Benjamin Ajayi
@ajayibenmi.bsky.social
PhD student @floridastate university. Population genomic, Fire ecology and Pollination Biology | @botsocamerica.bsky.social (BSA) students Rep 2024-2026. 🌺🌸🌷🥀🌾
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Breaking: the American Society of Plant Taxonomists now on BlueSky @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social!
#botany2025 #iamabotanist
#botany2025 #iamabotanist
amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social
amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Breaking: the American Society of Plant Taxonomists now on BlueSky @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social!
#botany2025 #iamabotanist
#botany2025 #iamabotanist
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The entire @botsocamerica.bsky.social students community is super proud of you for winning Don Kaplan Dissertation Award
Keep staying proud!
#Botany2025
Keep staying proud!
#Botany2025
I'm glad to be this year's recipient of the Don Kaplan Dissertation Award by Botanical Society of America (BSA), the $10k that came with it is my biggest so far!
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The entire @botsocamerica.bsky.social students community is super proud of you for winning Don Kaplan Dissertation Award
Keep staying proud!
#Botany2025
Keep staying proud!
#Botany2025
The entire @botsocamerica.bsky.social students community is super proud of you for winning Don Kaplan Dissertation Award
Keep staying proud!
#Botany2025
Keep staying proud!
#Botany2025
I'm glad to be this year's recipient of the Don Kaplan Dissertation Award by Botanical Society of America (BSA), the $10k that came with it is my biggest so far!
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The entire @botsocamerica.bsky.social students community is super proud of you for winning Don Kaplan Dissertation Award
Keep staying proud!
#Botany2025
Keep staying proud!
#Botany2025
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July 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Thank you ben ❤️ it has been a blast working with you during my tenure as student rep! #botany2025
Huge shout-out to @botanyballer.bsky.social for his amazing service as a BSA student rep these past two years!
I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.
You’ve made a lasting impact!
#Botany2025
I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.
You’ve made a lasting impact!
#Botany2025
July 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Thank you ben ❤️ it has been a blast working with you during my tenure as student rep! #botany2025
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Huge shout-out to @botanyballer.bsky.social for his amazing service as a BSA student rep these past two years!
I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.
You’ve made a lasting impact!
#Botany2025
I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.
You’ve made a lasting impact!
#Botany2025
July 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Huge shout-out to @botanyballer.bsky.social for his amazing service as a BSA student rep these past two years!
I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.
You’ve made a lasting impact!
#Botany2025
I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.
You’ve made a lasting impact!
#Botany2025
Huge shout-out to @botanyballer.bsky.social for his amazing service as a BSA student rep these past two years!
I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.
You’ve made a lasting impact!
#Botany2025
I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.
You’ve made a lasting impact!
#Botany2025
July 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Huge shout-out to @botanyballer.bsky.social for his amazing service as a BSA student rep these past two years!
I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.
You’ve made a lasting impact!
#Botany2025
I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students.
You’ve made a lasting impact!
#Botany2025
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Some members of the Nigerian plant community at #Botany2025 in Palm Springs, California!
Always fun to meet new friends and listen to all the brilliant ideas and research work from everyone. Always sticking together!!!
@ajayibenmi.bsky.social @petfemspeaks.bsky.social @preshonnature.bsky.social
Always fun to meet new friends and listen to all the brilliant ideas and research work from everyone. Always sticking together!!!
@ajayibenmi.bsky.social @petfemspeaks.bsky.social @preshonnature.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Some members of the Nigerian plant community at #Botany2025 in Palm Springs, California!
Always fun to meet new friends and listen to all the brilliant ideas and research work from everyone. Always sticking together!!!
@ajayibenmi.bsky.social @petfemspeaks.bsky.social @preshonnature.bsky.social
Always fun to meet new friends and listen to all the brilliant ideas and research work from everyone. Always sticking together!!!
