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Mario Vallejo-Marin

@nicrodemo.bsky.social
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Evolutionary biologist interested in plant evolution, speciation, and pollination including buzz pollination Website: plant-evolution.org/wp

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 7h
This commentary from #ProcB reviews a recently published paper by Rossi and colleagues, which used an innovative experimental design to measure the energetic cost of buzz pollination (or floral buzzing) doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | #Behaviour #Biomechanics #Physiology
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Botany One @botany.one · 07/10/2026
A plant one biologist said should be impossible 🧵 doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... Fed up of adverts for scams to earn a passive income? You’re going to hate this plant.
A plant with a deep pink stem and pink and yellow striped petals rises from forest litter by a tree trunk.
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David Berger @dbergerbiol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
PhD-position ALERT! Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬 Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 1st of November!
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PhD-student in Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics
Do you want to conduct frontier research in an outstanding environment within evolutionary biology at Sweden’s largest faculty of science and technology? The Department of Ecology and Genetics at Up
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Tom Booker @tombooker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m keen to share this preprint. There is growing evidence that associative overdominance leads to the maintenance heterozygosity and we wondered how this would affect variance for traits under stabilizing selection: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Maintenance of quantitative genetic variation in regions of restricted recombination via associative overdominance
Mutation-selection balance is the most plausible general mechanism for the maintenance of additive genetic variance (VA) for quantitative traits in natural populations. It is well established that the...
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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 23/09/2026
What do elephants, manatees, flamingos, and carnivorous plants have in common? In @labx.org's new “Tree of Life" series, #NASmember Doug Soltis explores the unexpected connections among species across 14 short episodes. 🌳 Watch here: labx.org/our-programs... #TreeofLife #Evolution
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
JEB is proud to promote postdocs through our Spotlight interviews, where ECRs talk about their research, the challenges they faced, what a typical day may look like & what they enjoy most about science #PostdocAppreciationWeek #NPAW #PostdocAppreciation journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/EC...
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September 21-25, 2026
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is still time to apply! I'll start reading the applications this Friday.
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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Application deadline for this is approaching fast. Email me if you are interested in doing a 2-year postdoc in a project to study the reproductive system and population genomics of an European buzz pollinated plant. To be clear: this is to participate as a named postdoc in a grant application.
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Maija Karala @maijakarala.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Where did our lost rhinos roam? Distribution charts based on bone finds (individual dots) and habitat suitability for the four fluffy rhinos of late Pleistocene. These are of course approximate and might not include all obscure finds. #Sciart
Illustration of extinct narrow-nosed rhino with a map in the background showing it lived in central and southern Europe, northern Africa and some way into western AsiaIllustration of ”Siberian unicorn” or Elasmotherium sibiricum with a map on the background showing it lived in Eastern Europe and central AsiaIllustration of a woolly rhinoceros with a map in the background showing it had a very wide distribution from southwestern Europe all the way through Europe and Russia to the Pacific coast and northern China.Illustration of a merck’s rhinoceros with a map in the background showing it lived in a large area from southwestern and central Europe to western Asia, parts of Siberia and northern and eastern China.
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Peter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
QTL mapping academic.oup.com/genetics/art... Whether you are new to QTL mapping or have years of experience, you’re sure to learn something new and interesting from Shizhong Xu’s Primer. Don’t fret over the equations; there is a terrific narrative here about the past and future of QTL mapping!
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QTL mapping
Abstract. Most biologically relevant traits are quantitative, controlled by multiple genes, and can be influenced by the environment. The multiple genes, c
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Alejandro Manzano Marín @amanzanom.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Very happy to that our large-scale collaborative weave project (w/ @annamichalik.bsky.social & @sympiotr.bsky.social ) "Plant pathogens in #insect #microbiome [...]" has been approved! @fwf-at.bsky.social @ncn.gov.pl @univie.ac.at @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social 1/6 👇🏽
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Alejandro Manzano Marín @amanzanom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Please help spread the word! I'm searching for a #PhD student to join my group to work on #Symbiont - #pathogen interactions in #Hemiptera. Fully-funded, 4 years *Full details 👇🏼 besymblab.univie.ac.at/wp-content/u... 🧵 on the project 👇🏼 bsky.app/profile/aman... #ScienceJobs #SymbioSky #MicroSky
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Morph bias reduces opportunities for geitonogamy in a monomorphic enantiostylous species Rhuthuparna and Gowda @vinitagowda.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/ZGTZH6...
