Jill Hamilton
@jillahamilton.bsky.social
Associate Professor & Director of the Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics 🇨🇦 at Pennsylvania State University, Forest genomics, conservation, and restoration www.jillahamilton.com
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Always learning, always sharing, how trees adapt today, and how they’ll keep adapting as our world changes. Thanks #EVOLTREE for the opportunity to be part of such an amazing conference
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Always learning, always sharing, how trees adapt today, and how they’ll keep adapting as our world changes. Thanks #EVOLTREE for the opportunity to be part of such an amazing conference
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Just published! 🌿
Our new study uncovers how hybridization and climate selection interact to shape stomatal trait evolution across six Populus contact zones. @jillahamilton.bsky.social
If you’re curious about how hybridization influence adaptive trait variation, take a look doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Our new study uncovers how hybridization and climate selection interact to shape stomatal trait evolution across six Populus contact zones. @jillahamilton.bsky.social
If you’re curious about how hybridization influence adaptive trait variation, take a look doi.org/10.1111/nph....
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Just published! 🌿
Our new study uncovers how hybridization and climate selection interact to shape stomatal trait evolution across six Populus contact zones. @jillahamilton.bsky.social
If you’re curious about how hybridization influence adaptive trait variation, take a look doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Our new study uncovers how hybridization and climate selection interact to shape stomatal trait evolution across six Populus contact zones. @jillahamilton.bsky.social
If you’re curious about how hybridization influence adaptive trait variation, take a look doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Very much a #proudPI moment when your PhD students @michellezavala.bsky.social and @krlopicc.bsky.social give such lovely presentations of their research. So glad to have the opportunity to join the #EvolTREE meeting and share our ongoing research and learn from diverse systems across Europe.
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Very much a #proudPI moment when your PhD students @michellezavala.bsky.social and @krlopicc.bsky.social give such lovely presentations of their research. So glad to have the opportunity to join the #EvolTREE meeting and share our ongoing research and learn from diverse systems across Europe.
Amazing field trip with the #EvolTREE conference. Wonderful to learn of the new breeding efforts in Cork oak and Holm oak, integrations of new technologies, and degree of monitoring for conservation that has leveraged, expanded, and established leadership in genetic conservation
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Amazing field trip with the #EvolTREE conference. Wonderful to learn of the new breeding efforts in Cork oak and Holm oak, integrations of new technologies, and degree of monitoring for conservation that has leveraged, expanded, and established leadership in genetic conservation
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Climate and hybridization shape #stomatal trait evolution in #Populus
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Zavala-Paez et al.
@WileyPlantSci @michellezavala.bsky.social @jillahamilton.bsky.social
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Zavala-Paez et al.
@WileyPlantSci @michellezavala.bsky.social @jillahamilton.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Climate and hybridization shape #stomatal trait evolution in #Populus
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Zavala-Paez et al.
@WileyPlantSci @michellezavala.bsky.social @jillahamilton.bsky.social
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Zavala-Paez et al.
@WileyPlantSci @michellezavala.bsky.social @jillahamilton.bsky.social
So happy to be with European colleagues in Madrid for #EvolTREE to share new ideas, technologies, and applications of forest genetics to conservation, restoration, breeding, and much, much more
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
So happy to be with European colleagues in Madrid for #EvolTREE to share new ideas, technologies, and applications of forest genetics to conservation, restoration, breeding, and much, much more
Congratulations to @michellezavala.bsky.social on the publication of one of her PhD. This research builds on #NSF-funded #PopUpPoplar research using WGS and replicate common gardens to understand how climate and hybridization influence stomata evolution
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Climate and hybridization shape stomatal trait evolution in Populus
Stomata play a critical role in regulating plant responses to climate. Where sister species differ in stomatal traits, interspecific gene flow can influence the evolutionary trajectory of trait vari...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Congratulations to @michellezavala.bsky.social on the publication of one of her PhD. This research builds on #NSF-funded #PopUpPoplar research using WGS and replicate common gardens to understand how climate and hybridization influence stomata evolution
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I am looking to hire a postdoc interested in combining genetics and evolution to understand why telomeres vary so much in plants. My group has been developing Mimulus a genetic model for studying plant telomeres and we have really cool research brewing. Please check ad for detail. Deadline is 12/31.
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am looking to hire a postdoc interested in combining genetics and evolution to understand why telomeres vary so much in plants. My group has been developing Mimulus a genetic model for studying plant telomeres and we have really cool research brewing. Please check ad for detail. Deadline is 12/31.
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Are you interested in pursuing groundbreaking research and gaining world-class training in plant biology in a supportive community amidst the beauty of Happy Valley? Consider applying to the the Plant Biology PhD Program! Applications due December 1: www.huck.psu.edu/graduate-pro...
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Are you interested in pursuing groundbreaking research and gaining world-class training in plant biology in a supportive community amidst the beauty of Happy Valley? Consider applying to the the Plant Biology PhD Program! Applications due December 1: www.huck.psu.edu/graduate-pro...
It is official! DR. @michellezavala.bsky.social defended a very impressive dissertation today!! With friends, family, stomata cookies, and Ecuadorian Guinea pigs cheering her along! We understand so much more about the consequences of hybridization to the evolution of physiological traits!! #proudPI
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It is official! DR. @michellezavala.bsky.social defended a very impressive dissertation today!! With friends, family, stomata cookies, and Ecuadorian Guinea pigs cheering her along! We understand so much more about the consequences of hybridization to the evolution of physiological traits!! #proudPI
Hamilton Lab members are excited for the upcoming #EvolTREE meeting! Kyra will present our genetic conservation program in black ash , Michelle will discuss climate, hybridization, and stomatal evolution (tinyurl.com/y5rwu8eu), and I will discuss genomics-driven monitoring. Hope to see you there!!
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hamilton Lab members are excited for the upcoming #EvolTREE meeting! Kyra will present our genetic conservation program in black ash , Michelle will discuss climate, hybridization, and stomatal evolution (tinyurl.com/y5rwu8eu), and I will discuss genomics-driven monitoring. Hope to see you there!!
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I recently moved my lab to Purdue University and am looking for graduate students. We are working at the interface of population genomics, quantitative genetics and functional genomics to understand how plants adapt to extreme environments. Reach out if you would like to discuss potential projects.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I recently moved my lab to Purdue University and am looking for graduate students. We are working at the interface of population genomics, quantitative genetics and functional genomics to understand how plants adapt to extreme environments. Reach out if you would like to discuss potential projects.
Thanks so much to @arcastilla.bsky.social, the entire Castilla Lab and the Department of Biology for such a wonderful visit to Oklahoma State! Such fun scientific conversations and beyond!! with great ideas generated with faculty, graduate and undergraduate students! Leaving inspired!
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Thanks so much to @arcastilla.bsky.social, the entire Castilla Lab and the Department of Biology for such a wonderful visit to Oklahoma State! Such fun scientific conversations and beyond!! with great ideas generated with faculty, graduate and undergraduate students! Leaving inspired!
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Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share!
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share!
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
When cheering for the opposing team hockey team in Philly - folks at home may text you pictures of your face on the Canadian broadcast #GoJetsGo @winnipegjets.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When cheering for the opposing team hockey team in Philly - folks at home may text you pictures of your face on the Canadian broadcast #GoJetsGo @winnipegjets.com
First (annual?) Hamilton lab off-grid camping trip to Bald Eagle State Forest. Good company, scenery, s’mores and so much more. Food for the soul!! I’m a very #luckyPI to work with this amazing group!
September 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
First (annual?) Hamilton lab off-grid camping trip to Bald Eagle State Forest. Good company, scenery, s’mores and so much more. Food for the soul!! I’m a very #luckyPI to work with this amazing group!
A little adventure through the roads around State College this evening while the sky put on a show #happyvalley #nofilter
September 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A little adventure through the roads around State College this evening while the sky put on a show #happyvalley #nofilter
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Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
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University of Calgary is hiring a tier I CRC professorship in crop genomics. Come work in one of the most beautiful corners of the world!
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...
Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Translational Crop Genomics in Sustainable Agriculture in
Calgary,
...
Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Translational Crop Genomics in Sustainable Agriculture in
Calgary,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
September 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
University of Calgary is hiring a tier I CRC professorship in crop genomics. Come work in one of the most beautiful corners of the world!
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...
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Super excited about this new Open Rank tenure-track faculty search for the MSU Plant Resilience Institute. We successfully hired two excellent new faculty in our last search and we are hoping to build on that success with this search. careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Working/Functional Title
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System
Position Summary
The Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) at Michigan State University invites applications for multiple tenure-st...
careers.msu.edu
September 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Super excited about this new Open Rank tenure-track faculty search for the MSU Plant Resilience Institute. We successfully hired two excellent new faculty in our last search and we are hoping to build on that success with this search. careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
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‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals
‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals
Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin’s natural selection – although human help may be needed
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals
Excited to be in Ottawa this week for the Canadian Forest Genetics Association meeting!! Great to wake up and walk around the national capital to start the morning ❤️🇨🇦
August 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Excited to be in Ottawa this week for the Canadian Forest Genetics Association meeting!! Great to wake up and walk around the national capital to start the morning ❤️🇨🇦
Super sad to be missing out on #Botany2025, but Hamilton Lab is represented by @sammymuraguri.bsky.social - be sure to drop by his poster to learn about the genomic architecture of adaptive introgression across repeated contact zones between two sister Poplar species #PopUpPoplars
July 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Super sad to be missing out on #Botany2025, but Hamilton Lab is represented by @sammymuraguri.bsky.social - be sure to drop by his poster to learn about the genomic architecture of adaptive introgression across repeated contact zones between two sister Poplar species #PopUpPoplars
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Climate and hybridization shape stomatal trait evolution in Populus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.21.665994v1
July 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Climate and hybridization shape stomatal trait evolution in Populus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.21.665994v1
Sporting the ultimate of common garden experiment fashion this year - @krunkg.bsky.social shows how you too can fashion the literally cutting edge of field supply fashion while protecting your trees from hungry little rodents #blackash #commongarden #fieldfun @krlopicc.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sporting the ultimate of common garden experiment fashion this year - @krunkg.bsky.social shows how you too can fashion the literally cutting edge of field supply fashion while protecting your trees from hungry little rodents #blackash #commongarden #fieldfun @krlopicc.bsky.social