Sean Michaletz
@seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Associate Professor, The University of British Columbia (UBC). Ecophysiology, ecosystem ecology, macroecology, scaling, fire.
michaletzlab.org
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What drives photosynthesis temperature sensitivity? New #GCB paper from #MichaletzLab grad #JosefGaren uses #FAsTeR to show it's 1‑day weather, not traits, origin climate, or phylogeny!
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@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social
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@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social
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My department at CSU Northridge is hiring a vertebrate functional morphologist! We've got a great EEB group, and we're looking for someone to carry forward a tradition of enriching organismal courses and community-engaged research. App review starts March 15
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Assistant Professor Vertebrate Functional Morphologist #26-24
The Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is seeking
a tenure-track faculty member in Vertebrate Functional Morphology.
csucareers.calstate.edu
February 18, 2026 at 11:54 PM
My department at CSU Northridge is hiring a vertebrate functional morphologist! We've got a great EEB group, and we're looking for someone to carry forward a tradition of enriching organismal courses and community-engaged research. App review starts March 15
csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us...
csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us...
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Plant #heat shock protein #Hsp90 enhances stress resistance through integrating #protein quality control, #chloroplast protection, #hormone signal network, and #immune defense
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#PlantScience @jxbotany.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
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#PlantScience @jxbotany.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Plant heat shock protein Hsp90 enhances stress resistance through integrating protein quality control, chloroplast protection, hormone signal network, and immune defense
Hsp90 uses novel mechanisms in the regulation of proteostasis, chloroplast protection, phytohormone signaling, and immune defense to enhance plant adaptati
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February 17, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Plant #heat shock protein #Hsp90 enhances stress resistance through integrating #protein quality control, #chloroplast protection, #hormone signal network, and #immune defense
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#PlantScience @jxbotany.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
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#PlantScience @jxbotany.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
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Fast-growing trees are set to dominate the #forests of the #future — but at a cost🌳
Our Nature Plants (@natplants.nature.com) study shows a global shift toward "sprinter" tree species, while slow-growing, functionally critical #trees face elevated #extinction risk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our Nature Plants (@natplants.nature.com) study shows a global shift toward "sprinter" tree species, while slow-growing, functionally critical #trees face elevated #extinction risk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global functional shifts in trees driven by alien naturalization and native extinction - Nature Plants
This study finds that native tree extinctions and alien naturalizations are pushing forests towards fast-growing, resource-demanding species. This global shift could affect carbon storage and ecosyste...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Fast-growing trees are set to dominate the #forests of the #future — but at a cost🌳
Our Nature Plants (@natplants.nature.com) study shows a global shift toward "sprinter" tree species, while slow-growing, functionally critical #trees face elevated #extinction risk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our Nature Plants (@natplants.nature.com) study shows a global shift toward "sprinter" tree species, while slow-growing, functionally critical #trees face elevated #extinction risk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher!🌲 🌳 🌍
📍Interested in boreal and temperate forest productivity and respiration?
💻 Like to work with large datasets, remote sensing and models?
🏔️ Love an alpine setting in a small town?
Come and join us at KIT!
Application details: t1p.de/qctj7
📍Interested in boreal and temperate forest productivity and respiration?
💻 Like to work with large datasets, remote sensing and models?
🏔️ Love an alpine setting in a small town?
Come and join us at KIT!
Application details: t1p.de/qctj7
January 22, 2026 at 11:45 AM
We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher!🌲 🌳 🌍
📍Interested in boreal and temperate forest productivity and respiration?
💻 Like to work with large datasets, remote sensing and models?
🏔️ Love an alpine setting in a small town?
Come and join us at KIT!
Application details: t1p.de/qctj7
📍Interested in boreal and temperate forest productivity and respiration?
💻 Like to work with large datasets, remote sensing and models?
🏔️ Love an alpine setting in a small town?
Come and join us at KIT!
Application details: t1p.de/qctj7
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Great postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
Post doctor (3 years) within mountain plant community and ecosystem processes across a globally distributed experiment
www.umu.se
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Great postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
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📣 Join us - we’re hiring an engagement officer for the CAN BON 🍁 initiative!
An effort to transform Canada’s capacity to mobilize its knowledge about the changing state of nature.
See the job posting here👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
An effort to transform Canada’s capacity to mobilize its knowledge about the changing state of nature.
See the job posting here👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
📣 We are hiring! Please share far and wide...
I am seeking an Engagement Officer to support the emergence of a Canadian Biodiversity Observation Network (CAN BON). This position is a unique… | Andrew ...
📣 We are hiring! Please share far and wide...
I am seeking an Engagement Officer to support the emergence of a Canadian Biodiversity Observation Network (CAN BON). This position is a unique opportunit...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
📣 Join us - we’re hiring an engagement officer for the CAN BON 🍁 initiative!
An effort to transform Canada’s capacity to mobilize its knowledge about the changing state of nature.
See the job posting here👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
An effort to transform Canada’s capacity to mobilize its knowledge about the changing state of nature.
See the job posting here👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
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📢 Huge congrats to David Storch & colleagues! Their paper is featured on the cover of Trends Ecol. Evol. (@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social), proposing a unifying theory of global biodiversity dynamics – and what it means for the future!
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
🌍 #Biodiversity #Ecology #Evolution
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🌍 #Biodiversity #Ecology #Evolution
January 16, 2026 at 10:45 AM
📢 Huge congrats to David Storch & colleagues! Their paper is featured on the cover of Trends Ecol. Evol. (@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social), proposing a unifying theory of global biodiversity dynamics – and what it means for the future!
