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Ryan Gutenkunst @ryangutenkunst.bsky.social · 23d

With two months to go, @alwaysrong.bsky.social is dominating the Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament leaderboards. Jump into the competition to help dethrone Stephen! Glory, money, and authorship are all on the line! ghi.st

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Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · Sep 8

While full solicitation isn’t up, looks like we have 2025 proposal deadlines for the GRFP: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Sep 5

My first ever reagent ordered for the lab came in today! Never thought I would be so excited to see CTAB 😂

A container labeled cetyltrimethylammonium bromide

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Phillip Davidson @the-phil-osopher.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our lab at Mississippi State is recruiting graduate students (PhD/MSc) to join us in Spring or Fall 2026! If you—or someone you know—are interested in researching evo-devo and comparative genomics of horned dung beetles, check out our site & get in touch! davidsonlab-msu.github.io

Davidson Lab

davidsonlab-msu.github.io

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler @rejectresubmit.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm hiring a postdoc to work in theoretical / computational phylogenomics! More info at tinyurl.com/63hb5ew8. Please share!

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Aug 20

Nice whipple

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Aug 19

Oh that’s interesting, if it’s a MYB I’d have guessed it’d be in a larger group, yeah. But since it seems highly diverged maybe it makes sense — we know it’s a MYB from conserved binding domain but high sequence divergence and uncertainty in gene trees seems like it could give orthofinder trouble

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Aug 19

Were you expecting a larger gene family for this particular gene (suggesting some kind of artifact), or just curious about some of the output?

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Please repost and amplify !

We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!

Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...

Deadline for applications is Oct 1

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina

sc.edu

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Stacey D. Smith @iochromaland.bsky.social · Aug 11

Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Fellow in Tomatillo Evolution

jobs.colorado.edu

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Megan Smith @snaildit.bsky.social · Aug 4

Looking for suggestions for outsourcing size selection on a Blue Pippin along with Illumina sequencing at a good price. I've previously used Novogene for sequencing, but they don't provide any size selection services.

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

The unique morphological basis & repeated evolutionary origins of personate flowers in #Penstemon

New #AJB research by @trinitydepatie.bsky.social & @carriewessi.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #phylogenomics #evolution #snapdragon

Personate flowered Penstemon hirsutus (top) and a closely related species with open flowers, P. smallii (bottom).

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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

amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social

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Aidan Short @aidanwshort.bsky.social · Aug 3

Just want to shoutout a new study from the Wessinger Lab by my colleague @trinitydepatie.bsky.social. bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... She investigated the repeated evolution of personate flowers within Penstemon by examining patterns of introgression, topological discordance, and

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Jul 30

Congrats Paige, and well-earned!!!

Sorry to miss you at Botany!

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Paige Fabre, PhD @paigethebotanist.bsky.social · Jul 27

Just in time for #botany2025, ya girl got her PhD 🎉

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · Jul 30

Hi #Botany2025 - In my quest to never do flow cytometry again, I am collecting sequence data (radseq, target enrichment, WGS, ect.) with confirmed ploidal level. If you have samples, reach out!

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Jul 28

Wish I could have made it to #Botany2025 this year, but still getting a partial fix from all the awesome posts on here. Please keep it up! Love seeing what folks have been working on 🌱 🌺

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Gangothri @gangothri.bsky.social · Jul 27

It's my first time at #Botany2025 and I'm so excited! I'm giving a 3 min lightning talk about my work on hybrid speciation in Penstemons on 30th July (Wednesday). Room: Mesquite C, Time: 4:40-4:45 pm, Session: Lightning Talk.

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Jesús Martínez-Gómez @jesusgm.bsky.social · Jul 25

A little belated but I've started a faculty position at Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology department at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social. I'm absolutely stoked! I'll be recruiting at all levels and will be at #Botany2025

Reach out!

www.martinezgomezlab.com

Martinez-Gomez Lab

Plant Evo-Devo

www.martinezgomezlab.com

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Jul 22

Are you a researcher 5+ years post-PhD and interested in moving to Ireland? We have a new scheme which will support relocation and start-up costs.

Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland

Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...

www.researchireland.ie

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Jul 19

Always fun to see dogs that love swimming because ours are so averse you’d think it was deadly

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · Jul 18

As Requested - A Starter Pack of PIs in Biology (or adjacent) fields who are recruiting POSTDOCS! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you wish to be added! go.bsky.app/4gbXXR3

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · Jul 16

Are you a PI in a biology field looking for postdocs? Here is a Starter Pack of early career biologists currently seeking postdoctoral positions! (Also if you are searching for a postdoc, let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

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