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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

refloraR: An R package for efficiently retrieving and analyzing plant specimen data from the Herbário Virtual Reflora New in #AppsPlantSci by @caldecid.bsky.social, Ana Flávia Alves Versiane, et al. doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #botany #herbarium #biodiversity #plantconservation #ecology

Composite image showing (left) a historical herbarium specimen of Monopteryx angustifolia collected in 1852 by Richard Spruce and (right) a modern photograph of the same species in flower recollected in the Brazilian Amazon in 2017. Credits: Domingos Cardoso (field photograph) and Herbário Virtual Reflora (specimen image).

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Petal to the metal: The slow road to automating large-scale #phenology labeling for #herbarium specimens New in #AppsPlantSci by @er1ngrady.bsky.social, @djli.bsky.social, @rdinnager.bsky.social, Rob Guralnick, et al. doi.org/10.1002/aps3... @floridamuseum.bsky.social @usa-npn.bsky.social #botany

The heading reads: "Historical flowering data unlocked for over 2.9M herbarium specimens". The background image is a digitized herbarium specimen. In the center of the image is a bar chart showing the number of flowering records across the decades, from 1800 to 2020. The text at the bottom of the image reads: "Integrated in Phenobase", with the URL phenobase.org

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I find it strange that some professors run students submissions through AI detectors. If LLMs are trained and retrained on human-written texts, doesn't that mean that any text is more likely to incorrectly flag as AI-generated (false positive)? Try some AI-detectors on your old publication, and see!

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🌹Congratulations to Oluwatobi Oso of Yale University, winner of the 2025 Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology. Honorable mention: Christopher Joaquín Muñoz (The University of Texas at El Paso). botany.org/home/awards/... #BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Today is 'A Day for BSA!' Join us as we celebrate 130+ years of BSA supporting the botanical sciences! 🌱 Visit: www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025 🌱 Help us reach our $15,000 August Endowment campaign goal–every gift makes a difference! 🌱 Share your stories with #ADayforBSA

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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

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

The follow-up goal is to continue publishing scientific articles - products of the funding! And to finish this PhD! Vamoooos

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I'm also open to talking about what I think are my tips to these specific successes in grad school, whether in writing, interview, podcast, video, or whatever... I guess I should be strong willed enough to do one! Maybe I'll just inspire myself with one of my empowering mantras😅.

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I'm always seeking support, so if anyone knows which sources funds biological research, particularly plants, please send them to me. I'm also open to collaborations!

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I remain grateful to all my support and funding sources,Yale GSAS @yalegsas.bsky.social, Yale Peabody Museum, Yale Institue for Biospheric Studies, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University @arnoldarboretum.bsky.social, BSA, IAPT @iaptglobal.bsky.social, ASPT, and Roboflow @roboflow.com, amongst others

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

The littlest of things inspire me the most (ask my wife😂), and I hope that you were at least pumped by the 3rd mantra.

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

...in order of determination. 1. "I can" 2. "Just do it" 3. "Try" 4. "Na person wey shoot shot dey score" (You can only miss the shots you take, but what if you score?) 5. "Na person wey give up F*** up" (it's altogether challenging, but you can't give up, perseverance is key)

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

But somehow, I limited myself to posting about it just on WhatsApp - not fair enough! Sometimes, I don't even post it because I worry I won't be able to individually respond "thank you" to every "congratulations." Anyway, this is me inspiring you and others like me with 5 of my favorite lines...

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Beyond the fact that money is super important for research, I'd also usually apply for these things hoping that if I get it, it can inspire many others like me from low income backgrounds and underdeveloped/developing countries, first-gen or even a parent juggling family with studying for a degree.

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Getting one research grant/funding/award every year was a goal I set for myself when I started my PhD at Yale in 2021. I have since won 8 research awards, 3 travel awards, and some other prizes - the previous always higher than the last, and I hope it continues that way!

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I'm glad to be this year's recipient of the Don Kaplan Dissertation Award by Botanical Society of America (BSA), the $10k that came with it is my biggest so far! @botsocamerica.bsky.social

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Some members of the Nigerian plant community at #Botany2025 in Palm Springs, California! Always fun to meet new friends and listen to all the brilliant ideas and research work from everyone. Always sticking together!!! @ajayibenmi.bsky.social @petfemspeaks.bsky.social @preshonnature.bsky.social

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This is all shades of strange!!!

