Mario Vallejo-Marin
@nicrodemo.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist interested in plant evolution, speciation, and pollination including buzz pollination
Website: https://plant-evolution.org/wp
Website: https://plant-evolution.org/wp
Buzz pollination in South Africa!
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Buzz pollination in South Africa!
Odin the one-eyed god looks on at Gamla Uppsala. He gave one of his eyes in exchange for knowledge
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Odin the one-eyed god looks on at Gamla Uppsala. He gave one of his eyes in exchange for knowledge
Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Lisette van Kolfschoten defending her PhD thesis today at Uppsala University. The opponent Judith Bronstein nicely placed her work in a broader context and held an insightful discussion with Lisette
October 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Lisette van Kolfschoten defending her PhD thesis today at Uppsala University. The opponent Judith Bronstein nicely placed her work in a broader context and held an insightful discussion with Lisette
Where does pollen go after leaving a flower? Our paper on pollen fates in buzz pollinated flowers is out. Congrats to the three brilliant undergrads that carried out this study from beginning to end!
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
September 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Where does pollen go after leaving a flower? Our paper on pollen fates in buzz pollinated flowers is out. Congrats to the three brilliant undergrads that carried out this study from beginning to end!
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
Thanks Maja and the UppTalk team from Uppsala University for inviting me to participate in Kulturnatten! It was nice to be part of the celebration at Linnaeus gardens!
September 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thanks Maja and the UppTalk team from Uppsala University for inviting me to participate in Kulturnatten! It was nice to be part of the celebration at Linnaeus gardens!
Very nice talk by @hernmoral.bsky.social on his work using museum and contemporary sample genomics to study small populations of endangered birds
August 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Very nice talk by @hernmoral.bsky.social on his work using museum and contemporary sample genomics to study small populations of endangered birds
Nice to be at the ESEB Evolution meetings in Barcelona!
August 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nice to be at the ESEB Evolution meetings in Barcelona!
A very interesting monkeyflower in Denmark!
August 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A very interesting monkeyflower in Denmark!
News from the Scandinavian monkeyflower expedition: We found Mimulus in Sweden! Good population size and seed fertile. Look at these fruits!
August 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
News from the Scandinavian monkeyflower expedition: We found Mimulus in Sweden! Good population size and seed fertile. Look at these fruits!
The Norwegian fjords are a very nice place to camp out!
July 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The Norwegian fjords are a very nice place to camp out!
Uppsala city centre this afternoon
July 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Uppsala city centre this afternoon
It was great seeing old and new friends and hearing lots of excellent science at #Evolution2025 in Athens, Georgia. Nice to be here too for the music festival!
June 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It was great seeing old and new friends and hearing lots of excellent science at #Evolution2025 in Athens, Georgia. Nice to be here too for the music festival!
How many times have buzz pollinated flowers evolved? Read the latest version of our preprint here www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
How many times have buzz pollinated flowers evolved? Read the latest version of our preprint here www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social
This is our lab celebrating the MSc defense of Robin von Allmen and the BSc of Karin Lindahl with a picnic in the forest near Uppsala University. Robin will start his PhD at Stockholm and Karin an MSc this autumn. Good luck and it’s been great working with you!!
June 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is our lab celebrating the MSc defense of Robin von Allmen and the BSc of Karin Lindahl with a picnic in the forest near Uppsala University. Robin will start his PhD at Stockholm and Karin an MSc this autumn. Good luck and it’s been great working with you!!
It produces beautiful flowers too!
June 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It produces beautiful flowers too!
This Saturday 24th May, join us to celebrate Linnaeus birthday! Stop by the Science Corner to meet buzz pollinating bumblebees and have a go at becoming a buzz pollinator yourself! www.uu.se/en/linnaeus-...
May 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This Saturday 24th May, join us to celebrate Linnaeus birthday! Stop by the Science Corner to meet buzz pollinating bumblebees and have a go at becoming a buzz pollinator yourself! www.uu.se/en/linnaeus-...
Thanks @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social for teaching a fantastic week 2 of our evolution PhD course. We have had many thought-provoking discussions with students and enjoyed a lot hearing about sticklebacks, guppies, and finches! It has also been great to spend a few days in Älvkarleby station!
May 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Thanks @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social for teaching a fantastic week 2 of our evolution PhD course. We have had many thought-provoking discussions with students and enjoyed a lot hearing about sticklebacks, guppies, and finches! It has also been great to spend a few days in Älvkarleby station!
Our PhD course on Evolutionary Biology continues with lectures from Uppsala University and SLU researchers. Here Martin Lascaux tell us about his work on population genetics of spruce
May 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Our PhD course on Evolutionary Biology continues with lectures from Uppsala University and SLU researchers. Here Martin Lascaux tell us about his work on population genetics of spruce
I’m really happy to welcome Andrea Sweigart as our first teacher in the two-week PhD course on EvoBio. Co-organised by Uppsala Univ and SLU, we will spend the next two weeks in the field and on campus hearing about fundamental and applied Evolutionary Biol
May 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I’m really happy to welcome Andrea Sweigart as our first teacher in the two-week PhD course on EvoBio. Co-organised by Uppsala Univ and SLU, we will spend the next two weeks in the field and on campus hearing about fundamental and applied Evolutionary Biol
Thanks to @draverbee.bsky.social for a great visit and seminar at Uppsala University on bee behaviour or as Avery says bee-haviour :) He also got to see the Valborg celebrations!
May 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thanks to @draverbee.bsky.social for a great visit and seminar at Uppsala University on bee behaviour or as Avery says bee-haviour :) He also got to see the Valborg celebrations!
The annual Biology PhD Symposium from Uppsala University is held this year in Wik Castle. Great talks from students this morning!
March 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The annual Biology PhD Symposium from Uppsala University is held this year in Wik Castle. Great talks from students this morning!
Thanks to David Labonte and his group for hosting a fun and stimulating research visit to Imperial College to talk about evolutionary biomechanics!
March 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thanks to David Labonte and his group for hosting a fun and stimulating research visit to Imperial College to talk about evolutionary biomechanics!