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Edel Pérez-López 🇨🇦 @edelplopez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I know we are busy but I hope you can join us this November at @uqtr.bsky.social for the Eastern Regional Meeting of the @cspbscbv.bsky.social. A great opportunity for students to present their research, practice oral presentations, and get awards 💚 event.fourwaves.com/fr/cspb-erm2...

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Canadian Society of Plant Biologists - Eastern Regional Meeting 2026

Participez à Canadian Society of Plant Biologists - Eastern Regional Meeting 2026, 27 au 28 novembre 2026. En savoir plus sur Fourwaves.

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I am joining Science Meets Parliament as a Delegate! The objective of this program is to "strengthen connections between scientific and political communities". Given the current global landscape and challenges in academia I am looking forward to learning & connecting through this program.

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UFVResearch @ufvresearch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

On today's look back at Student Research Day's microlecture presentations, Emily Foster, Horticulture, with "Melatonin enhances the heat tolerance of Fragaria vesca, native alpine strawberry." Congrats, Emily. 👏 📽 youtu.be/ucyUpfmaa6U?...

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Anja Geitmann @geitmannlab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Postdoc Opportunity at McGill University, Montreal, Canada You have worked with Arabidopsis / other plant model systems & are trained in high-end imaging? Details: www.plantbiomechanics.net/joining-the-... #plants, #Arabidopsis, #postdoc, #jobs, #microscopy, #confocal, #molecularbiology

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UFVResearch @ufvresearch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

On today's Student Research Day Microlecture retrospective, Sophia-Rose Snelgrove, Horticulture Science and Entomology, presents "Population and Diversity of Leafhoppers in British Columbia's Strawberry and Blueberry Crops." Congratulations, Sophia-Rose. 👏 📽 youtu.be/w1_0KBjJUgw?...

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UFVResearch @ufvresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Last up this week in our review of Student Research Day's microlecture presenters is Lainey Peters, Biology, with "Is kynurenine a strawberry growth factor?" Congratulations, Lainey. 👏 📽 youtu.be/SjIkcVrAX5o?...

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Canadian Society of Plant Biologists @cspbscbv.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Feeling some FOMO after seeing all the amazing work graduate students members are doing? Want to be eligible for awards at the next meeting? Were you sad because you couldn't attend the CSPB Mixer (or did you promise our Comms Director you would renew / join to get in?). Join today!

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Pro tip for writers: A very bad first draft is not a failure - it’s a great start, Congratulations! You can’t revise a blank page, but you can shape a bad one into something really great

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UFVResearch @ufvresearch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Closing out this week's review of Student Research Day's microlecture presentations, Fabiola Cruz Alderete, Agriculture and Environmental Science, presents "The effects of drought stress in cerastium regelii." Congratulations, Fabiola. 👏 📽 youtu.be/Q2KmQLS41TU?...

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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Outstanding talk by @laurierbiology.bsky.social colleague Prof. Jenn Baltzer on post-wildfire dynamics and the unexpected twist involving a deadly fungal pathogen! Excellent session chaired by Prof. @plantdrlauren.bsky.social. #PlantBio2026 @cspbscbv.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Had the most fun I think I’ve ever had in a concurrent session at #PlantBio2026 today. It was truly a privilege to chair a session on wildfire ecology & smoke biology with the most incredible group of speakers. Together we told the story of fire from the field to the cell 🔥 @cspbscbv.bsky.social

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aspbplantbiology.bsky.social @aspbplantbiology.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

📣#PlantBio2026 daily highlight: Development: Fire Ecology and Smoke Signaling in a Changing Climate Concurrent Session!🌱 plantbiology2026.eventscribe.net/index.asp #plantscience #plantsci

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Auxin is metabolized through kynurenine in Hypericum perforatum L. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Nice article on climate resilient berries in BC including a feature of our work on cranberry warming in the lab. Plus bonus, they used my blueberry photo for the cover! bcbusiness.ca/business/env...

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Inside the race to climate-proof B.C.’s berry crops

Extreme weather is hitting B.C.’s berry farms hard. Researchers are developing climate-resilient crops using genetics, AI and new tech to protect the future of the industry.

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The BERRI Lab is looking for a postdoctoral nominee for the second round of Canada Impact+ Postdoctoral Research & Training Awards. If you are interested in working on Canadian & Northern Berries in an interdisciplinary context check out the full posting on the lab website www.berrrilab.com/joinus

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New pre-print out led by postdoc Dr Sarah Lane. Really proud of this work which allows for simultaneous metabolomics and phytohormone quantification in soils to expand our understanding of soil-plant interactions at ecological and agricultural scales through the power of analytical chemistry!

