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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Elena Meyer @evoelena.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

And we've landed! Getting settled in Rochester and in the new lab this week.

a sign for the third floor of a building, which has a sheet pinned to it which reads "Welcome to UR Biology", along with illustrative pictures showing areas of study: computational biology, genetics, development, biochemistry, cell biology... (etc)

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Yuval Simons @yuvalsim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Carlson Lab at the University of Rochester is recruiting researchers at all levels! Please reach out to Maryn (marync.github.io/carlsonlab/i...) if you are interested in groundbreaking problems in population and quantitative genetics. Maryn is brilliant and will be a great mentor!

marync.github.io

Carlson Lab

The Carlson Lab works at the interface of population and quantitative genetics, statistics, and evolutionary biology.

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Elena Meyer @evoelena.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Excited to share some positive updates: I successfully defended my dissertation, and have accepted a postdoctoral position starting this fall at University of Rochester. I'll be working with Mark Hibbins (@rejectresubmit.bsky.social). A big thank you to everyone who has helped me on this journey!

A photo of me at my dissertation defense. I am standing at a podium in a conference room, in front of the title slide for my talk which reads "Sex in plants: birth, death, and trying to survive in changing climates."

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Elena Meyer @evoelena.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Playing this with my spouse who has an art degree is a great way for me to stay (very) humble.

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Florida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Museum Collections 🌿 Perfect pitcher Pitcherplants thrive in Florida's wetlands, especially the Gulf Coastal Plain. More from UF/IFAS: ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/... Herbarium feat. Species: Sarracenia rosea Specimen: # FLAS 139652 Collected: 1979, Walter Judd www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium/

Herbarium sheet displaying pressed specimens of Sarracenia rosea, a large and elaborate pitcher plant including roots and numerous leaves as well as one flower, with annotations detailing collection information and plant identification.

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Elena Meyer @evoelena.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I’m hitting the road a little early, but I wanted to say thank you to all the folks at #Evol2026 for the best Evolution meeting yet! I’m proud to be part of such an incredible scientific community.

Me standing in front of my scientific poster. I’m wearing a black top, orange pants, and am smiling. My poster is a black background with white text, and a big colorful angiosperm phylogeny figure in the center.

A beautiful sunset on the lake side of the conference center, from Monday night.

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Elena Meyer @evoelena.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Also, if you are at #Evol2026, I’ll have results from this work plus other dissertation highlights on Tuesday (D-08). Let’s talk plants! 🌱

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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Reminder for the #Evol2026 folks. At the Princeton Uni Press booth, if you give them your contact info, you can reserve a book to take home free at the end of the conference. (Limit 1 per person)

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Declan Troy @troydeclan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OutForAWalk, any bird captured walking. Here's a Willow Ptarmigan putting its best (feathered) foot forward. Currently they are reddish brown but I'm partial to their winter garb. Chugach State Park #Alaska 🪶

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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I know R, thanks, but I'm trying.

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Elena Meyer @evoelena.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The stars aligned at the last minute for me to be at #Evol2026 in... ten day’s time! I'll be presenting a poster covering the highlights of my dissertation entitled "Sex in plants: birth, death, and trying to survive in changing climates" (on Tues., June 23rd, 6-8:30 PM, at poster # D-08).

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The Sea Unseen: A Marine Zine @seaunseenzine.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Happy World Ocean Day 🌊 OUT NOW: The Sea Unseen, A Marine Zine. Featuring 81 jaw-dropping works of marine art 😮 Come pick up a copy for $1 or more and support the Australian Marine Conservation Society! 🦑🦐 seaunseenzine.itch.io/sea-unseen-2026 🐳🐠 #marineart#zine#atozines#zinepromo#zineshop

A collage of 12 marine art pieces with the zine cover overlaid on top.

Text reads: "The Sea Unseen: Experience 81 works of marine art! Out now at seaunseenzine.itch.io. Past editions @ seaunseenzine.carrd.co"

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Elena Meyer @evoelena.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Our eggplant in the patio garden is getting big quick, and has a very lovely + classic Solanaceae flower!

A purple flower on a eggplant, which is in a large pot with a bamboo stake on a brick patio

a more panned out shot of the same area, with planters growing basil, tomatoes, marigolds, and an eggplant

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Elena Meyer @evoelena.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

From last week's field trip for class, where my undergrads are learning about plant community ecology: Beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana) and Striped Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata).

a small, evergreen plant with a distinctive pale green stripe down the center of the leaf, nestled at the root of a beech tree

beech drop (a remnant): brown, stick-like stems against a background of fallen leaves in a forest in winter

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mo 🐛 @inchywerm.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

OUR LANDS ARE NOT FOR SALE! #conservation #publiclands

an illustration of an ivory billed woodpecker sitting on a tree saying “extinction is forever” surrounded by the words “protect our lands”

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 03/06/2025

I want to connect with and highlight more trans voices working with plants, wildlife, and the natural environment so I've created a starter pack! If this sounds like you, introduce yourself by quote-posting this skeet and I'll add you to the list 🏳️‍⚧️

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Hannah Waters @hanner.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I'm looking forward to being in Athens, GA later this month for #Evol2025! I'll be looking to meet folks and learn about the big questions (and new, exciting answers) in evolutionary biology for possible stories in @quantamagazine.bsky.social. Hit me up if you'll be there and want to chat.

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Elena Meyer @evoelena.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

#WithoutNSF I wouldn't have had the opportunity to complete a formative NSF-REU, where I encountered the weird and wonderful Polygala lewtonii (see: my cover image), a mixed-mating plant with below-ground (!) flowers which launched my research in plant reproductive biology and took me to my PhD

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Rachel W. Martin @rwmartin.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I will take any excuse to post this again.

Astronaut meme. On the earth is a picture of all the Brassica oleracea cultivars:
Mustard, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi.

Text: Wait, it’s all Brassixs oleracea?
Always has been.

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

At an Earth Day event this evening, I was asked to talk about the 'Overview Effect' - the profound sense of awe many people feel when seeing the Earth from space.

The Earth seen from Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve 1968. Picture taken by Bill Anders.

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Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson @hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I'm compiling a #Botany2025 #StarterPack to help bring together our Blue Sky community for the upcoming conference: go.bsky.app/Gu9T4st Once you submit your abstract and/or registration, reply here and I'll add you!

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Elena Meyer @evoelena.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Hello, Bluesky 💙! Here's a little intro post! 📌 I'm Elena, and I'm a PhD candidate at VCU! I'm a botanist at heart, working on self-fertilization and sexual system variation in plants. 🌱 Currently based in #RVA. 🌇 Ride-or-die for #rstats 💻 My inbox is open - I'm on the hunt for a postdoc! 👀

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