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Shan Kothari @shankothari.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We're once again soliciting nominations for @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social's Bazzaz-Pickett Award for mid/late-career scientists who've advanced diversity, inclusion, and belonging through their mentorship. Nominations due Nov 19. More info here! esa.org/about/awards/

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Awards – Ecological Society of America

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you’d like to donate, you can go online to www.nsugiving.com/donate, and for Designations, select “Other” and type in Freshwater Studies Field Research Travel Fund. Thank you!!

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Make Your Gift

Your generous gift supports student success, faculty development and/or capital investments, ensuring our graduates are career ready.

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hi all, I am trying to raise funds to support the field-based courses I teach so we can keep the cost of these trips as low as possible for the students. If you would like to support the next generation of field scientists consider donating to the NSU Foundation. It is tax deductible.

Photo of students electrofishing in a creek

Photo of students walking into a stand of rivercane

Large group of students on the Buffalo River

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m working on putting together a colloquia proposal for #Botany2027 with @ellliieee.bsky.social and thought why not ask the hive mind of Bluesky who they’d invite to talk about photosynthesis and Nitrogen. Feel free to self nominate if you are interested!

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

New lab paper, led by @ellliieee.bsky.social with assist from @wickellomics.bsky.social, other lab members, and folks at @li-corenv.bsky.social - how do we study photosynthesis in aquatic plants? Turns out it's pretty hard! Part review, part methods paper. Check it out! doi.org/10.1002/aps3...

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Let me put in my sabbatical paperwork and I’ll be there.

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I’ve been waiting for my invitation to come post doc and help you set up the lab!

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troy_phd @troyhernandez.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm happy to announce our new subtitles package! Go caption something! #rstats

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I love birds that hangout on reeds!! More bird gymnastics please.

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Gonna miss you this view. As always #botany2026 you were a dream!

Landscape of mountains dotted with saguaro cacti with agaves and other woody plants in the foreground

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Plant Ecophys (BSA) @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

That’s a wrap for all of our section’s sessions. Thanks to everyone who came and presented such awesome research this year. See you next year in Buffalo! #bsaecophys #botany2026

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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Now available everywhere for streaming/download! #PlantPeopleFTW, a song for everyone who loves plants, by Doc Martine and the Botaneers. Feat. appearances by plant people from all over the world. #botany2026 music.apple.com/us/album/pla...

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Plant People FTW by Doc Martine and the Botaneers on Apple Music

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BCEENET @bceenet.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Check out these recommended talks happening tomorrow, Wednesday, August 5, at #Botany2026! 🌱

A BCEENET graphic that invites conference attendees to tune in to recommended talks taking place on Wednesday, August 5, at Botany 2026. The highlighted presentations are titled as follows: "If it looks like a leaf and does photosynthesis, is it a plant? Investigating the biology of chloroplast theft in a marine sea slug" (by Elissa Sorojrisom, Harvard Medical School, in Tucson I–J at 8:30–8:45 AM); "Roots, Rivers, and Relationships: The Power of Muddy Boots in Botanical Education" (by Lizz Waring, Northeastern State University, in San Luis 2 at 2:00 PM); and "Phylogenomic Analysis of Xanthisma (Asteraceae) and Assessment of Ploidy Variation Using Herbarium Specimens" (by Oluwaseun Shodipo, Texas Tech University, in Tucson G–H from 1:45–2:00 PM). The graphic includes an image of the Elysia chlorotica and headshots of the two presenters, along with the BCEENET and Botany 2026 logos.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Curious about how graduate programs and funding can vary across STEM disciplines and institutions? Join us on August 14th at 10 am CT as we partner with @plantgrads.bsky.social! Navigating Graduate School - Program & Funding Types Register at: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #plantscience #gradschool

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Jessica A. Savage @savageplantphys.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Please come so we can get a section photo! We will be there by 315pm

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BCEENET @bceenet.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Join us in supporting these undergraduate presenters from the Johnson Lab @mossmatters.bsky.social at #Botany2026!

BCEENET Guide to Botany 2026 graphic recommending attendees to visit Johnson Lab undergraduate posters on Monday, August 3, from 5:30–7:00 PM in the Arizona Grand Ballroom. Four Texas Tech University student presenters are featured with headshots and poster numbers: P10, Charles Huff, “Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Spreadsheets: How to Develop a Modular LIMS”; P41, Evelyn Lavielle, “Behind the Fronds: PCR Sex Identification in Cycas micronesica”; P42, Sofia Rodriguez, “A New Prairie Dawn: Exploring Genetic Health in the Rare Plant Hymenoxys texana and Inspiring Conservation through Science Communication”; and P179, Rylee Creek, “Fun Sized Library Prep: Cost-Effective Target Capture Sequencing with Miniaturization, as a Service.” BCEENET, Texas Tech University, and Botany 2026 logos appear along the bottom of the graphic.

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Elizabeth McCarthy @emccnicotiana.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hey Botany! Come see my talk investigating whether polyploids have different patterns of flower evolution than diploids on Weds at 8:15am in San Xavier. Over 100 undergrads participated in this research! :) #PUIFTW #Botany2026 #PlantPeopleFTW

Slide screenshot with the text below and many front facing flower photos on a black background showing Nicotiana flowers with varying shape and color. Text: Patterns of flower evolution different in Nicotiana section Suaveolentes allopolyploids compared to those observed in Nicotiana diploids--Elizabeth McCarthy1, Marissa Mc Lean1, Kendra Muscato1, Francesca Gambale1, Erin Hamm1, Kaylee Hughen1, Kylie Nolan1, Colin Woodruff1, Jacob Landis2, Mark Chase3, Corinne Mhiri4, Marie-Angèle Grandbastien4, Douglas Soltis5, and Pamela Soltis5--1SUNY Cortland, USA, 2Cornell University, USA, 3Curtin University, Australia, 4INRAE, France, 5University of Florida, USA

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hey. You. Presenter at #Botany2026. Let's use the mic this week, yes?! Yes!

