Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Jul 26

Those terms focus on the technology and technical methods. They don’t capture what biologists care about—biological processes. We are first and foremost biologists, testing hypotheses about biological systems, harnessing technologies to extend our reach & ask questions we couldn’t address before

1

Joint Genome Institute @jgi.doe.gov · Sep 26

Congrats to our Community Science Program Annual Call awardees! Recipients & collaborators include our Bluesky friends @alexjprobst.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social & @andrewlhipp.bsky.social 🖥️🧬

Full list: jgi.doe.gov/announcement-fy25-csp-annual

@axelvisel.bsky.social @lbnlbiosci.bsky.social

The JGI announces FY25 awardees for our Community Science Program Annual Call - DOE Joint Genome Institute

These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — from freshwater estuaries reshaped by dam removal to Antarctica's photosynthetic mats — to reveal how these systems adapt and ...

jgi.doe.gov

5 9

Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Jul 16

It was a pleasure to meet and discuss tree trait responses to diversity @idiv-research.bsky.social 🌳🌲

#sTREND rocks🚨/w @juliakoricheva.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social, @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social, #TreeDivNet

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Jul 16

Fun week @idiv-research.bsky.social attending the 1st meeting of sTREND working group on synthesis of tree traits responses to neighbouring diversity with @mixedforests.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social and others

6

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Jul 22

What is spectral biology? We explain in this synthesis article on “Spectral biology across scales in changing environments”
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/R6QXPK
www.spectralbiology.org

1 11 42

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Jul 21

I am very happy to share this paper that provides the conceptual synthesis for our forthcoming special feature in Ecology on spectral biology and the NSF ASCEND Biology Integration Institute (Advancing Spectral biology in Changing Environments..)

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/R6QXPK...

Spectral biology across scales in changing environments

You have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader.

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

11

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Jul 19

How does tree plasticity in response to neighbors influence forest productivity? We had such a great sTREND meeting at iDIV discussing the consequences of intraspecific variation in trees for ecosystem function and potential mechanisms of complementarity and net biodiversity effects.

Florian Schnabel @mixedforests.bsky.social · Jul 16

It was a pleasure to meet and discuss tree trait responses to diversity @idiv-research.bsky.social 🌳🌲

#sTREND rocks🚨/w @juliakoricheva.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social, @lsachsenmaier.bsky.social, #TreeDivNet

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Jul 16

Fun week @idiv-research.bsky.social attending the 1st meeting of sTREND working group on synthesis of tree traits responses to neighbouring diversity with @mixedforests.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social and others

1

Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · Jul 16

Fun week @idiv-research.bsky.social attending the 1st meeting of sTREND working group on synthesis of tree traits responses to neighbouring diversity with @mixedforests.bsky.social, @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @habenblondeel.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social, @shankothari.bsky.social and others

4 21

Christopher Dick @chrisdick.bsky.social · Jul 9

Herbarium director position opening at Oregon State University ‪@osu-herbarium.bsky.social‬ Great opportunity for herbarium- and field-trained botanists at any rank. bpp.oregonstate.edu/bpp/about/op...

Open Positions

bpp.oregonstate.edu

1 58 49

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Jul 1

www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

"For every dollar spent [on science], the economy eventually produces an additional $1.71 in output. That return exceeds nearly every other form of public or private investment."

Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually

Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself

www.forbes.com

6 8

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Jun 14

Just sayin’

1 26

The Torrey Botanical Society @torreybotanical.bsky.social · Apr 24

Every year, we host a lecture and celebrate after with a banquet. This year, May 3 at 3pm EDT, we will hear from Ryan Schmidt from Harvard on the hidden heroes of herbaria! The lecture can be watched in person or on zoom - details & registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/torrey-bot...

🌾🌿🧪 #botany

Torrey Botanical Society Annual Banquet and Lecture

Join us for the Torrey Botanical Society's annual banquet and lecture on the The Hidden Heroes of Herbaria presented by Ryan Schmidt

www.eventbrite.com

4 15

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Apr 5

Just sayin‘

1 5 49

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Feb 22

The ground is daily shifting under our feet, and it is hard to cope or know what to do. It was so uplifting hiking on Mt Graylock in the Berkshires today with Steven Augustine and Azzo Seguin—thinking about freezing tolerance along altitudinal gradients.

