Ixchel González-Ramírez
@ixchelgr.bsky.social
Postdoctoral fellow at MOBOT * Liverworts fan * Phylogenetics enthusiast * Dog mom * Ball is life
I'm an evolutionary biologist interested in macroevolution, biogeography, and fossils! Extra points if it's a plant with conspicuous gametophytes
I'm an evolutionary biologist interested in macroevolution, biogeography, and fossils! Extra points if it's a plant with conspicuous gametophytes
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Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow in Tomatillo Evolution
jobs.colorado.edu
August 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social
It posted more than a week ago, but I finally find time to share my work with @iochromaland.bsky.social and @rociodeanna.bsky.social on the divergence times of Solanaceae! It has been one of the greatest collaborations in my lifetime with two inspiring scientists! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Late Cretaceous origins for major nightshade lineages from total evidence timetree analysis
Background and Aims The timing of the radiation of nightshades (Solanaceae) has been contentious in the literature, with estimates of the crown age ranging from ca. 30 to 70 Mya (mid-Oligocene to late...
www.biorxiv.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It posted more than a week ago, but I finally find time to share my work with @iochromaland.bsky.social and @rociodeanna.bsky.social on the divergence times of Solanaceae! It has been one of the greatest collaborations in my lifetime with two inspiring scientists! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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It's back! The Society of Systematic Biologists is running Year 3 of the Mentorship Program!
Find community, support your colleagues, and talk trees. Apply by June 10th, 2025.
Program info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p...
Application form: forms.gle/QtD22C9dtfRF...
@systbiol.bsky.social
Find community, support your colleagues, and talk trees. Apply by June 10th, 2025.
Program info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p...
Application form: forms.gle/QtD22C9dtfRF...
@systbiol.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's back! The Society of Systematic Biologists is running Year 3 of the Mentorship Program!
Find community, support your colleagues, and talk trees. Apply by June 10th, 2025.
Program info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p...
Application form: forms.gle/QtD22C9dtfRF...
@systbiol.bsky.social
Find community, support your colleagues, and talk trees. Apply by June 10th, 2025.
Program info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p...
Application form: forms.gle/QtD22C9dtfRF...
@systbiol.bsky.social
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On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n
May 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n
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Jacob Suissa and I wrote a #book about #ferns! It's beautifully illustrated by the amazing artist Laura Silburn. Will be released in May and you can preorder from Amazon. We hope this book could help you forget all the bad things happening on Earth right now. More here: mailchi.mp/btiscience/f...
April 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Jacob Suissa and I wrote a #book about #ferns! It's beautifully illustrated by the amazing artist Laura Silburn. Will be released in May and you can preorder from Amazon. We hope this book could help you forget all the bad things happening on Earth right now. More here: mailchi.mp/btiscience/f...
A couple weeks ago we crawled among the redwoods looking for bryophytes. I finally got a little time to write about it! It’s just a tiny bit liverwort-biased!
ixchelgzlzr.github.io/CNPS_bryowalk
ixchelgzlzr.github.io/CNPS_bryowalk
A California Native Plant Society public hike: learning little plants among the redwoods
*Main post picture by Sunit Mody
ixchelgzlzr.github.io
April 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A couple weeks ago we crawled among the redwoods looking for bryophytes. I finally got a little time to write about it! It’s just a tiny bit liverwort-biased!
ixchelgzlzr.github.io/CNPS_bryowalk
ixchelgzlzr.github.io/CNPS_bryowalk
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Interested in learning basic statistical concepts in Spanish during #Evol2025? This workshop is for you! @tropicalbotany.bsky.social and I are talking about it. Official registration in the meeting website. Thanks to @systbiol.bsky.social for the support (workshop in Spanish, bilingual materials.
March 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Interested in learning basic statistical concepts in Spanish during #Evol2025? This workshop is for you! @tropicalbotany.bsky.social and I are talking about it. Official registration in the meeting website. Thanks to @systbiol.bsky.social for the support (workshop in Spanish, bilingual materials.
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Únete a nosotras en #Evol2025! No hay nada mejor que aprender sobre modelización estadística con la única e inigualable @roszenil.bsky.social-excepto hacerlo in español! //Join us! Nothing's better than learning about statistical modeling from the one and only Rosana ZF- except doing it in Spanish!
Interesado en aprender conceptos basicos de estadística durante #Evol2025? Este taller es para tí. @tropicalbotany.bsky.social y yo estaremos hablando de la importancia de estos conceptos. Regístro en la página oficial del congreso. Gracias @systbiol.bsky.social por el apoyo!
March 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Únete a nosotras en #Evol2025! No hay nada mejor que aprender sobre modelización estadística con la única e inigualable @roszenil.bsky.social-excepto hacerlo in español! //Join us! Nothing's better than learning about statistical modeling from the one and only Rosana ZF- except doing it in Spanish!
