Vinita Gowda
@vinitagowda.bsky.social
🇮🇳Accidental scientist.
🦋treelab.wixsite.com/tree @iiserbhopal #PlantEvolution #BOTANIST #curingPlantBlindness #CancerSurvivor #GWU #NMNHBotany #NParks #ಪುತ್ತೂರು #ગુજરાત
🦋treelab.wixsite.com/tree @iiserbhopal #PlantEvolution #BOTANIST #curingPlantBlindness #CancerSurvivor #GWU #NMNHBotany #NParks #ಪುತ್ತೂರು #ગુજરાત
This already happened but super thanks to @trishg.bsky.social and @britishecologicalsociety.org for starting this trend.
This was also the first collab between #associationOfTropicalBiologyandConservation (ATBC) DEI and BES. Its time different societies and researchers work united! 💪🏾✊🏾
This was also the first collab between #associationOfTropicalBiologyandConservation (ATBC) DEI and BES. Its time different societies and researchers work united! 💪🏾✊🏾
Next tuesday I’ll be contributing to the Gender and Quantitative Ecology Panel Discussion! hosted by @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org with the beautiful minds: @vinitagowda.bsky.social @nhcooper123.bsky.social @trishg.bsky.social @biolliegist.bsky.social 💚💜🌈
Quantifying Ecology - British Ecological Society
The Quantitative Ecology SIG are teaming up with a cohort of BES groups to put on a series of free webinars exploring all facets of quantitative ecology.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This already happened but super thanks to @trishg.bsky.social and @britishecologicalsociety.org for starting this trend.
This was also the first collab between #associationOfTropicalBiologyandConservation (ATBC) DEI and BES. Its time different societies and researchers work united! 💪🏾✊🏾
This was also the first collab between #associationOfTropicalBiologyandConservation (ATBC) DEI and BES. Its time different societies and researchers work united! 💪🏾✊🏾
🔥 Hot out of press 🧵
The high price of urban living in house sparrows
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…
We studied sex-based differences in parental care across rural and urban habitats and their implications on the reproductive success in sparrows.
@Biotropica @theATBC @agnesFrancila
The high price of urban living in house sparrows
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…
We studied sex-based differences in parental care across rural and urban habitats and their implications on the reproductive success in sparrows.
@Biotropica @theATBC @agnesFrancila
https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🔥 Hot out of press 🧵
The high price of urban living in house sparrows
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…
We studied sex-based differences in parental care across rural and urban habitats and their implications on the reproductive success in sparrows.
@Biotropica @theATBC @agnesFrancila
The high price of urban living in house sparrows
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70…
We studied sex-based differences in parental care across rural and urban habitats and their implications on the reproductive success in sparrows.
@Biotropica @theATBC @agnesFrancila
Another lovely article this week, this time by #alejandraJaramillo et al., especially for those who want to learn more about what can university botanical gardens do?
Definitely read and send it to university policy makers...
doi.org/10.1002/bod2...
Definitely read and send it to university policy makers...
doi.org/10.1002/bod2...
The Educational Garden: Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of University Botanic Gardens Through History
University botanic gardens, rooted in Renaissance humanism and medicinal teaching, have evolved into dynamic hubs for education, research, conservation, and well-being. Tracing global histories and m....
doi.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Another lovely article this week, this time by #alejandraJaramillo et al., especially for those who want to learn more about what can university botanical gardens do?
Definitely read and send it to university policy makers...
doi.org/10.1002/bod2...
Definitely read and send it to university policy makers...
doi.org/10.1002/bod2...
Reposted by Vinita Gowda
New article! 🚨
Recognized Indigenous-managed forests in the Amazon can prevent fire-related and zoonotic and vector borne diseases in humans, especially in highly forest-degraded municipalities.
Collaborative work led by Paula Prist and Julia Barreto
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Recognized Indigenous-managed forests in the Amazon can prevent fire-related and zoonotic and vector borne diseases in humans, especially in highly forest-degraded municipalities.
Collaborative work led by Paula Prist and Julia Barreto
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Indigenous Territories can safeguard human health depending on the landscape structure and legal status - Communications Earth & Environment
Indigenous territory extent in the Amazon biome can reduce the incidence of fire-related and zoonotic/vector-borne diseases, but only in certain contexts, according to an analysis of disease incidence...
www.nature.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
New article! 🚨
Recognized Indigenous-managed forests in the Amazon can prevent fire-related and zoonotic and vector borne diseases in humans, especially in highly forest-degraded municipalities.
