Our new preprint, led by Joanna Feehan, reveals that extreme physiological leaf cooling is key to survival at the upper thermal limit of eukaryotic life in the Death Valley desert plant Tidestromia oblongifolia. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Extreme cooling enables survival in extreme heat

Complex, multicellular extremophiles face intense challenges in coordinating their cells, tissues, and organs to function in harsh environments. Tidestromia oblongifolia is a desert plant that thrives...

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Our new experimental evolution study across 30+ locations using the plant Arabidopsis thaliana —— we direct "see" adaptation and extinction to different climates at the genetic as it happens! Read it in Science dx.doi.org/10.1126/scie... @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social

Arctic plants, ichthyosaurs and more! We received funding from Nordforsk for a Nordic network for convergent evolution #NCEN! It is led by @siribirkeland.bsky.social and me, hosted at the Natural History Museum @uio.no and include researchers with amazing work🥳 www.nordforsk.org/projects/nor...

Excited to share our latest review on hydrosignaling: moisture-dependent molecular pathways that help plants grow towards water. Insightful review of the literature and discussion of moisture sensing mechanisms by Will Dwyer and @hhtormar.bsky.social. Enjoy! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Just noticed that our paper is on the cover of Trends in Plant Science - that was unexpected 😅 The illustration is really cool 💙

Trends in Plant Science@cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social · 7mo ago

January Issue.Read FREE:What genes make a tree a tree?(cover); Phosphorus acquisition and pathogen defense:synergies vs.Trade-offs;Sustained cereal bowl under growing temperatures of climate change;Evolution of sTyr peptides,receivers&activators &much more www.cell.com/trends/plant... #plantscience

Want to study the genomics of repeated adaptation with data from hundreds of species? New funding for non-Canadians @ grad or postdoc level. Internal competition at UCalgary with very short deadline so please get in touch ASAP!! sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...

🚨PhD position available!🚨🧪 I am seeking a talented PhD student to join my ERC StG project GEMINI, to explore the exciting world of vertebrate genomics and comparative genomics, seeking to understand the genomics of miniaturisation! 🦇🦎🦜🐸🐟🦈 🤏🧬 Deadline: 4 Jan 2026! employment.ku.dk/phd?show=153...

Lovely science communication on plant roots from the Dinneny lab 🌱

José Dinneny@josedinneny.bsky.social · 8mo ago

From the Science Communication Lab: a new mini documentary highlighting my lab’s work on roots and their environmental responses! Beautiful videography helps to communicate the wonder of this hidden world of plants below our feet. youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...

Really appreciate this clear summary of our work - thank you @plantteaching.bsky.social !🌳

Plantae.org@plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Opinion: Genomic studies hint at what makes a tree a tree (Trends Plant Sci) @siribirkeland.bsky.social @trhvidsten.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/yXVfgnP #PlantaePSRW

Look what my amazing colleagues did! Early Triassic bonebed at Svalbard shows recovery after mass extinction🥳 @aubronectes.bsky.social

Science Magazine@science.org · 9mo ago

An early Triassic bone bed excavated at 78°N changes the story about how marine life recovered after the most cataclysmic extinction in Earth history ~252 million years ago. Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/48bLsGI

Is it possible to estimate rates of phenotypic evolution that are independent of the time interval covered by the data? In theory, yes — even when the data are incomplete and biased. But in practice? Not so much. Amazing work by @vildebruhn.bsky.social

Vilde Bruhn Kinneberg@vildebruhn.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Article out in @journal-evo.bsky.social with @klvoje.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

i am offering a post-doc position in my brand-new project TreeGD that will investigate genomic diversity of trees species in switzerland, with a special focus on gene conservation units, rare species (but not only), and seeds stands. apply.refline.ch/273855/1782/...

Too warm to buzz? Check out our newest paper on how warming temperatures affect bee buzzes in the Arctic. Well done to Charlie and Guadalupe and other coauthors for this nice study in the Swedish Arctic! @hfspo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Increasing temperatures affect thoracic muscle performance in Arctic bumblebees - Nature Communications

Increasing temperatures threaten cold-adapted pollinators such as Arctic bumblebees by disrupting their physiology. This study found that thorax acceleration during non-flight vibrations peaks at 25 °...

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Plant Science Research Weekly Oct 31, 2025. plantae.org/plant-scienc... What makes a tree a tree? Secret strategy of far-red photosynthesis; Unwinding the Spirogyra genome; H2O2 role in P starvation response; Viral evasion of cap-independent translation defense (1/2)

In memory of Richard Abbott 🌱❄ 35 years of Arctic plant phylogeography - glacial refugia, trans-oceanic dispersals, and the genomic evidence revealing their hidden histories. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Phylogeography of Arctic plants: where are we after 35 years, and where to go?

The Arctic provides an excellent system to study climate change effects on geographic ranges and genetic diversity. We re-examine the large number of phylogeographic studies of Arctic plants to ass...

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🧪🌾PAPER - What makes a tree a tree?🧬 Read the paper by @siribirkeland.bsky.social and @trhvidsten.bsky.social with contributions from several UPSC researchers. By comparing dozens of genomes, they offer fresh insights into the genetic foundations of woodiness and perenniality in angiosperms.

Siri Birkeland@siribirkeland.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Tree evolution is surprisingly quirky! 🌳 Trees are likely ancestral in many plant groups, often re-evolve on islands, and Arabidopsis can be made tree-like by tweaking a few genes. We revisited what genes really make a tree a tree using comparative genomics. @trhvidsten.bsky.social #trees #evolution

Tree evolution is surprisingly quirky! 🌳 Trees are likely ancestral in many plant groups, often re-evolve on islands, and Arabidopsis can be made tree-like by tweaking a few genes. We revisited what genes really make a tree a tree using comparative genomics. @trhvidsten.bsky.social #trees #evolution

Trends in Plant Science@cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social · 10mo ago

An updated perspective: what genes make a tree a tree? #plantscience

I’m very surprised that the frequently discussed topic of repeated adaptation through the same molecular pathways hadn’t been summarised in a review before. But that has now changed, and that’s a good thing. Thank you @siribirkeland.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/genet...

Pathway-level convergence: an underexplored aspect of convergent evolution

The extent to which evolution is repeatable at the genetic level remains a central question in biology. Convergent adaptations can arise through mutations in homologous genes, changes in different gen...

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Come to beautiful Copenhagen for the SMBE conference next summer! Call for symposia is now OPEN! smbe2026.org 🧪

*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University* We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5 su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

🚨 We're hiring! PhD position in Evolutionary Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab 🎓 Focus: evolution, development, computational & mathematical modeling, prediction 📍 Stockholm, Sweden 🕒 4 years, fully-funded 🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Please share!

Happy to share this paper that Siri Birkeland (@siribirkeland.bsky.social) and I wrote together. It's been really nice to put our heads together over such a complex topic!

Trends in Genetics@cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · last yr.

"Pathway-level convergence: an underexplored aspect of convergent evolution" by Peter Hoitinga (@peter-hoitinga.bsky.social) & Siri Birkeland (@siribirkeland.bsky.social)‬ "The extent to which evolution is repeatable at the genetic level remains a central question in biology..." shorturl.at/NXF4k

New paper with @peter-hoitinga.bsky.social ! Fun little project we started a while back :)

Trends in Genetics@cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · last yr.

"Pathway-level convergence: an underexplored aspect of convergent evolution" by Peter Hoitinga (@peter-hoitinga.bsky.social) & Siri Birkeland (@siribirkeland.bsky.social)‬ "The extent to which evolution is repeatable at the genetic level remains a central question in biology..." shorturl.at/NXF4k