Ana Bedoya
@botana-bedoya.bsky.social
Assistant Curator at NYBG Research Associate at STRI Plants, rivers, phylogenetics, extreme botany and arepas https://anamariabedoya.weebly.com
How much of the tree of life did you eat? Phylodiet scores a meal by phylogenetic diversity: type what you ate and it builds the dated tree of the organisms in it, from ~3,300 edible eukaryotes, back 2 billion years. Last night's dinner, below. 🧵 mjhickerson.github.io/phylodiet/app/phylodiet.html
Estimation of Contemporary and Recent Effective Population Size from Genomic Data www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Estimation of Contemporary and Recent Effective Population Size from Genomic Data
Effective population size (Ne) is a crucial parameter in the fields of evolutionary biology, conservation biology of endangered species, and selective breeding of domestic animals and crops, as it qua...
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I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481
Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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If you are planning for #Botany2027 and did or did not attend #Botany2026, fill out this form if you need childcare!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... please!! This year there was no childcare and the nursing room is more a custodian closet without a lock, AC, water/sink+light goes off very 5 mins
Hey #Botany2026, mark your schedule for an amazing talk by Kelly González, postdoc in my research group on ecological niche modeling and whether riverweeds (Podostemaceae) care for anything other than river rapids!! Tomorrow at 2:15 pm at San Luis 1
🚨How does gene flow occur in riverine archipelagos? We show that gene flow likely results from episodic river connections rather than overland dispersal + a primer on the direction of river plant migration across the Isthmus of Panama. I am super excited to share this one!👇 doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Isolation in Motion: How Riverscapes Shape the Evolution of Plants in Fast‐Flowing River Archipelagos
Islands serve as natural laboratories for studying evolution. In fast-flowing rivers, rapids and waterfalls are discrete rocky habitats, acting as insular freshwater landscape units. In the Neotropic...
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First student-led paper from my research group. Luke Sparreo is such an awesome and hardworking student! 👇1/5 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interaction of Sequence Data and Paleogeographic Priors in Biogeographic Dating: How Could Biological Data Inform Time‐Constrained Geological Models?
Aim Biological and geographic patterns and processes are linked such that biological data hold information on paleogeographical patterns and processes. Here, we aimed to test Biogeographic dating as.....
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First student-led paper from my research group. Luke Sparreo is such and awesome and hardworking student! 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Interaction of Sequence Data and Paleogeographic Priors in Biogeographic Dating: How Could Biological Data Inform Time‐Constrained Geological Models?
Aim Biological and geographic patterns and processes are linked such that biological data hold information on paleogeographical patterns and processes. Here, we aimed to test Biogeographic dating as...
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The deadline to apply to the Assistant Curator in Mycology or Cryptogamic Botany position we are advertising at NBYG is THIS Friday! Happy to chat about my experience at NYBG and the cool science going on here. Come be our colleague!! jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8I...
New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Mycology or Cryptogamic Botany.
New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Mycology or Cryptogamic Botany. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.
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One week to apply before reviews start for the postdoc I am offering investigating the tempo and pattern of river connections with the closure of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on river plant (Podostemaceae) migration. Genomic+fossil+geological data + fieldwork 👇
Ana Bedoya@botana-bedoya.bsky.social · last yr.I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇 www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
New R-package alert! 🚨 With tabs it has never been easier to reconstruct altitudinal shifts of biogeographical systems over time. Whether in the ocean 🏝️, shallow seas 🪸 or mountains ⛰️; tabs can project spatial configurations shaped by climatic conditions. ➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...
I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇 www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
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Convocatoria para PhD en New York Botanical Garden. Ayúdenme a compartir! Proyecto estudiando filogeografía de plantas de rio y modelos de conección de ríos luego del levantamiento del Istmo de Panama. Interesados en evolución de plantas Neotropicales💦👇 anamariabedoya.weebly.com/opportunitie... 1/2
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GRADUATE STUDENTS I will be recruiting a PhD student for Fall of 2026. This position is under an NSF funded grant for research in Panama, Costa Rica, and Colombia, aiming to investigate the timing...
