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Learn more about the CURE lab

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& read IOB's
Introducing a Novel Course-Based #Undergraduate #Research Experience Using #Duckweed as a Model System
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#science #biology #botany #education
February 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
carlos-lara0.bsky.social
📝 New research published in Plant Biology
Pleased to have handled this paper as Academic Editor. It offers great insights into parental environmental effects.

📖 Read the full study here: doi.org/10.1111/plb....

#PlantScience #Botany #PlantBiology
Parental herbivory shapes offspring performance across genotypes in an invasive clonal plant
Parental herbivory enhances offspring survival and leaf mass but fails to improve defence, revealing an evolutionary trade-off between rapid colonization and vulnerability to herbivory.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
chrisod.social.lol.ap.brid.gy
TIL last night at Virginia Master Naturalist training.

Roses don't have thorns.

Brett Michael was wrong.

#music #botany #biology #Science

https://youtu.be/j2r2nDhTzO4?si=U05hypSm9S_Hy2MP
February 11, 2026 at 5:59 PM
No doubt they had to pay by the word for the article's main text or were restricted by the journal to length of main text. Two of the common difficulties in today's publishing world for biology and botany.
scottzona.bsky.social 🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 2d
I just read a paper describing a new species (a fossil, but still a new species), but the actual taxonomic description is relegated to the Supplementary material! 😱😟
Why is the taxonomy being treated like a bibliographic footnote? 😡#Botany #taxonomy
February 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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IOB
This #curriculum addresses the gap between traditional laboratory exercises and authentic research experiences through introducing opportunities to conduct reproducible experiments using #duckweed.

@jadatdaniels.bsky.social et al

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#biology #education #botany
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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A researcher's effort to make edible cotton seeds #Science #Biology #Botany #EdiblePlants #AgriculturalInnovation #SustainableFood

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/nx-s1-5690166/a-researchers-effort-to-make-edible-cotton-seeds
A researcher's effort to make edible cotton seeds
Edible cotton seeds could revolutionize the cotton industry. That's the goal of  one researcher who says the seeds would be an inexpensive protein source that could help feed millions of people.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:59 AM
theplantcell.bsky.social
Plant science offers Sun an endless array of possibilities for exploration! academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

#WeAreASPB
Congcong Sun (she) is the First Author of The kinase CPK5 phosphorylates MICRORCHIDIA1 to promote broad-spectrum disease resistance published 14 March 2025. She is currently a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology at China Agricultural University. Education background includes 2014-2017 Master of Science in Botany at Northwest A&F University; 2014-2010 Bachelor of Science in Biology at Henan Agricultural University. Research interests include Plant Immunity. Personal interests include Reading, Badminton.
February 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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JOB OPENING: Assistant Professor of Biology (Botany): Assistant Professor of Biology (Botany)
$56,000 - $58,000 per year -- Northwest Missouri State University
Assistant Professor of Biology (Botany)
Assistant Professor of Biology (Botany) $56,000 - $58,000 per year -- Northwest Missouri State University
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February 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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🏵 Check out the latest #AJB Synthesis article, by Haley Branch! 🏵

The sleeping giant needs coffee: Overlooked areas for integrating plant #ecophysiology & evolutionary biology

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

#botany #plantscience #ecology #evolution
Graphic announcing new AJB Synthesis article by Haley Branch. Methodological illustration for asking whether X affects plants. “Question” provides an example of a question that both ecologists and evolutionary biologists ask, with categories of traits often of interest. “Experiment” shows trait examples and comparisons (populations, environmental, across time). Types of traits are where evolutionary biologists could expand their breadth. “Outcome” describes lasting effects of whether X affects traits to the point that it is passed on and contributes to future generations or it leads to extinction. “Outcomes” is where ecophysiologists could expand their work. Images courtesy of Dr. Stefanie Sultmanis (vein density), Dr. Beatrice Harrison Day (root section), and Dr. Vanessa Tonet (leaf cavitation).
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
aspbofficial.bsky.social
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating the lasting contributions of Black plant scientists, past and present, whose work has shaped agriculture, botany, and plant biology. 🌱

#BlackInSTEM #PlantScience
aspbofficial.bsky.social American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · 8d
This #BlackHistoryMonth, ASPB is celebrating the many contributions and achievements of Black plant scientists!🌱

#PlantScience
ASPB Recognizes Black History Month. February 2026. Featuring leaf wreath and Black History Month Theme
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Ph.D. Position in Reproductive Biology, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czechia Ph.D. Position in Reproductive Biology: The Center of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Institute of Experi...