A flow chart summarizing the main steps of the method: extraction, concentration, filtration, analysis, targeted quantification and untargeted metabolomics, with a bar chart of specific phytohormones and a heat map of annotated mass features as the final output.

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The fact that Americans thought Auxin was a “Hoax from Europe” rightfully got some attention in my latest #PlantScienceClassics post. But it’s actually even funnier if you learn about the context & consequence of White speaking these words to Went at the AAAS Meeting in Pittsburgh. #PlantScience 🧪 🧵

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Busy week for papers in the lab! First PhD paper out for BERRI student Dan Gaudet with a method to measure kynurenine in plants. In humans the kynurenine is a primary tryptophan degradation pathway to NAD. In plants much less is known making this a great step. www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...

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Canadian Journal of Plant Science @canjplantsci.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

We’re #hiring at Canadian Science Publishing! 📚 Peer Review Coordinator Help support authors, reviewers, and editors while coordinating the peer review process for our journals. Learn more: ow.ly/OWay50YqgTg #PeerReview #SciencePublishing #AcademicJobs

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Happy to be serving as a guest editor for a special issue in Plant Science on new, unusual and non-traditional plant growth regulators. We invite original research articles and reviews addressing all aspects of non-canonical signaling molecules in plants. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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Plant Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Plant Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Plant Science at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Botany @botanyjournal.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

NEW PAPER: Differential temperature adaptation mechanisms in the High Arctic-adapted Regel’s chickweed (Cerastium regelii Ostenf.) and the widespread longstalk starwort (Stellaria longipes Goldie.) 🔗 ow.ly/wv8Q50XZSuZ

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Great article on the work we’ve started in Yellowknife looking at community priorities and paths forward to support food sovereignty work with YKDFN. So fortunate to work with this group of awesome women! fraservalleytoday.ca/2025/11/30/u...

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UFV researchers join forces to help improve food security for northern Indigenous groups

ABBOTSFORD - Two experts from the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) have used their seemingly differing ba...

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Canadian Society of Plant Biologists @cspbscbv.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

CSPB Award Nominations are open!! Check the individual awards pages for full details and links to the applications. The Carl Douglas Postdoctoral Prize, Ragai Ibrahim Student Publication Award, CD Nelson Mid Career Award & new CSPB Teaching Award are all available in 2026. www.cspb-scbv.ca/awards

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Edel Pérez-López 🇨🇦 @edelplopez.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Was awesome to have you! The day passed so fast! 💚 Can’t wait to get all the amazing data your team is generating out! 👏

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Great introduction to Quebec at the #SEQ2025 meeting at Laval today where Sophia & Emily presented the work the lab has been doing on leafhopper monitoring in blueberries & strawberries! Thanks @edelplopez.bsky.social for being such amazing hosts & collaborators!

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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Oct 24th (Fri) - The EARLY BIRD registration and abstract submission DEADLINE for the 2025 #CSPB_ERM is fast approaching! @cspbscbv LINK HERE: event.fourwaves.com/erm2025 Early bird discounted rates: $25 for #CSPB student members and $40 for postdoc members!

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Canadian Society of Plant Biologists - Eastern Regional 2025 Meeting

Fourwaves - Canadian Society of Plant Biologists - Eastern Regional 2025 Meeting

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Nice highlight on the BC LeafHope Team monitoring leafhoppers in strawberries & blueberries in the Fraser Valley! @edelplopez.bsky.social

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

End of a great week at CSHS/CSA Joint Meeting this week. Presented an update on our cranberry warming studies, BERRI NSERC USRA student Emily & PhD Candidate Dan won poster presentation awards and caught up with old and new friends!

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Congrats to Emily Foster for receiving an NSERC USRA to support her work on the LeafHope m & Environmental Resilience work at BERRI this summer. Emily started last Fall as a work study student on our cranberry warming project & we are so happy to keep her around this summer! #BERRI #USRA

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Canadian Society of Plant Biologists @cspbscbv.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Join the CSPB Education Committee for a free Workshop on May 6, 1-3PM EST. Reimagining the Syllabus for the Modern Age with facilitators Dr Solmaz Irani & Dr Miranda Meents Details & registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z10... Please share widely! #plantscience #plantbiogy #highered #syllabus

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Canadian Society of Plant Biologists @cspbscbv.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Happy International Plant Appreciation Day fellow plant nerds AKA #CSPB #SCBV members. A Salmonberry bud to celebrate the day from the berry researcher who runs this account. Share your fav plants or lab plant friends with us below ⬇️ 👇 #plantappreciationday #plantscience #plantbiology

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Canadian Society of Plant Biologists @cspbscbv.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

#CSPB #SCBV members 👋 tag us in your publication announcements so we can help amplify the amazing #canadian #plantsci research being done by our members!

