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Xavier Picó @xavierpico.bsky.social · 13h

Trompetes de la mort, rovellons, llanegues i potser algun fredolic? Fa segles que no surto a collir bolets. Bon profit!!

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 2d

We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the @valor-project.eu Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators bartomeuslab.com/joining-the-...

Joining the lab

2-year Postdoctoral position on VALOR EU-project: We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators (VALOR; The candidat…

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 2d

JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social

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Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim

Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.

www.uni-hohenheim.de

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aletxo @aletxopardal.bsky.social · 3d

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Heather Cacanindin @hcacanindin.bsky.social · 6d

Are you making your plans yet? Botany 2019 in Tucson was one of the highest rated Botany meetings ever- and we are returning in 2026. Proposals for Symposia, Colloquia and Workshops due on October 16. Get talking and get writing! #Botany2026 www.botanyconference.org

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

We’re excited to announce the Call for Symposia, Colloquia, & Workshop Proposals for #Botany2026, Aug. 1–5, 2026 in Tucson, AZ.

Help us explore this year’s theme: Biodiversity at the Boundaries.

There is a hard deadline of October 16 for Symposia and Colloquia proposals.

www.botanyconference.org

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

“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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Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social · 7d

#EBDSeminars Two PhD project presentations!

🔹Loréna Boisseau | Acoustic invasion: Impact of alien parakeets on a city's soundscape.

🔸Raúl Morón | Differential traits of ornamental woody alien species and their implications in biological invasions.

📅2nd October, 13h CEST

🔴 youtu.be/lc1HJpjT1_E

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 9d

📢 We're excited to announce that we are now accepting Commentaries!
These are short discussions on current topics, like recently published research or scientific issues concerning computational algorithms, software, models, frameworks, engines, languages and other tools that advance plant sciences.

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Vincent CASTRIC @vincentcastric.bsky.social · 9d

Very happy to announce that the next POPGROUP meeting will take place in Lille on 7-9 January !

Follow ‪@popgroup2026.bsky.social for all updates.

📢 Please share widely ! 📢‬

POPGROUP59 @popgroup2026.bsky.social · 9d

Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.

This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.

More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

See you there !

Population Genetics group 59

populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

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Agristok @agristok.bsky.social · 11d

Professorship in Plant Genetics at Kiel University, Germany

The Botanical Institute at Kiel University invites applications for a W2 Professorship in Plant Genetics. Focus: stress responses, epigenetics, and plant-environment interactions. Apply by 19 October 2025.

Professorship in Plant Genetics at Kiel University, Germany

The Botanical Institute at Kiel University invites applications for a W2 Professorship in Plant Genetics. Focus: stress responses, epigenetics, and plant-environment interactions. Apply by 19 October 2025.

agristok.net

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Xavier Picó @xavierpico.bsky.social · 10d

Enhorabona!!

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Xavier Picó @xavierpico.bsky.social · 10d

Hell may break loose, again

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Emily Josephs @emjo.bsky.social · 12d

Application review begins in one week for the MSU herbarium director position!!!! More info here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

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Pablo de Olavide @pablodeolavide.upo.es · 15d

🌿 El congreso #SEBOT2025 ha reunido en la #UPO a la comunidad científica y amantes de la #botánica para reflexionar sobre la diversidad vegetal y el futuro de su conservación.

👏 Gracias a todos y todas las participantes por convertir Sevilla en el epicentro de la botánica durante estos días.

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Igualdad.SEBOT @igualdadsebot.bsky.social · 14d

La mesa redonda sobre igualdad del #IICongresoSEBOT ha dado ideas sobre problemas actuales en igualdad y como podemos mejorar en la SEBOT.

¡Gracias a los participantes y a los asistentes al evento!

Si no pudiste intervenir, aún puedes rellenar nuestra encuesta.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre - AEET @eco-aeet.bsky.social · 20d

Nuevo grupo de trabajo AEET

Se constituye el grupo de Trabajo sobre Ecología Urbana

@igue-aeet.bsky.social

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 20d

We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long.

Steve was a pivotal figure in plant research. He developed in silico Plants to provide a single point of focus for plant modelling to facilitate collaboration across disciplines and advance research and education in plant sciences...

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Lucia Campos @luciacamdom.bsky.social · Sep 1

Interested in repetitive DNA?
We are organising a free repetitive DNA workshop this Oct 2nd at the Botanical Institute in Barcelona! Registration is open until September 7th :)
bit.ly/repetitiveDN...

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 23d

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

Graphic with a blue background and light green dots. The text 'call for applications' appears in green, and 'Ausschreibung' in white. A white arrow on the right points diagonally upward.

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SEBICOP @sebicop.bsky.social · 25d

En #SEBICOP estamos ultimando nuestra participación en el 2º Congreso de botánica de @OficialSebot : #SEBOT2025
Sserán días repletos de actividades, encuentros y muchas personas y sobre todo mucha #BOTANICA
Si puedes NO te lo pierdas ‼️

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Heather Cacanindin @hcacanindin.bsky.social · 26d

Start your engines! #Botany2026 Biodiversity at the Boundaries issued the Call for Symposia, Colloquia and Workshops earlier this month! Deadline Oct. 15. #IamaBotanist #Botany #PlantSci

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

We’re excited to announce the Call for Symposia, Colloquia, & Workshop Proposals for #Botany2026, Aug. 1–5, 2026 in Tucson, AZ.

Help us explore this year’s theme: Biodiversity at the Boundaries.

There is a hard deadline of October 16 for Symposia and Colloquia proposals.

www.botanyconference.org

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Iberian Group of Urban Ecology @igue-aeet.bsky.social · 26d

We are online!

You can find information about the working group on the AEET website.

www.aeet.org/es/gruposdet...

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José Luis Benito Alonso @jolube.bsky.social · 26d

¿Qué hace una alpargata del siglo XIII en un nido de quebrantahuesos? Un hallazgo insólito de objetos acumulados por las aves durante cientos de años
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...

¿Qué hace una alpargata del siglo XIII en un nido de quebrantahuesos? Un hallazgo insólito de objetos acumulados por las aves durante cientos de años

Un grupo de investigadores del CSIC halla indumentaria medieval, la punta de una ballesta, hondas y huesos en estos habitáculos centenarios que dan información valiosa para la reintroducción de la esp...

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Eloísa del Pino @eloisadelpino.bsky.social · 26d

🧐Si eres @csic.es o aspiras a serlo, recuerda visitar el nuevo portal

SITUACIONES PROFESIONALES

DIseñado para acceder fácilmente a info sobre las gestiones +frecuentes ¡de momento 20! de tu vida profesional en el CSIC

carpeta.csic.es

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