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Vittaria appalachiana (Appalachian Gametophyte). This neat fern is native to Appalachia and scattered areas beyond. Related to shoestring ferns, it exists only as a gametophyte in rock shelters and other sheltered habitat. #Fern #plants #nativeplants #Appalachia #botany #photography #nature
March 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Vittaria appalachiana (Appalachian Gametophyte). This neat fern is native to Appalachia and scattered areas beyond. Related to shoestring ferns, it exists only as a gametophyte in rock shelters and other sheltered habitat. #Fern #plants #nativeplants #Appalachia #botany #photography #nature
Today I led a public hike to see some bryophytes! It was an awesome experience! I’m so happy people are interested in looking at little plants 💚💚
March 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Today I led a public hike to see some bryophytes! It was an awesome experience! I’m so happy people are interested in looking at little plants 💚💚
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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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Endophytic #bacteria discovered in oil body organelles of the #liverworts Marchantia polymorpha & Radula complanata
New #AJB research by Blair Young, Barbara Thiers, James White, & Lena Struwe
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #botany #plantscience
New #AJB research by Blair Young, Barbara Thiers, James White, & Lena Struwe
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #botany #plantscience
March 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Endophytic #bacteria discovered in oil body organelles of the #liverworts Marchantia polymorpha & Radula complanata
New #AJB research by Blair Young, Barbara Thiers, James White, & Lena Struwe
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #botany #plantscience
New #AJB research by Blair Young, Barbara Thiers, James White, & Lena Struwe
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #botany #plantscience
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We’re thrilled to announce Dr. Lúcia G. Lohmann as the #Botany2025 Plenary Speaker! A leader in neotropical biodiversity, she serves as President & Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Professor at WashU, driving plant science & conservation forward.
www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html
www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html
March 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We’re thrilled to announce Dr. Lúcia G. Lohmann as the #Botany2025 Plenary Speaker! A leader in neotropical biodiversity, she serves as President & Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Professor at WashU, driving plant science & conservation forward.
www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html
www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html
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Annnouncing Dr. Amy Litt as the #Botany2025 Regional Botany Lecturer!
Dr. Litt's research has taken her from the wonderful flowers of Vochysiaceae, to the evolution of flower development genes, & now to the stunning manzanitas (Arctostaphylos).
Learn more! www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html.
Dr. Litt's research has taken her from the wonderful flowers of Vochysiaceae, to the evolution of flower development genes, & now to the stunning manzanitas (Arctostaphylos).
Learn more! www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html.
March 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Annnouncing Dr. Amy Litt as the #Botany2025 Regional Botany Lecturer!
Dr. Litt's research has taken her from the wonderful flowers of Vochysiaceae, to the evolution of flower development genes, & now to the stunning manzanitas (Arctostaphylos).
Learn more! www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html.
Dr. Litt's research has taken her from the wonderful flowers of Vochysiaceae, to the evolution of flower development genes, & now to the stunning manzanitas (Arctostaphylos).
Learn more! www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html.
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Looking for geological data? 🪨⚒️ We've got you! Check out our new R package for accessing Macrostrat 👇
🚨New paper!🚨
Want to use data from macrostrat.org, but struggle working with APIs?
Our (Christopher Dean, @willgearty.bsky.social, @bethanyjallen.bsky.social, & I) article describing the rmacrostrat R package 📦 is now published #OpenAccess in #Geosphere
doi.org/10.1130/GES0...
#Geology #RStats
Want to use data from macrostrat.org, but struggle working with APIs?
Our (Christopher Dean, @willgearty.bsky.social, @bethanyjallen.bsky.social, & I) article describing the rmacrostrat R package 📦 is now published #OpenAccess in #Geosphere
doi.org/10.1130/GES0...
#Geology #RStats
October 31, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Looking for geological data? 🪨⚒️ We've got you! Check out our new R package for accessing Macrostrat 👇
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Introducing New Zealand's latest Bug of the Year- the magnificent Ngāokeoke / Velvet Worm!
NZ has two genera: one lays eggs (Ooperipatellus, 1st photo) and another gives live birth (Peripatoides, 2nd). They also deposit sperm which burrow through their partner's skin, but that's another story! 🧪
NZ has two genera: one lays eggs (Ooperipatellus, 1st photo) and another gives live birth (Peripatoides, 2nd). They also deposit sperm which burrow through their partner's skin, but that's another story! 🧪
February 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Introducing New Zealand's latest Bug of the Year- the magnificent Ngāokeoke / Velvet Worm!
