Finally, my first publication is out! We describe an exceptionally preserved new species of Metzgeriaceae liverwort from the Lower Cretaceous and reveal new insights into its growth mode and autoecology as an inhabitant of the subtropical wetlands of Las Hoyas. Give it a read if you are interested!

The Palaeontological Association@thepalass.bsky.social · 5d ago

When growth form fossilizes: a new liverwort species from the Cretaceous Las Hoyas site onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @davidhorcajada.bsky.social #FossilFriday

When growth form fossilizes: a new liverwort species from the Cretaceous Las Hoyas site onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @davidhorcajada.bsky.social #FossilFriday

🌱 Riccia lamellosa aparece como por arte de lluvia en los suelos desnudos de Madrid. Pequeña, efímera y muy especial. 📢 ¡Ya queda menos para el #SEBOT2025 ! No pierdas de vista nuestras redes para no perderte nada.

Happy to share good news! Our ApTaChil proposal has been awarded national funding! Co-led with @bryomedina.bsky.social and with a mutidisciplinary team on board. Looking forward to exploring the systematics and biomedical potential of Plagiochila @uam.es @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ucm.es

Rafael Medina@bryomedina.bsky.social · last yr.

📣🥳 Our project ApTaChil has been recommended for funding by @ageinves.bsky.social (PID2024-156818NB-I00) to tackle the systematics of Plagiochila sect. Plagiochila with Hyb-Seq, morphometrics & AI and explore its biomedical promise 🌿🧬🧪 #bryophytes #liverworts #systematics #biotech #ApTaChil #Botany

Co-led with @ecarrascouam.bsky.social and fueling the PhD of @davidhorcajada.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the reviewers for their constructive feedback and to all our collaborators worldwide. This is a shared win! 🙌

📣🥳 Our project ApTaChil has been recommended for funding by @ageinves.bsky.social (PID2024-156818NB-I00) to tackle the systematics of Plagiochila sect. Plagiochila with Hyb-Seq, morphometrics & AI and explore its biomedical promise 🌿🧬🧪 #bryophytes #liverworts #systematics #biotech #ApTaChil #Botany

4 years of liverworts await! A dream came true. ☘️☘️☘️ (I urgently need a bryophyte emoji!)

Rafael Medina@bryomedina.bsky.social · last yr.

📣🥳 Our project ApTaChil has been recommended for funding by @ageinves.bsky.social (PID2024-156818NB-I00) to tackle the systematics of Plagiochila sect. Plagiochila with Hyb-Seq, morphometrics & AI and explore its biomedical promise 🌿🧬🧪 #bryophytes #liverworts #systematics #biotech #ApTaChil #Botany

The longer you look at moss, the more incredible it gets. Here's a closer look at Slender Cruet-moss (Tetraplodon mnioides). 📷 marceau_c on iNaturalist 📍 Austria 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

Last week we attended the XXIV International Symposium on Cryptogamic Botany in Pontevedra, Galicia. An amazing experience with 188 participants from 12 countries, 114 posters, and 82 talks. A real success! 🌿✨

The XXIV INTERNACIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF CRYOTOGAMIC BOTANY is over. Such a wonderful event it has been! the Spanish Bryological Society wishes to thanks the organizers for their commitment. Congratulations for the amazing results @24iscb.bsky.social L

Feeling grateful for having joined #ISCB2025 in Pontevedra, sharing our research on Breutelia chrysocoma, discovering the inspiring work of fellow cryptogamists, and reconnecting with the community. Events like this remind me why I chose science. @sebriologia.bsky.social @jovenesbotanica.bsky.social

After a half-year break for health reasons, I'm thrilled to be back in the world of botany at the XXIV International Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany in Pontevedra, surrounded by such a vibrant and inspiring group of colleagues and friends. Cryptogamic botany is livelier than ever!

Very thankful to have been part of #ISCB2025 in Pontevedra to share our work on #mosses, connect with colleagues, and enjoy cryptogams and the beautiful surroundings!💚 @24iscb.bsky.social @sebriologia.bsky.social @flaglab.bsky.social @jovenesbotanica.bsky.social @sebot.bsky.social

What an amazing experience at the XXIV International Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany, with a great team helping bring more visibility to the Orthotrichaceae! 💚 #ISCB2025 #mosses

Cannot emphasize enough that, if you dislike doing the things academics do (reading, writing, developing and expressing opinions about things you've read) enough to try to make a chatbot do them for you, there are lots of actual humans who would be happy to take that unpleasant job off your hands

Josh Shepperd@joshshepperd.bsky.social · last yr.

