Susan Rutherford

A new classification of #magnoliids now out in American Journal of Botany @KewScience @hsauquet_bgsyd @ajhelmstetter @FelixForest1 bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

VACANCY - Are you molecular biologist and looking for a postdoc? Join Peter Kindgren's group @UmeaPlantSci & @_SLU and generate superior plants in terms of biomass and stress resilience. Read more here and apply: slu.se/en/about-slu/w… #PlantSciJobs #hiring #plantscience

We are advertising two fabulous jobs at the Cambridge University Herbarium. A Collections Manager (5 year fixed term) and a Collections & Digitisation Assistant (4 years fixed term). Incredible collection including most of Voyage of the Beagle material. Job links in thread below.

Applications for the 2025 TBA Field Course are Open! Our courses deliver hands-on training and real-world experience in the tropics, focusing on skill-building and deep understanding. Find out more: tropical-biology.org/courses/

!!BREAKING NEWS!! Your dream PhD is advertised. 'Origin and evolutionary dynamics of rainforest assembly in the Fiji Islands' And yes, you will HAVE to do fieldwork in that place in the picture... Botanists this a one off! Please RT! findaphd.com/phds/project/o…

Ecological differentiation & sympatry of cryptic species in the #Sphagnum magellanicum complex (#Bryophyta) New #AJB research by @Ma_Ni_Lu, @dnietolugilde, @HeterozygousAa, @BryoSean, @mossman2000, et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1… #botany #peatmoss @wileyplantsci @WileyEcolEvol

The magical otherworldly beauty of bogs. These carbon sequestering hotspots can cool the climate but only if we respect them. Please share to spread big bog love.

Delighted to have this passing Echidna call in to my yard to drink from a ground level birdbath (much loved by Brown Thornbills and other small birds :) #WildOz

🌳20yr study in a Japanese old-growth #forest reveals that high #tree #species richness enhances productivity stability through asynchronous growth & reduced dominance of single species: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Thanks for publishing with #AJB in the polyploidy special issue, @EricHagen19!

Wow now David Keith wins the #EurekaPrize for Botanical Science. A great night for Australian ecological research. “Long live botany, long live ecology!”

📌Are you eager to learn how soil microbiota protect plants from drought stress? Do you have a passion for teaching? Joins us @RIBESresearch for a 5-yr Educational PhD! Info and application: ru.nl/en/working-at/… Please RT🙏

Fungi are key players in several extreme environments. We present the most comprehensive and updated analysis of metagenomes from global extreme environments focusing on fungal taxonomy and function. #Fungi #Extremophiles #Metagenomics sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our paper on how biting helps during buzz pollination is free to read. Thanks to @UU_University for providing open access fees. Buzz-pollinating bees deliver thoracic vibrations to flowers through periodic biting: Current Biology cell.com/current-biolog…

The new #AppsPlantSci special issue is online - featuring new methods & tools to help advance #Polyploidy research. Thanks to editors @mrmckain @yangyayy & @AgnieszkaGolicz! Check out the intro for an overview: bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… @wileyplantsci @soltislab #PlantJoy #botany

Very proud to share the first paper from my PhD! 🥳 We review approaches for enhancing ecological assessments through environmental DNA (#eDNA) / eRNA surveys of microorganisms, host-symbiont units (holobionts) and biodiversity across the tree of life 🦠🦊🌳🦆🧬🦀

🌼Special Issue Call for Papers🌼 #AJB invites proposals for “Paradigm Shifts in #Flower Color” Led by editors: Justen Whittall, Eduardo Narbona, José Carlos del Valle García, and Andrea Berardi Deadline: 9/16/24 bit.ly/3yIoEzI @wileyplantsci @WileyEcolEvol #botany

I have been illustrating insects which can be found buzzing & scuttling around ragwort. This cheerful wildflower sustains an astounding array of different insect species! This is just a tiny selection.

LOST AND FOUND!! During IBC2024 I found this ring on the floor in IFEMA. It seems to be a wedding ring with an inscription on the inner side. I thought I put it in a pocket but it went somehow missing. I just found it back a few days ago. Can you please help me find the owner?

Fisher's automatic advantage of self-#fertilization doesn't apply in cleistogamous species New #AJB research by Pierre-Olivier Cheptou doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1… #botany #pollen #cleistogamy @wileyplantsci