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We have a new symposium at this year's European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference in Muenster, Germany: Plant Paleoart: Perspectives and promises", organised by @palaeojules.bsky.social and myself! Both scientists and artists are welcome to contribute!
www.uni-muenster.de/GeoPalaeonto...
Postdoc opportunity in plant systematics + phylogenomics 🌿 my lab at the University of Michigan is recruiting for a Research Fellow working on species delimitation in neotropical myrtles. Full details + apply here (deadline April 30) careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
WANTED: Lead Collections Manager. Smithsonian NMNH Botany is looking for a Supervisory Museum Specialist to manage the United States National Herbarium and a top-notch collections team. For more information, visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications due in two weeks (1 May 2026).
Revision of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) classification has been underway! The group is requesting community feedback until April 22nd. Here is a link to a survey to gather feedback, which includes links to the manuscript and the new classification:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Full-funded (home or international) collaborative PhD studentship (Kew and Royal Holloway, University of London) available. Deadline 8 May.
Topic: ‘Just acquisitions? Law and ethics over time in Kew’s overseas plant collecting history’ #Skystorians
Promotional graphic with a tropical leaf border for International Plant Appreciation Day, April 13, 2026. Large heading reads "Thank you for supporting PlantingScience!" Features the PlantingScience logo centered below the heading.
Thank you to everyone who celebrated #IPAD2026 and supported PlantingScience today!
It is not too late to get involved:
🌿 Donate: crm.botany.org/makeadonation
🌿 Shop PlantingScience t-shirts and totes with proceeds going directly to PlantingScience: www.bonfire.com/store/bsa-spring-swag-store-2026/
#Botany2026 abstracts submitted! 😱😱🎉🎉 So excited to talk more about milkweed diversification!
You should give a talk at #Botany2026! You're awesome, and your research is fascinating!!!!
It's International Plant Appreciation Day and BSA President Ken Cameron has a message to send! #IPAD2026 #Botany #IamaBotanist
www.youtube.com/shorts/lTWrn...
It's a BIG DAY! Abstracts are due and we celebration International Plant Appreciation Day! #IPAD2026 #BOTANY2026
The position is open now.
The United States National Herbarium is seeking a Lead Collections Manager! For complete requirements and application procedures, please visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications and all supporting documentation must be received online by 1 May 2026.
Only one week left to apply for the full professorship in Experimental Biodiversity Research at our institute @unituebingen.bsky.social ! Please re-post.
Photo of a color polymorphic population of Anemone pavonina Lam. on Mt. Olympus, Greece.
#Flower color polymorphism in the peacock #anemone (Anemone pavonina) reflects spatiotemporal variation in #pollinator abundance
Nw #AJB research by Jonathan Heinze, Casper van der Kooi, Gerd Vogg, Udo Jäger & Johannes Spaethe
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #pollen #ecology
Interested on the evolution of plant-microbe interactions?, the MoRE Lab is open to support MSCA applications. Please, check if you are eligible, send your CV and motivation letter including up to three possible references to ignacio.rubio@cragenomica.es
6 days!
#Botany2026
A promotional graphic for the BSA Spring Swag Store 2026 featuring three rows of merchandise on a green background. The top row showcases the "Resilient" collection, featuring botanical artwork by Catrina Adams where each letter of the word "Resilient" is styled to reflect the environment of a different plant, shown on blue, olive, and pink shirts and a tank top. The middle row features the PlantingScience collection in a woodcut style, showing a heart-shaped seedling design with the text "Growing a Love for Plants and Science" and the PlantingScience.org URL, displayed on a teal shirt, a yellow pocket t-shirt, and a canvas tote bag. The bottom row shows BSA logo merchandise including a mauve tank top, a teal cap, and a red bucket hat. A QR code and "Shop Here!" call to action appear in the bottom right corner.
🌿 The BSA Spring Swag Store is here!
Two gorgeous new designs by BSA's own Catrina Adams, including the stunning Resilient collection and a woodcut-style design to benefit PlantingScience.org.
BSA members can email aneely@botany.org for 10% off.
www.bonfire.com/store/bsa-sp...
!! Wow, NPR article highlighting botanist @naomibot.bsky.social !!
Today is the day! For Real! No Fooling!!
#SocietyJournals #GoFlag
A three-part graphic showing the study site, sampling structure, and stress in an ex situ conservation nursery of Torreya taxifolia near Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Fungal #endophytes of an endangered tree vary with stress & microenvironment in an ex situ #conservation nursery
New #AJB research by Brooke Sykes, François Lutzoni, Annabel Renwick, Shuzo Oita, Shannon Skarha & A. Elizabeth Arnold
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #ecology #torreya
Ad banner: germinating plant, Utrecht University, VACANCY: Postdoc position in Experimental & Computational Plant Biology
I am excited to announce that we have two open positions on our recently funded MYBstery M-WEAVE (NWO-DFG) project!
1) Postdoc in my team at Utrecht University (NL). www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
2) PhD in the team of @lauraragni.bsky.social at University of Freiburg (DE). (See thread)
There’s still time to take our survey about the landscape of science communication and share your experience
Image of Juncus ensifolius (Swordleaf rush) and Juncus balticus subsp. ater (Baltic rush) growing in a montane meadow, with Mt. Hood in the background.
Check out these highlights from the latest American Journal of #Botany! botany.org/file.php?fil...
Find the issue Table of Contents at bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197....
#plantscience #botany
Xerophyta on a cliff wall.
🌱 Check out this new #AJB Review! 🌱
Shaped by context: Evolutionary trajectories of #desiccation tolerance in land plants
By Rose Marks, R. Shawn Abrahams, & Jenna Ekwealor
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #evolution #gametophyte #sporophyte
We know it might seem early, but deadling for abstracts submissions for #Botany2026 are April 13th!
Be sure to visit botanyconference.org for more details on the conference!
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
Abstracts for #Botany2026 🍃 are due on April 13th! If you work on gas exchange (CO2, H2O), carbon dynamics (photo., NSCs), and water relations 💧on organs different from LEAVEs, submit your abstract to the Non-foliar Gas Exchange Colloquium @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social: www.xcdsystem.com/botany/progr...
It’s that time of year again 🌿✨
Registration for #Botany2026 is OPEN!
@botsocamerica.bsky.social
Time to start planning talks and reconnecting with colleagues. Who’s going? 🌱