Taylor AuBuchon-Elder (she/her)
@taelder.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary botanist | biodiversity conservation, systematics, activism, policy
Formerly - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | Kellogg Lab 🌾 Currently - Missouri Botanical Garden | LC | views my own 🍉🌈🦓
Formerly - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | Kellogg Lab 🌾 Currently - Missouri Botanical Garden | LC | views my own 🍉🌈🦓
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In Ste. Genevieve, volunteers with Abide in Love are helping ICE detainees stay in touch with their families.
“Can you imagine not knowing where your spouse is for five or six days?" said one Abide in Love volunteer.
“Can you imagine not knowing where your spouse is for five or six days?" said one Abide in Love volunteer.
Activists in Ste. Genevieve connect ICE detainees with their families
Abide in Love volunteers say their goal is to provide basic aid to immigrants detained in a Ste. Genevieve jail.
www.stlpr.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In Ste. Genevieve, volunteers with Abide in Love are helping ICE detainees stay in touch with their families.
“Can you imagine not knowing where your spouse is for five or six days?" said one Abide in Love volunteer.
“Can you imagine not knowing where your spouse is for five or six days?" said one Abide in Love volunteer.
Had a wonderful time at #botany2025 this year in Palm Springs with my work bestie! Already missing the desert 🏝️ #botany #plantconservation
August 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Had a wonderful time at #botany2025 this year in Palm Springs with my work bestie! Already missing the desert 🏝️ #botany #plantconservation
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Starting off the final day at #Botany2025 with an analysis of post-fire change in vegetation at National Ecological Observatory Network #NEON sites. #Rosaceae and #Poaceae showed biggest changes with big gains for Bromus tectorum and Vulpia spp.
July 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Starting off the final day at #Botany2025 with an analysis of post-fire change in vegetation at National Ecological Observatory Network #NEON sites. #Rosaceae and #Poaceae showed biggest changes with big gains for Bromus tectorum and Vulpia spp.
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#Botany2025 moratorium on
“But it’s a dry heat.”
“But it’s a dry heat.”
July 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
#Botany2025 moratorium on
“But it’s a dry heat.”
“But it’s a dry heat.”
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Heading to #Botany2025? Curious how plants thrive in extreme deserts and drylands? Don't miss our Dryland Floras colloquium, we've lined up a great session! 🌵☀️
🗓️ Monday, July 28 | 🕗 8:00am–12:00pm | 📍 Mojave Learning Center
🗓️ Monday, July 28 | 🕗 8:00am–12:00pm | 📍 Mojave Learning Center
July 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Heading to #Botany2025? Curious how plants thrive in extreme deserts and drylands? Don't miss our Dryland Floras colloquium, we've lined up a great session! 🌵☀️
🗓️ Monday, July 28 | 🕗 8:00am–12:00pm | 📍 Mojave Learning Center
🗓️ Monday, July 28 | 🕗 8:00am–12:00pm | 📍 Mojave Learning Center
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Not a lot has been said about the inside covers of the new Southern Reach paperbacks, but take a look at the ones for Absolution. Gorgeous morphing of swamp sunflowers. Really, the whole package is so beautiful.
July 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Not a lot has been said about the inside covers of the new Southern Reach paperbacks, but take a look at the ones for Absolution. Gorgeous morphing of swamp sunflowers. Really, the whole package is so beautiful.
Can't wait for #Botany2025! If you like Andropogoneae or Tropicos, please stop by my poster session for "The Andropogoneae Extended Specimen Project: Implementation"
The #Botany2025 Program is now available to view!
Visit www.botanyconference.org and select the Program menu item.
Don't forget that there is still time for registered attendees to add Lightning Talks or Recent Topics Posters to this year's conference through July 11th.
Visit www.botanyconference.org and select the Program menu item.
Don't forget that there is still time for registered attendees to add Lightning Talks or Recent Topics Posters to this year's conference through July 11th.
July 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Can't wait for #Botany2025! If you like Andropogoneae or Tropicos, please stop by my poster session for "The Andropogoneae Extended Specimen Project: Implementation"
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I know some of my climate colleagues have been downloading documents and website content from both climate.gov and globalchange.gov websites before they were stripped of content or shut down entirely.
But is there a single new mirror site that has these all together? Anyone know?
But is there a single new mirror site that has these all together? Anyone know?
