Magic flora Philip Garnock-Jones has spent more than a decade photographing our native flowers as they’ve never been shown before: in luscious, three-dimensional detail.

Remember the Magic Eye books of the 90s?? Now, you can have a crack at viewing New Zealand’s native flowers in 3D. Clematis, orchid, ngutukākā, korukoru, oioi… this is a luscious, spectacular feature by @rebekahwhite.bsky.social, based on the new book He Puāwai by @theobrominated.bsky.social

A deletion at the X-linked ARHGAP36 gene locus is associated with the orange coloration of tortoiseshell and calico cats The X-linked orange locus is responsible for the orange coat color of domestic cats, including tortoiseshell and calico cats, and is proposed to be subject to random X chromosome inactivation. Here, T...

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A deletion at the X-linked ARHGAP36 gene locus is associated with the orange coloration of tortoiseshell and calico cats: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

One of *the most impactful programs* from my society was terminated by NSF, but we will not let the program just die like this. We will get through this storm and become stronger, because we have a great community to rely on! Donate if you're able, any bit helps. #iamabotanist #supportPLANTS 🧪🌱🌾🌸

Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.

Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.

I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Within-species floral evolution reveals convergence in adaptive walks during incipient pollinator shift - Nature Communications During evolution, how adaptive walks cross fitness valleys remains unclear. This integrative study on monkeyflowers reveals that convergence in large steps (floral color and gene expression) drives a ...

Really excited to say that my lab's paper on color transitions in Mimulus sect. Erythranthe is out! We found that some traits demonstrate evolutionary convergence in phenotype & genotype, while others are divergent, & that - as Bob Vickery found - bees prefer yellow!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

A flyer advertising the 2025 Mimulus meeting in Athens, Georgia on June 20, 2025. Registration is free. More info at http://mimubase.org/node/233

Something I'm looking forward to in 2025: the Mimulus meeting in Athens, Georgia! Please spread word to your fellow Mimulophiles!

I've never seen them in 3D before! They're so oblong, and I love them!