Bryan MacNeill
@brythebotanist.bsky.social
Postdoctoal Researcher @CornellEEB 🌱 Black Lives Matter🧑🏻🔬 #iamabotanist 🌻 Views are mine 🌺
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I’ll be at SICB looking for a post-doc!! Would love to be added
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I’ll be at SICB looking for a post-doc!! Would love to be added
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Perfect time for #FluoresenceFriday as I’m finallllly back to the scope this week. 🔬🌸🧪
(Progress for #newPI setting up a new lab: a lot is happening everyday, but at the same time nothing is happening lol)
(Progress for #newPI setting up a new lab: a lot is happening everyday, but at the same time nothing is happening lol)
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Perfect time for #FluoresenceFriday as I’m finallllly back to the scope this week. 🔬🌸🧪
(Progress for #newPI setting up a new lab: a lot is happening everyday, but at the same time nothing is happening lol)
(Progress for #newPI setting up a new lab: a lot is happening everyday, but at the same time nothing is happening lol)
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Disabled students belong in biological sciences spaces! Here is a thread of some tips and suggestions to make your spaces more inclusive.
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Disabled students belong in biological sciences spaces! Here is a thread of some tips and suggestions to make your spaces more inclusive.
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One of my favourites, it took two vacations in the French alps to find these beauties. Bombus Brodmannicus, a specialized bumblebee dependend on Cerinthe. This was 2023 July.
Mind: running on a slope diving low to shoot the bees hanging under low flowers being very shy 😍 Very Mindful activity.
Mind: running on a slope diving low to shoot the bees hanging under low flowers being very shy 😍 Very Mindful activity.
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
One of my favourites, it took two vacations in the French alps to find these beauties. Bombus Brodmannicus, a specialized bumblebee dependend on Cerinthe. This was 2023 July.
Mind: running on a slope diving low to shoot the bees hanging under low flowers being very shy 😍 Very Mindful activity.
Mind: running on a slope diving low to shoot the bees hanging under low flowers being very shy 😍 Very Mindful activity.
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New #mimulus preprint! We found grandparental environments exhibit strong effects on the fitness of their grand-offspring and whether this was positive or negative depended on the historical environment, showing TGP is locally adaptive
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Transgenerational plasticity affects fitness and mediates local adaptation
Transgenerational plasticity (TGP) could be as decisive of a factor in phenotypic outcomes as allelic variation and within-generation plasticity. While TGP is often associated with priming offspring t...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New #mimulus preprint! We found grandparental environments exhibit strong effects on the fitness of their grand-offspring and whether this was positive or negative depended on the historical environment, showing TGP is locally adaptive
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Giant #cactus plants ‘loosen up’ to bend with the #desert wind [feat. #AJB research by @utahgeohaz.bsky.social]
www.earth.com/news/giant-c...
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Giant cactus plants ‘loosen up’ to bend with the desert wind
Scientists discovered how to study cactus movement without harm - by measuring the silent sway of these desert giants using vibration sensors.
www.earth.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Giant #cactus plants ‘loosen up’ to bend with the #desert wind [feat. #AJB research by @utahgeohaz.bsky.social]
www.earth.com/news/giant-c...
www.earth.com/news/giant-c...
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Freezing a hummingbird’s wings at 1/4000 of a second. (Anna’s hummingbird feeding on Creosote blossom)
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Freezing a hummingbird’s wings at 1/4000 of a second. (Anna’s hummingbird feeding on Creosote blossom)
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Check out the latest news and incredible images from our members, Alexander N Schmidt-Lebuhn (CSIRO, Australian National Herbarium).
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Check out the latest news and incredible images from our members, Alexander N Schmidt-Lebuhn (CSIRO, Australian National Herbarium).
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📣 The latest issue of the journal published by The International Compositae Alliance (TICA) is out! Check it out at: www.compositae.org/capitulum_04...
