Jake Francis
@jsfrancis.bsky.social
Flower counter, bee watcher, mediocre microbiologist. Former bicycle mechanic turned Asst. Prof. at Florida Atlantic University 🦉.
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New study with @maureenpage.bsky.social @jsfrancis.bsky.social et al finds that honeybee competition reduces the nutritional quality of wild bee pollen diets 🐝
But, including high-protein plant species in wildflower plantings can partially mitigate these negative effects 🧪🌍
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
But, including high-protein plant species in wildflower plantings can partially mitigate these negative effects 🧪🌍
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
November 8, 2024 at 1:27 PM
New study with @maureenpage.bsky.social @jsfrancis.bsky.social et al finds that honeybee competition reduces the nutritional quality of wild bee pollen diets 🐝
But, including high-protein plant species in wildflower plantings can partially mitigate these negative effects 🧪🌍
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
But, including high-protein plant species in wildflower plantings can partially mitigate these negative effects 🧪🌍
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Did you know social bees eat pollen directly at flowers while foraging? New pub in Apidologie - we investigate function of pollen eating on flowers, and potentially link it to quality assessment! Work w/ students & @annieleonard.bsky.social @jsfrancis.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
trebuchet.public.springernature.app
November 26, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Did you know social bees eat pollen directly at flowers while foraging? New pub in Apidologie - we investigate function of pollen eating on flowers, and potentially link it to quality assessment! Work w/ students & @annieleonard.bsky.social @jsfrancis.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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What gives us #PlantJoy? Giving you a few more days to get those abstracts in!
The Botany 2024 early-registration discount and abstract submission deadlines have BEEN EXTENDED to APRIL 5th!
www.botanyconference.org
The Botany 2024 early-registration discount and abstract submission deadlines have BEEN EXTENDED to APRIL 5th!
www.botanyconference.org
March 29, 2024 at 5:27 PM
What gives us #PlantJoy? Giving you a few more days to get those abstracts in!
The Botany 2024 early-registration discount and abstract submission deadlines have BEEN EXTENDED to APRIL 5th!
www.botanyconference.org
The Botany 2024 early-registration discount and abstract submission deadlines have BEEN EXTENDED to APRIL 5th!
www.botanyconference.org
Boosting because we are still searching, abstracts are due Monday! 🪴🌾🌎🌼
We are looking for early-career chemical ecology folks who want to participate in a symposium at botany. Hoping to have a vibrant and diverse representation of grad students, post-docs, and pre-tenure faculty.
Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me!
#botany #plant-sciences
Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me!
#botany #plant-sciences
March 28, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Boosting because we are still searching, abstracts are due Monday! 🪴🌾🌎🌼
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We are looking for early-career chemical ecology folks who want to participate in a symposium at botany. Hoping to have a vibrant and diverse representation of grad students, post-docs, and pre-tenure faculty.
Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me!
#botany #plant-sciences
Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me!
#botany #plant-sciences
March 1, 2024 at 8:52 PM
We are looking for early-career chemical ecology folks who want to participate in a symposium at botany. Hoping to have a vibrant and diverse representation of grad students, post-docs, and pre-tenure faculty.
Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me!
#botany #plant-sciences
Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me!
#botany #plant-sciences
My next blog posts on pollination ecology techniques is up. It covers some tips for pollen collection I learned during my dissertation, as well as some discussion of quantifying pollen rewards. I'd love to hear about others' experiences.
jacobsfrancis.com/pollen-colle...
🌾🪴🌎🌼 #pollination #botany
jacobsfrancis.com/pollen-colle...
🌾🪴🌎🌼 #pollination #botany
March 28, 2024 at 5:31 PM
My next blog posts on pollination ecology techniques is up. It covers some tips for pollen collection I learned during my dissertation, as well as some discussion of quantifying pollen rewards. I'd love to hear about others' experiences.
jacobsfrancis.com/pollen-colle...
🌾🪴🌎🌼 #pollination #botany
jacobsfrancis.com/pollen-colle...
🌾🪴🌎🌼 #pollination #botany
We are looking for early-career chemical ecology folks who want to participate in a symposium at botany. Hoping to have a vibrant and diverse representation of grad students, post-docs, and pre-tenure faculty.
Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me!
#botany #plant-sciences
Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me!
#botany #plant-sciences
March 1, 2024 at 8:52 PM
We are looking for early-career chemical ecology folks who want to participate in a symposium at botany. Hoping to have a vibrant and diverse representation of grad students, post-docs, and pre-tenure faculty.
Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me!
#botany #plant-sciences
Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me!
#botany #plant-sciences
I am hiring a post-bac lab coordinator - this person will be the first official member of the lab besides me and will have the opportunity to be a part of many upcoming research projects from their inception!
