Sean Michaletz
@seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Associate Professor, The University of British Columbia (UBC). Ecophysiology, ecosystem ecology, macroecology, scaling, fire.
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What drives photosynthesis temperature sensitivity? New #GCB paper from #MichaletzLab grad #JosefGaren uses #FAsTeR to show it's 1‑day weather, not traits, origin climate, or phylogeny!
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social
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@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social
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🚨 New R package! 🚨
balancR provides tools for data balancing + robust scaling analysis, based on our recent Global Ecology & Biogeography paper: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Co-developed with my PhD advisor @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Check it out 👉 michaletzlab.github.io/balancR/
balancR provides tools for data balancing + robust scaling analysis, based on our recent Global Ecology & Biogeography paper: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Co-developed with my PhD advisor @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Check it out 👉 michaletzlab.github.io/balancR/
July 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨 New R package! 🚨
balancR provides tools for data balancing + robust scaling analysis, based on our recent Global Ecology & Biogeography paper: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Co-developed with my PhD advisor @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Check it out 👉 michaletzlab.github.io/balancR/
balancR provides tools for data balancing + robust scaling analysis, based on our recent Global Ecology & Biogeography paper: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
Co-developed with my PhD advisor @seanmichaletz.bsky.social
Check it out 👉 michaletzlab.github.io/balancR/
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Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
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Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
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47th New Phytologist Symposium: Extreme Heat – extending the thermal limits of life
2–5 June 2026
University of Córdoba, Spain
Travel grant and selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
2–5 June 2026
University of Córdoba, Spain
Travel grant and selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
47th New Phytologist Symposium: Extreme Heat – extending the thermal limits of life
2–5 June 2026
University of Córdoba, Spain
Travel grant and selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
2–5 June 2026
University of Córdoba, Spain
Travel grant and selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
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Excited to share our fresh-off-the-press Annual Review on the role of temperature in metabolic scaling! We review the state of the field on this topic and unpack confusion about the various ways the term "scaling" is used in metabolic theories. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Scaling Temperature Effects on Metabolism from Individuals to Ecosystems
The effects of temperature on metabolic rates are a core component of ecological change, with surprisingly regular effects across diverse ecological systems. Metabolic scaling theories can provide qua...
www.annualreviews.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Excited to share our fresh-off-the-press Annual Review on the role of temperature in metabolic scaling! We review the state of the field on this topic and unpack confusion about the various ways the term "scaling" is used in metabolic theories. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
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November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
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Check out our new pub led by lab postdoc, Dr. Brad Posch! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
High #temperature acclimation of #photosystem II in land plants
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Check out our new pub led by lab postdoc, Dr. Brad Posch! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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High #temperature acclimation of #photosystem II in land plants
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM
High #temperature acclimation of #photosystem II in land plants
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
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Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
www.newphytologist.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
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Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newphyt.bsky.social
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newphyt.bsky.social
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Check out our new Tansley Review on leaf heat acclimation in @newphyt.bsky.social, the result of a great collaboration with an even greater team! @martijnslot.bsky.social @seanmichaletz.bsky.social @nicolebison.bsky.social @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social @owenatkin.bsky.social @hultinelab.bsky.social
New paper led by @bposch.bsky.social out in @newphyt.bsky.social . We reviewed evidence, mechanisms, and consequences of high temperature acclimation of leaf heat tolerance: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Check out our new Tansley Review on leaf heat acclimation in @newphyt.bsky.social, the result of a great collaboration with an even greater team! @martijnslot.bsky.social @seanmichaletz.bsky.social @nicolebison.bsky.social @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social @owenatkin.bsky.social @hultinelab.bsky.social
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New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
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New paper led by @bposch.bsky.social out in @newphyt.bsky.social . We reviewed evidence, mechanisms, and consequences of high temperature acclimation of leaf heat tolerance: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New paper led by @bposch.bsky.social out in @newphyt.bsky.social . We reviewed evidence, mechanisms, and consequences of high temperature acclimation of leaf heat tolerance: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Thank you @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social's Theoretical Ecology Section for the Best Theory paper award for our @science.org paper on eco-evo emergence of macroecological scaling!
esa.org/theory/award...
esa.org/theory/award...
