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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Le gouvernement propose de pouvoir éviter les évaluations environnementales pour les grands projets économiques. Ces évaluations sont pourtant essentielles afin de minimiser les impacts sur l'environnement, la santé humaine et la biodiversité. 📷 : J. Corbeil-Walsh

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Thursday morning at #CSEE2026, M.Sc. student Sufia Khader (@sufflox.bsky.social) is going to present her work on the characterization of the extent of vegetative reproduction in the endangered plant Polemonium vanbruntiae using genomics. Don’t miss this! 📅 Thursday 🕚 11am 📍 BA-1240

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I also have a poster presenting the results from M.Sc. student Édouard Courret and Ph.D. student @jeromeburkiewicz.bsky.social on the relationship of flower colour and fitness in Impatiens capensis. Come and chat with us! #SCEE26

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Hey #SCEE26! Ph.D. student Dongjuan Zhang is presenting a poster tonight where she is exploring how abiotic environment affect flower shapes in the Antillean Gesneriaceae.

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Lots of good memories of CSEE meetings, but here are two with pictures: 1) the trad music in Saint-Boniface at #beepeg23 where I danced with colleagues and 2) view of the lake Massawippi in early morning during a trail run organized by Dominique Gravel and Victor Cameron in 2026! #SCEECSEE20

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Rediscovery of the greater chestnut weevil by community science observations. This specialist seed predator of the American chestnut was thought to have been extirpated by the collapse of its host in the 20th century because of introduced plant pathogens. #coextinction www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Dégustation de 76 variétés de tomates 🍅! Aujourd’hui au Jardin botanique de Montréal. #JardinNourricier

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Also at the poster session, Malo Archambault is presenting on the impact of urbanization on 🌱 taxonomic and functional diversity using a large collection of community surveys from northeastern North America. He is showing that geographic distance among sites affects the patterns. #CSEE2025

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

At the #CSEE2025 poster session, go and see @sufflox.bsky.social poster on the conservation genetics of Jaccob’s ladder (Polemonium vanbruntiae). 🌱 She’s interested in measuring the extent of clonal structure in population using genomics.

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

You have to come and see the talk of @jeromeburkiewicz.bsky.social that will test if urbanization affects natural selection by pollinator on flower shape. #CSEE2025 It is at 11:00 in Rivière Coaticook

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Tuesday morning at the #CSEE2025, you don’t want to miss @stephinscience.bsky.social that will be talking about how urbanization structures plant reproductive strategies using an impressive collection of plant community surveys. 🕙 10 am, Rivière Coaticook

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I also encourage you to attend the symposium organized by Isaac Eckert: Turning over a new leaf: the rapidly growing role of natural history collections in modern biodiversity science. 🧪 #CSEE2025

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Today at the #CSEE2025, I’ll be presenting results from former PhD student Marion Leménager. She tested the hypothesis that pollination generalists should have greater diversification rates in islands ecosystems. 🧪 🕔 Lac Megantic, 5 pm

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Oh Sherbrooke! Tu es si accueillante pour les coureurs ! 🤩 #SCEE2025 Oh Sherbrooke! You are so welcoming for runners ! 🏃 #CSEE2025

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Meet Romulus and Remus, two cloned gray wolves that contain 15 gene modifications that have been selected to make them more similar to the dire wolves, a species that has been extinct for > 12,000 years! 🧪 Press release: www.businesswire.com/news/home/20... 1/n

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Le colloque du CSBQ c’est terminé avec un panel très relevé sur le rôle des statistiques vs. l’intelligence artificielle en écologie et évolution. Les panélistes @comecology.bsky.social, Andrew MacDonald et David Rolnick ont présenté les enjeux d’une façon dés divertissante et pertinente! #CABQ2025

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This morning at #QCBS2025, Sean Hoban from the Morton Arboretum is presenting simple indicators for assessing genetic diversity in order to inform conservation. He shows that genetic indicators are feasible and helpful!

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Une collaboration entre la @wcs.org Canada et des scientifiques de l’Université de Sherbrooke a mobilisé experts et partenaires afin de définir une centaine de zones clés pour la biodiversité (KBA). Les zones peuvent être consultées ici: www.kbacanada.org/fr/

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Hier avait lieu la première journée du colloque annuel du #CSBQ2025 qui traitait de conservation et restauration au Québec. Voici quelques bonnes nouvelles en matière de biodiversité au Québec qui ont été présentées pendant la journée. Un 🧵!

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

[1/4] What is the status of plant conservation in Canada? 🌿 In this study led by JL McCune, we surveyed 243 practitioners in plant conservation, ecology or evolution to answer the question. We came up with seven recommendations. ➡️ www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2023-0216 📷 : JL McCune

Wood-poppy, a species at risk in Canada. Photo credit: J.L. McCune.

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Québec créé le parc national Nibiischii, dont l'exploitation sera assurée par la Première Nation crie de Mistissini. Il protège ainsi le lac Mistassini, qui est le plus grand lac naturel du Québec! 💚💙

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 28/07/2024

The Joly lab at #Evol2024 today… Jérôme Burkiewicz (@jeromeburkiewicz) is presenting some of his PhD work on the genetic and plastic effects of urbanization in flower chape of the jewelweed. 📌 4:15, room 525AB (Floral Evolution), Sunday 28th

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

The Joly lab at #Evol2024 today… I’ll be presenting work on the impact of generalist pollination strategies on flower shape evolution 📌 9:45, room 516C, Saturday 27th

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

📣 The biology department at U Montreal is recruiting a tenure-track professor in plant molecular biology. The candidate will work at the IRBV (irbv.ca), within the Montreal Botanical Garden. Come and join us, we're a great team! 💚 🌱 More info ➡️ www.umontreal.ca/public/www/d...

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Br. Liogier made nice contributions to the Gesneriaceae of Hispaniola. He described Gesneria quisqueyana and G. sylvicola in the 70's. They were put in synonymy (G. viridiflora), but we showed using morphometrics and genetics that they are distinct species. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.12705...

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

I really appreciate the work put in some herbarium specimens. Here Brother Alain Liogier added a colour photograph on this paratype of Gesneria quisqueyana from 1968. It helps to appreciate the form of the flower, likely pollinated by bats and hummingbirds.

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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

I am an evolutionary botanist working on plant evolution at the Montreal Botanical Garden. I study plant reproductive strategies in Antillean Gesneriaceae and in urban environments, amongst many other things! #HiSciSky

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