Jesús Martínez-Gómez
@jesusgm.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in EEMB @ UCSB | Evo-Devo • Botany • phylogenetic comparative methods • meristems
https://www.martinezgomezlab.com/
https://www.martinezgomezlab.com/
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Jesús Martínez-Gómez
@jesusgm.bsky.social
· Jul 25
Martinez-Gomez Lab
Plant Evo-Devo
www.martinezgomezlab.com
A little belated but I've started a faculty position at Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology department at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social. I'm absolutely stoked! I'll be recruiting at all levels and will be at #Botany2025
Reach out!
www.martinezgomezlab.com
Reach out!
www.martinezgomezlab.com
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We’re #hiring a #postdoc @ucriverside.bsky.social 🌿
Work on cis-regulatory evolution, gene family diversification, and cell-type-specific climate responses using single-cell and comparative genomics - kenchanmanelab.com/research/
Deadline: Feb 5, 2026
Apply: aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02058
Work on cis-regulatory evolution, gene family diversification, and cell-type-specific climate responses using single-cell and comparative genomics - kenchanmanelab.com/research/
Deadline: Feb 5, 2026
Apply: aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02058
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
We’re #hiring a #postdoc @ucriverside.bsky.social 🌿
Work on cis-regulatory evolution, gene family diversification, and cell-type-specific climate responses using single-cell and comparative genomics - kenchanmanelab.com/research/
Deadline: Feb 5, 2026
Apply: aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02058
Work on cis-regulatory evolution, gene family diversification, and cell-type-specific climate responses using single-cell and comparative genomics - kenchanmanelab.com/research/
Deadline: Feb 5, 2026
Apply: aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02058
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An example setup for herbarium tours. This is a general setup, as we have 8 groups coming today. I've prepared for discussions of taxonomy, floristics, history, and of course the basic: What is an herbarium?
Herbaria encourage questions in these areas and many more.
@mortonarboretum.bsky.social
Herbaria encourage questions in these areas and many more.
@mortonarboretum.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 3:33 PM
An example setup for herbarium tours. This is a general setup, as we have 8 groups coming today. I've prepared for discussions of taxonomy, floristics, history, and of course the basic: What is an herbarium?
Herbaria encourage questions in these areas and many more.
@mortonarboretum.bsky.social
Herbaria encourage questions in these areas and many more.
@mortonarboretum.bsky.social
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There's a lot going on right now. But I just want to take a moment to celebrate the recent accomplishments of the truly incredible young scientists I get to work with on a daily basis in my lab. #proudPI
Here are some of their recent accomplishments (a thread):
Here are some of their recent accomplishments (a thread):
January 28, 2026 at 9:51 PM
There's a lot going on right now. But I just want to take a moment to celebrate the recent accomplishments of the truly incredible young scientists I get to work with on a daily basis in my lab. #proudPI
Here are some of their recent accomplishments (a thread):
Here are some of their recent accomplishments (a thread):
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📣 Check out JXB's newest Special Issue 📣
📜 Issue 3 of 2026 📜
🔬 Plasmodesmata: Current perspectives on plant intercellular communication and signalling 🔬
📘 Guest edited by Jake Brunkard & Tessa Burch-Smith
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology
📜 Issue 3 of 2026 📜
🔬 Plasmodesmata: Current perspectives on plant intercellular communication and signalling 🔬
📘 Guest edited by Jake Brunkard & Tessa Burch-Smith
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 PM
📣 Check out JXB's newest Special Issue 📣
📜 Issue 3 of 2026 📜
🔬 Plasmodesmata: Current perspectives on plant intercellular communication and signalling 🔬
📘 Guest edited by Jake Brunkard & Tessa Burch-Smith
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology
📜 Issue 3 of 2026 📜
🔬 Plasmodesmata: Current perspectives on plant intercellular communication and signalling 🔬
📘 Guest edited by Jake Brunkard & Tessa Burch-Smith
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology
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nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JAIVZX...
Excited to share my latest work in @newphyt.bsky.social. Here, we used TurboID proximity labeling with CLAVATA receptors FEA3 and BAM1D in maize meristems to better understand the signaling pathways important for meristem regulation. #PlantScience
Excited to share my latest work in @newphyt.bsky.social. Here, we used TurboID proximity labeling with CLAVATA receptors FEA3 and BAM1D in maize meristems to better understand the signaling pathways important for meristem regulation. #PlantScience
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 PM
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JAIVZX...
Excited to share my latest work in @newphyt.bsky.social. Here, we used TurboID proximity labeling with CLAVATA receptors FEA3 and BAM1D in maize meristems to better understand the signaling pathways important for meristem regulation. #PlantScience
Excited to share my latest work in @newphyt.bsky.social. Here, we used TurboID proximity labeling with CLAVATA receptors FEA3 and BAM1D in maize meristems to better understand the signaling pathways important for meristem regulation. #PlantScience
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Cow Tools!
