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Jalene LaMontagne

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E. Desmond Lee Professor in Botanical Studies #UMSL #MOBOT | #PopulationEcology #MacrosystemsBiology #ClimateChange #MastSeeding #ForestEcology #UrbanEcology | #FirstGen she/her 🇨🇦 in St. Louis lamontagnelab.weebly.com

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Nov 12

A writer at #UMSL did a really nice job with this article about my recent move to St. Louis for my new position. I'm so glad to be here! blogs.umsl.edu/news/2024/11...

Jalene LaMontagne settling into new role as Des Lee Professor in Botanical Studies - UMSL Daily

LaMontagne is a population ecologist who has spent more than two decades conducting research on white spruce trees and other boreal conifers in the forests of North America.

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 7d

NSF’s doors will be closed at 1:30 pm today. While you may be able to submit things, there will be no staff to process anything. In fact it is illegal for us to even open our work computers or email during a shutdown. A very few rotators may be able to communicate, so check out of office responses.

Navigating A Government Shutdown: One-Stop Resource Page

As of 12:01 AM on October 1, Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have shut down the government.

raskin.house.gov

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 6d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · 10d

I haven't looked at it yet, but the GRFP solicitation is now out. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · 10d

People who applied last year haven't received access to their GRFP reviews. Would be nice for them to be able to see the reviews before the new deadline.

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · 10d

Starting back in the fall of 2020, I started what I called fall #CampingFriday. The idea: send the emails, finish things for the week, & get out of town! I always (except once) went to the same campground, usually the same site. It's not Friday, but it feels so good to be back. #WorkLifeBalance

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Dr. Andrea Wishart @wishartae.bsky.social · 19d

I'm pretty excited about this! Looking forward to some thought-provoking zoology pieces

Canadian Journal of Zoology @canjzoology.bsky.social · Aug 20

We are now inviting Perspective papers. Share bold ideas, challenge assumptions, and spark new dialogue in the field of zoology. Learn more ▶️ buff.ly/y45tD6r

#Zoology #AnimalScience #ScientificPublishing

A young buck with velvet antlers stands alert in a vibrant yellow field of blooming flowers under a clear sky to promote the Canadian Journal of Zoology's new Perspectives entries.

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · 27d

The #NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program #GRFP solicitation is coming soon!

The due date for Life Sciences proposals is 27 October 2025.

For more info: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Sep 7

Sure, that happens. But people could at least still respond to decline, that's an increased issue that I'm seeing. The non-responses don't help the system at all.

Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Sep 7

The lab tradition of pie on fieldwork trips is a thing again. 🥧 (with @chernickykiley.bsky.social)

A piece of cherry and maple pecan pie, with ice cream and whipped cream. And mugs of tea.

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Sep 7

As an Associate Editor, this is what I'm going through. It can take *months* just to get 2 people to agree to do a review. Many don't respond to the invitation at all, prolonging the process further. People are busy, that's understandable. Please respond, and if "no", suggest alternative reviewers.

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Peer reviewers are exhausted. It's common to spend *months* inviting reviewers, getting refusals, inviting more, maybe 12 or more, then 2 agree but 1 doesn't complete, so you go again. That's why your paper is in limbo. I'm very sorry, it's awful, but it's also an untenable academic labour issue.

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Kiley Chernicky @chernickykiley.bsky.social · Sep 7

Operation “Cone Collection” complete! A successful bonus trip to #SPRUCE with @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social for some cone collections.

Two female scientists in front of a SPRUCE experimental chamber.

Two female scientists standing in front of a SPRUCE experiment sign.

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Sep 4

Science in action - conifer 🌲 cone collecting with @chernickykiley.bsky.social! #NSFfunded #SPRUCE

Someone standing on a ladder on a platform in a forest, with a long set of tongs collecting cones.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Sep 1

Nine of the CDC directors over the past 48 years have a lot to say about what RFK Jr is doing vs health of Americans
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

www.nytimes.com

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thanks Aerin!

Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Aug 22

Jalene LaMontagne, colleagues win 2025 Robert P. McIntosh Award from the Vegetation Section of the Ecological Society of America for research on community synchrony in seed production. #ESA #LTER #MastSeeding blogs.umsl.edu/news/2025/08...

Jalene LaMontagne, colleagues win Robert P. McIntosh Award from the Vegetation Section of the Ecological Society of America for research on community synchrony in seed production - UMSL Daily

Their study found that synchrony among species is correlated with trait similarity as well as climate.

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Emily Josephs @emjo.bsky.social · Aug 21

MSU Plant Bio is hiring a new herbarium director! Our herbarium is a wonderful resource on campus and I'm excited to have the opportunity to make it even better by bringing in a new director. Details here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu

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Alma Laney @amadvirologist.bsky.social · Aug 18

My department is hiring a herbarium manager: www.schooljobs.com/careers/uvu/...

It's a great place to work with a close knit botany group 🙂

Herbarium Manager - Biology

The Department of Biology invites applications for a full-time Herbarium Manager position to begin as soon as September 2025. We seek an exceptional candidate with expertise in plant systematics, taxo...

www.schooljobs.com

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Oregon State University Botany and Plant Pathology @osubpp.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring!

We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is hiring a Directory of the Herbarium

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Gavin Simpson @gsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚀 gratia 0.11.0 is out!

Now has a paper in JOSS — please cite 📄 doi.org/10.21105/jos...

Experimental parallel processing ⚡

New assemble() for building plots 🎨

Better support for complex families + new diagnostics 🧪

Lots of bug fixes + polish ✨

👉 gavinsimpson.github.io/gratia/

#Rstats

An R package for working with generalized additive models

Graceful 'ggplot'-based graphics and utility functions for working with generalized additive models (GAMs) fitted using the 'mgcv' package.

gavinsimpson.github.io

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Aug 17

I was in Baltimore this week and saw my first and second that were loners, and then some groups of many, many more. I couldn't believe how common they were. 😞

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Madhusudan 🦉 Katti @leafwarbler.bsky.social · Aug 16

#ESA2025 #COVID alert: Just heard from a good friend with whom I reconnected and hung out a fair bit this past week that they’ve tested positive for covid after feeling a bit ill on the journey home! So my friends at the meeting, y’all might want to test yourself too. I just did and am -ve. 🤞🏽 🤞🏽

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Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Aug 16

I'm so sorry. It's so hard to lose them. She looks very sweet.

Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks Mike!

Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you!

Jalene LaMontagne @jalene-lamontagne.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks, Graydon! It was great to meet you in person this week, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip.

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