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Important paper showing the dearth of plant taxonomists in the tropical countries that need them most

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Kasey Barton smiles while standing in a field of white flowering plants under a bright sky. She wears a light cap and a black-and-white shirt. On the right side of the image, a green panel displays the Annals of Botany logo and the text “Kasey Barton – Interview,” with small white illustrations of seedlings along the bottom.

🎉We invite you to meet Kasey Barton, the AoB editor leading our upcoming Special Issue on Seedling traits and climate change. Get to know her and learn why seedling traits are crucial for understanding plant responses to climate change.
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Call for Papers for Upcoming Special Issues Submissions to open calls are made via our regular submissions site. When submitting, please choose the appropriate special issue title in the 'Special Section'

🌱Our Seedling Traits and Climate Change Special Issue is still open for submissions.
If your work explores how seedlings respond, adapt, or fail under changing climates, we’d love to hear from you.

Learn more👉 botany.fyi/htj54e

📅Submissions deadline: 1 Feb, 2026 (9/9)

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Slop graphics in academic journals Use this form to share graphics (e.g., figures, covers, graphical abstracts) made using generative A.I. that have appeared in academic journals. The plan is to compile these slop graphics in an ope...

If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form:

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Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.

#AcademicChatter

Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.

Yes to restoring the shabby bits!

We’re opening the doors for community meetings. Your chance to influence our next steps & get more involved in the network.

Join one of our upcoming sessions:

🗓 Dec 4 — 06:00 UTC
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🗓 Dec 4 — 18:00 UTC
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🗓 Dec 5 — 13:00 UTC
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Help guide where ITMN goes next! 🚀

British Ecological Society invites applications for Associate Editor; deadline 23 February. Background shows ants on a green plant.

💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?

We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.

I'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026.

jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...

Join the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona for our 2026 Dendrochronology Intensive Summer Course (DISC)! Spend 3 great weeks (May 18th to June 5, 2026) in the field, lab, and classroom learning first-hand how tree-ring research is done! ltrr.arizona.edu/summerschool

We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪

If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
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The Shift #2: COP30 in a multipolar world These are my reflections on COP30, the first climate COP that I have attended. I would like to thank the Toha Network for supporting my travel, Brazil's Ministry of Finance for the invitation to pre-C...

I’ve written about #COP30 for The Transition(s) Lab.

When the gavel came down in Belém, there was no major diplomatic breakthrough, but that’s not all that COPs are about these days. In a multipolar world, that’s likely a good thing.

Read more here: the-transitions-lab.ghost.io/the-shift-2-...

The banning of gender affirming care/ puberty blockers for trans kids is a TEST. This Luxon-led coalition is seeing how much pushback they receive on this issue to figure out how to ban abortion & contraception next term. They're anti-choice, they will act on this. #nzpol #abortion #pubertyblockers

Senior medical doctors condemn the puberty blocker ban: “It is completely inappropriate for the Government of the day to be determining treatment options for our patients."

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Climate deal reached at COP30 - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre Wealthy countries have tripled their financial support to help vulnerable nations adapt to the impacts of climate change, but the final COP30 climate deal leaves out any mention of the fossil fuels that...

Climate deal reached at COP30 – Expert Reaction

Cop30’s watered-down agreements will do little for an ecosystem at tipping point Delegates made minimal headway on timetable for replacing oil and gas or on firm commitments to reducing carbon emissions

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Forest Biotechnology Group at NC State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"

Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_NCSU.pdf

#PlantSciJobs

for less "Fake science news", choose women: "The gender gap was even more pronounced in misconduct-related retractions, where women first authors accounted for only 11.5% of all cases. Women were also significantly less likely to have multiple retractions." 😀👏

Really wish the academic quoted in this article was being asked some more direct questions about exactly what 'harm' she thinks might be done if a teenager starts and then decides to stop puberty blockers. The fearmongering in the guise of concern is very tiresome.

Auckland Pride takes legal action over scrapping of transgender inclusive sports guidelines Auckland Pride has filed for judicial review in the High Court over Minister Mark Mitchell's directive that Sport NZ must scrap its transgender inclusive community sport guidelines.

Auckland Pride takes legal action over scrapping of transgender inclusive sports guidelines www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

All of this 👇

Halt to puberty blockers curses 'young transgender women to stigma' That's the reaction of a model who used puberty blockers as a teen to rules halting new prescriptions for young people.

Horrible political meddling in healthcare in Aotearoa. "To me, this is basically cursing an entire generation of young transgender woman to social stigma, to moving through this world and having to deal with so much - I don't have another word for it - violence."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause The Government’s decision to stop new prescriptions of puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria for at least six years has been called politically motivated and discriminatory.

‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Rainbow orgs have released a statement: “The banning of puberty blockers is an example of government overreach and political attacks on healthcare… it is an unprecedented and inherently discriminatory use of the Medicines Act to deny healthcare to a particular population on the basis of their sex”

Overcoming barriers that limit the impact of ecological research Ecology and conservation researchers have diverse goals that often include both personal career aspirations and desires to enhance the well-being of the natural world and its inhabitants. Perception ....

Why do so many ecologists share common feelings of disconnection between their research goals and real-world impact? 🌍

Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇

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Such a wonderful tribute to Mel, wasn't it? And so many photos!

Two 4-year PhD positions available for Oct 2026 🪴 We're part of CNAP with 12 plant/microbe research groups combining excellent fundamental science with innovation.

1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
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The fire is out, but Tongariro is now at risk of losing its unique biological legacy The disaster should raise questions about how we fund, manage and protect these vulnerable habitats when climate change is outpacing conservation efforts.

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Scientists (especially early career researchers): How has your career been impacted over the last year of policy changes and funding cuts? Contact me here or on Signal if you have a story to share.

The Art of Being Difficult I want to talk about change, about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From c…

This is about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From climate change to education. Our systems are not serving us well, and it's time to push back.

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