what is a systematic biologist, phylogenetic biologist, clade biologist... doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

a lil thing I wrote about an influential paper for me

Learning confocal!

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

C4 🤠

Check out our new Tansley Review on leaf heat acclimation in @newphyt.bsky.social, the result of a great collaboration with an even greater team! @martijnslot.bsky.social @seanmichaletz.bsky.social @nicolebison.bsky.social @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social @owenatkin.bsky.social @hultinelab.bsky.social

On the cover of our #LatestIssue: Blepharis furcata at Klein Aus Vista, Namibia, is one of three Blepharis species with intraspecific variation in C4 cycle integration. Image courtesy of Matt Stata. 📖 See Stata et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🔬🌱 We are planning ahead for Botany 2026! We’re looking for folks interested in helping organize a hands-on workshop on building custom LI-COR chambers and measuring gas exchange on non-conventional plant material. 👉 Reach out to [email protected] if interested! #Botany2026 #bsaecophys

Came across this Curator of Plants & Sustainability job at the Royal Ontario Museum here in Toronto! #plantsciences #botany #herbaria royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...

Feedback please 🥹 [email protected]

New #PhD opportunities! NorthWestBio projects now online for 2026! Including a #photosynthesis project w/ @marjorielundgren.bsky.social looking at how photosynthetic diversity may affect future crop nutrient quality. Plant projects and the full set of projects available here: tinyurl.com/529yz4jd

Too much staring at TEMs all day... I wish I could be looking for plants in the Kimberley

🚨 1 Week Left to Apply! 🚨 The Krieg Lab is hiring a Research Professional in Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution. 📅 Deadline: October 1, 2025 📧 Sending materials (Cover Letter, CV, References) to: kriegc[at]wfu.edu

🌱📚 Love plants and books? The Plant Science Bulletin is looking for book reviewers. There are a few books that may interest our followers! Visit here for more info: botany.org/home/publica... . . . #Botany #bsa #PlantScience #BookReview #PlantScienceBulletin

New preprint up: "Single-cell-level response to drought in Sorghum bicolor reveals novel targets for improving water use efficiency." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Here we show that drought response supersedes differences in cell identity and identify key transcriptional regulators.

Professor Susanne von Caemmerer FRS and Professor Graham Douglas Farquhar FRS are jointly awarded the Royal Medal (Biological) 2025 for refining the ways we monitor and model photosynthesis in leaves from molecular to global scales. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/royal-medals/

🌿Thank you for making “A Day for BSA” a huge success! 🌿 Together, we exceeded our $15,000 Endowment campaign goal, raising over $16,000 to support students, publications, and the annual conference. Did you miss it? This Endowment campaign continues through August 31! crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

Thanks to everyone who’s donated to the '#ADayforBSA' Endowment campaign! We’ve already reached 20% of our $15,000 goal. Every gift matters and helps support students, publications, and the Botany Conference. Haven’t given yet? There’s still time: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont... #IamaBotanist

CAM! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I dont usually collect pokemon cards... but i came across a Professor Rowan card

This was a long time (too long) in the works, but I'm thrilled that it is finally out: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "How evolution repeatedly builds complexity: a case study with C4 photosynthesis in Blepharis (Acanthaceae)" And this was chosen for a cover photo:

#TansleyReview: Mechanisms driving functional divergence of #TranscriptionFactor paralogs Isabella J. Higgins, Sarah G. Choudury & Aman Y. Husbands 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We have stickers! Find @savageplantphys.bsky.social to get some and find out more about our section! #bsaecophys #botany2025

wish I could be there 🥹

Who's excited for #Botany2025? The Phys & Ecophys section is gearing up for another fantastic conference this year! We currently need judges (non-student) to evaluate student presentations and posters. If interested, contact [email protected], or reach out to him ‪@ckrieg.bsky.social‬ #Botany2025

Our latest paper is out: rdcu.be/ev6Ym — one of my favorite projects. It began about 8 years ago when Nobel laureate Torsten Wiesel asked me: what transcription factors regulate new genes? I had no idea then. Now we have some answers.

Botanizing in Western Australia 🦘 with Rowan Sage + Yuzhen Fan and Ellie Jordan from ANU! #plantphysfriday #plantscience 🌱 Wearing my Plant Fizz shirt of course @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social

Viburnum opulus, Guelder-rose, what a beauty! In hedgerows now. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

New #CAM paper dropped! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... #plantscience

Don’t miss #Botany2025 - the home of #plantecophys

Donut shape chloroplast

Check out an exciting diversity of research, reviews, and opinion articles in our @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social special collection on *Agricultural Biotechnology*. 🧪 🌱 With @cavycavs.bsky.social & Phil Macnaghten nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

Jacob Suissa and I wrote a #book about #ferns! It's beautifully illustrated by the amazing artist Laura Silburn. Will be released in May and you can preorder from Amazon. We hope this book could help you forget all the bad things happening on Earth right now. More here: mailchi.mp/btiscience/f...

🌿 #Botany2025 exhibitor & sponsorship registration is OPEN! Connect with 1,000+ botanical science professionals from around the world and showcase your brand at this dynamic event. Don’t miss out! Learn more & register: www.botanyconference.org/exhibitors-a...

#Botany2025 let's gooooooooooo

I only have 16 months or so to finish my PhD research. Kind of freaking out 😬😬

Applications open for EEB Postdoc Fellowship here at the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at University of Toronto eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/

For International Women's Day, let's pay homage to the great plant anatomist Katherine Esau. In her long career, she transformed our understanding of plant structure through her research and her very important books. She is my academic grandmother, advisor of my advisor.

Gift link Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...

Here is a working Starter Pack for Plant Ecophysiologists! Please let us know if you want to be added to this list in a comment or DM. #botany #plantecophys #PhysFam go.bsky.app/Pbq39H7

🧪 #PlantScience Ted Cruz posted a list of "woke DEI" NSF grants, which included many REU programs. REU = Research Experience for Undergraduates. A 🧵 thread of sadness: www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

A new issue of Cell is out, featuring the 4 winners of the Rising Black Scientists Awards. Their essays bring hope, inspiration and reinforce the importance of equity in science. Do take a moment to check them out: www.cell.com/cell/current @cp-cell.bsky.social

1.5 years left to finish my PhD but so much to stress about in the world and so much left I want to do 🥲🥲

Two papers out this week on leaf hydraulics in C4 grasses! 🌾 Zhou et al. - C4 photosynthesis and hydraulics in grasses - doi.org/10.1111/nph.... Baird et al. - Resolving the contrasting leaf hydraulic adaptation of C3 and C4 grasses - doi.org/10.1111/nph....

🌵🌴 Big news! Botany 2025 is now heading to sunny Palm Springs, CA (July 25-31, 2025)! While plans shifted from Tucson, we're excited to stay in the Southwest. See you there! More information will be coming in early January at www.botanyconference.org #Botany2025

when you need to do an experiment that requires mechanical stress (ie, touching) of your plants but you dont wanna sit there poking them for an hour 😆

How do tropical rainforest trees respond to warming? 🌡️🌿We experimentally warmed canopy leaves by 4°C for 8 months and found significant declines in photosynthesis and stomatal conductance, with no shift in Topt. Read the new paper, led by Kristine Crous here: shorturl.at/AVTOk

🌾🌱🏵🌵🌿☘️🪴 #PlantScience

Share photos of you in your #plantfizz shirts or a BSA shirt. Also don't forget to renew your BSA membership. #Botany2025 in Tuscon will be amazing this year.

all I want for christmas is a 96 well plate reader so i can do more than one enzyme assay at a time