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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 4h

UConn EEB is hiring a tropical horticulturalist for our greenhouses! It's an awesome collection of both research+teaching/public display, and you get to work with pretty amazing folks (I may be biased). Job listing: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49... Closes 10/14! 🌴🌿🌵🌺

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UConn Careers | UConn Careers | University of Connecticut

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please pass along: I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab. We study physical ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity — spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested 🧪🌐🌾

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you missed it last week, we published the largest ever study on emerging infectious diseases. Not really in vogue right now, but the next pandemic will come sooner than you think. Key lessons: nature-based solutions where you can, health system strengthening always. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

RESEARCH ARTICLE Climate Warming Drives the Breakdown of Plant–Pollinator Mutualisms Despite Phenological Synchrony 🔗 buff.ly/rElLWEE

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Flor Yannelli *typo queen* 👽🌱🪁(she/her/ella) @floryannelli.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📢 Postdoc opportunity in biodiversity & climate change! 🌎🌿 @bruno-soares.bsky.social is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biodiversity Forecasting & Climate Change at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Global Change Biology. If you're interested check it out here 👇

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Postdoc Opportunities

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 18/09/2026

🚨 New paper out today, from a huge collaboration with David Nagy and the rest of the iCONNECT group (conyzaiconnect.wixsite.com/iconnect) looking at rapid #evolution in Conyza canadensis throughout it's #invasive range: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌎🌳🌿

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Rapid and repeated evolution of increased competitive ability in a global invader - Nature Communications

Rapid evolution may shape the success of invasive species. This study shows that the invasive plant species Erigeron canadensis repeatedly evolved increased competitive ability after introduction, and...

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Drew Peltier @peltierdrew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are recruiting for a postdoc position (now / soon!), located in Flagstaff, AZ at NAU. We are particularly interested in a flux person. Please come join a fun multi-institutional team where we make very funny, definitely cool jokes about p-values.

Job ad describing an advertised postdoc position in carbon cycle science at NAU in Flagstaff, AZ supervised by Kiona Ogle.

people standing in front of a forested NEON flux tower.

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 17/09/2026

"Climate change now linked to increased high blood pressure in young millenials."

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Data Scientist job - Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), data-management, computational, and bioinformatics assignments supporting research in tropical biology, ecology, and forestry. #ecologyjobs 🧪🌐🌾 trustcareers.si.edu/postings/8a2...

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Data Scientist (Bioinformatics), IS- 1560- 11

Job Opening: Data Scientist (Bioinformatics), IS- 1560- 11 at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 13/09/2026

Lmao over here like if ETSU is gonna catch strays, at least send the strays to the right school. Also why the hell you punching down? I'm new here in TN, but at least we're in the process of updating all our school's infrastructure 👀

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Go ETSU (but only in football)

Bucky, the ETSU mascot--they are playing Belichicks UNC team today

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

haha what da fuck nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Statem...

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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📣 New York Botanical Garden is seeking a career-track Restoration Ecologist! 🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program 📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled) 📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable) 🤑 $87.5k jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...

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New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology.

New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

NSF has announced the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (due in October) 🧪🌐https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/grfp-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-program/nsf26-526/solicitation

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thrilled to announce that my department - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - at the U of Arizona will likely be hiring for a tenure-track position in "Population and Community Ecology" this fall. Watch this space for more details and official announcements coming soon ... #Ecology #EcologyJobs 🌐🌾🧪

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am currently searching for a postdoc to work on the evolution of adaptations, cold acclimation, and freezing tolerance in switchgrass. The position entails lab, growth facility, bioinformatics, and fieldwork. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...

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Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Position Summary The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct field and laboratory experiments to understand the causes of genetic variation...

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Hannah E. Marx, PhD @hannahmarx.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I’m excited to announce that we are looking for a Curatorial Associate to join our team and help lead the L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium at Cornell University 🌿 Please help share with interested botanists! jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...

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Curatorial Associate in Ithaca, New York, United States of America | Library & Museum at Cornell University

Apply for Curatorial Associate job with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Library & Museum at Cornell University

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Martin Dovciak🌳🌱🌻 @dovciak-lab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🌿 New paper! The forest herb layer can account for up to 80% of plant diversity, yet remains understudied. I’m glad to have contributed to this Yale-led collaboration identifying 100 questions to advance forest herb-layer ecology. What did we miss? 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New NSF BIO solicitation says expected number of awards is 250-300. Historically, the number of awards is closer to 800-1000 for the Directorate of Bio Sciences: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... Unless I'm missing large, non-core programs, this seems really not good?

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Agency Pulse: Grantmaking at NSF

An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.

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Elina Kaarlejärvi @elinakaarlej.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📢 We are hiring! PhD opportunity in my group as part of MSCA Doctoral Network ReDiLEEP, which recruits 13 Doctoral Candidates. Focus in this project: traits, responses & plant community stability in boreal forest and tundra. Supervised together with @lauraantao.bsky.social DL 18 Sept 👇

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Doctoral Candidate (PhD) in plant community ecology

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Dryland Plant Ecophysiology Lab @hultinelab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Desert Botanical Garden is hiring!! 🌵🌻🏜️ We are looking for a new Chief Research Officer - somebody to lead our fantastic research dept. which encompasses work on plant conservation, climate adaptation, biodiversity, and more! Please share the link below with anybody that may be interested!

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Desert Botanical Garden - Vice President & Chief Research Officer

Desert Botanical Garden is seeking a visionary scientific leader to help define the future of desert research. As Vice President & Chief Research Officer, you will set the strategic direction for ...

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 19/08/2026

Took a lab camping trip to celebrate the end of the field season and I had the chance to encounter not one but TWO hellbenders!! Which had been on my Appalachia bucket list for a while now. This guy was about 2 feet long! #nature #salamanders #Appalachia

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I am recruiting a PhD student next year! If you want to work on conservation in working landscapes, consider applying. If interested, please fill out this Google Form in lieu of an email inquiry (forms.gle/1pMESJ5ME8uK...). Check out our website to learn more about us: karp.ucdavis.edu

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Ecophysiology at EPFL/WSL in Lausanne! 🌿 Study physiological mechanisms of leaf browning under heat & drought stress 🔬 Experimental plant ecophysiology 🎓 Mentoring/teaching opportunities Please share! Apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1893/...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ecololgists!! This fall, the LEGO league's theme for their annual competition is ecosystems/biodiversity themed. We are going to need *a lot* of ecologists to help meet the demand. If you are willing to have a conversation with k-8 students about ecology, pls sign up here forms.gle/NbxitaXamK7B...

A teacher who is a fish has his fin on his hip and another pointing to the chalkbaord that says "Calling all ecologists skype a scientist needs you!" and a shrimp says "lego league jis coming" and a snail thinks "HELP!" and a seahorse says "This year's theme is ecosystems" and hot fish teacher says "Volunteer to speak with classrooms"

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Today is my first day as Davison & Fuller Chair in Life Sciences and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln! I will be looking for graduate students, a postdoc, and a lab manager to join me at UNL (ads coming). Please reach out if interested!

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 17/08/2026

Bad sign when we'll be continuing to build up a rivercane restoration project this semester...

A screenshot from the XKCD comic's Emojic 8 ball. Text in the text box asks "what will go wrong this semester?". The emoji shown on the bottom of the cartoon 8 ball is a bamboo emoji

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

At the start of the week, I shared a blog post that boiled down to "whether or not you believe AI is plagiarism, you should be concerned about the career risk, especially given bad-faith right-wing attacks." Here's where we're ending the week:

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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

📣Atlanta Botanical Garden is hiring a Field Biologist! Come be my colleague🌿 🎓 Bach. req'd, master's pref'd 🥾 2 years of post-degree fieldwork req'd 🏵️ familiarity with SE US flora & nat. communities 🗺️ proficient in ArcGIS #botanyjobs #conservationjobs recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

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Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc - Field Biologist

The Field Biologist will be part of the Conservation & Research Department team within the Southeastern Center for Conservation at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. They will work under the direction ...

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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net

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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Over 18 they’re Michiganders, under 18 they’re Michigoslings

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🌾 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Stomatal Biology group in beautiful Bern @unibe.ch How do grass leaves spatially coordinate development of veins & stomatal rows? 2 years (plus possible extension), funded by @snsf.ch @dfg.de within @cerealcell.bsky.social RU5325 jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...

