I won’t be at #Botany2026 but for those interested in bryophyte phylogenetics or sex chromosomes check out Seyeon Kim’s talk at 9:30a Monday in Colloquia 1 - Beyond Phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

UVfinder: a tool to extract bryophyte sex-linked gene copies from the GoFlag408 probe set

Premise Target enrichment sequencing using probe sets like GoFlag 408 has revolutionized phylogenetics, yet recent genomic data indicate that some probes may be sex-linked, potentially introducing top...

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Last week, the 29th Meeting of @sebriologia.bsky.social took place in France. It was an incredible experience surrounded by wonderful colleagues. Many thanks to the organizers for making it possible and for all their hard work!

Our Society has celebrated its Bryological meeting abroad for the first time. Thanks to Aurélien Labroche and Emeric Sulmont it has taken place at the French Massif Central. You can follow the inaturalist project here www.inaturalist.org/projects/xxv... #Bryophytes #SEB #IamaBotanist

Those from foggy drylands feature unusual growths from the leaf blade called “enations.” Eriospermum erinum (📷: Eugene Marinus CCBYNC4) has a single oval leaf with spectacular enations & fog-intercepting hairs. But wait, Eriospermum gets weirder… 2/5

🌱 T'interessen els #briòfits i les #molses ? A la #bctUAB trobaràs el 'Fons de Briologia', una col·lecció d'obres especialitzades en la matèria reunida per la Unitat de Botànica del #BABVE de @uabbiociencies.bsky.social. 🔗 https://www.uab.cat/ca/biblioteques/briologia @sebriologia.bsky.social

Finally out: A unified plant ecology database for Spain www.nature.com/articles/s41... @juancarlosmoreno.bsky.social @iramosgutierrez.bsky.social @sebriologia.bsky.social @sebot.bsky.social @sebicop.bsky.social @ecoinf-aeet.bsky.social @eco-aeet.bsky.social @aitorgaston.bsky.social @uam.es

Ya se puede descargar el volumen completo de BSEB con los artículos publicados en 2025 y nuevas secciones. Esperamos que os guste! www.briologia.es/boletines/Vo... #bryology #IamaBotanist

1/Muchos me preguntan por qué hay un capítulo sobre los bulos nucleares en Energy Fakes, mezclándolos con chamanerías y barbaridades. Es por cosas como esta. Mirad el ejercicio de manipulación y sus similitudes con el apagón: ¿La nuclear salvó algo hoy? NO. Aunque no hubiese habido un solo reactor..

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La comunidad botánica española describe 80 especies nuevas en 2024 y 2025 - Sebot

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📘 Se cierra el volumen 59 del Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Briología con la publicación de las secciones Trabajos académicos y Nuevas citas briológicas #Briófitos #Botánica #InvestigaciónCientífica #Corología www.briologia.es/boletines/Vo...

📘 The 59th volume of the Bulletin of the Spanish Bryological Society is now complete with the publication of the sections Academic works and New bryological records. Two contributions highlighting current research activity in bryology. #Bryology #IamaBotanisr www.briologia.es/boletines/Vo...

🔊New ERGA-BGE reference #genome of Lewinskya acuminata, an epiphytic Mediterranean #moss species. 🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-357 @orthotreeproject.bsky.social @paguado-ramsay.bsky.social @flara-bryo.bsky.social @idraper.bsky.social @genoscopeumr.bsky.social eumr.bsky.social

Optimizing DNA extraction protocols for #bryophytes: Insights from #Orthotrichaceae New in #AppsPlantSci by @paguado-ramsay.bsky.social, @flara-bryo.bsky.social, @macacuerdo.bsky.social & @idraper.bsky.social bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @orthotreeproject.bsky.social #botany

OrthoTree new paper is out! Try our optimized DNA extraction protocol and see whether it also helps improve your results bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Optimizing DNA extraction protocols for bryophytes: Insights from Orthotrichaceae

Premise Extracting high-quality DNA from challenging plant tissues can be hindered by high levels of phenolics, carbohydrates, and other compounds that bind to or coprecipitate with DNA. Bryophytes,...

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Lingua wanka is a hilarious moniker for scientific writing

Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Fantastic editorial on #ScientificWriting. 👇

a study that changes the paradigm of horizontal gene transfer across kingdoms, led by my former PhD supervisor Bernard Goffinet, congratulations to his team www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I am glad to be part of the largest paper on bryophyte genomics. Spearheaded by Shanshan Dong and Yang Liu ( Fairy Lake Botanical Garden) presents: "A comprehensive super-pangenome analysis, incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte nuclear genomes......" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics

A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

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a cute video on bryophytes www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAQ0...

The Life of the forest. Bryophytes

YouTube video by Forest Film Studio

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New insights on the distribution of Lewinskya firma! Check our recently published paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Lewinskya firma s.s. is actually in West Africa

Published in Journal of Bryology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Our studies of Lewinskya in fog oases of Central and Northern Chile reveal yet hidden diversity within Orthotrichaceae. Find more in our paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Lewinskya crinita sp. nov. and L. aristoblephara comb. nov. (Orthotrichaceae, Bryophyta), two remarkable species from the coastal fog oases of central-northern Chile

Few species of the genus Lewinskya have been reported from central and northern Chile, with only L. johnstonii known from the northern coastal hills of the region. Immersed in arid lands, these coa...

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Market is open!!! This is the last and most immoral mail I’ve received from #publisher. Offer to author a paper I never heard about before and out of my expertise. I presume it is not for free. Another hint that some people are hijacking Science, both “authors” and publishers #Ethics_in_science

wie cool!

¿Por qué la región entre Zamora, León y Ourense arde tanto? No, no es para construir aerogeneradores, ni por ninguna de las teorías conspiranoicas que estamos leyendo. La explicación es más compleja… y menos cómoda para quienes buscan respuestas simples. 1/13

Just published! This is not only the description of a new species. It responds to the necessity of redefining generic boundaries in our favorite moss family. Don't miss it! With @logarilleti.bsky.social @flara-bryo.bsky.social @paguado-ramsay.bsky.social

Orthotree@orthotreeproject.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you bored just lying on the beach? Have some fun reading our last published paper! www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14...

Are you bored just lying on the beach? Have some fun reading our last published paper! www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14...

It's publication day for Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World! Immerse yourself in the miniature world of these fascinating plants, delve into their evolutionary past and look ahead to what might be in store for their future. More details at: shorturl.at/Zmtfe

Algunes espècies de briòfits vistes al microscopi. En un moment en què la IA està cada vegada més a tot arreu, identificar briòfits segueix essent un procés totalment manual, quasi artesanal: des de la recollida de les mostres a camp fins a la seva observació amb el microscopi.

Hi Pablo! Just to be fair, the contents of vol 58 were already punished along the year (2024). The delay affected only the annual compilation volume and it was out in march. The section of chorological novelties was launched the year before (not a new section in 58) www.briologia.es/boletines/Vo...

¿Sabías que los briófitos son clave en los ecosistemas asturianos? ¡Explora su mundo oculto! 🌿 ¡Tus observaciones ayudarán a la ciencia!👇 inaturalist.org/projects/bri... #Briófitos #Asturias #CienciaCiudadana #Conservación #iNaturalist @universidadoviedo.bsky.social @uodivulga.bsky.social‬

Briófitos de Asturias

Este proyecto tiene como objetivo principal la documentación y el monitoreo de las especies de *Briófitos* dentro de nuestra región. Cuenta con la colaboración de la Universidad de Oviedo y el Institu...

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