Elizabeth Britton died #OTD in 1934 & was a titan of #botany. She co-founded the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) & the Sullivant Moss Society. A premier bryologist, she published 346 total papers (170 specific to mosses) & described 6 families for the Flora of America. #WomenInSTEM #bryology (1/2)

#fern #ferns

@support.bsky.team The feed #fern has been showing up empty, repeatedly for the past week or more. This has been a problem in the past, but now is much more frequent. It takes multiple retries to a non-empty feed.

Ok. I have developed an on-line fern tutorial lesson and the start of an identification section. Try it out. Let me know what you think. This is early, early, development. The intended audience are casual/somewhat interested botanist. 1 of 2. fernofgithub.github.io/FernLessonId/ #fern #ferns

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...

Blue Strap Fern, Microsorum steerei UConn Storres Greehouses, Stores, CT, USA #fern #ferns #fernFriday

@fernymoss.bsky.social Thank you for the likes and reposts. Here's a book I would highly recommend, Ferns. bsky.app/profile/fern... I also recommend this small field guide. Inexpensive, <$20US Identifying Ferns the Easy Way: A Pocket Guide to Common Ferns of the Northeast By Lynn Levine

Snail Fern from UConn Storres GreenHouses, Storres, CT, USA #fernfriday

New Botanics Blog on - Resurrecting the Fern; Looking Back At Our Woodsia Translocations. @thebotanics.bsky.social stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/41000

Please share! My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

The first book review of 2026 is all about the biology of ferns. To find out more, go to plantcuttings.uk/2026/01/23/a... Plus, an idea for a New Year’s Resolution you can keep, why not sign-up to the site at plantcuttings.uk? Cheers! #Botany #PlantScience

A new study characterizes the #hybrid leptosporangiate #fern species 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 × 𝘵𝘰𝘩𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 in Japan using plastid #DNA and MIG-Seq analyses. 📚 Read the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships are now open for applications, aimed at non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more and apply by 11 March: #RSGrants https://royalsociety.org/grants/newton-international/

We have an open POSTDOC position to explore Marchantia immune receptor biology that is closing on the 18th of Jan. Apply using the link below, and/or email me for more details. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

First invasive specie removal of 2026. New removal and consolidation. Very dense. Only worked about 1000 sqft (~100 sqm) in two hours. Trout Valley Preserve, Aspectuck Land Trust, Easton, CT, USA Mostly euonymus alatus (winged eponymous) and oriental bittersweet. #invasive

Extract from Southern Maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris, used to create chemical to fight disease. #ferns #fern

ASHS Career Center Dean of the College of Ag, Life and Env Sci, U of A https://ow.ly/jKFi50XU2Z3 Assc/Asst Prof of Turfgrass Sci, PSU https://ow.ly/Fr5l50XU2Z2 Prof and Head, MSU https://ow.ly/CQoF50XU2Z4 https://ashscareers.careerwebsite.com/jobs/ #plantsciencejobs

Scientists have identified Tidestromia oblongifolia in Death Valley as the most heat-tolerant plant ever recorded, capable of surviving temperatures above 120°F, according to a study published in Current Biology. #ClimateChange #ExtremeHeat #PlantScience #AgricultureFuture #GlobalWarming

I now have over a 1000 followers. Thank you all very much. For the 1000th follower event, I'm posting the ferns I found at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in October 2025. There are a bit more than 20 species. A long thread. Enjoy. 1/n www.mainegardens.org

A new flora overview of the National Wetland Park in the Jimunai Alpine Periglacial Zone (Xinjiang, China) reports 158 additional #species, 45 genera and two families, including 20 rare and endangered species, four Xinjiang #endemics and 23 #taxa newly recorded for the area: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

Thanks for the fern shout-out! northernwoodlands.org/outside_stor...

My final paper from my postdoc with @trevorrife.bsky.social is out! If you've ever manually counted or sorted seeds, sampled tissue with a hole punch, filled tubes or plates with beads/seeds this is for you! dx.doi.org/10.1002/csc2... Get the designs free here: www.printables.com/model/135088...

If you're a multi-messenger astrophysicist 🔭🧪 with a particular interest in gravitational waves and neutrinos, please consider applying to our open faculty position within @grappainstitute.bsky.social at the University of Amsterdam. It's a great place to work, and AMS is a great place to live!!

In what could plausibly represent a Christmas miracle* SFU Geography has two (2) new tenure track hires. One is urban/climate, which I will repost below. The other is a Landscape Ecologist. Please share ... #academicsky *actually just the good decisions of our new Dean www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...

Fully-Funded PhD in Human Origins – University of Tübingen, Germany. PhD role in archaeology & paleoecology. Eligibility: Master’s degree. Deadline: 31 January 2026. Apply: higherjobz.com/fully-funded... #AcademicJobs #ArchaeologyJobs #Paleoanthropology #GermanyJobs @unituebingen.bsky.social

Telescope Types xkcd.com/3182/

Cacti at Dessert Greenhouse of Botanical Gardens of University of Bern, Botanischer Garten der Universität Bern #cactus

Have you got a PhD in Statistics (or related field) and experience in Statistical Consulting? A continuing position at the Australian National University is now open 🇦🇺🦘🐨. Would love to get an #rstats person if possible ☺️ Apply by 18 Jan 👉 jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/course-... #statssky #statsky

Ginkgo tree at Botanical Garden of University of Bern, Botanischer Garten der Universität Bern #tree #Bern

The Clavel Group is recruiting a new postdoc for two possible projects dealing with plant-virus interactions and selective autophagy! More (wordy) details below ⬇️🌱🦠

Confirmed now by a reputable source.

As an author, when I see reviewer-requested experiments, the only conclusion I can reach is they don’t want to see the research published. If two out of three reviewers requested for additional experiments, I will simply try another journal.

✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/7) … Root cell wall plasticity in iron homeostasis: An overlooked frontier in plant nutrition nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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

How plants push roots through hard soil. Researchers have discovered how plant roots penetrate compacted soil by deploying a well-known engineering principle.

Comprehensive analysis of proteins associated with light responses and stress tolerance in the gametophyte of the fern Dryopteris affinis ssp. affinis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.05.692567v1

Fay-Wei Li was interviewed by Ologies Podcast, a top 5 science show in Apple podcasts! Tune in to hear about fern evolution, ferns not to have in your house, the most expensive ferns, tastiest ferns, mathematical mysteries, and a genome that makes no sense. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Looking for a #PhDposition in #PlantScience ? Our #IMPRS @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social and @unipotsdam.bsky.social is #hiring ! 📅 Apply by 10 January 2026 More info: 👉 www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD Please share this post to plant it in the right feed 🌱 #PlantSciJobs

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#NewSpecies! Polystichum oligodontum A newly discovered fern from #china! Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/00D2F038-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt... #PhytoKeys #PolystichumOligodontum #FAIRdata #OA #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #plants #fern

Why aren’t there square trees or mammals with wheels? A new study of fern stems shows how linked traits — developmental constraints — shape the limits and possibilities of evolution. buff.ly/CeWtabg 🧪🌱

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