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Stacey D. Smith

@iochromaland.bsky.social

Yep, that same Iochromaland. Talking about how great Solanaceae are and wishing to never again hear any lineage called basal.

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Laura Lagomarsino, PhD@tropicalbotany.bsky.social · 2d ago

Exciting news!! I'm chairing the search in my department @lsubiosci.bsky.social for an **Endowed Chair in Lichenology**! The candidate should be tenured (or equivalent), and have a documented track record in excellent in collections-based lichen research. lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...

Dr. Shirley C. Tucker Chair in Lichenology

All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...

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Stacey D. Smith@iochromaland.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Who at #botany2026 is thinking about which talks to see tomorrow? Maybe I humbly recommend our talk on Physalis phylogenomics where we ask the question, why are there so many tomatillo species 50 million years after a (famous to Solanologists) bottleneck? Tomorrow 1:30pm in San Ignacio!

S-allele phylogeny from Paape et al. 2008 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18209194/ showing the Physalis / Witheringia bottleneck
Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I just learned about this USDA bee lab that is about to be shutdown by the Trump administration. Like many science related decisions from this admin, this short sighted decision will have longterm scientific, ecological, and economic consequences. #SavetheBees theconversation.com/shutting-dow...

Shutting down federal bee labs threatens bees, beekeepers and the US food system

When honey bees get sick, their beekeepers turn to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis lab for help. That crucial resource is now disappearing.

theconversation.com

John Stinchcombe@johnstinchcombe.bsky.social · 4mo ago

How do you turn a purple flower white? Another from lab, led by @damianmicroeco.bsky.social and Emily Glasgow, with big contributions from Martin Henry, Margaret Li, and Amanda Peake. Mendelian Polymorphisms for the Win! #evolbio #plantscience

White-flowered Ipomoea hederacea, lacking anthocyanins in the flowers and throughout the plantBild
bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A rare deletion of BZ1 in the ivy-leaf morning glory eliminates anthocyanin-based pigmentation. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.08.730875v1

Stacey D. Smith@iochromaland.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A while back I timidly knocked on a neighbor's door to ask if they would mind not pulling up the native Physalis in their side yard. They humored me as I explained why and got a little into the weeds, so to speak. Now this is the ICONIC sign they have posted on the fence behind the plants.

Sign reads: CU Boulder Research Site (unofficial). The site marked below with the orange and white flags is home to the northernmost known site of this wild tomatillo. It is part of the physalis family which is a nightshade. YOU CAN HELP THIS CU BOULDER + COMMUNITY RESEARCH ENDEAVOR. 1. Please take care around these plants (I know they look like weeds). In September you'll see tiny green tomatillos. 2. Do not allow dogs to pee on this area or near the orange flag one house over [yes they also recruited another neighbor] 3. Do not pick them, touch them, walk on them, etc. 4. Tell someone about research in the community!
Jeremy Yoder says no war@jbyoder.org · 5mo ago

The @sse-evolution.bsky.social crowdfunding campaign for student research grants is at 10% of its $30k goal! Chip in here to help evolutionary biologists in the first stages of their scientific careers: gofund.me/70d1ce65e

Donate to Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!, organized by SSE Communications

The Graduate Research Excellence Grants are awarded by the So… SSE Communications needs your support for Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!

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Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 6mo ago

'Beltsville Agricultural Research Centre', Maryland - I was privately commissioned to memorialise the BARC by a past employee after learning it will be shut down by the USDA after over 100 years of research. They wanted to focus of this aerial embroidery to be the field plots... 1/3 (see thread)

An embroidery hoop containing an aerial view embroidered landscape. It depicts the BARC in Maryland with green and brown field plots and a building area in the bottom right corner.A zoomed-in angled view of an aerial embroidery. It shows field plots and buildings.A zoomed-in angled view of an aerial embroidery. It shows field plots and buildings.
Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · 6mo ago

There’s no routine screening for pancreatic cancer, most cases aren’t operable, and the five year survival rate after diagnosis is around 13%. It’s a traumatic news. But new personalized mRNA immunotherapy is showing encouraging results in Phase 1 clinical trials. Keep funding science!

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial

Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

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Mike Wiser@drmikewiser.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Gift link to the article: wapo.st/3OONwh6

Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year

The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

wapo.st

Leslie Rissler@ljrissler.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.” OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.) NSF at -42%!

Washington Post article on STEM cuts at federal agencies. NSF tops it at -42%!