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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬

@mossplants.bsky.social
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Associate Professor @UTK_EEB & Director @UTKHerbarium | Plant development, physiology, systematics, & evolution | Member @UCWCWA | Opinions are my own

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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just listened to this great piece on @scifri.bsky.social about the importance of collections. www.sciencefriday.com/segments/are... Consider making a donation at any level to support your local natural history collection. Support @utkherbarium.bsky.social here herbarium.utk.edu/give/
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Are natural history museums in trouble?
The country’s oldest natural history museum, in Philadelphia, has closed its doors to visitors. Will other museums follow?
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
- Short Sleeve $25 & Long Sleeve $30, + shipping - All shirts made from 100% recycled fabric (60% cotton/40% polyester) - Order and pay now using the link below. www.customink.com/fundraising/... - Deadline to order Sept 27, 2026 at 11:59PM ET - Shirts will be sent directly to you around Oct 14th
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Support 2026 ABLS Botany T-shirts for student travel awards.
Shirt features rare southwestern moss and lichen species. Made from 100% recycled fabric (60% recycled cotton/40% post-consumer recycled polyester), the Re-Tee is crafted from rescued materials, ensur...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Did you miss out on the chance to order a shirt before the conference? Support bryology & lichenology student travel awards by purchasing your very own ABLS BOTANY 2026 (@botsocamerica.bsky.social) t-shirt that features a rare southwestern moss and lichen species. Please spread the word!
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Support 2026 ABLS Botany T-shirts for student travel awards.
Shirt features rare southwestern moss and lichen species. Made from 100% recycled fabric (60% recycled cotton/40% post-consumer recycled polyester), the Re-Tee is crafted from rescued materials, ensur...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
- Short Sleeve $25 & Long Sleeve $30 + shipping. - All shirts are made from 100% recycled fabric (60% cotton/40% polyester). - Order and pay now at the link below. www.customink.com/fundraising/... - Deadline to order Sept 27, 2026 at 11:59PM ET - Shirts will be sent directly to you around Oct 14.
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Support 2026 ABLS Botany T-shirts for student travel awards.
Shirt features rare southwestern moss and lichen species. Made from 100% recycled fabric (60% recycled cotton/40% post-consumer recycled polyester), the Re-Tee is crafted from rescued materials, ensur...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Did you miss out on ordering a shirt before the conference? Support the American Bryological & Lichenological Society student travel awards by purchasing your very own ABLS BOTANY 2026 @botsocamerica.bsky.social t-shirt featuring a rare southwestern moss and lichen species.
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Support 2026 ABLS Botany T-shirts for student travel awards.
Shirt features rare southwestern moss and lichen species. Made from 100% recycled fabric (60% recycled cotton/40% post-consumer recycled polyester), the Re-Tee is crafted from rescued materials, ensur...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Apply online via the UTK Human Resources page. fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Administrative Associate: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - UTK
This position exists to assist the Business Manager & Department Head in all operations related to smooth operation of the front office and reception, and serves numerous critical roles related to und...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Looking for a new job? Want to work with a fun & engaged team of biologists studying plants and animals? Join the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department as an Administrative Associate at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville! Please spread the word.
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Administrative Associate: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - UTK
This position exists to assist the Business Manager & Department Head in all operations related to smooth operation of the front office and reception, and serves numerous critical roles related to und...
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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you are planning for #Botany2027 and did or did not attend #Botany2026, fill out this form if you need childcare!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... please!! This year there was no childcare and the nursing room is more a custodian closet without a lock, AC, water/sink+light goes off very 5 mins
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Please add me. Thanks!
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Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson @hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I can't make it to #Botany2026 this year, but I don't want to miss out on all the cool plant science being presented. I've made a starter pack to follow along from home (and to find more great botanists to follow year-round). Reply here to be added! go.bsky.app/HdDpDrW
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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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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Symposium for Future Proofing Herbaria. Discussing specimen backlogs. Recommendation to prioritize, be creative, & build a collections club of volunteers to help. Also we found that #bryophytes & #lichens are over-represented & need our energy. doi.org/10.3897/nhcm... #botany2026
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The state of herbarium specimen backlogs: Perspectives from bryophyte collections
An herbarium must have its specimens processed, identified and accessioned so that members of the botanical community can readily consult these materials. However, many herbaria struggle to keep up wi...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What was the term you used for the backlog WIS? @mlinkperez.bsky.social
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Stop by the ABLS booth at #Botany2026 to pick up your preordered shirt. Missed the pre-order? Buy a t-shirt in-person at the booth for $22.50. Stop by early while supplies last!
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Herbarium Collections Manager: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - UTK
The TENN herbarium is seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented individual to join our department as the Herbarium Collections Manager. The TENN herbarium houses over 710,000 plant and fungal specim...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Are you passionate about #naturalhistory #collections? Apply for our open position for the Herbarium Collections Manager @utkherbarium.bsky.social. We will start evaluating applications on Aug 17, so get your application in now. #Botany2026 #herbarium #jobs
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Stuart McDaniel @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I won’t be at #Botany2026 but for those interested in bryophyte phylogenetics or sex chromosomes check out Seyeon Kim’s talk at 9:30a Monday in Colloquia 1 - Beyond Phylogenomics: Innovative applications of target capture data www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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UVfinder: a tool to extract bryophyte sex-linked gene copies from the GoFlag408 probe set
Premise Target enrichment sequencing using probe sets like GoFlag 408 has revolutionized phylogenetics, yet recent genomic data indicate that some probes may be sex-linked, potentially introducing top...
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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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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Get your ABLS shirt in time for #Botany2026 and show up to the conference in something you really lichen. Don't moss around, the deadline is TODAY!
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UTK Herbarium - TENN @utkherbarium.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Job Opening! Apply to join the the @utkherbarium.bsky.social as our new Herbarium Collections Manager. #jobopportunity #jobopening #jobsearch #herbaria #plants @utknoxville.bsky.social Full Position Posting & Application Instructions: fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Herbarium Collections Manager: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - UTK
The TENN herbarium is seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented individual to join our department as the Herbarium Collections Manager. The TENN herbarium houses over 710,000 plant and fungal specim...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Join the American Bryological and Lichenological Society today! Annual memberships are only $10 for students and $25 for individuals. Membership gets you free online access to our journals Evansia & The Bryologist. members.abls.org/ap/Membershi...
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ABLS Membership Application
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Attending #BOTANY2026? Order a shirt featuring rare SW moss & lichen species. @botsocamerica.bsky.social Order using the link below & pickup your shirt at the ABLS booth in Tucson, AZ, Aug 1-5, 2026. No shipping fees! www.customink.com/g/cqx0-00d2-... Deadline to order July 14, 2026 at 11:59PM ET
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American Bryological and Lichenological Society Group Order Form - Sign Up Today!
Please pay directly online through Custom Ink. Shirts will be available for pickup at the ABLS booth at the BOTANY 2026 conference August 1-5, 2026 in Tucson, AZ. Shirt Details: 100% recycled materia...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
...for the project “Diversification and Endemism in Zeltnera (Gentianaceae): Phylogenomic and Morphological Perspectives on a Cryptic Pan-American Lineage". 2 of 2 @herbariumcurators.bsky.social
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 @herbariumcurators.bsky.social Student Awards! Marife Minaya Auccapoma (PhD student) working with Dr. Carrie Kiel at the Claremont Graduate University and the California Botanic Garden... 1 of 2
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
For the project “Floristic inventory of spring flora of Mayudia Pass, Mishmi Hills in Himalayan biodiversity hotspot region, with emphasis on herbarium collections".
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 @herbariumcurators.bsky.social Student Awards! Ashutosh Sharma (PhD student) working with Dr. Noorunissa Begum at the FRLH Herbarium, The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Bengaluru, India.
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 SHC Student Awards! Mayra Alejandra Herrera Pacheco (MS student) working with Dr. Manuel Luján Anzola at the Universidad de Antioquia, for the project “Taxonomic revision and update of the genus Arawakia (Clusiaceae s.s.) for Colombia".
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 @herbariumcurators.bsky.social Student Awards! Yun Ye Ho (PhD student) working with Elliot Gardner at Case Western Reserve Univ. for the project "Unearthing the species limits and phylogenetics of Bornean earth figs, Ficus subser. Geocarpicae (Moraceae)".
Person in front of a mountainfruit on a stem with leaves in the background.
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Society of Herbarium Curators Student Awards! @herbariumcurators.bsky.social Graduate student Makoa de Almeida is working with Carrie Tribble at the University of Washington for the project "Vegetative Proliferations: Evolutionary Watershed or Dead End?".
Student in the tropical forest surrounded by plants. Plant leaf
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Congratulations to the 2026 Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC) Student Awardees! @herbariumcurators.bsky.social Undergraduate student Fanya Yuan working with Dr. Carrie Tribble at the University of Washington for the project “Investigating the Optimal Herbarium Plant Tissue Storage Protocol".
Fanya Yuan holding plants.Ground up plant material in a tube in the lab. Tubes of samples in the lab.
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Calling all curious middle schoolers! 🌿 Join us on a Flora Quest, a KidsU Summer Camp @utknoxville.bsky.social! Please help us spread the word! @utkherbarium.bsky.social @wildones-smokymts.bsky.social
Flora Quest.
Exploring Plant Diversity
(Grades 7-8, rising)
Embark on an exciting journey of discovery as we explore the amazing diversity of plants all around us.
In this hands-on class, you'll visit a greenhouse, explore the dry pressed plants at the herbarium, and take walks around campus to learn about the fascinating plants that surround us every day. As part of the class, you'll create your own mini plant collection, with the opportunity to contribute your best specimens to the UT Herbarium. Along the way, you'll deepen your understanding of the diverse world of plants and grow your appreciation for the natural world. This camp is supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (DEB-2046467).