Floral and fruit morphology of enantiostylous Didymocarpus podocarpus.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
'Our findings show how a single flower can integrate two contrasting pollination strategies—deception and mutualism—to exploit two very different pollinators,' said author Aroonrat Kidyoo. www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #PlantScience
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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Spencer Barrett looks back at his career studying plant reproduction: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
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A personal perspective on 50 years of research on plant reproductive biology: From natural history to genomics
This review summarizes the research contributions of Spencer C.H. Barrett during the past 50 years on the reproductive biology of plants. Topics covered include sexual polymorphisms, especially hetero...
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Flora do Brasil @florabrasil.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🌱Solanum chenopodioides Solanum chenopodioides é uma espécie de planta com flor pertencente à família Solanaceae. 📷 J. IGNASI, jasperidium, Alba Rovira, Ilze Joubert e jltasset
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Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Look, y'all— this is not the worst outcome, but it's also not great. Framing this as gaining a notably large herbarium is spin; the reality is a historic, important herbarium has lost its identity. The specimens were never going to be trashed; Duke still voluntarily truncated their botanical legacy.
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Xavier Picó @xavierpico.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The 4th AoB Plants issue is out @aobp.bsky.social You’ll find papers on plant diversification, flower morphology evolution, seed dormancy and ecology, root ecology, embolism, and more #PlantScience #PlantResearch #PlantBiology #Botany Check it out at academic.oup.com/aobpla/issue...
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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I am looking for potential candidates interested in applying for an external postdoctoral fellowship in my lab at Uppsala University. If you want to work on buzz pollination please get in touch. Reach me by email. More about our current work here: plant-evolution.org/wp/
Buzz pollinating beeThe Gustavianum museum at Uppsala
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 29/08/2026
The Darwin Medal 2026 is awarded to Professor Michael J Benton OBE FRS for his contribution to many aspects of palaeontological science, as well as authoring the standard textbooks in the field, popular science and children’s books. #RSMedals royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/…
A man in a blue shirt and glasses smiles at the camera in front of a university building interior.
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Dr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Have you ever wanted to visually compare the size of your favorite extinct animals? Now you can, as I'm launching an interactive size comparison tool on my website. Give it a try and let me know what you think: www.skeletaldrawing.com/compare/
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Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My pen and ink botanical illustrations, old and new, depicting a selection of parasitic plants from tropical Africa and Asia:
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Mason Kulbaba @mason-kulbaba.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Plant Eco-Evo lab is now established at @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. NSERC funding is available to support graduate and undergraduate research. If interested in the evolutionary ecology of plant reproduction and/or adaptation, please reach out! See mason-kulbaba.github.io #botany #ecology #evolution
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Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨🧪 PhD/postdoc opportunity! The "Faculty for the Future" program of the Schlumberger Foundation funds female citizens of developing countries. Get in touch if you are interested in coming to Sweden to work on Tropical Forest Dynamics! Due 6 Nov. schlumbergerfoundation.com/applications/
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Applications - Schlumberger Foundation
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Elinor Lichtenberg @dremlichtenberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Now ~30,000 more #Texas #bee records on GBIF thanks to John Pascarella and his students at Sam Houston State University (with assistance from my students Avery Pearson and Victoria Vo)! library.big-bee.net/portal/colle...
