David Kunkel
@evoecodavidk.bsky.social
Plant Science PhD Candidate @ OKSTATE
Studying ecological niches, diversification history, and climate change response of milkweeds
He/him/his 🏳️🌈
Studying ecological niches, diversification history, and climate change response of milkweeds
He/him/his 🏳️🌈
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🚨🚨 New tenure track position in #ConservationBiology @oberlincollege.bsky.social in the #Biology department--come join us, and contribute to our brand new Environmental Science major too! #biologyjobs #ecologyjobs
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671
Assistant Professor of Biology
The Biology Department at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time tenure track faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences in conservation ecology. Initial appointment to this po...
jobs.oberlin.edu
August 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🚨🚨 New tenure track position in #ConservationBiology @oberlincollege.bsky.social in the #Biology department--come join us, and contribute to our brand new Environmental Science major too! #biologyjobs #ecologyjobs
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671
jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/16671
Had such a great time at #botany2025! Hearing about everyone's research was very inspiring and generated some new ideas for my own work.
See you all in Tucson next year!
See you all in Tucson next year!
August 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Had such a great time at #botany2025! Hearing about everyone's research was very inspiring and generated some new ideas for my own work.
See you all in Tucson next year!
See you all in Tucson next year!
Talk 1 ✅️
Talk 2: I will be talking about my research with milkweeds, their environment and traits, and diversification tomorrow at 2:00 pm in Macroevolution I in Mesquite B. #Botany2025
Talk 2: I will be talking about my research with milkweeds, their environment and traits, and diversification tomorrow at 2:00 pm in Macroevolution I in Mesquite B. #Botany2025
July 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Talk 1 ✅️
Talk 2: I will be talking about my research with milkweeds, their environment and traits, and diversification tomorrow at 2:00 pm in Macroevolution I in Mesquite B. #Botany2025
Talk 2: I will be talking about my research with milkweeds, their environment and traits, and diversification tomorrow at 2:00 pm in Macroevolution I in Mesquite B. #Botany2025
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Fabulous #Botany2025 Plenary talk by Cat Adams @scienceismetal.bsky.social sharing insights from @plantingscience.bsky.social on how scientists can engage grade school students with plants. Most students only know fictional scientists so this programme is their first contact with real scientists.
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Fabulous #Botany2025 Plenary talk by Cat Adams @scienceismetal.bsky.social sharing insights from @plantingscience.bsky.social on how scientists can engage grade school students with plants. Most students only know fictional scientists so this programme is their first contact with real scientists.
Come check out my talk discussing the community roadmap for the BIOFAIR Data Network on Monday at 2:15 pm in Mesquite C! #Botany2025
July 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Come check out my talk discussing the community roadmap for the BIOFAIR Data Network on Monday at 2:15 pm in Mesquite C! #Botany2025
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NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
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The PLANTS program (funded by NSF) at @botsocamerica.bsky.social was a cornerstone of the conference each year, bringing together new-to-science scholars with more experienced mentors. It helped provide community, support, and connection to new scientists.
The grant was terminated last week.
The grant was terminated last week.
May 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The PLANTS program (funded by NSF) at @botsocamerica.bsky.social was a cornerstone of the conference each year, bringing together new-to-science scholars with more experienced mentors. It helped provide community, support, and connection to new scientists.
The grant was terminated last week.
The grant was terminated last week.
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Amy Angert & I are recruiting 2 field technicians for demographic surveys of scarlet monkeyflower in late summer-fall. Please spread word to any potentially interested candidates! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/217...
Temporary Plant Ecology Field Technician
The Sheth evolutionary ecology lab in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina; USA) and the Angert Lab in the Departments of Botany an...
jobs.ncsu.edu
April 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Amy Angert & I are recruiting 2 field technicians for demographic surveys of scarlet monkeyflower in late summer-fall. Please spread word to any potentially interested candidates! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/217...
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🌿 Join iDigBio on May 6 at 1 PM ET for a webinar on how advocacy helped save the Duke Herbarium—and what we can learn moving forward.
BSA was proud to support the petition to save the herbarium—and now, we hope you'll help amplify this important event.
Event Info: www.idigbio.org/content/spec...
BSA was proud to support the petition to save the herbarium—and now, we hope you'll help amplify this important event.
Event Info: www.idigbio.org/content/spec...
April 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🌿 Join iDigBio on May 6 at 1 PM ET for a webinar on how advocacy helped save the Duke Herbarium—and what we can learn moving forward.
BSA was proud to support the petition to save the herbarium—and now, we hope you'll help amplify this important event.
Event Info: www.idigbio.org/content/spec...
BSA was proud to support the petition to save the herbarium—and now, we hope you'll help amplify this important event.
