Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Learn more: botany.org/home/careers... #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTWbotany.orghttps://botany.org/home/careers-jobs/careers-in-botany/bsa-spotlight-series.html 011
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🌿 Meet our September #BSASpotlight, Hannah Gray Ratcliff, a Graduate Student at Stanford University! Hannah studies paleobotany, using fossils & living cycads to investigate how reproductive organs evolve & coevolve with pollinators, including sexual dimorphism in cycad cones. 172
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Petal to the metal: The slow road to automating large-scale #phenology labeling for #herbarium specimens New in #AppsPlantSci by @er1ngrady.bsky.social, @djli.bsky.social, @rdinnager.bsky.social, Rob Guralnick, et al. doi.org/10.1002/aps3... @floridamuseum.bsky.social @usa-npn.bsky.social #botany 03613
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Placing very long branch taxa in the plant tree of life: A case study with #Dioscoreales mycoheterotrophs New #AJB research by Marybel Soto Gomez, Qianshi Lin, Nathaniel Klimpert, Vivienne Lam, Juan Viruel, Sean Graham et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #photosynthesis #monocots 063
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany is now taking applications and provides at least one grant award of $4,500 annually to support a one-year research project related to medicinal plants. Deadline: January 31, 2027 Learn more here: botany.org/news/display...missouribotanicalgarden.org Anne S. Chatham Fellowship 065
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From ice age to present: Clonal expansion & genetic variation in the world's oldest #conifer stand New #AJB research by James Marthick, Andrew Phipps, Gregory Jordan, Daiki Takahashi, Yoshihisa Suyama & James Worth doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #genetics 066
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🌱SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE APPROACHING🌱 #AppsPlantSci is accepting proposals for a special issue highlighting video & imaging techniques driving novel research in #plantscience Proposal deadline: 5 Oct 2026 More info: bit.ly/4c3rLCw @noraflora10.bsky.social @drfloeem.bsky.social 1103
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🌿 Our #BSASpotlight continues with Sreya Das, Postdoctoral Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan! Sreya studies plant immune signaling using genetics, cell biology, and genomics to help improve crop resilience. Learn more: botany.org/home/careers... #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 031
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Geographic isolation promoted species divergence of two closely related #Cycas species in distinct river basins New #AJB research by Yi-Qing Wang, Jian Liu, Si-Yue Xiao, Hui-Hui Xi, Xun Gong, Xiu-Yan Feng doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #cycads 030
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🔥FINAL REMINDER! SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS❄️ Submit your proposal for #AJB and #AppsPlantSci special issues focusing on how temperature shapes & constrains plant biology. Proposal deadline: 30 Sep 2026 More info: bit.ly/4fmMhPu #botany #climatechange #ecology @seemasheth.bsky.social 001
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🌼 The 2nd season of the BSA's podcast—A Botanical Podcast!—now available! 🌼 In this episode, Adam Schneider discussions his love of plant collections & how #herbaria & #iNaturalist complement each other. (And don't miss the chat about parastic plants!) www.buzzsprout.com/2446995/epis... #botany 095
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just a reminder that #Botany2027 Symposia and Colloquia proposals are due October 16th! Learn more here: mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...mailchi.mpBotany 2027 Call for Symposia, Colloquia, and Workshop Proposals! 064
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026refloraR: An R package for efficiently retrieving and analyzing plant specimen data from the Herbário Virtual Reflora New in #AppsPlantSci by @caldecid.bsky.social, Ana Flávia Alves Versiane, et al. doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #botany #herbarium #biodiversity #plantconservation #ecology 0101
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🔥DEADLINE APPROACHING! SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS❄️ Submit your proposal for #AJB and #AppsPlantSci special issues focusing on how temperature shapes & constrains plant biology. Proposal deadline: 30 Sep 2026 More info: bit.ly/4fmMhPu #botany #climatechange #ecology @seemasheth.bsky.social 020
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Check 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 060
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🌿 That's a wrap on our 2026 BSA Awards Blitz! This year we gave out nearly 170 awards totaling over $150,000, recognizing botanists at every career stage. Thank you to everyone who applied, nominated, organized, and judged. 🎉 Congratulations!!! 🎉 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 020