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

We had our inaugural @goufv.bsky.social Agriculture Department Student Research Showcase yesterday aka B.A.R.N. (Beginning Agriculture Researcher Network) showcase their hard work to faculty, peers & community partners. BERRI lab member Faby even won People’s Choice. 10/10 will organize this again!

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 09/04/2025

Please share! The Appalachian Mountain Club is hiring a new GIS scientist to work in their northeast US-based research group (www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...). Ideal candidate has a MS in ecology-related field with at least an additional year of work experience. #jobs #ecology #conservation

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Liz Brauer @lizbrauer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Anyone looking to run a research lab in plant physiology? Check out this position at Agriculture Canada in Brandon Manitoba emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...

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Research Scientist – Plant Physiology

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BC Parks Foundation @bcparksfoundation.ca · 18/03/2025

We're looking for volunteers to help us to map Scotch Broom, an invasive species, at Goldstream Park. This mapping will guide us and BC Parks in planning its removal in a second phase in spring, as well as track the management over time.

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Differential temperature adaptation mechanisms in the High Arctic-adapted Cerastium regelii Ostenf. and the widespread Stellaria longipes Goldie. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

First pre-print for the BERRI lab is out! Integrating field observations, modelling, in vitro culture & metabolomics to understand how high Arctic plants respond to warming climates. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Canadian Society of Plant Biologists @cspbscbv.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

CSPB - SCBV is working on building a starter pack to help members connect. Let us know if you are a member who would like to be added! 👋 go.bsky.app/TjDNeTJ #plantscience #plantbiology #starterpack #canadianscience #cspb #scbv

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UFVResearch @ufvresearch.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Thinking of presenting a student mircolecture at Student Research Day on April 2? It's a great opportunity to gain presentation experience showcasing your work in front of fellow student researchers, plus faculty and senior admin. But hurry! Spots are limited & filling up fast! 👉 bit.ly/SRD_2025

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Canadian Society of Plant Biologists @cspbscbv.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Are you a student and planning to attend CSPB 2025 in Halifax? The George H Duff Student Travel Award Aplications are now open. Check out www.cspb-scbv.ca/travel-bursaries for info and application. #cspb #scbv #plantscience #plantscienceconference #plantbiology #plantbiologyconference #cspb2025

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Canadian Society of Plant Biologists @cspbscbv.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Registration is now open for the #CSPB #SCBV 2025 Annual Meeting CSPB2025.ca for all details and information. The meeting will be hosted in Halifax, NS this year from Aug 9 - 12. We can’t wait to see you there! #scienceconference #plantscience #conference

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Hi Plant Biology Friends! Just a quick note to say that the Canadian Society of Plant Biologist @cspbscbv.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Come find us there!

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

For any CSPB-SCBV Members here. The deadline for Mary Spencer Award Nominations has been extended to Feb 28,2025. Please nominate a deserving member today! All info is here: www.cspb-scbv.ca/spencer-award

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Talking to Grace is always inspiring! Your passion is clear in your writing and to date, your story on our research is one of, if not my absolute favourite. Go check out her work at the @fvcurrent.bsky.social One day maybe I can convince her to write a book on plants with me! 🌱😜

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Happy International Day of Women in Science from the BERRI Lab! This is the awesome group of women working hard to build resilient, sustainable berry horticulture in this unpredictable, changing climate (and honestly these days not just the environmental one). #womeninstem #womeninscience

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Great recent article from a local news team the Fraser Valley Team on our research looking to understand future climate impacts on production and quality of cranberries in BC! fvcurrent.com/p/cranberry-...

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Climate change, cranberries, and their chemicals

Climate change is going to affect cranberries. UFV scientist Lauren Erland is finding out exactly how that will happen on a molecular level.

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Lauren Erland @plantdrlauren.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Fun article from the UFV Student Newspaper about how being a plant nerd can in fact get you your dream job! So great talking with a student reporter about the journey from student researcher to student supervisor! ufvcascade.ca/professor-pr...

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Professor Profile: “I am a Plant nerd” — Dr. Lauren Erland – The Cascade

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