Event Info: www.idigbio.org/content/spec...
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If you've had a grant from NSF or NIH suspended or modified because of recent executive orders, @aibsbiology.bsky.social is collecting documentation of changes to federal research grants — submit here, responses are confidential unless you say otherwise
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aibs.wufoo.com/forms/aibs-s...
AIBS Seeking Info on Status of Current Awards
Federal research agencies, including the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, are currently reviewing previously approved awards to comply with President Trump's Executiv...
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March 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
If you've had a grant from NSF or NIH suspended or modified because of recent executive orders, @aibsbiology.bsky.social is collecting documentation of changes to federal research grants — submit here, responses are confidential unless you say otherwise
aibs.wufoo.com/forms/aibs-s...
aibs.wufoo.com/forms/aibs-s...
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The PteridoPortal: A publicly accessible collection of over three million records of extant and extinct #pteridophytes
By @crothfels.bsky.social @msundue.bsky.social @mlinkperez.bsky.social @aaronliston.bsky.social @klymiuk.ca et al in #AppsPlantSci
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
By @crothfels.bsky.social @msundue.bsky.social @mlinkperez.bsky.social @aaronliston.bsky.social @klymiuk.ca et al in #AppsPlantSci
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The PteridoPortal: A publicly accessible collection of over three million records of extant and extinct #pteridophytes
By @crothfels.bsky.social @msundue.bsky.social @mlinkperez.bsky.social @aaronliston.bsky.social @klymiuk.ca et al in #AppsPlantSci
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
By @crothfels.bsky.social @msundue.bsky.social @mlinkperez.bsky.social @aaronliston.bsky.social @klymiuk.ca et al in #AppsPlantSci
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Today, rallies, walkouts, & demonstrations are happening nationwide in support of defending science, funding, and equity—including the main DC Rally organized by Stand Up for Science 2025.
Share photos of your actions today with us @botsocamerica.bsky.social!
#StandUpForScience #IamaBotanist
Share photos of your actions today with us @botsocamerica.bsky.social!
#StandUpForScience #IamaBotanist
March 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today, rallies, walkouts, & demonstrations are happening nationwide in support of defending science, funding, and equity—including the main DC Rally organized by Stand Up for Science 2025.
Share photos of your actions today with us @botsocamerica.bsky.social!
#StandUpForScience #IamaBotanist
Share photos of your actions today with us @botsocamerica.bsky.social!
#StandUpForScience #IamaBotanist
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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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Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender
President Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr...
www.evolutionsociety.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
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Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.
January 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.
If you see this quote with flowers from your gallery.
January 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If you see this quote with flowers from your gallery.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
Happy New Year! 🎊🥂
January 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Happy New Year! 🎊🥂
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We are hiring a PhD students for our recently NASA-funded HI-GRASS project, which combines microbiome and plant communities with animal telemetry and remote sensing to uncover the factors influencing grassland biodiversity
www.bachelotlab.com/join.html
Thanks @arcastilla.bsky.social for the pic
www.bachelotlab.com/join.html
Thanks @arcastilla.bsky.social for the pic
December 29, 2024 at 7:12 PM
We are hiring a PhD students for our recently NASA-funded HI-GRASS project, which combines microbiome and plant communities with animal telemetry and remote sensing to uncover the factors influencing grassland biodiversity
www.bachelotlab.com/join.html
Thanks @arcastilla.bsky.social for the pic
www.bachelotlab.com/join.html
Thanks @arcastilla.bsky.social for the pic
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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
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The lab is finally using bioRxiv to post preprints. Check out the cool work done by one of our alumni Gabriela Hernandes Villani!
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Tropical Forest Soil Microbiome Modulates Leaf Heat Tolerance More Strongly Under Warming than Ambient Conditions
Tropical forests are increasingly threatened by climate change. Yet, it is still unclear how tropical plants respond to increasing temperatures. Leaf heat tolerance (LHT) in tropical plants is often a...
doi.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:42 PM
The lab is finally using bioRxiv to post preprints. Check out the cool work done by one of our alumni Gabriela Hernandes Villani!
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Final grades uploaded and celebrated by slaying a dragon! ⚔️🛡
December 7, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Final grades uploaded and celebrated by slaying a dragon! ⚔️🛡
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We are very excited about our new Felsenstein Review, by Rosana Zenil-Ferguson and Lee Hsiang Liow, is now out! Check out the full article here 👉 https://buff.ly/41hpKym
December 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM
We are very excited about our new Felsenstein Review, by Rosana Zenil-Ferguson and Lee Hsiang Liow, is now out! Check out the full article here 👉 https://buff.ly/41hpKym