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Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Are you a #botany professional who makes a comfortable living and is currently not feeling job-stressed? Tenured faculty, I'm looking at you 👀. 🧪 I dare you to meet or beat my $100 donation 💯 to keep PLANTS afloat in the face of @botsocamerica.bsky.social's grant termination!!

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

So pleased that @crothfels.bsky.social @msundue.bsky.social @mlinkperez.bsky.social @aaronliston.bsky.social @klymiuk.ca et al choose to introduce this great resource in #AppsPlantSci! Check out the press release & the paper: bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #pteridophytes #ferns

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The self-replicating cellular organization of shoot apical #meristems New #AJB research by Étienne Couturier, @paulallanos.bsky.social, Antoine Lizée, Sébastien Besson & Jacques Dumais bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #botany #plantscience #bryophytes #lycophytes #ferns

A circular diagram resembling a moth atop five colorful geometrical figures.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🌴 BOTANY 2025 SWAG IS HERE! 🌴 Grab your gear now—tees, hoodies, totes & hats with several colors to choose from! Available through May 30, 2025. Limited shirts onsite, so don’t wait and get your favorite color and size! Shop here: www.bonfire.com/store/botany... #Botany2025 #BotanyWithoutBarriers

This image shows swag that can be purchased this year for Botany 2025. There is a deadline of May 30th for ordering and a note that the swag will be delivered. The QR Code goes to: https://www.bonfire.com/store/botany-2025/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=store_page_share&utm_campaign=botany-2025

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Heather Cacanindin @hcacanindin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Here we go #Botany2025 is in full swing preparation! Checkout the Symposia and Colloquia and submit a workshop! Abstract submission opening soon. #Iamabotanist #Botany

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

@botsocamerica.bsky.social BSA Grad students, please respond to the original post so you can be added to the starter pack.

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Utricularia is one my of fav carnivorous plants. Their traps can suck in prey in less than one millisecond (!!), reaching up to 600g accelerations (!!), which is one of the fastest movements in the plants! #Utricularia #Plantsciences #iamabotanist #plantjoy 🧪🌱🌾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ69...

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Bladderwort: This Plant Eats Faster Than You

YouTube video by Animalogic

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We have an important announcement about #Botany2025: due to unforeseen site renovations at the planned location in Tucson, the conference will have a new location---but the same dates, July 26-30, 2025! For more details, see mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I'd like to be added to the list

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Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I have just created a starter pack on #biodiversity 🦠🌳🌲🦋🐸🐠🦅🦔 #redistribution aka #species #range #shifts or species on the #move #SOTM and community composition changes in response to global change drivers 🌐🌍🌎🌏 Let me know if you are interested to join the list go.bsky.app/6KqEpb9

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I am planning to recruit a PhD student to begin in my lab at SUNY ESF for the Fall 2025 semester to work on projects in the area of environmental microbiology. I am unable to respond to comments/DMs here. Please email with any inquiries. Please read carefully before emailing.

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Could both of you possibly collate a starter pack of @botsocamerica.bsky.social students members? Unfortunately, I think starter pack can only take 150 people except you create multiple!

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TheLovelyLab @thelovelylab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

#FluorescenceFriday is a banger collab from Hannah Moran (@chrmosimann.bsky.social) and Raeden Gray (@thelovelylab.bsky.social). SPIM image of a triple labeled zfish embryo. Sox17-green, sox10-magenta, pitx2-blue. Much more to come!!!

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UW Neurobiology & Biophysics @uw-nbio.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

NBIO is hiring. You should come work with us. apply.interfolio.com/155882

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RaibleLab @raible-lab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Dying hair cells

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Botanist here, would love to be added...

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Botanist here, would love to be added..

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

TRY database, so useful but can be frustrating because a lot of the trait parameters are not standardized. And then there's GIFT, equally super useful but not enough information on a trait I'm looking for - leaf margin! What are y'all's go-to for resolving taxonomic synonyms in R? kewr? taxize?

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 20/01/2024

Miami is a really beautiful city! The greenery is 😍

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Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso @oso-tee.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

This is another level of low!!! Terrible for science and research! New Florida law blocks the hiring of students and postdocs from China, Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela. www.science.org/content/arti...

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New Florida law blocks Chinese students from academic labs

Top state education officials need to approve any proposed hires after extensive vetting

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

🌾Check out this cool new paper by Ian Gilman (formerly of Edwards lab, now a pd at MSU!) et al on using machine learning to predict CAM vs. C3 - it could even handle those pesky intermediate C3+CAM phenotypes! 🌵

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