Postdoc opportunity in plant systematics + phylogenomics 🌿 my lab at the University of Michigan is recruiting for a Research Fellow working on species delimitation in neotropical myrtles. Full details + apply here (deadline April 30) careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

📢Join us at the International Polyploidy Conference! #WGDip will be present with two invited speakers: Project Lead Prof. Dan Macqueen & Project Partner Prof. Aoife McLysaght. www.pe-rc.nl/events/inter... @w-u-r.bsky.social @pe-rc.bsky.social #IPC2026 🧪

Revision of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) classification has been underway! The group is requesting community feedback until April 22nd. Here is a link to a survey to gather feedback, which includes links to the manuscript and the new classification: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Revision of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) classification has been underway! The group is requesting community feedback until April 22nd. Here is a link to a survey to gather feedback, which includes links to the manuscript and the new classification: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Maybe not the best phylogeny to use to explain homology. So this pair o' logs are orthologs, but if they arose via duplication and you can recover synteny for one, you could call it a syntelog and the other single log a paralog."

Abstract submitted for Botany 2026!

caveat that subfield-specific stats look a bit different, and Ecology seems to have been hit hardest, as early RWR trends suggested:

By percent of total, if you're curious.

More awards through GRFP this year! Yay!! Quick back of envelope comparison of awards by category to 2024 (skipping 2025 b/c it was weird): Life sci: 486/2599 18.5% ('26) 499/2036 25% ('24) ☹️ Eng: 914/2599 35% ('26) 532/2036 26% ('24) Comp sci: 261/2599 10% ('26) 151/2036 7% ('24) 🧪

Massive and important positive news... #NSF #GRFP awards are out. 2,599 awards! + 1,440 Honorable Mentions. A significant boost from last year. Congratulations to the winners (and HM-s)! & many thanks to the reviewers & program officers who made this possible. www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...

If you want to gate in R, both flowGate and openCyto are a little friendlier than using just base flowCore (covered in class recently: umgcccfcsr.github.io/CytometryInR...). Alternatively, floreada.io is free & web-based (and can convert into FlowJo.wsp and be brought into R with CytoML package)

What is the best R package to analyze flow cytometry data for genome size estimation? I love flowjo, but our subscription ended and wanted to verify calls I made on the machine yesterday. Just looking to get geometric mean of two peaks (standard and sample).

What is the best R package to analyze flow cytometry data for genome size estimation? I love flowjo, but our subscription ended and wanted to verify calls I made on the machine yesterday. Just looking to get geometric mean of two peaks (standard and sample).

The abstract deadline for #Botany2026 is April 13! Share your research with 1,000+ botanical scientists from around the world at this year's conference in Tucson, Arizona. Submit at botanyconference.org! Early registration ends April 30th, save by being a member of BSA and registering now!

Did you know it costs us $64 a month to host Biology PhD stipends? Excited for this upgrade which takes our hosting costs to $0! mlgaynor.com/BiologyPhDSt...

Spun off a lightweight python package “pedigraph-sim” for simulating meiosis on arbitrary pedigrees. It tracks how crossing over produces segments of local ancestry and contains convenience functions like exporting the tree sequence to tskit for analysis: github.com/pmckenz1/ped...

This cherry blossom season is extra fun for us.🌸 Students sequenced the genome of one of the iconic Yoshino cherry trees on the University of Washington quad, and found nearly identical clonal relatives in Japan! A great project with Alex Harkess and the American Campus Tree Genomes (ACTG) project

Check out this new pre-print that covers a survey-based study of Plant Awareness Disparity! This work was led by undergraduate researcher Ari Hoffman, who was supervised by my postdoc advisor @TNCVasconcelos and me: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Proposals are due May 18 for this year’s Graduate Research Excellence Grants! Up to $2500 for 1st and 2nd year grad students and up to $3500 for 3rd years and above. Learn more and apply now! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

Curious about AI, working at a company after PhD, and process mining? Join @nimbios.bsky.social on Thur. March 19 at 4 pm US Eastern for a talk by EEB alum Dr. Shelby Scott on Celonis. Talk link: vss.nimbios.org More info: www.nimbios.org/nimbios-mors...

🚨 SMTPBconnect Event: Linking Theory and Practice in Eco-evolutionary Modelling 😳 Tomorrow (Weds March 18 2-5PM Pacific Time, Thurs March 19 8-11AM Australian Eastern Time) 🤠 Sponsored by @smtpb.bsky.social, hosted by Maria Kleshnina smtpb.org/event-6562940

I hereby declare St. Patrick’s day the day to study geography of speciation. The relevant jargon for speciation types: ☘️ alloPatrick ☘️ symPatrick ☘️ paraPatrick (inspired by a class I attended today, where my responsible colleague failed to point out this clear connection)

We have short read and long read, I'm waiting for tl;dr sequencing.

