Shayla Salzman
@shaylasalzman.bsky.social
Plant-insect interactions | Chemical ecology | Pollination | Mutualisms | Cycads, weevils and the Grateful Dead | Georgia USA **Views are my own**
🚨 UGA is hiring a row-crop entomologist! Share widely, this is a GREAT place to work!
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Assistant Professor - Row Crop Entomologist - Athens, Georgia, United States job with University of Georgia | 37918339
Position Summary
The Department of Entomology (https://ent.uga.edu) at the
University of Georgia ( UGA ) invites applications for a
tenure-track...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨 UGA is hiring a row-crop entomologist! Share widely, this is a GREAT place to work!
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37918339...
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Non-seed plant diversity! 😍
#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
academicjobsonline.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Non-seed plant diversity! 😍
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New paper out! A nice collaboration.
We explore how olfactory brain structures and receptors evolved across this remarkable group, Heliconiini butterflies.
We explore how olfactory brain structures and receptors evolved across this remarkable group, Heliconiini butterflies.
Evolution of the olfactory system during the radiation of Heliconiini butterflies
Abstract. Sensory system evolution plays a crucial role in shaping species’ interactions with their environment, yet the extent to which olfactory system d
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October 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
New paper out! A nice collaboration.
We explore how olfactory brain structures and receptors evolved across this remarkable group, Heliconiini butterflies.
We explore how olfactory brain structures and receptors evolved across this remarkable group, Heliconiini butterflies.
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UMass Amherst Biology is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Physiology. Deadline Nov 1. Please spread the word and apply!
careers.massachusetts.edu/mob/en-us/jo...
careers.massachusetts.edu/mob/en-us/jo...
Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology
The Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Plant Physiology. The successful can...
careers.massachusetts.edu
October 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
UMass Amherst Biology is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Physiology. Deadline Nov 1. Please spread the word and apply!
careers.massachusetts.edu/mob/en-us/jo...
careers.massachusetts.edu/mob/en-us/jo...
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Drawing your attention to an effort to convince NSF to re-open this year's GRFP competition to second year PhD students. Please consider signing or sharing the petition asking NSF to broaden the application eligibility to what it has been previously. laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io
October 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Drawing your attention to an effort to convince NSF to re-open this year's GRFP competition to second year PhD students. Please consider signing or sharing the petition asking NSF to broaden the application eligibility to what it has been previously. laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
September 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
I am currently teaching a GRFP writing course. Today’s solicitation is a real blow. Especially after weeks of uncertainty for these poor students. Now only ONE student in my entire class can apply. They’ve all been working so hard, had been planning on this application for over a year now. 💔
September 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I am currently teaching a GRFP writing course. Today’s solicitation is a real blow. Especially after weeks of uncertainty for these poor students. Now only ONE student in my entire class can apply. They’ve all been working so hard, had been planning on this application for over a year now. 💔
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NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
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September 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
An open letter in support of the GRFP, which still has not opened the submission portal or provided a solicitation.
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
An open letter in support of the GRFP, which still has not opened the submission portal or provided a solicitation.
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
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September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu
August 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
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Attention entomologists! (and others) Here is a 4th very cool search in ESPM at UC Berkeley - Assistant Professor in Forest Health 🧪 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05082
Assistant Professor - Forest Health - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Attention entomologists! (and others) Here is a 4th very cool search in ESPM at UC Berkeley - Assistant Professor in Forest Health 🧪 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05082
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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
Reach out!
www.martinezgomezlab.com
Martinez-Gomez Lab
Plant Evo-Devo
www.martinezgomezlab.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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
Reach out!
www.martinezgomezlab.com
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📣For the #NewPIs - starting your own lab is an exciting yet daunting milestone in a scientific career. From setting timelines and securing funding to building collaborations and fostering sustainability, the challenges can perhaps feel overwhelming.
A short thread 🧵 ...
A short thread 🧵 ...
July 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
📣For the #NewPIs - starting your own lab is an exciting yet daunting milestone in a scientific career. From setting timelines and securing funding to building collaborations and fostering sustainability, the challenges can perhaps feel overwhelming.
A short thread 🧵 ...
A short thread 🧵 ...
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🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL. FLOOD THE ZONE 🚨
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
July 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL. FLOOD THE ZONE 🚨
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
The House CJS Subcommittee IS CURRENTLY marking up the FY26 budget, incl. NSF. Since 1950, NSF has been advancing science, health, & more.
Tell Chairman Rogers: Don’t gut 75 years of progress. We demand NO CUTS to NSF.
& watch the livestream: zurl.co/zScND
📄🚨 We need to be thinking about multi-modal signaling in #plant-insect interactions! Maybe primary metabolites - the opposite of 'private channels' - provide an out for insect partners in coevolved ecological specialization mutualisms. New out in @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social Link👇
July 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📄🚨 We need to be thinking about multi-modal signaling in #plant-insect interactions! Maybe primary metabolites - the opposite of 'private channels' - provide an out for insect partners in coevolved ecological specialization mutualisms. New out in @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social Link👇
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🚨 I’m thrilled to share that I am starting as an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University this Fall!
👀 Opportunities coming soon as I re-root my research program in plant ecophysiology and evolution at Wake 🌿 🌲🌱
#NewPI #plantecophys #botany @wfubiology.bsky.social
@wakeforest.bsky.social
👀 Opportunities coming soon as I re-root my research program in plant ecophysiology and evolution at Wake 🌿 🌲🌱
#NewPI #plantecophys #botany @wfubiology.bsky.social
@wakeforest.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🚨 I’m thrilled to share that I am starting as an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University this Fall!
👀 Opportunities coming soon as I re-root my research program in plant ecophysiology and evolution at Wake 🌿 🌲🌱
#NewPI #plantecophys #botany @wfubiology.bsky.social
@wakeforest.bsky.social
👀 Opportunities coming soon as I re-root my research program in plant ecophysiology and evolution at Wake 🌿 🌲🌱
#NewPI #plantecophys #botany @wfubiology.bsky.social
@wakeforest.bsky.social
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I'm delighted to present this Science special issue on Plants and Heat! Through a series of Reviews and Perspective articles, covering topics from cell signalling to ecology there is something for everyone here. (1/8)
As the world warms, plants in natural ecosystems and agricultural settings find ways to respond to the heat.
In a new special issue of Science, researchers examine how heat affects plants at multiple scales, from the molecular level to the biosphere. scim.ag/44cSw3Z
In a new special issue of Science, researchers examine how heat affects plants at multiple scales, from the molecular level to the biosphere. scim.ag/44cSw3Z
June 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'm delighted to present this Science special issue on Plants and Heat! Through a series of Reviews and Perspective articles, covering topics from cell signalling to ecology there is something for everyone here. (1/8)
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The Jones Center at Ichauway (SW Georgia) is a hiring a FT, temporary Seasonal Technician II in the Plant Ecology Lab.
🌸 rare plant surveys & seed collection!
📆 start by 6/16, 3-5 months
🏠 on-site housing (as-available, no pets)
💸 $15/hr w/ housing, $17/hr without
drive.google.com/file/d/1yyO8...
🌸 rare plant surveys & seed collection!
📆 start by 6/16, 3-5 months
🏠 on-site housing (as-available, no pets)
💸 $15/hr w/ housing, $17/hr without
drive.google.com/file/d/1yyO8...
plant_lab_seasonal_tech_summer_2025.pdf
drive.google.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Jones Center at Ichauway (SW Georgia) is a hiring a FT, temporary Seasonal Technician II in the Plant Ecology Lab.
🌸 rare plant surveys & seed collection!
📆 start by 6/16, 3-5 months
🏠 on-site housing (as-available, no pets)
💸 $15/hr w/ housing, $17/hr without
drive.google.com/file/d/1yyO8...
🌸 rare plant surveys & seed collection!
📆 start by 6/16, 3-5 months
🏠 on-site housing (as-available, no pets)
💸 $15/hr w/ housing, $17/hr without
drive.google.com/file/d/1yyO8...
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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NEW: Under Trump, the National Science Foundation is awarding grants at the slowest pace in decades. We took a detailed look at every area of science affected by the funding lag. Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
NEW: Under Trump, the National Science Foundation is awarding grants at the slowest pace in decades. We took a detailed look at every area of science affected by the funding lag. Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Cycad chemicals and coevolution (New Phytologist) @shaylasalzman.bsky.social @jcarlosvillarreal.bsky.social @lycaeidesmelissa.bsky.social @evodivmet.bsky.social (Summary by Xavier Ozowara [email protected]) buff.ly/utBCK2L
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Review: Cycads, chemicals, and coevolution | Plantae
Cycads are an ancient lineage of gymnosperms with fascinating ecological interactions. In a recent review, Salzman et al. examine the various adaptations of cycads, from attracting pollinators to…
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May 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Cycad chemicals and coevolution (New Phytologist) @shaylasalzman.bsky.social @jcarlosvillarreal.bsky.social @lycaeidesmelissa.bsky.social @evodivmet.bsky.social (Summary by Xavier Ozowara [email protected]) buff.ly/utBCK2L
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
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Only one week left to apply to join our new lab at @sgn.one in Frankfurt am Main! Are you interested in #fossil #plants, traits, and the #Mesozoic?
www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
Jobs for Scientists | Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
www.senckenberg.de
May 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Only one week left to apply to join our new lab at @sgn.one in Frankfurt am Main! Are you interested in #fossil #plants, traits, and the #Mesozoic?
www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
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Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF:
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
May 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF:
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.