Collaborative work led by Paula Prist and Julia Barreto
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Recognized Indigenous-managed forests in the Amazon can prevent fire-related and zoonotic and vector borne diseases in humans, especially in highly forest-degraded municipalities.
Collaborative work led by Paula Prist and Julia Barreto
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Why living near a forest matters...
You probably will live longer, especially with good health.
@farahcarrasco.bsky.social
You probably will live longer, especially with good health.
@farahcarrasco.bsky.social
New article! 🚨
Recognized Indigenous-managed forests in the Amazon can prevent fire-related and zoonotic and vector borne diseases in humans, especially in highly forest-degraded municipalities.
Collaborative work led by Paula Prist and Julia Barreto
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Recognized Indigenous-managed forests in the Amazon can prevent fire-related and zoonotic and vector borne diseases in humans, especially in highly forest-degraded municipalities.
Collaborative work led by Paula Prist and Julia Barreto
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Indigenous Territories can safeguard human health depending on the landscape structure and legal status - Communications Earth & Environment
Indigenous territory extent in the Amazon biome can reduce the incidence of fire-related and zoonotic/vector-borne diseases, but only in certain contexts, according to an analysis of disease incidence...
www.nature.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Why living near a forest matters...
You probably will live longer, especially with good health.
@farahcarrasco.bsky.social
You probably will live longer, especially with good health.
@farahcarrasco.bsky.social
Reposted by Vinita Gowda
Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.
September 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.
Understanding mass flowering/flowering synchrony on a laterite plateau from the Western Ghats.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@saaaakeeeet.bsky.social @sukhrajkaur.bsky.social
#DhargalkarRahul & #najla
3 master's students & countless years!
@biotropica.bsky.social #ATBC
#iiserbhopal
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@saaaakeeeet.bsky.social @sukhrajkaur.bsky.social
#DhargalkarRahul & #najla
3 master's students & countless years!
@biotropica.bsky.social #ATBC
#iiserbhopal
Mass Flowering and Flowering Asynchrony Characterize a Seasonal Herbaceous Community in the Western Ghats
In a three-year study on the Kaas plateau (Western Ghats, India), we quantified flowering phenology across 76 herbaceous species and introduced two novel synchrony indices (SItemp and SIabd) to disti...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Understanding mass flowering/flowering synchrony on a laterite plateau from the Western Ghats.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@saaaakeeeet.bsky.social @sukhrajkaur.bsky.social
#DhargalkarRahul & #najla
3 master's students & countless years!
@biotropica.bsky.social #ATBC
#iiserbhopal
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@saaaakeeeet.bsky.social @sukhrajkaur.bsky.social
#DhargalkarRahul & #najla
3 master's students & countless years!
@biotropica.bsky.social #ATBC
#iiserbhopal
Reposted by Vinita Gowda
@brodieecology.bsky.social @vinitagowda.bsky.social @santiago-ecofiz.bsky.social @flamontano.bsky.social
@biotropica.bsky.social
@biotropica.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Reposted by Vinita Gowda
The ATBC Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics have been published as announcements at Biotropica. Both codes result from collective efforts involving ATBC DEI Committee members and ATBC Council and Leadership members.
Code of Conduct: lnkd.in/dRDhwDsM
Code of Ethics: lnkd.in/dHE93NSe
#ATBC
Code of Conduct: lnkd.in/dRDhwDsM
Code of Ethics: lnkd.in/dHE93NSe
#ATBC
August 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The ATBC Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics have been published as announcements at Biotropica. Both codes result from collective efforts involving ATBC DEI Committee members and ATBC Council and Leadership members.
Code of Conduct: lnkd.in/dRDhwDsM
Code of Ethics: lnkd.in/dHE93NSe
#ATBC
Code of Conduct: lnkd.in/dRDhwDsM
Code of Ethics: lnkd.in/dHE93NSe
#ATBC
There was the fantastic #atbc2025 in #oaxaca and then there was the botanical garden in Oaxaca city! Here’s the wild maize (#teosinte), #burseraceae (highest endemicity and diversity in Oaxaca!! Me for reference, look at those peeling barks!), and #ceiba
#iAmABotanist
#iAmABotanist
July 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
There was the fantastic #atbc2025 in #oaxaca and then there was the botanical garden in Oaxaca city! Here’s the wild maize (#teosinte), #burseraceae (highest endemicity and diversity in Oaxaca!! Me for reference, look at those peeling barks!), and #ceiba
#iAmABotanist
#iAmABotanist
Reposted by Vinita Gowda
Ornamental Yucca filamentosa #flower in #Ithaca, NY (considered somewhat native) ... Rob Raguso says #yucca #moths have been moving North, here they are! In a tense #mutualism relationship, moths pay with active #pollination and purloin with seed #predation (larvae eat ovules). #NaturalHistory
July 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Ornamental Yucca filamentosa #flower in #Ithaca, NY (considered somewhat native) ... Rob Raguso says #yucca #moths have been moving North, here they are! In a tense #mutualism relationship, moths pay with active #pollination and purloin with seed #predation (larvae eat ovules). #NaturalHistory
Reposted by Vinita Gowda
Reviewers stop with these statements..
