Ghent University, Systematic and Evolutionary Botany lab

An aerial shot of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

JOB: Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Genomics & help unlock the genetic secrets of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest 🌿

From microbial diversity to bioactive compounds, your work will help shape conservation & bioeconomy research

📅 Apply by 13 April

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🌴 3-year postdoc in Biodiversity, Remote Sensing and AI based at the University of Gothenburg. 🌴 Last chance to apply for this exciting position. ⏱️ Deadline 17 March ⏱️. More details here: tinyurl.com/3hzdsset

Excited to see this out!! In this thought-provoking review led by @davidperis.bsky.social and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente we further demonstrate that insect #pollination was once widespread among #gymnosperms and existed long before the origin of #angiosperms

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… during coffee and lunch breaks we will start to lobby with participating institutes to be on Bluesky to advocate this great initiative 😅

The Belgian Plant Science Community is kicked off at Meise Botanic Garden today, to spark integrative plant research in the many Belgian institutes. Timely initiative to battle climate change, biodiversity loss and foster food security.
@kuleuvenplantinst.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social

Spring is kicking in, and the botanic gardens of @UGent are looking gorgeous under a blue sky. Inside the greenhouse there is a lot to be entertained by too, though. What about these stunning Araceae, Amorphophallus ferruginosus and Arisaema candidissimus?

Rhododendron Research Network Rockin’ Around the Clock
May 29-30, 2025

A FREE virtual convention highlighting a global community of researchers, conservationists and members of the public working in genus Rhododendron 🪴🧪🌺

Convention schedule and registration:
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This picture shows the tropical palm house of the Berlin Botanical Garden with a pond in the front

Deadline extension for abstract submission (now until Jan 31) to the international meeting "Evolution of Plant Reproduction" organized by dfg-icips.org in Berlin (March 25-28, 2025) with a great line-up of speakers: dfg-icips.org/berlin2025/ and hurry up to register!
#PlantScience
#PlantEvodevo

Professor Gibby collecting Pelargonium multibracteatum from the Sumara Pass in Yemen, 4 February 2007. Photograph by Leigh Morris.

An obituary celebrating the life and research of Professor Mary Gibby, Ph.D., OBE, FLS, FRSE, PPBPS (1949-2024) by Professor Stephen Blackmore #RoyalBotanicGarden #Edinburgh and Professor Johannes Vogel #MuseumFürNaturkunde #Berlin published today #OpenAccess in #EJBotany: rbge.cc/4gsoNbc

Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to shine the spotlight on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research.

Diagram showing how tree species diversity can influence understory plants through changes in microclimate which in turn affects phenology and nectar and pollen quantity and quality. This may affect pollinator visits and plant fitness

📣 Fully funded PhD project supervised by me & @philstevenson.bsky.social within @treesdla.bsky.social on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators. Nice mix of fieldwork in Finland & pollen and nectar chemistry 🐝🌼🌳🌲 🧪🌍 Apply by 20 Jan www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...

A cloudy mountain range. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution 2025 Small Grants for Local and Regional Outreach, Proposals due March 1.

Our Small Grants for Local and Regional Outreach provide up to $1000 USD for a variety of evolution education & outreach projects, workshops, and events. Submit your proposal by March 1! https://rb.gy/swgrn

The Morton Arboretum REU program now accepting applications! My lab will be hosting a student to develop a project using morphometrics to investigate how "typical" type specimens are in a fascinating clade of Mexican white oaks.

Apply today to join us this summer!

mortonarb.org/science/oppo...

Convolvulaceae Network now present in Blue Sky too!

Follow
@convolv-network.bsky.social

for more on #sweetpotato, #morning_glories #Ipomoea, bindweeds #Convolvulus, dodders #Cuscuta, and other #Convolvulaceae hot topics!

Photo of a flower from African rainforests, in particular Cameroon and Gabon. It is a big flower with cream petals and dark wine red at the base on the inner side.

🌳 Uvariodendron fuscum (#Annonaceae) – a hidden marvel of African rainforests in #Cameroon and #Gabon with large flowers and leaves! Pollinated by large beetles! Learn more about this genus with 18 species from tropical Africa #openaccess): doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

Hi Darren, greetings from the systematic botanists at Ghent University.

Faculty of Science is recruiting Assistant Professors in Biodiversity - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences Faculty of Science is recruiting Assistant Professors in Biodiversity - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences

The Faculty of Science at Stockholm University is recruiting up to three Assistant Professors in Biodiversity to tackle the critical global issue of biodiversity loss caused by human-driven factors such as climate change, habitat alteration and pollution.

www.su.se/department-o...