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Aaron Liston
@aaronliston.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Welcome to the 400 folks who chose “follow all” with a medical starter pack that included me instead of @labliston.bsky.social
Feel free to unfollow or just enjoy the occasional botanical content 🌱
Feel free to unfollow or just enjoy the occasional botanical content 🌱
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I am procrastinating on writing by reading this interview of one of the true pioneers in evolutionary biology (and one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life)
Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on.
www.edge.org/conversation...
Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on.
www.edge.org/conversation...
GENOMIC IMPRINTING | Edge.org
www.edge.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I am procrastinating on writing by reading this interview of one of the true pioneers in evolutionary biology (and one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life)
Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on.
www.edge.org/conversation...
Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on.
www.edge.org/conversation...
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I'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026.
jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...
jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026.
jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...
jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...
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I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary
The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct molecular and physiological experiments to understand the causes of genetic va...
careers.msu.edu
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
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This just out from @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Rebekah Mohn: reference genome and read mapping method both affect phylogenetic inference & heterozygosity estimates across species.
Punchline? Use a closely related but not conspecific reference.
Open-access!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Punchline? Use a closely related but not conspecific reference.
Open-access!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Variant Calling in the Goldilocks Zone: How Reference Genome Choice and Read Mapping Stringency Impact Heterozygosity Estimates and Phylogenetic Analyses
The increasing numbers of published reference genomes and affordability of whole genome resequencing have enabled multispecies population genomic and phylogenomic studies on non-model organisms, but ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This just out from @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Rebekah Mohn: reference genome and read mapping method both affect phylogenetic inference & heterozygosity estimates across species.
Punchline? Use a closely related but not conspecific reference.
Open-access!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Punchline? Use a closely related but not conspecific reference.
Open-access!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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We are looking for undergrads to visit us over the next summer!
If you study in the UK, USA, or Canada, you might be eligible for the DAAD-RISE program 🇩🇪🧬
Learn more 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR
Do excellent science in Bonn next summer!
@puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
If you study in the UK, USA, or Canada, you might be eligible for the DAAD-RISE program 🇩🇪🧬
Learn more 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR
Do excellent science in Bonn next summer!
@puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We are looking for undergrads to visit us over the next summer!
If you study in the UK, USA, or Canada, you might be eligible for the DAAD-RISE program 🇩🇪🧬
Learn more 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR
Do excellent science in Bonn next summer!
@puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
If you study in the UK, USA, or Canada, you might be eligible for the DAAD-RISE program 🇩🇪🧬
Learn more 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR
Do excellent science in Bonn next summer!
@puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
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I am looking to hire a postdoc interested in combining genetics and evolution to understand why telomeres vary so much in plants. My group has been developing Mimulus a genetic model for studying plant telomeres and we have really cool research brewing. Please check ad for detail. Deadline is 12/31.
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am looking to hire a postdoc interested in combining genetics and evolution to understand why telomeres vary so much in plants. My group has been developing Mimulus a genetic model for studying plant telomeres and we have really cool research brewing. Please check ad for detail. Deadline is 12/31.
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Consider this your sign from the universe, your future self, and your unfinished Google Doc. We want your cool ideas, your weird ideas, or your ‘is-this-crazy-or-brilliant’ ideas!
Just over two weeks left to submit a proposal for this special issue. Reach out if you have any questions ☺️
Just over two weeks left to submit a proposal for this special issue. Reach out if you have any questions ☺️
CALL FOR PAPERS 🌿 DEADLINE NOV 30
Submit your proposal for the #AppsPlantSci special issue: “Beyond #phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data”
More info at: botany.org/home/publica...
@yannickwoudstra.bsky.social @erikarmoore11.bsky.social @emcassey.bsky.social #genomics
Submit your proposal for the #AppsPlantSci special issue: “Beyond #phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data”
More info at: botany.org/home/publica...
@yannickwoudstra.bsky.social @erikarmoore11.bsky.social @emcassey.bsky.social #genomics
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Consider this your sign from the universe, your future self, and your unfinished Google Doc. We want your cool ideas, your weird ideas, or your ‘is-this-crazy-or-brilliant’ ideas!
Just over two weeks left to submit a proposal for this special issue. Reach out if you have any questions ☺️
Just over two weeks left to submit a proposal for this special issue. Reach out if you have any questions ☺️
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Another Primer in Plant Sciences! 🎉 🌱
Fantastic topic, lots of nuances reviewed here to clear up misconceptions. Check out the appendix for an extended glossary and some questions you can use to assess student understanding.
Please consider writing a primer in your area of expertise!