Climate
NOAA experts provide data, tools and information to help people understand and prepare for a changing climate.
climate.gov
June 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I know some of my climate colleagues have been downloading documents and website content from both climate.gov and globalchange.gov websites before they were stripped of content or shut down entirely.
But is there a single new mirror site that has these all together? Anyone know?
But is there a single new mirror site that has these all together? Anyone know?
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BREAKING NEWS: Senator Mike Lee Forced to Withdraw Plan to Sell Public Lands
Thank you to everyone who spoke up by emailing and calling your senators. Your opposition worked, and over a million acres of public lands have been saved as a result.
Thank you to everyone who spoke up by emailing and calling your senators. Your opposition worked, and over a million acres of public lands have been saved as a result.
June 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Senator Mike Lee Forced to Withdraw Plan to Sell Public Lands
Thank you to everyone who spoke up by emailing and calling your senators. Your opposition worked, and over a million acres of public lands have been saved as a result.
Thank you to everyone who spoke up by emailing and calling your senators. Your opposition worked, and over a million acres of public lands have been saved as a result.
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NONE in Life science?! NONE?!
The 500 additional GRFPs NSF awarded were not very evenly distributed across fields, it seems.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NONE in Life science?! NONE?!
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Hey #botany2025 friends, is anyone going to the conference who wants to volunteer to be the "host" of the Botanists of Color affinity group meetup? The initial host can't attend the meetings :( Being host = being the contact person w/ BSA, and maybe saying a few welcome statements before event.
June 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hey #botany2025 friends, is anyone going to the conference who wants to volunteer to be the "host" of the Botanists of Color affinity group meetup? The initial host can't attend the meetings :( Being host = being the contact person w/ BSA, and maybe saying a few welcome statements before event.
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Let me tell you how well iNat works right now.
3 yrs ago, I saw & posted something unusual for an arid sagebrush ecosystem. Noted it as Coral Fungi, confirmed ID & good enough.
But this past Spring, humans with real experience & knowledge constructively debated the observation.
This is the way.
3 yrs ago, I saw & posted something unusual for an arid sagebrush ecosystem. Noted it as Coral Fungi, confirmed ID & good enough.
But this past Spring, humans with real experience & knowledge constructively debated the observation.
This is the way.
Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica)
Dog Vomit Slime Mold from W Saddlebow Dr, Reno, NV, US on April 8, 2022 at 07:49 AM by Marianne Denton. Hiking Whites Creek Trail for 19 years, and I’ve never seen this before.
www.inaturalist.org
June 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Let me tell you how well iNat works right now.
3 yrs ago, I saw & posted something unusual for an arid sagebrush ecosystem. Noted it as Coral Fungi, confirmed ID & good enough.
But this past Spring, humans with real experience & knowledge constructively debated the observation.
This is the way.
3 yrs ago, I saw & posted something unusual for an arid sagebrush ecosystem. Noted it as Coral Fungi, confirmed ID & good enough.
But this past Spring, humans with real experience & knowledge constructively debated the observation.
This is the way.
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The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.
June 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.
Thanks for the shout out 💚 @mobotgarden.bsky.social
I work with some phenomenal women
discoverandshare.org/2025/03/18/m...
I work with some phenomenal women
discoverandshare.org/2025/03/18/m...
Meet the Women in Horticulture: Part III - Discover + Share
Learn more about the women who work in horticulture at the Missouri Botanical Garden as we celebrate Women's History Month.
discoverandshare.org
March 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Thanks for the shout out 💚 @mobotgarden.bsky.social
I work with some phenomenal women
discoverandshare.org/2025/03/18/m...
I work with some phenomenal women
discoverandshare.org/2025/03/18/m...
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🌱 BSA issues statement on Supporting our Community & Making our Voices Heard 🌱
"We are absolutely committed to supporting the well-being of all our members by providing safe spaces where they can connect, collaborate, and develop professionally."
mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
#botany #iamabotanist
"We are absolutely committed to supporting the well-being of all our members by providing safe spaces where they can connect, collaborate, and develop professionally."
mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
#botany #iamabotanist
February 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🌱 BSA issues statement on Supporting our Community & Making our Voices Heard 🌱
"We are absolutely committed to supporting the well-being of all our members by providing safe spaces where they can connect, collaborate, and develop professionally."
mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
#botany #iamabotanist
"We are absolutely committed to supporting the well-being of all our members by providing safe spaces where they can connect, collaborate, and develop professionally."
mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...