...I would like to see whole genome data or more genome data, although you have already presented it and I understand that it will not be possible for you to generate it...
Me- I did not realise that a review is where one self-talks !!!
#getALife
...I would like to see whole genome data or more genome data, although you have already presented it and I understand that it will not be possible for you to generate it...
Me- I did not realise that a review is where one self-talks !!!
#getALife
a man in a green sweater is looking at himself in a mirror
ALT: a man in a green sweater is looking at himself in a mirror
media.tenor.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Reviewers stop with these statements..
...I would like to see whole genome data or more genome data, although you have already presented it and I understand that it will not be possible for you to generate it...
Me- I did not realise that a review is where one self-talks !!!
#getALife
...I would like to see whole genome data or more genome data, although you have already presented it and I understand that it will not be possible for you to generate it...
Me- I did not realise that a review is where one self-talks !!!
#getALife
This... 💯 true for any region...
NOT supporting anti-free speech obviously, but let's improve our schools and universities, and be better.
NOT supporting anti-free speech obviously, but let's improve our schools and universities, and be better.
May 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This... 💯 true for any region...
NOT supporting anti-free speech obviously, but let's improve our schools and universities, and be better.
NOT supporting anti-free speech obviously, but let's improve our schools and universities, and be better.
Students:
Reading is not a project. Definitely not a summer project.
That's what students do.
Just like breathing is what living organisms do.
@treelab.bsky.social there are no reading projects, but you can borrow books, or we can direct you to the aisle in the #iiserbhopal library.
Reading is not a project. Definitely not a summer project.
That's what students do.
Just like breathing is what living organisms do.
@treelab.bsky.social there are no reading projects, but you can borrow books, or we can direct you to the aisle in the #iiserbhopal library.
May 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Students:
Reading is not a project. Definitely not a summer project.
That's what students do.
Just like breathing is what living organisms do.
@treelab.bsky.social there are no reading projects, but you can borrow books, or we can direct you to the aisle in the #iiserbhopal library.
Reading is not a project. Definitely not a summer project.
That's what students do.
Just like breathing is what living organisms do.
@treelab.bsky.social there are no reading projects, but you can borrow books, or we can direct you to the aisle in the #iiserbhopal library.
Congratulations @jyotilkdave.bsky.social on receiving ESEB Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award, 2025 to study sunbirds...
@eseb.bsky.social
@treelab.bsky.social #iiserbhopal
@eseb.bsky.social
@treelab.bsky.social #iiserbhopal
May 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Congratulations @jyotilkdave.bsky.social on receiving ESEB Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award, 2025 to study sunbirds...
@eseb.bsky.social
@treelab.bsky.social #iiserbhopal
@eseb.bsky.social
@treelab.bsky.social #iiserbhopal
Congratulations to the two TrEElets for receiving the Bill Dahl graduate student award @botsocamerica.bsky.social
@rhuthuparna.bsky.social is studying #enanstiostyly in gesneriads, and, @sanikagoray.bsky.social is studying polymorphism + species limitations in a few plant species from W.Ghats.
@rhuthuparna.bsky.social is studying #enanstiostyly in gesneriads, and, @sanikagoray.bsky.social is studying polymorphism + species limitations in a few plant species from W.Ghats.
May 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Congratulations to the two TrEElets for receiving the Bill Dahl graduate student award @botsocamerica.bsky.social
@rhuthuparna.bsky.social is studying #enanstiostyly in gesneriads, and, @sanikagoray.bsky.social is studying polymorphism + species limitations in a few plant species from W.Ghats.
@rhuthuparna.bsky.social is studying #enanstiostyly in gesneriads, and, @sanikagoray.bsky.social is studying polymorphism + species limitations in a few plant species from W.Ghats.
Congratulations @hemantbisht.bsky.social for the William R Anderson student #ASPT grant to study the ecology & evolution of Indian #Pedicularis.
Thanks @plantingscience.bsky.social for encouraging young botanists who tackle a difficult terrain and a complex evolutionary story.
