!

Very happy that our research on TE dynamics accross cotton evolution at @cragenomica.bsky.social and in collaboration with @jonathanfwendel.bsky.social et al. is now published in Genome Biology!: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

The 5th of 6 faculty positions in UNC Biology is posted. We're working with the @ncbg.bsky.social to fill a joint position as Director of the UNC Herbarium at @ncbg.bsky.social and as Associate Professor within the Department of Biology (BIOL). Please share 1/n unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...

We are seeking speakers for #pag33 hosted in San Diego: Jan 9th at 10:30am. Talk to us about your current/planned efforts to develop genomic resources for threatened/endangered species! @ebpgenome.bsky.social - hosted by @uconneeb.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com Abstracts by Oct 27th! 🧬 🦜 🌱 🐛 🐢

#PhD Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication? Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW

Phylogenomic analyses of the diverse desert-alpine plant lineage Cistantheae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.680062v1

Mapping-based genome size estimation doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Genomics #Python #Sequencing #PlantSci #BigData #DataScience

My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

Very important paper and resource. Bryophyte genomes expanded by one order of magnitude. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Honoring the 2025 Ecological Section Student Presentation & Poster Award Recipients! 🏅 Graduate Presentation: Brooklyn Richards 🏅 Graduate Poster: Alex Arena 🏅 Undergraduate Posters: Bjoyrn Domst & Sarah Jones Learn more: botany.org/home/awards/... #BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist

Happy to share the results of a long-haul post-doc project, now online @science.org, aiming at understanding the rules of transgeneration epigenetic inheritance over TEs in plants and its extent and impact in nature. More below! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

🌎👩‍🔬 For 15+ years biology has accumulated petabytes (million gigabytes) of🧬DNA sequencing data🧬 from the far reaches of our planet.🦠🍄🌵 Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open. doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Speak up now if you care about the benefits of roadless areas for biodiversity, ecosystem services, & wilderness experience! Proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule: www.regulations.gov/document/FS-... Comments due 9/19: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...

Today is 'A Day for BSA!' Join us as we celebrate 130+ years of BSA supporting the botanical sciences! 🌱 Visit: 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

Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with ‪‪@shaky-dingo.bsky.social‬ and colleagues

Looking for an exciting bachelor/master thesis in plant genomics, applied bioinformatics, or evolutionary biology? We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach... @puckerlab.bsky.social

Let me be the (perhaps) the first to promote this job on bsky. BRIT is a super important herbarium run by some of the nicest folks I've met in Botany. I'd love to have another great colleague in this neck of the woods... www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...

🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions! plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

I'm looking to recruit a PhD student to study patterns of local adaptation and introgression across the spruce hybrid zone in the Rockies near Calgary. Projects can include field work, bioinformatics, pop gen theory, or comparison to plant/ conifer species yeamanlab.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/...

The @cbg-uofg.bsky.social has ten (10) posiitons for Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists available. 2 year positions, deadline September 15, 2025 graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...

My department is hiring a herbarium manager: www.schooljobs.com/careers/uvu/... It's a great place to work with a close knit botany group 🙂

Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social

Looking for a #postdoc in evolutionary biology? Come join the Budke Lab! Read more about the lab jmbudke.github.io & apply at this link fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... This is the last weekend to apply before applications will be evaluated and zoom interviews scheduled.

Mathematicians solve centuries-old mystery of how ‘broken’ tulips get their stripes Researchers have found an answer to a centuries-old floral mystery, using a mathematical model to explain how striped tulips get their distinctive pattern. buff.ly/qJAkgP2 via @UAlberta #PlantScience #Science

Published version of our collaborative work! Congrats to @laskyjr.bsky.social @upenn.edu & Lua Lopez who lead the work, and to all the authors. tinyurl.com/mu8uht92 @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social

Happy to see this one out. We did a phylogenetic analysis of African Sesuvium using herbarium collections and genome skimming. We assembled ~9000 loci from orthologous genes identified from transcriptome data. We also described a new species! 🌿 #evobio #iamabotanist www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Ebooks from @uchicagopress.bsky.social are 75% off through Aug 17! If you were planning to buy, for instance, Oak Origins as an ebook, there's never been a better time. Use code EBOOOK75 at checkout to get the discount. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Do you love alpine plants, ancient DNA, and/or population genetics? My lab will be hiring a postdoc soon to be based at the University of Maine! We’re looking for someone who uses genetic tools and thinks like a community ecologist. Happy to chat at #ESA2025 if you’re interested.