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Christopher Krieg 🌿
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Assistant Professor | #NewPI
Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution |
Dept of Biology, Wake Forest University |
#botany #plantecophys #evolution
#ferns #cycads #polyploidy
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peiferlabunc.bsky.social
The 5th of 6 faculty positions in UNC Biology is posted. We're working with the @ncbg.bsky.social to fill a joint position as Director of the UNC Herbarium at @ncbg.bsky.social and as Associate Professor within the Department of Biology (BIOL). Please share 1/n
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Associate Professor & Director of NCBG Herbarium
This is a research, teaching, and public service position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, serving jointly as Herbarium Director at the North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG) and as...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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tropicalbotany.bsky.social
Yet another way the GRFP will bias towards financially secure, non-working, networked students from large, well-resourced institutions. sigh.

I *know* NSF POs understand the difficulties obtaining official transcripts, and certainly in the timeframe available. They might not have control over this.
danstarrucdavis.bsky.social Dan Starr @danstarrucdavis.bsky.social · 6d
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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benrlee.com
I'm taking applications for a PhD student to work in my lab for just shy of two more weeks! Happy to talk to interested candidates about potential projects.
benrlee.com Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · Oct 3
🚨 Please repost widely!🚨

I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
An ad for a PhD position to start fall 2026 working with me at ETSU. For more info, please email at LeeBR1@etsu.edu. A close-up picture of dimpled trout lilies active in early spring, still largely surrounded by the previous year's senesced tree leaves. A beautiful vista of the Blue Ridge Mountains from on top of Carver's Gap on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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kirkamundson.bsky.social
UMass Amherst Biology is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Physiology. Deadline Nov 1. Please spread the word and apply!

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Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology
The Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Plant Physiology. The successful can...
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October 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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wakeforest.bsky.social
Wake Forest welcomes Jill Tiefenthaler, CEO of National Geographic, on Nov 13 for a keynote about exploring and taking action to make a positive impact in the world. Join us to hear her insights on how global exploration can inspire real‑world solutions. 🌿 https://wakefo.rest/4oefdMG
Wake Forest’s Sabin Center to Present National Geographic CEO Jill Tiefenthaler | Wake Forest News
Jill Tiefenthaler, chief executive officer of the National Geographic Society, will deliver the keynote address for the Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability’s conference, “Sustainable, Just...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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uehlinglab.bsky.social
job alert: UC Davis is looking to hire a 9 month tenure-track Assistant Professor of Mycology in the Department of Plant Pathology. More details below, for full consideration submit by 1 December 2025

recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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October 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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bedform.org
This is idiotic. So many different ways that this gets done depending on the field and even the individual lab group.
October 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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barkerms.bsky.social
I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖
The allotetraploid lycophyte Selaginella rupincola growing among the boulders at Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains southeast of Tucson, Arizona. Xanthisma spinulosum growing outside a gym in Tucson, Arizona. Selaginella arizonica X eremophila hybrid zone at Alamo Canyon in Organ Pipe National Monument. A Dieteria sp. being visited by a skipper in the White Mountains of Arizona.
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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wile-phylote.bsky.social
🚀🍊 Blast off! 🍊🚀

Excited to share that next month Zach and I will be joining the Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida!

Because of our love for midcentury modern design, we will only acknowledge the Citronaut as the official mascot. 😉

@emberts.bsky.social @ucf.bsky.social
Two people standing next to each other in front of sunflowers
July 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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ezequielvera.bsky.social
Found more paleobotanists here and added them to the starter pack.
Let me know if I am missing someone!!!

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October 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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adamtclark.bsky.social
How can we identify #coexistence in #ecology? There are at least three common approaches (structural stability, eigenvalues, and invasion), and each investigates different aspects of community dynamics (equilibria, locally stable equilibria, and global stability). 1/2
A practical guide to characterising ecological coexistence
Coexistence is simultaneously one of the most fundamental concepts of ecology, and one of the most difficult to define. A particular challenge is that, despite a well-developed body of research, seve...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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ipbes.net
It's #WorldMentalHealthDay 🌍

#DidYouKnow Healthy ecosystems support healthy minds?

IPBES #NexusAssessment confirms: biodiversity and functioning ecosystems improve mental health. Access to biodiverse environments facilitates recovery from stress, depression & other health-related conditions.🏡🧪
An upward view of a lush forest canopy with tall trees stretching toward the sky. The image shows numerous straight, tall tree trunks with textured bark and vibrant green foliage overhead. The trees appear to be mature hardwoods, creating a dense, natural cathedral-like ceiling of leaves. Text overlaid on the image reads "NATURE HEALS" and "Biodiversity supports mental health" in dark text. A smaller text block from the IPBES Nexus Assessment describes the relationship between nature and health. The IPBES logo appears in the top right corner. The photograph emphasizes the height and density of the forest, with sunlight filtering through the leaves creating a natural green glow throughout the scene.
October 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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bsa-ecophys.bsky.social
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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rafamarcondes.bsky.social
Folks who recently landed jobs: how long did it take to wean youself off the addiction/Stockholm syndrome of ecoevojobs.net?
October 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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annealiz1.bsky.social
Excellent summary of what signing this “compact” will mean to Universities

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
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October 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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milessilman.bsky.social
Drone operations today. #Biodiversity and #bioeconomy on the Rio Nanay, Northern Peru
October 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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tomkimmerer.bsky.social
Here is a great job for the right plant physiologist.
October 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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kheyduk.bsky.social
Hey Botany friends, any PI at a grad-degree-granting institution want to help us out with a "applying to grad school" panel on Oct 9th at 4:30 est? 🙏 Come share your wisdom!
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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fisherke.bsky.social
I can't believe we're at this point - if universities want feferal funds, they have to kowtow to the government - www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Exclusive | White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage
An initial round of nine schools, including Dartmouth, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, are being asked to sign a wide-ranging “compact.”
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October 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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kheyduk.bsky.social
Taught plant anatomy class about stomata today (they are the coolest). Didn't get to work in any of my puns tho:

What's stomata with you?!
This is a great op-pore-tunity to learn about plant water relations!
something something guard cells (I ran out of time to workshop this one)
October 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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andrewlhipp.bsky.social
Get symposium and colloquium proposals together for Botany 2026, the joint meeting of @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social @botsocamerica.bsky.social @herbariumcurators.bsky.social @iaptglobal.bsky.social + Am Bryological Society and Am Fern Society... best meeting of the year!

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October 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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pablidopsis.bsky.social
Our new review just got published in JXB - together with
@likeyoda1.bsky.social
we discuss recent findings on mechanisms that cells use to 'decide' between dividing and differentiating in plants 🪴 tinyurl.com/yta6fd5b
Diagrams depicting the mitotic cell cycle and potential exits from it (left) and morphologies of different tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana: cotyledon, shoot apical meristem, leaf, sepal, inflorescence meristem, anther (right)
October 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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chale9.bsky.social
What a dream job!
scaldararu.bsky.social Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · Oct 1
Come work with us - The School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin is looking for a tenure track assistant professor in plant biodiversity and conservation 🧪🌏🌾 my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Drop me a message if you want to chat about what it's like to work here or live in Ireland.
an old building with climbing plants around the door with purple flowers. The sign above the door says school of botany 1907
October 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Tree inside tree.
I don't know the origin of this photo, I saw it via Forest Machine Magazine. It shows a cut log with internal scarring and heartwood discolouration creating the shape of a tree within the trunk.
September 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM