Brian Atkinson
@habitualb.bsky.social
Associate Prof in EEB and Curator of Paleobotany of the Biodiversity Institute at the University of Kansas
Was happy to be greeted by inky caps this am. This mushroom excretes enzymes to digest itself to spread more spores. When the dark spores mix with the digestive fluids, it gives the mushroom an inky appearance. So goth, I love it.
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Was happy to be greeted by inky caps this am. This mushroom excretes enzymes to digest itself to spread more spores. When the dark spores mix with the digestive fluids, it gives the mushroom an inky appearance. So goth, I love it.
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Godzilla vs. Biollante commission!
September 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Godzilla vs. Biollante commission!
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The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring!
We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
August 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring!
We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
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Thanks to all the authors and reviewers who are contributing to this special issue! 🌿⛏️ Many papers are still in review/in revision but some are already available online: academic.oup.com/aob/search-r...
#paleobotany #FossilFriday
#paleobotany #FossilFriday
⛏️🌍 Annals of Botany announces a new special issue on "Milestones and trends: the role of the fossil record in reconstructing plant evolution", edited by AoB editor Alexandru (Mihai) Tomescu and guest editors Anne-Laure Decombeix, Alexander Hetherington and Brian Atkinson. (1/3)
August 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Thanks to all the authors and reviewers who are contributing to this special issue! 🌿⛏️ Many papers are still in review/in revision but some are already available online: academic.oup.com/aob/search-r...
#paleobotany #FossilFriday
#paleobotany #FossilFriday
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A little belated but I've started a faculty position at Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology department at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social. I'm absolutely stoked! I'll be recruiting at all levels and will be at #Botany2025
Reach out!
www.martinezgomezlab.com
Reach out!
www.martinezgomezlab.com
Martinez-Gomez Lab
Plant Evo-Devo
www.martinezgomezlab.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A little belated but I've started a faculty position at Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology department at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social. I'm absolutely stoked! I'll be recruiting at all levels and will be at #Botany2025
Reach out!
www.martinezgomezlab.com
Reach out!
www.martinezgomezlab.com
New logo(s) just dropped. Self expression in my research endeavors has been important for me lately. Low key, Tony Hawk pro skater logo was an inspo for these
July 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
New logo(s) just dropped. Self expression in my research endeavors has been important for me lately. Low key, Tony Hawk pro skater logo was an inspo for these
So much good music dropped this summer
New Clips album slaps
New Tyler the Creator album slaps
I’m abt it
New Clips album slaps
New Tyler the Creator album slaps
I’m abt it
July 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
So much good music dropped this summer
New Clips album slaps
New Tyler the Creator album slaps
I’m abt it
New Clips album slaps
New Tyler the Creator album slaps
I’m abt it
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I'll have more info in a few weeks when I get back from fieldwork but I'll be recruiting 2 graduate students to begin in 2026 (1 PhD, 1 MS). My lab investigates macroevolutionary dynamics using phylogenetic methods & the fossil record. Please share with students having strong research interests!
July 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'll have more info in a few weeks when I get back from fieldwork but I'll be recruiting 2 graduate students to begin in 2026 (1 PhD, 1 MS). My lab investigates macroevolutionary dynamics using phylogenetic methods & the fossil record. Please share with students having strong research interests!
Was greeted by this massive slime mold in my garden this morning. One of my fav organisms
June 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Was greeted by this massive slime mold in my garden this morning. One of my fav organisms
Recently installed a cassette player in my 94 Chevy c1500. Physical media brings me so much joy
June 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Recently installed a cassette player in my 94 Chevy c1500. Physical media brings me so much joy
KUPB scoured central KS for 100 million year old plants. Prospects ahead
June 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
KUPB scoured central KS for 100 million year old plants. Prospects ahead
Also special shoutout to the ancestors 🖤
Some good news: I’ve officially been awarded tenure with promotion in rank to Associate Professor and Associate Curator
Thanks to all those who supported me along the way ❤️
Thanks to all those who supported me along the way ❤️
May 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Also special shoutout to the ancestors 🖤
Some good news: I’ve officially been awarded tenure with promotion in rank to Associate Professor and Associate Curator
Thanks to all those who supported me along the way ❤️
Thanks to all those who supported me along the way ❤️
May 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Some good news: I’ve officially been awarded tenure with promotion in rank to Associate Professor and Associate Curator
Thanks to all those who supported me along the way ❤️
Thanks to all those who supported me along the way ❤️
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April 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This is something I’ve done with @briladwig.bsky.social as broader impact activities for grants. I’d love to see more academics make zines.
This thread is a brilliant idea and I hope academics in my circles hire @ambikamath.bsky.social to bring your work to life in zines
April 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is something I’ve done with @briladwig.bsky.social as broader impact activities for grants. I’d love to see more academics make zines.
Epiphytes are drip for the trees
April 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Epiphytes are drip for the trees
Im so bummed to see this. Cipres had been an incredible computational resource to my research program. As an ECR I depended on it to run so many phylogenetic analyses, many if which ended up in my publications. I’m really sad to see it go. Much gratitude for the people who kept Cipres running
Most of my work would have been much harder or impossible without CIPRES. Very sad to see it shutting down so soon...
