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Soni Lacefield @lacefieldlab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m excited to share that my department is hiring at the full professor level!

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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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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Alright everybody, time to text the teachers in your life. The fall semester is open at SkypeAScientist and we are ready to match classrooms, scout troops, library groups, and more with scientists! Tell the educators in your life, and send them to SkypeAScientist.com

A frog uses its comically long tongue to catch a fleeing fly and the words say “send this to a teacher” pointing right. Then under the tongue it says “Skype a scientist matches classrooms with scientists for free Q&As” and there’s a little pond scene with lily pads and spatterdock flowers and a rock with a snail on it and a salamander with the words get a match at Skype scientist.com

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Imeña Valdes @imenarv.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I don't have a bucket list per say but the only thing that I've wanted to do since I was little is go storm chasing, particularly tornadoes or hurricanes. I'm absolutely terrified but I want to do it so bad so I'm putting this out in the universe and maybe the stars will align 🙂‍↕️ #stormchaser

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🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾 @chaseprairie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Happy International Bee Day! In the Rethinking Lawns lab @negauneeinstitute.bsky.social Chicago Botanic Garden, we're working to help turn our lawns into better spaces for native pollinators. To celebrate, have some id keys for Midwestern/NE American bumblebees! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Common Bumblebees of Eastern North America
From guides by Joel Neylon, Sheila Colla, Leif Richardson, and Paul Williams

Bombus impatiens
Key ID features -
Big blurry dot in the center of their back, made of a mix of black and yellow hair. Tends to have pale wings except for queens, which tend to have dark wings. Sometimes has some yellow hair on their head.

Bombus bimaculatus
Classic mark is two yellow spots on their abdomen, almost like two little yellow buttcheeks. Wings tend to be dark, almost always have a yellow patch on their head, and has a clear black dot between their wings. Additionally, their hair tends to be longer and messier

Bombus griseocollis
The classic mark is a stripe of brown hair on their abdomen. The dot on their back is small and neat, and their overall hair is neat and buzz-cut precise. Head only rarely has any yellow hair

Common bumblebees of Eastern North America, from "Bumblebees of North America" (2014) and Joel Neylon's guides

Bombus fervidus - Golden northern bumblebee
Dark wings, a narrow black band between the wing bases, female bees tend to have black heads, males usually have yellow. Mostly a golden bee

Bombus auricomus - Black and gold bumblebee
Dark wings, a black "backpack", and generally a mix of black and yellow stripes. Note that they pretty much always had yellow on their heads. T1 generally has yellow hair on the outer edges

Bombus pensylvanicus - American bumblebee
Dark wings, a black backpack, and a combination of black and yellow stripes similar to B auricomus. T1 tends to have yellow hair only in the center.

Common bumblebees of Eastern North America, from "Bumblebees of North America" (2014)

Bombus affinis - Rusty-patched bumblebee
Wings have brown veins, female/queen heads tend to be black, but males can have some yellow mixed in. The classic B affinis back/scutum mark is a "thumbtack" "backpack", but Queens can have just dots. Generally speaking, most B affinis workers and males have rusty patches, but Queens do not! Their hair is medium and even

Bombus rufocinctus - Red Belted Bumblebee

WARNING - this bee has a lot of color variation! But generally speaking, there will be yellow on T2, either all yellow, or a yellow crescent in the center.

The classic look is T1-t3 are yellow, then t4/5 are reddish, but there are many different mixes of red, yellow, and black abdomens that appear. Most of B rufocinctus has yellow eyebrows or a little bit of yellow hair on their heads, but males especially tend to have yellowish heads. Wings have brown veins, their back is a black band, though males have yellow hair mixed throughout. Hair is short and even

Bombus terricola - Yellow-banded bumblebee

Wings are dark brown, back is very variable, but tends to have a yellow collar and a black center band. Female/queen heads tend to be black, while males can have a mix of yellow and black. Hair is short and tidy

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

What is your Biology or EEB departments minimum PhD stipend? Update it here: mlgaynor.com/BiologyPhDSt...

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Biology PhD Stipends

Biology Ph.D. stipend database with live summaries from the shared Google Sheet.

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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

WANTED: Lead Collections Manager. Smithsonian NMNH Botany is looking for a Supervisory Museum Specialist to manage the United States National Herbarium and a top-notch collections team. For more information, visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications due in two weeks (1 May 2026).

