The Careers in Botany Panel fills up every year, and #Botany2026 is no exception. The panel is at capacity, but we want to introduce the ten botanists giving their time to talk with students and postdocs about how they built their careers. Sunday, Aug 2, 3:30 to 5:00 pm

🌱 Honored to be featured in the latest issue of @rbgkew.bsky.social's Samara MSBP Newsletter! I talk about my path into plant conservation, seed longevity, and what excites me most about my new role as Director of Science & Conservation at CPC. brahmsonline.kew.org/msbp/Samara/...

📰 New op-ed in #Agri-Pulse by Jonathan Wood (Property Environmental Research Center), Emily E.D. Coffey, and Leah Oliver (Atlanta Botanical Garden) 🌱 To Recover #Endangered Species Invest in #Plants www.agri-pulse.com/articles/247...

Opinion: To recover endangered species, invest in plants

Leaders from the Atlanta Botanical Garden and the Property Environmental Research Center argue that prioritizing plant species recovery would drive record gains for other wildlife at lower cost and wi...

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🌱 In this #podcast episode of In Defense of Plants host Matt Candeias and I discuss #seed, #pollen, and #plant, #conservation. www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2026...

Ep. 579 - Pollen & Seed Storage Efforts — In Defense of Plants

In Defense of Plants' Matt Candeias talks with the Center for Plant Conservation's Dr. Dustin Wolkis about their pollen and seed banking efforts.

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🌱 Reconsidering how to dry orthodox seeds for improved ex situ conservation outcomes 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... by Hay et al. Photo credit: IITA Genetic Resources @WileyPlantSci

Evidence shows that two-stage drying can improve seed longevity and conservation outcomes. Continued protocol evaluation and optimization remain critical for advancing ex situ conservation. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... @rbgkew.bsky.social @cgiar.org @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social

Reconsidering how to dry orthodox seeds for improved ex situ conservation outcomes

Ex situ seed conservation is an essential tool in our efforts to conserve wild and cultivated plant diversity, as mentioned in the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and the Sustainable Developme...

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My favorite Peter Raven quote when asking how he can accomplish so much. "There are 24 hours in a day, then there are the nights." What an incredible legacy. @mongabay.com @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2026/04/pete...

Peter Raven, botanist and advocate for biodiversity, has died, aged 89

Life on Earth is often described as a web, but for much of modern science it was catalogued as a ledger: names, specimens, distributions, relationships drawn in careful lines. Over the course of the 2...

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ʻŌhiʻa Trees, Invasive Species: Years Of Research Could Be Lost www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/ohia...

Forest Service Cuts Would Devastate Years Of Hawaiʻi Research, Experts Warn

The Forest Service is looking to close its Big Island labs — the only ones of their kind, researchers say, that help protect the Pacific's unique tropical forests.

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Deadlines approaching. NHM Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social in Copenhagen seeks 3 new Tenure Track Assistant Professor & Curator's to help develop our 14 million global collections dating back 400 years. Lepidoptera 22/3 lnkd.in/eTUk9iA5 Bryophytes 23/3 lnkd.in/eEaXnNnb Mollusca 30/3 lnkd.in/eScSZYBq

💼 Job Alert! 🌸 The Center for Plant Conservation seeks a full-time staff member to support rare plant data, research, & online resources 🍁 $20.00-$25.00/hour DOE 🌿 The position is fully remote and must be able to work in the US 🌴 For more and to apply contact HR@saveplants.org saveplants.org

🌸 I am incredibly excited and deeply honored to join the Center for Plant Conservation as Director of Science & Conservation. I am thrilled to help strategically lead and strengthen that work alongside a remarkable network. saveplants.org/press-room/

Assessing the viability of genebanked seeds from rare, wild plants native to the United States using the D.E.A.D. paradigm New in #AppsPlantSci by Christina Walters @seedystudies.bsky.social @dustinwolkis.bsky.social et al bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #seedbank #genebank #botany

💼 Job alert! 🌺 @ntbgarden.bsky.social Is recruiting for a #Floristic #Botanist based in #Hawaiʻi to conduct systematic and floristic studies in #Micronesia. 🌴 For full details and other career opportunities visit, ntbg.org/about/jobs/

🌺 In-depth @biographic.bsky.social article by @toughcitywriter.bsky.social on #pollen banking for plant #conservation; fun, thoughtful, with voices of 3 pollen bankers worldwide. 🌴 Pollen banking is a critical tool for conserving plant diversity. www.biographic.com/banking-on-p...

Banking on Pollen

When seed saving doesn’t work, pollen may be the answer to preserving botanical heritage.

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👨‍🎓 Student research alert! 🌱 John Steinhorst's MSc work now published in @ashs-hort.bsky.social #HortScience! 🌺 Capparis sandwichiana (Maiapilo) seeds have physiological dormancy. This knowledge will help stakeholders in the conservation of this endemic Hawaiian species. doi.org/10.21273/HOR...

Honored to be featured in this article!

Adrienne Mason@toughcitywriter.bsky.social · last yr.

Pleased to see this story in @biographic.bsky.social go live. Thanks to @dustinwolkis.bsky.social and @jonletman.bsky.social for taking time with me and for welcoming journalism fellows to the @ntbgarden.bsky.social Thanks to @judeisabella.bsky.social & @shannabaker.bsky.social for the wise edits.

The full programme for this year’s ISSS Conference is now available! Take a look at the exciting line-up of talks and workshops planned for what promises to be one of the year’s top events in hashtag#SeedScience. More information on the following link: lnkd.in/evaVjrRg

🥀 The Journal of Lost Species (JLS) is a #peer-reviewed record of the ongoing mass #extinction event. 🆓 All articles will be freely available with no publication charges. 📃 We are recruiting articles for the first issue! For info on the journal & article types visit; www.journaloflostspecies.org

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The Journal of Lost Species (JLS) is a peer-reviewed record of the ongoing mass extinction event. Our goals are to advance scientific understanding of extinction, support the development of methods fo...

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🌺 @ntbgarden.bsky.social 's #Amorphophallus titanum ( #Araceae) named Pua Pilo ("stinky flower") featured on @hawaiinewsnow.com 🖌️ We will pollinate with collaborator #pollen, bank and reciprocate Pua Pilo's pollen. 🌱 #Metacollection in action! www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/07/17/m...

Meet ‘Pua Pilo,’ the corpse flower about to raise a stink on Kauai

A corpse flower plant on Kauai is about to bloom for the very first time

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We're hiring! 🌱for positions in #Hawaii and #Florida. Interested in joining the NTBG team? Browse job opportunities at ntbg.org/about/jobs/ #Miami #Kauai

🌊 Out now in #Oecologia, Sensitivity to elevated salinity in coastal dune plants! 🌱 Despite growing near the ocean, Hawaiʻi’s coastal plants are highly variable in salinity tolerance, emphasizing the need for urgent conservation actions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s004...

Sensitivity to elevated salinity in coastal dune plants - Oecologia

Coastal dune plants provide critical ecosystem and cultural services, which are severely threatened by ongoing climate change and sea-level rise. Coastal habitats account for a disproportionate extent...

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Honored and elated to receive the 2025 Center for Plant Conservation Star Award. Read more about the award and watch the video that brought tears to my eyes in the June 2025 CPC Newsletter; saveplants.org/2025-star-aw... Contributing to Hawaiian plant conservation is the honor of a lifetime.

2025 Star Award: Dr. Dustin Wolkis - Center for Plant Conservation

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Meet the botanist, Karolina Heyduk. She works at the University of Connecticut, where she investigates photosynthesis, the process where plants use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into food. So why would she in the lab at midnight? wp.me/pdRZhH-lY2 #Botany #PlantScience 🧪

My new book is in press! Due out later this year (August 2025; CSIRO Publishing) but you can pre-order... www.publish.csiro.au/book/8151/#a...

The Sceptical Botanist

Do trees talk to one another? Can a plant use up the oxygen in a room while you sleep? What is a native plant and what is a weed? Are some plants truly immortal? Through 50 beautifully crafted essays...

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🌿 Out now in @bioone.bsky.social American Fern Journal we explore #herbarium specimens as a potential source of viable spores for #conservation of rare #Hawaiian #ferns. 🔬 Germination occurred in 24 specimens representing 8 of 9 included species. @ninaronsted.bsky.social doi.org/10.1640/0002...

⭐ I am honored and humbled to receive the 2025 Center for Plant #Conservation Star #Award. 🌺 This award honors those who demonstrate the concern, cooperation, and personal investment needed to conserve our imperiled native plants. 🌟 Learn more and watch the video at; saveplants.org/about-us/cpc...

🌱 #Postdoc opportunity in the #Conservation and Sustainable #Horticulture Lab (myweb.fiu.edu/akhoddam/res...) within the International Center for Tropical Botany at the Kampong (environment.fiu.edu/ictb/) @fiu.bsky.social ✏️ Apply to #Job Opening ID 534749 at careers.fiu.edu by June 10, 2025.

🗞️Check out my popular article in "The Bulletin: The Newsletter of the @ntbgarden.bsky.social" 🌱I discuss a multi-strategy approach to conserving Hawaiian seeds by highlighting 5 different groups of species; #Metrosideros, #Pritchardia, #Hibiscus, #Melicope, #Campanulaceae. ntbg.org/stories/savi...

Exploring NTBG's Multi-Strategy Approach to Saving Hawaiian Seeds - National Tropical Botanical Garden

By Dr. Dustin Wolkis, Scientific Curator of Seed Conservation One of NTBG’s core activities is […]

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🦎 Are you a master's or PhD student ? 🎓 The 2025 Graduate Researchers Award will provide 💰 2x€5,000 prizes highlighting research and discovery in biodiversity informatics by graduate students whose studies rely on GBIF-mediated data. 🧬 Learn more 🔗 gbif.link/gra-2025