Fantastic topic, lots of nuances reviewed here to clear up misconceptions. Check out the appendix for an extended glossary and some questions you can use to assess student understanding.
Please consider writing a primer in your area of expertise!
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Primers in the Plant Sciences: Tracing the history of angiosperm systematics through Liliales and Asparagales
@astragaler.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social, @tribblelab.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience
Primers in the Plant Sciences: Tracing the history of angiosperm systematics through Liliales and Asparagales
@astragaler.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social, @tribblelab.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Another Primer in Plant Sciences! 🎉 🌱
Fantastic topic, lots of nuances reviewed here to clear up misconceptions. Check out the appendix for an extended glossary and some questions you can use to assess student understanding.
Please consider writing a primer in your area of expertise!
Fantastic topic, lots of nuances reviewed here to clear up misconceptions. Check out the appendix for an extended glossary and some questions you can use to assess student understanding.
Please consider writing a primer in your area of expertise!
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The UW Herbarium @ Burke Museum is hiring a Research Mycologist! 🍄
Focus: fungal systematics & evolution, collections-based research, and outreach.
Initial 3-year appointment, renewable pending funding.
Apply here! wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
Please share widely!
Focus: fungal systematics & evolution, collections-based research, and outreach.
Initial 3-year appointment, renewable pending funding.
Apply here! wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
Please share widely!
Research Mycologist, Burke Herbarium
Job Description As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving ...
wd5.myworkdaysite.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The UW Herbarium @ Burke Museum is hiring a Research Mycologist! 🍄
Focus: fungal systematics & evolution, collections-based research, and outreach.
Initial 3-year appointment, renewable pending funding.
Apply here! wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
Please share widely!
Focus: fungal systematics & evolution, collections-based research, and outreach.
Initial 3-year appointment, renewable pending funding.
Apply here! wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
Please share widely!
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Very happy that our research on TE dynamics accross cotton evolution at @cragenomica.bsky.social and in collaboration with @jonathanfwendel.bsky.social et al. is now published in Genome Biology!: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Differential LTR-retrotransposon dynamics across polyploidization, speciation, domestication, and improvement of cotton (Gossypium) - Genome Biology
Background Transposable elements are major components of plant genomes and major drivers of plant genome evolution. The cotton genus (Gossypium) is an excellent evolutionary model for polyploidization...
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Very happy that our research on TE dynamics accross cotton evolution at @cragenomica.bsky.social and in collaboration with @jonathanfwendel.bsky.social et al. is now published in Genome Biology!: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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The 5th of 6 faculty positions in UNC Biology is posted. We're working with the @ncbg.bsky.social to fill a joint position as Director of the UNC Herbarium at @ncbg.bsky.social and as Associate Professor within the Department of Biology (BIOL). Please share 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
Associate Professor & Director of NCBG Herbarium
This is a research, teaching, and public service position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, serving jointly as Herbarium Director at the North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG) and as...
unc.peopleadmin.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The 5th of 6 faculty positions in UNC Biology is posted. We're working with the @ncbg.bsky.social to fill a joint position as Director of the UNC Herbarium at @ncbg.bsky.social and as Associate Professor within the Department of Biology (BIOL). Please share 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
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We are seeking speakers for #pag33 hosted in San Diego: Jan 9th at 10:30am. Talk to us about your current/planned efforts to develop genomic resources for threatened/endangered species! @ebpgenome.bsky.social - hosted by @uconneeb.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com Abstracts by Oct 27th! 🧬 🦜 🌱 🐛 🐢
October 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We are seeking speakers for #pag33 hosted in San Diego: Jan 9th at 10:30am. Talk to us about your current/planned efforts to develop genomic resources for threatened/endangered species! @ebpgenome.bsky.social - hosted by @uconneeb.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com Abstracts by Oct 27th! 🧬 🦜 🌱 🐛 🐢
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#PhD Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication?
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#PhD Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication?
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
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Phylogenomic analyses of the diverse desert-alpine plant lineage Cistantheae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.680062v1
October 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Phylogenomic analyses of the diverse desert-alpine plant lineage Cistantheae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.680062v1
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Mapping-based genome size estimation
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Genomics #Python #Sequencing #PlantSci #BigData #DataScience
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Genomics #Python #Sequencing #PlantSci #BigData #DataScience
Mapping-based genome size estimation - BMC Genomics
While the size of chromosomes can be measured under a microscope, obtaining the exact size of a genome remains a challenge. Biochemical methods and k-mer distribution-based approaches allow only estim...
doi.org
July 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Mapping-based genome size estimation
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Genomics #Python #Sequencing #PlantSci #BigData #DataScience
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Genomics #Python #Sequencing #PlantSci #BigData #DataScience
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My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
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Very important paper and resource. Bryophyte genomes expanded by one order of magnitude. 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.
www.nature.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Very important paper and resource. Bryophyte genomes expanded by one order of magnitude. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Honoring the 2025 Ecological Section Student Presentation & Poster Award Recipients!