Really sad to hear that CIPRES will be shutting down in March 2026. End of an era. @verourgiles.bsky.social and I use it in our undergrad evo bio class teaching students about alignment, model selection, and tree building, and I've used it heavily in my own research. I'm going to miss it.
March 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Im so bummed to see this. Cipres had been an incredible computational resource to my research program. As an ECR I depended on it to run so many phylogenetic analyses, many if which ended up in my publications. I’m really sad to see it go. Much gratitude for the people who kept Cipres running
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Please share this opportunity widely! Instructors: @fmachado.bsky.social @alencarlrv.bsky.social @joelmcglothlin.bsky.social Jacqueline Sztepanacz, Patrick Carter & Joe Felsenstein (virtually)
Interested in trait evolution and/or connecting micro and macroevolution? The Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics Workshop has returned, now at Mountain Lake Biological Station, VA, June 9-13th! Deadline for application April 4th, 5pm EST. More info here: eqgw.github.io
EQGW
eqgw.github.io
March 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Please share this opportunity widely! Instructors: @fmachado.bsky.social @alencarlrv.bsky.social @joelmcglothlin.bsky.social Jacqueline Sztepanacz, Patrick Carter & Joe Felsenstein (virtually)
@briladwig.bsky.social is finally on bluesky! It’s been a blessing to collab with her on paleo inspired zines. Check her out
February 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
@briladwig.bsky.social is finally on bluesky! It’s been a blessing to collab with her on paleo inspired zines. Check her out
What an opportunity to work with an amazing (paleo)botanist!
check this PhD position in #paleontology in Frankfurt, Germany, working with me on the distribution of the plant fossil record in the Mesozoic!
The Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung seeks a doctoral student in paleobiology and geoinformatics (75% part-time) for a 3-year project in Frankfurt. Apply by Feb 16, 2025. More info: www.senckenberg.de. #gradstudent
January 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
What an opportunity to work with an amazing (paleo)botanist!
As a horror fan, I have to share (with permission) this student made zine. It def gives some Junji Ito vibes imo
December 11, 2024 at 8:57 PM
As a horror fan, I have to share (with permission) this student made zine. It def gives some Junji Ito vibes imo
Lately ive been really into zines. They are a great alt medium to convey info and community happenings. This semester I made a EC activity in my biodiversity class that had students make their own zines focusing on their favorite organism in class. Check this out (shared with permission)
December 10, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Lately ive been really into zines. They are a great alt medium to convey info and community happenings. This semester I made a EC activity in my biodiversity class that had students make their own zines focusing on their favorite organism in class. Check this out (shared with permission)
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There aren't many paleobotanist over here yet, but here's a Starter Pack of people who I follow because they're either paleobotanists🌿, do paleobotanical art🪷, or post about plants in a way relevant to #paleobotany🍁.
It's currently a small list, so lemme know who needs adding.
go.bsky.app/HkFEbfL
It's currently a small list, so lemme know who needs adding.
go.bsky.app/HkFEbfL
November 24, 2024 at 8:07 AM
There aren't many paleobotanist over here yet, but here's a Starter Pack of people who I follow because they're either paleobotanists🌿, do paleobotanical art🪷, or post about plants in a way relevant to #paleobotany🍁.
It's currently a small list, so lemme know who needs adding.
go.bsky.app/HkFEbfL
It's currently a small list, so lemme know who needs adding.
go.bsky.app/HkFEbfL
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We're hiring a curator of Botany!
The University of Nebraska State Museum is looking for a botanist (broadly concieved) to head the Bessey Herbarium. Good collection (350k specimens/3k types), good people! Please apply or share:
The UNL application site link is: employment.unl.edu/postings/93856
The University of Nebraska State Museum is looking for a botanist (broadly concieved) to head the Bessey Herbarium. Good collection (350k specimens/3k types), good people! Please apply or share:
The UNL application site link is: employment.unl.edu/postings/93856
November 14, 2024 at 10:31 PM
We're hiring a curator of Botany!
The University of Nebraska State Museum is looking for a botanist (broadly concieved) to head the Bessey Herbarium. Good collection (350k specimens/3k types), good people! Please apply or share:
The UNL application site link is: employment.unl.edu/postings/93856
The University of Nebraska State Museum is looking for a botanist (broadly concieved) to head the Bessey Herbarium. Good collection (350k specimens/3k types), good people! Please apply or share:
The UNL application site link is: employment.unl.edu/postings/93856
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I am recruiting graduate students this year to join my lab in Tucson! If you are interested in studying the evolution of plant diversity, polypoidy, and chromosomal evolution, please reach out about opportunities in my lab! Details about applying to EEB and our new CAMBIUM NRT in the thread below! 🧪
If you are looking for a graduate program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, please considering joining us in Tucson, AZ! Our deadline is December 2 this year for admission to our Fall 2025 cohort. You can find out more about EEB and applying to our program here: eeb.arizona.edu/graduate/pro...
November 14, 2024 at 6:44 PM
I am recruiting graduate students this year to join my lab in Tucson! If you are interested in studying the evolution of plant diversity, polypoidy, and chromosomal evolution, please reach out about opportunities in my lab! Details about applying to EEB and our new CAMBIUM NRT in the thread below! 🧪