Christopher Krieg 🌿

Folks who recently landed jobs: how long did it take to wean youself off the addiction/Stockholm syndrome of ecoevojobs.net?

A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.

Excellent summary of what signing this “compact” will mean to Universities

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Drone operations today. #Biodiversity and #bioeconomy on the Rio Nanay, Northern Peru

Here is a great job for the right plant physiologist.

Hey Botany friends, any PI at a grad-degree-granting institution want to help us out with a "applying to grad school" panel on Oct 9th at 4:30 est? 🙏 Come share your wisdom!

Exclusive | White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage An initial round of nine schools, including Dartmouth, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, are being asked to sign a wide-ranging “compact.”

I can't believe we're at this point - if universities want feferal funds, they have to kowtow to the government - www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Taught plant anatomy class about stomata today (they are the coolest). Didn't get to work in any of my puns tho:

What's stomata with you?!
This is a great op-pore-tunity to learn about plant water relations!
something something guard cells (I ran out of time to workshop this one)

@afs1893.bsky.social

Get symposium and colloquium proposals together for Botany 2026, the joint meeting of @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social @botsocamerica.bsky.social @herbariumcurators.bsky.social @iaptglobal.bsky.social + Am Bryological Society and Am Fern Society... best meeting of the year!

mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...

Our new review just got published in JXB - together with
@likeyoda1.bsky.social
we discuss recent findings on mechanisms that cells use to 'decide' between dividing and differentiating in plants 🪴 tinyurl.com/yta6fd5b

What a dream job!

I don't know the origin of this photo, I saw it via Forest Machine Magazine. It shows a cut log with internal scarring and heartwood discolouration creating the shape of a tree within the trunk.

Tree inside tree.

GRFP workshop today!

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

NSF GRFP solicitation is finally up. Life Sci deadline extended to Nov 10 but 2nd year grad students no longer eligible www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

🧪The NSF has made changes to the GRFP solicitation and eligibility TODAY that may change your eligibility! PLEASE read through the solicitation if you were planning to apply and speak to your mentors about the merits of applying: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

The text at the top reads: “APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: Beyond phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data”. The image beneath the title: On the left side of the image is a large circle divided in two halves: the left side of the circle comprises four images of flowers/herbarium specimens and the right side of the circle contains the text “Target Capture.” Five dotted line arrows point from the large circle to five smaller circles on the right. Smaller circles (clockwise from top): (1) “Off Target”, (2) “Biodiversity assessments”, (3) “Population genomics”, (4) “Evo-Devo”, (5) “Species identification”. The text beneath the image reads: “Proposal deadline November 30, 2025”. The Applications in Plant Sciences logo is in the bottom left corner, and a QR code is in the bottom right corner. Image credit: Yannick Woudstra.

#AppsPlantSci is planning a special issue highlighting innovative uses of target-enrichment sequence data, and we're seeking proposals!

More info here: botany.org/home/publica...

Deadline 30 Nov 2025‪‬

@emcassey.bsky.social @erikarmoore11.bsky.social @yannickwoudstra.bsky.social #genomics

Paleobotanist searches for ancient plants | UNC-Chapel Hill Emeritus professor Patricia Gensel studies 400-million-year-old plants across the globe.

Love to see one of my favorite colleagues, Pat Gensel, profiled on the UNC website: " Indiana Jones — but for plants"
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...

🚨 1 Week Left to Apply! 🚨
The Krieg Lab is hiring a Research Professional in Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution.

📅 Deadline: October 1, 2025
📧 Sending materials (Cover Letter, CV, References) to: kriegc[at]wfu.edu

Small waves, clouds and rays

Lake Michigan this afternoon.

EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Does anyone have any good resources (or their own examples) for how to make a good scientific poster to share with students.

Please RT!

Celebrating the trees in our Forest. 🌳

For the 14th year, Wake has been named a Tree Campus Higher Education by the Arbor Day Foundation. Students, faculty and staff gathered to plant new trees, measure tree growth and reflect on how caring for our environment is a reflection of #ProHumanitate.

Wake Forest University will be tuition-free for admitted students from North Carolina families earning less than $200,000 | Wake Forest News Wake Forest University announced today that undergraduates from North Carolina with annual family incomes less than $200,000 per year will attend tuition-free, beginning for students admitted for the ...

Wake Forest University will be tuition-free for admitted students from North Carolina families earning less than $200,000 #ProHumanitate

Ecological synthesis including forest ecosystems, grassland, land use, climate change, time series, stability, ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, species interaction networks

Three exciting #PostDoc 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬🧕 positions on #Ecological #Synthesis at TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social for Reassembly #rainforest 🇪🇨 🌱🌴🦜 & #Biodiversity Exploratories 🌲🐄🚜🪲🐝🥀@bexplo.bsky.social
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...

Wake Forest University announced today that undergraduates from North Carolina with annual family incomes less than $200,000 per year will attend tuition-free, beginning for students admitted for the 2026 fall semester.
Read more: wakefo.rest/3KeRLzT

Honored to have been selected for this award! 😊 Happy national postdoc appreciation week everyone!

#Botany2026 in Tucson AZ is going to be a great meeting!

If you want us to help organize a symposium/colloquium on your favorite topic in plant phys, ecophys, ecology or macroecology, let us know!

In Tucson!

Flyer with a green leafy background announcing the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Workshop for Plant Researchers. Large bold text at the top reads: “We need your help!” The flyer asks graduate students who have received a GRFP award, as well as postdocs, research scientists, and faculty PIs, to sign up as mentors for the Botanical Society of America’s GRFP Workshop. Section titled What does mentoring require? lists two points: Read statements from 4–6 students applying for the GRFP. Provide feedback and facilitate two 1.5-hour meetings for your group. On the right, a QR code and link direct potential mentors to register. Logos at the bottom include NSF GRFP and the Botanical Society of America.

Mentors needed for BSA’s GRFP Workshop! 🌱

The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Workshop for Plant Researchers is returning in 2025. With NSF’s 2026 GRFP deadline set for Oct 27, we’re looking for mentors to guide student applicants.

Learn how you can help!
mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...