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Cow Tools!
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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Visit days where potential grad student admits are brought to campus are starting soon. I have some info on what to expect at applyingtoeeb.info
For those making schedules for such events, I have an #rstats package for that; sample fn: bomeara.github.io/scheduleR/re...
🧪 #AcademicSky
For those making schedules for such events, I have an #rstats package for that; sample fn: bomeara.github.io/scheduleR/re...
🧪 #AcademicSky
January 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Visit days where potential grad student admits are brought to campus are starting soon. I have some info on what to expect at applyingtoeeb.info
For those making schedules for such events, I have an #rstats package for that; sample fn: bomeara.github.io/scheduleR/re...
🧪 #AcademicSky
For those making schedules for such events, I have an #rstats package for that; sample fn: bomeara.github.io/scheduleR/re...
🧪 #AcademicSky
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When @omearabrian.bsky.social saw the manuscript, he described it as: ‘What if this figure could be an entire paper?’
I choose to interpret that as high praise.
Now accepted at AmNat: The geometry of macroevolution (with Dan Rabosky). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
I choose to interpret that as high praise.
Now accepted at AmNat: The geometry of macroevolution (with Dan Rabosky). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
January 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
When @omearabrian.bsky.social saw the manuscript, he described it as: ‘What if this figure could be an entire paper?’
I choose to interpret that as high praise.
Now accepted at AmNat: The geometry of macroevolution (with Dan Rabosky). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
I choose to interpret that as high praise.
Now accepted at AmNat: The geometry of macroevolution (with Dan Rabosky). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Post-Doctoral Opportunity in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics!
If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
apply.interfolio.com/180051
If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
apply.interfolio.com/180051
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January 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Post-Doctoral Opportunity in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics!
If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
apply.interfolio.com/180051
If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
apply.interfolio.com/180051
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Applications are now open for the 2026 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE)!
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested:
lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684
Deadline to apply: 1/26
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested:
lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684
Deadline to apply: 1/26
Workshop on Molecular Evolution | Marine Biological Laboratory
The workshop serves graduate students, postdocs, and established faculty from around the world seeking to apply the principles of molecular evolution to questions of anthropology, conservation genetic...
www.mbl.edu
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Applications are now open for the 2026 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE)!
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested:
lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684
Deadline to apply: 1/26
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested:
lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684
Deadline to apply: 1/26
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My "Friends don't let friends make bad graphs" repo is approaching 7k stars on GitHub. As of this moment, 6962, to be exact. 38 more to go to 7000.
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
January 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
My "Friends don't let friends make bad graphs" repo is approaching 7k stars on GitHub. As of this moment, 6962, to be exact. 38 more to go to 7000.
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
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Happy to share this work with Virginia Sanchez-Puerta (not on bsky) and colleagues on how loss of photosynthesis in these (strange!) plants affects translation and tRNAs in plastids and mitochondria....
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Happy to share this work with Virginia Sanchez-Puerta (not on bsky) and colleagues on how loss of photosynthesis in these (strange!) plants affects translation and tRNAs in plastids and mitochondria....
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
1/n
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
1/n
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If you are in Baton Rouge come see my seminar at LSU @lsu.bsky.social today! Many thanks to Laura Lagomarsino @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for the invitation to speak in the Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series and can't wait to meet all the LAGNiAppE Scholars, PIs, and mentors!
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
If you are in Baton Rouge come see my seminar at LSU @lsu.bsky.social today! Many thanks to Laura Lagomarsino @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for the invitation to speak in the Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series and can't wait to meet all the LAGNiAppE Scholars, PIs, and mentors!
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SMRT Grant winner spotlight!🪸🌊
Ben Moran (@ben-moran.bsky.social), Schmidt Science Fellow at UC Davis, is using #PacBio long-read low-pass HiFi sequencing to study coral bleaching across 96 samples, with prep, sequencing, and informatics supported by Veil Genomics. We're so excited for #PAG33.
Ben Moran (@ben-moran.bsky.social), Schmidt Science Fellow at UC Davis, is using #PacBio long-read low-pass HiFi sequencing to study coral bleaching across 96 samples, with prep, sequencing, and informatics supported by Veil Genomics. We're so excited for #PAG33.
January 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
SMRT Grant winner spotlight!🪸🌊
Ben Moran (@ben-moran.bsky.social), Schmidt Science Fellow at UC Davis, is using #PacBio long-read low-pass HiFi sequencing to study coral bleaching across 96 samples, with prep, sequencing, and informatics supported by Veil Genomics. We're so excited for #PAG33.
