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Dr. Nora Mitchell

@noraflora10.bsky.social
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Plant evolutionary biologist, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Views are my own.

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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One week until the priority deadline for the tenure track Aquatic Ecologist position at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire! Come join a wonderful Biology Department focused on undergraduate education and research! www.uwec.edu/job-postings...
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Biology: Assistant Professor in Aquatic Ecology – JR10013395
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Plants, People, Planet @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#Hybridization patterns and research effort in #Asteraceae, a megadiverse and economically important plant family 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... by O'Connell et al. @noraflora10.bksy.social @ktinvasion.bsky.social
Graphical abstract. Plant hybridization is increasingly recognized as an important evolutionary process, and a deeper understanding of hybridization is necessary for its application to agriculture, conservation, and ecological solutions. Here, we assess correlates of hybridization in the megadiverse and societally important family Asteraceae and how and where hybrids have been identified over the past 50+ years. We find that researchers are increasingly using molecular tools to identify hybrids and that efforts are biased towards European and North American examples. Our findings highlight the need for geographic expansion of plant hybrid reporting to facilitate the identification of global patterns.
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Two weeks!
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Dr. Kathryn G. Turner @ktinvasion.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
OMG, new pub: Leandra O'Connell, @noraflora10.bsky.social, and I ask, what's the deal with all that hybridization in the sunflower family? Hybridization patterns and research effort in Asteraceae, a megadiverse and economically important plant family nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/…
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One month until the closing date for the tenure track Aquatic Ecologist assistant professor position at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire! Please share broadly and reach out with any questions (I am search chair) www.uwec.edu/job-postings...
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Biology: Assistant Professor in Aquatic Ecology – JR10013395
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🌱SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌱 #AppsPlantSci is accepting proposals for a special issue highlighting video & imaging techniques that are driving novel research in plant science Proposal deadline: 5 Oct 2026 More info: bit.ly/4c3rLCw @noraflora10.bsky.social @drfloeem.bsky.social #Botany2026
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Come see my talk exploring associations between biotic pollinators, morphology, and climate in South African Protea! Tuesday 4:15pm in San Xavier #Botany2026
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Biology is searching for a tenure track assistant professor in Aquatic Ecology to start August 2027! Application deadline September 28 2026. I am searching chair, please reach out with any questions!! wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UW_Comprehen...
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Biology: Assistant Professor in Aquatic Ecology
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Position Title: Biology: Assistant Profes...
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Please reach out with any questions!
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Check out this commentary I wrote about Khoury et al.'s paper! Different powers driving different flowers. A commentary on ‘Ecological niche differentiation mediates near complete premating reproductive isolation within the Gladiolus carneus (Iridaceae) species complex’ doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
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Different powers driving different flowers. A commentary on ‘Ecological niche differentiation mediates near complete premating reproductive isolation within the Gladiolus carneus (Iridaceae) species c...
The explosive radiation in flowering plants, both across all angiosperms during the Cretaceous and ongoing within more restricted lineages, has long been a
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Summer 2026 NSF REU in high-performance computing, check out more info here: hpc.uwec.edu/explore-oppo...
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
USAU upping the D3 school size to 10,000?! Huge.
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I am once again asking for a thumbs down reaction in Outlook
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
We’re nearly 60% of the way to our $15,000 Endowment goal! Every gift powers science, lifts up students, and drives BSA forward. Join the movement—make your impact today and help us reach the finish line! 🌿 Give now: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont... #BSAendowment #IamaBotanist
"This image shows the logo for ""A Day for BSA"" and around it a gauge that shows about 60% of goal made.  Text: Help us reach today’s Endowment 
Giving Goal of $15,000! www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025. Current Total $8915. The image also shows a group photo of BSA  members."
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
In a weird turn of events, I'm procrastinating cleaning the lab by working on a manuscript (it's usually the opposite)
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Flor Yannelli *typo queen* 👽🌱🪁(she/her/ella) @floryannelli.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
By far my favorite paper this year. A collaboration between Mapuche elders—including Machi Patricia—and ecologists, reflecting on building trust and shared understanding in the face of environmental crisis. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧵
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Somehow, with the new system, reporting "no leave taken" has gotten even less intuitive. Makes me want to take some leave time...
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Very mild covid symptoms plus working outside without people = watering our plants!
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Summer course grades entered from the airport en route home from #Botany2025, started importing and editing my four Canvas courses for Fall 2025 🤣
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Hope everyone has smooth & safe travels home from #Botany2025 (we are not)
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Terrible photos, but THAT'S MY SISTER!
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
So proud of these students - UWEC Biology let's go!
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Lab sisters!
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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
UConn EEB grad program (+ Bucknell, Colby, UW-Eau Claire, UGA) in the house! #Botany2025 #plantpeopleFTW
Nora Mitchell, Kristen Nolting Claire MarinoTanisha Williams
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
A few moments from the poster session at #Botany2025!
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I'll be presenting my talk "Get Low: Evolutionary Transitions to Non-flying Mammal Pollination in Protea) at 4pm today Tuesday in Mesquite B at #Botany2025! Come learn about Protea in South Africa and what else changes when they species have different primary pollinators!
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
My one true passion is obsessively checking the weather forecast for frisbee
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The weather was good for all of the North Central college series, believe it or not!
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
New science building, less teaching space, lfg
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Liz (Dr. Elizabeth Horton) @paleoethnobot.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
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Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Cute Helianthus debilis
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I hate it when people starr emails to the whole department with "Hi Guys". Really grinds my gears.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/03/2025
Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail. I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review
Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I personally hate terms like "grolar bear" and "beefalo", I feel like they misrepresent most cases of hybridization and just goe me the ick
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Faculty retirements without hires -> I need to teach intro instead of upper-level class -> students who need that class can't graduate as planned -> students take longer to graduate -> admin gets mad -> ???
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David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I think the biggest lie being told right now is that one of the wealthiest countries in the world cannot afford to invest in science, education, and the environment.
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
We're really in the thick of it frisbee-wise: college/club/masters at different stages in the process. No I will not be starting a HS team here anytime soon
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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
And the witch hunt begins in earnest
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This morning, the US National Science Foundation fired 168 employees, approximately 10% of its workforce, for no cause other than they were the agency's most recent hires. 🧪 Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
Handwritten notes on a metal table at the National Science Foundation, 2/18/25. The messages include "You deserve better! Thank you!"; "Thank you colleagues! This RIF is WRONG. These orders are immoral & illegal"; and "Your service will forever be remembered and deeply valued - ENG directorate".
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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
NSF workers who didn't get fired this morning are sending angry emails to NSF management. Here's one of them:
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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds. This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Why is there no thumbs down reaction emoji in Outlook?
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
We have to schedule classes for every semester, and it's somehow always a disaster
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NPR @npr.org · 12/02/2025
The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January—and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.
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January wasn't expected to break global temperature records. But it did.
The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January—and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social are the sunflowers in Absolution the swamp sunflower Helianthus angustifolius? Wishing it was H. debilis because we Research them, but the artwork and habitiat seem like H. angustifolius right?
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Do. Not. Comply.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 05/02/2025
25%-50% cuts to NSF www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
UW - Eau Claire launches new Center for Environmental Research and Scholarship 🎉 www.uwec.edu/stories/uw-e...
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UW-Eau Claire to launch new Center for Environmental Research and Scholarship
Center for Environmental Research and Scholarship launches at UWEC
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