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A novel & broadly applicable analytical framework to evaluate & correct herborization-associated measurement biases in plant trait research New in #AppsPlantSci by Yacov Kilsztajn, @tvasconcelos.bsky.social, et al doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #botany #Myrtaceae #herbarium #PlantScience 093
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thanks for publishing with AJB, Kelly! 000
Reposted by Botanical Society of AmericaKelly Pfeiler @kpfeiler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Our new paper is out, check it out! It is callitroid (Cupressaceae) cone from the Cretaceous of Antartica! 1125
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Sino-American Conference Travel Award recipients! BSA is proud to support these members with travel awards as they attend the 2026 Sino-American Conference on New Horizons in Plant Science, happening now. #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 020
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to Sarah K. Morris (University of Vermont), recipient of the 2026 Edgar T. Wherry Award from the BSA Pteridological Section, for her research presented at Botany 2026! 🎉 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 0102
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to Mars Gallego (George Mason Univ.), recipient of the 2026 Phytochemical Section Poster Award, for the poster "Solving a sticky problem: Is oleoresin chemistry a reliable source of phylogenetic traits in the myrrh genus (Commiphora; Burseraceae)?" 🎉 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz 040
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Physiological & Ecophysiological Section student award recipients! Li-COR Prize: Eli Hartung (Texas State) & Mujibur Rahman Khan (Oklahoma State) 👏 Section: Rob James King (NC State) & James Roth (Black Hills State) 👏 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 0114
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to two 2026 BSA sectional award recipients! Margaret Menzel Award (Genetics & Genomics): Keyi Feng (University of Michigan) 👏 Maynard Moseley Award (Dev. & Structural / Paleobotanical): Araya Andersen (Oregon State University) 👏 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 0196
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026✳️ Check out this new #AJB commentary by Jacob S. Suissa! ✳️ "Ferns, marsupials, and Darwin's Wedge: Does competitive displacement really explain macroevolutionary patterns in #ferns?" doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience 062
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Describing the cones & seeds of extinct #conifer species---using CT and 3D visualization---that co-existed with the dinosaurs 150 million years ago in what is today the state of Utah. New #AJB research by @mariahmhowell.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #paleobotany #fossils 1166
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🌱SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE APPROACHING🌱 #AppsPlantSci is accepting proposals for a special issue highlighting video & imaging techniques driving novel research in #plantscience Proposal deadline: 5 Oct 2026 More info: bit.ly/4c3rLCw @noraflora10.bsky.social @drfloeem.bsky.social 043
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Katherine Esau Award recipients, Angelique Acevedo (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Andrea Appleton (Harvard University), for their outstanding presentations in developmental & structural botany at Botany 2026! #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 074
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Bird #pollination in three species of #Phlogacanthus & its broader implications for bird–flower interactions in Asia New #AJB research by Chang-Qiu Liu, Li-Yan Wang, Ying-Ze Xiong, Zhe Chen, et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Acanthaceae #sunbirds #spiderhunters 061
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Ecological Section student award recipients! 👏 Graduate Presentation: Julianna Harden (Cornell) 👏 Graduate Poster: Julia Freeman (Univ. of Illinois) 👏 Undergraduate Presentation: Oscar Peterson (Missouri State) #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 051
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Developmental & Structural Section Best Poster Award recipients: Liz Mays (University of Kansas) and Sophie Radigue (UC Santa Barbara)! 🎉 Well done to you both on your outstanding posters! #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 053
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to Nick Biel (Colorado State Univ.), recipient of the 2026 Emanuel D. Rudolph Award for his presentation "A Label, a Logbook, and a Language Model: Reconstructing 200 Years of Specimen Provenance at the CSU Herbarium"! 🎉 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 031
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to two award recipients from our Paleobotanical Section! Michael Cichan Research Grant: Xiaoqing Zhang (Field Museum, Chicago) Isabel Cookson Award: Morgan Mathison (Univ. of Kansas) Two wonderful contributions to paleobotany! 👏 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 053
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to Ainun Nadhifah (UT Knoxville), recipient of the 2026 A. J. Sharp Award for the best student presentation in the Bryological & Lichenological sessions at Botany 2026! Honorable Mention: Katelyn Ouzts (Weber State University). 👏 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 051
