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Amy McP
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Director of Publications for the Botanical Society of America. Managing Editor of AJB. Enthusiastic supporter of science and the arts. She/her.
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Andi Kautt @akautt.bsky.social · 5d
Reposting this open postdoc position with more detailed specifications. Couldn't find the right fit in the first round—not due to lack of strong candidates, but because we're looking for someone whose expertise matches a specific project. More details in the job ad. Apply!

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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Biology
Position Summary A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Andreas Kautt in the Department of Biology on the Danforth Campus at WashU in St. Louis. The Kautt Lab studies the mechan...
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 6d
Hey Botany friends, any PI at a grad-degree-granting institution want to help us out with a "applying to grad school" panel on Oct 9th at 4:30 est? 🙏 Come share your wisdom!
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Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 6d
Come work with us! My lab is looking for PhD student(s) to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies in Colorado. Reviewing applications now - apply by Nov 1 at the latest

You could spend your summers here!
Blue Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness near Ward, Colorado. A jagged peak towers over a serene alpine lake
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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · 7d
Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science

Dept. of Plant Sciences | Permanent | Closes on Monday 17 November 2025

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/russell...

#plantsciences #plantscijobs #academicjobs
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Dr Chris Clements @expecocons.bsky.social · 8d
🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26

Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈

👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8

#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats
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Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! @martinebotany.bsky.social · 7d
Excited to begin the search for the next (6th) Burpee Post-Doctoral Fellow in Botany here in my lab at Bucknell! Funded research and teacher-scholar training embedded in the primarily undergraduate institution (#PUI) environment.

#iamabotanist

Details (+ application portal) here:

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Photos of past Burpee postdocs with some of our great students at Bucknell.
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Hanna Makowski @hannamakowski.bsky.social · Sep 8
Last paper from my PhD work is out! This one was a lot of fun.

Learned a lot about the benefits and limitations of machine learning in image analysis.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Sep 8
Trait specialization facilitates autonomous selfing ability in a mixed-mating plant

New #AJB research by @hannamakowski.bsky.social, Keric Lamb, Austin Kim, Emily Scott & Laura Galloway

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

#boyany #plantscience #evolution #pollen @uvabio.bsky.social
Cross-section of a Campanula americana style showing pollen-collecting hairs at different stages of retraction. These hairs, a form of secondary pollen presentation, initially hold pollen along the style and gradually retract to release it. Three pollen grains remain visible on one of the hairs.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 13d
🔥🌱 From the #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥

#Sequoia and Sequoiadendron: Two paleoendemic megatrees with markedly different adaptive responses to recent high-severity fires

By Jon Keeley & @jgpausas.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Although most trees in western USA conifer forests are killed by high intensity crown fires, most California coast redwoods survive by resprouting (photo by Jon Keeley, 2 years after the CZU Fire in Big Basin State Park).
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 13d
#AppsPlantSci is planning a special issue highlighting innovative uses of target-enrichment sequence data, and we're seeking proposals!

More info here: botany.org/home/publica...

Deadline 30 Nov 2025‪‬

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The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Beyond phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data”. The image beneath the title: On the left side of the image is a large circle divided in two halves: the left side of the circle comprises four images of flowers/herbarium specimens and the right side of the circle contains the text “Target Capture.” Five dotted line arrows point from the large circle to five smaller circles on the right. Smaller circles (clockwise from top): (1) “Off Target”, (2) “Biodiversity assessments”, (3) “Population genomics”, (4) “Evo-Devo”, (5) “Species identification”. The text beneath the image reads: “Proposal deadline November 30, 2025”. The Applications in Plant Sciences logo is in the bottom left corner, and a QR code is in the bottom right corner. Image credit: Yannick Woudstra.
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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 14d
Sequoia sempervirens (redwood; world's tallest tree) is well adapted to high-intensity crown fires (eg 2020), but Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; world's most massive tree) is adapted to surface fires only!
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Sequoia sempervirens (Coast redwood) resprouting epicormically after a high-intensity fire Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) with a fire scar in the base from a surface fire
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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 14d
Sequoia and Sequoiadendron: Two paleoendemic megatrees with markedly different adaptive responses to recent high-severity fires
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Title of the paper: Sequoia and Sequoiadendron: Two paleoendemic megatrees with markedly different adaptive responses to recent high-severity fires
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 15d
📢 The Darbaker Prize in Phycology nomination deadline has been extended to November 1st!

