@botanist-brooke.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Wessinger lab at USC! Previously at the University of Minnesota studying plant mating systems, reinforcement, and speciation. Views are my own. she/her.
My amazing colleague Shelley Sianta (not on bsky) is looking for a tech to join her new lab at UT Austin. The position will involve lab, greenhouse, and field work to study local adaptation and speciation in plants. Please share! utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
31.10.2025 18:00 β π 3 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
My amazing colleague Shelley Sianta (not on bsky) is looking for a tech to join her new lab at UT Austin. The position will involve lab, greenhouse, and field work to study local adaptation and speciation in plants. Please share! utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
31.10.2025 18:00 β π 3 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
An illustrated poster with numbers and an identification key, highlighting the diversity of Hoverfly species found in North America. 18 flies are drawn on the poster. These flies are generally striped/have patterns that make them resemble bees. They are illustrated on a light earthy yellow-green background.
North American Hoverflies! πͺ°
30.10.2025 18:23 β π 524 π 165 π¬ 14 π 4βBonferonni correctionβ, an invaluable method in #statistics, refers to the act of repeatedly correcting misspellings of the word Bonferroni at multiple places in a draft manuscript.
#science #academia
Come work with us!!
We have a great group of plant biologists already, and there are FOUR searches for new plant biologists of different flavours across campus. We also have an outstanding group of animal physiologists (including @mstager.bsky.social ). Please apply!!
Hi all! I am seeking an ecology or applied math PhD student interested in quantitative ecology, specifically ecological theory, food web modeling, or population dynamics. If you are interested, have a look at our lab website below and reach out to me.
resiliencelab.github.io/join/
Heredity did a podcast on our paper from Nitin's dissertation! Listen to learn more about the cool results.
30.10.2025 01:00 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0
New study finds that different species of meadow beauties (Rhexia sp.) are all pollinated by the same bumblebee species through buzz-pollination.
Co-flowering with congeners doesn't affect buzz-pollinator specialization & #pollination performance in #Rhexia mariana, but does affect floral trait variance
New #AJB research by @the-kunsze.bsky.social, Karolina Gwardiak, Ash Kerber et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #pollen
I have an opening for a postdoctoral position in my Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, in ΔeskΓ© BudΔjovice, Czechia. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-... #LFEE #postdoc #hiring
29.10.2025 10:51 β π 11 π 11 π¬ 0 π 1
A Manduca sexta adult specimen, pinned in a drawer at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
A desert landscape. Large Saguaro cacti are in the foreground. Rugged mountains in the background.
A large Datura flower with a moth inside it drinking nectar
I'll be heading to @sacnas.bsky.social #NDiSTEM later this week to shamelessly plug my soon-to-open lab (Fall 2026). If any students are interested in studying the plant-insect interactions of the Sonoran Desert, please get in touch!
28.10.2025 21:21 β π 21 π 12 π¬ 1 π 0
I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
We are seeking an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Comparative Genomics (loosely defined). I'd be happy to answer any questions (like teaching load etc) - feel free to DM me. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
28.10.2025 17:42 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
A composite figure with two panels. The top panel is a map of central and eastern Asia showing the overlapping geographical distributions of four Clematis groups: C. songorica, section Meclatis, section Fruticella, and the Otophora group. The bottom panel consists of four columns, one for each group, displaying photos and characteristics. Column 1, Clematis songorica: photos show a shrubby plant in a rocky, arid habitat and a close-up of an upright white flower; characteristics listed are shrubby, xerophytes, upright white calyx, no hair on filaments. Column 2, section Fruticella: photos show a shrubby plant on a dry, eroding hillside and a close-up of a pendulous, bell-shaped yellow flower; characteristics listed are shrubby, xerophytes, pendulous yellow calyx, no hair on filaments. Column 3, section Meclatis: photos show a climbing vine on a tree trunk and a close-up of a pendulous, bell-shaped, purplish-yellow flower; characteristics listed are vine, most xerophytes, pendulous yellow calyx, present hair on filaments. Column 4, Otophora group: photos show a climbing vine with green foliage and a close-up of a pendulous, bell-shaped yellow flower; characteristics listed are vine, non-xerophytes, pendulous yellow calyx, present hair on filaments and anthers.
An ancient recipe for survival: how two Clematis species created new, adaptive lineages
He et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/STCZAQ...
Why yes, I too, have added text to a paper while muttering that the reviewers didn't know what they were talking about, I am frankly astonished this number isn't higher
20.10.2025 17:01 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0
Yogurt consumption correlates with Google searches for 'i cant even' (r=0.939)
26.10.2025 13:34 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
An image of the cover page of Micrographia
I posed recently about my recent obsession with Hooke's Micrographia (1665) and the incredible feather drawings it has. I really wanted to see an original copy and luckily, Yale has two! So, earlier this week, I headed down to the Beinecke Library with @mylestogo.bsky.social to check it out
25.10.2025 18:30 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Storm Drain #Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) shot yesterday.
#Bloomscrolling #Pavementplants
TWELVE open PhD positions - what a fantastic opportunity for aspiring ocean scientists! UAF is a fantastic university with really amazing faculty, and Fairbanks is a beautiful place for outdoorsy people.
24.10.2025 20:58 β π 12 π 21 π¬ 0 π 0
Our group is recruiting again, looking for motivated PhD/MS students and a postdoc! Please share widely and read below for more info and get in touch if you're interested.
29.09.2025 18:33 β π 3 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Work from @brynnjohnson13.bsky.social's thesis investigates why neighboring hybrid zones between orangethroat and orangebelly darters followed different trajectories: long-term coexistence vs. collapse. Warming amplifies competitive asymmetry, influencing whether hybrid zones persist or collapse.
24.10.2025 18:33 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social π§ͺππ
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Naturally, how will you get more data for your book without reading my manuscripts?
24.10.2025 15:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not only is this book excellent, it uses data from what is obviously the best system, Clarkia
24.10.2025 15:00 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hey Yaniv Brandvain is not on Bluesky but his most recent biostats ebook is live ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/. His stats resources have been so helpful to me as I develop my own stats course, so check it out. Github repo here: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
24.10.2025 14:47 β π 85 π 51 π¬ 3 π 3He is on bsky! @ybrandvain.bsky.social
24.10.2025 14:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The allotetraploid lycophyte Selaginella rupincola growing among the boulders at Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains southeast of Tucson, Arizona.
Xanthisma spinulosum growing outside a gym in Tucson, Arizona.
Selaginella arizonica X eremophila hybrid zone at Alamo Canyon in Organ Pipe National Monument.
A Dieteria sp. being visited by a skipper in the White Mountains of Arizona.
I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! π§¬π΅π€
24.10.2025 05:01 β π 68 π 50 π¬ 2 π 0
Numerous red flowers on stalks above a green leafy base against reddish barren rocky soil
Penstemon utahensis, our Utah Beardtongue, blooming near Gateway #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 23 πΏ
I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Image of a Cormorant cut out on a white background. Wording reads: We're hiring! Senior Research Ecologist. Research Ecologist. Research Support Officer. www.bto.org/jobs. The PeacePlus logo is top right of the image.
New Ecologist and Research Support roles for a project in Northern Ireland! @bto-ni.bsky.social
Discover more and apply at www.bto.org/jobs
These positions are supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
#Ornithology #Ecology