@treelab.bsky.social
Thanks @plantingscience.bsky.social for encouraging young botanists who tackle a difficult terrain and a complex evolutionary story.
@treelab.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Congratulations @hemantbisht.bsky.social for the William R Anderson student #ASPT grant to study the ecology & evolution of Indian #Pedicularis.
Thanks @plantingscience.bsky.social for encouraging young botanists who tackle a difficult terrain and a complex evolutionary story.
@treelab.bsky.social
Thanks @plantingscience.bsky.social for encouraging young botanists who tackle a difficult terrain and a complex evolutionary story.
@treelab.bsky.social
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May 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The Capacity Building Committee is inviting ATBC members to a webinar that will examine what careers are available outside academia...
A great line of speakers and 2 amazing moderators.
Join the #ATBCWebinar on May 22
Experts from 3 continents and a subcontinent...Don’t miss it! "
A great line of speakers and 2 amazing moderators.
Join the #ATBCWebinar on May 22
Experts from 3 continents and a subcontinent...Don’t miss it! "
May 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Capacity Building Committee is inviting ATBC members to a webinar that will examine what careers are available outside academia...
A great line of speakers and 2 amazing moderators.
Join the #ATBCWebinar on May 22
Experts from 3 continents and a subcontinent...Don’t miss it! "
A great line of speakers and 2 amazing moderators.
Join the #ATBCWebinar on May 22
Experts from 3 continents and a subcontinent...Don’t miss it! "
Reposted by Vinita Gowda
Please Repost! We are offering a three-year fully funded doctoral researcher position to study how floral meristem patterning in woodland strawberry, and how it implicates the diversification in floral ground plans in Angiosperm flowers. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsini-...
February 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Please Repost! We are offering a three-year fully funded doctoral researcher position to study how floral meristem patterning in woodland strawberry, and how it implicates the diversification in floral ground plans in Angiosperm flowers. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsini-...
Reposted by Vinita Gowda
In our latest @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social preprint, we describe our approach to use PacBio HiFi reads to detect somatic TE transposition -- good enough to detect rare events that are present in only single cells. Led by Andrea Movilli.
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In our latest @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social preprint, we describe our approach to use PacBio HiFi reads to detect somatic TE transposition -- good enough to detect rare events that are present in only single cells. Led by Andrea Movilli.
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Vinita Gowda
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/.
Also on 🌎 Day..
Two of my amazing @treelab.bsky.social students launched #ScienceOnBananaLeaf
A Malayalam science blog! ❤️👏🏾
Great job @aleenaxavier.bsky.social and @rhuthuparna.bsky.social
scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com/scienceonban...
scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com/scienceonban...
Two of my amazing @treelab.bsky.social students launched #ScienceOnBananaLeaf
A Malayalam science blog! ❤️👏🏾
Great job @aleenaxavier.bsky.social and @rhuthuparna.bsky.social
scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com/scienceonban...
scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com/scienceonban...
Science on banana leaf | malayalam science blog
We are a wholesome malayalam science bloggers. In Science on Banana leaf, you may find the local and scientific names of our backyard plants, animals, birds, and whatnot, interesting scientific articl...
scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Also on 🌎 Day..
Two of my amazing @treelab.bsky.social students launched #ScienceOnBananaLeaf
A Malayalam science blog! ❤️👏🏾
Great job @aleenaxavier.bsky.social and @rhuthuparna.bsky.social
scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com/scienceonban...
scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com/scienceonban...
Two of my amazing @treelab.bsky.social students launched #ScienceOnBananaLeaf
A Malayalam science blog! ❤️👏🏾
Great job @aleenaxavier.bsky.social and @rhuthuparna.bsky.social
scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com/scienceonban...
scienceonbananalea.wixsite.com/scienceonban...
It's Earth Day 🌎 and here's a lovely article by budding scientist @sekhar-anupama.bsky.social from the Tree Lab ...
Happy Earth Day!
www.biotalesindia.com/blog/lab-lif...
Happy Earth Day!
www.biotalesindia.com/blog/lab-lif...
Chasing Plant Fragrances
"People often ask me, “Why go through all the trouble of collecting floral scents directly from the field? Can’t you just pluck the flowers, boil them, and extract the essence?” Well, sure, I could do...
www.biotalesindia.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It's Earth Day 🌎 and here's a lovely article by budding scientist @sekhar-anupama.bsky.social from the Tree Lab ...
Happy Earth Day!
www.biotalesindia.com/blog/lab-lif...
Happy Earth Day!
www.biotalesindia.com/blog/lab-lif...