Arthur Leung

Learning confocal!

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

C4 🤠

Check out our new Tansley Review on leaf heat acclimation in @newphyt.bsky.social, the result of a great collaboration with an even greater team! @martijnslot.bsky.social @seanmichaletz.bsky.social @nicolebison.bsky.social @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social @owenatkin.bsky.social @hultinelab.bsky.social

The cover of New Phytologist volume 248, issue 4, showing a small, spiky plant with curled light green leaves and one trumpet-shaped lilac flower. Blepharis furcata at Klein Aus Vista, Namibia, is one of three Blepharis species with intraspecific variation in C4 cycle integration.

On the cover of our #LatestIssue: Blepharis furcata at Klein Aus Vista, Namibia, is one of three Blepharis species with intraspecific variation in C4 cycle integration. Image courtesy of Matt Stata.

📖 See Stata et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🔬🌱 We are planning ahead for Botany 2026! We’re looking for folks interested in helping organize a hands-on workshop on building custom LI-COR chambers and measuring gas exchange on non-conventional plant material.

👉 Reach out to jsavage@d.umn.edu if interested!

#Botany2026 #bsaecophys

Curator of Plants & Sustainability - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page Apply to Curator of Plants & Sustainability at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Came across this Curator of Plants & Sustainability job at the Royal Ontario Museum here in Toronto!

#plantsciences #botany #herbaria

royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...

Feedback please 🥹 art.leung@mail.utoronto.ca

FindAPhD : NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme Studentship 2026 at University of Glasgow Apply for a PhD: NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme Studentship 2026 at University of Glasgow

New #PhD opportunities! NorthWestBio projects now online for 2026! Including a #photosynthesis project w/ @marjorielundgren.bsky.social looking at how photosynthetic diversity may affect future crop nutrient quality. Plant projects and the full set of projects available here: tinyurl.com/529yz4jd

sightseeing stop at Wolfe Creek Crater

Too much staring at TEMs all day... I wish I could be looking for plants in the Kimberley

🚨 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

🌱📚 Love plants and books? The Plant Science Bulletin is looking for book reviewers. There are a few books that may interest our followers!

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#Botany #bsa #PlantScience #BookReview #PlantScienceBulletin

New preprint up: "Single-cell-level response to drought in Sorghum bicolor reveals novel targets for improving water use efficiency."

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Here we show that drought response supersedes differences in cell identity and identify key transcriptional regulators.

yay matt!

Professor Susanne von Caemmerer FRS and Professor Graham Douglas Farquhar FRS are jointly awarded the Royal Medal (Biological) 2025 for refining the ways we monitor and model photosynthesis in leaves from molecular to global scales. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/royal-medals/

This image shows the 2025 'A Day for BSA' logo as well as balloons. Text: A Day for BSA Thank You! Thank you for being part of the second annual "A Day for BSA," celebrating more than 130 years of the Botanical Society of America! Together, we surpassed our goal, raising over $15,000 for the BSA Endowment, a testament to the generosity and dedication of our community to the future of the botanical sciences.

🌿Thank you for making “A Day for BSA” a huge success! 🌿

Together, we exceeded our $15,000 Endowment campaign goal, raising over $16,000 to support students, publications, and the annual conference.

Did you miss it? This Endowment campaign continues through August 31!
crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

This image shows the logo for "A Day for BSA" and around it a gauge that shows about 20% of goal made. Text: Help us reach today's endowment giving goal of $15,000.www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025. A group photo of BSA members are also shown.

Thanks to everyone who’s donated to the '#ADayforBSA' Endowment campaign! We’ve already reached 20% of our $15,000 goal.

Every gift matters and helps support students, publications, and the Botany Conference. Haven’t given yet? There’s still time: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

#IamaBotanist

Cryptic CAM photosynthesis in Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia, Y. jaegeriana) Joshua trees are long-lived perennial monocots native to the Mojave Desert in North America. Composed of two species, Yucca brevifolia and Y. jaegeriana (Asparagaceae), Joshua trees are imperiled by...

CAM!

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Professor Rowan pokemon card

I dont usually collect pokemon cards... but i came across a Professor Rowan card

This was a long time (too long) in the works, but I'm thrilled that it is finally out:

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"How evolution repeatedly builds complexity: a case study with C4 photosynthesis in Blepharis (Acanthaceae)"

And this was chosen for a cover photo:

Mechanisms leading to paralog-specific binding profiles.

#TansleyReview: Mechanisms driving functional divergence of #TranscriptionFactor paralogs

Isabella J. Higgins, Sarah G. Choudury & Aman Y. Husbands 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We have stickers! Find @savageplantphys.bsky.social to get some and find out more about our section! #bsaecophys #botany2025

wish I could be there 🥹

Who's excited for #Botany2025? The Phys & Ecophys section is gearing up for another fantastic conference this year!

We currently need judges (non-student) to evaluate student presentations and posters. If interested, contact kriegc@wfu.edu, or reach out to him ‪@ckrieg.bsky.social‬

#Botany2025

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Gene regulatory networks and essential transcription factors for de novo-originated genes Nature Ecology & Evolution - A combination of computational methods applied to single-cell RNA sequencing data and genetic experiments shows that a small number of transcription factors are...

Our latest paper is out: rdcu.be/ev6Ym — one of my favorite projects. It began about 8 years ago when Nobel laureate Torsten Wiesel asked me: what transcription factors regulate new genes? I had no idea then. Now we have some answers.

I should ask if he remembers you and your lab partner 😆

me and Rowan holding bouquets of dried up Flaveria australasica in a dry landscape

C3 Tribulus next to C4 spinifex(?) on gravely soil

mats of C4 Tribulus on the side of Tanami Road

Botanizing in Western Australia 🦘 with Rowan Sage + Yuzhen Fan and Ellie Jordan from ANU! #plantphysfriday #plantscience 🌱

Wearing my Plant Fizz shirt of course @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social

Go C4!

Viburnum opulus, Guelder-rose, what a beauty! In hedgerows now. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social