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The scientist mentors behind PlantingScience give their time because they believe in the next generation. 🌿 Their words speak volumes about why this program is worth fighting for. Please donate to PlantingScience today: crm.botany.org/makeadonation #IPAD2026 #PlantingScience #IamaBotanist #STEM 🌿

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Hear it from the students themselves: 🌿 "His job made me more interested in plants." 🌿 "Plants are something I take for granted." 🌿 "Our mentor made science sound interesting and fun." Support PlantingScience today! crm.botany.org/makeadonation #IPAD2026 #PlantingScience #IamaBotanist #STEM

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Imeña Valdes @imenarv.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Half of my thesis was published today! 🐝🌻 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Green metallic sweat bee hanging out on top of a black eyed susan flower.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Hive mind request. I’m looking for long term insect (ideally pollinator) monitoring schemes that have conducted weekly/monthly transects/counts for several years. I know of the Bee walks, UKMS, and PoMs in the UK. I would love some non-UK examples! 🐝🦋🐝🦋🐝🦋

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I run a mentorship program for aspiring grad students and 15% of participants this past year used they/them pronouns. Gender inclusivity needs to be baked into how we do academia. #TransDayOfVisibility

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The deadline is tomorrow, April 1st, for several #BSAawards! Whether you are looking to nominate an outstanding graduating senior or apply for funding to attend Botany 2026, nominate/apply today! Visit www.botany.org/home/awards.html to learn more and submit before the deadline!

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I started covering this last year, and I can't overstate how important this is: the Trump administration officially labeled some of the most commonly-used forms of birth control as 'abortion' jessica.substack.com/i/173447780/...

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The Trump Administration Says IUDs and the Pill Are Abortions

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🍃 BSA Teaching Section Awards are open for nominations! – Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award Deadline April 13, 2026 – Samual Noel Postlethwait Award Deadline May 1, 2026 Nominate a deserving colleague today! botany.org/home/awards.... #BSAawards #IamaBotanist #BSATeachingSection

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404 Media @404media.co · 24/03/2026

NEW: WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social reports:

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This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts

WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Registration is OPEN for #Botany2026 – Biodiversity at the Boundaries, August 1-5 in Tucson, AZ! – Early-Registration Deadline: Apr 30 – Abstract Deadline: Apr 13 – BSA Travel Awards Deadline: Mar 15 – BSA Sectional Student Travel Awards Deadline: Apr 1 www.botanyconference.org www.botany.org

Botany 2026 conference graphic. Text reads: "Biodiversity at the Boundaries — Botany 2026, August 1-5, Tucson, Arizona. Registration Now Open! Early-Registration Deadline April 30, 2026. Abstract Deadline April 13." Features an illustrated desert landscape with cacti and the logos of six sponsoring societies including the Botanical Society of America. Website: www.botanyconference.org.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports

Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Hey Botanical Science Undergrads, the PLANTS Grant deadline is coming up!! This award covers Botany 2026 travel, lodging, meals, mentorship, a conference field trip & a complimentary 3-year BSA membership. Deadline: March 15, 2026 For more information, visit: botany.org/home/awards/...

Group photo of PLANTS Undergraduate Travel Award recipients at the Botany 2025 conference. Text reads: PLANTS Undergraduate Travel Award and Mentored Experience — Now Accepting Applications! Benefits include mentorship, complimentary conference registration, free travel and lodging, meals, a field trip, and a 3-year BSA student membership. Deadline March 15, 2026. Visit botany.org.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Nominations are open for the BSA Impact Award! This award honors a BSA member, group, or institution whose work expands access, strengthens community, and improves practices in botanical research and education. Nomination Deadline: May 1, 2026 Learn more, here: botany.org/home/awards/...

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Presenting at #Botany2026 in Tucson? Apply for a BSA Travel Award! March 15 Deadline: Developing Nations, Professional, and Students & PostDocs Travel Awards April 1 Deadline: Sectional Student Travel Awards Applicants must be current BSA members. Learn more & apply: botany.org/home/awards....

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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“It’s a choice to ensure zero abortions." Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape.

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US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say

Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 23/02/2026

Under a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people “recover,” all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially. transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

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The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons

The Bureau of Prisons is subjecting trans people to conversion therapy and denying them care with the goal of helping them "recover." It's trying to prove dangerous conversion practices can work.

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Society for Conservation Biology Oceania @scboceania.org · 02/03/2026

Pacific Conservation Biology is seeking Associate Editors! Applications from Pacific Island researchers are greatly encouraged 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇳🇿 🇵🇼 🇳🇨 🇼🇸 @pacificconsbio.bsky.social publishes conservation research focussed on our region, and is affiliated with SCBO. Apply here - connectsci.au/pc/pages/edi...

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

A problematic stance from someone like @holdenthorp.bsky.social who has the position & privilege that comes with being Editor-in-Chief of Science Journals. Yes, scientists need to continue to do science. But science leaders can't leave the risk that comes with speaking up to others. 🧵1/8

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning the largest permitted coral reef destruction in U.S. history. Port Everglades expansion would wipe out millions of corals, including the few remaining staghorn corals in Florida. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

"Plumage and Passage" by artist Ernesto Maranje, which prominently showcases the great blue heron and the roseate spoonbill. The mural ironically celebrates South Florida biodiversity.

Giant dredging equipment is positioned in the Intracoastal Waterway near the port.

