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Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
Bring back the pollinators.
Square promotional graphic for Botany 2026 featuring a desert illustration with cacti and flowers inside a circular badge. Text reads: “Biodiversity at the Boundaries. Botany 2026. August 1–5. Tucson, Arizona.” Below: “Call for abstracts now open! Deadline April 13, 2026.” Website: botanyconference.org. Logos of participating botanical societies appear along the bottom.
The #Botany2026 Call for Abstracts is OPEN!
Join 1,000+ botanical scientists to share research, spark collaborations, & explore this year’s theme: Biodiversity at the Boundaries.
Submission Deadline: April 13, 2026
Submit abstract here: www.xcdsystem.com/botany/abstr...
www.botanyconference.org
Image Text: Plant BLOOME 2025 ASPB's Plant Biology Learning Objectives, Outreach Materials & Education Grant. Grant Submission deadline: April 24, 2026. Apply Now! Featuring ASPB and BLOOME logo.
🚨Opportunity Alert: ASPB wants to share and fund your plant curriculum materials! Receive up to $8500 to create and disseminate classroom activities & labs that support teaching the Principles for Teaching Plant Biology.🌱
👉 Learn more and apply by April 24: buff.ly/21u2H27!
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Applications due Monday for the T. H. Huxley Award, which recognizes high-quality evolution education resources! The recipient will have the opportunity to attend and present their work at the NABT meeting in October or #Evol2026 in June. Apply today! bit.ly/2kP2pPM
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/...
If you have developed outreach/education resources and want to get the word out— @sse-evolution.bsky.social has a deadline coming up for funding to present at an education focused session/conference. Grad students and Postdocs are very welcome to apply! evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
Students in my CURE @loyolachicago.bsky.social have been busy setting up their experiments comparing microbiome interactions between native and invasive legumes. It's single digits outside here in Chi-beria but feels like spring in our rooftop greenhouse!
Please consider applying for the Huxley Award if you have developed evolution teaching or outreach resources. I'm on the award committee and happy to answer any questions.
What can trees teach us about history and legacy?🌳In an exclusive PEOPLE essay, Beronda Montgomery, ASPB Fellow, reflects on how trees bear witness to Black history, memory, and survival. people.com/beronda-mont...
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NSF building on Eisenhower Av. HUD now owns.
Destroying the NSF mural in the foyer. Of the Eisenhower building.
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
I had a great time presenting at the Plant and Animal Genome conference and visiting with so many awesome folks. Lots of cool science! #PAG33
Will do!
The window for #application to our TBS grants closes Jan 15, so don't forget, and don't miss it! Get those applications in soon - we have #grants for undergrads, masters and PhD students alike to fund research, training and symposia! Apply here: www.torreybotanical.org/grants-awards/
🧪🌎🌿🍄🌾 #botany
Call for manuscript submissions for a new special issue in Environmental and Experimental Botany entitled "Ecophysiology of metal and metalloid hyperaccumulator plants".
Submission deadline is 1 August 2026
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Come and join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #sweden! We have am open position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity.
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Happy new year from northern Michigan.
Nice review! Mutants with altered root development produce distinct exudate profiles, ultimately reshaping their microbial communities. These observations collectively indicate that genetic variation or the genotype of the plant ultimately constrains the metabolic capacity.
Of course I get asked to review a paper during the holidays....
New Job opportunity at the University of Georgia Department of Entomology! Come work a dream job in beautiful Athens!
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/463...
Our plant-focused REU program, led by Prof Nagel, is open for applications, please forward to undergrads and reskeet etap.nsf.gov/award/7573/o... 🌱 🧪
@invam.bsky.social collection, prairies, and AMF all featured in the awesome article
Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Billionaire-backed Episteme aims to free research from bureaucracy. History shows that’s a tall task. https://scim.ag/3MXso70
Carlson et al. build a mathematical model considering how genotype-by-environment interactions can maintain variation and parametrize their model to test its applicability to real mutualisms.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students.
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
It's in print! My opinionated dive into the definition of "coevolution" is officially out in the December issue of @journal-evo.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Fig. 1 Climate change effects on our ecosystems are diverse, but research on plant–microbe interactions has focused on drought.
#TansleyReview: Unraveling complexity in #ClimateChange effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions
Afkhami et al.
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