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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"Plant tissue lifespans: Solving a fundamental mystery in plant ecology". PhD opportunity for domestic (Australia/New Zealand) candidates, closes 30 September: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Exciting PhD opportunity advertised by superstar colleague Prof. Rachael Gallagher "Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success" (collaboration with Botanic Gardens of Sydney). See attached image. Contact Rachael directly for more information (email in advert). Closes 30th Nov.

PhD advert for Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

📢🌿Available #traits #FunctionalTraits PhD position in my group @westsyduhie.bsky.social, closes 30th Oct. Topics: “Climate adaptations in Australian native grasses”; OR “Plant resource economics”. Apply via WSU Online Portal. Eligibility and other key info here: wrightlab.wordpress.com/news/

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Wind and frost have surprisingly strong effects on global patterns in leaf cuticle thickness! Latitude, biome and taxonomy matter too. Other climate variables not so much. #trait research from international team including @lawrensack.bsky.social @westobymark.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Here's some cool results from the paper: taxonomic and environmental patterning in metabolic rate – body size relations

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Excited to share this paper led by ECR Tiantian Pan: Adaptation in eucalyptus wood anatomy to site climate, just published in PCE. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... Wonderful coauthors including @julianschrader.bsky.social and @deannicolle1.bsky.social e1.bsky.social #FunctionalTraits

cross-section of eucalyptus sapwood showing the arrangement of different cell types

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

📢🌶️🌿Tech-savvy with expertise in agriculture or horticulture? This is your chance to make an impact! Join Western Sydney Uni’s APPN team as Senior Technical Officer and support world-leading research in plant phenotyping across state-of-the-art facilities. Closing 8.30pm, 16 Feb. tinyurl.com/47nezhnm

Australian Plant Phenomics Network facilities at Western Sydney University

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I played just a small part in this excellent paper led by ECR Félix de Tombeur: Anatomical and Trait Analyses Reveal a Silicon-Carbon Trade-Off in the Epidermis of Sedges (Plant, Cell Environ: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)

Principal component analysis (PCA) showing the trait space of the studied sedges.

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I hope you like this nice #FunctionalTraits #traits paper led by Chongzhe Zhang, PhD student at Lanzhou U. & Western Sydney U. "An integrated fast–slow plant and nematode economics spectrum predicts soil organic carbon dynamics during natural restoration". nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Concept diagram showing relationships between plant, nematode and microbial ecological spectra, and their joint influence on accumulation of soil organic carbon

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

Here's something new that's a bit different to what I normally work on. Led by PhD student Chongzhe Zhang, in this article we propose a framework for "Linking nematodes and ecosystem function: a trait-based framework". authors.elsevier.com/c/1igSqcZ3X0....

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

Word clouds based on google scholar profiles (not surprisingly) do a very good job at summarising what you work on and find most interesting! Here's mine:

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Ian Wright @ianjwright.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Hi Blue Sky community! Looking forward to reconnecting with plant sci (and other) people who were once on twitter, and freshly connecting with new people!

mallee eucalypt woodland in New South Wales, Australia

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