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Jannice Friedman

@jannicefriedman.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada Research: evolutionary biology, plant reproduction

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Botany One @botany.one · 8h
Going With the Flow: How Chemical Cues Shape Plant Strategies www.botany.one/going-with-t... Barley plants make small talk with neighbors to communicate growth and defense strategies.
Green ears of barley.
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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 6h
Delphinium (photo 1) and Aconitum (photo 2) do the same thing. The older flowers at the bottom of the raceme are in the female phase; the younger flowers at the top are in the male phase. Bees learn that the older flowers have more nectar. #Ranunculaceae #pollination #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a raceme of delphinium flowers. The flowers are pale blue with a dark “bee” in the center. The buds on the upper part of the raceme are not yet open. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.Photo of two raceme of wolfbane flowers. The flowers are dark blue. One raceme has buds on the upper part that are not yet open. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
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Jenn Coughlan @jenncoughlan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am delighted to share our new preprint, led by the amazing @stressedbranch.bsky.social! This paper was a real Herculean effort by four amazing postdocs across three labs and a small army of extremely talented undergraduates. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
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Asher Cutter @asherdcutter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Come to @romtoronto.bsky.social and EEB in Toronto! ROM is seeking entomologist/arachnologist curator who would also be faculty in EEB at UofT royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/mdMTpA...
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Curator of Insects & Arachnids - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page
Apply to Curator of Insects & Arachnids at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Doc Edge @docedge.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Please repost: My department (quantitative and computational biology at the University of Southern California) is hiring a teaching-track faculty member. The new hire will focus on teaching statistics courses to biology students. Apply by Dec 1 usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
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Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC
Learn more about applying for Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC
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Norm Douglas @ringstem.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is very good news. ncbg.unc.edu/2026/08/31/u...
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UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke to combine herbaria, creating the third-largest university plant collection in the United States - North Carolina Botanical Garden
The combined herbaria will create an unmatched archive for studying plant diversity in the southeastern United States (Chapel Hill, N.C.— Aug. 31, 2026) UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University will unite....
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A bit of good news for once: The @asn-amnat.bsky.social American Society of Naturalists is awarding its second-ever Service Award to @bobmontgomerie.bsky.social for his role in creating the data & code editor system with The American Naturalist www.amnat.org/announcement...
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Presidential Award for Outstanding Service to the Community, 2026
<p>The ASN is pleased to announce Dr. Bob Montgomerie as the recipient of the 2026 special Presidential Award for Outstanding Service to the Community in recognition of the tremendous work he did in establishing <i>The&nbsp;American Naturalist</i>&rsquo;s data editors program.</p><br/>
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🔥SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS❄️ Submit your proposal for #AJB and #AppsPlantSci 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 #plantevolution
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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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We are masters in our own home.
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Beth MacDougall-Shackleton @bethmacshack.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Day 6 without power and crickets from dean and VPR (apparently this is above, or below, their pay grades). What about the Chem building, also without power? Lots of volatile substances that need fumehoods and temp control to be safe. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Irreplaceable' samples destroyed in latest power outage at Western University in London, Ont. | CBC News
Irreplaceable research samples have been destroyed, experiments delayed and lab access cut off after a four-day power outage at Western University in London, Ont., left biology researchers scrambling ...
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Foliar salt spray exclusion & tissue tolerance underlie local adaptation to oceanic salt spray New #AJB research by @madisonplunkert.bsky.social, @pcdurant.bsky.social, @davidlowry.bsky.social & Katherine Egeler doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #monkeyflower #Mimulus
The coastal perennial ecotype of Mimulus guttatus DC. (syn. Erythranthe guttata DC.) growing on a cliff at Montara State Beach, Montara, California, USA, with oceanic salt spray damage on the leaf margin. Coastal M. guttatus has delayed flowering, which contributes to a salt spray escape strategy by reducing the amount of salt spray reaching these plants. Still, some salt spray contacts the plant, so later-acting strategies that keep sodium from entering the leaves and prevent cell damage are also key for local adaptation to coastal habitat. (Credit: David Lowry)
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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Hey fellow Department Chairs - how do you schedule your regular 1-1s with your grad students? I’m trying to block off a whole day for this + lab meeting, but idk if I can make it consistent. Let them do ad hoc drop ins? You drop in ad hoc? Some combo? Something else? Thanks! 🙏🏾
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Seasonal variation in wind speed & oceanic salt spray favors delayed reproduction in coastal yellow #monkeyflowers Nw #AJB research by Katherine Toll, Chloe Crockett, Lauren Tocci & David Lowry doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience
Photograph of experimental structures deployed at the Bodega Marine Reserve: experimental plants were either protected from the ocean with agrofabric exclosures or exposed to wind and oceanic salt spray in open structures in spring (pictured here) and summer.
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We received almost 300 applications to our Graduate Research Excellence Grants this year. We expect to fund around 50 proposals. Help us fund 10 more grants by making a tax-deductible donation to our GoFundMe campaign today! www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
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Donate to Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!, organized by SSE Communications
The Graduate Research Excellence Grants are awarded by the So… SSE Communications needs your support for Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!
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Marcus Stensmyr @marcusstensmyr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
How crazy is this!? A plant mimicking the smell of ants injured by spiders to fool kleptoparastic flies into performing pollination 🤯 Plant shenanigans is an endless source of wonderful biology! www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Olfactory floral mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly pollinators
Mochizuki reports a plant that lures pollinating flies by imitating the scent of ants injured by predators. This study reveals the first known case of ant mimicry in flowers and uncovers previously un...
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Leonie Moyle @speciationlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Interested in genetics, diversification, and speciation? We're hiring a Research Associate to help with our projects, including the convergent evolution of fruit color. Come and work with us! Feel free to contact me with questions. (Reposts appreciated!) Link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33973
a matrix of 6 different Solanum (wild tomato) species with six different fruit colors, ranging from white to bright red.
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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
At #Botany2026, I was hoping to start recruiting for my lab group. If you are interested in polyploidy and population genetics, please reach out.
Interested in Polyploidy and Population Genetics?

Florida State University, Join the Gaynor Lab. My lab is open to both Ph.D. and master students through the Ecology and Evolution area in Biological Sciences at FSU - applications are due December 1st!
I also have funding to support a postdoctoral researcher and a technician during my first three years at FSU. The postdoctoral researcher will focus on polyploidy population genomics. The technician will help with lab work including flow cytometry for genome size estimation and DNA sequencing preparation.

If you are interested in joining the lab, please send me an email with a CV/resume and a brief explanation of your research interests and your career goals

Find out more at mlgaynor.com and email me at  shellyleegaynor at gmail.com
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Simon Evans @sevans.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
What are the conferences/meetings that plant evolutionary ecologists in the UK attend? It seems silly for us to be siloed by taxonomy, so I’m keen to explore how we can encourage greater discourse. Please RT.
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Jannice Friedman @jannicefriedman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🎉🎉🎉 Queen's University Biology graduate student Allen Tian's photograph is selected as one of @nature.com's Winning Images of 2026! @queensuresearch.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #SciArt www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Jannice Friedman @jannicefriedman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Plant people--specifically plant reproduction/mating/sexual system-- I'm writing a paper that compares pollination in i) hermaphroditic species with cosexual flowers; ii) monoecious species; and iii) dioecious species. Is this the 'easiest' terminology for the 3 categories? (see next for options)...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 10/06/2026
Haolun ‘Allen’ Tian used a drone to photograph a research team collecting water samples from a Canadian lake overrun by bright green algal bloom. #SciArt
Haolun ‘Allen’ Tian used a drone to photograph a research team collecting water samples from a Canadian lake overrun by bright green algal bloom.
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Jannice Friedman @jannicefriedman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🎉🎉🎉 Queen's University Biology graduate student Allen Tian's photograph is selected as one of @nature.com's Winning Images of 2026! @queensuresearch.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #SciArt www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Check out our new issue - including the Editor's Choice article by @jeromeburkiewicz.bsky.social et al! They show that despite phenotypic plasticity, flower morphology of the spotted jewelweed has evolved in urban habitats to better suit bumblebees, their main pollinators doi.org/10.1093/evle...