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🌿Congratulations to Stephanie Zaborac-Reed (Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks), recipient of the 2026 Hermann Becker Student Field Work Grant for "Filling in the Gaps: Geological & Paleoecological Reconstruction of a Newly Identified Paleoflora Near Anchor Point, Kenai Lowland, Alaska." #BSA2026AwardsBlitz 020
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Southeastern Section Student Presentation Award recipients, presented at the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting! 🎉 Best Presentation: Erin Burney Best Poster: Taylor Long #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 050
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 BSA Sectional Travel Award recipients! This year's awards came from the Bryological and Lichenological Section, the Developmental and Structural Section, the Ecological Section, the Genetics and Genomics Section, the Pteridological Section, and the Systematics Section. 020
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Student and PostDoc Travel Award recipients! 🎉 These awards helped students and postdocs attend Botany 2026 in Tucson, Arizona, and share their work through talks and posters at the conference. #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 041
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Developing Nations Travel Award recipients! These awards helped botanists travel to Botany 2026 in Tucson, AZ, fostering international collaboration and strengthening connections across our global botanical community. #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 020
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 17/09/2026To celebrate #PeerReviewWeek, #AppsPlantSci Editor-in-Chief Dr. Briana Gross highlights how APPS's Reviewing Editor program brings the next generation of researchers into peer review and strengthens our reviewer community. Watch the interview here: lnkd.in/p/ghsU49xq #PRW2026 #PlantPeopleFTW 021
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Professional Travel Award recipients! These awards helped postdocs, faculty, and professionals join the global botanical community at Botany 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 020
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 PLANTS Grant recipients! 🎉 The PLANTS Grant brought a cohort of 12 undergraduates to Botany 2026 in Tucson, with mentors guiding them through their first conference and welcoming them into the botanical community. #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 020
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🌼 The 2nd season of the BSA's podcast—A Botanical Podcast!—is now available! 🌼 In this episode, BSA President Chris Martine discusses his love of plants & the people who study them—and much more! www.buzzsprout.com/2446995/epis... #botany #plantscience #PlantPeopleFTW @martinebotany.bsky.social 0116
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Young Botanist Award recipients! 🎉 This award recognizes outstanding graduating seniors in the botanical sciences. Bravo to these outstanding students, and a warm thanks to their advisors who championed them! 👏 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 090
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to our 2026 Undergraduate Student Research Award recipients: Sereen Elkhalid, Jesenia Garcia, Mose Langway, Richey Nguyen, Rebecca Ryvola-Marez, and Annabelle S. Wang! 🎉 Celebrating the next generation of botanists! #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 050
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🌿 Help us celebrate our 2026 Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award recipients, plus our AJ Harris winner Miles Buddy (Univ. of Florida) and J.S. Karling winner Isabeau Lewis (Queen's University)! 🎉 Full list at www.botany.org (click "Awards") #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 052
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🌱From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Plant Resilience and #Conservation for a Changing Climate”🌱 Exposure to heat waves & #drought improves subsequent leaf heat tolerance for five #oak species in southern California By Casey Wisely et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #climatechange #botany #Quercus 040
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to Paulo Henrique Gaem (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), recipient of the 2026 Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology! Honorable Mention goes to Caroline Brose (Univ. of Wyoming). 🎉 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 0121
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to the 2026 Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology recipients, Austin T. Nguyen (Univ. of Kansas) & Madison Plunkert (Michigan State)! The award supports PhD research advancing comparative plant morphology. #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 193
Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🌿 Congratulations to L. Alejandro Giraldo (Penn State), recipient of the 2026 Remy, Remy, and Winslow Award from the BSA Paleobotanical Section, for the best published paper in paleobotany or palynology! 🎉 Learn more: www.botany.org (click Awards) #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW 092