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Luke's paper also underscores the limitations and sources of error in the use of Biogeographic dating for informing species divergence times and paleogeographic models 5/5

Using flat paleogeographic priors (unknown geological models) but good biological systems, we recapitulated the timing of paleographic events. Using accurate paleographic priors but biological data whose evolution des not mirror geological history, deviated from simulated landscape scenarios. 4/5

Botany and geogenomics: Constraining geological hypotheses in the neotropics with large‐scale genetic data derived from plants Decades of empirical research have revealed how the geological history of our planet shaped plant evolution by establishing well-known patterns (e.g., how mountain uplift resulted in high rates of di...

Luke aimed to test the interaction of including good/bad/no geological priors (an accurate landscape change hypothesis, an incorrect reconstruction, or just don't know anything) and using biological data from good/bad model systems for geogenomics 3/5 bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Luke aimed to test Biogeographic dating as a methodological framework for the integration of biological, paleontological and geological data to test paleogeographic hypotheses. In biogeographic dating both biological and paleogeographic data and priors are analyzed simulatneously 2/5

Interaction of Sequence Data and Paleogeographic Priors in Biogeographic Dating: How Could Biological Data Inform Time‐Constrained Geological Models? Aim Biological and geographic patterns and processes are linked such that biological data hold information on paleogeographical patterns and processes. Here, we aimed to test Biogeographic dating as.....

First student-led paper from my research group. Luke Sparreo is such an awesome and hardworking student! 👇1/5
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Interaction of Sequence Data and Paleogeographic Priors in Biogeographic Dating: How Could Biological Data Inform Time‐Constrained Geological Models? Aim Biological and geographic patterns and processes are linked such that biological data hold information on paleogeographical patterns and processes. Here, we aimed to test Biogeographic dating as...

First student-led paper from my research group. Luke Sparreo is such and awesome and hardworking student! 👇

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New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Mycology or Cryptogamic Botany. New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Mycology or Cryptogamic Botany. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

The deadline to apply to the Assistant Curator in Mycology or Cryptogamic Botany position we are advertising at NBYG is THIS Friday! Happy to chat about my experience at NYBG and the cool science going on here. Come be our colleague!! jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8I...

One week to apply before reviews start for the postdoc I am offering investigating the tempo and pattern of river connections with the closure of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on river plant (Podostemaceae) migration. Genomic+fossil+geological data + fieldwork 👇

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With tabs it has never been easier to reconstruct altitudinal shifts of biogeographical systems over time. Whether in the ocean 🏝️, shallow seas 🪸 or mountains ⛰️; tabs can project spatial configurations shaped by climatic conditions.
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Position open until filled. Application review will start on October 15th

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I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇

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Interesados en expediciones botánicas, filogenética, filogeografía, análisis de datos genómicos, y cambios en el paisaje, sigan las instrucciones y fechas límite en el link. Recibo correos ASAP. Financiación por 5 años!!! 2/2

Opportunities GRADUATE STUDENTS I will be recruiting a PhD student for Fall of 2026. This position is under an NSF funded grant for research in Panama, Costa Rica, and Colombia, aiming to investigate the timing...

Convocatoria para PhD en New York Botanical Garden. Ayúdenme a compartir! Proyecto estudiando filogeografía de plantas de rio y modelos de conección de ríos luego del levantamiento del Istmo de Panama.
Interesados en evolución de plantas Neotropicales💦👇
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Representation and participation across 20 years of plant genome sequencing - Nature Plants Analyses of plant genomes sequenced in the past 20 years, the species taxonomic distribution and national participation reveal that genome quality has increased but substantial taxonomic gaps exist, a...

More on how the pattern we discuss follows the colonial legacy of herbaria and highlights deep-rooted inequities in scientific priorities and practices. Some of that covered here www.nature.com/articles/s41... 5/5

Biomass, and nutrient cycling, could help us better match the goals of the GBF and global initiatives like the Earth Biogenome Project. Research initiatives and funding agencies must prioritize sequencing and capacity building in biodiversity-rich tropical regions 4/5

This contradicts the goals of the Kumming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework of protecting genetic diversity and minimizing the impact of climate change. We discuss that focusing on e.g., hyperdominant tropical species which contribute disproportionately to ecosystem function … 3/5

A Latitudinal Gradient of Reference Genomes Global inequality rooted in legacies of colonialism and uneven development can lead to systematic biases in scientific knowledge. In ecology and evolutionary biology, findings, funding and research e...

Plant genome sequencing parallels the mismatch b/w the lat. biodiv. gradient and the geographic distribution of animal genomes (see this paper by @elinck.bsky.social) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... We show that in plants this bias is magnified by focus on spp w/utilitarian value 2/5

Plant genome sequencing needs to go tropical Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Whole-genome plant sequencing is heavily biased towards species from temperate regions and species with utilitarian values. An expansion of efforts to include tropical...

Plant genome sequencing needs to go tropical. Check out this commentary I wrote with Felipe Zapata (UCLA) and María José Sanín (Montgomery Botanical Center) out today in Nature Reviews Biodiversity 1/5 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Which botanical wonders would we study? The wonderful Podostemaceae, the only group of angiosperms living strictly in river-rapids and across the Isthmus. This botanical oddities will help us expand past work on terrestrial organisms and contribute to a more holistic understanding of floral exchange

We will integrate large-scale genetic, paleontological, and geological data to estimate the timing of plant migration through rivers across the Americas, and to develop a model for the tempo and pattern of formation of riverine connections in the region👇

By shifting the focus from terrestrial to unexplored freshwater systems, this work will provide a novel lens on plant migration and the timing of habitat connectivity across the Isthmus of Panama👇

THRILLED to announce that my NSF "Closing the gap: The history of river connections with the formation of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on the evolution of plants in rivers" in collab w/Carlos Jaramillo at STRI and Caroline Strömberg at UW was awarded! Add for a PhD student+a postdoc to come🧵

AI, peer review and the human activity of science When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.

A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes.

This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .

New research from my lab @newphyt.bsky.social! Using the plant family #Melastomataceae, we show that colonization of novel #mountain environments commonly preceded and likely drove #pollinator shifts away from bee pollination! doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Lesson 11: Transforming Education? In this lesson we consider the ways in which LLMs are already transforming education for better or, more often, worse—and take a look at where this trend might be headed.

5. We delve into all of this further in our Oracles-or-Bullshit-Machines lesson on education.

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Important modification... from the FAQ, it seems that students who are beginning their PhDs in Fall 2025 can apply (as long as matriculation date is August 1, 2025 or after). Awards start in Fall 2026.

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