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Takuji Usui | 薄井拓路 @usuitakuji.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Excited to share our new paper in which we test how competition alters adaptation at a warming range edge @science.org We find that competition can increase adaptation to warming when there is a shared evolutionary response to both biotic and abiotic drivers of selection: tinyurl.com/3j8s9t8b
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Competition enables rapid adaptation to a warming range edge in a model plant community
Most predictions of whether populations will adapt to warming range edges ignore species interactions. We experimentally tested whether range-edge populations can adapt to warming within a competitive...
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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Publicly voicing our scientific concerns, along with the broader concerns by Canada's environmental, legal, and NGO community and First Nations, have made a difference. The federal government has extended the public engagement period to 22 July 2026. Please see: www.canada.ca/en/one-canad...
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Engagement period extended on proposed reforms to strengthen one Canadian economy - Canada.ca
Today, the Government of Canada announce the extension of the engagement period on proposed reforms to simplify and accelerate Canada’s regulatory process.
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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Op-ed by CSEE council members Laurence Feyten, Simon Joly and CSEE member Fanie Pelletier in response to the discussion paper of the Government of Canada, which proposes significant setbacks in the environmental assessment processes for major economic projects. @lapresse.ca
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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Major projects should not come at the expense of safeguarding communities & the environment. CSEE President Julia Baum, VP Marc Johnson & incoming VP Sarah Otto explain why in their @ca.theconversation.com article: theconversation.com/canadas-majo... @juliabaum.bsky.social @evoecolab.bsky.social
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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 03/06/2026
"The need to transition towards a clean energy future demands investment in new infrastructure. However, the way to do it is not to hollow out the scientific processes designed to safeguard communities and the environment." 🌎 theconversation.com/canadas-majo...
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Canada’s ‘major projects’ should not come at the cost of the environment
Impact assessments prevent harm before it occurs. Circumventing the process before we understand the risks is misguided and a gamble with our collective future.
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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The public consultation period for these proposals is only open until this Sunday, June 7th. We encourage all CSEE members and concerned Canadians to contact their MPs (www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en) & email the Privy Council Office (engagement@pco-bcp.gc.ca) to express their concerns...
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Find Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada
Find Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada
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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
CSEE has submitted a formal response letter to the Government of Canada's Getting Major Projects Built in Canada - Discussion Paper to voice our concerns about the proposed changes to weaken Canada's environmental legislation and biodiversity obligations: csee-scee.ca/wp-content/u....
Sourced from: https://cwf-fcf.org/en/explore/right-whale.htmlsourced from: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/sk/grasslands/nature/faune-wildlife/renard_veloce-swift_foxSourced from: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/nature/conservation/retablissement-caribou-recovery/caribou-jasper
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 01/06/2026
Professor Lars Chittka FRS is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His work has transformed our understanding of animal intelligence by demonstrating that bees, despite their tiny brains, exhibit advanced cognitive abilities such as counting, attention and others. #RSFellows bit.ly/49xJuRy
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BehavEcolPapers @behavecolpapers.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Gain Curves, Reproductive Efficiency, and Sex Allocation Ecol&Evol
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Gain Curves, Reproductive Efficiency, and Sex Allocation
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.
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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I assigned random gender/ethnicity labels to scientific abstracts from the literature and then asked Claude to do a thematic analysis. Claude identified a clinical versus computational split for female/male authors and a DEI focus for Black/URM authors. All in completely random data.
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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Our annual conference last week was a great success and our biggest meeting ever! Here are some highlights from the meeting. Day 1: We kicked off the conference with opening remarks and an inspiring plenary from Elizabeth Clare and an opening reception at the ROM. #CSEE2026
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Jannice Friedman @jannicefriedman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For those of us interested in 'evolution of plant reproduction' this is really neat -- this can be reframed as a gene affecting plasticity of protandry!
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Manifold limits on seed production by individual flowering plants New #AJB research by Lawrence Harder & Nathaniel Hamnett-Mount doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #pollination #pollen
The factors constraining seed production associated with limitation by flower production and developmental capacity.
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Greg Owens @gregowens.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
UVic is hiring a Terrestrial Plant Ecologist Assistant Professor! Come join our department! We're nice and Victoria is awesome. www.uvic.ca/science/biol...
