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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 4d

And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 15d

Just a reminder - if you run/recruit or have anything to do with an ecology & evolutionary biology PhD program, check out our database and update your departments salary here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...

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Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 5d

🚨GRFP DEADLINE ALERT!🚨 I missed this in my original solicitation read-through, so FYI 📣LETTERS ARE DUE BEFORE PROPOSALS📣 this year!

"Reference letters are due Friday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)."

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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PacBio @pacbio.bsky.social · 21d

Shhh… it’s sequencing lab ASMR. 👩‍🔬🔊

From pipette drips to the Vega system powering up,
@alexdainis.bsky.social captures the oddly satisfying sounds of science.

HiFi sequencing delivers results just as satisfying. #TheresHiFiForThat.

Find new ways to streamline your sequencing: bit.ly/3JminPa

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 6d

Hey Botany friends, any PI at a grad-degree-granting institution want to help us out with a "applying to grad school" panel on Oct 9th at 4:30 est? 🙏 Come share your wisdom!

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 7d

If you are a current PRFB fellow, we have a slack where all of this and more is discussed.

Current fellows, please send me a message and I can add you.

Brian O'Meara @omearabrian.bsky.social · 7d

Note for NSF PRFB, etc.:

"The Awards Cash Management Service (ACM$) and the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) will remain available for the submission and processing of valid payments for recipients and contractors."

nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf-sh...

Though prob. wise to get paid asap

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👻Sewall Fright🎃 @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 10d

Whole-genome alignments revealed pennycress has nearly dichotomous genome compartmentalization: huge gene-poor pericentromeric regions (~300Mb; <1% genic) with frequent rearrangements and highly syntenic gene-rich chromosome arms (~150Mb; ~20% genic). What we call a "two-speed" genome structure. 3/

Figure 3 | Macrosynteny and genome structure across the Brassicaceae. Horizontal blue/black/orange bands represent the chromosomes of Arabidopsis thaliana, A. lyrata, MN106, and Brassica rapa (top to bottom). Chromosomes are ordered by their number from left to right. Colors represent genomic content binned hierarchically in sliding windows (400kb-overlapping 500kb) as follow: (1) within a gene annotation (including intron and UTR, orange), (2) within EDTA-annotated repeats categorized as Ty3, (3) Ty1 (copia), (4) within another repeat category, or (5) un-annotated. Grey bands are sequence-based syntenic blocks between each pair of genomes. Pennycress and B. rapa are phylogenetically proximate (both in Brassicodae supertribe), but have reduced synteny in part because of genome reshuffling in B. rapa following a whole-genome triplication event. The seven pennycress genome assemblies (horizontal bars) are binned into TRASH-defined centromeres (orange), pericentromeres (dark blue), chromosome arms (light blue) and telomeres (dark red). The colors along the chromosome segments scale physically with the size of the bin, except that centromeres and telomeres have a 1pt buffer to make it easier to see these typically small regions. Each genome is connected to its neighbor by grey polygons that represent sequence-based syntenic blocks. Plots, genomic bins, and syntenic blocks were built with DEEPSPACE (github.com/jtlovell/DEEPSPACE).

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👻Sewall Fright🎃 @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 10d

New — with @joannarifkin.bsky.social, @jotlovell.bsky.social, @spicybotrytis.bsky.social, and many more — we created seven new high-quality genomes and explored pangenomic variation in the emerging oilseed crop pennycress (Thlaspi arvense). 1/

Structure and sequence evolution in the pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) pangenome

Summary · Eukaryotic genomes harbor many forms of variation, including nucleotide diversity and structural polymorphisms, which experience natural selection and contribute to genome evolution and biod...

www.biorxiv.org

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soltislab.bsky.social @soltislab.bsky.social · 16d

McCarty Woods update-- marvelous mints. The horsemint (Monarda punctata) on the east side of the woods is spectacular this year ... with lots of pollinators. Definitely check it out! Close up courtesy of Tom Webber

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soltislab.bsky.social @soltislab.bsky.social · 9d

McCarty Woods/ Harmonic woods --250 volunteers braved the drizzle to replant natives in the conservation area aand remove invasives. Over 80 trash bags of invasive plants (fern and coral ardisia) were removed. Thanks everyone and thanks intro bio students for helping out!