Underwater camera footage captures the dredge damage to the reef.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Mia Valentina Paz Faria
A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas
Detained for 70 days

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by
@micarosenberg
et al for ProPublica:

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Proposals due March 2 for the Small Grants for Local and Regional Outreach! This program awards up to $1,000 USD for a variety of evolution education and outreach projects, workshops, and events. Apply now! shorturl.at/I8HqO

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 16/02/2026

Want to gain firsthand insight into the science policy process, network, and engage with fellow students interested in science policy? Apply for @aguscipolicy.bsky.social sponsorship to the CASE Workshop! Apps close 22 February at 11:59 pm PST! buff.ly/9FmkyCZ

Learn about science policy from experts in D.C.!

Apply for AGU sponsorship to AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) Workshop, happening 12-15 April 2026.

Apply by 22 February

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Imeña Valdes @imenarv.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Do you work in agriculture and want to learn about pollinators? Join us this spring for the Pollinator Steward Certification workshop! We'll have great presentations and a chance to network with other Illinoisans in ag. Go register at www.pollinator.org/wingspan/ats... to secure your spot! 🐝 🌻

Flyer for virtual pollinator steward certification workshops for spring 2026 for agricultural landowners, managers, producers, and affiliated professionals in Illinois and Ohio.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Several BSA award deadlines are coming up fast in February, including $10,000 dissertation awards, grad student research awards, and public policy awards. Our new BSA Member Toolkit video shows you how to apply, step by step: youtu.be/vRZdmrb-cFs?... Apply today! www.botany.org/home/awards.html 🌱

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Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

You can't reform this shit. This is a death threat.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Make a real impact on the future of the Botanical Society of America—join the BSA Board! Current BSA members can learn more and submit a nomination at mailchi.mp/botany.org/b... Deadline is February 1, 2026

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BSA Call for 2026 Board Nominations and Self-Nominations

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Insect Welfare Research Society @insectwrs.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The IWRS is hiring! Help us build the infrastructure for invertebrate welfare research—from husbandry databases to educational resources. 🐛📖 Remote Research Scientist position, $55-60K. We will begin reviewing applications on March 15. Learn more and apply here:

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Staff Entomologist — Insect Welfare Research Society

Work with Us

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Nicole Dornsife | Thornwolf @thornwolf.com · 21/01/2026

When I see you “playing around with” ChatGPT “for fun” this is what I see you contributing to btw. It’s not cute, it’s not fun, it’s damaging. Just because you don’t personally see it doesn’t mean there’s no cost.

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Plants, People, Planet @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

❗Decline in botanical education threatens response to climate action and food security www.ucd.ie/newsandopini... Research reveals what inspires people to study plant biology, a subject essential for addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, and food security. #PlantScience 🧵1/2

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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Applications for 2026 Botany Travel Awards to support the resident study of collections in the United States National Herbarium are due on 15 February. This year, awards will be for six weeks, with a stipend of $6,000! For more information, please visit: naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support. PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities- Venmo @powwowgrounds www.powwowgrounds.com

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Pow Wow Grounds

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

THREAD of offers of guest lectures (via Zoom) for Minneapolis-area classes so faculty can offer their students a top-quality education while dealing with other crises Seeing tons of extremely generous offers. I'll try to post 'em all here--please add your own w topics you can cover & how to contact

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American Society for Horticultural Science @ashs-hort.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

ASHS Award Nominations due Feb 4th - nominate your outstanding colleagues for recognition of their accomplishments! ashs.org/page/AwardsNominations #horticulture #plantscience

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Get more involved with BSA! We’re accepting applications for BSA committees, with openings across many focus areas—including opportunities for students and early career members. Deadline: Feb 1, 2026 botany.org/home/governa... Some Board positions are open too! mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...

Graphic announcing open committees for the Botanical Society of America. Left side lists open committees, including Committee on Committees, Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Early Career Professional Development, Education, Election, Financial Advisory, Information Technology, International Affairs, Investment, Public Policy, Publications, and Graduate Student Research Award. Asterisks indicate committees with student openings. Right side reads “Join a BSA Committee,” with a deadline of February 1, 2026, the website www.botany.org, BSA logos, botanical illustrations, and a QR code.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🌱We’re now accepting nominations for the BSA Board. Board members help guide the Society’s direction, support our community, and advance botanical science together. Nomination deadline: February 1, 2026 mailchi.mp/botany.org/b... Committee openings are also available: botany.org/home/governa...

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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The Clifton Institute is hiring a Grassland Steward to manage remnant grasslands in the Virginia Piedmont 🌾 knowledge of flora 🗣️ charismatic people-person 🎓 related bach. pref'd ⌛ 12 mo. position, ext. possible 📅 target start: feb. 17 📍 Warrenton, VA 💸 $55k/yr cliftoninstitute.org/about-us/emp...

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Employment Opportunities – The Clifton Institute

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Ilaine S. Matos @ilainematos.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Fully funded PhD opportunity in my lab to study threatened plant species responses to drought and heat. This is part of mu recently funded DECRA fellowship.

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