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Bee Library SHSU Pascarella Bee Biodiversity Collections
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#SMBE2027 Call for symposia proposals now open Proposal submission link 📨 event.fourwaves.com/smbe2027/sub... 🗓️ Key dates Deadline: Sept 20, 2026 Communication of results: Oct 21, 2026 Public announcement: Nov 2, 2026 Abstract selection: Feb 2-20, 2027 #society
SMBE 2027 - Call for Symposia is now open

Deadline: September 20, 2026
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Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We currently have TWO collections-based vacancies at National Museums Scotland! As part of the upcoming DiSSCo UK program, we’re seeking a Digitiser and Senior digitiser to work with our insect collection: careers.nms.ac.uk/vacancies (Apply by 31st August) #Digitisation #Insects #MuseumJobs
An multi-camera imaging set-up at NMSPreserved bumblebee specimens with data labels below each individual
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Olivia Bernauer, PhD @oliviabernauer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Really nice write up about some of my recent work on pollinator responses to microclimates! Ecophysiology: How pollinators use microclimates determines their thermal risk: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Ecophysiology: How pollinators use microclimates determines their thermal risk
A study using a deep learning-based system to recognize pollinators suggests pollinating insects decide where to forage based on fine-scale heterogeneity in temperature. These decisions may help some ...
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 22/08/2026
Why do some sexually selected traits evolve faster than others? A new #ProcB study found that flashy male ornaments that are chosen by females generally evolve faster than weapons used in male–male combat: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
These are brilliant photos, but they're of taxidermied birds. And although Pardington even at one point praises the skill of the taxidermist, she doesn't at any point credit that person by name. Which one would surely do if photographing, for example, a collection of sculptures.
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Fiona Pardington’s portraits of the lost birds of Aotearoa New Zealand – in pictures
Portrait-style photos of stuffed extinct or endangered birds will be exhibited at the 2026 Venice Biennale
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Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Now seeking our next Reviews Editor! We are looking for someone with broad interests and enthusiasm who can help promote the success of a society-owned journal by commissioning Review and Perspective articles. Indicate your interest by Sept. 15: www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
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Call for Evolution Reviews Editor Applications
Are you passionate about evolutionary biology and want to make a major contribution to the literature? If so, you could be the next Reviews Editor for Evolution ! We are seeking someone with ...
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Paul Williams @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Significant fine-scale population differentiation in two common bumblebee species (B. pascuorum and B. lapidarius) detected in Northern Europe - Heredity
Heredity - Significant fine-scale population differentiation in two common bumblebee species (B. pascuorum and B. lapidarius) detected in Northern Europe
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Madison Plunkert (she/her) @madisonplunkert.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
See our new paper examining how monkeyflowers handle salt spray landing on their leaves! Salt spray lands on plant leaves in coastal habitats around the world, yet we know little about how plants survive this stress.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 18/08/2026
Imagine being the author of the worst take on AI yet published by Nature.
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When AI writes the words, who is the author?
After an AI detector classified one of my opinion pieces as entirely AI-generated, I found myself questioning where authorship ends, where expertise begins and what readers deserve to know.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Foliar salt spray exclusion & tissue tolerance underlie local adaptation to oceanic salt spray New #AJB research by @madisonplunkert.bsky.social, @pcdurant.bsky.social, @davidlowry.bsky.social & Katherine Egeler doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #monkeyflower #Mimulus
The coastal perennial ecotype of Mimulus guttatus DC. (syn. Erythranthe guttata DC.) growing on a cliff at Montara State Beach, Montara, California, USA, with oceanic salt spray damage on the leaf margin. Coastal M. guttatus has delayed flowering, which contributes to a salt spray escape strategy by reducing the amount of salt spray reaching these plants. Still, some salt spray contacts the plant, so later-acting strategies that keep sodium from entering the leaves and prevent cell damage are also key for local adaptation to coastal habitat. (Credit: David Lowry)
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 16/08/2026
Muscles aren’t massless: when they speed up their own mass can alter the forces they generate. This #RSOS study tested this by comparing a traditional massless #muscle model with a version that includes muscle mass: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Seasonal variation in wind speed & oceanic salt spray favors delayed reproduction in coastal yellow #monkeyflowers Nw #AJB research by Katherine Toll, Chloe Crockett, Lauren Tocci & David Lowry doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience
Photograph of experimental structures deployed at the Bodega Marine Reserve: experimental plants were either protected from the ocean with agrofabric exclosures or exposed to wind and oceanic salt spray in open structures in spring (pictured here) and summer.
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Tom Booker @tombooker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Now online at AmNat! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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What fraction of the genomic basis of local adaptation are we missing? | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja
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Adrián García-Rodríguez @adriangarcia-r.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thrilled to share!: from October, I'm starting as Researcher at Instituto de Ecología-UNAM in Mexico City 🇲🇽 There I'll be building my own research group on Biodiversity Synthesis to continue studying biodiversity's past, present & future by integrating big data, evidence & cutting-edge methods 🐸🌎🖥️
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Brendan Choat @profchoat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
2/3 A key question in ecology is whether forests respond to increasing aridity through species turnover or whether the traits of individual species adjust. Smith-Martin et al. show that many tropical tree species become more drought resistant in drier environments. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Species intraspecific variation drives tropical forest drought resistance - Nature
Substantial intraspecific variation, together with species turnover, drives coordinated shifts in drought resistance such as increased embolism resistance and wider stomatal safety margins in drier fo...
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Science is an international endeavour and for many researchers English is their 2nd or 3rd language, so now JEB encourages you to submit an additional abstract in your own language or that of the region where you performed your research journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/jo...
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The miR167–ARF8 module coordinates stamen–pistil development and fruit set in tomato 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Man et al. @WileyPlantSci #PlantScience
SlMIR167a is the functionally prominent SlMIR167 gene in tomato fruit development.
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Javier Valverde @j-valverde.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A total of 385 bee species!! The incredible work carried out by @curromolina.bsky.social et al. demonstrates the great biodiversity of hymenoptera found at the Doñana protected area. My congratulations to the authors. Beautyful piece of work.
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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Last year we took a small amber with a fossil bee to the Oxford synchrotron. Little did we know that it would become a tiny window into the ecology of bees and their mites in the subtropical forests 40 million years ago. @charliezoology.bsky.social @hfspo.bsky.social www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Insights into the ecology of early leaf-cutter bees revealed through synchrotron X-ray tomography
Zoology; Entomology; Evolutionary biology; Paleobiology
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Leonie Moyle @speciationlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Interested in genetics, diversification, and speciation? We're hiring a Research Associate to help with our projects, including the convergent evolution of fruit color. Come and work with us! Feel free to contact me with questions. (Reposts appreciated!) Link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33973
a matrix of 6 different Solanum (wild tomato) species with six different fruit colors, ranging from white to bright red.
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Carlos M Herrera @cmhmaliani.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Las avispas excavadoras del género Bembix tienen superpoderes térmicos. Permanecen activas durante las horas de mas calor de los días de verano, volando a ras de suelo para cazar moscas ultrarápidas de la familia Bombyliidae. Sus músculos de vuelo alcanzan 45ºC, un verdadero desafío fisiológico.
Dos fotos de una hembra de la avispa Bembix bidentata alimentándose en flores de espliego (Lavandula latifolia).
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We hope you enjoyed Chris Martine's BSA Incoming President's Special Lecture! We agree that plant people are what makes #Botany2026 (and the broader botanical community) so special! Here are our attendees' favorite things about plant people 💚🌿 #PlantPeopleFTW
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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Did you know that bee buzzes on flowers are rich in harmonics? We investigated how harmonics, which give musical instruments their unique sounds, affect buzz pollination. Very happy to see this paper published @jexpbiol.bsky.social Thanks @hfspo.bsky.social for the support! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
spectrogram of a bee flying and buzzing
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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Delighted to be in conservation about the marvels of flowers with @breezybrik.bsky.social in @sciam.bsky.social Listen: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis... And online article: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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