Ben Moran (@ben-moran.bsky.social), Schmidt Science Fellow at UC Davis, is using #PacBio long-read low-pass HiFi sequencing to study coral bleaching across 96 samples, with prep, sequencing, and informatics supported by Veil Genomics. We're so excited for #PAG33.
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Registration continues this morning in the Hilton lobby for #SSB2026!
We've got name tags, lanyards, meeting stickers, and buttons for everyone.
Be sure to let us know if you're a first time speaker at a scientific conference!
We've got name tags, lanyards, meeting stickers, and buttons for everyone.
Be sure to let us know if you're a first time speaker at a scientific conference!
January 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Registration continues this morning in the Hilton lobby for #SSB2026!
We've got name tags, lanyards, meeting stickers, and buttons for everyone.
Be sure to let us know if you're a first time speaker at a scientific conference!
We've got name tags, lanyards, meeting stickers, and buttons for everyone.
Be sure to let us know if you're a first time speaker at a scientific conference!
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#SSB2026 is officially getting underway!
We're set up in the Hilton lobby for registrations until 8. If you haven't found us yet, swing on by.
@systbiol.bsky.social
We're set up in the Hilton lobby for registrations until 8. If you haven't found us yet, swing on by.
@systbiol.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 12:53 AM
#SSB2026 is officially getting underway!
We're set up in the Hilton lobby for registrations until 8. If you haven't found us yet, swing on by.
@systbiol.bsky.social
We're set up in the Hilton lobby for registrations until 8. If you haven't found us yet, swing on by.
@systbiol.bsky.social
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I have the sad news that my friend & mentor Walter S. Judd passed away last Sunday. Walt was an award-winning teacher & a stellar systematist & taxonomist. His work with Ericaceae & Melastomataceae is the model of what good taxonomy is all about. He will be greatly missed. #Botany 🌾🧪
January 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I have the sad news that my friend & mentor Walter S. Judd passed away last Sunday. Walt was an award-winning teacher & a stellar systematist & taxonomist. His work with Ericaceae & Melastomataceae is the model of what good taxonomy is all about. He will be greatly missed. #Botany 🌾🧪
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Do you know that many palms are acaulescent (without stems)? The APALM database lists 216 acaulescent palms. They have rizomes (geophyte palms!) & thus are very resilient to disturbances. By da Silva et al.
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... | @annbot.bsky.social
🧪🌍🌱🪴🌴 #plantscience botany
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... | @annbot.bsky.social
🧪🌍🌱🪴🌴 #plantscience botany
January 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Do you know that many palms are acaulescent (without stems)? The APALM database lists 216 acaulescent palms. They have rizomes (geophyte palms!) & thus are very resilient to disturbances. By da Silva et al.
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... | @annbot.bsky.social
🧪🌍🌱🪴🌴 #plantscience botany
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... | @annbot.bsky.social
🧪🌍🌱🪴🌴 #plantscience botany
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Support from @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social up to $1500 is available for masters and doctoral students to conduct fieldwork, herbarium studies, and/or laboratory research in any area of plant systematics. Join ASPT today, and apply by Feb 28, 2026... details below:
www.aspt.net/awards
www.aspt.net/awards
Graduate Student Grants — American Society of Plant Taxonomists
www.aspt.net
January 7, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Support from @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social up to $1500 is available for masters and doctoral students to conduct fieldwork, herbarium studies, and/or laboratory research in any area of plant systematics. Join ASPT today, and apply by Feb 28, 2026... details below:
www.aspt.net/awards
www.aspt.net/awards
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Today at @sicb.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social told us bulbs were the worms from tremors so I had to do a quick lunch doodle (seriously neat talk thought)
January 6, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Today at @sicb.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social told us bulbs were the worms from tremors so I had to do a quick lunch doodle (seriously neat talk thought)
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How to work on a draft manuscript with a developing writer - through three stages of manuscript development. You can do less work and be more effective! 🧪
Three stages of manuscript development – and why they matter to you as a mentor
When folks find out that Bethann Garramon Merkle and I have written a book called Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences: An Evidence-based Approach, they often ask: “What’s your #1 tip?”* …
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January 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
How to work on a draft manuscript with a developing writer - through three stages of manuscript development. You can do less work and be more effective! 🧪
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AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia
Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience #Botany
Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia
Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience #Botany
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia
Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience #Botany
Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia
Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience #Botany
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The phys.org treatment of our new paper describing Solanum nectarifolium and its cool extrafloral nectaries.
#ozplants
#ozplants
New species of bush tomato with visible nectar glands discovered in the Australian outback
A recent study led by Bucknell University Professor Chris Martine, biology, the David Burpee Professor of Plant Genetics and Research, has identified and described a new species of bush tomato with a ...
phys.org
January 6, 2026 at 6:07 AM