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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

At #Botany2026, I was hoping to start recruiting for my lab group. If you are interested in polyploidy and population genetics, please reach out.

Interested in Polyploidy and Population Genetics?

Florida State University, Join the Gaynor Lab. My lab is open to both Ph.D. and master students through the Ecology and Evolution area in Biological Sciences at FSU - applications are due December 1st!
I also have funding to support a postdoctoral researcher and a technician during my first three years at FSU. The postdoctoral researcher will focus on polyploidy population genomics. The technician will help with lab work including flow cytometry for genome size estimation and DNA sequencing preparation.

If you are interested in joining the lab, please send me an email with a CV/resume and a brief explanation of your research interests and your career goals

Find out more at mlgaynor.com and email me at shellyleegaynor at gmail.com

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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hey Plant People of #Botany2026: It's time for a new Program Director for the annual conferences. Who's in? It could be you! Melanie Link-Perez, whose term ends with #Botany2027, says it's been "The most rewarding service I have ever done." #plantpeopleFTW

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Josh Felton @botanyballer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Always fun catching up with student reps @ajayibenmi.bsky.social and Sara!! Make sure to say hi if you run into them at #botany2026

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Thanks for the shoutout! 🎉 It’s always a pleasure connecting with you. If you’re at #Botany2026, don’t be shy—come say hello! We’d love to hear about your research, career goals, or simply chat about all things plants. 🌿 What are you most excited about at this year’s meeting?

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Join BSA Student Representatives Benjamin Ajayi and Sara Pedraza for the Botanical Society of America Botany360 event designed to help students, early-career researchers, and first-time attendees maximize their experience at the Botany 2026 Conference in Tucson, Arizona.

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Hemi-parasitic plants are one of the most interesting groups of plant because of their intricate complex life histories.

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Hemi-parasitic plants are one of the most interesting groups of plant because of their intricate complex life histories.

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The entire @botsocamerica.bsky.social students community is super proud of you for winning Don Kaplan Dissertation Award Keep staying proud! #Botany2025

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The entire @botsocamerica.bsky.social students community is super proud of you for winning Don Kaplan Dissertation Award Keep staying proud! #Botany2025

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Josh Felton @botanyballer.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Thank you ben ❤️ it has been a blast working with you during my tenure as student rep! #botany2025

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Huge shout-out to @botanyballer.bsky.social for his amazing service as a BSA student rep these past two years! I’m really going to miss all the moments we shared working toward a better BSA experience for students. You’ve made a lasting impact! #Botany2025

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Some members of the Nigerian plant community at #Botany2025 in Palm Springs, California! Always fun to meet new friends and listen to all the brilliant ideas and research work from everyone. Always sticking together!!! @ajayibenmi.bsky.social @petfemspeaks.bsky.social @preshonnature.bsky.social

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Improving computer vision for plant pathology through advanced training techniques New in #AppsPlantSci by Jamie Sykes, @katherinedenby.bsky.social, and Daniel Franks bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @nserc-resnet.bsky.social #MachineLearning‬ #ComputerVision #cacao #cocoa #botany

Disease detection of three cocoa diseases using convolutional neural networks. Example Grad-CAM class activation maps with scores for PhytNet trained with four of the model training procedures used in this study. BPR, black pod rot; FPR, frosty pod rot; Healthy, healthy cocoa; WBD, witches' broom disease.

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Curious about systematic leaf 🍃 🍂 🍁 architectural diversity of African Annonaceae Juss. and the implications of its venation patterns? doi.org/10.1016/j.sa...

