Jana Vamosi
@jvamosi.bsky.social
Plant Diversity Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, UCalgary, jvamosi.wordpress.com | she/her
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2026 REFERENDUM - Register to vote
Tomorrow is the last day you can register to vote online: https://ow.ly/LOG750ZUAIP
If you miss this deadline, you will still be able to register at your voting place on advance voting or Election Day. Find out where at https://ow.ly/svBW50ZUAIO.
Tomorrow is the last day you can register to vote online: https://ow.ly/LOG750ZUAIP
If you miss this deadline, you will still be able to register at your voting place on advance voting or Election Day. Find out where at https://ow.ly/svBW50ZUAIO.
October 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
2026 REFERENDUM - Register to vote
Tomorrow is the last day you can register to vote online: https://ow.ly/LOG750ZUAIP
If you miss this deadline, you will still be able to register at your voting place on advance voting or Election Day. Find out where at https://ow.ly/svBW50ZUAIO.
Tomorrow is the last day you can register to vote online: https://ow.ly/LOG750ZUAIP
If you miss this deadline, you will still be able to register at your voting place on advance voting or Election Day. Find out where at https://ow.ly/svBW50ZUAIO.
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The Calgary Chamber of Commerce & execs of major Alberta companies put out this open letter today in support of remaining in Canada:
"Alberta’s success has not been built in isolation. It depends on our connections to the rest of Canada and the world..."
"Alberta’s success has not been built in isolation. It depends on our connections to the rest of Canada and the world..."
Open letter: Alberta’s future is stronger in Canada - The Calgary Chamber
Open letter to Albertans on the October 19, 2026, referendum question on Alberta separating from Canada
calgarychamber.com
September 29, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The Calgary Chamber of Commerce & execs of major Alberta companies put out this open letter today in support of remaining in Canada:
"Alberta’s success has not been built in isolation. It depends on our connections to the rest of Canada and the world..."
"Alberta’s success has not been built in isolation. It depends on our connections to the rest of Canada and the world..."
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September 1, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Scientists Warn Carney's Changes Will Bring 'Wilful Extinction' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/08... #conservation #biodiversity
Scientists Warn Carney’s Changes Will Bring ‘Wilful Extinction’ | The Tyee
Proposed amendments to make building ports and pipelines easier could destroy entire species.
thetyee.ca
August 12, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Scientists Warn Carney's Changes Will Bring 'Wilful Extinction' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/08... #conservation #biodiversity
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A lot has changed along Route 66 in the past 100 years including its flora 🌼
As we celebrate Route 66’s centennial, learn how the Garden’s scientists are saving some of the most threatened flora species along the Mother Road: buff.ly/FlgYeE1
#MOBOTGarden
As we celebrate Route 66’s centennial, learn how the Garden’s scientists are saving some of the most threatened flora species along the Mother Road: buff.ly/FlgYeE1
#MOBOTGarden
June 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
A lot has changed along Route 66 in the past 100 years including its flora 🌼
As we celebrate Route 66’s centennial, learn how the Garden’s scientists are saving some of the most threatened flora species along the Mother Road: buff.ly/FlgYeE1
#MOBOTGarden
As we celebrate Route 66’s centennial, learn how the Garden’s scientists are saving some of the most threatened flora species along the Mother Road: buff.ly/FlgYeE1
#MOBOTGarden
Canada's Endangered Species Watchdog Is Strapped for Cash via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/06... #conservation #biodiversity
Canada’s Endangered Species Watchdog Is Strapped for Cash | The Tyee
One commissioner said it’s like ‘providing a fire department with garden hoses for three-alarm fires.’
thetyee.ca
June 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Canada's Endangered Species Watchdog Is Strapped for Cash via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/06... #conservation #biodiversity
Mitigating the threat of climate change on threatened species is tricky but Parks Canada and Beach Pinweed are offering insights #biodiversity #conservation #iamabotanist www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How Parks Canada is working to protect rare coastal plant in N.B., P.E.I. | CBC News
Parks Canada is taking steps to protect a rare coastal plant, the Gulf of St. Lawrence beach pinweed, at Kouchibouguac and Prince Edward Island national parks.
www.cbc.ca
April 25, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Mitigating the threat of climate change on threatened species is tricky but Parks Canada and Beach Pinweed are offering insights #biodiversity #conservation #iamabotanist www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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We need your help.
The Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Forest Service. 193 million acres of public land (bigger than Texas) is being handed over to political operatives and industry insiders.
The Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Forest Service. 193 million acres of public land (bigger than Texas) is being handed over to political operatives and industry insiders.
April 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
We need your help.
The Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Forest Service. 193 million acres of public land (bigger than Texas) is being handed over to political operatives and industry insiders.
The Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Forest Service. 193 million acres of public land (bigger than Texas) is being handed over to political operatives and industry insiders.
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Invasive grasses spreading after B.C. wildfires could fuel massive fires: UBC study
Researchers say invasive grasses act as dry runways that spread flames at highway speed #BritishColumbia
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researchers say invasive grasses act as dry runways that spread flames at highway speed #BritishColumbia
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Invasive grasses spreading after B.C. wildfires could fuel massive fires: UBC study | CBC News
Invasive grasses are creeping into burnt landscapes years after wildfires and could fuel massive future fires that put people's lives at risk, a UBC researcher says.
www.cbc.ca
March 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Invasive grasses spreading after B.C. wildfires could fuel massive fires: UBC study
Researchers say invasive grasses act as dry runways that spread flames at highway speed #BritishColumbia
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researchers say invasive grasses act as dry runways that spread flames at highway speed #BritishColumbia
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Help earn conservation funding for chameleons by voting to advance the Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon acuminatus) through the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge starting March 16. www.indianapoliszoo.com/uproar-conse...
March 12, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Help earn conservation funding for chameleons by voting to advance the Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon acuminatus) through the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge starting March 16. www.indianapoliszoo.com/uproar-conse...
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Now published: Landscape connectivity across Canada and the USA. A seamless, high resolution connectivity map across both countries. 🧪🌎 Open access in Facets, including open data www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....
February 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Now published: Landscape connectivity across Canada and the USA. A seamless, high resolution connectivity map across both countries. 🧪🌎 Open access in Facets, including open data www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....
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Well, this is interesting - results from this paper show #PES restored #forests are successfully sounding like mature forest again! Research in #CostaRica 🇨🇷 used #ecoacoustics at 119 sites 🌍
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Large‐Scale Forest Restoration Accompanied by Biodiversity Recovery in Costa Rica's Redistributive Payment for Ecosystem Service Program
Transforming recorded sound into meaningful ecological insights requires carefully designed methodologies. This workflow diagram describes the steps of our analysis (contained within circles labeled ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Well, this is interesting - results from this paper show #PES restored #forests are successfully sounding like mature forest again! Research in #CostaRica 🇨🇷 used #ecoacoustics at 119 sites 🌍
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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We got you. ✊
Call scripts are updated to demand investigations, block funding for ICE, and impeach, like, everyone. Have at it. 🔥☎️🔥
Call scripts are updated to demand investigations, block funding for ICE, and impeach, like, everyone. Have at it. 🔥☎️🔥
I called yesterday and will call again today. If you’re new to it, 5calls.org has got your back.
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
We got you. ✊
Call scripts are updated to demand investigations, block funding for ICE, and impeach, like, everyone. Have at it. 🔥☎️🔥
Call scripts are updated to demand investigations, block funding for ICE, and impeach, like, everyone. Have at it. 🔥☎️🔥
Locally extinct plant rediscovered in southern Ontario www.cp24.com/local/toront... #iamabotanist #conservation
Locally extinct plant rediscovered in southern Ontario
A plant species that had been previously designated 'locally extinct' has been rediscovered in southern Ontario, according to the Canadian Wildlife Federation.
www.cp24.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Locally extinct plant rediscovered in southern Ontario www.cp24.com/local/toront... #iamabotanist #conservation
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Microsatellite, Hyb-Seq & morphological studies confirm the enigmatic #mustard #Boechera tiehmii as an intergeneric hybrid
New #AJB research by Nikolai Hay, Michael Windham Kathleen Pryer
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Brassicaceae
New #AJB research by Nikolai Hay, Michael Windham Kathleen Pryer
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Brassicaceae
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Microsatellite, Hyb-Seq & morphological studies confirm the enigmatic #mustard #Boechera tiehmii as an intergeneric hybrid
New #AJB research by Nikolai Hay, Michael Windham Kathleen Pryer
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Brassicaceae
New #AJB research by Nikolai Hay, Michael Windham Kathleen Pryer
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #Brassicaceae
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I just got an email from a former mentee telling me that one dinner conversation changed how he writes papers♥️
I told him: “just write the paper, get it out—the next one will be better, and the next even better.”