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
🌍 #Biodiversity #Ecology #Evolution
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🌍 #Biodiversity #Ecology #Evolution
🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org
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January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org
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Come work with us in beautiful Santa Barbara!
Please repost! The LOC Lab @UCSB is recruiting a #PostdoctoralScholar in forest ecology and data science to
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Come work with us in beautiful Santa Barbara!
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Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
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🌳PhD Opportunity in plant ecophysiology🌡️ Join EPFL (Switzerland) for fully-funded 4yr PhD on tree responses to air drought and heat. Climate chamber + long-term experiments to uncover physiological thresholds under climate change. www.epfl.ch/labs/perl/pe...
PhD Position: Tree Physiological Responses to Atmospheric Drought
We invite applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, with a planned start date in June 2026. The selected candidate wil...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
🌳PhD Opportunity in plant ecophysiology🌡️ Join EPFL (Switzerland) for fully-funded 4yr PhD on tree responses to air drought and heat. Climate chamber + long-term experiments to uncover physiological thresholds under climate change. www.epfl.ch/labs/perl/pe...
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15 January is the deadline to file a brief Expression of Interest to be nominated for a Canada Impact Chair @UBC. Only candidates working and residing outside of Canada are eligible to apply, including expatriate Canadians. More info and the EOI portal are at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
January 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
15 January is the deadline to file a brief Expression of Interest to be nominated for a Canada Impact Chair @UBC. Only candidates working and residing outside of Canada are eligible to apply, including expatriate Canadians. More info and the EOI portal are at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
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Fully funded PhD opportunity in my lab to study threatened plant species responses to drought and heat. This is part of mu recently funded DECRA fellowship.
January 6, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Fully funded PhD opportunity in my lab to study threatened plant species responses to drought and heat. This is part of mu recently funded DECRA fellowship.
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✨ PhD opportunity studying drought and heatwave effects on threatened plants ✨🔥
Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me!
Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!
Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me!
Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!
January 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
✨ PhD opportunity studying drought and heatwave effects on threatened plants ✨🔥
Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me!
Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!
Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me!
Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!
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Abstract submission and registration for the #47NPS Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life, are open!
2–5 June 2026
Travel grant, selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
Full details at www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
2–5 June 2026
Travel grant, selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
Full details at www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
December 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Abstract submission and registration for the #47NPS Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life, are open!
2–5 June 2026
Travel grant, selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
Full details at www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
2–5 June 2026
Travel grant, selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
Full details at www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
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Multidisciplinary training, over time, produces the highest impact people
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Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
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December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Multidisciplinary training, over time, produces the highest impact people
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾
December 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾
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The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous.
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous.
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
Check out our #MichaletzLab presentations at #AGU2025 this week! @agu.org @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social @gec-agu.bsky.social @nicolebison.bsky.social @milossimovic.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Check out our #MichaletzLab presentations at #AGU2025 this week! @agu.org @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social @gec-agu.bsky.social @nicolebison.bsky.social @milossimovic.bsky.social
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Recent study revealed plants are starting to lose more water under high temperatures. Known as "leaky plants," the abnormality is increasing because of #ClimateChange, potentially converting them from carbon sinks to carbon sources @seanmichaletz.bsky.social www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...
Why leaky plants are a troublesome climate issue for Earth - The Weather Network
A recent study revealed that plants are starting to lose more water under high temperatures. A phenomenon known as 'leaky plants' is increasing because of climate change, potentially converting them f...
www.theweathernetwork.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Recent study revealed plants are starting to lose more water under high temperatures. Known as "leaky plants," the abnormality is increasing because of #ClimateChange, potentially converting them from carbon sinks to carbon sources @seanmichaletz.bsky.social www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...
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🚨 New R package! 🚨
balancR provides tools for data balancing + robust scaling analysis, based on our recent Global Ecology & Biogeography paper: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Co-developed with my PhD advisor @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Check it out 👉 michaletzlab.github.io/balancR/
balancR provides tools for data balancing + robust scaling analysis, based on our recent Global Ecology & Biogeography paper: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Co-developed with my PhD advisor @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Check it out 👉 michaletzlab.github.io/balancR/
July 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨 New R package! 🚨
balancR provides tools for data balancing + robust scaling analysis, based on our recent Global Ecology & Biogeography paper: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Co-developed with my PhD advisor @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Check it out 👉 michaletzlab.github.io/balancR/
balancR provides tools for data balancing + robust scaling analysis, based on our recent Global Ecology & Biogeography paper: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Co-developed with my PhD advisor @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Check it out 👉 michaletzlab.github.io/balancR/
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Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
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Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
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47th New Phytologist Symposium: Extreme Heat – extending the thermal limits of life
2–5 June 2026
University of Córdoba, Spain
Travel grant and selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
2–5 June 2026
University of Córdoba, Spain
Travel grant and selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
47th New Phytologist Symposium: Extreme Heat – extending the thermal limits of life
2–5 June 2026
University of Córdoba, Spain
Travel grant and selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
2–5 June 2026
University of Córdoba, Spain
Travel grant and selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
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Excited to share our fresh-off-the-press Annual Review on the role of temperature in metabolic scaling! We review the state of the field on this topic and unpack confusion about the various ways the term "scaling" is used in metabolic theories. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Scaling Temperature Effects on Metabolism from Individuals to Ecosystems
The effects of temperature on metabolic rates are a core component of ecological change, with surprisingly regular effects across diverse ecological systems. Metabolic scaling theories can provide qua...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Excited to share our fresh-off-the-press Annual Review on the role of temperature in metabolic scaling! We review the state of the field on this topic and unpack confusion about the various ways the term "scaling" is used in metabolic theories. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...