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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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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A number of our students got the following comment back on a rejection for the NSF GFRP. They are in an eligible STEM field. Is this something people in other places are getting too? Is it a quirk or targeted?

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Please if you know of others being returned without review let us know! No clear pattern that I can tell. Fwiw my student sent an appeal to email listed in rejection message and got a (form) response that their app was being further evaluated.

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Angela Hancock @ahancock.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I recently moved my lab to Purdue University and am looking for graduate students. We are working at the interface of population genomics, quantitative genetics and functional genomics to understand how plants adapt to extreme environments. Reach out if you would like to discuss potential projects.

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

The University of Hamburg has opened 14 PhD positions focused on ecological and evolutionary research, including climate change impacts on aquatic populations. Details here: www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/fors… #phd

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Open positions

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Madison Bullock @madiraiplants.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Sent out 480 leaf tissue samples today for stable isotope analysis to study the effects of 100 years of global change on plants in the Guadalupe Mountains!

Image of mountain with desert scrub valley and blue, cloudy sky.

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Greg Copenhaver @copenhaverlab.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

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Madison Bullock @madiraiplants.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The world lost a hero today. She was a voice for the voiceless, a passionate conservationist, a pioneer for women in STEM, and one of my greatest role models. She inspired me to do what I do, and I will continue to work in celebration of her legacy. RIP Dr. Jane Goodall 💚🌱🐵

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Fun-Sized Library Prep: Miniaturization is a valid method for per-sample cost reduction in targeted sequencing of angiosperm DNA www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Madison Bullock @madiraiplants.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Excited to share what I've been working on with the science community! Starting to get my PhD papers out as I get closer to graduating, and looking into next steps in my career. If anyone has any postdoc ideas, please reach out! 🙂🌱

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Matt Johnson, PhD @mossmatters.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Our lab is out in force at #Botany2025 - come check out our talks and posters this week in Palm Springs!

Peat Lab at Botany - Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University. Featuring seven talks and three posters by:

Matt Johnson (PI)
Assessing BCEENET CUREs
Monday • 8:45 AM • SmoketreeC

Madison Bullock (PhD Candidate)
Conservation Genomics: Gettin SNPpy with it
Monday • 10:15 AM • Ventura

Nan Hu (Post-doc)
IDing plants in Mixed DNA with A353
Monday • 11:15 AM • MesquiteC

Anna DesHotels (MA Student)
The Comanche Plant Footprint
Monday • 2:00 PM • SmoketreeDE

Jazlyn Salazar (Post-bac)
100 years of Stomatal Change in GUMO
Tuesday• 8:30 AM • SmoketreeAB

Mara Hosaka (MS Student)
AMF Diversity from Herbarium Specimens
Tuesday • 10:30 AM • Santa Rosa

Oluwaseun Shodipo (PhD Student)
Phylogenetic Systematics of Xanthisma
Tuesday• 2:45 PM • Sierra

Undergraduate Posters Monday 5:30 - 7 PM • Oasis 2
Rylee Creek • P206
Fun-sized Library Prep

Bowen Forman • P209
Phylogeny of Texas Flora

Charles Huff • P11
GPU-Accelerated HybPiper

PLANTS: Everything About Them!

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Matt Johnson, PhD @mossmatters.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Texas Tech featured our research led by @madiraibullock.bsky.social in a video "Echos of Guadalupe" My favorite part is 15 minutes in when a current MS student, Mara Hosaka, describes how field experiences as an undergrad convinced her to go to graduate school. @ttu.edu made it possible!

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Texas Tech University @ttu.edu · 30/06/2025

"This is like a botanical time machine." Texas Tech researchers traveled to the Guadalupe Mountains National Park to collect plant specimens and continue work in the same place as another Tech professor and his student in the 1970s. youtu.be/4r3CeVzNddM?...

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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 30/06/2025

University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hiring an Assistant Professor specializing in insect systematics. Opportunities like this are rare and valuable! (Not many jobs like this out there!) Spread the word to anyone who might be interested or benefit. #entomology #science #sciencejobs #bugsky 🧪

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Madison Bullock @madiraiplants.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

@texastech.bsky.social produced an amazing, short documentary on the research we've been conducting in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park for multiple projects, including my Ph.D. If you're interested in checking it out, click here 🌵🏜️⛰️💚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r3C...

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Echoes of Guadalupe

YouTube video by Texas Tech University

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Rainer Melzer @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Plant biologists! We need you! We did set up a quick survey to study why people chose to study plant science. Please check here and shared widely: forms.gle/4X3FUwzxXBx3... #PlantSci

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a man holding a large green leaf with the words i just love a good leaf below him

ALT: a man holding a large green leaf with the words i just love a good leaf below him

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Matt Johnson, PhD @mossmatters.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Interested in target capture sequencing? @madiraibullock.bsky.social and I are happy to announce a new service at TTU. Send us DNA, get reads enriched for your probes. Angiosperms353, GoFLAG, Compositae1061 & more! Funds go to grad student stipends and tuition! mossmatters.com/blog/TargetC...

Flyer for Target Capture DNA Sequencing at Texas Tech by the TTU Center for Biotechnology and Genomics. We provide targeted DNA sequencing for $30/sample for Angiosperms353, GoFLAG408, and other probe sets. Funds from our service go to fund a graduate student who is running the samples. We can use as little as 100 ng of DNA in 30 uL and provide at least 1 million reads per sample from a NovaSeq6000 SP 2x250 Illumina sequencing.

For more information and the full text of this flyer, visit mossmatters.com/blog/TargetCaptureService.html

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Madison Bullock @madiraiplants.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I somehow convinced these crazy kids to follow me into the desert AGAIN 😆 In September, we returned to the Guadalupe Mountains National Park to complete the final collection trip of my dissertation. I'm so grateful for this amazing team and what we've accomplished. #WomenInSTEM #IAmABotanist

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Madison Bullock @madiraiplants.bsky.social · 20/05/2024

Our #GUMO2024 fieldwork trip to Dog Canyon is in the books! A HUGE thank you to the GUMO team. None of this would be possible without their help, they are truly an amazing group of botanists! #IAmABotanist #GuadalupeMountains #Fieldwork #TexasTech

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Madison Bullock @madiraiplants.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

For my inaugural post here, I'm very excited to share this article from Texas Tech about our plant conservation and global change work in the Guadalupe Mountains. Thanks to Allen and Justin for putting this story together! If you're interested in reading, check it out here: tinyurl.com/ttuGUMO

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