John Hodge
@jghodge.bsky.social
Post-doc at UIUC studying stomatal patterning. Botanist by training with interests broadly in evo-devo, mechanistic modeling, and genetics, particularly in relation to grasses and cereals. Opinions my own.
You won't regret clicking on this beautifully told story by @lsommer.bsky.social about the Pacific Ocean and how the Trump regime is opening some marine monuments to commercial fishing.
These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections
The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, spar...
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FERONIA: Organizing plant thermotolerance from the cell surface #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...
Temperature and light responses of moss-associated nitrogen fixation vary across climates Yunyao Ma and Kathrin Rousk nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @voltcenter.bsky.social #PlantScience
Last night's poster session was a botanical blast! Here are some fun moments from 5 poster presentations, we wish we could show you them all! Be sure to stop by the #Botany2026 Exhibit Hall to check them out. Follow along all week for updates from the conference 🌿 #plantpeopleFTW
We had to show you some more presentations from last night's poster session, but we're still sad we can't highlight them all! Be sure to stop by the #Botany2026 Exhibit Hall to check them out. Follow along all week for updates from the conference 🌿 #plantpeopleFTW
Here are 70+ accounts to help you follow along at home for #Botany2026. Are you attending and not in the starter pack? Reply here to be added.
Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson@hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 6d agoI 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
Don’t forget about the #bsaecophys business meeting today at noon in Tucson Ballroom E. We will be talking about future plans for the section and also volunteer opportunities which are a great way to get involved. Hope to see you there! #botany2026
Find myself and the rest of the Specht lab at Botany 2026!! #PlantPeopleFTW #Botany2026 @botanyballer.bsky.social @brythebotanist.bsky.social @arayabelle.bsky.social @jlandisbotany.bsky.social @spechtlab.bsky.social
Better late than never to compile the #botany2026 talks from research done in the #LagoLab! Check out talks by @laufran.bsky.social, Aislinn Mumford, and @evoyeyo.bsky.social tomorrow, and @laymonstera.bsky.social on Tuesday!
The weekend is over! Take some time to think of your favorite field trip. Did you find some old friends? Who did you meet? We are excited for Monday! Follow along all week for updates from the conference 🌿 #plantpeopleFTW #botany2026
A scientist is helping uncover the role of the immune system in endometriosis—while managing the disease herself. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4oDvjAa #ScienceMagArchives
Riboseek is a fast RNA/DNA search. More sensitive than nhmmer at 250x speed. Structure-aware realignment produces MSAs approaching rMSA quality. Plus 1.7M precomputed RNA MSAs, and an API to search your own 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 💾 github.com/steineggerla... 🌐 search.foldseek.com/riboseek
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE POWER ACCOMPLISHES! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who wrote comments, contacted Congress, and yelled! This is OUR WIN! @standupforscience.net www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
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Are you at #Botany2026 & have an idea for a special issue of Apps in Plant Sciences or Am Journal of Botany? Talk to Theresa Culley or Amy McPherson or Beth Parada or Sean Graham or Briana Gross! Especially if you are a "junior" scientist looking to make an impact! bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Botanical Society of America - Wiley Online Library
Welcome to the publications of the Botanical Society of America. Our mission is to publish and support the Society in promoting botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere.
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For Botany folks who also enjoy fauna as much as flora there are bats fluttering about outside if your room has a decent patio
At #Botany2026, I was hoping to start recruiting for my lab group. If you are interested in polyploidy and population genetics, please reach out.
Current numbers for #Botany2026! 1079 registered attendees (43% are students) 825 presentations 24 countries repped #plantpeopleFTW
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
Just wondering how many nights it will take before the competitive cornhole yard gets put through its paces at #Botany2026
The headlines are still covering the cyclosporiasis outbreak from lettuce, but let's talk about a different summer, long ago. The headlines in Bavaria would have called it "summer diarrhea" & it was killing babies. Enter our hero, Professor Theodor Escherich of the Julius Hospital, Würzburg.
Who’s excited for our #bsaecophys workshop tomorrow at #Botany2026 ? There are still a few spots open if there are still folks interested!
Finally, my first publication is out! We describe an exceptionally preserved new species of Metzgeriaceae liverwort from the Lower Cretaceous and reveal new insights into its growth mode and autoecology as an inhabitant of the subtropical wetlands of Las Hoyas. Give it a read if you are interested!
The Palaeontological Association@thepalass.bsky.social · 5d agoWhen growth form fossilizes: a new liverwort species from the Cretaceous Las Hoyas site onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @davidhorcajada.bsky.social #FossilFriday
ILX issues FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED OVER EAST CENTRAL IL for Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Macon, McLean, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, Vermilion [IL] till ... at Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:07:55 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.
AlphaFold was always bait-and-switch; now Google confirms it. A hyper-narrow bioinformatrics model with actual science bolted on whose guesses can be experimentally checked was never a licence for socially-applied slop at scale, but it's done its job. Effort transferred to LLMs.