NZ has two genera: one lays eggs (Ooperipatellus, 1st photo) and another gives live birth (Peripatoides, 2nd). They also deposit sperm which burrow through their partner's skin, but that's another story! 🧪
NZ has two genera: one lays eggs (Ooperipatellus, 1st photo) and another gives live birth (Peripatoides, 2nd). They also deposit sperm which burrow through their partner's skin, but that's another story! 🧪
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New #Azolla #microbiome #CCGP paper! With @tribblelab.bsky.social @crothfels.bsky.social and @fernway.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The nitrogen‐fixing fern Azolla has a complex microbiome characterized by varying degrees of cophylogenetic signal
Premise Azolla is a genus of floating ferns that has closely evolved with a vertically transmitted obligate cyanobacterium endosymbiont—Anabaena azollae—that fixes nitrogen. There are also other les...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Very excited to introduce the newest genus of wild sunflowers, a tiny desert annual covered in dense wool and heads with just two small ray florets.
Ovicula biradiata, a new Composite from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas doi.org/10.3897/phyt... via @phytokeys.pensoft.net
Ovicula biradiata, a new Composite from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas doi.org/10.3897/phyt... via @phytokeys.pensoft.net
February 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Very excited to introduce the newest genus of wild sunflowers, a tiny desert annual covered in dense wool and heads with just two small ray florets.
Ovicula biradiata, a new Composite from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas doi.org/10.3897/phyt... via @phytokeys.pensoft.net
Ovicula biradiata, a new Composite from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas doi.org/10.3897/phyt... via @phytokeys.pensoft.net
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Next Thursday!
Jesus Martinez-Gomez
February 13th, 2025
7-8 pm PT
“The genetic basis of variable ultraviolet pigmentation in yellow monkey flowers (Erythrante sect. Simiola)"
Zoom link at calbotsoc.org/botany-speak...
#PlantScience #evobio
Jesus Martinez-Gomez
February 13th, 2025
7-8 pm PT
“The genetic basis of variable ultraviolet pigmentation in yellow monkey flowers (Erythrante sect. Simiola)"
Zoom link at calbotsoc.org/botany-speak...
#PlantScience #evobio
February 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Next Thursday!
Jesus Martinez-Gomez
February 13th, 2025
7-8 pm PT
“The genetic basis of variable ultraviolet pigmentation in yellow monkey flowers (Erythrante sect. Simiola)"
Zoom link at calbotsoc.org/botany-speak...
#PlantScience #evobio
Jesus Martinez-Gomez
February 13th, 2025
7-8 pm PT
“The genetic basis of variable ultraviolet pigmentation in yellow monkey flowers (Erythrante sect. Simiola)"
Zoom link at calbotsoc.org/botany-speak...
#PlantScience #evobio
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Please consider non-profit society journals when you choose a journal for submitting your work AND for reviewing/editing.
Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies...
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
January 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Please consider non-profit society journals when you choose a journal for submitting your work AND for reviewing/editing.
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Announcing the 30th CalBotSoc Graduate Student Symposium on April 5, 2025 at Cal Poly SLO!
A great opportunity for grads and undergrads to present research in a friendly setting. Plus, field trips to local wildflower displays!!
Registration and info at calbotsoc.org/graduate-stu...
A great opportunity for grads and undergrads to present research in a friendly setting. Plus, field trips to local wildflower displays!!
Registration and info at calbotsoc.org/graduate-stu...
January 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Announcing the 30th CalBotSoc Graduate Student Symposium on April 5, 2025 at Cal Poly SLO!
A great opportunity for grads and undergrads to present research in a friendly setting. Plus, field trips to local wildflower displays!!
Registration and info at calbotsoc.org/graduate-stu...
A great opportunity for grads and undergrads to present research in a friendly setting. Plus, field trips to local wildflower displays!!
Registration and info at calbotsoc.org/graduate-stu...
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New #liverwort #microbiome preprint just dropped! With @ixchelgr.bsky.social Check out our work using the #CCGP data! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The microbiome of Calasterella californica is shaped mostly by the genetics of the host thalli
Premise of the study: Plant microbiomes have been shown to affect essential life processes like plant growth, defense mechanisms, and stress responses. Much of the work done on this topic has focused ...
www.biorxiv.org
January 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New #liverwort #microbiome preprint just dropped! With @ixchelgr.bsky.social Check out our work using the #CCGP data! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
La semana pasada, se llevó a cabo el taller filo-bayes en la UNAM ¡Chequen nuestros materiales en Español ixchelgzlzr.github.io/filo_bayes_U...! Un placer trabajar con Rosana Zenil-Ferguson y Santiago Ramírez Barahona! ¡Gracias al talentoso grupo de estudiantes!
January 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
La semana pasada, se llevó a cabo el taller filo-bayes en la UNAM ¡Chequen nuestros materiales en Español ixchelgzlzr.github.io/filo_bayes_U...! Un placer trabajar con Rosana Zenil-Ferguson y Santiago Ramírez Barahona! ¡Gracias al talentoso grupo de estudiantes!