My team is recruiting a MSc student for a new grant investigating forested wetland responses to Hurricane Helene. The student will lead a GIS project mapping disturbance type and severity in the ETSU Geosciences dept. The catch: they would need to start this fall semester (about a month from now).

Evidence that I still make time for a little whitewater while finishing my PhD🌊

I had a wonderful time at Evolution last week in Cleveland! I presented a talk on how global change influences the phenology and vital rates of spring ephemerals and a poster on conservation data needs for rare and imperiled plant species. See you in San Juan next year! #evol2026

Headed to Evolution in Cleveland! Speaking Tuesday at 2:30 PM on how climate affects spring ephemeral fitness through direct and phenological pathways. Also presenting a poster Sunday evening on conservation data needs and evolutionary biology. Hope to see you there!

Just can’t seem to stay away from Death Valley

Started a short-term internship this week at Atlanta Botanical Garden working on the population genetics of rare & imperiled plants 🌿🧬 Excited to build my genetics + wet lab skills. Huge thanks to UGA's Franklin College supporting this opportunity and ABG for hosting me!

Natural Science Collections Facility Postdoctoral Fellowship // SANBI www.sanbi.org/job/natural-... Call for applications to carry out a research project: Understanding Knowledge Flows, Societal Impact, and Value Chains of South African Taxonomic Research and Digitised Collections. #BotanyJobs

Natural Science Collections Facility (NSCF) Postdoctoral Fellowship - SANBI

Duration: 12 months Call for applications for a postdoctoral fellow to carry out a research project titled: Understanding Knowledge Flows, Societal Impact, and Value Chains of South African Taxonomic…

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Once you've called SNPs and gotten a vcf, do you all have any favorite little checks? Stuff like, is pi_n < pi_s? I'm trying to write up a list for my lab and am curious what other folks do.

I ❤️ Southern Appalachian flowers

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The National Association of Science Writers and its Grants Committee are now accepting applications for a new round of NASW Peggy Girshman Idea Grants. [All proposals are due](https://nasw.submittable.com/submit/354179/peggy-girshman-idea-grants-spring-2026) on **Friday, May 15, 2026.**

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One of my former students took her final project for my field natural history class and turned it into her Honors thesis: a 100% original, hand-drawn field guide to the rocky intertidal! And she got copies printed for her defense!

The fourth year of my Trillium persistens demography censuses are underway! With state and federal partners, I am working to better understand the drivers behind recent population declines in this federally endangered species. Excited to be back in the field and digging deeper into these dynamics!

I’m excited to share a new commentary I wrote with my advisor, Dr. Megan DeMarche, on recent work showing that phenological and range shifts together alter the timing and composition of flowering communities. 🌸🌍 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Uniting Range and Phenological Shifts to Better Understand Effects of Climate Change on Communities

Click on the article title to read more.

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First blooms of the season in my spring ephemeral warming experiment!! I sure do love pretty wildflowers🌸

I am honored to receive the Wilbur Duncan Outstanding Graduate Student Award from my department. My deepest thanks to the mentors, collaborators, and family who made this possible.

Who gets to report the environmental crisis matters. In 2026, Mongabay is expanding the Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship — our largest cohort yet. Paid, remote, for early-career journalists from tropical countries. Apply by Feb 1: buff.ly/sH4S0O2 Learn more: buff.ly/1Bp60qD

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Thiago Carvalho@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"While this might sound like a boon for researchers, it’s actually a fundamental shift in how grants are funded — one that means more competition for funding, and less money and less time to do the research."

Excited to share that, with state partners and the TVA, we’ve launched long-term monitoring of the federally listed Pityopsis ruthii, found in just two East Tennessee riverbeds. We're studying how hydrology and dam releases shape the future of this rare species!

Hungary 1956 'Well over a 100k people fled the country seeking asylum. Among them was a young geneticist named George Rédei, who headed for the Austrian border with a small vial of seeds tucked in his pocket. The seeds belonged to a spindly weed in the mustard family called Arabidopsis thaliana.'

How a humble weed became a superstar of biology

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.

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What a dream job!

Silvia Caldararu🌿@scaldararu.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Come work with us - The School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin is looking for a tenure track assistant professor in plant biodiversity and conservation 🧪🌏🌾 my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui... Drop me a message if you want to chat about what it's like to work here or live in Ireland.

Help! 🚨 Looking for resources on structural equation models—favorite methods papers, example studies, or guides for building an SEM pipeline. Thinking of using one for a dissertation chapter & not sure where to start. Suggestions? Please share!

Cool day helping @chale9.bsky.social with fieldwork! Surveyed fothergilla in a longleaf pine forest and saw some amazing carnivorous plants!! 🌱

I hadn’t seen it for a couple of years so it was extra special in early June to catch up with my #FavouritePlant! The gorgeous Mertensia maritima, commonly named Oysterplant, as the leaves taste like the fruits of the sea! Caithness #Wildflowerhour

Just got back from an incredible experience contributing to a 30-year plant demographic study in the Alaskan Arctic. What an amazing, beautiful, and wild place. Can’t wait to go back! @chandler2228.bsky.social

What a wonderful day driving the Dalton Highway to arctic Alaska! Now it’s time to measure some plants! @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social

Climatic determinants of plant #phenology in vernal pool habitats New #AJB research by Brandon Thomas Hendrickson, Jenna Aubrie Benterou, Robert Martin & Jason Sexton doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #citizenscience #wetlands

Happy to see more Black Eyed Susan flower on our little prairie. Also have a LOT of milkweed, some vervain, fleabane and a smattering of foxglove beardtongue.

I am in my hometown visiting family for a few days and got the opportunity to see one of my favorites, the Tennessee coneflower! It was one of the first plants listed under the Endangered Species Act and was delisted in 2011. A rare conservation success story!

As we’re wrapping up Pride month, check out this podcast on Queer Ecology & how we can teach it in classrooms! Spotify: lnkd.in/eGBJMGbH Apple Podcasts: lnkd.in/es-gwyjB Thanks for having us, @pangolinpodcast.bsky.social! 🏳️‍🌈

#Evol2025 was such an amazing experience! I presented my work on sexual differentiation in Silene acaulis, watched my science heroes present their work, and connected with others working on similar questions. I feel fortunate to be surrounded by an amazing group of supportive and brilliant people!