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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · 19h

One week to apply before reviews start for the postdoc I am offering investigating the tempo and pattern of river connections with the closure of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on river plant (Podostemaceae) migration. Genomic+fossil+geological data + fieldwork 👇

Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 29

I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇

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Employment | New York Botanical Garden

Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.

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Eline Rentier @elinerentier.bsky.social · Sep 3

New R-package alert! 🚨

With tabs it has never been easier to reconstruct altitudinal shifts of biogeographical systems over time. Whether in the ocean 🏝️, shallow seas 🪸 or mountains ⛰️; tabs can project spatial configurations shaped by climatic conditions.
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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 29

Position open until filled. Application review will start on October 15th

Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 29

I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇

www.nybg.org/about/work-w...

Employment | New York Botanical Garden

Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.

www.nybg.org

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 28

Interesados en expediciones botánicas, filogenética, filogeografía, análisis de datos genómicos, y cambios en el paisaje, sigan las instrucciones y fechas límite en el link. Recibo correos ASAP. Financiación por 5 años!!! 2/2

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 28

Convocatoria para PhD en New York Botanical Garden. Ayúdenme a compartir! Proyecto estudiando filogeografía de plantas de rio y modelos de conección de ríos luego del levantamiento del Istmo de Panama.
Interesados en evolución de plantas Neotropicales💦👇
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Opportunities

GRADUATE STUDENTS I will be recruiting a PhD student for Fall of 2026. This position is under an NSF funded grant for research in Panama, Costa Rica, and Colombia, aiming to investigate the timing...

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 25

I could not recommend them more

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 19

More on how the pattern we discuss follows the colonial legacy of herbaria and highlights deep-rooted inequities in scientific priorities and practices. Some of that covered here www.nature.com/articles/s41... 5/5

Representation and participation across 20 years of plant genome sequencing - Nature Plants

Analyses of plant genomes sequenced in the past 20 years, the species taxonomic distribution and national participation reveal that genome quality has increased but substantial taxonomic gaps exist, a...

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 19

Biomass, and nutrient cycling, could help us better match the goals of the GBF and global initiatives like the Earth Biogenome Project. Research initiatives and funding agencies must prioritize sequencing and capacity building in biodiversity-rich tropical regions 4/5

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 19

This contradicts the goals of the Kumming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework of protecting genetic diversity and minimizing the impact of climate change. We discuss that focusing on e.g., hyperdominant tropical species which contribute disproportionately to ecosystem function … 3/5

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 19

Plant genome sequencing parallels the mismatch b/w the lat. biodiv. gradient and the geographic distribution of animal genomes (see this paper by @elinck.bsky.social) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... We show that in plants this bias is magnified by focus on spp w/utilitarian value 2/5

A Latitudinal Gradient of Reference Genomes

Global inequality rooted in legacies of colonialism and uneven development can lead to systematic biases in scientific knowledge. In ecology and evolutionary biology, findings, funding and research e...

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 19

Plant genome sequencing needs to go tropical. Check out this commentary I wrote with Felipe Zapata (UCLA) and María José Sanín (Montgomery Botanical Center) out today in Nature Reviews Biodiversity 1/5 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Plant genome sequencing needs to go tropical

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Whole-genome plant sequencing is heavily biased towards species from temperate regions and species with utilitarian values. An expansion of efforts to include tropical...

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 14

Which botanical wonders would we study? The wonderful Podostemaceae, the only group of angiosperms living strictly in river-rapids and across the Isthmus. This botanical oddities will help us expand past work on terrestrial organisms and contribute to a more holistic understanding of floral exchange

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 14

We will integrate large-scale genetic, paleontological, and geological data to estimate the timing of plant migration through rivers across the Americas, and to develop a model for the tempo and pattern of formation of riverine connections in the region👇

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 14

By shifting the focus from terrestrial to unexplored freshwater systems, this work will provide a novel lens on plant migration and the timing of habitat connectivity across the Isthmus of Panama👇

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 14

THRILLED to announce that my NSF "Closing the gap: The history of river connections with the formation of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on the evolution of plants in rivers" in collab w/Carlos Jaramillo at STRI and Caroline Strömberg at UW was awarded! Add for a PhD student+a postdoc to come🧵

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jun 25

A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes.

This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .

AI, peer review and the human activity of science

When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.

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Agnes Dellinger @the-kunsze.bsky.social · Jun 13

New research from my lab @newphyt.bsky.social! Using the plant family #Melastomataceae, we show that colonization of novel #mountain environments commonly preceded and likely drove #pollinator shifts away from bee pollination! doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jun 7

5. We delve into all of this further in our Oracles-or-Bullshit-Machines lesson on education.

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Lesson 11: Transforming Education?

In this lesson we consider the ways in which LLMs are already transforming education for better or, more often, worse—and take a look at where this trend might be headed.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Jun 2

Important modification... from the FAQ, it seems that students who are beginning their PhDs in Fall 2025 can apply (as long as matriculation date is August 1, 2025 or after). Awards start in Fall 2026.

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · May 24

Reminder that SSE members in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and 152 low-income countries around the world can still get FREE registration for the virtual Evolution meeting! Please share with your colleagues: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · May 19

Wow!! What a cool note. Thank you for sharing!!! I love this.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · May 2

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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New York Botanical Garden @nybg.bsky.social · May 2

🌿 Join NYBG’s FREE Science Webinar to explore the "New Manual Project" with Dr. Robert Naczi—delving into the advancement of North American plant systematics & conservation. This will be held virtually on May 7th @ 5pm! 💻Register here: www.nybg.org/event/new-ma... 🌲 #NYBGscience

Advancing Floristic Knowledge and Conservation for Northeastern North America | New York Botanical Garden

The New Manual Project More than 30 years ago, former New York Botanical Garden scientist Arthur Cronquist updated the Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, orig...

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