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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · 7d

Hi all! If you are a PhD or soon to be PhD looking for a postdoc in plant thermotolerance, I would love to discuss project ideas for the University of Utah Wilkes Center Postdoc Fellowship, app due late Jan 2026!
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!

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Wilkes Center Postdoctoral Program - The Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy

Apply to become a postdoctoral scholar! This postdoctoral scholar program will help create the next generation of leaders in climate science and policy. It endeavors...

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Bill Smith @wkolby.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢📢We are looking for a postdoc to join a NASA Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) project!! Please see the attached job ad and help us share widely!! @uarizona.bsky.social @ecology-awesome.bsky.social @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social 📢📢

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Sep 4

Such a gratifying conference, and so rewarding as chair of this amazing Chapter!!! Very grateful to everybody involved that made all of this happen!

Can’t for what’s to come here in Salt Lake for ESA2026!!! 😎

ESA Southwestern Chapter @esa-sw.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you to everybody that attended our events at ESA2025 in Baltimore!

We'd love to hear from u on how we did! Please fill this survey w/ your thoughts: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

See you in SLC next year! :D

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Lucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats @kalimiddleby.bsky.social on this exciting paper showing local adaptation to warm temperatures in some tropical trees - and to coauthors @drrebeccajordan.bsky.social @martinbreed.bsky.social @awcheesman.bsky.social @mrossettorecer.bsky.social @dcrayn.bsky.social

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Local Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest Trees

We tested whether tropical rainforest trees adjust their leaf traits and resulting leaf temperatures across their distributions within the Australian Wet Tropics. Using field measurements from across...

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Tara Bishop @coleoptara.bsky.social · Aug 10

@esa-sw.bsky.social look how cool our chapter is getting a high-five for being “good students” and getting all of our paperwork in which includes accomplishing expected activities :)
#ESA2025

If you are in Baltimore, come join us at our social event on Wednesday and our OOS - Wed @3:30

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Aug 12

Oi Beatriz! Obrigada por me mandar msg. Eu vou estar na mesa do nosso Southwest Chapter hj (terça) 15-16h. Me encontre lah para a gnt conversar! Ateh mais! :)

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Aug 12

In addition to our three awesome @esa-sw.bsky.social events tomorrow (Wed Aug 12), two of my lab members will be presenting some of our first lab research findings!
Come check them out! #ecophys #southwest #ESA2025

@biancazorger.bsky.social @rebeccasenft.bsky.social

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Aug 11

Come find the @esa-sw.bsky.social at #esa2025!!

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Aug 7

See you next week, y’all!!!

ESA Southwestern Chapter @esa-sw.bsky.social · Aug 7

COME JOIN US AT BALTIMORE! #ESA2025 #ESASW

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · Jul 30

Before this #PlantBio2025 thread closes: two exciting opportunities now open for early-career plant scientists.
1. Plantae Fellows program, apply by Aug 31 plantae.org/2026fellowsa...
2. @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program, apply by Sep 15.
blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce...

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Heat and Microclimate Impacts on Plant Functioning: From Molecules to the Biosphere

Understanding plant responses to climate extremes is crucial for predicting climate change and its effects on the biosphere. Heat waves and hot droughts are increasing in frequency, intensity, and dur...

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Jul 28

AGU25 abstract submission deadline is quickly approaching!

Join us in NOLA by submitting to our session “B054 - Heat and Microclimate Impacts on Plant Functioning: From Molecules to the Biosphere”.
Confirmed invited speakers: Chris Doughty (NAU) and Kim Novick (IU)!

