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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

From the #AppsPlantSci Phylogenetic Networks issue Ancient hybridization & #phylogenetic discordance: Exploring evolutionary complexity in #Asteraceae (Ellestad, @erikarmoore11.bsky.social @carolsiniscalchi.bsky.social @jennifermandel.bsky.social et al) doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #evolution #botany

Phylogenetic relationships and inferred hybridization events at the base of the full nuclear phylogeny. Tribes are colored by subfamily as indicated in the legend on the bottom left. The left main tree shows the species relationships as bifurcating black edges, representing well-supported phylogenetic splits. Colored edges represent hybridization events inferred from six individual subtree analyses using PhyloNetworks (SNaQ), with colors corresponding to each subtree shown in the panels on the right. Hybrid edges connect two parental lineages to a single hybrid node, representing gene flow into the recipient lineage.

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Jennifer Mandel @jennifermandel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Two great conferences our group attended this past week: #PAG33 an international plant agriculture genomics conference and #TICA Digital Frontiers, a sunflower family-focused exploration of international collaborations and cutting-edge science. Plus a fantastic tour of the herbarium and labs at BRIT

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Jennifer Mandel @jennifermandel.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

🌻 A seasons greetings to our Compositae community and beyond! www.compositae.org

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Jennifer Mandel @jennifermandel.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

📣 The latest issue of the journal published by The International Compositae Alliance (TICA) is out! Check it out at: www.compositae.org/capitulum_04...

Cover image of the woolly devil, a newly described species in the sunflower family.

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Jennifer Mandel @jennifermandel.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🌻 Sharing this preprint where we assembled 3 new chromosome-level genomes, including the first for Asteraceae's South American sister Calyceraceae! Asteraceae uses all the tricks when it comes to being the most ecologically successful family of flowering plants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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ACREinstitute @acreinstitute.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

ACRE had a fantastic time at Ag Day on the Hill, sharing our latest research and educational programs at the University of Memphis. With agriculture and forestry as Tennessee's top industry, we're proud to contribute to this vital part of our state's economy. Thank you to Farm Bureau for hosting!

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Jennifer Mandel @jennifermandel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Great training session on collecting and preserving plants for the University of Memphis Herbarium (MEM)

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ACREinstitute @acreinstitute.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

We love plants! Especially edible ones! At Kemmons Wilson Culinary Institute, at the University of Memphis, they are growing an assortment of herbs and lettuces in the hydroponics lab. Some have been used in HPRM 2012 Introduction to Culinary class. Yum!#universityofmemphis#plants#herbs#vegetables

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Erika R Moore-Pollard @erikarmoore11.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

🚨🌻 TICA (compositae.org) is excited to announce the TICA Talks 2025 webinar series! Our first webinar of the year will be Monday (2/24) at 11am PST featuring @jennifermandel.bsky.social, Mauricio Bonifacino, and Ilse Breitwieser. We hope to see you there! Registration: forms.gle/KfQg5L7diWFZ...

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Jennifer Mandel @jennifermandel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🚨 New Issue Alert! 🚨 Latest edition of CAPITULUM, official journal of The International Composite Alliance: articles on styles in the family and Taraxacum in Australia, the late Charles Jeffrey: synantherologist AND cucurbitologist plus the latest TICA updates www.compositae.org/capitulum_03...

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The CapituLab @thecapitulab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Also great talks in this session from Paige Ellestad (@jennifermandel.bsky.social’s lab) on comparative genomics across the Asterales and @zach-meharg.bsky.social (Harkess lab) on Dahlia genomics/cultivation!

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Jennifer Mandel @jennifermandel.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

🌻🚜🌻 Daily Memphian story about ACRE the new Institute for Agricultural & Conservation Research & Education @uofmemphis.bsky.social dailymemphian.com/article/4855... Our mission is to train the next generation of scientists and leaders in conservation and agriculture check us out acre.memphis.edu

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New U of M institute understands the importance of flower power

The University of Memphis' new unit, headed by a global expert in sunflowers, focuses on how to boost agriculture specifically in the Mississippi Delta.

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Jennifer Mandel @jennifermandel.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

🌻Herbarium training for the community with Sam Drewry, Danny Frimpong, and @erikarmoore11.bsky.social

Danny showing how to glue a plant specimen

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MemphisWeather.net @memphisweather.net · 18/11/2024

Did you know we have entered into a new partnership with The Daily Memphian? Look for the MWN 5-day forecast in Monday's #EarlyWord, a weekend forecast on Thursdays, plus periodic articles of interest. The first, a winter outlook piece, appears to have been well received)! 👇

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MemphisWeather.net @memphisweather.net · 18/11/2024

The sky is currently not blue. But the future is bright! MWN is an all-digital local weather provider focusing solely on the Memphis metro, and we've been going strong for over 20 years! With time, we'll increase our pace here. For now we're in all the usual places! #FirstPost

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