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I have never wanted to hug a plant more. I didn’t because danger but know I wanted to.

A teddy bear cholla cactus at Saguaro National Park 🌵

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If you see folks with BCEEnet lanyards on their #botany2026 badges and you want to talk digitalization natural history collections and CUREs, I’m sure any one of us would be jazzed to talk about them!! Join us!

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BCEENET @bceenet.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

BCEENET is at #Botany2026 🌵 We invite you to stop by, connect with our team, and hear from BCEENET members presenting throughout the conference! #BCEENET #CURE #STEMEd #UndergraduateResearch

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I’ll be there 🏊🏼‍♀️

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The lazy river is calling your name.

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Also I have a sprained MCL so if you see me on the ground clutching a cane, I still want to talk about photosynthesis

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 31/07/2026

When you're an athlete, climate impacts can hit hard. But for many, awareness also catalyses action! I asked two pro soccer/football players to give me their first-hand accounts in Talking Climate this week ⬇️

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The future of sports depends on climate action

Pro soccer players Imani Dorsey Kunzweiler & Jasmyne Spencer on sports in a warming world

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

On my way to #Botany2026! If anyone wants to grab dinner or go for a swim tonight hit me up!!

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Heading to Botany 2026? Join @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social in a special lecture by Diné botanist Dr. Arnold Clifford as he presents the story of the Carrizo Mountain Herbarium (CMH), the Navajo Nation's largest herbarium. Monday, August 3, 7:00-9:00 PM details at: mailchi.mp/f7208188714a...

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

As you're making your itinerary on the #Botany2026 app, check out some of these lab presentations!!!

Flier that reads "Heyduk lab at Botany 2026" followed by a list of presentations. Posters include Dominique Pham ("Do Better or Die: Drought stress memory in an epiphytic CAM bromeliad" P120), Ed McAssey ("Plants and Civilization: An interdisciplinary approach to engaging undergraduate students in Botany" P261), and Dantony Lewis ("Comparative Analysis of the CAM genes in the Agavoideae" P27).

There is a note that says "Also check out “Belonging In Botany: Fostering Resiliency Discussion”
Come ready to share your struggles and collaboratively build solutions
Tues. 11-12, Tucson Ballroom E"

Talks listed include:
Karolina Heyduk (Mon 10:00 San Pedro 1) "Homoploid hybridization: the end of a lineage or a driver of novel phenotypes?"
Weijun Liang (Tues. 2:00 San Xavier) “YELLOW INTENSITY (YIN): a conserved gene that downregulates corolla carotenoid accumulation in Mimulus (monkeyflowers)"
G Young Kim (Tues. 8:00 San Pedro 1) “Investigation of weak Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) in Peperomia reveals initial steps toward a CAM pathway.”
Erika Moore Pollard (Tues. 8:45 San Pedro 1) “The fast and the frugal: Nitrogen tradeoffs and genomic insights into bromeliad adaptation and evolution.”
Ellie Loew Mendelson (Tues. 9:00 San Pedro 1) “Assessing photosynthetic pathways in aquatic plant species”
Claire Marino (Tues. 11:30 San Pedro 1) "Giant cubes and muddy shoes: manipulating microclimate to study Symplocarpus foetidus’ ecophysiology in situ”
David Wickell (Wed. 10:30 Tucson AB) “Facultative CAM in Littorella uniflora: linking photosynthetic plasticity to environmental change”

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“Coffee Pot Ramen is for the People”?

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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New 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...

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Tenure Track Faculty Position in Molecular Biology

Position 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...

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Same. Commenting in case someone has an idea

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Cody Coyotee @wile-phylote.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#Botany2026 is almost here! The Bulbous Lab will be there in full force (see image for times and locations of our talks)! Can’t wait to see everyone and hear about all the awesome botanical science going on!

List of times and locations for presentations at the Botany 2026 conference

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My favorite part leading up to Botany every year is when I remember I submitted a lightning talk. I might go slideless this year.

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Plant Ecophys (BSA) @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Botany 2026 is a week away! Make sure to check out our #bsaecophys sessions: Talks Tuesday August 4: Ecophys I - 8:00 to 12:00 pm Ecophys II - 1:30 to 5:30 pm Wednesday August 5: Ecophys III - 8:00 to 9:45 am Phys - 10:15 to 12:00 pm Hope to see you all at #Botany2026

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I’m gonna crash the workshop.

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Congratulations!!!! I owe you a high five at Botany

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I am so jealous. All hail Welwitschia our desert queen.

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Botany One @botany.one · 14/01/2026

Cannabinoids Beyond Cannabis: The Hidden Potential of Liverworts botany.one/2026/01/cann... Liverworts are emerging as unexpected sources of cannabinoid-like compounds with promising anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

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Cannabinoids Beyond Cannabis: The Hidden Potential of Liverworts

Liverworts are emerging as unexpected sources of cannabinoid-like compounds with promising anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

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Lizz Waring @lizzwaring.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Congrats to you both! I look forward to reading it once my copy arrives!

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