17

Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · Feb 12

What interesting and exciting common garden / reciprocal transplant experiments do you know of? Who is conducting them? I'm interested in connecting with folks as we continue to work on our climate-focused bur oak experiment in OK, IL and MN w/ @cavenderg9.bsky.social, Heather McCarthy & colleagues.

14 14 41

Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Jan 30

Check out this new #AJB Commentary by Elizabeth Lombardi & Hannah Marx!

#Herbaria as critical resources for studying plant-virus #biodiversity & #epidemiology

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #ecology

An herbarium specimen with visible mottling due to infection by Turnip mosaic virus. Uses of herbarium specimens for virus research appear with icons.

10 33

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Dec 22

Beautiful hemlock and red oak grove along the Cattaraugus Creek in western NY @Steven-Augustine 🌲🌲🌳

2

Jérémy Cours 🌳 @jeremycours.bsky.social · Dec 15

For the forest ecology feed #forestecol 🍁

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Forest and Biodiversity 2: A tree diversity experiment to understand the consequences of multiple dimensions of diversity and composition for long‐term ecosystem function and resilience

We introduce a new “ecosystem-scale” experiment at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in central Minnesota, USA to test long-term ecosystem consequences of tree diversity and composition. T...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

2 5

Lee Klinger PhD @suddenoaklife.bsky.social · Dec 6

Six-year results of a native forest restoration project in a grove of old-growth coast live oaks showing the efficacy of emulating fire to improve the health and longevity of fire-adapted trees. #oakhealth #firemimicry #suddenoakdeath 🌎🌐🌲🔥

Oak restoration project in Boulder Creek, CA – 2024 Update

Six years ago I began a forest restoration project in Boulder Creek, CA using fire mimicry treatments to help improve the health of a grove of coast live oaks, some of which are likely more than 25…

suddenoaklife.org

1 4 19

Dr. Sarah Fortner @erthsarah.bsky.social · Nov 17

State level wins matter. www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesot...

Climate change now required learning for Minnesota high school students

A recent poll found that 74% of Minnesotans want schools to teach about the causes of climate change, its consequences and potential solutions.

www.cbsnews.com

1 4 20

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Nov 15

#ESA Governing Board retreat earlier this week. Should ESA extend the tent? How do we keep what is essential to academics but inclusive of NGOs, gov’t, private sector, indigenous voices? Navigating the changing publication landscape. ESA at #COP16 representing US science…does it justify the flights?

4

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Nov 1

Brent Mishler talking about spatial phylogenetics in bryophytes—at the 100 year celebration of the #Farlow Herbarium! #Harvard-University-Herbaria

3

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Oct 27

Great hike with students from the #ESA Delegation to #COP16 this morning in the mountains behind the city of Calí to “Tres Cruces”—we saw cool plants (like Bixa orellana) and great rocks

3

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Oct 23

From COP16 in Calí Colombia. Learning about a wide range of perspectives on how to promote biodiversity on our planet

1 3

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Sep 28

I am excited about this JGI project sequencing genomes for so many oaks!

Joint Genome Institute @jgi.doe.gov · Sep 26

Congrats to our Community Science Program Annual Call awardees! Recipients & collaborators include our Bluesky friends @alexjprobst.bsky.social, @cavenderg9.bsky.social & @andrewlhipp.bsky.social 🖥️🧬

Full list: jgi.doe.gov/announcement-fy25-csp-annual

@axelvisel.bsky.social @lbnlbiosci.bsky.social

The JGI announces FY25 awardees for our Community Science Program Annual Call - DOE Joint Genome Institute

These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — from freshwater estuaries reshaped by dam removal to Antarctica's photosynthetic mats — to reveal how these systems adapt and ...

jgi.doe.gov

3 7

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Aug 4

Congratulations!!!🥂💐

1 2

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Jun 2

Wonderful visit from BEF China and oak syngameon scientists at #Cedar_Creek_ESR for our #NSF #Dimensions_of_Biodiversity project

1 9

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · May 20

Posting photos from the last field trip at Cedar Creek with the grad students in EEB Foundations and the Biodiversity Science class a few weeks ago. I will miss this place and the people

5

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Mar 4

Oak folks at Duke Gardens

1

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Mar 3

Fun field trip on Occoneechi Mountain in NC

1 4

Jeannine Cavender-Bares @cavenderg9.bsky.social · Feb 29

Valerio Pillar, Bob Peet, ESIIL, SINBIOSE

1