🌿 Learn more about this $2500 award and submit nominations:
botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSA2025Awards #Phycology #AlgaeResearch #IamaBotanist
Flyer with underwater background of green algae promoting the 2025 Darbaker Prize. At the top: “Botanical Society of America & Phycological Society of America.” Large bold text announces: “Darbaker Prize. Nomination deadline extended to November 1, 2025. Increased $2500 award.” Bottom of flyer shows BSA logos, website (www.botany.org), and a QR code for more information.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 19d
We’re proud to announce the 2025 Phytochemical Section Presentation Awardees!

🏅 Best Presentation: Melanie Madrigal
🏅 Honorable Mention: Chase Hearn

🏅 Best Poster: Karen Campos Secenas
🏅 Honorable Mention: Abbigale Baum

Learn more: botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
Flyer titled Botanical Society of America – Phytochemical Section Presentation Awards, 2025 Recipients. Bright green leafy background. Four recipients are shown: Melanie Madrigal (Louisiana State University), Best Presentation; Chase Hearn (Purdue University), Best Presentation Honorable Mention; Karen Campos Secenas (University of California-Irvine), Best Poster; and Abbigale Baum (Utah Valley University), Best Poster Honorable Mention.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 19d
Honoring the 2025 Physiological & Ecophysiological Section Awards Recipients!

🏅 LI-COR Prize Presentation Award: Daniel Mok
🏅 LI-COR Prize Poster Award: Amelie LeTierce
🏅 Presentation Award: Malinda Barberio
🏅 Poster Award: Osedipo Adegbeyeni

Visit: botany.org/home/awards....

#BSA2025AwardsBlitz
Flyer titled Botanical Society of America – Physiological and Ecophysiological Section Student Presentations Awards, 2025 Recipients. Autumn leaf background. Four awardees are pictured: Daniel Mok (Michigan State University), LI-COR Prize Presentation Award; Amelie Letierce (University of Minnesota Duluth), LI-COR Prize Poster Award; Malinda Barberio (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Presentation Award; and Osedipo Adegbeyeni (University of Utah), Poster Award.
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Christopher Krieg 🌿 @ckrieg.bsky.social · 16d
🚨 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
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 20d
🌸 Congratulations to Grace Burgin (Harvard University), winner of the 2025 Margaret Menzel Award, and Keana Tang (University of Kansas), winner of the 2025 Maynard Moseley Award!

Menzel Award – botany.org/home/awards/...

Moseley Award – botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
Flyer titled Botanical Society of America – Margaret Menzel Award (Genetics & Genomics Section) and Maynard Moseley Award (Developmental & Structural and Paleobotanical Sections), 2025 Recipients. Blue background with two photos. Top: Grace Burgin (Harvard University), recipient of the Menzel Award. Bottom: Keana Tang (University of Kansas), recipient of the Moseley Award.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 20d
🌾 Let's show support for the 2025 Vernon I. Cheadle Student Travel Award Recipients: Andrea D. Appleton (Harvard University), Jaxon Reiter (University of Lethbridge), and Niall S. Whalen (Florida State University)!

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#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #BSACheadleAward
Flyer titled Botanical Society of America – Vernon I. Cheadle Student Travel Awards, Developmental & Structural Section, 2025 Recipients. Background features golden grasses. Three student photos are shown: Andrea D. Appleton (Harvard University), Jaxon Reiter (University of Lethbridge), and Niall S. Whalen (Florida State University). BSA logos appear at the bottom.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21d
🌿 We’re proud to recognize Kyra N. Krakos (Maryville University) as the 2025 recipient of the Samuel Noel Postlethwait Award!