🏅 Graduate Presentation: Brooklyn Richards
🏅 Graduate Poster: Alex Arena
🏅 Undergraduate Posters: Bjoyrn Domst & Sarah Jones
Learn more: botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
🏅 Graduate Presentation: Brooklyn Richards
🏅 Graduate Poster: Alex Arena
🏅 Undergraduate Posters: Bjoyrn Domst & Sarah Jones
Learn more: botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Honoring the 2025 Ecological Section Student Presentation & Poster Award Recipients!
🏅 Graduate Presentation: Brooklyn Richards
🏅 Graduate Poster: Alex Arena
🏅 Undergraduate Posters: Bjoyrn Domst & Sarah Jones
Learn more: botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
🏅 Graduate Presentation: Brooklyn Richards
🏅 Graduate Poster: Alex Arena
🏅 Undergraduate Posters: Bjoyrn Domst & Sarah Jones
Learn more: botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist
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Happy to share the results of a long-haul post-doc project, now online @science.org, aiming at understanding the rules of transgeneration epigenetic inheritance over TEs in plants and its extent and impact in nature. More below!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Transposable elements are vectors of recurrent transgenerational epigenetic inheritance
DNA methylation loss at transposable elements (TEs) can affect neighboring genes and be epigenetically inherited in plants, yet the determinants and significance of this additional system of inheritan...
doi.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Happy to share the results of a long-haul post-doc project, now online @science.org, aiming at understanding the rules of transgeneration epigenetic inheritance over TEs in plants and its extent and impact in nature. More below!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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🌎👩🔬 For 15+ years biology has accumulated petabytes (million gigabytes) of🧬DNA sequencing data🧬 from the far reaches of our planet.🦠🍄🌵
Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open.
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open.
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
September 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🌎👩🔬 For 15+ years biology has accumulated petabytes (million gigabytes) of🧬DNA sequencing data🧬 from the far reaches of our planet.🦠🍄🌵
Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open.
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open.
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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Speak up now if you care about the benefits of roadless areas for biodiversity, ecosystem services, & wilderness experience!
Proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule: www.regulations.gov/document/FS-...
Comments due 9/19: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
Proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule: www.regulations.gov/document/FS-...
Comments due 9/19: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
September 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Speak up now if you care about the benefits of roadless areas for biodiversity, ecosystem services, & wilderness experience!
Proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule: www.regulations.gov/document/FS-...
Comments due 9/19: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
Proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule: www.regulations.gov/document/FS-...
Comments due 9/19: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
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Today is 'A Day for BSA!' Join us as we celebrate 130+ years of BSA supporting the botanical sciences!
🌱 Visit: www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025
🌱 Help us reach our $15,000 August Endowment campaign goal–every gift makes a difference!
🌱 Share your stories with #ADayforBSA
🌱 Visit: www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025
🌱 Help us reach our $15,000 August Endowment campaign goal–every gift makes a difference!
🌱 Share your stories with #ADayforBSA
August 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today is 'A Day for BSA!' Join us as we celebrate 130+ years of BSA supporting the botanical sciences!
🌱 Visit: www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025
🌱 Help us reach our $15,000 August Endowment campaign goal–every gift makes a difference!
🌱 Share your stories with #ADayforBSA
🌱 Visit: www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025
🌱 Help us reach our $15,000 August Endowment campaign goal–every gift makes a difference!
🌱 Share your stories with #ADayforBSA
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Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with @shaky-dingo.bsky.social and colleagues
August 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with @shaky-dingo.bsky.social and colleagues
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Looking for an exciting bachelor/master thesis in plant genomics, applied bioinformatics, or evolutionary biology?
We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach...
@puckerlab.bsky.social
We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach...
@puckerlab.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Looking for an exciting bachelor/master thesis in plant genomics, applied bioinformatics, or evolutionary biology?
We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach...
@puckerlab.bsky.social
We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach...
@puckerlab.bsky.social
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Let me be the (perhaps) the first to promote this job on bsky. BRIT is a super important herbarium run by some of the nicest folks I've met in Botany. I'd love to have another great colleague in this neck of the woods...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
Research Botanist
...
www.paycomonline.net
August 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let me be the (perhaps) the first to promote this job on bsky. BRIT is a super important herbarium run by some of the nicest folks I've met in Botany. I'd love to have another great colleague in this neck of the woods...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...