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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · 14d

Don't forget to apply to our position in Evolutionary Genetics at U of South Carolina!

In my experience it is a fantastic place to start a new lab, with friendly and supportive colleagues and many junior faculty in EEB!

Review starts in 1 week (Oct 1)!

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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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Aug 26

Finally got a chance to read it! (Selected by @aidanwshort.bsky.social for lab meeting this week!) Such an interesting synthesis and framework for understanding selection on flowers! I love this paper!

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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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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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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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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is an awesome summary of @trinitydepatie.bsky.social 's new paper!!! Thanks @aidanwshort.bsky.social ! Check it out folks!!!!

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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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Jul 29

👏👏👏

Patrick McKenzie @patrickmckenzie.bsky.social · Jul 29

Awesome Penstemon genetics work from @trinitydepatie.bsky.social !!! meticulous crossing design and such a clean result 🤯

Trinity showing cross-sections from personate vs open flowers

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Jun 2

Yay Katie!!!

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · May 6

Congratulations Brian!!

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · May 6

🌸 Today's Graduate Student Excellence Award highlight is Aidan Short, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow @sc.edu

Aidan studies how divergent pollinator adaptation contributes to genome divergence and speciation.

More on Aidan ⬇️ and follow him: @aidanwshort.bsky.social

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thank you!

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hi David!! Thanks so much for the message! This is all very helpful. Do you happen to know anyone MSU or UT (Or NCSU) that might be willing to share details? Thanks!

Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hey, thanks so much for the response! My poorly worded post was meant to convey that we're looking for plans on building the greenhouse itself ... (as an aside, Amanda's arabidopsis work is simply awesome !!)

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hi Alex! Thanks for the response! This looks similar to what we are hoping to achieve! Do you suppose there is anyone at U Wyoming that we might be able to contact regarding details? Thanks!

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Mar 12

Does anyone in my network know of a recent rooftop research greenhouse project? We're looking for info, advice, schematics, plans, anything would be helpful! Thanks!!!

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Jan 24

Love making maps

Here are some samples from Penstemon newberryi x davidsonii hybrid zone at Virginia Lakes trail in the Sierras

Color = flower color!

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Dec 14

My favorite answer to a final exam question: What is one thing you learned in this semester* that you found interesting or surprising?

(*required Ecology and Evolution course for Bio majors)

"That I actually liked this course."

lol

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Dec 6

Check out the advance version of @trinitydepatie.bsky.social's first(!) paper on her VERY GROOVY personate penstemons!!!

Trinity Depatie @trinitydepatie.bsky.social · Dec 6

The first chapter of my dissertation with @carriewessi.bsky.social is now available as a preprint!! Give it a read if you are interested in learning more about the evolutionary history of an EXTREMELY cool floral type called personate flowers!!

bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · Dec 5

The unique morphological basis and parallel evolutionary history of personate flowers in Penstemon https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.02.626427v1

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Nov 27

Our hero lorna

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paul frandsen @paulbfrandsen.bsky.social · Nov 19

Our publication on the genomics of the firecracker penstemon is out. This was the result of a two-semester graduate class that I co-taught with David Jarvis. We wanted to sequence something meaningful to the western US, so we chose a penstemon species. doi.org/10.1093/jher...

Whole-genome assembly and annotation of the firecracker penstemon (Penstemon eatonii)

Abstract. The penstemons are ornamental annual flowering plants native to the Intermountain West and Rocky Mountains and commonly used for urban landscapin

doi.org

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Nov 13

Clippy has sinister brows. Not sure you can trust. I’d say no to the “help”!

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Oct 8

Yes!!

Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Oct 8

Join us!! I'm recruiting a postdoc and grad student to work with us on parallel trait evolution, quant and pop gen, and speciation in penstemons. Find out more about our research interests here: wessingerlab.github.io . Informal inquiries welcome!

The Wessinger lab at University of South Carolina is recruiting a postdoc and a phd student. We work on genetics of adaptation and speciation in penstemons. To learn more, contact wessinc@mailbox.sc.edu

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join us!! I'm recruiting a grad student (Fall 2025) to work on parallel trait evolution, pop gen, quant gen, and/or speciation with us at beautiful U. of South Carolina! #evosky

More info here!: evoldir.tumblr.com/post/7594940...

The Wessinger Lab at University of South Carolina is recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2025. We work on genetics of adaptation and speciation. see our website at wessingerlab.github.io. To learn more, send a CV and informal research statement to wessinc@mailbox.sc.edu

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