Presented by the BSA Teaching Section, this award honors excellence in teaching botany.

Learn more here: botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
Flyer titled Botanical Society of America – Samuel Noel Postlethwait Award, Teaching Section, 2025 Recipient. Background features blue petals. Centered photo of recipient Kyra N. Krakos (Maryville University) smiling. A QR code and BSA logo appear at the bottom.
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Amy McP @aemcp.bsky.social · 21d
Pretty cover!!
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Amy McP @aemcp.bsky.social · 21d
Congratulations to all!
#Botany #YoungBotanists!!
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21d
Congrats to the 2025 Young Botanist Award Recipients! 🌱 🎉

These awards honor outstanding graduating seniors in the botanical sciences.

Learn more here: botany.org/home/awards/...

Make sure to nominate outstanding graduating seniors you know in 2026!

#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
Flyer titled Botanical Society of America Young Botanist Award – 2025 Recipients. The background shows close-up plant leaves. Two columns list student awardees by name, including Sabilah Alibhai, Sofía Elizabeth Báez, Edie L. Banovic, Alise Catherine Griffiths, Kaitlin Henry, and others. A QR code at the bottom left invites readers to learn more about the Young Botanist Awards. BSA logo is displayed at the bottom right.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22d
🌸 We are delighted to share that Sara Sofia Pedraza Narvaez (University of California, Los Angeles) is the winner of the 2025 Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology.

Learn more here: botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
Blue poster with stylized overlapping leaves in the background. Text reads: “BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology, 2025 Recipient.” Centered is a photo of Sara Sofia Pedraza Narvaez outdoors in the field, smiling, holding a small plant, wearing a UCLA shirt and yellow field gear. Below: “Sara Sofia Pedraza Narvaez, University of California, Los Angeles.” Bottom corner includes a QR code with the text: “Learn more about the Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology here!” and the BSA logo.
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Amy McP @aemcp.bsky.social · 22d
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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 22d
Whenever I see cactus blooms, I tickle them. 💅🏻🌸
Thigmonastic stamens - rapid, touch induced movement for pollination.
#plantjoy #iamabotanist
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 23d
🌻 We are proud to recognize Dr. Tanisha M. Williams (University of Georgia) as the 2025 BSA Impact Award Recipient!

This award honors individuals whose efforts have had a broad and lasting impact on the botanical community and beyond.

botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
Dark green poster with a yellow floral border and text: “Botanical Society of America, Impact Award, 2025 Recipient.” Below is a portrait of Dr. Tanisha M. Williams smiling, wearing a light green top and black cardigan. Text below reads: “Dr. Tanisha M. Williams, University of Georgia.” Bottom corner includes a QR code with the text: “Learn more about the BSA Impact Award here!” and the BSA logo.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 23d
🎉 Help us celebrate Natalia Pabón-Mora (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia), the 2025 BSA Corresponding Member!

This recognition is given to distinguished international scientists who have made major contributions to the plant sciences.

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#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
Blue poster with text: “Botanical Society of America, Corresponding Members, 2025 Recipient.” Below is a photo of Natalia Pabón-Mora indoors, smiling and seated next to a microscope while holding a green potted plant. Text below reads: “Natalia Pabón-Mora, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.” Bottom corner includes a QR code with the text: “Learn more about the BSA Corresponding Members here!” and the BSA logo.
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Amy McP @aemcp.bsky.social · 26d
Something beautiful for your Friday! #OpenAccess in #AJB #SocietyJournal
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 26d
The origin & diversification of #Amaryllidaceae: A phylogenetic & biogeographic analysis

New #AJB research by Zoë Dennehy-Carr, Kálmán Könyves, Chris Yesson, John David & Alastair Culham

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#plantscience #biogeography #FossilFriday #evolution
Members of each Amaryllidaceae tribe, showing examples of morphological variation across the family. Photos belong to Zoë Dennehy-Carr, Alastair Culham, and John David, except for Calostemmateae.
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