Got gossip from a managing editor pal of a journal that a few reviewers used ChatGPT to write their assessments for them, and didn't even conceal it. I'll say it again - it won't be the neoliberal administrators that take down the humanities. It'll be humanities professors who've stopped reading.

El mensaje de RTVE antes de Eurovisión: "Frente a los derechos humanos, el silencio no es una opción. Paz y justicia para Palestina" dozz.es/qr8ga1

El mensaje de RTVE antes de Eurovisión: "Frente a los derechos humanos, el silencio no es una opción. Paz y justicia para Palestina"

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📋Más de 150.000 firmas en menos de 24 horas, pero aún no son suficientes. Si tienes amigas en Portugal, Italia, Grecia, Alemania... Envíales la iniciativa 👇 eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

El Salto@elsaltodiario.com · last yr.

🏳️‍🌈Una iniciativa europea para prohibir las terapias de conversión necesita 300.000 apoyos para llegar a la Comisión Europea. 📋La iniciativa ha conseguido ya 650.000 firmas, pero necesita llegar al millón antes de este sábado. www.elsaltodiario.com/lgtbiq/inici... 📷Juan Carlos Rojas.

Este jueves tendremos una nueva charla del ciclo Cafés Sistemáticos ☕️🌿. Candela Blanco Moreno @candelabm.bsky.social @uam.es nos hablará de plantas fósiles: "Paleobotánica: la historia oculta de las plantas" 🗓️ Jueves, 10 de abril ⏲️ 11:00 (CET) 🔗 conectaha.csic.es/b/mar-dl5-qf... ¡Os esperamos!

We are excited to share our new article on riparian alders in the Iberian Peninsula 🌳💚 We hope you find it interesting! ⚠️⚠️Trigger warning: Alder identification only for the bravest botanists authors.elsevier.com/c/1ks-31JWF2... doi.org/10.1016/j.fl...

Me alegro de que se haya aprovechado la foto! Encontrar la especie fue divertido... 🤪 @davidgdelolmo.bsky.social @macacuerdo.bsky.social @davidhorcajada.bsky.social

Sociedad Botánica Española@sebot.bsky.social · last yr.

Continuamos la serie quincenal del #IICongresoBotánicaSEBOT con Cantabria. 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑎 es el único helecho del orden Cyatheales presente en Europa, en nuestro país en la cornisa cantábrica y Canarias. 📢 Disponible tercera circular: shorturl.at/slM64

#DíadelaMujer #8M 💜

📢 Meet the keynote speakers of the XXIV International Symposium on Cryptogamic Botany - Pontevedra 2025! Dr. Teresa Boquete, researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), will be our speaker for the #bryology keynote session 📌 Mark your calendars for #ISCB2025!

pequeño recordatorio de que el 9 de febrero se vuelve a salir a la calle por una vivienda digna y sostenible! 🏡

Wu et al. use #phylogenomics to shed light on the complex evolutionary history of the #gymnosperm genus Cupressus, which shows East Asian–Tethyan disjunction. doi.org/10.1111/jse.... #PlantScience #evolution

Check out how an ancient hybridisation event between sections of Helianthemum helped us explain widely disjunct distributions and puzzling phylogenetic incongruences! I'm grateful for having presented this work at the enriching V SEBOT Symposium ✨ @vsebot.bsky.social @sebot.bsky.social

Poco se habla de la representación de la Sociedad Española de Briología (SEB) en el @vsebot.bsky.social de la @sebot.bsky.social :)

Exactly a year ago, I collected Pilularia minuta to cultivate in my lab. I left it at the bottom of the culture chamber, and today, I discovered it had become fertile. Heterosporous ferns never fail to amaze me! 🌿

Green life in a drop of water (and a one-eyed, minute intruder). I just love how diverse green algae are shape-wise... and the rotifer is the cutest 💚