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Physiology & Ecophysiology section in @BotSocAmerica.bsky.social supporting plant physiological research from cells to biomes.
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#PhysFam #PlantFizzz

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BSA-ecophys @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social · Nov 9
Here is a working Starter Pack for Plant Ecophysiologists! Please let us know if you want to be added to this list in a comment or DM. #botany #plantecophys #PhysFam

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Join us at the University of Central Florida! 🍊🚀🌴

We’re seeking an Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology! We’ve got growth chambers, hoop houses, greenhouse space, an arboretum, and students chomping at the bit for more plant courses!

#PlantPeopleFTW #IAmABotanist

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Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology - Orlando, Florida, United States
The OpportunityThe Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for the position of tenure track Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology (9-month appointment), a...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Welcome Dr. Brian Maricle, our new Membership Chair for the BSA Ecophysiology Section! 🌿

An Associate Professor of Biology at Saginaw Valley State University, Brian studies how plants adapt to drought, salinity, and flooding. He earned his Ph.D. from Washington State University.

#bsaecophys #BSA
October 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Here is a great job for the right plant physiologist.
October 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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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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🔬🌱 We are planning ahead for Botany 2026! We’re looking for folks interested in helping organize a hands-on workshop on building custom LI-COR chambers and measuring gas exchange on non-conventional plant material.

👉 Reach out to jsavage@d.umn.edu if interested!

#Botany2026 #bsaecophys
September 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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🚨 1 Week Left to Apply! 🚨
The Krieg Lab is hiring a Research Professional in Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution.

📅 Deadline: October 1, 2025
📧 Sending materials (Cover Letter, CV, References) to: kriegc[at]wfu.edu
September 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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🌱📚 Love plants and books? The Plant Science Bulletin is looking for book reviewers. There are a few books that may interest our followers!

Visit here for more info:
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#Botany #bsa #PlantScience #BookReview #PlantScienceBulletin
September 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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#Botany2026 in Tucson AZ is going to be a great meeting!

If you want us to help organize a symposium/colloquium on your favorite topic in plant phys, ecophys, ecology or macroecology, let us know!
botsocamerica.bsky.social Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Sep 12
We’re excited to announce the Call for Symposia, Colloquia, & Workshop Proposals for #Botany2026, Aug. 1–5, 2026 in Tucson, AZ.

Help us explore this year’s theme: Biodiversity at the Boundaries.

There is a hard deadline of October 16 for Symposia and Colloquia proposals.

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Flyer for Botany 2026, themed “Biodiversity at the Boundaries.” The event will be held August 1–5, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. The circular logo shows a desert landscape with colorful cacti and flowering plants. Large text reads: “Call for symposia, colloquia, and workshop proposals!” The website www.botanyconference.org is listed, along with sponsor logos at the bottom: Botanical Society of America, ASPT, Society of Herbarium Curators, ABLS, IAPT, and American Fern Society.
September 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Mentors needed for BSA’s GRFP Workshop! 🌱

The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Workshop for Plant Researchers is returning in 2025. With NSF’s 2026 GRFP deadline set for Oct 27, we’re looking for mentors to guide student applicants.

Learn how you can help!
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Flyer with a green leafy background announcing the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Workshop for Plant Researchers. Large bold text at the top reads: “We need your help!” The flyer asks graduate students who have received a GRFP award, as well as postdocs, research scientists, and faculty PIs, to sign up as mentors for the Botanical Society of America’s GRFP Workshop. Section titled What does mentoring require? lists two points: Read statements from 4–6 students applying for the GRFP. Provide feedback and facilitate two 1.5-hour meetings for your group. On the right, a QR code and link direct potential mentors to register. Logos at the bottom include NSF GRFP and the Botanical Society of America.
September 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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🌱 Calling all mentors!
The BSA Early Career Committee is bringing back the NSF GRFP Workshop. Sign up to be a mentor if you are a:

✅ Grad student who already received a GRFP or
✅ PI, postdoc, senior researcher

Sign up here 👉 forms.gle/sQUwhVryYHJK...

#NSFGRFP #botany
Mentor Registration Form — GRFP Workshop
Are you interested in helping students write a stronger NSF GRFP application? We hope you will join us as a mentor in this BSA-organized GRFP workshop, where you will work with 4-6 applicants to help ...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The #NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program #GRFP solicitation is coming soon!

The due date for Life Sciences proposals is 27 October 2025.

For more info: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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September 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Applications for the 2026 Pivot to Plants Fellows Program at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center are now open.

Location: St. Louis, MO
Application Deadline: October 15, 2025
Dates: Jan. 5, 2026 – Dec. 23, 2026
Estimated Stipend: $37,275

Learn more: www.danforthcenter.org/our-work/edu...
Pivot to Plants: Training Program for Plant and Data Science | Danforth Plant Science Center
The Pivot2Plants Fellows Program is a 1-year training program for people interested in pivoting to a career in plant science or data science but have limited research experience.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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🌿Thank you for making “A Day for BSA” a huge success! 🌿

Together, we exceeded our $15,000 Endowment campaign goal, raising over $16,000 to support students, publications, and the annual conference.