@ajayibenmi.bsky.social @petfemspeaks.bsky.social @preshonnature.bsky.social
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Here is the uploaded Botany360 conference guide. @botsocamerica.bsky.social @botanyballer.bsky.social
youtu.be/goEVbnKIAtI
youtu.be/goEVbnKIAtI
Botany360: Make the most out of Botany 2025: A student conference guide
YouTube video by Botanical Society of America Videos
youtu.be
July 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Here is the uploaded Botany360 conference guide. @botsocamerica.bsky.social @botanyballer.bsky.social
youtu.be/goEVbnKIAtI
youtu.be/goEVbnKIAtI
Here is the uploaded Botany360 conference guide. @botsocamerica.bsky.social @botanyballer.bsky.social
youtu.be/goEVbnKIAtI
youtu.be/goEVbnKIAtI
Botany360: Make the most out of Botany 2025: A student conference guide
YouTube video by Botanical Society of America Videos
youtu.be
July 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Here is the uploaded Botany360 conference guide. @botsocamerica.bsky.social @botanyballer.bsky.social
youtu.be/goEVbnKIAtI
youtu.be/goEVbnKIAtI
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Improving computer vision for plant pathology through advanced training techniques
New in #AppsPlantSci by Jamie Sykes, @katherinedenby.bsky.social, and Daniel Franks
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @nserc-resnet.bsky.social #MachineLearning #ComputerVision #cacao #cocoa #botany
New in #AppsPlantSci by Jamie Sykes, @katherinedenby.bsky.social, and Daniel Franks
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @nserc-resnet.bsky.social #MachineLearning #ComputerVision #cacao #cocoa #botany
June 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Improving computer vision for plant pathology through advanced training techniques
New in #AppsPlantSci by Jamie Sykes, @katherinedenby.bsky.social, and Daniel Franks
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @nserc-resnet.bsky.social #MachineLearning #ComputerVision #cacao #cocoa #botany
New in #AppsPlantSci by Jamie Sykes, @katherinedenby.bsky.social, and Daniel Franks
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @nserc-resnet.bsky.social #MachineLearning #ComputerVision #cacao #cocoa #botany
Curious about systematic leaf 🍃 🍂 🍁 architectural diversity of African Annonaceae Juss. and the implications of its venation patterns? doi.org/10.1016/j.sa...
June 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Curious about systematic leaf 🍃 🍂 🍁 architectural diversity of African Annonaceae Juss. and the implications of its venation patterns? doi.org/10.1016/j.sa...
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Please share widely!
We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!
We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!
June 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Please share widely!
We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!
We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!
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Did you miss the Botany360 webinar "Prepping for PLANTS" and want to learn about the program? The recording is now available!
youtu.be/wI-F6Kbu0XM?...
You can also learn more, apply, or sign up to be a mentor by visiting: botany.org/home/awards/...
#PLANTSgrants #BSAUndergrads #IamaBotanist
youtu.be/wI-F6Kbu0XM?...
You can also learn more, apply, or sign up to be a mentor by visiting: botany.org/home/awards/...
#PLANTSgrants #BSAUndergrads #IamaBotanist
February 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Did you miss the Botany360 webinar "Prepping for PLANTS" and want to learn about the program? The recording is now available!
youtu.be/wI-F6Kbu0XM?...
You can also learn more, apply, or sign up to be a mentor by visiting: botany.org/home/awards/...
#PLANTSgrants #BSAUndergrads #IamaBotanist
youtu.be/wI-F6Kbu0XM?...
You can also learn more, apply, or sign up to be a mentor by visiting: botany.org/home/awards/...
#PLANTSgrants #BSAUndergrads #IamaBotanist
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This horrific story has been confirmed to me by a colleague at the same institute as this scientist. The US is not a safe place to run an academic conference. @theguardian.com have an English language version of this story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🔭🧪
March 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This horrific story has been confirmed to me by a colleague at the same institute as this scientist. The US is not a safe place to run an academic conference. @theguardian.com have an English language version of this story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🔭🧪
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🌿 Stretching your research dollars? You’re not alone!