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Faculty Position in Terrestrial Plant Ecology - University of Victoria
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Jannice Friedman @jannicefriedman.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Friedman Lab at #CSEE2026. I am so lucky to work, or have worked, with these amazing folks!
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Was trying not to dwell on the part where I bought a robot vacuum out of pocket because my university won’t pay for janitorial service.
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I've just spent the last year on the administrative side of things and here are some of the lessons I've learned (or not learned). #academicsky 🧪
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What I learned in my year as Academic Senate Chair
My 1-year term as Chair of Academic Senate is winding to a close. Phew. My obligations in this term end in two days. At that time, the new elected Chair steps into the role. Now's a good time to refl...
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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Neptunia oleracea can grow on moist soil, but as it grows into water, it produces corky tissue on its stems that allows the stems to float. The leaves are held above the water. They are sensitive to touch, like Mimosa pudica. 📷: Gwendolyn Stansbury CCBYNCND2. #aquatic #Fabaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of straight stems growing out into open water. The stems are slightly zigzag and bear alternate, bipinnately compound leaves. The distal parts of the stems are covered with a corky excrescence that thins distally. The cork keeps the stems afloat.
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Rachel Germain @gerlame.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My fav memory was a road trip with @tessgrainger.bsky.social and Natalie Jones from San Diego to the Victoria meeting, and running out of gas (like, pedal stopped working) while driving in the fast lane of a highway. How many PhDs does it take to remember to fill the gas tank 🤔
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Carissa Brown @carissabrown.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It might be #SCEECSEE20 anniversary, but it's also St. John's, NL 10th anniversary! We had rain, fog, a Newfoundlander dog at the mixer, a baby on a SWEEET panel, row houses, icebergs, gannets, screech ins, and more. It was a time! Photo credit to folks on that other app using the conf. hashtag.
CSEE 2016 tote bag with the logo "From windswept land to spindrift swirl"SWEEET 2016. Panel members are in discussion, one of which is a baby, while the audience listens. Watson the Newfoundlander dog at the welcome mixerOutdoor photo with a sign in the foreground reading "Wind and Fog" and dense fog in the background.
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Marc Johnson (he/him) @evoecolab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I love starting my day with my #SCEECSEE20 mug. Happy birthday @csee-scee.bsky.social!
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My favourite meeting turns 20 😍. I attended my first CSEE in 2014, and have gone almost every year since! It’s been such a pleasure to watch the society grow #SCEECSEE20
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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Every CSEE meeting is a fave memory for us, and this picture of Council at #CSEE2013 in Kelowna brings back fond memories. Thanks to past-prez Spencer Barrett for amassing a treasure-trove of memories about ecology and evolution in Canada and beyond barrett.eeb.utoronto.ca/groups/ #SCEECSEE20
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Andrew Hendry @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I can't wait! At one point, the four of us pictured here had perfect attendance at the first 15 annual meetings @csee-scee.bsky.social With Doug Morris, Andrew Simons, and Miriam Richards.
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Nadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We drove from Boston to the inaugural meeting of CSEE in Montréal in 2006 @christianlandry.bsky.social. We reunited with Louis Berbatchez’s lab. We also went to Toronto in 2007. Graham Bell gave a fantastic chalk talk. I was elected on council in 2010, edited the newsletter for a bit. #SCEECSEE20
Véronique Thériault and Nadia Aubin-Horth in a restaurant Christian Landry and Louis Bernatchez in a restaurant Dany Garant and Christian Landry in a restaurant The Bernatchez lab and friends sitting in a bring your own wine greek place
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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 29/04/2026
Ma première réunion #SCEECSEE20 a eu lieu en 2017 à Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique. J’apprécie beaucoup cette communauté collaborative, solidaire et réfléchie. Si vous n’êtes pas encore membre de @csee-scee.bsky.social, c’est un grand jour pour rejoindre : csee-scee.ca/fr/signup/
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Become a CSEE Member CSEE plays a vital role by promoting ecology and evolution in Canada and facilitating communication amongst its members. We aim for the broadest possible membership. If you suppor...
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