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
(Note this is not our typical time, the last week of the month, due to the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in the Smoky Mountains). Anyone interested can join us! Here’s a link to sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Coffee with a Curator
Join us for our monthly seminars on the last Friday of the month at 1 PM Central/2 PM Eastern. We hope to see you there! Please submit your information and we will send you the zoom link prior to the talk.
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The @herbariumcurators.bsky.socialSE USA Chapter is pleased to invite you to Coffee with a Curator: Our next installment of Coffee with a Curator is Megan King presenting a tour of the Chrysler Herbarium at Rutgers University (CHRB) on Friday, April 17th at 1pm CT/ 2pm ET.
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
@herbariumcurators.bsky.social @botsocamerica.bsky.social @utknoxville.bsky.social @utkherbarium.bsky.social
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The state of herbarium specimen backlogs: Perspectives from bryophyte collections
An herbarium must have its specimens processed, identified and accessioned so that members of the botanical community can readily consult these materials. However, many herbaria struggle to keep up wi...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Then these specimens can be moved into the active collections and the specimen data can be shared with researchers from around the world via public databases. bryophyteportal.org/portal/index... lichenportal.org/portal/index... mycoportal.org/portal/
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Check out our new paper focusing on unaccessioned herbarium specimens. nhcm.pensoft.net/article/1829... We found that bryophytes and fungi/lichens were over-represented in the specimen backlog, compared to vascular plants. This highlights the need for more bryophyte and fungi/lichen identification!
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The state of herbarium specimen backlogs: Perspectives from bryophyte collections
An herbarium must have its specimens processed, identified and accessioned so that members of the botanical community can readily consult these materials. However, many herbaria struggle to keep up wi...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Scholarships are available for students to help offset the registration costs for this 3-credit, on campus, in-person course that does not have prerequisites (May 15-29, 2026). For more info, to reserve your spot in this course, and apply for the scholarship, please email Dr. Budke - jbudke@utk.edu.
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
In this course, students will gain skills in plant ID, DNA sequence generation, herbarium specimens, and morphological evolution. The skills students gain will enhance their ability to succeed in scientific research careers, such as field biology, natural history collections, and molecular biology.
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We are currently recruiting @utknoxville.bsky.social students to sign up for our May-term course, EEB 466: Immersions in Collection Research. Please share widely!
Dive deep in a two-week, May mini-term course, with a hands-on learning experience focusing on Fieldwork and molecular biology research using plant natural history collections. EEB 466: Immersion in Collections Research
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Anyone interested can join us! Here’s a link to sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Coffee with a Curator
Join us for our monthly seminars on the last Friday of the month at 1 PM Central/2 PM Eastern. We hope to see you there! Please submit your information and we will send you the zoom link prior to th...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The @herbariumcurators.bsky.social SE USA Chapter is pleased to invite you to Coffee with a Curator: Demetra Kandalepas will present a tour of the Glen N. Montz Herbarium at Southeastern Louisiana University (SELU) on Friday, March 20th at 1pm CT/ 2pm ET. (Note this is not our typical time.)
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
My former grad student Eric Shershen just published the researcher from his second chapter! @utknoxville.bsky.social @utkherbarium.bsky.social Check it out at the link below!
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Anyone interested can join us! For those who are not already SHC-SEUSA members, here's a Google Sign-up to receive the Zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Coffee with a Curator
Join us for our monthly seminars on the last Friday of the month at 1 PM Central/2 PM Eastern. We hope to see you there! Please submit your information and we will send you the zoom link prior to th...
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The @herbariumcurators.bsky.social SE USA chapter invites you to Coffee with a Curator: Our next installment will be Clara Minnich from Marshall University Herbarium (MUHW) presenting on Herbarium DNA: A Complicated History of the Destructive Sampling Paradox on Friday, Nov 21st at 1pm CT/2pm ET.
Line drawing of coffee plant.
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Scholarships are available for students help offset the registration costs for this 3-credit, on campus, in-person course without prerequisites (May 15-29, 2026). For more information, to reserve your spot in this course, and apply for the scholarship, please email Dr. Budke - jbudke@utk.edu.
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
In this course, students will gain skills in plant identification, DNA sequence data, specimen collection, & morphological evolution. The skills students gain will enhance their ability to succeed in scientific research careers, such as field biology, natural history collections, & molecular bio.
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
It feels like winter today in Knoxville, but I am already thinking about spring! Spread the word to any students looking for advanced EEB classes. Students can send me an email to pre-register for the course now!
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
If you want the Forest Service to be anything other than just a logging company get in those public comments, people
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Facundo Romani @fromani.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Very important paper and resource. Bryophyte genomes expanded by one order of magnitude. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics
A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.
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UTK Herbarium - TENN @utkherbarium.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is no bird! The White Egret Orchid uses its "unique" shape to attract pollinators. 🐞 🦋 🐝
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