Join us for the #Botany360 free virtual event, Botany on a Budget — a casual discussion with BSA members who have experience making research happen with limited resources.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 2–3 p.m. EST
Register here: tinyurl.com/bot360
Join us for the #Botany360 free virtual event, Botany on a Budget — a casual discussion with BSA members who have experience making research happen with limited resources.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 2–3 p.m. EST
Register here: tinyurl.com/bot360
April 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🌿 Stretching your research dollars? You’re not alone!
Join us for the #Botany360 free virtual event, Botany on a Budget — a casual discussion with BSA members who have experience making research happen with limited resources.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 2–3 p.m. EST
Register here: tinyurl.com/bot360
Join us for the #Botany360 free virtual event, Botany on a Budget — a casual discussion with BSA members who have experience making research happen with limited resources.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 2–3 p.m. EST
Register here: tinyurl.com/bot360
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BSA student members! We are building a starter pack of students so we can build our community on Bluesky😎 reach out to Ben to be added #plantjoy #iamabotanist
December 24, 2024 at 5:22 AM
BSA student members! We are building a starter pack of students so we can build our community on Bluesky😎 reach out to Ben to be added #plantjoy #iamabotanist
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A survey on why people want to study and work with plants: please participate and share <3
forms.gle/btg9GP1L3CTh...
forms.gle/btg9GP1L3CTh...
Plant Biologists and How to Find Them?
We are Dr Joanna Kacprzyk and Dr Rainer Melzer from School of Biology and Environmental Science at University College Dublin, Ireland. Our project Plant Biologists and How to Find Them? aims to invest...
forms.gle
December 3, 2024 at 11:57 AM
A survey on why people want to study and work with plants: please participate and share <3
forms.gle/btg9GP1L3CTh...
forms.gle/btg9GP1L3CTh...
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I'll be giving a free webinar Thurs, Dec 5, 7 p.m. Central time for the Minnesota Native Plant Society on the topics of #oak reproduction, #species, #hybrids, & #phylogeny / #treeOfLife, from my new book (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...).
Join us, and pls share!
us06web.zoom.us/j/6977108818...
Join us, and pls share!
us06web.zoom.us/j/6977108818...
December 1, 2024 at 7:32 PM
I'll be giving a free webinar Thurs, Dec 5, 7 p.m. Central time for the Minnesota Native Plant Society on the topics of #oak reproduction, #species, #hybrids, & #phylogeny / #treeOfLife, from my new book (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...).
Join us, and pls share!
us06web.zoom.us/j/6977108818...
Join us, and pls share!
us06web.zoom.us/j/6977108818...
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Hechtia (Hechtioideae; 94 spp., Texas to Nicaragua) are terrestrial xerophytes. They are also dioecious and have crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). They are attractive but well-armed. This beauty is an undetermined sp. from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 📷: Amante Darmanin CCBY2 #botany 🌾🧪🌱
November 27, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Hechtia (Hechtioideae; 94 spp., Texas to Nicaragua) are terrestrial xerophytes. They are also dioecious and have crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). They are attractive but well-armed. This beauty is an undetermined sp. from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 📷: Amante Darmanin CCBY2 #botany 🌾🧪🌱
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We have an important announcement about #Botany2025: due to unforeseen site renovations at the planned location in Tucson, the conference will have a new location---but the same dates, July 26-30, 2025!
For more details, see mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
For more details, see mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
November 27, 2024 at 1:55 PM
We have an important announcement about #Botany2025: due to unforeseen site renovations at the planned location in Tucson, the conference will have a new location---but the same dates, July 26-30, 2025!
For more details, see mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
For more details, see mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
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100+ species for #Plantsgiving is 😲! Our highest count was in 2022: 75 species, 44 families, 31 orders. I wanna share our 2022 sheet here to encourage more people to participate: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... We have an elaborated menu planned this year to enter this competition! 🧪🌱 #iamabotanist
November 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM
100+ species for #Plantsgiving is 😲! Our highest count was in 2022: 75 species, 44 families, 31 orders. I wanna share our 2022 sheet here to encourage more people to participate: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... We have an elaborated menu planned this year to enter this competition! 🧪🌱 #iamabotanist