John J. Schenk @johnjschenk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Anyone out there doing half reaction libraries on the NEBNext DNA library prep kits for Illumina? Are you just halving reaction volumes? Looking for advice! 001
Reposted by John J. SchenkThe University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social · 04/08/2026We're delighted to hang out with our authors, illustrators, and their books all in one place at #Botany2026! Come see author Andrew Hipp and illustrator Rachel Davis's OAK ORIGINS at our booth or check it out here: bit.ly/UCPEXBSA 091
John J. Schenk @johnjschenk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Congratulations to Schenk Lab alumna Ellie Becklund who was awarded the inaugural Elizabeth A. Zimmer Early Career Publication Award from @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social - great job @elliebecklund.bsky.social!!! 0142
Reposted by John J. SchenkJairo Patiño @jairopatinolab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A contribution to our understanding of plant invasions in islands, led by my nearly-finished PhD candidate, @louiss-jaygarcia.bsky.social, together with @yarjona.bsky.social and an international team. Can phylogenetic relatedness help explain invasion success? Don't miss new paper from #iEcoEvoLab🌿🏝️ 063
Reposted by John J. SchenkBlue Beehive Studio @bluebeehivestudio.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Good morning Botany - Blue Beehive Booth is now open! Tuesday Hours: 8:30 - 4pm 🎄Season's Greeting cards (with nerdy info on the back!) 4 left, but they will be restocked later this year on the Etsy store: 🎁https://bluebeehivestudio.etsy.com #plantpeopleFTW #botany2026 #sciart #evolution 0102
Reposted by John J. SchenkChris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Big #Botany2026 Monday for the lab: great posters by @botanicalbecks.bsky.social and Maria Aguilar (her 1st!) and awesome talk by new Burpee postdoc @devanijolman.bsky.social on her PhD work at ODU. #plantpeopleFTW 0166
Reposted by John J. SchenkRebekah Rogers @evolscientist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Officially recruiting postdocs at GW. If you are interested in genetic novelty, structural variation, or evo genetics please get in touch! We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants). 04767
Reposted by John J. SchenkBotanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 04/08/2026🔥SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS❄️ #AJB and #AppsPlantSci are accepting proposals for 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 #Botany2026 097
Reposted by John J. SchenkKarolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Morning #Botany2026 - come check out a whole set of talks from the lab this morning in Ecophys! Tropical plants, temperate friends, epiphytes, and aquatics - we have it all. Our Belonging in Botany: fostering resiliency discussion is happening from 11-12 today, too. See you there! #dampmuffins 0267
Reposted by John J. SchenkBotanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 28/07/2026From the #AppsPlantSci Non-model Plants special issue Fun-sized library prep: Miniaturization is a valid method for per-sample cost reduction in targeted sequencing of angiosperm DNA (by @madiraiplants.bsky.social @mossmatters.bsky.social et al) doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #botany #Angiosperms353 053
Reposted by John J. SchenkChris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 27/07/2026New higher ed job alert: tenure-track Molecular Biologist in the Biology Dept at Bucknell University. Come be a part of our PUI teacher-scholar tradition! Application review begins 29 Sep 2026. 1/2 #STEMeducation #undergradresearch #higheredjobs bucknell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...bucknell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comTenure Track Faculty Position in Molecular BiologyPosition Title: Tenure Track Faculty Position in Molecular Biology Position Type: Full time Location: Robert L Rooke Science Center - Biology Categories: Faculty Exempt Job Summary: Job Duties: The De... 22847
Reposted by John J. SchenkJeff Groh @jeffgroh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Avocados come in 2 varieties - A-types start each day female and switch to male midday. B-types do the reverse. In work just published from the last chapter of my PhD, we show this system evolved 40+million yrs ago and is regulated by alleles of 1 transcription factor www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgBalanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado | PNASIn avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ... 22721274
Reposted by John J. SchenkJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 28/07/2026Finally posted an ad for the postdoc position on my new NSF-funded project—come help build a new method to study plants' responses to environmental variation in space and over time, and figure out interesting ways to use it! Apply by 23 August to ensure consideration. Details: buff.ly/qTvaqvD 06080
John J. Schenk @johnjschenk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Carnations don’t have petals??? Check out our new paper! 2115
Reposted by John J. SchenkPaige Fabre, PhD @paigethebotanist.bsky.social · 02/08/2025So proud of @ca-haus.bsky.social who presented a poster at his first Botany!! #Botany2025 He’ll be applying for grad school in the Fall—drop him a message if you are recruiting new Masters students interested in flowering plant research! 🌸🌿 0299
Reposted by John J. SchenkCampbell Hauschild @ca-haus.bsky.social · 05/09/2025This July I had the privilege of representing Ohio University at #Botany2025 with the work I’ve done on flowering plants in the Schenk Lab. It was incredible seeing the diversity of research being done across the country and the passion that drives it. Those who made this possible are tagged below! 191
Reposted by John J. SchenkPaige Fabre, PhD @paigethebotanist.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Just in time for #botany2025, ya girl got her PhD 🎉 4748
John J. Schenk @johnjschenk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Went for the vertigo but stayed for the Penstemon! The tram up Mount San Jacinto State Park is definitely worth it! 030
Reposted by John J. SchenkJessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Join the Society of Herbarium Curators today! Membership benefits include Student Research Awards and an active Eary Career Section that is great for networking! Join at the link below or via theQR code. www.herbariumcurators.org/membership/ 065
John J. Schenk @johnjschenk.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Just got word that the NSF had to cancel the BSA's PLANTS program. This makes me so sad, we were doing such wonderful things with this program, fostering the next generation of diverse leaders. @botsocamerica.bsky.social 120
John J. Schenk @johnjschenk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025OU has a TT Assistant Professor position in Environmental and Plant Stress Biology. Apps are due in 1 week. Please send to all botanists working on any aspect of plant stress (abiotic or biotic stress, plant path., etc.) www.ohiouniversityjobs.com/postings/51693ohiouniversityjobs.comAssistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Stress Biology , Tenure-TrackThe Department of Environmental and Plant Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University (https://www.ohio.edu/cas/plantbio/) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professo... 021
Reposted by John J. SchenkBotanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Comparative diversification analyses of #Hydrangeaceae & #Loasaceae reveal complex evolutionary history as species disperse out of Mesoamerica New #AJBN research by @johnjschenk.bsky.social, Sarah Jacobs & Larry Hufford doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #Botany #plantscience #hydrangea #evolution 0206
Reposted by John J. Schenk𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 🇨🇦🦇🥀🕸 @horrorculturist.bsky.social · 01/10/2024Share a plant fact. It doesn't need to be obscure! (Photos optional.) 🌱 Gympie-gympie "is one of the world’s most poisonous plants. A slight brush with its leaves is enough to deliver unimaginable pain that has been described as 'like being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time.'" 3816533
Reposted by John J. SchenkAndrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 30/09/2024First review is out! You can preorder the book now through the University of Chicago Press website (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...), and save 30% until January 1 using this code: UCPNEW. Please share! www.publishersweekly.com/9780226823577publishersweekly.comOak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life by Andrew L HippHipp (Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges), herbarium director at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois, serves up a stimulating explorat... 0188
John J. Schenk @johnjschenk.bsky.social · 08/12/2023Welcome to Johan Tial Ling, the new postdoc in our lab! Excited to see what we do! www.ohio.edu/cas/tclingohio.eduJohan Tial Ling | Ohio University 030