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Plant genome sequencing needs to go tropical. Check out this commentary I wrote with Felipe Zapata (UCLA) and María José Sanín (Montgomery Botanical Center) out today in Nature Reviews Biodiversity 1/5 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Plant genome sequencing needs to go tropical
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Whole-genome plant sequencing is heavily biased towards species from temperate regions and species with utilitarian values. An expansion of efforts to include tropical...
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THRILLED to announce that my NSF "Closing the gap: The history of river connections with the formation of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on the evolution of plants in rivers" in collab w/Carlos Jaramillo at STRI and Caroline Strömberg at UW was awarded! Add for a PhD student+a postdoc to come🧵
A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes. This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .
AI, peer review and the human activity of science
When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.
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New research from my lab @newphyt.bsky.social! Using the plant family #Melastomataceae, we show that colonization of novel #mountain environments commonly preceded and likely drove #pollinator shifts away from bee pollination! doi.org/10.1111/nph....
5. We delve into all of this further in our Oracles-or-Bullshit-Machines lesson on education. thebullshitmachines.com/lesson-11-tr...
Lesson 11: Transforming Education?
In this lesson we consider the ways in which LLMs are already transforming education for better or, more often, worse—and take a look at where this trend might be headed.
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Important modification... from the FAQ, it seems that students who are beginning their PhDs in Fall 2025 can apply (as long as matriculation date is August 1, 2025 or after). Awards start in Fall 2026. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
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Joshua Weitz@joshuasweitz.bsky.social · last yr.Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space. 2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Reminder that SSE members in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and 152 low-income countries around the world can still get FREE registration for the virtual Evolution meeting! Please share with your colleagues: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
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FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
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🌿 Join NYBG’s FREE Science Webinar to explore the "New Manual Project" with Dr. Robert Naczi—delving into the advancement of North American plant systematics & conservation. This will be held virtually on May 7th @ 5pm! 💻Register here: www.nybg.org/event/new-ma... 🌲 #NYBGscience
Advancing Floristic Knowledge and Conservation for Northeastern North America | New York Botanical Garden
The New Manual Project More than 30 years ago, former New York Botanical Garden scientist Arthur Cronquist updated the Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, orig...
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Plant Physiology@plantphys.bsky.social · 2y agoCall for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Algae and Aquatic Plants. This Focus Issue welcomes the submission of research articles on photosynthetic organisms found in aquatic or semi-aquatic environments. Submission Deadline: 11/2025. https://academic.oup.com/plphys/pages/plant-physiology-call-for-paper…
Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Podostemaceae. Podostemaceae is a family of aquatic herbs that includes 52 genera that live attached to rocks in river rapids and waterfalls. This TEN is led by Ana Maria Bedoya at @nybg.bsky.social and Marco Pellegrini at Wits University.
Mary Agnes Chase was an incredible botanist. Well aware of the role of all of us as agents of societal change sweetgum.nybg.org/science/the-...
Narratives Details - The William & Lynda Steere Herbarium
Explore our collections, and the stories they tell, like never before.
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Check out the most recent #LagoLab publication, now out in @botsocamerica.bsky.social American Journal of Botany 🧪! Led by @jankm24.bsky.social, it’s an updated phylogeny of subgenus #Centropogon showing the correlated evolution of pollination traits. bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Phylogenetic relationships and the repeated loss of traits associated with sicklebill pollination in Centropogon subgenus Centropogon (Campanulaceae)
Premise Centropogon subgenus Centropogon comprises 55 species found primarily in midelevation Andean forests featuring some of the most curved flowers among angiosperms. Floral curvature is linked t.....
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Good to see an #herbarium study from @newphyt.bsky.social featured on NPR, with an assessment of what we stand to lose when herbaria are closed. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... www.kcur.org/news/2025-02... Includes quotes from @barbarathiers.bsky.social, Jordan Teischer, Lynn Clark.
Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change, but they're vulnerable to funding cuts
Scientists say amid climate change and biodiversity loss, the world’s herbaria could hold the keys to overcoming the crises in their folders of dried plant specimens. But their future is in question a...
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Come work with us! The New York Botanical Garden is hiring a Curator at the Assist. or Associate level. Profile: a productive and FUN Mycologist or Cryptogamic Botanist. Happy to talk to candidates about how wonderful one of the best botanical research centers is, easy. www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
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