@jamiet-42.bsky.social
FLS. Lecturer in evolution and ecology at the University of Reading. Recipient of the Irene Manton Prize for best botany PhD 🌵. Studies plants mostly. Ex chef 🧑🍳
I look forward to meeting him!
19.09.2025 22:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's going through peer review atm, should be out soon. I'm happy to send it though! But the odd bit might change here and there
19.09.2025 21:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
In our new article just out we examine the current extinction event in the context of the longer fossil record. We conclude it is likely the greatest event in the last 66 million years
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Our new pre-print (with @erichagen.bsky.social, @latinorchidbot.bsky.social, @jameswclark.bsky.social , Elizabeth Forward and Nick Priest) reveals rapid pollinator evolution in orchids, but no clear impact on diversification. Perhaps pollinator specialisation is not such a powerful force. 🐝🌱
28.08.2025 13:33 — 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0Trait rate is more important than trait state 🌵
23.08.2025 09:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New database of traits and other variables for the cactus family 🌵this involved an awesome team, lots of work, and funding from the BCSS. We hope that CactEcoDB will facilitate future macro scale analyses of evolution and ecology in cacti 🏜️ @uor-research.bsky.social
30.06.2025 01:52 — 👍 23 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0So happy to announce that a few weeks ago I was offered a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship! And it seems they picked my proposal title to promote the scheme. 🌵 Looking forward to working on new questions, with new methods and even bigger data than before. Thank you @leverhulme.ac.uk
01.06.2025 17:55 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New paper: we used phylogenetics and ethnomedicinal data to predict Fabaceae lineages with undiscovered aphrodisiac and fertility properties. These “hot nodes” are enriched for phytoestrogens, plant compounds with hormonal, menopausal and neurological effects. 🫘
🔗 doi.org/10.3389/fpha...
Had a great evening at Burlington House to collect the @linneansociety.bsky.social Irene Manton prize for botany 🌵. It was amazing to be in the place where the theory of evolution was announced. Thanks once again to The Linnean Society, and congrats to the other medal winners!
23.05.2025 11:32 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Been avoiding the news for a bit. Surely this isn't real?
14.04.2025 21:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Our 2025 Irene Manton Prize winner is Dr Jamie B Thompson! His research into the diversification of flowering plants is revolutionising our understanding of biodiversity, showing that they weren't wiped out by the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. @jamiet-E442.bsky.social
www.linnean.org/the-...
Absolutely mind blown to have won the Irene Manton Prize this year for the best PhD in botany. 🌵 Thanks to all my collaborators and mentors! @milnerevolution.bsky.social @uor-research.bsky.social
09.04.2025 09:04 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
