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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso
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PhDing plant anatomy, evolution & development @Yale | Alum @UniIbadan @CSIRNBRILKO | of @AfroInBio @Scholarpreneurs @BNInitiative
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22d
🌹Congratulations to Oluwatobi Oso of Yale University, winner of the 2025 Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology.

Honorable mention:
Christopher Joaquín Muñoz (The University of Texas at El Paso).

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#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
Dark gray poster with a red floral border. Text reads: “BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology, 2025 Recipients.” Centered is a portrait of Oluwatobi Oso, smiling outdoors in a tan coat, Yale University. Below, under “Honorable Mention,” is a smaller portrait of Christopher Joaquín Muñoz, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, with text: “The University of Texas at El Paso.” BSA logo in bottom corner.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 27
Today is 'A Day for BSA!' Join us as we celebrate 130+ years of BSA supporting the botanical sciences!

🌱 Visit: www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025

🌱 Help us reach our $15,000 August Endowment campaign goal–every gift makes a difference!

🌱 Share your stories with #ADayforBSA
"Graphic for ""A Day for BSA"" on August 27, 2025. The image features the Botanical Society of America logo inside a circular emblem labeled ""A Day for BSA"" with the words Students, Journals, and Conference. Large text reads ""Celebrate over 130 years of BSA today!"" The graphic includes a URL (www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025), bullet points encouraging donations toward the $15,000 Endowment campaign goal, and an invitation to share BSA stories on social media using #ADayforBSA. Decorative plant illustrations are at the bottom, and a QR code is on the lower right. "
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 27
We’re nearly 60% of the way to our $15,000 Endowment goal!

Every gift powers science, lifts up students, and drives BSA forward. Join the movement—make your impact today and help us reach the finish line!

🌿 Give now: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

#BSAendowment #IamaBotanist
"This image shows the logo for ""A Day for BSA"" and around it a gauge that shows about 60% of goal made. Text: Help us reach today’s Endowment Giving Goal of $15,000! www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025. Current Total $8915. The image also shows a group photo of BSA members."
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3
The follow-up goal is to continue publishing scientific articles - products of the funding! And to finish this PhD! Vamoooos
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3
I'm also open to talking about what I think are my tips to these specific successes in grad school, whether in writing, interview, podcast, video, or whatever... I guess I should be strong willed enough to do one! Maybe I'll just inspire myself with one of my empowering mantras😅.
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3
I'm always seeking support, so if anyone knows which sources funds biological research, particularly plants, please send them to me. I'm also open to collaborations!
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3
I remain grateful to all my support and funding sources,Yale GSAS @yalegsas.bsky.social, Yale Peabody Museum, Yale Institue for Biospheric Studies, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University @arnoldarboretum.bsky.social, BSA, IAPT @iaptglobal.bsky.social, ASPT, and Roboflow @roboflow.com, amongst others
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3
The littlest of things inspire me the most (ask my wife😂), and I hope that you were at least pumped by the 3rd mantra.
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3
...in order of determination.
1. "I can"
2. "Just do it"
3. "Try"
4. "Na person wey shoot shot dey score" (You can only miss the shots you take, but what if you score?)
5. "Na person wey give up F*** up" (it's altogether challenging, but you can't give up, perseverance is key)
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3
But somehow, I limited myself to posting about it just on WhatsApp - not fair enough! Sometimes, I don't even post it because I worry I won't be able to individually respond "thank you" to every "congratulations."

Anyway, this is me inspiring you and others like me with 5 of my favorite lines...
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3
Beyond the fact that money is super important for research, I'd also usually apply for these things hoping that if I get it, it can inspire many others like me from low income backgrounds and underdeveloped/developing countries, first-gen or even a parent juggling family with studying for a degree.
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3
Getting one research grant/funding/award every year was a goal I set for myself when I started my PhD at Yale in 2021. I have since won 8 research awards, 3 travel awards, and some other prizes - the previous always higher than the last, and I hope it continues that way!
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Aug 3
I'm glad to be this year's recipient of the Don Kaplan Dissertation Award by Botanical Society of America (BSA), the $10k that came with it is my biggest so far!

