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@dsgernandt.bsky.social
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Plant #evol/#phylo peeps, come join us at UNAM! tinyurl.com/27jwrzne
February 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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We found this ghost redwood tree this weekend while camping this weekend @jrossibarra.bsky.social . It's a rare chlorophyll mutant growing clonally off of the base of huge coastal redwood
December 2, 2024 at 3:25 AM
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We have an important announcement about #Botany2025: due to unforeseen site renovations at the planned location in Tucson, the conference will have a new location---but the same dates, July 26-30, 2025!

For more details, see mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
November 27, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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Gymnosperm #seeds can have multiple cotyledons (unlike the one or two typical of angiosperms). Rather than having a fixed number, the number of cotyledons can vary between seeds. Here are some Pinus sylvestris seedlings, their cotyledons making them look like little whisks! 🧪🌲
November 24, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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Interested in target capture sequencing?

@madiraibullock.bsky.social and I are happy to announce a new service at TTU. Send us DNA, get reads enriched for your probes. Angiosperms353, GoFLAG, Compositae1061 & more!

Funds go to grad student stipends and tuition!

mossmatters.com/blog/TargetC...
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Arnold Arboretum
https://botany.fyi/bwwf9h

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University invites early career scientists to apply for a unique opportunity to start a research career as independent postdoctoral fellow while gaining training and connections within
Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Arnold Arboretum
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University invites early career scientists to apply for a unique opportunity to start a research career as independent postdoctoral fellow while gaining training and…
botany.fyi
November 14, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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As a society dedicated to supporting you and your career, we are pleased to share the following award opportunities that celebrate excellence across our botanical community.

More information and deadlines can be found at: botany.org/home/awards....

#BSAawards #IamaBotanist
November 6, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Here is a thread showcasing my GitHub repositories: 1) Friends Don't Let Friends Make Bad Graphs. An opinionated essay on good and bad graphs.

My popular one by a long shot with 6.4k stars and 248 forks. github.com/cxli233/Frie...
November 12, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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My colleague Hannah Ritchie has published an excellent three-part series on the impact of climate change on agriculture.

In part 1 she shows that yields have increased dramatically in recent decades, but some crops would have improved more without climate change.

ourworldindata.org/crop-yields-...
Crop yields have increased dramatically in recent decades, but crops like maize would have improved more without climate change
Climate change has slowed the productivity of key crops such as maize and soybeans, but might have had small positive impacts on wheat.
ourworldindata.org
November 14, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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We're hiring a curator of Botany!
The University of Nebraska State Museum is looking for a botanist (broadly concieved) to head the Bessey Herbarium. Good collection (350k specimens/3k types), good people! Please apply or share:

The UNL application site link is: employment.unl.edu/postings/93856
November 14, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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New records of Bennettitales and associated flora from the Jurassic of the Cualac Formation, #Mexico

María Patricia Velasco de León, Erika Lourdes Ortiz Martínez, Miguel Angel Flores Barragan, Diana Silvia Guzmán Madrid, Pedro Christian Martínez Martinez

palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024...
February 14, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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The California Academy of Sciences @calacademy.bsky.social is looking for a new curator of botany! This is an endowed position (McAllister Chair) and our herbarium and botany department are world class. Check it out and feel free to send questions my way! us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
November 15, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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About why I'm excited to be doing spider field work in Madagascar! waynemaddison.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/m...
October 22, 2024 at 9:45 PM