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EvoBio Crash Course @evobiocc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Please share widely! We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Did you miss the Botany360 webinar "Prepping for PLANTS" and want to learn about the program? The recording is now available! youtu.be/wI-F6Kbu0XM?... You can also learn more, apply, or sign up to be a mentor by visiting: botany.org/home/awards/... #PLANTSgrants #BSAUndergrads #IamaBotanist

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Prof Stephen Serjeant @stephenserjeant.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

This horrific story has been confirmed to me by a colleague at the same institute as this scientist. The US is not a safe place to run an academic conference. @theguardian.com have an English language version of this story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🔭🧪

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French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🌿 Stretching your research dollars? You’re not alone! Join us for the #Botany360 free virtual event, Botany on a Budget — a casual discussion with BSA members who have experience making research happen with limited resources. Thursday, May 8, 2025, 2–3 p.m. EST Register here: tinyurl.com/bot360

Graphic promoting "Botany on a Budget," a casual discussion on May 8, 2025, at 2 p.m. EST. The background shows green and blue tube racks filled with labeled microcentrifuge tubes. Text invites participants to join a conversation about strategies for conducting research on a limited budget. The image includes a QR code to register and logos for the Botanical Society of America (BSA) and Botany360. Sponsored by the BSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

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Josh Felton @botanyballer.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

BSA student members! We are building a starter pack of students so we can build our community on Bluesky😎 reach out to Ben to be added #plantjoy #iamabotanist

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I'll be giving a free webinar Thurs, Dec 5, 7 p.m. Central time for the Minnesota Native Plant Society on the topics of #oak reproduction, #species, #hybrids, & #phylogeny / #treeOfLife, from my new book (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...). Join us, and pls share! us06web.zoom.us/j/6977108818...

Title page from Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life, by Andrew L Hipp, illustrated by Rachel D Davis, with forward by Béatrice Chassé.

Title page features a Hill's oak leaf (Quercus ellipsoidalis) illustrated in pen and ink with watercolor wash by Rachel Davis.

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo236998258.html

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Hechtia (Hechtioideae; 94 spp., Texas to Nicaragua) are terrestrial xerophytes. They are also dioecious and have crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). They are attractive but well-armed. This beauty is an undetermined sp. from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 📷: Amante Darmanin CCBY2 #botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a terrestrial rosette plant. The leaves are slender and bear large, red teeth on their margins.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We have an important announcement about #Botany2025: due to unforeseen site renovations at the planned location in Tucson, the conference will have a new location---but the same dates, July 26-30, 2025! For more details, see mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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

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Plantsgiving+Friendsgiving 2022

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Hey plant #people! I’m new to bluesky🦋 . I’m a PhD student at Florida state university in Mast Lab. My research combines fire ecology, pollination biology and conservation genetics.

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Hey plant #people! I’m new to bluesky🦋 . I’m a PhD student at Florida state university in Mast Lab. My research combines fire ecology, pollination biology and conservation genetics.

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University of Arizona EEB @uofa-eeb.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

If you are looking for a graduate program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, please considering joining us in Tucson, AZ! Our deadline is December 2 this year for admission to our Fall 2025 cohort. You can find out more about EEB and applying to our program here: eeb.arizona.edu/graduate/pro...

Saguaros and other Sonoran Desert plans stand in front of a purple and gray sky with a column of monsoon rain and rainbow in the distance.

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Benjamin Ajayi @ajayibenmi.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Yes! We have got a big community of @botsocamerica.bsky.social students here. As a student rep for BSA, myself and @botanyballer.bsky.social are to attend to all your concerns.

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

First #plantsgiving on bluesky? Yes we are ready 💪🏼🌱🌸

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

#Herbarium specimens reveal links between leaf shape of Capsella bursa-pastoris & climate New #AJB research by Asia Hightower, Daniel Chitwood & Emily Josephs doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #evolution

An image of 16 Capsella bursa-pastoris leaves. The leaves are arranged in four rows of four leaves. Each leaf shows a different lobing pattern to emphasize the variation in lobing found between Capsella bursa-pastoris leaves. Each leaf is colored blue and stands against a white background. On the top of each leaf, the tip is highlighted in pink. The bottom of the leaf has the base of the leaf highlighted by an orange dot.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Bioinformatics identify pathways related to #flower morphology in Turnera subulata New #AJB research by Paige Henning, Benjamin Minkoff & Michael Sussman doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany

Flower from the S-morph of Turnera subulata (Passifloraceae).

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