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PhD student studying Pinguicula
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🌱 Preprint!

Traits associated the 'C2' photorespiratory CO2 pump shows phenotypic plasticity, but only in species with sufficient organelle and GDC investment in the bundle sheath. We think acclimation may expose cryptic phenotypes to selection and facilitate evolution.

#PlantScience #Evolution 🧪
Acclimation to enhanced photorespiratory conditions increases the effectiveness of C2 photosynthesis in C3-C4 intermediates
- C2 photosynthesis reduces photorespiratory carbon loss by shuttling glycine from mesophyll (M) to bundle sheath (BS) tissues, where glycine decarboxylase (GDC) releases CO2 that accumulates around r...
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September 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to welcome @bobvanburen.bsky.social as our new associate director! A PRI faculty member since 2016, VanBuren brings scientific excellence and a deep commitment to our community to the role.

🌱 Learn more: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...
An announcement about new PRI Associate Director Robert VanBuren, which includes an image of VanBuren wearing a flannel button-up shirt outside with various plants and a greenhouse behind him. Underneath the image, the following text is written in a green box, “Robert VanBuren named associate director of MSU Plant Resilience Institute,” with the Michigan State University Plant Resilience Institute wordmark logo at the bottom.
August 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Foliar salt spray exclusion & tissue tolerance underlie local adaptation to oceanic salt spray

New #AJB research by @madisonplunkert.bsky.social, @pcdurant.bsky.social, @davidlowry.bsky.social & Katherine Egeler

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #monkeyflower #Mimulus
The coastal perennial ecotype of Mimulus guttatus DC. (syn. Erythranthe guttata DC.) growing on a cliff at Montara State Beach, Montara, California, USA, with oceanic salt spray damage on the leaf margin. Coastal M. guttatus has delayed flowering, which contributes to a salt spray escape strategy by reducing the amount of salt spray reaching these plants. Still, some salt spray contacts the plant, so later-acting strategies that keep sodium from entering the leaves and prevent cell damage are also key for local adaptation to coastal habitat. (Credit: David Lowry)
August 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Found an imposter in one of my plant trays
August 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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There's no beating the @botsocamerica.bsky.social community. New pres @martinebotany.bsky.social reminding us that plant people are the best. #botany2026
August 6, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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That’s a wrap for all of our section’s sessions. Thanks to everyone who came and presented such awesome research this year.

See you next year in Buffalo!

#bsaecophys #botany2026
August 5, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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We don't mean to give you fomo but here are some plants you can find right outside the #Botany2026 venue...

Follow along all week for updates from the conference 🌿
#plantpeopleFTW
August 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Come to the LICOR booth for a Section group photo at the next coffee break ! #bsaecophys
August 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Enjoying lunch? When you’re done, make sure to come enjoy Ecophys part II in San Pedro I this afternoon! Starting at 1:30 pm

Ecophys part I this morning was packed!
#bsaecophys #botany2026
August 4, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Don’t forget about the #bsaecophys business meeting today at noon in Tucson Ballroom E.

We will be talking about future plans for the section and also volunteer opportunities which are a great way to get involved. Hope to see you there!

#botany2026
August 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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How do some plants survive a nearly complete loss of cellular water?

A new review by PRI’s Jenny Schuster and Robert VanBuren synthesizes decades of research on the evolutionary origins and cellular mechanisms underlying desiccation tolerance. #PlantScience

Read more: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
The image is an announcement for a new publication from the MSU Plant Resilience Institute. At the top, a green banner displays the title "NEW PRI PUBLICATION" in bold white text. Below is the paper title in white over a textured green background: “Desiccation tolerance mechanisms in the green lineage and beyond.” There are two circular headshot photos on the left. Text on the right states: “Schuster and VanBuren, New Phytologist (2026)" with the Michigan State University and Plant Resilience Institute logos underneath. At the bottom is an illustration of the ancient origin and recurrent evolution of desiccation tolerance in the green lineage.
August 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Morning #Botany2026 - come check out a whole set of talks from the lab this morning in Ecophys! Tropical plants, temperate friends, epiphytes, and aquatics - we have it all.

Our Belonging in Botany: fostering resiliency discussion is happening from 11-12 today, too.

See you there! #dampmuffins
August 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Ecophys part 1 starts today at 8:00 am in San Pedro I. See you there! 🫡

#bsaecophys #botany2026
August 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Reminder we have a Colloquium today on Non-foliar gas exchange starting at 8:00 ! It will be in San Xavier. See you there! #bsaecophys #botany2026
August 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Trying to keep up with all things Ecophys this #Botany2026 ?

