Bee happy, it's contagious!

Missed headline on this one: "Bee happy, its contagious"

I can relate. I always bring my own food when I travel, but often still attend ticketed events to participate (e.g. mixers or lunches), but then need to decide if eating what is provided will cause problems. Knowing menu in advance might help people decide if paying for access is worth it

Some of the solutions we discussed to address various food barriers (e.g. cost, transportation, dietary restrictions, asking for help) included:
- a conference food pantry stocked by member donations ($ donated in reg or food brought to conf)
- an official (and low/no cost) ride service

A square graphic with a photo of a flowering plant in the middles and text: California Botanical Society. Leading Western American Botany. Madrono - Research Grants - Student Symposia

Thanks to the California Botanical Society for sponsoring #Botany2025!

Since 1913, they’ve advanced Western American botany through publications like Madrono and much more.

Learn more at www.calbotsoc.org

Graphic promoting Botany 2025 registration. A chalkboard with the text "Your homework this weekend... Register for Botany 2025!" is shown above a row of classroom desks. Additional text reads "Early-registration rates end April 30th." The Botany 2025 conference logo is at the top left, and a QR code appears at the bottom right. Logos of participating societies, including the Botanical Society of America, are displayed along the bottom.

✏️ Your weekend homework: Register for #Botany2025! 🌵🌴

Don't miss your chance to lock in early-registration rates before they end on April 30. Plus, if you're a member of a participating society, you’ll receive an additional registration discount.

www.botanyconference.org.

#IamaBotanist

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🌴 #Botany2025 Registration is OPEN! 🌵

Join us in Palm Springs, July 26-30!

Deadlines:
• Early Registration – April 30
• Abstracts – April 14
• Sectional Awards – TOMORROW
• Hardship & Pro Travel Awards – April 15

Info: www.botanyconference.org
Register: www.botanyconference.org/registration...

Banning DEI Is Catastrophic for U.S. Science (opinion) An attack on DEI is an attack on science itself, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Stacy C. Farina, Parvin Shahrestani, Vaughn S. Cooper and Gilda A. Barabino write.

We must not capitulate to the attacks on DEI in science and academia. Here is a must-read outlining some of the reasons why.
#science #DEI #HigherEd
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

For context, I'm a 45-year-old cis/bi man with a biology PhD and just got an ADHD diagnosis after a lifelong challenge. I'm in my first few days of using methylphenidate and, within an hour, was locked in on a really deep dive into neuropharmacology.

Can you tell me more about stimulant challenges as a diagnostic tool for ADHD? This is the first I've heard of medication being used before diagnosis.

Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

Shu-Mei Chang Obituary - Athens, GA Celebrate the life of Shu-Mei Chang, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Bernstein Funeral Home.

Plant evolutionary ecology has lost a very rare talent. Shu-Mei was a genuinely kind, whip-smart, reasonable, creative, bright light of a person.

www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/a...

A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.” The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...

Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”

www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

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🌵🌴 Big news! Botany 2025 is now heading to sunny Palm Springs, CA (July 25-31, 2025)! While plans shifted from Tucson, we're excited to stay in the Southwest. See you there!

More information will be coming in early January at www.botanyconference.org

#Botany2025

There's a super fun story about these spurless Columbines! Pollinators mainly visit flowers for nectar, but these nectarless populations were very stable, and this study found both molecular & biological basis for these supposedly disadvantageous forms. 🧪
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

100+ species for #Plantsgiving is 😲! Our highest count was in 2022: 75 species, 44 families, 31 orders. I wanna share our 2022 sheet here to encourage more people to participate: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... We have an elaborated menu planned this year to enter this competition! 🧪🌱 #iamabotanist

Cool paper: Evolutionary #genomics of the emergence of brown #algae as key components of coastal ecosystems.

👍👏 Congrats to all authors! Was a pleasure to review your manuscript for #Cell.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Jack Dawes presenting his research at Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research today at Cal State San Bernardino! #herbarium #milkweed #cch2