Chris Martine | Plant People FTW
@martinebotany.bsky.social
President-Elect, Botanical Society of America. #PUI Prof + Herbarium Director Doc Martine and the Botaneers https://www.chrismartine.com/ #PlantsareCoolToo: https://tinyurl.com/mr3nv85w #iamabotanist #Botany2026 #botany #plantpeopleFTW
Now available everywhere for streaming/download! #PlantPeopleFTW, a song for everyone who loves plants, by Doc Martine and the Botaneers. Feat. appearances by plant people from all over the world. #botany2026 music.apple.com/us/album/pla...
Plant People FTW by Doc Martine and the Botaneers on Apple Music
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Hanging with the amazing Bucknell Burpee postdocs, current and former, who are at #Botany2026. @ithaden.bsky.social @tmariewms.bsky.social @devanijolman.bsky.social #plantpeopleFTW #raybucknell
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
Hey #Botany2026 and plant peeps, we need help! Who are your favorite fictional botany heroes/villains/characters in media (books, movies, comics, TV, etc.)?
Feedmeseymour Little Shopof Horrors
Alt: Audrey 2 in the plant shop screaming "Feed Me!" - from Little Shop of Horrors movie
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Penstemon lunch at #Botany2026 @aidanwshort.bsky.social @botanist-brooke.bsky.social Liz Mays @trinitydepatie.bsky.social @t-shy.bsky.social Josh Stevens @botanicalbecks.bsky.social
May be of interest to many at #Botany2026
Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl@bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · yesterdayCurious about how graduate programs and funding can vary across STEM disciplines and institutions? Join us on August 14th at 10 am CT as we partner with @plantgrads.bsky.social! Navigating Graduate School - Program & Funding Types Register at: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #plantscience #gradschool
Stop by the ABLS Booth at #Botany2026 to get your very own shirt featuring a rare southwestern moss and lichen species! @botsocamerica.bsky.social
We don't mean to give you fomo but here are some plants you can find right outside the #Botany2026 venue... Follow along all week for updates from the conference 🌿 #plantpeopleFTW
If you are planning for #Botany2027 and did or did not attend #Botany2026, fill out this form if you need childcare!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... please!! This year there was no childcare and the nursing room is more a custodian closet without a lock, AC, water/sink+light goes off very 5 mins
And if you are at #Botany2026, check out the Symposium on this topic today! Tuesday, August 4, 1:30PM
Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · yesterday🔥SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS❄️ #AJB and #AppsPlantSci are accepting proposals for joint special issues focusing on how temperature shapes & constrains plant biology. Proposal deadline: 30 Sep 2026 More info: bit.ly/4fmMhPu @seemasheth.bsky.social #botany #climatechange #ecology #Botany2026
Big #Botany2026 Monday for the lab: great posters by @botanicalbecks.bsky.social and Maria Aguilar (her 1st!) and awesome talk by new Burpee postdoc @devanijolman.bsky.social on her PhD work at ODU. #plantpeopleFTW
Good morning Botany - Blue Beehive Booth is now open! Tuesday Hours: 8:30 - 4pm 🎄Season's Greeting cards (with nerdy info on the back!) 4 left, but they will be restocked later this year on the Etsy store: 🎁https://bluebeehivestudio.etsy.com #plantpeopleFTW #botany2026 #sciart #evolution
🚀 We’re looking for a Juan de la Cierva candidate! Our #iEcoEvoLab is seeking an early-career researcher to apply with us to the Juan de la Cierva 2025 call. If you work on island plant biogeography and conservation, we’d love to hear from you! 🏝️🌿🌍
A contribution to our understanding of plant invasions in islands, led by my nearly-finished PhD candidate, @louiss-jaygarcia.bsky.social, together with @yarjona.bsky.social and an international team. Can phylogenetic relatedness help explain invasion success? Don't miss new paper from #iEcoEvoLab🌿🏝️
IPNA-CSIC@ipna.csic.es · 4d agoJay-García, L.S., Arjona, Y., Collart, F., Vanderpoorten, A., Broennimann, O., Guisan, A., Fernández-Palacios, J.M. & Patiño, J. Moving beyond environmental filtering hypotheses: Deciphering the drivers of congeneric plant introductions in an oceanic archipelago (Ecography) doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Big #Botany2026 Monday for the lab: great posters by @botanicalbecks.bsky.social and Maria Aguilar (her 1st!) and awesome talk by new Burpee postdoc @devanijolman.bsky.social on her PhD work at ODU. #plantpeopleFTW
Day 1 of #botany2026 concluded with a whole day of great talks in Developmental & Structural, beautiful cacti and mountains, approaching monsoon, and my two students doing an amazing job presenting their work!! #proudpi #plantpeopleftw
Morning #Botany2026 - come check out a whole set of talks from the lab this morning in Ecophys! Tropical plants, temperate friends, epiphytes, and aquatics - we have it all. Our Belonging in Botany: fostering resiliency discussion is happening from 11-12 today, too. See you there! #dampmuffins
Hey #Botany2026 check out Stone Lab PhD student Sara Wuerstl’s talk this morning in the Reproductive Processes section! 9:15 Tucson C-D
Spread the word! #AppsPlantSci is accepting applications for our Reviewing Editor board. It's a great opportunity for postdocs & grad students to get hands-on experience in the editorial & review process. Apply by Aug 15. Term starts Sept 15 2026 More info: botany.org/home/publica... #Botany2026
Who at #botany2026 is thinking about which talks to see tomorrow? Maybe I humbly recommend our talk on Physalis phylogenomics where we ask the question, why are there so many tomatillo species 50 million years after a (famous to Solanologists) bottleneck? Tomorrow 1:30pm in San Ignacio!
As an interesting addition to these numbers, learned today that roughly 25% of #botany2026 registrants went on a field trip this year. That’s pretty neat.
Chris Martine | Plant People FTW@martinebotany.bsky.social · 4d agoCurrent numbers for #Botany2026! 1079 registered attendees (43% are students) 825 presentations 24 countries repped #plantpeopleFTW
Yo #botany2026 poster peeps! FYI odd-numbered are 5:30-6:15 today, evens are on from 6:15-7:00.
Symposium for Future Proofing Herbaria. Discussing specimen backlogs. Recommendation to prioritize, be creative, & build a collections club of volunteers to help. Also we found that #bryophytes & #lichens are over-represented & need our energy. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm... #botany2026
The state of herbarium specimen backlogs: Perspectives from bryophyte collections
An herbarium must have its specimens processed, identified and accessioned so that members of the botanical community can readily consult these materials. However, many herbaria struggle to keep up wi...
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Come on a little trip to register for #Botany2026! We can't wait to see you all at the registration desk. Which badge ribbons did you choose?? Follow along all week for updates from the conference 🌿 #plantpeopleFTW
Blue Beehive booth is now open at #Botany2026! Find some desert bling jewelry, textiles, and cards! #PlantPeopleFTW #sciart (additional items on our Etsy shop!)
Next in the @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social Taxonomist Day in the Life series: Flashback to my recent attempt to relocate the original collection site of the Australian bush tomato Solanum dioicum for the 1st time in 120 yrs. More in my #botany2026 talk on Mon. at 3:00 in the Side-Quest Colloquium.
Are you passionate about #naturalhistory #collections? Apply for our open position for the Herbarium Collections Manager @utkherbarium.bsky.social. We will start evaluating applications on Aug 17, so get your application in now. #Botany2026 #herbarium #jobs