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thank you @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social's Theoretical Ecology Section for the Best Theory paper award for our @science.org paper on eco-evo emergence of macroecological scaling!
esa.org/theory/award...
esa.org/theory/award...
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Exciting PhD opportunity advertised by superstar colleague Prof. Rachael Gallagher "Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success" (collaboration with Botanic Gardens of Sydney). See attached image. Contact Rachael directly for more information (email in advert). Closes 30th Nov.
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Exciting PhD opportunity advertised by superstar colleague Prof. Rachael Gallagher "Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success" (collaboration with Botanic Gardens of Sydney). See attached image. Contact Rachael directly for more information (email in advert). Closes 30th Nov.
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Please help circulate this postdoc fellowship opportunity! (And shameless plug that here at OSU there would be opportunities to build intersections between forest biology, remote sensing, modeling, or creative uses of the impressive new OSU supercomputer.) www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Please help circulate this postdoc fellowship opportunity! (And shameless plug that here at OSU there would be opportunities to build intersections between forest biology, remote sensing, modeling, or creative uses of the impressive new OSU supercomputer.) www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Josef Garen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University. Details: rb.gy/2pdjbo
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Josef Garen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University. Details: rb.gy/2pdjbo
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Interested in learning about research into Cerrado fire ecology? Curious to hear about my views and experiences in plant sciences? Check out this new interview @botany.one
botany.one/2025/10/fran...
Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
botany.one/2025/10/fran...
Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
Francisco Navarro-Rosales: Studying Plant Resilience in the Cerrado and Beyond
Botany One interviews Francisco Navarro-Rosales, a PhD student fascinated by fire ecology in tropical ecosystems.
botany.one
October 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Interested in learning about research into Cerrado fire ecology? Curious to hear about my views and experiences in plant sciences? Check out this new interview @botany.one
botany.one/2025/10/fran...
Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
botany.one/2025/10/fran...
Gracias @caordonezparra.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
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Hi all! If you are a PhD or soon to be PhD looking for a postdoc in plant thermotolerance, I would love to discuss project ideas for the University of Utah Wilkes Center Postdoc Fellowship, app due late Jan 2026!
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!
wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!
wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
Wilkes Center Postdoctoral Program - The Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy
Apply to become a postdoctoral scholar! This postdoctoral scholar program will help create the next generation of leaders in climate science and policy. It endeavors...
wilkescenter.utah.edu
October 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hi all! If you are a PhD or soon to be PhD looking for a postdoc in plant thermotolerance, I would love to discuss project ideas for the University of Utah Wilkes Center Postdoc Fellowship, app due late Jan 2026!
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!
wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!
wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
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We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
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We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long.
His vision to establish one of the first journals dedicated to Global Change over 30 years ago was truly ahead of its time. Through GCB, researchers have demonstrated that biology and ecosystems are not simply victims of global change..
His vision to establish one of the first journals dedicated to Global Change over 30 years ago was truly ahead of its time. Through GCB, researchers have demonstrated that biology and ecosystems are not simply victims of global change..
September 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long.
His vision to establish one of the first journals dedicated to Global Change over 30 years ago was truly ahead of its time. Through GCB, researchers have demonstrated that biology and ecosystems are not simply victims of global change..
His vision to establish one of the first journals dedicated to Global Change over 30 years ago was truly ahead of its time. Through GCB, researchers have demonstrated that biology and ecosystems are not simply victims of global change..
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Come work with us!
In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains:
cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...
In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains:
cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...
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September 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Come work with us!
In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains:
cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...
In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains:
cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...