Check out our website!

sites.google.com/d.umn.edu/bo...
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Conference Events Sunday 1:30-5:30pm Workshop - Beyond the leaf: Methodologies for Measuring Gas Exchange from Non-planar and Unusual Sample Materials. 10:30pm-12:30am Connect at with Phys and Ecoph...
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August 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Don’t forget about our Colloquium on Monday August 3rd! #botany2026 #bsaecophys
August 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Who’s excited for our #bsaecophys workshop tomorrow at #Botany2026 ?

There are still a few spots open if there are still folks interested!
August 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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As you're making your itinerary on the #Botany2026 app, check out some of these lab presentations!!!
Flier that reads "Heyduk lab at Botany 2026" followed by a list of presentations. Posters include Dominique Pham ("Do Better or Die: Drought stress memory in an epiphytic CAM bromeliad" P120), Ed McAssey ("Plants and Civilization: An interdisciplinary approach to engaging undergraduate students in Botany" P261), and Dantony Lewis ("Comparative Analysis of the CAM genes in the Agavoideae" P27). There is a note that says "Also check out “Belonging In Botany: Fostering Resiliency Discussion” Come ready to share your struggles and collaboratively build solutions Tues. 11-12, Tucson Ballroom E" Talks listed include: Karolina Heyduk (Mon 10:00 San Pedro 1) "Homoploid hybridization: the end of a lineage or a driver of novel phenotypes?" Weijun Liang (Tues. 2:00 San Xavier) “YELLOW INTENSITY (YIN): a conserved gene that downregulates corolla carotenoid accumulation in Mimulus (monkeyflowers)" G Young Kim (Tues. 8:00 San Pedro 1) “Investigation of weak Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) in Peperomia reveals initial steps toward a CAM pathway.” Erika Moore Pollard (Tues. 8:45 San Pedro 1) “The fast and the frugal: Nitrogen tradeoffs and genomic insights into bromeliad adaptation and evolution.” Ellie Loew Mendelson (Tues. 9:00 San Pedro 1) “Assessing photosynthetic pathways in aquatic plant species” Claire Marino (Tues. 11:30 San Pedro 1) "Giant cubes and muddy shoes: manipulating microclimate to study Symplocarpus foetidus’ ecophysiology in situ” David Wickell (Wed. 10:30 Tucson AB) “Facultative CAM in Littorella uniflora: linking photosynthetic plasticity to environmental change”
July 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Botany 2026 is a week away! Make sure to check out our #bsaecophys sessions:
Talks
Tuesday August 4:
Ecophys I - 8:00 to 12:00 pm
Ecophys II - 1:30 to 5:30 pm

Wednesday August 5:
Ecophys III - 8:00 to 9:45 am
Phys - 10:15 to 12:00 pm

Hope to see you all at #Botany2026
July 24, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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We will also have two special sessions!

A workshop Sunday August 2, 1:30 to 5:30 pm

Measuring Gas Exchange from Non-planar and Unusual Sample Materials

And a Colloquium Monday August 3, 8:00 am to noon

Non-foliar gas exchange: mechanisms and implications for a changing world

#bsaecophys
July 25, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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My first chapter is now out on bioRxiv!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A continuum of CAM phenotypes in the carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae)
Premise Pinguicula are carnivorous plants occupying a wide range of habitats, from wetlands to barren rock cliffs, where CAM photosynthesis was recently discovered in several species. This ecological ...
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July 23, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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As we gear up for #botany2026, we are looking for judges for the student presentations in the Physiology and Ecophysiology section. If you will be at the meeting and are willing to judge a few posters and talks, please contact:

Brian Maricle
[email protected]

#BSA #BSAEcophys
July 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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A heartfelt thank you to our members, alumni, and collaborators who attended the 2026 PRI Retreat and 10th Anniversary Celebration! Together, we will continue to pursue meaningful solutions to the grand challenges of the 21st Century for decades to come. #PRI10

See more photos: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCTEpZ
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May 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Very grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to doing this project!
jgi.doe.gov Joint Genome Institute @jgi.doe.gov · May 6
From our FY26 New Investigator call: @dmokplants.bsky.social will study how a carnivorous plant evolved CAM, a water-efficient photosynthesis that helps plants thrive in dry environments @msupri.bsky.social

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Community Science Program New Investigator (FY26) Congratulations to our 2026 CSP New Investigator recipients! JGI Daniel Mok Michigan State University Uncovering the genomic drivers of Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) evolution using the carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae)
May 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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From our FY26 New Investigator call: @roseamarks.bsky.social will separate genome copies in this polyploid grass to uncover links to desiccation tolerance.@ibioillinois.bsky.social

Full portfolio: jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/jgi-announces-2026-new-investigator-portfolio
Congratulatory announcement for Rose A. Marks, new investigator at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Transcribed Text: Community Science Program New Investigator (FY26) Congratulations to our 2026 CSP New Investigator recipients! Rose A. Marks University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign A haplotype-resolved genome assembly for the hyperdiverse polyploid resurrection grass Microchloa afra
May 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM