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Joel Sharbrough @jsharbro.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Please RT! I'm hiring a postdoc to work in my new lab at UCSB (!) on an NSF-funded project investigating the phenotypic consequences of WGD for photosynthesis and respiration. Check out the full posting here: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02986 And more info about the lab here: sharbroughlab.com
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 02/07/2025
Destroying 50 years of women’s health samples is like ‘burning the Library of Congress’ www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/h...
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These women dedicated almost 50 years to science. Their efforts may soon be trashed | CNN
Nurses in the US provided biological samples for decades to help study women’s health. Here’s what they think of President Trump’s actions that may end its funding.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 02/07/2025
Congressionally mandated climate reports disappeared from their federal websites. www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/c...
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Congressionally mandated climate reports have disappeared from their federal websites | CNN
The National Climate Assessments can no longer be found on their government-hosted websites.
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Christopher Krieg 🌿 @ckrieg.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🚨 I’m thrilled to share that I am starting as an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University this Fall! 👀 Opportunities coming soon as I re-root my research program in plant ecophysiology and evolution at Wake 🌿 🌲🌱 #NewPI #plantecophys #botany @wfubiology.bsky.social @wakeforest.bsky.social
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
We decoded the genome of #Boechera falcata, the only Eurasian species in a mostly North American plant group. It helps us understand how it evolved and how it reproduces. academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad... @ceitec.eu @uebscimuni.bsky.social
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LaBella Lab @lablabella.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Caiti Smukowski Heil @caitismuheil.bsky.social tells us about th domestication of yeast in bread 🍞 Humans have made a profound impact on the genome of S. cerevisiae And commercial baking strains are super weird! #Evol2025 #Evol25
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/06/2025
#ICYMI: In April, we reported that at least a dozen members of Congress wrote to the Trump administration with questions about citizens detained, questioned and even held at gunpoint by ICE agents. None of them received an answer. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social‬
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Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.
Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions.…
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🌴 Deadline extended! There’s still time to snag your #Botany2025 swag—now available through June 15! Get ready for Palm Springs with t-shirts, hoodies, hats, and totes in a range of colors. Everything ships straight to you, so you’ll be stylish and conference-ready. www.bonfire.com/store/botany...
Promotional flyer for Botany 2025 Swag, announcing that the order deadline has been extended to June 15, 2025. The flyer features the Botany 2025 logo with the date July 26–30 and location Palm Springs, California, and the tagline “Botany Without Barriers.” Images show a khaki hat, black tote bag, black hoodie, purple t-shirt, tie-dye t-shirt, and an olive green women’s cut t-shirt. The text notes that more colors are available and all items will be delivered directly to the customer. A QR code is included for ordering.
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Really proud to have worked with my 14-year-old, Anjali, on this new and free kids' book on #evolution. Published in time for the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Please check it out and share! www.lsu.edu/mns/news-and...
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
#AcademicSky and all #UNC system academics: www.heraldsun.com/news/local/e...
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UNC Asheville administrator out of job after she was filmed in undercover DEI video
The former employee’s remarks in the video “do not represent the practices of UNC Asheville,” a spokesperson said.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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Liz Haswell @ehaswell.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Just read about Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a Republican who spoke out against McCarthyism. According to @wikipedia.org, "She stated the basic principles of "Americanism" were: The right to criticize; The right to hold unpopular beliefs; The right to protest; The right of independent thought.
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Declaration of Conscience - Wikipedia
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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Will America’s National Parks Survive Trump? He plans to close 350 of our parks, monuments and historic sites www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
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Opinion | Will America’s National Parks Survive Trump?
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The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Excited for the first day of virtual #evol2025? The workshop day is always important for our community, especially early-career members. Think you might want to organize a workshop someday? Now is your chance - The SSB standalone is coming up in January! #ssb2026
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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Respect!!! @harvard.edu 😍 The link to the FREE GOVERNMENT COURSES is ... pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
A comprehensive illustrated protocol for clearing, mounting, and imaging leaf venation networks 🌾🧪 bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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A comprehensive illustrated protocol for clearing, mounting, and imaging leaf venation networks
Premise Leaf venation network architecture can provide insights into plant evolution, ecology, and physiology. Venation networks are typically assessed through histological methods, but existing pro...
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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I am really excited about this new article series in Systematic Botany. It's a great opportunity to draw attention to plant biodiversity and natural history, plus rally communities around clades that need more work or have particular ecological / economic significance. www.aspt.net/news-blog/20...
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Introducing "Clades in Focus": A New Article Series in Systematic Botany — American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Systematic Botany , the flagship journal of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, is pleased to announce a new article format: Clades in Focus . These expert-authored review papers will provide ...
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Wayne Maddison @waynemaddison.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Mesquite 4 beta released! Many new features, esp. phylogenomic. Check out the trailer and longer video on the home page: www.mesquiteproject.org, and use the download link there to get a copy. Feedback welcome! Ask and discuss on our new Google Group (groups.google.com/g/mesquite-p...).
The Mesquite icon shown, as a Mesquite leaf against a black background, and as a leave against the sun and a blue sky.
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Bailey Bowcutt @baileybowcutt.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
BIG NEWS for Botany 2025 STUDENTS!🌴 We’ve got a brand-new student hotel block at Courtyard Palm Springs—just for YOU! It’s the perfect place to rest, recharge, and connect with your fellow plant science enthusiasts. Deadline to book is JULY 4TH—so don’t wait! www.marriott.com/event-reserv...
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🌼The 2nd episode of the BSA's new podcast---A Botanical Podcast!---is now available on all major streaming services!🌼 In this episode, Jordan Dowell explores how #plants communicate through #chemistry. www.buzzsprout.com/admin/244699... #botany #plantscience @volatileorganic.bsky.social
A graphic announcing the episode of A Botanical Podcast with Jordan Dowell.
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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday 📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
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Sam Connell @samuelconnell.3i.social · 22/05/2025
I commented today. Please y'all, chime in and make sure these proposed Schedule F rule changes are called out for what they are. 🧪🔬🥽🧬👩‍🔬🏥
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Help BSA raise funds to support the PLANTS program! NSF terminated our award, but our community is stepping up! Donate today to support a leadership & mentoring program that supports the next generation of plant scientists! #SupportPLANTS botany.org/.../plants-g... crm.botany.org/makeadonation
PLANTS scholars and PLANTS Advisors during Botany 2024 (Grand Rapids, MI)PLANTS scholars and PLANTS Advisors during Botany 2023 (Boise, ID)PLANTS scholars and PLANTS Advisors during Botany 2022 (Anchorage, AK)PLANTS scholars and PLANTS Advisors during Botany 2018 (Rochester, MN)
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Alexis Stamatakis @stamatak.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
RAxML-NG v2.0 beta is here github.com/amkozlov/rax... Features 1. Difficulty prediction academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... 2. Adaptive search academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... 3. Early Stop www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 4. Model selection 5. Rapid bootstrapping academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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Release RAxML-NG v2.0-beta2 · amkozlov/raxml-ng
Main new features Adaptive tree search heuristic (Togkousidis 2023) , (Togkousidis 2024) Multiple fast branch support measures Integrated model testing Full Changelog: 1.2.2...2.0-beta2
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J. Chris Pires @jchrispires.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
#WithoutNSF, it will be more challenging to train the next generation of scientists & entrepreneurs in #agriculture #Soil #Crop #plant #biology #genomics #teamscience & more; #NSF supports training of students & that is in our national interest #SupportNSF #SaveNSF #AgSky #AcademicSky #highered 🌾🌱🧪
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/05/2025
The Drug Enforcement Administration has quietly ended its body camera program barely four years after it began, according to an internal email obtained by ProPublica. By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
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The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.
An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring…
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Boyce Thompson Institute @btiscience.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Travel 400M years in a flip. FERNS explores the evolution, survival, and modern ties of Earth’s most adaptable plants. By @fernway.bsky.social & Jacob Suissa, illustrated by Laura Silburn. Out May 6: go.btiscience.org/ferns #FernsBook #PlantScience
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NPR @npr.org · 06/05/2025
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Join us in the evolution tri-societies Week of Action for NSF! Call/write congress, engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding! Scan the QR code on the attached image for instructions and scripts. We must make noise! Pls RT!!!! #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF
SSE, SSB, and ASN logos. Text: Tri-societies Week of Action for NSF. Science under siege: Over 1000 NSF grants have been terminated by political appointees- threatening the foundation of American innovation and education, and more cuts loom; entire research programs are being erased without explanation. What’s at stake? STEM education for K-12 students, jobs and infrastructure in rural communities, support for veterans in research and education, cybersecurity and national defense innovation, global leadership in science and technology. Join the week of action: Contact Congress: Switchboard: (202) 224-3121, tell them to protect NSF. Share your story: Post on social media #WithoutNSF #SupportNSF #SaveNSF, engage local media; use our media tool to reach out to local reporters and newspapers; engage others: communicate the importance of NSF to colleagues, friends, and family.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#Phylogenetics & population structure of the western North American endemic Pacific Laurasian clade of #Isoëtes New #AJB research by Forrest Freund, Daniel Gates, Matthew Johnson & @crothfels.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #genetics #biogeography #evolution
(A) Distribution of Isoëtes species from the Pacific Laurasian Clade. (B) Collection locations for plants included in this project.
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Rob Denton @rddenton.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
In case this is helpful to someone out there: I'm moving to Ball State University this August, and I'll have a support for MS students over the next three years (RAs/TAs) If your lab has talented students graduating this spring, I welcome them to reach out and talk about the opportunities.
