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Xavier Picó

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Plant population biologist at EBD-CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social @csic.es Editor-in-Chief AoB Plants @aobp.bsky.social Member SEBOT @sebot.bsky.social BSA @botsocamerica.bsky.social AEET @eco-aeet.bsky.social Info: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2849-4922

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Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · 4w ago

You're going to get left behind if you don't use Al." Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long- form, and books without needing Al summaries.

AoB Plants@aobp.bsky.social · last mo.

Great journals are shaped by thoughtful editors. 🌿 Gudryan Baronio studies how plant reproduction is shaped by ecological interactions. Through his work, he helps advance accessible, high-quality plant science. 🌸🐝 Get to know him in our #MeetTheEditor feature.

Graphic introducing AoB PLANTS Associate Editor Gudryan Baronio (University of São Paulo, Brazil). The graphic highlights his research on plant–pollinator interactions and plant reproductive ecology, his enthusiasm for sharing high-quality, accessible plant science as an editor, his advice to ask clear questions and communicate results clearly, his favorite plants being whichever species is flowering in the ecosystem he is studying, and his interests outside science: photography, playing guitar, and spending time in nature. A circular portrait shows Gudryan smiling while holding a camera.
Piotr Ziolkowski@piotraz.bsky.social · last mo.

⏳ Last days to register for the Plant Meiosis Meeting! Join us in Poznań for PMM 2026, with invited speakers Neil Hunter, Mathilde Grelon, André Marquez and Kyuha Choi. Raphaël Mercier, Chris Morgan, and many others also confirmed. 55 talk slots are waiting to be filled! Register: pmm.amu.edu.pl

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Rodrigo Granjel@granjel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📄 New preprint! We used Arabidopsis to test whether plant–plant communication in response to insect herbivory was conserved in wild populations with dramatically different environments, genetics, and life-history traits; it is indeed! [1/2]

bioRxiv Ecology@biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Conserved herbivore-induced volatile signalling despite divergent VOC-life-history associations in two locally adapted Arabidopsis thaliana populations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.17.732448v1

Gina Baucom@gbaucom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Doing a PhD shouldn’t make people feel like failures if they choose a different path.” A really thoughtful conversation with Andrea Betancourt & Gideon Bradburd on careers beyond academia, mentoring, transferable skills, and what PhD training is really for.

Society for the Study of Evolution@sse-evolution.bsky.social · 2mo ago

💬 In the latest Evolution Exchange, SSE President Dr. Gina Baucom talks with Dr. Andrea Betancourt and Dr. Gideon Bradburd about how to train PhD students for careers outside of academia. www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolutio... @gbradburd.bsky.social

Text: Training PhDs for Non-Academic Careers in E&E wit Dr. Andrea Betancourt and Dr. Gideon Bradburd. The Evolution Exchange, a monthly conversation series from the Society for the Study of Evolution. Headshots of Andrea and Gideon.
AoB Plants@aobp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Great journals are shaped by thoughtful editors. 🌿 With a long-standing passion for forest community ecology, Xiangcheng Mi brings deep expertise in forest ecosystems and a commitment to helping early career authors strengthen their articles. 🌳 Get to know him in our latest #MeetTheEditor feature

Graphic for AoB PLANTS “Meet the editor” series featuring Xiangcheng Mi, Associate Editor at AoB PLANTS and researcher at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. The green-themed graphic highlights his research focus on forest community ecology, his enthusiasm for helping authors improve their papers, advice encouraging submissions from early-career researchers, and his appreciation for forests as a whole rather than a single favourite plant species. A circular portrait of Xiangcheng Mi appears on the right side of the image.
Andrew Hipp@andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"We run around like the demented; in the first three days we were unable to classify anything; we pick up one object and throw it away for the next. Bonpland keeps telling me that he will go mad if the wonders do not cease soon." - Alexander Humboldt, arriving in South America with Aimé Bonpland

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2mo ago

The NIH is demanding that it's grantees cease collaborations with foreign scientists. Wait until NIH director Jay Bhattacharya hears about this! His stated top priority in the director role is to prevent government interference with or censorship of scientific researchers.

U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators

NIH, NASA grantees are confused and concerned amid agencies’ piecemeal communication

science.org

Xavier Picó@xavierpico.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Last week, I rented a car for fieldwork and I had the feeling that the car was spying on me. It wasn’t the first time though. Well, here’s the proof that I was right and it’s even worse than I thought www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Trillions of miles of data: Your car is spying on you, and it's only just the beginning

From your weight and facial expressions to your destination, cars collect a startling amount of data about you. Some of it may even raise your insurance costs.

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Xavier Picó@xavierpico.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The second AoB PLANTS issue of 2026 is out @aobp.bsky.social You’ll find papers on plant-pollinator interactions, phenotypic selection in hybrids, seed and seedling ecology, heat-induced stress, conservation ecology, and more. Have a look at it here academic.oup.com/aobpla/issue...

Volume 18 Issue 2 | AoB PLANTS | Oxford Academic

An official journal of the Annals of Botany Company. Publishes research on all aspects of environmental and evolutionary plant biology, spanning the full gamut of vascular and non-vascular plants, as ...

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