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
📣 The latest issue of the journal published by The International Compositae Alliance (TICA) is out! Check it out at: www.compositae.org/capitulum_04...
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Very excited to share my first solo Tansley Insight. An integrated view on the hydraulics of aboveground plant meristems, and the framework of my future work as part of this community #PlantScience
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social
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On growth and flow: hydraulic aspects of aboveground meristems
Water is essential for plant growth under both normal and stress conditions. Aboveground, two key meristems control plant development: the shoot apical meristem and the vascular cambium. Here, stem c...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Very excited to share my first solo Tansley Insight. An integrated view on the hydraulics of aboveground plant meristems, and the framework of my future work as part of this community #PlantScience
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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phenotypic selection on flower thermoregulation depends on air temperature. huuuuge effort by many lab members past and present.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Temperature‐dependent pollinator‐mediated selection on floral thermoregulation
The thermal environment is one of the most pervasive agents of selection. Most plants cannot choose their microclimate, so understanding how they cope with thermal variability is of critical concern...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
phenotypic selection on flower thermoregulation depends on air temperature. huuuuge effort by many lab members past and present.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Plants are a big part of your favorite sci-fi and fantasy franchises. Plant biologist Molly Edwards aka @science-irl.bsky.social was on the See Jurassic Right Back To School series chatting her own plant-obsessed origins, and so much more: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Plants are a big part of your favorite sci-fi and fantasy franchises. Plant biologist Molly Edwards aka @science-irl.bsky.social was on the See Jurassic Right Back To School series chatting her own plant-obsessed origins, and so much more: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Perhaps the best paper title of the year has been dropped 🧪🎤
Former lab member @njorisfleck.bsky.social and colleagues just showed that some carnivorous plants do CAM photosynthesis! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🌱☀️🧪
🌱☀️🧪
Yes, we CAM! First evidence of CAM photosynthesis in a carnivorous plant
Evidence for weak, facultative CAM is reported for the first time in a carnivorous plant, i.e., in Mexican representatives of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Perhaps the best paper title of the year has been dropped 🧪🎤
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How fast do plants actually grow? And which growth processes matter most for organ size?
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
A multiscale growth atlas of Arabidopsis: linking cell dynamics to organ development
Plant development depends on coordinated growth at cellular and organ scales, yet comparative analyses are hindered by inconsistent reporting of growth across studies. We conducted a meta-analysis o.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How fast do plants actually grow? And which growth processes matter most for organ size?
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
So excited to have been a part of this work!!!
On the cover of our #LatestIssue: Photo of a Joshua #tree (Yucca jaegeriana) at dawn in the Mojave #Desert. Image courtesy of Karolina Heyduk.
📖 See Heyduk et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📖 See Heyduk et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So excited to have been a part of this work!!!
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Sign up for @laymonstera.bsky.social's free ASPT @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social webinar, "Phylogenomics and macroevolution of a florally diverse Neotropical plant clade," featuring phylogenomics, biogeography, niche & pollinator evolution!
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@tropicalbotany.bsky.social
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October 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Sign up for @laymonstera.bsky.social's free ASPT @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social webinar, "Phylogenomics and macroevolution of a florally diverse Neotropical plant clade," featuring phylogenomics, biogeography, niche & pollinator evolution!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@tropicalbotany.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@tropicalbotany.bsky.social
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Excited to share I have defended my PhD dissertation.
Thanks a bunch to colleagues and friends that helped and collaborated along this journey!
Thanks a bunch to colleagues and friends that helped and collaborated along this journey!
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!! ⛰️🧬🌻🥳👨🏽🎓🇵🇪
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Excited to share I have defended my PhD dissertation.
Thanks a bunch to colleagues and friends that helped and collaborated along this journey!
Thanks a bunch to colleagues and friends that helped and collaborated along this journey!
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This is my kinda college hotel. My room has a coffee table book of all the plants on campus, organized phylogenetically! At Huazhong Agricultural University.
