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Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! @martinebotany.bsky.social · Aug 4

Breaking: the American Society of Plant Taxonomists now on BlueSky @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social!

#botany2025 #iamabotanist

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Aug 4

The entire @botsocamerica.bsky.social students community is super proud of you for winning Don Kaplan Dissertation Award

Keep staying proud!

#Botany2025

Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3

I'm glad to be this year's recipient of the Don Kaplan Dissertation Award by Botanical Society of America (BSA), the $10k that came with it is my biggest so far!

@botsocamerica.bsky.social

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Aug 4

The entire @botsocamerica.bsky.social students community is super proud of you for winning Don Kaplan Dissertation Award

Keep staying proud!

#Botany2025

Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3

I'm glad to be this year's recipient of the Don Kaplan Dissertation Award by Botanical Society of America (BSA), the $10k that came with it is my biggest so far!

@botsocamerica.bsky.social

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Cody Coyotee @wile-phylote.bsky.social · Jul 30

#BulbousLab at #Botany2025!

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Josh Felton @botanyballer.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thank you ben ❤️ it has been a blast working with you during my tenure as student rep! #botany2025

Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Jul 31

Huge shout-out to @botanyballer.bsky.social for his amazing service as a BSA student rep these past two years!

I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.

You’ve made a lasting impact!

#Botany2025

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Jul 31

Huge shout-out to @botanyballer.bsky.social for his amazing service as a BSA student rep these past two years!

I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.

You’ve made a lasting impact!

#Botany2025

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Jul 31

Huge shout-out to @botanyballer.bsky.social for his amazing service as a BSA student rep these past two years!

I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.

You’ve made a lasting impact!

#Botany2025

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Jul 30

It was such a joy connecting again guys!

#Botany2025 has been amazing

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Jul 29

Some members of the Nigerian plant community at #Botany2025 in Palm Springs, California!
Always fun to meet new friends and listen to all the brilliant ideas and research work from everyone. Always sticking together!!!

@ajayibenmi.bsky.social @petfemspeaks.bsky.social @preshonnature.bsky.social

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Jul 2

Here is the uploaded Botany360 conference guide. @botsocamerica.bsky.social @botanyballer.bsky.social

youtu.be/goEVbnKIAtI

Botany360: Make the most out of Botany 2025: A student conference guide

YouTube video by Botanical Society of America Videos

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Jul 2

Here is the uploaded Botany360 conference guide. @botsocamerica.bsky.social @botanyballer.bsky.social

youtu.be/goEVbnKIAtI

Botany360: Make the most out of Botany 2025: A student conference guide

YouTube video by Botanical Society of America Videos

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Jun 20

Improving computer vision for plant pathology through advanced training techniques

New in #AppsPlantSci by Jamie Sykes, @katherinedenby.bsky.social, and Daniel Franks

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @nserc-resnet.bsky.social #MachineLearning‬ #ComputerVision #cacao #cocoa #botany

Disease detection of three cocoa diseases using convolutional neural networks. Example Grad-CAM class activation maps with scores for PhytNet trained with four of the model training procedures used in this study. BPR, black pod rot; FPR, frosty pod rot; Healthy, healthy cocoa; WBD, witches' broom disease.

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Jun 17

2. Leaf venation and cuticle traits of 40 Annonaceae species were examined for taxonomic value.

Traits proved useful for species and subfamily identification; areola formation showed temperature sensitivity, suggesting limited environmental influence on most traits.

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Jun 17

Curious about systematic leaf 🍃 🍂 🍁 architectural diversity of African Annonaceae Juss. and the implications of its venation patterns? doi.org/10.1016/j.sa...

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EvoBio Crash Course @evobiocc.bsky.social · Jun 4

Please share widely!
We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Feb 4

Did you miss the Botany360 webinar "Prepping for PLANTS" and want to learn about the program? The recording is now available!

youtu.be/wI-F6Kbu0XM?...

You can also learn more, apply, or sign up to be a mentor by visiting: botany.org/home/awards/...

#PLANTSgrants #BSAUndergrads #IamaBotanist

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Prof Stephen Serjeant @stephenserjeant.bsky.social · Mar 19

This horrific story has been confirmed to me by a colleague at the same institute as this scientist. The US is not a safe place to run an academic conference. @theguardian.com have an English language version of this story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🔭🧪

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Apr 28

🌿 Stretching your research dollars? You’re not alone!

Join us for the #Botany360 free virtual event, Botany on a Budget — a casual discussion with BSA members who have experience making research happen with limited resources.

Thursday, May 8, 2025, 2–3 p.m. EST

Register here: tinyurl.com/bot360

Graphic promoting "Botany on a Budget," a casual discussion on May 8, 2025, at 2 p.m. EST. The background shows green and blue tube racks filled with labeled microcentrifuge tubes. Text invites participants to join a conversation about strategies for conducting research on a limited budget. The image includes a QR code to register and logos for the Botanical Society of America (BSA) and Botany360. Sponsored by the BSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

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Josh Felton @botanyballer.bsky.social · Dec 24

BSA student members! We are building a starter pack of students so we can build our community on Bluesky😎 reach out to Ben to be added #plantjoy #iamabotanist

Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Dec 24

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Dec 24

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · Dec 24

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · Dec 3

A survey on why people want to study and work with plants: please participate and share <3

forms.gle/btg9GP1L3CTh...

Plant Biologists and How to Find Them?

We are Dr Joanna Kacprzyk and Dr Rainer Melzer from School of Biology and Environmental Science at University College Dublin, Ireland. Our project Plant Biologists and How to Find Them? aims to invest...

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · Dec 1

I'll be giving a free webinar Thurs, Dec 5, 7 p.m. Central time for the Minnesota Native Plant Society on the topics of #oak reproduction, #species, #hybrids, & #phylogeny / #treeOfLife, from my new book (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...).

Join us, and pls share!

us06web.zoom.us/j/6977108818...

Title page from Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life, by Andrew L Hipp, illustrated by Rachel D Davis, with forward by Béatrice Chassé.

Title page features a Hill's oak leaf (Quercus ellipsoidalis) illustrated in pen and ink with watercolor wash by Rachel Davis.

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo236998258.html

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hechtia (Hechtioideae; 94 spp., Texas to Nicaragua) are terrestrial xerophytes. They are also dioecious and have crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). They are attractive but well-armed. This beauty is an undetermined sp. from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 📷: Amante Darmanin CCBY2 #botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a terrestrial rosette plant. The leaves are slender and bear large, red teeth on their margins.

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