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Jun 25

Attending AGU25? We have a “hot” session for u! Consider submitting to our session focused on thermal plant ecology. Share widely! 🌡️☀️🍃🌲🌳

Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · Jun 25

Submit an abstract to our #AGU2025 session "Heat and Microclimate Impacts on Plant Functioning: From Molecules to the Biosphere" (agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...) @nicolebison.bsky.social @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social @bposch.bsky.social @agu.org @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social @gec-agu.bsky.social

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Jun 6

Check out our new pub led by @ilainematos.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
We contributed with leaf venation data from our Ecuador-Yasuni field collection funded by @ForestGEO 🌿

Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · Jun 6

New Article: "Leaf venation network evolution across clades and scales" rdcu.be/epLNP

Evolution of leaf venation networks, from fewer, corrugated veins to high vein density and smoother loops. Herbivory as a potential driver of venation architectural changes.

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Ilaine S. Matos @ilainematos.bsky.social · Jun 6

In this just published paper we reconstructed the almost 400 million of leaf venation evolution!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · May 24

Official Aparecido Lab photo unlocked!! These people make work feel less like work every day ❤️ @uofubiology.bsky.social #plantecophys #universityofutah

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · May 21

Apply for the 2025 ESA Southwest Chapter travel awards!! Open to all early-career ecologists working in the Southwest US and Northern MX that are attending ESA 2025! Please share

ESA Southwestern Chapter @esa-sw.bsky.social · May 21

Applications are now open for the 2025 ESA Southwest Travel awards for ecologists and members of our Chapter presenting or just attending ESA this year!
If you fit the description or know someone who does, apply and share!
Looking forward to seeing you in Baltimore!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Southwest Ecologist Awards ($700 travel award)

We are excited to announce the 2025 Southwest Ecologist Travel award ($700)! Funding will be awarded to three early career (students and post-graduates) and/or federal agency ecologists whose work is ...

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Bianca Butter Zorger @biancazorger.bsky.social · May 16

My PhD paper is out!

We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Bianca Butter Zorger @biancazorger.bsky.social · May 19

New paper 📣🏔️ In tropical montane grassland, an increase of 3°C in temperature by 2100 will increase the proportion of species with entire leaves. In contrast, toothed leaves have higher stomatal conductance rates, making them vulnerable to atmospheric drought. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Dryland Plant Ecophysiology Lab @hultinelab.bsky.social · May 10

New paper published by Wilder et al. in the journal Global Change Biology reveals how recent anomalous drought and heat events are impacting native succulents in the Sonoran Desert. The paper can be accessed at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Nature @nature.com · May 1

The pointy edges of petals rely on a type of geometric feedback never before seen in nature.

https://go.nature.com/3GuL0bw

Revealed: the unusual mathematics that gives rose petals their shape

The pointy edges of petals rely on a type of geometric feedback never before seen in nature.

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Apr 30

A must read! 👏🏽👇🏽

The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · Apr 29

“The loss of this science doesn’t just mean fewer data points,” writes Kristina Young. “It means fewer tools to protect water supplies, fewer insights to guide wildfire mitigation and fewer answers when local communities ask how to adapt to change.”

Voices: Research on dust in Utah has never been more important. Trump’s proposed cuts put our economy and public health at risk.

“The loss of this science doesn’t just mean fewer data points,” writes Kristina Young. “It means fewer tools to protect water supplies, fewer insights to guide wildfire mitigation and fewer answers when local communities ask how to adapt to change.”

www.sltrib.com

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Apr 25

And it’s a wrap!! My 1st semester (ever) teaching is now over, and it was actually quite great! Looking forward to many more years teaching Ecosystem Ecology 👩🏻‍🏫… but also glad to be able to focus on research again! 😅

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Apr 17

🌱 SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS 🌱

The #AJB announces a call for papers for a special issue, “Plant Resilience and Conservation for a Changing Climate,” led by guest editors J. Rentsch, E. Stacy, C. Mackenzie, J. Boyd & V. Negron-Ortiz.⁣
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Deadline for proposals: May 30, 2025.

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Luiza Aparecido @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social · Apr 15

We had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Kevin Hultine (@hultinelab.bsky.social) for his 3rd visit to our lab at the U!
Thanks Kevin for our your valuable contributions to our lab, especially mentoring my now PhD Candidate @rebeccasenft.bsky.social (uhul!), and expanding our riparian ecophys research!

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