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Jul 31
Yes indeed it was!!
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Jul 31
Haha, unbeatable!!!
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Cody Coyotee @wile-phylote.bsky.social · Jul 30
#BulbousLab at #Botany2025!
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Jul 29
Some members of the Nigerian plant community at #Botany2025 in Palm Springs, California!
Always fun to meet new friends and listen to all the brilliant ideas and research work from everyone. Always sticking together!!!

@ajayibenmi.bsky.social @petfemspeaks.bsky.social @preshonnature.bsky.social
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Jun 25
This is all shades of strange!!!
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Jun 24
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.

NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
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Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · May 13
Are you a #botany professional who makes a comfortable living and is currently not feeling job-stressed? Tenured faculty, I'm looking at you 👀. 🧪

I dare you to meet or beat my $100 donation 💯 to keep PLANTS afloat in the face of @botsocamerica.bsky.social's grant termination!!
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · May 13
NSF Terminates Funding for Successful Workforce and Leadership Program in the Botanical Sciences

botany.org/home/awards/...

#botany #plantscience
PLANTS scholars and PLANTS Advisors during Botany 2024.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · May 12
So pleased that @crothfels.bsky.social @msundue.bsky.social @mlinkperez.bsky.social @aaronliston.bsky.social @klymiuk.ca et al choose to introduce this great resource in #AppsPlantSci!

Check out the press release & the paper: bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#pteridophytes #ferns
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Florida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · May 7
A coalition of 36 herbaria across the United States have teamed up to create a web portal for the world's most charismatic plants ✨ ferns ✨ called the PteridoPortal.

Full story:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/biol...

Paper: bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
close up of a plant that is a cascading series of triangular leaves with lacy lobed edges close up of the underside of an angular fern leaf covered in a network of thick dark lines radiating outwards from the center stem in regular tapering raised veins close up of the underside of a frilly fern leaf that has a gently zigzagging stem with smaller and smaller leaflets fanning off from each juncture, each with a small dark spot at the heart of each final lacy leaf
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · May 14
This is such a sad news!!!!
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · May 13
NSF Terminates Funding for Successful Workforce and Leadership Program in the Botanical Sciences

botany.org/home/awards/...

#botany #plantscience
PLANTS scholars and PLANTS Advisors during Botany 2024.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Apr 4
The self-replicating cellular organization of shoot apical #meristems

New #AJB research by Étienne Couturier, @paulallanos.bsky.social, Antoine Lizée, Sébastien Besson & Jacques Dumais

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #botany #plantscience #bryophytes #lycophytes #ferns
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Apr 15
🌴 BOTANY 2025 SWAG IS HERE! 🌴

Grab your gear now—tees, hoodies, totes & hats with several colors to choose from! Available through May 30, 2025. Limited shirts onsite, so don’t wait and get your favorite color and size!

Shop here: www.bonfire.com/store/botany...

#Botany2025 #BotanyWithoutBarriers
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Heather Cacanindin @hcacanindin.bsky.social · Jan 15
Here we go #Botany2025 is in full swing preparation! Checkout the Symposia and Colloquia and submit a workshop! Abstract submission opening soon. #Iamabotanist #Botany
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Jan 15
The Botany 2025 symposia & colloquia have been announced & workshop submissions are reopened until Feb 1. Check out the latest details: mailchi.mp/botany.org/botany2025.

We look forward to seeing you this summer in Palm Springs, CA, July 26-30, 2025!

#Botany2025 #IamaBotanist #ItIsaDryHeat
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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · Dec 28
@botsocamerica.bsky.social BSA Grad students, please respond to the original post so you can be added to the starter pack.
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