Job Ad here: fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/jo...
Job Ad here: fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/jo...
February 20, 2024 at 7:45 PM
I am hiring a post-bac lab coordinator - this person will be the first official member of the lab besides me and will have the opportunity to be a part of many upcoming research projects from their inception!
Job Ad here: fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/jo...
Job Ad here: fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/jo...
I recently got a question about sampling nectar, and was reminded of this quick blog post I did this summer about tips and tricks for new pollination ecologists. I will be working on more of these once 2 pressing MS are off my plate! jacobsfrancis.com/tips-on-samp...
🌾🌎🪴🌼
#botany #pollination
🌾🌎🪴🌼
#botany #pollination
February 20, 2024 at 7:43 PM
I recently got a question about sampling nectar, and was reminded of this quick blog post I did this summer about tips and tricks for new pollination ecologists. I will be working on more of these once 2 pressing MS are off my plate! jacobsfrancis.com/tips-on-samp...
🌾🌎🪴🌼
#botany #pollination
🌾🌎🪴🌼
#botany #pollination
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📜 Leaf abaxial and adaxial surfaces differentially affect plant-fungal pathogen interactions
🧑🔬 Celine Caseys, @spicybotrytis.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ (Feeds) #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMetabolites #Botrytis
🧑🔬 Celine Caseys, @spicybotrytis.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ (Feeds) #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMetabolites #Botrytis
Leaf abaxial and adaxial surfaces differentially affect plant-fungal pathogen interactions
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
www.biorxiv.org
February 16, 2024 at 9:17 AM
📜 Leaf abaxial and adaxial surfaces differentially affect plant-fungal pathogen interactions
🧑🔬 Celine Caseys, @spicybotrytis.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ (Feeds) #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMetabolites #Botrytis
🧑🔬 Celine Caseys, @spicybotrytis.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ (Feeds) #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMetabolites #Botrytis
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Thanks to the Duke Student newspaper for an informative piece about the announcement that Duke is abandoning support for its Herbarium, one of the most important in the nation
www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024...
www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024...
‘To kill a program’: Duke to close herbarium after over 100 years of operation
The Duke Herbarium is the second-largest private university herbarium in the U.S. and is home to more than 825,000 plant specimens, including some specimens almost 200 years old. Universities across t...
www.dukechronicle.com
February 16, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Thanks to the Duke Student newspaper for an informative piece about the announcement that Duke is abandoning support for its Herbarium, one of the most important in the nation
www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024...
www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024...
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Hey science friends! Ever wonder what the phage community of bumble bees look like? Or how to best sample host-associated phage communities? Check out our new preprint!
Turns out that the bumble bees we sampled hosted extraordinarily low diversity phage communities, relative to honey bees. 🐝🦠🧪
Turns out that the bumble bees we sampled hosted extraordinarily low diversity phage communities, relative to honey bees. 🐝🦠🧪
Targeted Viromes and Total Metagenomes Capture Distinct Components of Bee Gut Phage Communities
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
www.biorxiv.org
February 15, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Hey science friends! Ever wonder what the phage community of bumble bees look like? Or how to best sample host-associated phage communities? Check out our new preprint!
Turns out that the bumble bees we sampled hosted extraordinarily low diversity phage communities, relative to honey bees. 🐝🦠🧪
Turns out that the bumble bees we sampled hosted extraordinarily low diversity phage communities, relative to honey bees. 🐝🦠🧪
Couldn't handle having COVID and needing a haircut so went straight to the 1/16th buzz. We will see how my 17 moth old handles it as I have had hair since she was born!
February 9, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Couldn't handle having COVID and needing a haircut so went straight to the 1/16th buzz. We will see how my 17 moth old handles it as I have had hair since she was born!
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Have you ever dreamed of running a field station, working with scientists, students, and artists? Check out our search for Reserve Director at the UC Berkeley Sagehen Creek Field Station, in the beautiful Tahoe/Truckee area of the Sierra Nevada! Closing date: 3/2/24. tinyurl.com/SagehenCreek
February 7, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Have you ever dreamed of running a field station, working with scientists, students, and artists? Check out our search for Reserve Director at the UC Berkeley Sagehen Creek Field Station, in the beautiful Tahoe/Truckee area of the Sierra Nevada! Closing date: 3/2/24. tinyurl.com/SagehenCreek
Botany 2024 is gonna be a blast!
The Botany 2024–Resilience in a Changing World - Regional Botany Special Lecturer will be Kaya DeerInWater. Kaya is a member of the Citizen Band of Potawatomi, and is pursuing his Master's degree in Biocultural Restoration at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York.
botanyconference.org/speaker-bios...
botanyconference.org/speaker-bios...