Did you miss it? This Endowment campaign continues through August 31!
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This image shows the 2025 'A Day for BSA' logo as well as balloons. Text: A Day for BSA Thank You! Thank you for being part of the second annual "A Day for BSA," celebrating more than 130 years of the Botanical Society of America! Together, we surpassed our goal, raising over $15,000 for the BSA Endowment, a testament to the generosity and dedication of our community to the future of the botanical sciences.
August 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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🌿 August 27 is A Day for BSA—celebrating the founding of the Botanical Society of America in 1895! Donate any amount to help support students, publications, conferences, and the future of botany. Every gift matters! 🌱💚

👉 Donate & learn more: day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025

#DayforBSA #IamaBotanist
A Day for BSA 2025
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August 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Thanks to everyone who’s donated to the '#ADayforBSA' Endowment campaign! We’ve already reached 20% of our $15,000 goal.

Every gift matters and helps support students, publications, and the Botany Conference. Haven’t given yet? There’s still time: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

#IamaBotanist
This image shows the logo for "A Day for BSA" and around it a gauge that shows about 20% of goal made. Text: Help us reach today's endowment giving goal of $15,000.www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025. A group photo of BSA members are also shown.
August 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Celebrate #ADayforBSA by supporting the BSA Endowment, which sustains student opportunities and helps ensure programs like the PLANTS program can continue to usher in the next generation of botanical scientists despite funding cuts by the NSF.

Give today!
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A promotional graphic for “A Day for BSA” on August 27, 2025. The top features a testimonial quote from Trinity Depatie about joining the Botanical Society of America (BSA) in 2020 as a PLANTS grant mentee, describing the BSA community as welcoming and encouraging others to attend Botany meetings. Below the text is a smiling person in a wide-brimmed purple and pink sun hat and gray sweater. To the right is a circular logo with the words “A Day for BSA – Students, Journals, Conference – August 27, 2025.” At the bottom, bold white text reads: “Give to the BSA Endowment Today!”
August 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Ann Sakai & Steve Weller celebrate BSA’s travel grants, mentorship, and programs that guide students from undergraduates to professional botanists. Join us for #ADayforBSA—give to the Endowment and support future generations.

Give today!
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Promotional image for "A Day for BSA" on August 27, 2025, encouraging donations to the Botanical Society of America (BSA) Endowment. The image features a quote from Ann Sakai and Steve Weller praising BSA journals like the American Journal of Botany and Applications in Plant Sciences for their publishing opportunities and excellent staff. They emphasize the importance of supporting research, teaching, and outreach. At the bottom, there's a photo of Ann Sakai and Steve Weller smiling outdoors, alongside the BSA logo. The banner reads: "Give to the BSA Endowment Today!"
August 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Today is #ADayforBSA!

🌿 Support the future of botany by donating to the BSA Endowment. Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference and allows us to support students, our publications, and community-building conferences now and for years to come.

Donate now: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...
August 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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🌿 'A Day for BSA' (day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025) is this Wednesday!

Join us as we celebrate 130+ years of advancing botanical science, and then help us reach our campaign goal of $15,000 raised for the BSA Endowment with a gift of any amount.

Give today!
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#ADayforBSA
August 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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🌿✨ Plant Fizz Friday! ✨🌿

We want to show off amazing things plant ecophysiologists are doing.... that means you! Twice a month, we want to showcase something from our community (lab setup, fieldwork, publication, etc).

To participate, send 1 - 3 images, and a description to mok.danielwl@gmail.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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🌿✨ Plant Fizz Friday! ✨🌿

We want to show off amazing things plant ecophysiologists are doing.... that means you! Twice a month, we want to showcase something from our community (lab setup, fieldwork, publication, etc).

To participate, send 1 - 3 images, and a description to mok.danielwl@gmail.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Congratulations to PRI grad student Daniel Mok (@dmokplants.bsky.social) for being awarded Best LI-COR Oral Presentation in the @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social section at #Botany2025 for his talk, "CAM photosynthesis in the carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae)!"

#PlantScience #BSAecophys
A green graphic featuring a grid of photos of Daniel Mok presenting at Botany 2025 on the right and the MSU PRI logo in the upper left corner. There is white text on the left that says: "Daniel Mok, Graduate Student, Department of Plant Biology, Plant Resilience Institute, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station" Contained in a light green arrow, is the following text: "Congratulations! Best LI-COR Oral Presentation, Physiology and Ecophysiology Section, Botany 2025"
August 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Had such a good time giving my first talk at my first #Botany2025, my shaky voice was just for added effect, I swear! Thank you to the PLANTS program and #bulbouslab for bringing me here. 🧅
Also I’m looking to join a lab in ecophysiology so if you’re looking for students, please reach out!! 👀🌱
August 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Congrats to the section award winners. Thanks @li-corenv.bsky.social for sponsoring.

Best LI-COR Poster :
Amelie LeTierce, University of Minnesota - Duluth
"Beauty is Skin Deep: Obscured Chlorophyll is Photosynthetic in Zinnia elegans Flowers"
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August 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Congrats to the section award winners. Thanks @li-corenv.bsky.social for sponsoring.

Best LI-COR Oral Presentation:
Daniel Mok, Michigan State University
"CAM photosynthesis in the carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae)"
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#bsaecophys #botany2025
August 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM