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Sean Michaletz
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Associate Professor, The University of British Columbia (UBC). Ecophysiology, ecosystem ecology, macroecology, scaling, fire.

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Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · Sep 2
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!

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social
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luiza-aparecido.bsky.social
Check out our new pub led by lab postdoc, Dr. Brad Posch! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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newphyt.bsky.social
High #temperature acclimation of #photosystem II in land plants

#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
Venn diagram of major strategies used to cope with heat stress with examples of species expected to specialize in heat tolerance/acclimation (yellow circles), heat avoidance through drought-deciduousness (green circles), and heat avoidance through homeothermic leaf cooling (blue circles).
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM
seanmichaletz.bsky.social
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
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owenatkin.bsky.social
Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social

www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
www.newphytologist.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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owenatkin.bsky.social
Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newphyt.bsky.social
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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bposch.bsky.social
Check out our new Tansley Review on leaf heat acclimation in @newphyt.bsky.social, the result of a great collaboration with an even greater team! @martijnslot.bsky.social @seanmichaletz.bsky.social @nicolebison.bsky.social @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social @owenatkin.bsky.social @hultinelab.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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tessgrainger.bsky.social
New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
Drawing of a researcher looking out thoughtfully at mountains, grasslands and intertidal study systems
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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martijnslot.bsky.social
New paper led by @bposch.bsky.social out in @newphyt.bsky.social . We reviewed evidence, mechanisms, and consequences of high temperature acclimation of leaf heat tolerance: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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elenalitchman.bsky.social
Thank you @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social's Theoretical Ecology Section for the Best Theory paper award for our @science.org paper on eco-evo emergence of macroecological scaling!
esa.org/theory/award...
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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ianjwright.bsky.social
Exciting PhD opportunity advertised by superstar colleague Prof. Rachael Gallagher "Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success" (collaboration with Botanic Gardens of Sydney). See attached image. Contact Rachael directly for more information (email in advert). Closes 30th Nov.
PhD advert for Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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albert-loren.bsky.social
Please help circulate this postdoc fellowship opportunity! (And shameless plug that here at OSU there would be opportunities to build intersections between forest biology, remote sensing, modeling, or creative uses of the impressive new OSU supercomputer.) www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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biologyanu.bsky.social
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Josef Garen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University. Details: rb.gy/2pdjbo
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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navarrosales.bsky.social
Interested in learning about research into Cerrado fire ecology? Curious to hear about my views and experiences in plant sciences? Check out this new interview @botany.one

botany.one/2025/10/fran...

Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
Francisco Navarro-Rosales: Studying Plant Resilience in the Cerrado and Beyond
Botany One interviews Francisco Navarro-Rosales, a PhD student fascinated by fire ecology in tropical ecosystems.
botany.one
October 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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hulshof.bsky.social
Data manager Rice Rivers Center..a beautiful VCU owned field station.

vcujobs.com/jobs/data-ma...
Data Manager, Rice Rivers Center - VCU Main Campus, Virginia, United States
The VCU Rice Rivers Center seeks a full-time Data Manager. The Data Manager will join a vibrant and growing team of student and faculty researchers and instructors at the Rice Rivers Center, VCU’s 366...
vcujobs.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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luiza-aparecido.bsky.social
Hi all! If you are a PhD or soon to be PhD looking for a postdoc in plant thermotolerance, I would love to discuss project ideas for the University of Utah Wilkes Center Postdoc Fellowship, app due late Jan 2026!
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!

wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
Wilkes Center Postdoctoral Program - The Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy
Apply to become a postdoctoral scholar! This postdoctoral scholar program will help create the next generation of leaders in climate science and policy. It endeavors...
wilkescenter.utah.edu
October 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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sallyaitken.bsky.social
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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globalchangebio.bsky.social
We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long.

His vision to establish one of the first journals dedicated to Global Change over 30 years ago was truly ahead of its time. Through GCB, researchers have demonstrated that biology and ecosystems are not simply victims of global change..
September 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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vvandvik.bsky.social
Come work with us!

In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains:

cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...
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cmt.w.uib.no
September 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social
🌄🌿Come work with us! We are #hiring a #PhDcandidate in global change ecology to become part of our brand-new Centre for Mountains in Transitions.

Apply here:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

For an overview of all available positions, see:
cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...

@vvandvik.bsky.social
PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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aaup.org
The rampant violations of academic freedom and intrusions on extramural speech are escalating rapidly. Faculty members have the right to speak or write as citizens, free from institutional censorship or discipline. Expression of opinion as a citizen does not constitute grounds for dismissal.
Clemson fires two more faculty members over Charlie Kirk comments
Clemson leaders had come under increased pressure from people online as well as South Carolina Republican politicians to take action.
www.wcnc.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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hillebr1.bsky.social
The excellence cluster Ocean floor @marumunibremen.bsky.social @icbm-uol.bsky.social @hifmb.de opens two strategic positions at the University of Oldenburg. Please distribute widely
Scientific Coordinator: uol.de/job723en
Data Steward: uol.de/job724en
Data Steward within the Excellence Cluster OCEAN FLOOR – Earth´s Uncharted Interface // University of Oldenburg
uol.de
September 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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agubiogeosciences.bsky.social
We've extended the application deadline for this award to 9/17! Apply here for the Fall Meeting AGU-B DEI Travel Grant for up to $1500 ( connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...)
Travel Grants - Biogeosciences
connect.agu.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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bmedlyn.bsky.social
Postdoctoral position in Forest Monitoring available. Know your way around spatial datasets? Join us to help monitor changes in Australia's precious forest estate! @westsyduhie.bsky.social
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Forest Monitoring
Company Description: Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led institution at the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing and most economically significant region. With 11 cam...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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ianjwright.bsky.social
📢🌿Available #traits #FunctionalTraits PhD position in my group @westsyduhie.bsky.social, closes 30th Oct. Topics: “Climate adaptations in Australian native grasses”; OR “Plant resource economics”. Apply via WSU Online Portal. Eligibility and other key info here: wrightlab.wordpress.com/news/
September 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM