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Kirk Amundson @kirkamundson.bsky.social · 3d

UMass Amherst Biology is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Physiology. Deadline Nov 1. Please spread the word and apply!

careers.massachusetts.edu/mob/en-us/jo...

Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology

The Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Plant Physiology. The successful can...

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 5d

Drawing your attention to an effort to convince NSF to re-open this year's GRFP competition to second year PhD students. Please consider signing or sharing the petition asking NSF to broaden the application eligibility to what it has been previously. laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

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Shayla Salzman @shaylasalzman.bsky.social · 8d

What a nightmare. These poor kids. First the pandemic years and now this mess. My heart breaks for them.

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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · 8d

New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

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Shayla Salzman @shaylasalzman.bsky.social · 11d

I am currently teaching a GRFP writing course. Today’s solicitation is a real blow. Especially after weeks of uncertainty for these poor students. Now only ONE student in my entire class can apply. They’ve all been working so hard, had been planning on this application for over a year now. 💔

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Science Magazine @science.org · 11d

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

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Shayla Salzman @shaylasalzman.bsky.social · 12d

An open letter in support of the GRFP, which still has not opened the submission portal or provided a solicitation.

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 18d

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

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Andrea Case @andreacase.bsky.social · Aug 20

Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!

plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · Aug 20

Attention entomologists! (and others) Here is a 4th very cool search in ESPM at UC Berkeley - Assistant Professor in Forest Health 🧪 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05082

Assistant Professor - Forest Health - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Jesús Martínez-Gómez @jesusgm.bsky.social · Jul 25

A little belated but I've started a faculty position at Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology department at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social. I'm absolutely stoked! I'll be recruiting at all levels and will be at #Botany2025

Reach out!

www.martinezgomezlab.com

Martinez-Gomez Lab

Plant Evo-Devo

www.martinezgomezlab.com

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Shayla Salzman @shaylasalzman.bsky.social · Jul 26

Yeah!!!!!

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Trends in Biochemical Sciences @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣For the #NewPIs - starting your own lab is an exciting yet daunting milestone in a scientific career. From setting timelines and securing funding to building collaborations and fostering sustainability, the challenges can perhaps feel overwhelming.

A short thread 🧵 ...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL. FLOOD THE ZONE 🚨

The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.

Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.

& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND

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Shayla Salzman @shaylasalzman.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Humidity Cue Overcomes Pollinator Avoidance Behavior and May Contribute to Host-Plant Shifts

Synopsis. Ecological specialization is often described as an evolutionarily tenuous, or dead-end, strategy, where the loss of one partner may be catastroph

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Shayla Salzman @shaylasalzman.bsky.social · Jul 8

📄🚨 We need to be thinking about multi-modal signaling in #plant-insect interactions! Maybe primary metabolites - the opposite of 'private channels' - provide an out for insect partners in coevolved ecological specialization mutualisms. New out in @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social Link👇

Graph showing insect choice is different with and without humidity. Insects avoid a non-host plant scent until humidity is added and then they are attracted.

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Shayla Salzman @shaylasalzman.bsky.social · Jun 30

The Krieg Lab at WFU! ⚡️

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Christopher Krieg 🌿 @ckrieg.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚨 I’m thrilled to share that I am starting as an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University this Fall!
👀 Opportunities coming soon as I re-root my research program in plant ecophysiology and evolution at Wake 🌿 🌲🌱
#NewPI #plantecophys #botany @wfubiology.bsky.social
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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · Jun 13

I'm delighted to present this Science special issue on Plants and Heat! Through a series of Reviews and Perspective articles, covering topics from cell signalling to ecology there is something for everyone here. (1/8)

Science Magazine @science.org · Jun 12

As the world warms, plants in natural ecosystems and agricultural settings find ways to respond to the heat.

In a new special issue of Science, researchers examine how heat affects plants at multiple scales, from the molecular level to the biosphere. scim.ag/44cSw3Z

Infrared imaging shows heat levels in sun-exposed leaves of Alstonia scholaris from the Australian Wet Tropics. As climate change increases temperatures and the severity of heat waves, both natural ecosystems and agricultural plants are increasingly affected by heat. Examining heat responses at cellular, genetic, physiological, and ecosystem scales, this special issue explores how plants sense and respond to high temperatures.

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Jessamine Finch, PhD @seedystudies.bsky.social · Jun 5

The Jones Center at Ichauway (SW Georgia) is a hiring a FT, temporary Seasonal Technician II in the Plant Ecology Lab.
🌸 rare plant surveys & seed collection!
📆 start by 6/16, 3-5 months
🏠 on-site housing (as-available, no pets)
💸 $15/hr w/ housing, $17/hr without

drive.google.com/file/d/1yyO8...

plant_lab_seasonal_tech_summer_2025.pdf

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · May 23

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

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Aatish Bhatia @aatishb.bsky.social · May 22

NEW: Under Trump, the National Science Foundation is awarding grants at the slowest pace in decades. We took a detailed look at every area of science affected by the funding lag. Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · May 8

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Cycad chemicals and coevolution (New Phytologist) @shaylasalzman.bsky.social @jcarlosvillarreal.bsky.social @lycaeidesmelissa.bsky.social @evodivmet.bsky.social (Summary by Xavier Ozowara [email protected]) buff.ly/utBCK2L

#PlantaePSRW

Review: Cycads, chemicals, and coevolution | Plantae

Cycads are an ancient lineage of gymnosperms with fascinating ecological interactions. In a recent review, Salzman et al. examine the various adaptations of cycads, from attracting pollinators to…

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Mario Coiro @lepidodendron.bsky.social · May 3

Only one week left to apply to join our new lab at @sgn.one in Frankfurt am Main! Are you interested in #fossil #plants, traits, and the #Mesozoic?
www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...

Jobs for Scientists | Senckenberg Society for Nature Research

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · May 5

Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF:

Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.

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