Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson

@hilaryrosed.bsky.social

It's all about plants in the end (and truffle diversity | soil carbon) she/her 🏳️‍🌈 🌾🍄👩🏼‍🔬⛰️🌱 #WomenInSTEM #botany #fungi #seeds PhD from UOregon 🇺🇸 Postdoc at the Australian National Uni 🇦🇺 #MSCA postdoc UiBergen '26 🇳🇴 HilaryRoseDawson.wordpress.com

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Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson@hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 6d ago

I can't make it to #Botany2026 this year, but I don't want to miss out on all the cool plant science being presented. I've made a starter pack to follow along from home (and to find more great botanists to follow year-round). Reply here to be added! go.bsky.app/HdDpDrW

Nothing missing, one or two odd duplicates despite my being pretty sure they weren't like that before and that I never added them. But can't be sure, because I've never archived anything. The idea of Google Scholar not just working was like thinking the ground could suddenly turn into marshmallow.

Wohoo! Yes, postdocs at #Botany2026, please come to the Postdocs in Botany affinity group on Monday from noon to 1:30pm. Arizona Grand Ballroom… @botanist-brooke.bsky.social and I will see you all there! :)

Chris Martine | Plant People FTW@martinebotany.bsky.social · 3d ago

And 9% are postdocs. That's 96 amazing peeps at #Botany2026 who could turn up for Monday's Postdocs in Botany affinity group social in the Arizona Grand Ballroom. #plantpeopleFTW

13. Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well.

I’m surprised by the number of #Botany2026 posts that don’t bother with good alt text. Besides all the perfectly sufficient pro-human reasons to take basic steps to welcome everyone into the conversation, it’s going to limit your reach. I guarantee it.

Hate will never win - but wow does it hurt sometimes. Sending so much love to the Berlin queer community right now, especially the friends and family of the person killed and those injured. (context: yes, someone drove a car into a Pride event. not joking. they've cancelled the parade.)

UC Davis will no longer pay the difference so that GRFP recipients earn the same as other students. So mid-PhD students will lose nearly 25% of salary & new students will make less than their peers. Apply for the GRFP, it’s a wonderful help to your career. Just don’t come here if you get one.

Heartbroken to see that UC Davis Stable Isotope Facility is closing in a couple days after nearly three decades of service. UCDavis SIF was integral to the research I did before and during my PhD. They made stable isotopes accessible even for small scale projects, and will be sorely missed. 🧪

Email screenshot that reads:
"Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Clients of SIF,
 
We are writing to inform you that UC Davis will be permanently closing the Stable Isotope Facility on July 26, 2026. Beyond this date, SIF staff emails and other SIF contacts (e.g., sif@ucdavis.edu) will no longer be monitored. If, after the closure date, you have questions about billing, data reporting, or sample disposition they can be directed to the Dept. of Plant Sciences Chief Administrative Officer, Madhu Sharma (mssharma [at] ucdavis.edu).
 
We are sorry for any disruption this may cause in your research program and are proud to have supported your research over these past 28 years.
 
Sincerely,
The SIF Team"

"Applying an identical rule to unequal starting points does not produce a fair outcome. It simply reproduces existing advantage and calls it consistency." Thank you to @adriftlab.bsky.social for standing firm for their values and speaking up about the inequity of flat extension policies. #ecology

Dr Alex Bond@thelabandfield.bsky.social · 2w ago

After a bit of too-and-fro, here's the dirt. The only way we'll see real changes is clearly the "sunlight approach" so with that.... Read about the misguided policy at Marine Environmental Research - and how the editor doubled down. adriftlab.org/news/equalit...

A 505 mm x 170 mm leaf from a Eucalyptus ptychocarpa tree planted in Malanda, FNQ. Some of the buds on this tree appeared engorged by insect larvae. I'm wondering if they are fig wasp larvae that erroneously picked a euc instead of a fig - Can any entomologists out there provide any insight?

A leaf and a flower bud from the tree.An engorged flower bud from the tree.An engorged flower bud from the tree, cut open to reveal tiny insect larvae.Close-up of an engorged flower bud from the tree, cut open to reveal tiny insect larvae.