[cultural snob voice] Long read didn’t *really* start until HiFI

The Botanical Society of America's Impact Award is now accepting applications! These awards highlight those building a more inclusive community through research, teaching, or outreach. Apply, or encourage others to, and see info in link! @botsocamerica.bsky.social botany.org/home/awards/...

And now it is out! Even if you haven't been sweating how old tomatoes are, click for some lovely time trees decorated with plant fossils! (or if you're thinking about doing a TED analysis yourself and want to see how we pulled it off :) academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...

Applications are due this Sunday March 15 for #Evol2026 registration waivers for grad students and postdocs who need additional funds to attend - apply now! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

It's official!!!! #Botany2026 here we come!

♻️ Hybrid fertility and the rarity of homoploid hybrid speciation by Harry Sanders Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

BSA is set to give out over $150,000 in awards and grants this year — and many have deadlines that are THIS SUNDAY, March 15th! Travel awards, research awards, and recognition for early-career, mid-career, and professional members. Learn more: botany.org/home/awards.... #BSAawards #IamaBotanist

I am SO THRILLED to share our first fully-lab lab paper!!!!!! Led by @hybridzones.bsky.social & @hagarsoliman.bsky.social, w/ a major assist from @pfschwarz.bsky.social!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read more below, if you're curious (you should be- it's AWESOME!!!!!!!) link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Such an awesome program supporting undergrad engagement at the annual Botany conference. And I’m so glad BSA figured out how to keep it alive. It’s not too late to apply for #Botany2026 in Tucson (1-5 Aug)!! #plantpeopleFT

This is an amazing program that BSA is running this year with the help of generous donations from the community after NSF funding was terminated. If you have undergrads interested in botany, encourage them to apply! Signing up to be a mentor is also super rewarding!

I spot Tyler Radtke - a soltis lab alumni who was mentored by @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social This is such a great opportunity. If you're an undergrad, make sure you apply.

Hey Botanical Science Undergrads, the PLANTS Grant deadline is coming up!! This award covers Botany 2026 travel, lodging, meals, mentorship, a conference field trip & a complimentary 3-year BSA membership. Deadline: March 15, 2026 For more information, visit: botany.org/home/awards/...

Once again visiting the Population of Misfit Claytonia! Are they weirdos because of chromosomal shenanigans, or because they’re Louisiana plants exposed to toxins that would’ve killed lesser angiosperms?

This is interesting, triploid salmon have larger cells and inferior physiology than diploids. Lower aerobic scope, lower CTmax, higher Pcrit... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@limingcai.bsky.social et al. examined mitogenomes of 45 Orobanchaceae species, identifying genetic alterations in genomic shuffling, RNA editing, and intracellular and horizontal gene transfer en route to a nonphotosynthetic lifestyle. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag025 #genome #evolution

Dear science friends, Have any of you had any experience using a liquid nitrogen dry shipper to bring blood/tissue sample tubes back from international field work? If so, do you have any recommendations for a certain product? What was your experience with airlines/TSA/customs like? Thanks!

Successfully inserted anime in my plant bio lecture! 💅 Throwback to the good old time that I transcribed subtitles for many anime for two years at the end of my undergrad, now I'm telling a room of undergrads the plants and anime that I love. I love my job! #ib103 #anime #plantjoy

Ploidy and neuron size impact nervous system development and function in Xenopus

Just a few days left to submit the ASN student research award (due March 13th)!!!! This is an AWESOME opportunity for students to get some grant writing experience!!! We LOVE reading your grants and giving feedback!!!!!!!!!!! Apply, Apply, Apply!!!!!! www.amnat.org/announcement...

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This beautiful salamander is a 17 year old triploid. Such a cool paper.

These triploids may offer insights into hybrid vigor, chromosome dynamics, and long-term evolutionary processes. Understanding hybrid classes enhances our knowledge of speciation and adaptation. Paper here: doi.org/10.1093/jher... Corresponding author: www.researchgate.net... #JHered 2/2

Research on hybridization between salamanders Triturus cristatus and T. marmoratus in France reveals a rare but notable presence of triploid (CMM) hybrids, with frequencies up to 18% in some samples. Photo: Rainer Theuer 1/2

Hey #PopGen #EEB #PUI friends! Do you have a cool paper demonstrating the power 💪 of "modern" PopGen that would be exciting to upper-level undergrads? I feel like students leave the PopGen unit thinking it's some kind of dead science b/c we're limited to introducing simple models in Evol classes. 😢

The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (March-June). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in the Roeder Laboratory at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY with a focus on researching Polyploidy. Apply by March 1. Please spread the word. apps.hr.cornell.edu/recruiting/f...