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 12d

ACM$ closed on Tuesday for maintenance until October 1st! No requests can be submitted sadly.

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 12d

This is sad.

Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 12d

2nd year grad students are no longer eligible to apply. Currently enrolled grad students must be in their first year, whether in a MS, BS-MS, or Ph.D.

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 28d

Always excited for an increased salary submission! Congrats to the Department of Biological Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Tech for their stipend increase! This union-based win brings the pay almost to the 1:1 line! Update your department and find out more here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...

Salary to Living Wage - only two points fall above the 1:1 line. A star indicates New Jersey Institute of Technology is almost to the 1:1 line!

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 15d

Just a reminder - if you run/recruit or have anything to do with an ecology & evolutionary biology PhD program, check out our database and update your departments salary here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 19d

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

docs.google.com

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Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! @martinebotany.bsky.social · 19d

Pleased that the Manning #Herbarium at Bucknell University is among 400 surveyed for this new paper -- and especially to be among the 261 small collections caring for 7.6 million specimens! #iamabotanist @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

TABL E 1 Responses to survey question 2: How many specimens does your institution currently hold?

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Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social · 23d

New Editor's Choice article:
"Island biogeography and competition drive rapid venom complexity evolution across rattlesnakes" by Hirst et al.
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
@hirsticane.bsky.social @RamsesRosales11.bsky.social @marcabeer.bsky.social @jason-strickland.bsky.social @reptilerhett.bsky.social

Volume 79, Issue 8
August 2025
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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 20d

In this group picture, you can find me stuffing my face with a donut and giggling with @reptilerhett.bsky.social!

In you are in Gainesville - stop by next weekend to restore McCarty Woods and eat donuts with @soltislab.bsky.social

soltislab.bsky.social @soltislab.bsky.social · Sep 6

McCarty Woods Restoration Event. Sat. Sept 27...early start given the heat… 830-10. Lots to plant, pinestraw and bark to put down. Usual place - NE corner of woods by picnic table. We will bring water, gloves, garbage bags, small hand saws, doughnuts! Come for whatever time you can.

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 20d

Spending my week in Michigan visiting the postdoc lab ~ @blackrim.bsky.social

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PacBio @pacbio.bsky.social · 23d

The 2025 Long-Read Low Pass SMRT Grant for plant + animal sciences is now open! 🌱🐾

Apply to win free PacBio HiFi sequencing for your conservation or agricultural research.

Submit your 100-word proposal today: bit.ly/3IgrReu

#PacBio #SMRTGrant #HiFisequencing

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 26d

Mentors needed for BSA’s GRFP Workshop! 🌱

The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Workshop for Plant Researchers is returning in 2025. With NSF’s 2026 GRFP deadline set for Oct 27, we’re looking for mentors to guide student applicants.

Learn how you can help!
mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...

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Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · May 21

Unsolicited listicle: My list of the most criminally underused/underappreciated phylogenetic comparative methods. Note, I am not involved in ANY of these methods; but I see them as things people are often asking of comparative data but have been surprised at how infrequently they have been cited.

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Christopher Krieg 🌿 @ckrieg.bsky.social · 27d

🌱 Calling all mentors!
The BSA Early Career Committee is bringing back the NSF GRFP Workshop. Sign up to be a mentor if you are a:

✅ Grad student who already received a GRFP or
✅ PI, postdoc, senior researcher

Sign up here 👉 forms.gle/sQUwhVryYHJK...

#NSFGRFP #botany

Mentor Registration Form — GRFP Workshop

Are you interested in helping students write a stronger NSF GRFP application? We hope you will join us as a mentor in this BSA-organized GRFP workshop, where you will work with 4-6 applicants to help ...

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 28d

Always excited for an increased salary submission! Congrats to the Department of Biological Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Tech for their stipend increase! This union-based win brings the pay almost to the 1:1 line! Update your department and find out more here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...

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soltislab.bsky.social @soltislab.bsky.social · Sep 6

McCarty Woods Restoration Event. Sat. Sept 27...early start given the heat… 830-10. Lots to plant, pinestraw and bark to put down. Usual place - NE corner of woods by picnic table. We will bring water, gloves, garbage bags, small hand saws, doughnuts! Come for whatever time you can.

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