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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Are you passionate about #naturalhistory #collections? Apply for our open position for the Herbarium Collections Manager @utkherbarium.bsky.social. We will start evaluating applications on Aug 17, so get your application in now. #Botany2026 #herbarium #jobs

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 05/08/2026

Thanks for being so good to us Tuscon! A great time at #Botany2026 as always! And now back to the field...

Two people smile in front of a poster at the Botany 2026 conference in Tuscon

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Cody Coyotee @wile-phylote.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The 🧅bulbs🧄 speak today #Botany2026

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 05/08/2026

Come see Liz talk this morning about her MSc thesis work! 8am in Ecophys #Botany2026

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🔥SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS❄️ #AJB and #AppsPlantSci are accepting proposals for joint special issues focusing on how temperature shapes & constrains plant biology. Proposal deadline: 30 Sep 2026 More info: bit.ly/4fmMhPu @seemasheth.bsky.social #botany #climatechange #ecology #Botany2026

The text at the top reads: “AJB and APPS Special Issues Call for Papers”. The text at the bottom reads: “The Role of Temperature in Plant Ecology and Evolution”. The photo shows a forest canopy. The Applications in Plant Sciences and American Journal of Botany logos are at the bottom of the graphic. Photo credit: Beatriz Salgado-Negret

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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yo #botany2026 poster peeps! FYI odd-numbered are 5:30-6:15 today, evens are on from 6:15-7:00.

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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

NSF: Pilot of a new four-year Ph.D. model ($47 million federal funding + $ from universities & private industry) Pilot recommended in "Science: A New Golden Age, a report to the president released last week by WH Office of Sci. & Tech. Policy Director Michael Kratsios." www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-par...

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NSF partners with universities and industry on pilot initiative for four-year Ph.D. programs with real-world research placements

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a $47 million investment over ﬁve years, along with additional ﬁnancial commitments from nearly three dozen universities and private industry...

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 02/08/2026

Had a great hike on FT7 yesterday to Sycamore Canyon in the middle of a very green desert. #Botany2026

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 02/08/2026

PEACCH Lab presentations at #Botany2026 this week. I'll be giving a talk about dioecious mismatch in northern spicebush on Monday right before lunch and Liz Howe will be giving a talk on spring wildflower ecophysiology on Wednesday at 8!

Title reads "PEACCH Lab Presentations at Botany 2026". Below are pictures of two people with information about the timing and titles of their talks.

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 31/07/2026

Any arborists know what's wrong with this tree? #Botany2026

A sagauro cactus in front of a beige building with many windows

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 31/07/2026

So the #Botany2026 conference venue is GORGEOUS to the point that I no longer suffer from FOMO from missing ESA this year

A desert scrub landscape with a resort pool on the right and saguaro cacti sprinkled throughout the landscape

A dry creek bed in the middle of the hogh desert with sagebrush and saguaros dispersed across the landscape

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Mason Heberling @jmheberling.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Is there a #Botany2026 conference app or way to save/plan your iterinary? Struggling a bit, may have missed instructions...

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Plant Ecophys (BSA) @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Botany 2026 is a week away! Make sure to check out our #bsaecophys sessions: Talks Tuesday August 4: Ecophys I - 8:00 to 12:00 pm Ecophys II - 1:30 to 5:30 pm Wednesday August 5: Ecophys III - 8:00 to 9:45 am Phys - 10:15 to 12:00 pm Hope to see you all at #Botany2026

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 23/07/2026

Wet and windy could never stop field crew picture day. I present the PEACCH Lab field crew of 2026 (thank goodness for start-up edition). The biggest field crew I've ever hired and probably will ever hire and we've been making the most of it.

A group of 12 people stand together (one in the foreground taking the selfie) on top of a Bald in the southern Appalachian mountains. Fog can be seen rising from the layers of Blue Ridge Mountains in the background.

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 21/07/2026

My team is recruiting a MSc student for a new grant investigating forested wetland responses to Hurricane Helene. The student will lead a GIS project mapping disturbance type and severity in the ETSU Geosciences dept. The catch: they would need to start this fall semester (about a month from now).

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