Ren M. Johnson

🌱From the upcoming #AJB #Pollen Special Issue🌱 #Pollinators differ in their contribution to the male fitness of a self-incompatible composite bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aj… #botany #pollination #Asteraceae #prairie @wileyplantsci @TeamEchinacea

Check out our new paper on flowering phenology. @teamEchinacea quantified how much timing of flowering in offspring resembles timing in parents. It took over ten years for these babies to flower, but we found a strong resemblance!

Happy Graduation Day @ThatMaris and @Ren_M_Johnson!! I’ve been so fortunate to work with you during your time @WoosterEdu & I can’t wait to hear about your next adventures! 🐝🌻🌸 #Iamabotanist #wearebotanists #PUIplantnetwork

Thank you to everyone who watched me present today at IS Symposium! There’s also a recording of the talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=nMKLoS…

I’ll be giving a talk on my senior thesis at IS Symposium this Friday at 10am in the CoRE Cube in Andrews Library! Or view my poster and abstract at wooster.edu/2022/04/25/ren…

A warm weekend meant lots of bees and flowers! On Saturday we caught and released 7 queen bumbles and followed foraging trips of another 6. @Ren_M_Johnson caught the first queen of the day! #PUIplantnetwork

This is the FINAL WEEK to Register for #MEEC2022!! We've worked so hard to make this virtual conference worthwhile among everyone's busy schedules, so here's a thread of what you can look forward to (for just $5!): 🧵 /1

We will begin reviewing #REU applications on February 24th. If you are interested in learning & doing #ecology, #evolution, and #research, there's still time to apply! echinaceaproject.org/opportunities/… @chicagobotanic @NSF

I will be presenting on my Independent Study @MEEC2022! Register and visit the poster sessions to see my poster on native bee visitation in response to a managed honey bee hive 🐝

Pure joy seeing these former students & collaborators as we kick-off writing up the manuscript of their amazing work. 7 current & former @WoosterEdu students (classes 2019-22) @avery_e_pearson @CyperaceaHill @sci_with_miy @Bumbling_along Lauryn & Zeke, @TeamEchinacea

Fire affects population growth and decline in Echinacea--but how: reproduction, survival, or both? Our new paper in Oecologia uses several long-term datasets to look at the demographic mechanisms for how fire influences population dynamics: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#Botany2021 talk done! But you can watch it anytime here: youtu.be/4gZGxdThCGI . Another huge advantage of prerecorded talks!

Today I started my Independent Study research! I’m studying how a managed honeybee hive impacts native bee visitations to @WoosterEdu gardens. Thanks to @IsonJenniferL for taking pictures and being an amazing advisor!

What’s better than a #isonlab hike? Botanizing on it of course! It has been incredible to spend my undergraduate years in such a fun, supportive, and encouraging lab🌸🐝🌻🐝🌿@WoosterEdu

Got my 2nd vaccine shot & submitted an abstract for #botany2021 @Botanical_ with 8 current or past @WoosterEdu undergrad-researcher coauthors (including: @Bumbling_along @sci_with_miy @CyperaceaHill @avery_e_pearson @Ren_M_Johnson) #PUIplantnetwork #Iamabotanist

Thank you to everyone who made #Botany2020 amazing! And thank you so much to @IsonJenniferL who gave me the opportunity to attend. This experience was even better than I imagined!

Final #IsonLab 'coffee break' at #Botany2020. What an amazing week of inspiring DEI, research, and teaching. Thank you to everyone in the botanical community! #BotanySaves2020 #MakeitMeaningful #PUIplantnetwork @sci_with_miy @Ren_M_Johnson @avery_e_pearson @Bumbling_along)

For more info on #Botany2020 check out @Botanical_ 🌿🌵🌴 Find more amazing, diverse scientists to support at #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #BlackBotanists 🌱🌳🍃

On deck for tomorrow is my poster on native bees🐝 and male fitness🌸!

Huge fan of today’s #Botany2020 featured speaker Rod Peakall and his incredible photography of specialized #pollinators and “sexual deception” in #orchids! Such a fascinating field of research.