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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 1d

Starting day 2: Laymon Ball speaking about her work on #Herbaria! #BINHMS

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Lauren Frankel @laufran.bsky.social · 1d

excited to announce I'll soon be starting as a postdoctoral scholar with Carrie Tribble @tribblelab.bsky.social at the University of Washington! Seattle here I come! 🎉🥳

picture of Lauren in a yellow rainjacket, with a red crossbody strap on top, and round-ish glasses cheesing in front of the iconic Pike Place "Public Market Center" neon sign

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Diego Paredes-Burneo @evoyeyo.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Dr. Frankel 🫶🏽

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Diego Paredes-Burneo @evoyeyo.bsky.social · 1d

Gracias!!

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Diego Paredes-Burneo @evoyeyo.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to see y’all soon!

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Diego Paredes-Burneo @evoyeyo.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to share I have defended my PhD dissertation.

Thanks a bunch to colleagues and friends that helped and collaborated along this journey!

Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · 8d

I’m so proud of my grad student @evoyeyo.bsky.social for defending his @lsubiosci.bsky.social PhD thesis on macroevolution of #Brachyotum and the broader Andean flora today. Felicidades, Dr. Paredes-Burneo!! ⛰️🧬🌻🥳👨🏽‍🎓🇵🇪

Diego and I posing next to each other after his defense in the LSU herbarium.

Diego in front of a slide that says “Plant evolution in the Andes is more complex than current phylogenomic models can explain” with lots of pretty plant photos around the text.

A celebration in Diego’s honor in the LSU herbarium.

Diego, family, me and other close friends celebrate at dinner.

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Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 12d

Master's degree position at Towson University with Daniel Caetano on macroevolutionary and phylogenetic comparative methods! Daniel is an awesome human and a great mentor, share with your students!
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...

Join the lab

The Caetano lab at Towson University (Maryland, USA) is seeking a Master's degree student to start in Fall 2026. A Research Assistant (RA) position is available to the student during part (or all) of....

caetanods.weebly.com

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The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · Aug 19

Early career researcher in systematics?

Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026

👇
www.systbio.org/early-career...

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Diego Paredes-Burneo @evoyeyo.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats (on both), Jeremy!

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 26d

How do your #linguistic, #economic & #gender backgrounds impact your #scientific productivity? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social & co reveal that being a woman, a non-native English speaker, and from a low-income country is associated with a 70% reduction in productivity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n3RLRQ

Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag). Credit: Tatsuya Amano

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April Wright @wrightam.bsky.social · Aug 23

I think we've figured out the right solution at the Evolution Meetings: Bang for your buck, a virtual meeting two weeks before the in-person is the most cost-effective way to involve remote participants.

A couple thoughts 🧵

Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · Aug 23

There are too many reasons to have every meeting/session online for free: some can’t attend for health reasons, can’t afford it, don’t have childcare, etc., and everybody in the public should be invited to attend; open access doesn’t mean just publications; meetings can’t afford it? Figure it out.

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Luis Santiago-Rosario, Ph. D. @saltyecoevo.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hey All!!! Take a look at this awesome highlight on our recent paper on sodium and its influence on butterfly behavior published in @royentsoc.bsky.social Ecological Entomology!

www.royensoc.co.uk/news/salty-s...

Salty suitors: High larval sodium intake reduces adult lifespan and influences reproductive behaviour in a lepidopteran herbivore - Journal Highlight - Royal Entomological Society

First published: 19 July 2025. Sodium is a crucial element for animal physiology, yet its effects on behavior and lifespan remain understudied, especially in insect herbivores. The amount of sodium a ...

www.royensoc.co.uk

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Aug 19

Calling all natural history/museum collections folxs

The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'

The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026.

ssb2026.github.io

2026 SSB Breakout Meeting

ssb2026.github.io

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Aug 8

Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology!

Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.

(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)

lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

Postdoctoral Researcher

All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...

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Santiago Claramunt @sclaramunt.bsky.social · Jul 30

Happy to share our latest paper in which we use a new big phylogeny of birds to analyze the relationships between dispersal, geographic range size and diversification rates across all birds. See also post by
‪@sheardcat.bsky.social‬ and @josephtobias.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...