February 1, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Botany 2024 is gonna be a blast!
Reposted by Jake Francis
The Botany 2024–Resilience in a Changing World - Regional Botany Special Lecturer will be Kaya DeerInWater. Kaya is a member of the Citizen Band of Potawatomi, and is pursuing his Master's degree in Biocultural Restoration at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York.
botanyconference.org/speaker-bios...
botanyconference.org/speaker-bios...
January 31, 2024 at 6:55 PM
The Botany 2024–Resilience in a Changing World - Regional Botany Special Lecturer will be Kaya DeerInWater. Kaya is a member of the Citizen Band of Potawatomi, and is pursuing his Master's degree in Biocultural Restoration at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York.
botanyconference.org/speaker-bios...
botanyconference.org/speaker-bios...
Back in California finishing up some lab work.
The good news is you don't immediately forget how to do wet-lab work when you start as a PI.
But, I feel like I should start doing DNA extractions once a month and track the decline in my ability to move small colorless liquids as time goes by.
The good news is you don't immediately forget how to do wet-lab work when you start as a PI.
But, I feel like I should start doing DNA extractions once a month and track the decline in my ability to move small colorless liquids as time goes by.
February 1, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Back in California finishing up some lab work.
The good news is you don't immediately forget how to do wet-lab work when you start as a PI.
But, I feel like I should start doing DNA extractions once a month and track the decline in my ability to move small colorless liquids as time goes by.
The good news is you don't immediately forget how to do wet-lab work when you start as a PI.
But, I feel like I should start doing DNA extractions once a month and track the decline in my ability to move small colorless liquids as time goes by.
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The story of my very rough first year as a postdoc was just published! elifesciences.org/articles/96286
Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Outgrowing self-denial
After hitting rock bottom a few months into a prestigious fellowship, a postdoc recounts how they found their way to ADHD medication, therapy, and better mental health.
elifesciences.org
January 24, 2024 at 3:46 PM
The story of my very rough first year as a postdoc was just published! elifesciences.org/articles/96286
Been Quiet for a couple of months because in deep on starting the new lab! The room is completely cleaned out finally, and it is time to start amassing the things we need to do some science!
January 24, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Been Quiet for a couple of months because in deep on starting the new lab! The room is completely cleaned out finally, and it is time to start amassing the things we need to do some science!
The best way to see a new ecosystem in my mind. Faster than walking so you can cover some ground and get a sense of beta diversity, but slow enough to actually see things.
December 11, 2023 at 3:33 PM
The best way to see a new ecosystem in my mind. Faster than walking so you can cover some ground and get a sense of beta diversity, but slow enough to actually see things.
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My friend and fellow conservation scientist Sheila has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and her partner is quitting his job to take care of her. If you can spare any funds to help their family, I and they would appreciate it.
@savewildbees.bsky.social
@savewildbees.bsky.social
Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment, organized by Anna Penner
There is a good chance that you already know Sheila Colla: she is a brillia… Anna Penner needs your support for Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment
www.gofundme.com
November 16, 2023 at 1:08 PM
My friend and fellow conservation scientist Sheila has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and her partner is quitting his job to take care of her. If you can spare any funds to help their family, I and they would appreciate it.
@savewildbees.bsky.social
@savewildbees.bsky.social
If you are out here sending 3.5 page long letters of recommendation for a small travel grant for a trainee... please don't.
November 14, 2023 at 4:01 PM
If you are out here sending 3.5 page long letters of recommendation for a small travel grant for a trainee... please don't.
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Caupolicana floridana; a pretty Florida endemic bee, sighted doing serious bee things near Lake Placid last fall 🧡🌿
November 10, 2023 at 3:34 AM
Caupolicana floridana; a pretty Florida endemic bee, sighted doing serious bee things near Lake Placid last fall 🧡🌿
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Our preprint on the very cool, very weird (ant-like??) microbiome of the solitary bee Anthophora bomboides is up on bioRxiv !! Its overwhelmingly dominated by Actinobacteria and one fungus (Moniliella spathulata)-- but only in the brood cell... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 10, 2023 at 7:22 PM
Our preprint on the very cool, very weird (ant-like??) microbiome of the solitary bee Anthophora bomboides is up on bioRxiv !! Its overwhelmingly dominated by Actinobacteria and one fungus (Moniliella spathulata)-- but only in the brood cell... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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My whirlwind two week visit to the US has ended, happy to see my mentors, collaborators, and colleagues at #EntSoc23. But my fav thing about the conference is by far the memes of Corteva Man.
November 10, 2023 at 8:17 PM
My whirlwind two week visit to the US has ended, happy to see my mentors, collaborators, and colleagues at #EntSoc23. But my fav thing about the conference is by far the memes of Corteva Man.