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/04/2025
Some 1,900 leading researchers accused the Trump administration in an open letter on Monday of conducting a “wholesale assault on U.S. science” that could set back research by decades and that threatens the health and safety of Americans.
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Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say
Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
#Botany2025 let's gooooooooooo
Registration is now open!

Let's come together! Botany 2025 – Botany without Barriers taking place in Palm Springs, California, July 26-30 is the place to collaborate with our community, share our research, and support each other. Here are a few updates:
Registration is now open!
Abstract submission is open until April 14, 2025
Get to know Plenary Speaker Lúcia G. Lohmann and other Featured Speakers
Explore Workshops, Symposia, Colloquia, Hotel and Travel, Contributed Session Topics, Affinity Groups and more!
Learn about exhibiting and sponsorships
You can always find the most up-to-date information on the conference website (www.botanyconference.org).
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Marie Briggs @botanistbriggs.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Lots of brilliant job vacancies @thebotanics.bsky.social just now, including Horticulturalists, Pollinator Ecologist & the Big Boss post (Regius Keeper)🌿🍄🌳🌼: www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job... #hortjobs #horticulture #RBGE #ecologyjobs #botanyjobs
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Vacancies | Working Here | What We Do
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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Evolutionary biologists: can you envision a way that SSE can support its members? Is there something that would help our community right now? Go talk to Gina!
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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
IMLS staff put on administrative leave today. This is so upsetting. Libraries and museums are the places where you can educate yourself whatever your means and whatever your interests. These are institutions we can all agree on, right? Where are we without an informed population?
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Terezie Mandakova @terimandakova.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Paper "Triploid bridges enable gene flow in mixed-ploidy populations of Cardamine amara" published in Molecular Ecology! doi.org/10.1111/mec.... The study reveals how rare triploids help overcome ploidy barriers and mediate gene flow between diploid and tetraploid populations.
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Alex Gunderson @agunderson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We made the cover www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover of the journal "Nature" showing a long-nosed horned frog on leaf litter and the words "Heat Stress: How vulnerable are the worlds amphibians to rising temperatures?"
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UTK Herbarium - TENN @utkherbarium.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
It's finally here! Our first round of Herbmadness2025 has ended, so get ready for round 2! Be sure to check out the poll in our story or the Round 2 highlights. Get acquainted with your favorite genera and make sure they make it to the final round! Round 2: March 10 - 14 Round 3: March 17 - 21
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The Florida State Collection of Arthropods is hiring a Collections Manager (Biological Scientist IV) in Gainesville. Applications close March 20, 2025. For inquiries, contact Dr. Patrick Gorring. Apply here: 42001238. #job
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Susan Fawcett @susan-fawcett.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Very excited to be co-teaching this new course at the University of Michigan Biological Station this spring! myumi.ch/n14Vr
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UTK Herbarium - TENN @utkherbarium.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Hello botany enthusiasts! With March Madness right around the corner that means it's time for… Herb-Madness! 32 plant genera are set to compete in the 2025 Herb Madness Championship. We have an exciting lineup for this year’s Herb Madness, but we can’t do it without YOUR HELP. #herbmadness2025
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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Come work with us! The New York Botanical Garden is hiring a Curator at the Assist. or Associate level. Profile: a productive and FUN Mycologist or Cryptogamic Botanist. Happy to talk to candidates about how wonderful one of the best botanical research centers is, easy. www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
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Employment | New York Botanical Garden
Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
PhD student positions open all times of the year in Sweden. These are jobs (=employment for ~4 years at a Swedish University) and are openly announced on University websites and usually on www.euraxess.se too. A master’s degree is usually required.
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EURAXESS
EURAXESS - Researchers in Motion is a unique pan-European initiative delivering information and support services to professional researchers.
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Dr. Riley Pizza @rileypizza.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Hi folks! What tools/techniques do you use personally or in your department to evaluate graduate student mentoring by PI's? (looking for FORMAL mechanisms, not informal feedback from mentees which is helpful but not what i'm looking for) 🧪🌱
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ferndoctor.bsky.social @ferndoctor.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Abhorrent. @nature.org
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Valerie Horsley @valeriejhorsley.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Please share: @delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group. They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
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2025 Federal Financial Assistance Freeze
On Monday, January 27th, 2025, President Trump issued an order to freeze virtually all of approved and legally required federal funding.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Get ready to dive into hands-on learning at #Botany2025 Workshops! Join expert-led sessions designed to enhance your skills, explore cutting-edge research, and connect with fellow botanical scientists. To learn more, visit: www.botanyconference.org/workshops/wo... #IamaBotanist
An image of mountains and flowers of Palm Springs, CA are the background of this image which also includes the Botany 2025 logo. Text: Botany 2025 Workshops Announced. A QR Code is included that goes to this url: https://www.botanyconference.org/workshops/workshop-details.html

The logos of the 5 participating Societies can also be seen at the bottom.
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