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is my kinda college hotel. My room has a coffee table book of all the plants on campus, organized phylogenetically! At Huazhong Agricultural University.
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It was a real pleasure to speak with Sofie as part of the @disabledscientists.com podcast series!
In this episode, I interview Dr Kelsey Byers - @plantpollinator.bsky.social.
It was a joy to record and I hope you enjoy listening to this edit focusing on disability, advocacy, and research into pollinators and floral scents.
🐝 Norfolk bees!
www.disabledscientists.com/2437552/epis...
It was a joy to record and I hope you enjoy listening to this edit focusing on disability, advocacy, and research into pollinators and floral scents.
🐝 Norfolk bees!
www.disabledscientists.com/2437552/epis...
3. Dr Kelsey Byers - Disabled Scientists
What do EDS, POTS, and floral scents have in common? In this episode, Sofie speaks with Dr Kelsey Byers, a disabled evolutionary chemical ecologist, about developing identity as a disabled person...
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October 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It was a real pleasure to speak with Sofie as part of the @disabledscientists.com podcast series!
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Work with 4-5th graders? Check out our 'Coral Reefs & Our Changing Oceans' 3-part lesson series on OER Commons! 🪸👩🏫
Students build a coral reef food web, then explore how human impacts influence it through hands-on group activities!
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
#TEKS #NGSS #K-12 #teachersky
Students build a coral reef food web, then explore how human impacts influence it through hands-on group activities!
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
#TEKS #NGSS #K-12 #teachersky
4-5th Grade Lesson: Coral Reefs & Our Changing Oceans
This three-part series of 50-minute lessons on 'Coral Reefs & Our Changing Oceans' aligns with Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills Standards for 4-5th Grade Science. It covers: (1) Coral Reefs & their ...
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October 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Work with 4-5th graders? Check out our 'Coral Reefs & Our Changing Oceans' 3-part lesson series on OER Commons! 🪸👩🏫
Students build a coral reef food web, then explore how human impacts influence it through hands-on group activities!
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
#TEKS #NGSS #K-12 #teachersky
Students build a coral reef food web, then explore how human impacts influence it through hands-on group activities!
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
#TEKS #NGSS #K-12 #teachersky
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Excited to share this work, out today in MBE! In polar fishes, we found that antifreeze protein genes expanded in copy number at low temperatures and contracted in the deep sea, highlighting a role of depth and pressure in AFP evolution.
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
October 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Excited to share this work, out today in MBE! In polar fishes, we found that antifreeze protein genes expanded in copy number at low temperatures and contracted in the deep sea, highlighting a role of depth and pressure in AFP evolution.
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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The global whaling industry experienced a boom c. 1840-1950 as technology allowed whalers to hunt the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*.
Instead, they DROPPED exponentially.
Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.
Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*.
Instead, they DROPPED exponentially.
Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The global whaling industry experienced a boom c. 1840-1950 as technology allowed whalers to hunt the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*.
Instead, they DROPPED exponentially.
Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.
Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*.
Instead, they DROPPED exponentially.
Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.
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A treat to hear from (and briefly chat with) @plantteaching.bsky.social today at the #NBIAST2025 event today
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A treat to hear from (and briefly chat with) @plantteaching.bsky.social today at the #NBIAST2025 event today
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Zagrosia persica (Hausskn.) Speta
Syn: Scilla persica
Asparagaceae
Iran
April 2025
Elevation 1800m
#scilla #Asparagaceae
Syn: Scilla persica
Asparagaceae
Iran
April 2025
Elevation 1800m
#scilla #Asparagaceae
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Zagrosia persica (Hausskn.) Speta
Syn: Scilla persica
Asparagaceae
Iran
April 2025
Elevation 1800m
#scilla #Asparagaceae
Syn: Scilla persica
Asparagaceae
Iran
April 2025
Elevation 1800m
#scilla #Asparagaceae