Stuart McDaniel

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Spore evolution in land plants

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Rare treat to post something like this - a dope lichenology job! For real

"I was told," said the princess, "that the point of fairy tales is not to tell children dragons exist, but that they can be killed." "Oh, absolutely!" said the dragon. "You agree?" "These rich, selfish, powerful, cruel beings that need killing, did you think they're literally dragons, princess?"

Insanity

This was a talk I’m very glad I attended, really great

Tenure track assistant/associate professor positions open in my university. Within life sciences, INCLUDING PLANT SCIENCES. Please RT jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

This looks cool!

Striking, and appropriate, that this piece comes from a professor from a business school. The business world relies on public research and universities for its talent pipeline. Cutting off international students with an unachievable degree deadline cuts that pipeline. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

“For four decades, the United States has run one of the most profitable trades in the world economy… import young people that the global labor market has underpriced—graduate students whose ability outruns their résumés—give them a place to prove themselves, and keep much of the upside”

The UGA Genetics Department is hiring! Please help spread the word. We have an opening for an Associate Professor/Professor in Genetics, Synthetic Biology, and Biological Engineering. See ad for details – and join us here in Athens, GA!

Just over two weeks left to apply! I may be biased, but it’s hard to imagine a better place to do plant evolutionary biology.

We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs

UF Biology is searching for an Assistant Professor in Plant Ecology, pass it along explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/search...

This is fun and in time for this year’s #plantsgiving

I learned the “evolutionary anachronism” story that bodark tree’s animal disperser had gone extinct and the seeds didn’t reliably germinate, so this is cool! The wood is remarkably beautiful en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura...

This looks like a great meeting for those interested in the molecular basis of phenotypes across the diversity of plants

A warm welcome to the MAdLand Meeting 2026 in Göttingen! 🌱 We’re kicking things off with a welcome reception at the beautiful Forum Wissen (www.forum-wissen.de). Here’s to a fantastic meeting filled with exciting science, inspiring discussions, and amazing people! 🔬 #plantsci #MAdLand2026

We are recruiting at the assistant professor level ~ Ideal candidates have expertise in genomics and/or biochemistry, applying emerging experimental, computational, AI-driven methods to answer mechanistic questions in human health. Please share! First review 10/30. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07832

The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783

It’s almost like the term ‘early diverging lineage’ doesn’t mean anything at all. Having done this exercise myself I’ve realized that tree-thinking is counterintuitive enough that viewpoints like this have to come out routinely to remind people not to fall into higher-lower essentialist thinking

Essential plant diversity reading

Wonderful profile of our new colleague in the Dept. of Biology in Maryland, @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social with secrets yet to be uncovered into a major evolutionary transition hanging out in murky waters. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...

Two weeks left to apply for these postoc positions! We seek two postdocs interested in 1) building trait prediction models capable of resolving complex microbial traits from genomes and metagenomes, and/or (2) building mathematical models of microbial community dynamics in the human microbiome.

Tenure process in the age of Trump and Vought

We're hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology in my department at the university of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social Come be my colleague careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...

Two positions in my department at Virginia Tech in Molecular Microbiology. Come be my colleague! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...

Fantastic Asst Professor positions open across multiple UC Berkeley departments @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Plant/Algae/Microb aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522 Plant/Env aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 Gen/Dev/Evo aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 Eco aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489

A secret report shows which Florida insurers claimed losses as affiliates made billions. The state Senate demanded the Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel destroy the report or face legal action.

Reminder that Trump’s margin in Florida was narrower than his margins in Iowa, Alaska, & Texas. And to my knowledge there are no Repubs in those states running ads criticizing Trump. floridapolitics.com/archives/820...

We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

TWO JOBS in our department #IntegrativeBiology at #UTAustin! Evolutionary Biology and Organismal Mechanistic Processes, both very widely defined. Come join us! Application info here: apply.interfolio.com/193270

Plant Colleagues! Open job for Director of the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center (PRC) at UT Austin. A great job for anyone addressing fundamental questions in evolution of plants and a commitment to herbarium administration and/or collections-based research. apply.interfolio.com/193263

Bad taxonomy kills

This is a very nice interview with someone who’s work I really admire

I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include: 1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc 2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding

📣 New York Botanical Garden is seeking a career-track Restoration Ecologist! 🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program 📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled) 📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable) 🤑 $87.5k jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...

I turned 20 on my AT thru hike. I went back to the Whites w my son 30 years and 30lbs later, and they kicked my ass. This is a totally wild achievement

I am currently searching for a postdoc to work on the evolution of adaptations, cold acclimation, and freezing tolerance in switchgrass. The position entails lab, growth facility, bioinformatics, and fieldwork. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...

Hopefully this means that the excellent Duke herbarium staff, who are a vital part of what makes the collection great, will get to carry on with their work

This made me remember the keenly observed David foster Wallace essay in Harper’s “Ticket to the fair” www.assayjournal.com/stacy-muriso...

UMass Amherst Dept of Biology is hiring a TT faculty member in Evolutionary Biology! careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista... We have a diverse and wonderful dept - please consider joining us!

250 million birds flew across America last night, tracked by radar. Migration season is upon us, and it’s wilder than you could imagine. Birdcast’s live migration maps and forecasts (from Cornell Lab of Ornithology) are brilliant, and you can find them here. birdcast.org/migration-to...

Come be our colleague!!! TT position in Evolution careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista...

Postdoctor in Botany (Plant Science) University of Gothenburg/Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Sweden euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/460756 #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJob #PlantSciJob

Friends, let’s do this. Here is the link to make a comment - www.regulations.gov/document/NSF...