#PhD #PhD #Degree #PhD #fellow #Position #PhD […]

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February 9, 2026 at 5:20 AM
rewhan.bsky.social
Rewhan coded Characters:
Newton "Newt" Geisler, xenobiologist from Guillermo Del Toro's action sci-fi film Pacific Rim. Short, feathered brown hair, heavily tattooed forearms, wearing a plain white button-down shirt accompanied by a narrow neck-tie and black-framed glasses. Newt is extremely invested in his hyperspecific field of study, but also a bit of a scattered, hyperactive coward. Mordin Solus, Mass Effect Franchise - Mordin is a professor and scientist specializing in molecular biology and genetics. A member of the alien species known as Salarians, Mordin has a long, narrow face that terminates in two slightly-curved protrustions. His nose is flat, being little more than two widely-spaced nostrils parallel with the inner corners of his large, almond-shaped reddish-brown eyes. Salarians have comparatively fast metabolisms, and as such, Mordin is considered elderly by his people, approaching fifty earth-years of life. Mordin is also focused and principled, some might even say 'autism coded', but also prone to getting 'tunnel-visioned'. Johnathan "Jack" Stanley Hodges, from FOX Television's forensic police procedural drama Bones - full beard and grey eyes in an oblong face, with short, tightly-curled brown hair. Wearing a brown-grey denim-like shirt or jacket over a blue-grey sweater. Jack is a competent multidisciplinarian, being educated in the subjects of entymology, mineralogy, botany, and chemistry, but is also cynical, sarcastic, and anti-authoritarian to the point of hurting his own career. Xenk Yandar, a human Paladin and refugee from the Magitocracy of Thay. Neatly groomed full beard and short, wiry black hair woven into braids swept to the right of his face. Xenk is genuinely kind and well-meaning, but dense as a block of granite.
February 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
tippitiwichet.bsky.social
Drawing stomata on a flytrap specific image I found, to follow my photosynthesis page in the zine (see link), but I have no idea what I'm seeing. Anyone with #botany knowledge willing to give feedback? Do vacuoles have thin walls around the open space?
tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/bog-monsters...
My illustration of a Venus flytrap stoma. Shutterstock image of a flytrap's stomata: https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-photo/venus-flytrap-stomata-under-microscope-1126121129 Diagram of the opening and closing of stomata from: https://byjus.com/biology/stomata/
February 8, 2026 at 3:40 AM
xena.bsky.social
Goodness! We’re going to have to start ramping up biology, botany, and outdoor survival classes in the USA bc that’s where I learned that not all mushrooms in the wild should be eaten 😭
February 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
botjlinnsoc.bsky.social
Why not publish your research with a Society Journal? 🧪🌍

The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and ground-breaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience. 🧵(1/4)
February 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Why not publish your research with a Society Journal? 🧪🌍

The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and ground-breaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience. 🧵(1/4)
February 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
evojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Why not publish your research with a Society Journal? 🧪🌍

The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and ground-breaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience. 🧵(1/4)
February 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
biojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Why not publish your research with a Society Journal? 🧪🌍

The Linnean Society is committed to publishing high-quality and ground-breaking scientific research across the four themes of botany, zoology, biology and evolution, striving to make these accessible & engaging to a global audience. 🧵(1/4)
February 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
hippieatheart.bsky.social
I had the chosen I. 1974-77 2 science and 3 math or 2 maths and 1 science, so choose the easiest math choices. Science. Biology and Botany, absolutely no algebra
February 6, 2026 at 6:38 PM
purescience.news
These are the best houseplants for cleaning your air #Science #Biology #Botany #Houseplants #AirQuality #IndoorGardening

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/best-houseplants-for-cleaning-your-air
These are the best houseplants for cleaning your air | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Plants help to clean the air of pollutants, including in your home, so which houseplants are best for cleaning your air?
www.sciencefocus.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies
Biarum persicum
A newly discovered araceae from #iran!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03BEF260-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/phy...
#Phytotaxa #BiarumPersicum

#FAIRdata
#openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flowers #plants #araceae
The flowering state of Biarum persicum in its natural habitat.
February 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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Are you a PhD student wanting to publish their paper in our journal? Does your research cover the themes of #Biology, #Botany, #Evolution or #Zoology? You may be eligible for our Student Paper Prizes, aimed at celebrating #EarlyCareerResearchers!

Find out more 👇🧪🌍
The Linnean Society Student Paper Prizes
Eligible papers will be shortlisted throughout the year by our Editors-in-Chief. Papers will be judged according to the following criteria, marked 1-5: Evalu
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February 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
revealplant.bsky.social
Labs have started this semester👍🏼. Did the colorful 🎨 macromolecules tests in General Botany. Learning to follow protocols plus leadership skills. Made LBagar in Molecular Biology (advanced) for upcoming expts🦠🧫🧬. Added activated charcoal ⚫️ so chromoproteins can pop 🟢🔵🟣. #ECSUVikingsScience
Macromolecules tests in General Botany. Tested for sugars, lipids and proteins. Had controls plus an unknown solution I assign the lab groups. Undergrad Ainya is been trained to prep the labs by Mrs. Henderson Making LBagar before autoclaving in Molecuar Biology. Adding activated charcoal to one flask for #agarart
February 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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app.dimensions.ai/details/publ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/272314/1-s2....

Literally the entire field of taxonomy, botany, zoology, evolutionary biology, developmental biology…

This isn’t even controversial… the fact of why two sexes evolved is famous
Biological sex is binary, even though there is a rainbow of sex roles - Dimensions
Biomedical and social scientists are increasingly calling the biological sex into question, arguing that sex is a graded spectrum rather than a binary trait. Leading science journals have been adoptin...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Botany
Microbiology
Marine Biology
Soil Sciences
Plant Propagation
February 3, 2026 at 2:14 AM