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Jef Mancera

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PhD Researcher, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and The University of Edinburgh, working on tropical plant reproductive phenology and climate change in Southeast Asia

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FULLY FUNDED PhD - The nature of plant species – a test using Begonia at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - FULLY FUNDED PhD - The nature of plant species – a test using Begonia at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD on Begonia with the world experts what are you waiting for come to Scotland πŸš¨πŸ”Šβ€ΌοΈ

07.01.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Simpoh (π˜‹π˜ͺ𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯π˜ͺ𝘒 𝘦𝘹𝘀𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘒)
Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah, Malaysia
~300 masl
23 Nov 2025

01.01.2026 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thesis fieldwork finds: Menara (Malay for tower), a 25-30-storey dipterocarp, the highest tree in the tropical belt!

🌳 Yellow meranti (π˜™π˜ͺ𝘀𝘩𝘦𝘡π˜ͺ𝘒 𝘧𝘒𝘨𝘢𝘦𝘡π˜ͺ𝘒𝘯𝘒, formerly 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘒 𝘧𝘒𝘨𝘢𝘦𝘡π˜ͺ𝘒𝘯𝘒)
πŸ“ Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia

28.12.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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βœ… First year [anniversary of seasonal affective disorder]

18.10.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This time last year, I was comforted by a PhD senior after a nerve-racking interview! Time to pay it forward.

What grad school application questions do you wanna ask?

27.02.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.

When you’ve just joined Bluesky and @nature.com gave you that real talk already: β€œOr [scientists] could all just go outside and touch grass.”

They’re not wrong tho

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

24.01.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An academic’s guide to Bluesky With many HE professionals making the switch to Bluesky, here are the steps you need to take to get started

Starting my nth social media platform the correct (read: Virgo) way:

www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/acade...

24.01.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First time here on Bluesky, hoping to keep it academic, but my mind is everywhere so who am I kidding

22.01.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0