Perfectionism is a trap (and a way to procrastinate...:))
I told him: “just write the paper, get it out—the next one will be better, and the next even better.”
Perfectionism is a trap (and a way to procrastinate...:))
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I just got an email from a former mentee telling me that one dinner conversation changed how he writes papers♥️
I told him: “just write the paper, get it out—the next one will be better, and the next even better.”
Perfectionism is a trap (and a way to procrastinate...:))
I told him: “just write the paper, get it out—the next one will be better, and the next even better.”
Perfectionism is a trap (and a way to procrastinate...:))
Canada Research Chair, Tier 2 in Sustainable Soil Science for Food and Water Security (Assistant or Associate Professor)
University of Calgary universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?... #academicjobs
University of Calgary universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?... #academicjobs
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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Canada Research Chair, Tier 2 in Sustainable Soil Science for Food and Water Security (Assistant or Associate Professor)
University of Calgary universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?... #academicjobs
University of Calgary universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?... #academicjobs
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‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government #Alberta
globalnews.ca/news/1150072...
globalnews.ca/news/1150072...
‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government | Globalnews.ca
Leaders from unions representing hundreds of thousands of Albertans stood in solidarity while saying they are exploring the process or triggering a general, province-wide strike.
globalnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government #Alberta
globalnews.ca/news/1150072...
globalnews.ca/news/1150072...
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto is looking for a Curator of Plants and Sustainability #academicjobs #iamabotanist royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...
Curator of Plants & Sustainability - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page
Apply to Curator of Plants & Sustainability at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto is looking for a Curator of Plants and Sustainability #academicjobs #iamabotanist royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...
Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Translational Crop Genomics in Sustainable Agriculture in Calgary, AB, Canada #academicjob careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...
Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Translational Crop Genomics in Sustainable Agriculture in
Calgary,
...
Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Translational Crop Genomics in Sustainable Agriculture in
Calgary,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Translational Crop Genomics in Sustainable Agriculture in Calgary, AB, Canada #academicjob careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...
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When heat and drought stress trees, the consequences can be tragic #ClimateChange
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
When heat and drought stress trees, the consequences can be tragic
Constabel said he had seen branches of maple trees and oak trees falling off on the University of Victoria campus, even on a windless day.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
When heat and drought stress trees, the consequences can be tragic #ClimateChange
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in Canada #academicjob careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1652277...
Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in
Calgary,
...
Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in
Calgary,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
August 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecologist, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary in Canada #academicjob careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1652277...
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What is spectral biology? We explain in this synthesis article on “Spectral biology across scales in changing environments”
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/R6QXPK
www.spectralbiology.org
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/R6QXPK
www.spectralbiology.org
July 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
What is spectral biology? We explain in this synthesis article on “Spectral biology across scales in changing environments”
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/R6QXPK
www.spectralbiology.org
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/R6QXPK
www.spectralbiology.org
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Today (May 20) is World Bee Day, a moment to appreciate these small marvels.
I am poking around iNaturalist to see the species people are finding in my city - www.inaturalist.org/observations.... Which species are keeping your landscape alive?
I am poking around iNaturalist to see the species people are finding in my city - www.inaturalist.org/observations.... Which species are keeping your landscape alive?
May 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today (May 20) is World Bee Day, a moment to appreciate these small marvels.
I am poking around iNaturalist to see the species people are finding in my city - www.inaturalist.org/observations.... Which species are keeping your landscape alive?
I am poking around iNaturalist to see the species people are finding in my city - www.inaturalist.org/observations.... Which species are keeping your landscape alive?