When I started in plant phenotyping we'd ask: How close can we get to human performance? Now Nikee Shrestha (Nikee Shrestha) is asking: How much better than humans are we doing?

What a way to end IBC2024 ! I can't believe how lucky I was to get the Early career researcher talk award on taxonomy or systematics by Pensoft for my talk at the conference. And delivered by my admired Sandra Knapp! Thank you so much! See you in Cape Town!

The last couple of weeks have been unbelievable! Started it off with a trip to Kew Science where I got to meet so many wonderful people, see some of Charles Darwin’s personal collections 👀, and present my research! Cannot wait to visit again! 🌻🌷🌸🌺🌵🌿

Have you heard about the legendary tepextate mezcal? Become an expert and learn evolutionary biology: Evolution history and the importance of genomic diversity facing climate change. The case of Agave marmorata by Karen Y. Ruiz-Mondragón et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pp…

Celebrating Ihsan Al-Shehbaz's 85th with the #Brassicaceae family! His birthday speech delivered a heartfelt and inspiring mission to our community. #BrassicaceaeGuru

Today was amazing and am so glad I got to share it with Sontosh Deb and our awesome advisor Michael McKain!

Slow and steady hemichordates.

Join us for a 4-year PhD studentship on 'Why does buzz pollination evolve?' We seek a student interested in evolution, pollination, and doing experiments with bees and flowers. You can read more and see how to apply here: plant-evolution.org/wp/2024/08/08/… Deadline: 18 Sep '24. Pls RT

Enjoy this video one of our graduate students made of the UNM Herbarium! Thanks Lisa! Museum of Southwestern Biology youtu.be/4lCDt_lUoAY?si…

The new #AJB special issue is online, featuring new analyses that explore questions related to #polyploidy! Thanks to editors Michael Barker,  Yuannian Jiao & Kelsey Glennon! Check out the intro for an overview: bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10… Wiley Plant Science Wiley Ecology & Evolution #botany

I’m thrilled to announce that Kelly Speer, Ph.D. and I started as Assistant Professors NAU this week!! I’m looking for PhD and MS students to start in Fall 2025. Reach out if you’re interested in phylogenomics, phylogeography, machine learning, biogeography, or herbarium-based research

The first chapter of my dissertation is available on bioRxiv. We resequenced genomes of all species (& subspecies) of rapidly radiating genus of Indo-pacific kingfishers. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Why are centromeres so beautiful?!? Very much recommend ModDotPlot for exploring and visualising complex repeat regions Alex Sweeten Michael Schatz Adam Phillippy github.com/marbl/ModDotPl…

Un placer hablar con la Sociedad Peruana de Cactus y Suculentas sobre el trabajo de Cactaceae en que andamos haciendo FLAS Herbarium Florida Museum Museo de Historia Natural UNMSM

Lots of new grad students starting in research labs this month, including many who have been taught (in subtle or overt ways) that they need to fight to prove they belong. It’s an exhausting way to spend your career. So I’m re-upping this for anyone who needs to hear it today:

The Pease Lab EEOBatOSU is looking for new PhD students interested in using computational models to study the evolution of complex traits in plants and animals. Students from evolution, genetics, bioinformatics, and other fields are welcome. peaselab.org for details.

Tenure-track Biology job here at Bucknell University! Come join this fab group of #PUI teacher-scholars. Assistant Prof salary starts just over $80K/year, more w/ experience. I'm search chair, so DM with questions. #neurojobs #neuroscience bucknell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…

The Missouri Botanical Garden has announced its next President, renowned botanist Dr. Lúcia Lohmann! We are so happy (and fortunate) that Lucia Lohmann will join us in January 2025 to lead MBG into an even brighter future for our institution, friends, and partners. 🌳

Join us on Wednesday, October 2, at 11AM PDT (2PM ET) for the first #PolyploidyWebinar of the season! The zoom link will be emailed out by Mike Barker (@barkerms.bsky.social) before the talks - sign up here if you have not signed up before! forms.gle/Bp3VUGeP9nAcSS…

Reach out if interested in one of these amazing PhD programs UC Berkeley Cal🌟: <Deadline Dec 2 2024> * Integrative Biology (ib.berkeley.edu/grad/admission…) * Computational Genomics (ccb.berkeley.edu/academics/phd-…) * Plant Biology (plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/graduate-progr…) More at moilab.science