The CapituLab

Please share! I'm looking for a postdoc. The position is to lead one of the following projects: 1) regulation of plant specialized metabolism by cell fate, or 2) foliar embryogenesis in the succulent plant Kalanchoe.

Learn more abt projects: cxli233.github.io/cxLi_lab/res...

Promotional graphic for “A Day for BSA” on August 27, 2025. At the top is a testimonial quote from Sarita Munoz-Gomez about how the Botanical Society of America has given her countless opportunities to share her work and meet inspiring scientists. Below the text, a smiling young woman holds up her conference badge that reads “Sarita Munoz-Gomez, Auburn University, Auburn, AL” with ribbons for “BSA Member” and “Student.” To the right is a circular logo with the words “A Day for BSA – Students, Journals, Conference – August 27, 2025.” At the bottom, bold white text reads: “Give to the BSA Endowment Today!”

Sarita Munoz-Gomez joined BSA in 2020 and quickly became involved by going to the conference, joining SciComm panels, being featured on a BSA Spotlight, and receiving travel awards. Celebrate #ADayforBSA by supporting students with a gift to the Endowment!

Give today:
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It’s been an awesome (but hectic) summer for the CapituLab! From packing and moving to Clemson to travel for conferences/talks.

Also, our new lab space is coming together amazingly (thanks to the incredible @erikales.bsky.social)! Updates on that coming soon…

My first first author manuscript has posted! I’m very excited to share SWIF-TE with yall. It is a fast, memory efficient tool to identify novel TE insertions from short-read data. 🧬 #TEworldwide #transposons

It's today!!

Hi #Botany2025 - In my quest to never do flow cytometry again, I am collecting sequence data (radseq, target enrichment, WGS, ect.) with confirmed ploidal level. If you have samples, reach out!

Hey #Botany2025! Be sure to check out CapituLab talks from grad student @saristolochia.bsky.social and postdoc Vandana Gurung! And a huge thanks to @botsocamerica.bsky.social for travel support!!

So excited for this opportunity to join @kheyduk.bsky.social and team! 💚

Close-up photo of young heads (inflorescences). On the apex of the head, milky resin can be seen pooling among the phyllaries.

Grindelia spp. (#Asteraceae) are known as gumweeds, but they produce resin, not gum. The milky resin is visible pooling in the young inflorescence heads in this photo of Grindelia squarrosa by Linda in Fortuna CCBYNC2. Function: Defense? Antitranspirant? #resin #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Large pink flower with a bumblebee

Small orange flower with a stink bug

Small white flowers with a hoverfly

Yellow flower buds with a house fly

The best time of year is pollinator picture season 😌

@reidselby.bsky.social
@andrewilloughb.bsky.social
@tengzhanguh.bsky.social @erikarmoore11.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Zack Nimchuk, @jennifermandel.bsky.social @jmbrkphd.bsky.social @paulaelomaa.bsky.social
and Julia Santiago!

Floral innovation through modifications in stem cell peptide signaling. Understanding how evolution shapes genetic networks to create new developmental forms is a central question in biology. Flowering shoot (inflorescence) architecture varies significantly across plant f...

We are absolutely thrilled to share this work on CLV signaling in the sunflower family! This project was only possible through the efforts and contributions of our incredible collaborators! It also represents the CapituLab’s first preprint! (more to come soon though…)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

So cool to see this work come out! Another piece to how temperature and CLAVATA signaling mediate flower development, and its florigen! Congrats Elizabeth and Nimchuk lab @andrewilloughb.bsky.social
Def give it a read! 🌱
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lM293QW8S...

Photo of the inflorescence of a sunflower, with a flattened disc of fertile flowers surrounded by a periphery of yellow sterile flowers.

Here’s one that everyone knows: Sunflower (Helianthus annuus; 📷: hourourmono CCBY2). Of course, this is not one flower. It’s a head of showy, yellow, sterile flowers surrounding a disk bearing small, dark, fertile flowers. #Asteraceae #pollination #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Happy to announce that I will be opening my lab in the PMB department at UC Berkeley this July. Our lab will study nectary development and evolution using non-conventional models. We are actively recruiting. Join us if you are also enthusiastic about development or evolution!

10/10 for specimen choice for the post!

a large sheet card with several pressed and dried stems with small leaves at the base and fluffy rounded flowers at the top with color and measuring cards next to them

Museum Collections 🌿 What is a Herbarium?
It's basically a library of dried plant specimens. Herbarium specimens are always accompanied by a label that indicates the location where the plant was growing, the collector and the date collected.
More:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/what...

The #Gnaphalieae tribe is probably most iconic tribe of Asteraceae in Australia! #Waitzia nitida is one such species! They spot very showy involucral bracts, instead of the classic lingulate petals! These persist along with the color leading to many in this tribe being called Everlastings!

The news is out! The CapituLab is moving to Clemson University this fall 🌻 We are excited to get there and get started!

I'm excited to share this NAASC early career professional development seminar aimed at plant biology scientists considering faculty jobs!
🌱Lab Launchpad: The New PIs Guide to Starting Your Own Lab🌱
Register www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/register-car...

A space for time. Exploring temporal regulation of plant development across spatial scales Developmental timing in plants is tightly regulated at the whole-organism scale, from germination to flowering. Less is known about when and how local transitions are temporally regulated. Not every ...

Our lab's first review article written with @yadhusankar.bsky.social and @vijayalakshmi.bsky.social is out now in The Plant Journal! 🎉🌱

We discuss temporal regulation of (plant) development. When and how do plants control organ and cell identity progression?

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Image text: ASPB Reaffirms Its Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion. Statement from ASPB’s Board of Directors, February 11, 2025. Featuring ASPB logo.

ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period."

Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.

Diagram of somatic TE insertions across the A. thaliana genome

In our latest @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social preprint, we describe our approach to use PacBio HiFi reads to detect somatic TE transposition -- good enough to detect rare events that are present in only single cells. Led by Andrea Movilli.
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Blue flower of Centaurea cyanus. Reference: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.31.635922

Cornflowers are famous for their brilliant blue color. This genome sequence provides a valuable resource for studying the genetics of this striking flower. Read more: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Genomics #FlowerColor

Olearia pannosa
Asteraceae
Melton Botanical Gardens,
Victoria, Australia.
Sept 2022
#OleariaPannosa #Asteraceae #VelvetDaisy-Bush #Silver-LeavedDaisy #ozplants #ozflora #AustralianFlora #Australiannature #wildoz #botany #nature #MeltonBotanicGardens

Please Repost! We are offering a three-year fully funded doctoral researcher position to study how floral meristem patterning in woodland strawberry, and how it implicates the diversification in floral ground plans in Angiosperm flowers. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsini-...

2024 Black History Month: Black Plant Scientists Spotlight | Plantae An initiative originated by Kevin Cox Jr., PhD, Plantae carries on Kevin’s tremendous effort of bringing visibility to several exceptional scientists and their work across the science community.

Alright so to brighten the mood...

Who's ready for another iteration of 28 Days, 28 Black Plant Scientists/Botanists? 💪🏾🌱

For those that want more background here's a link from last yr. While I search through names myself, I'm happy to hear any nominations via DM/email!

plantae.org/2024-black-h...

Flowering capitula of Ozothamnus alpinus

Detail of flowering capitula of Ozothamnus alpinus

Ozothamnus alpinus, an alpine Australian daisy at Charlotte Pass, NSW. Always love the contrast between white inner and red outer involucral bracts.

Happy to share this here! My illustrations were featured in this great review from @thecapitulab.bsky.social last year. Make sure to check it out 🌻🌻🌻

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