A new time tree of birds reveals the interplay between dispersal, geographic range size, and diversification

Flight may affect the dispersal and evolution of birds. Using a new evolutionary tree, Claramunt et al. find that efficient fliers have broader geographic ranges, and speciation reduces range size, bu...

www.cell.com

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Dylan Craven @dylancraven.bsky.social · Jul 29

Insightful talk by @saltyecoevo.bsky.social on the ecological stoichiometry of mistletoe #Botany2025

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Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · Jul 29

LSU X #Botany2025 mash up. @volatileorganic.bsky.social @laymonstera.bsky.social #LagoLab

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Jesús Martínez-Gómez @jesusgm.bsky.social · Jul 25

A little belated but I've started a faculty position at Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology department at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social. I'm absolutely stoked! I'll be recruiting at all levels and will be at #Botany2025

Reach out!

www.martinezgomezlab.com

Martinez-Gomez Lab

Plant Evo-Devo

www.martinezgomezlab.com

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Kyle J McCulloch (he/him) @kypodseyepods.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thanks Luis! Come work with marine squishies and light sensing!

Luis Santiago-Rosario, Ph. D. @saltyecoevo.bsky.social · Jul 25

This is a great opportunity! The PI is great! Apply Apply!!!

explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

University of Florida - Details - Postdoctoral Associate

explore.jobs.ufl.edu

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Jeremy M. Brown @jembrown.bsky.social · Jul 18

Registration for the SSB breakout meeting in Baton Rouge, LA in Jan. 2026 will be opening soon!

Registrants need to be SSB members, so make sure to check on your membership today and join/renew if needed: www.systbio.org

Check here regularly for updates: ssb2026.github.io

@systbiol.bsky.social

2026 SSB Breakout Meeting

ssb2026.github.io

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Fábio K. Mendes @fabiology.bsky.social · Jul 12

📣 The Mendes Lab is recruiting PhD students in statistical phylogenetics! Interested, or know someone who might be? Details here 👉 tinyurl.com/542wyfb9 — please share!

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Jul 11

And excellent poacher talk by @danielgeldof.bsky.social and poster presentation by @ichthyangela.bsky.social (send her bagrids please) both from my lab. They presented today at #jmih25

Angela with her poster on Bahri’s catfish.

Me (foreground) and my students - Angela Haggard, Daniel Geldof, Sheila Rodriguez-Machado and Dan Sinopoli

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Botany One @botany.one · Jul 11

Meet Dr. Laura Lagomarsino, who fell in love with plants during childhood camping trips in California's redwood forests. Her passion for plant-pollinator relationships began with a magical moment watching hummingbirds visit curved flowers in Costa Rica's cloud forests.

#Botany 🧪

wp.me/pdRZhH-m9q

Dr. Laura Lagomarsino smiling at the camera while conducting fieldwork in a tropical environment. She wears a colorful striped knit hat with red trim and a light-colored field jacket with yellow straps. Behind her is a distinctive tropical plant with large, paddle-shaped leaves arranged in a rosette pattern, characteristic of high-altitude Andean vegetation.

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Jul 11

So proud of my students @sheifishy.bsky.social and @thegarfather.bsky.social for their excellent #jmih25 talks today. They are awesome and I’m lucky to be their advisor.

Dan Geldof presenting on his gar research.

Sheila presenting about areas of endemism in the Antilles

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Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! @martinebotany.bsky.social · Jul 10

One more day to submit a lightning talk for the Germinating Ideas session at 1:30 on Weds at #Botany2025! Titles (no abstract) due by the end of the calendar day on July 11.

Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Jun 19

We’re now accepting Recent Topics Posters & Lightning Talks from attendees of #Botany2025! 🌿

✔️ Posters require an abstract
✔️ Lightning Talks just need a title—no abstract! 3-minute talk, 3 slides + title slide. All are accepted.

Submit both types now by July 11: www.xcdsystem.com/botany/abstr...

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