We were lucky to host three remarkable scientists in the past two weeks! 🌿 Here’s a quick recap 👇

Thanks, Christoph Rosche @unihalle.bsky.social, for visiting us last week! Christoph gave an inspiring seminar on how herbarium specimens help address questions in evol. ecology, with a focus on conservation & invasion biology. His visit ended with great discussions over dinner with our group.

So happy that Junhee @junhee-jung.bsky.social defended his thesis @unituebingen.bsky.social! Note the knitted DNA tie, the discarded (a.k.a. garbage can) sequences on the hat, and the PhD-themed cookies. Niek @plantevoeco.bsky.social, Eric Kemen and Kyle @kylemojo.bsky.social asked great questions!

Assessing limits of sustainable seed harvest in wild plant populations. How many seeds can we harvest in a wild population without causing damage? A massive modeling effort, with @robsalgo.bsky.social @bossdorf.bsky.social @plantevoeco.bsky.social
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#PopBio2025 has been an incredibly inspiring conference! 🌿We had a fantastic time sharing ideas and connecting with colleagues. Our group enjoyed participating—with Stefania Przybylska and Javier Morente-Lopez presenting their projects on posters. Many thanks to the organisers for an amazing event!

Schönes Video mit unserem AG-Alumni Niek, der dem HR erklärt, warum Buschwindröschen & Co. immer früher blühen, und was das für Konsequenzen haben könnte.
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Congratulations to Robert Rauschkolb for winning the 2023 Ehleringer Award for Best Student Paper in #Oecologia! Grateful to see this work recognized. The announcement was recently published here: link.springer.com/journal/442/.... Many thanks to Oecologia for supporting early-career researchers!

Fantastic talk by Niek Scheepens @plantevoeco.bsky.social on resurrection ecology!!
Resurrection studies were also beautifully showcased by @seemasheth.bsky.social #CologneSpringMeeting
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“Japanese Knotweed invasion genomics: what we know and future directions” by Christina Richards @drclrichards.bsky.social Insights into genomic strategies against invasive species. #InvasionGenomics #PlantInvasion #TRR341 #DFG

Next session: “Evolutionary responses to historic drought across the range of scarlet monkeyflower” by @seemasheth.bsky.social Insight into plant adaptation under climate change. #Evolution #ClimateAdaptation #TRR341 #DFG

Cologne Spring Meeting continues with “Resurrecting plants for climate change research” by Niek Scheepens from @unituebingen.bsky.social Innovating plant resurrection techniques to study climate adaptation. #ClimateChange #PlantResurrection #TRR341 #DFG

And... we have superexciting news already! 🎉 Yurena Arjona has received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship to join our team at Goethe University Frankfurt on her AsterAdapt project! 🌼

Hi Bluesky! We are the Plant Evolutionary Ecology group at Goethe University Frankfurt (tinygu.de/plaevoeco). Excited to join this community and connect with researchers and curious minds worldwide. Stay tuned for updates and discoveries from our team. Looking forward to engaging with you all!