#botany #iamabotanist
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ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period."
Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.
Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.
February 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period."
Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.
Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.
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Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
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Early-career botanists: Apply for the BSA Public Policy Award!
Attend Congressional Visits Day (April 28-30, 2025) in DC, receive policy training & advocate for science.
Apply by Feb 21!
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSAawards #BSAEarlyCareerScientists #IamaBotanist
Attend Congressional Visits Day (April 28-30, 2025) in DC, receive policy training & advocate for science.
Apply by Feb 21!
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSAawards #BSAEarlyCareerScientists #IamaBotanist
February 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Early-career botanists: Apply for the BSA Public Policy Award!
Attend Congressional Visits Day (April 28-30, 2025) in DC, receive policy training & advocate for science.
Apply by Feb 21!
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSAawards #BSAEarlyCareerScientists #IamaBotanist
Attend Congressional Visits Day (April 28-30, 2025) in DC, receive policy training & advocate for science.
Apply by Feb 21!
botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSAawards #BSAEarlyCareerScientists #IamaBotanist
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Make them tell you, specifically, what you're not allowed to do. Don't make changes you guess that they want. Don't offer them a menu of things that you infer they might be telling you not to do. Do the work you proposed, and received funding to do, unless instructed otherwise in specific detail.
January 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Make them tell you, specifically, what you're not allowed to do. Don't make changes you guess that they want. Don't offer them a menu of things that you infer they might be telling you not to do. Do the work you proposed, and received funding to do, unless instructed otherwise in specific detail.
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My NSF panel later this week finally officially cancelled. "Aim to reschedule." I'm so sad for the early career folks who this will impact - I hope this can get rescheduled so that funding decisions can still be made... 🧪
January 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My NSF panel later this week finally officially cancelled. "Aim to reschedule." I'm so sad for the early career folks who this will impact - I hope this can get rescheduled so that funding decisions can still be made... 🧪
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A monumental effort -- huge thanks to everybody involved! And see what individual plants and their genomes look like here: mcstitzer.github.io/panand_assemblies
January 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A monumental effort -- huge thanks to everybody involved! And see what individual plants and their genomes look like here: mcstitzer.github.io/panand_assemblies
I had an absolute blast searching, coordinating, and collecting wild Andropogoneae for this project. Congrats to Michelle Stitzer and everyone involved!
The consequences of polyploidy are... well, complicated. A deep dive into polyploidy in a massively successful tribe of grasses. A masterpiece led by Michelle Stitzer, representing the work of a lot of folks on the PanAnd project over last 7 years. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Extensive genome evolution distinguishes maize within a stable tribe of grasses
Over the last 20 million years, the Andropogoneae tribe of grasses has evolved to dominate 17% of global land area. Domestication of these grasses in the last 10,000 years has yielded our most product...
www.biorxiv.org
January 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I had an absolute blast searching, coordinating, and collecting wild Andropogoneae for this project. Congrats to Michelle Stitzer and everyone involved!
Hey #Botany2025 folks! Is anyone aware of some small travel grants *not* geared to/exclusive for students? As a @botsocamerica.bsky.social Public Policy committee member, I'd love to attend in person this year, but funding is tight for non-faculty, non-profit career pros!
January 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hey #Botany2025 folks! Is anyone aware of some small travel grants *not* geared to/exclusive for students? As a @botsocamerica.bsky.social Public Policy committee member, I'd love to attend in person this year, but funding is tight for non-faculty, non-profit career pros!
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🌵🌴 Big news! Botany 2025 is now heading to sunny Palm Springs, CA (July 25-31, 2025)! While plans shifted from Tucson, we're excited to stay in the Southwest. See you there!
More information will be coming in early January at www.botanyconference.org
#Botany2025
More information will be coming in early January at www.botanyconference.org
#Botany2025
December 20, 2024 at 9:20 PM
🌵🌴 Big news! Botany 2025 is now heading to sunny Palm Springs, CA (July 25-31, 2025)! While plans shifted from Tucson, we're excited to stay in the Southwest. See you there!
More information will be coming in early January at www.botanyconference.org
#Botany2025
More information will be coming in early January at www.botanyconference.org
#Botany2025