🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics!
My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026.
We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems.
#Postdoc #EcoEvo
Pls RT!
Poll: For a scientific publication in biology, if authors are listed as:
A, B, C, D, E, F* (*corresponding)
Is your interpretation that C or E contributed more to the paper?
Vote with likes below and I welcome comments, especially what subdiscipline you're in.
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The model of unpaid academic labor required good jobs with ample unstructured time.
Nice photo!
Paper is in the works on the population genetics of its invasion into NZ...
I know of it from @relenski.bsky.social's blog:
telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/t...
🎉 Big milestone alert! 🎉
The CSEE has reached 1,000 members, and is still growing!
A heartfelt thank you to every member for helping create such a supportive, inspiring community for ecologists and evolutionary biologists across Canada and beyond. 💚 Let's keep building this community together.
In it's 20th anniversary year, @csee-scee.bsky.social reaches its largest size so far. 1000 members!
Canadian Ecology and Evolution is stronger than ever!!
⏰ Last call for early‑bird registration!
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This, every year, is the BEST MEETING EVER. I'm going to miss it this year, for the first time in about 20 years... take my spot! Do the things there I would have done! Learn the things I would have learned! Have the fun I would have had!*
Green Botanical Society of America graphic titled “BSA Awards with February Deadlines!” A list of awards appears in white text with leaf icons beside each item. • Corresponding Member Awards — Deadline Feb. 2, 2026 • $10,000 Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology — Deadline Feb. 2, 2026 • $10,000 Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology — Deadline Feb. 2, 2026 • $1,500 Graduate Student Research Awards: J.S. Karling Graduate Student Research Award and AJ Harris Graduate Student Research Award — Deadline Feb. 16, 2026 • Public Policy Award — Deadline Feb. 20, 2026 At the bottom is the URL “www.botany.org/home/awards.html,” the Botanical Society of America logo, and a large green leaf image. A QR code appears in the lower right corner.
Several BSA award deadlines are coming up fast in February, including $10,000 dissertation awards, grad student research awards, and public policy awards.
Our new BSA Member Toolkit video shows you how to apply, step by step:
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📣🐦This is a reminder that early bird registration for the CSEE 2026 Conference ends tomorrow, January 30!
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If you can only visit one place at Harvard, make it the glass flower exhibit at the Museum of Natural History.
4000 models, 847 species.
Commissioned by the university for teaching botany and created by the Czech father and son Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka 1887 through 1936.
Uppsala in late autumn
Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
So great! I love the analogy you start with!
That's awesome! Congrats! 🎉 Is there a recording?
Good luck at the next level!
My annual "DO IT!" encouragement post!
Selfishly, my time on CSEE council was the highlight of my PhD, it opened doors and opportunities that research alone did not. And I think we accomplished some good things for the society! 🧪🌎
Are you anywhere in the world (other than Canada) and want to do a PhD in my lab in Canada at Queen's University? We have a prestigious scholarship for 3-years of PhD funding. Get in touch, applications due early February. Must love plants and evolution!
friedmanlab.ca
Led by Roel Brienen, our paper in @natcomms.nature.com "Contrasting pathways to tree longevity in gymnosperms and angiosperms" is finally out and formatted.
Other bluesky folks contributing to the paper were @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social and @rmtrr.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Do you want to help advance the profile of #ecology, #evolution, & #conservation in Canada? Do you want to be part of a team that gets things done on behalf of a broader community? Run for CSEE Council! Nominations due April 26. Learn more here: csee-scee.ca/elections/
The most-read article in @canjzoology.bsky.social gy.bsky.social last year saw a jump in reads after a bear incident this past autumn, with the increase further enabled by #OpenAccess when people were looking for answers @cdnsciencepub.com
The utility of science www.raincoast.org/2026/01/util...
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In our 2026 pre-budget submission, Ontario’s universities call on the Ontario Government to invest in universities so they can continue developing the skills, ideas and research that power Ontario’s economy: ontariosuniversities.ca/report/2026-... #ONpse #ONpoli
This is a little ancillary but I recently talked with Sam Scheiner (recently retired PO) and he gives good advice for junior scientists etc about maintaining science in the face of uncertainty www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolutio...
Reporting back to say that today I did your - @thelonglab.bsky.social - exercise with playing cards for HWE with 300 students. It worked amazingly well! Students said it helped them SO MUCH with understanding! Thanks for sharing and for the link to the instructions!
Map of western United States showing the six focal populations of Mimulus cardinalis used in this study. Populations were sourced from the leading edge (N1 and N2), range center (C1 and C2), and trailing edge (S1 and S2) of the range of M. cardinalis and are set on a backdrop of grey-scale extreme maximum temperature across a 30-year period from 1981
Rangewide responses of #Mimulus cardinalis to an extreme heat event
New #AJB research by Lucas Albano, Robin Bingham, Sulma Correa, Catherine Laufenberg, Cristina Payst, Christopher Muir & Seema Nayan Sheth
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #monkeyflower #climatechange
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🌿 Meeting Plant Scientists | @botany.one
🎙️ Marcelo A. Aizen
📝 “Pollination is More Than Just Animals Visiting Flowers”
A new interview from Botany One.
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Thanks for this post! I just shared your blogpost with my Evolution undergrad course, after talking about Wallace yesterday. Didn't know of Costa's book, and have now ordered a copy.
But now, when I hear "well, I use chatgpt because I can code in R / analyse my data / do literature review again", my answer is systematically: no, you cannot.
I think the loss of technical skills is dangerous for research, because it prevents a sound understanding of feasibility.
This webinar by @stephenbheard.bsky.social looks fabulous!!! Aimed at professors mentoring ECR writers (rather than the writer's themselves)!
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