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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

"Santa Fe, NM to Urbana, IL". I am a member of that club!

PNAS – Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement by William J. Sutherland, Neil D. Burgess, Scott V. Edwards, et al. Read now!

Addressing global biodiversity loss needs more than data collection. A new PNAS Perspective from the 2025 US–UK Scientific Forum outlines 9 changes to improve how biodiversity is measured and used for conservation.

Read now: https://ow.ly/BH5Q50YsXUY
Forum: https://ow.ly/U5ZV50YsUTK

The University of Illinois Just Released a Popcorn So Good It Doesn’t Need Butter — FOOD & WINE A crop scientist and two brewers spent nearly a decade breeding a better popcorn — and you can taste the difference.

“The University of Illinois Just Released a Popcorn So Good It Doesn’t Need Butter

A crop scientist and two brewers spent nearly a decade breeding a better popcorn — and you can taste the difference.”

Excerpt From:
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Connecting the dots for biodiversity action from the NAS/Royal Society Forum Summary of the Nine Recommendations and Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework papers from the NAS/Royal Society US-UK Forum in summer 2025, and how they connect to my work on collective knowledg...

Connecting the dots for global biodiversity action; two big perspectives out in @pnas.org this week lead by @billsutherland.bsky.social and @bio-diverse.bsky.social from the @royalsociety.org and @nationalacademies.org biodiversity forum last summer. My thoughts: anil.recoil.org/notes/nas-rs... 🌍

Thank you, Anil for this excellent summary of the two @pnas.org papers on #biodiversity measurement and monitoring that came out this week. I love your rallying call to the computer science community to help build the federated system we need. This is firmly in the realm of the doable.

Pivot Fellowship Pivot Fellowship on Simons Foundation

New opportunity via Simons Foundation...

www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/pivot-...

PNAS – Honoring the life of Stephen P. Long. Visionary, teacher, and doer.

Honoring Stephen P. Long, a visionary plant scientist whose pioneering research on photosynthesis, crop productivity, and global change reshaped modern agriculture. His work advanced sustainable solutions to feed a changing world. Read the PNAS Retrospective: https://ow.ly/2iyi50YhGGv

“There Are Two Possible Futures for American Science.” The Simons Foundation president talks about science philanthropy, the future of the research enterprise, and remaining hopeful.

Folks interested in science philanthropy should read this interview w/Simons Foundation President David Spergel on the role of philanthropy, support of early career scientists (from incentives to a call for more retirements), and the pivot point between future scenarios.

issues.org/american-sci...

Nice to see this come out!

Pleased to announce our 2025 class of Pivot Fellows! These eight researchers will receive financial support to conduct research in a new discipline under the mentorship of an expert: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/simons-founda... #science #math

Poster announcing the workshop.

Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026

Reflections on the History of Model and Theory series - Bob Holt YouTube video by SMTPB

I believe it was updated to a new version and should be available here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=xWmz...

Hope you enjoy it—-there are also several others on the SMTPB channel

Applications for Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Now Open Applications for Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Now Open on Simons Foundation

Interested in doing a postdoc on fundamental problems in plant biology? Apply for our Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology. Due 12/4/25: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/10/13/applications-... #biology #lifesciences

new paper! this one holds a special place in my heart--it's the project that brought me to South Africa--just a short 6 years later, we have a product

Myrothamnus is a resurrection plant with deep cultural roots. it's been a privilege to study this iconic species that survives with so little.

Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolution Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolution on Simons Foundation

NYC and adjacent friends: I'm thrilled and terrified to be giving a public lecture in Manhattan at 6pm on Wednesday, 19 November. If you feel like coming into the city* for the evening, I'd love to see you there!

*Yes, NYC = "the city" for Jersey girls.

www.simonsfoundation.org/event/trade-...

Assistant Professor- Department of Plant Biology - HigherEdJobs Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

We are coming up on the closing date for an Assistant Professor of Mycology/Plant-fungal Interactions in the Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois - apply before November 1st!
See the link below for more details:
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

Another ecology-related faculty position just opened at UIUC, part of a cluster hire in bioeconomics. This one is agroecology in our Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences department, deadline Oct 31.

illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

🌴Cinoglu et al. show that only small-scale disturbances & subsequent competition for light can stabilize the coexistence of demographic groups along the growth-survival and stature-recruitment trade-off axes @cfarrior.bsky.social 🧪🌎
🔍Article: buff.ly/xgNwK4Q
📰Blog: buff.ly/OTa5VvY

Woot!

How do we measure life on Earth? 🌍🌱 The new summary report from the 2025 US-UK Forum on Measuring Biodiversity, hosted by the NAS and @royalsociety.org, explores tools, challenges, and solutions for tackling the #biodiversity crisis.

Read here: bit.ly/460RB7R

The 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships applications are open, offering early-career scholars intellectual freedom, transdisciplinary collaboration with leading researchers, and a competitive salary with research and collaboration funds.

Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship

Plant biology at UIUC is hiring. Plant-fungal interactions, details below:

MathJobs from the the American Mathematical Society Mathjobs is an automated job application system sponsored by the AMS.

Open-rank open-area faculty search in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Application deadline: November 3, 2025.

Please share widely!

www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26...

Our EEB department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hiring an assistant professor in evo-devo. See go.illinois.edu/EEBAsstProf for details. Please share!

Reflections on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology: Warren Ewens YouTube video by SMTPB

@sarperotto.bsky.social and I are back for the @smtpb.bsky.social, interviewing Warren Ewens. "Get out of that ivory tower and do something useful" might seem unlikely advice for a mathematical population geneticist, but this was key for Warren. Full interview here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_K_...

My sister department EEB is hiring an animal evo-devo assistant prof! I'm the plant evo-devo person on the SC and happy to answer any questions! (spoiler alert: This is a GREAT place to be and with fantastic colleagues & support!!!!) @socdevbio.bsky.social
illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Collaborate with researchers globally. Chart your transdisciplinary path. Apply to SFI's 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships. Competitive pay, research funds, and generous benefits to become a leader in transdisciplinary research.

Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship