Abel Gizaw

Evolutionary biologist interested in plant speciation | evolution | biogeography

[JSE @JournalSysEvo]

🌍Accurate species delimitation is crucial for biodiversity research, impacting #taxonomy, #ecology, and #conservation.

🧬Moreyra et al. use new molecular #phylogenetics methods to undertake a taxonomic reevaluation of Afrocarduus.
https://t.co/8o6ni8Bwqz @WileyEcolEvol #JSE

[Siri Birkeland @birkeland_siri]

🚨 PhD position alert!
We're hiring a PhD student in plant evolutionary genomics @nhm_uio 🧬🌿
Study convergent evolution & adaptation genomics in Arctic plants ❄️
🧪 Fieldwork, population genomics, common garden experiments
Apply by 10 August:
🔗 https://t.co/2Bs1G4oSZp

[Abel Gizaw @BelizG]

I'm glad to share our multispecies synthesis study exploring the correlation between species and genetic diversity across a continental habitat island system.

https://t.co/fEAaqeStJH

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

On the cover of our #LatestIssue: Dendrosenecio kilimanjari, a member of the enigmatic giant senecio #plants, stands tall in its native afro-alpine environment on #MountKilimanjaro, Tanzania. Image courtesy of Abel Gizaw

📖 See Gorospe et al. https://t.co/0ftah8ODK5

[Roswitha Schmickl @RosiSchmickl]

Southern African grasslands as the source of most Helichrysum lineages and repeated colonization of the tropical Afromontane and Afroalpine areas throughout the Miocene–Pliocene. A fascinating study by Carme Blanco-Gavaldà et al.! https://t.co/SEWk16Z37o

[Abel Gizaw @BelizG]

@laura_boykin I visited the herbarium at Makerere University some years ago and I guess you can reach out Mary Namaganda

[Abel Gizaw @BelizG]

Our perspective paper on Ecology, evolution, and conservation of Ethiopia’s biodiversity is now published in PNAS.
https://t.co/MWxz2T3z57

[plantastic @PlantasticSci]

Big new paper out @PNASNews on the origins of the enigmatic tropical afroalpine flora: https://t.co/HtNsjVR6Pv

[Abel Gizaw @BelizG]

Excited to share our latest paper just published in PNAS. great collaboration with @PirieMike & co.... The enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands is young, disturbed, and unsaturated | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/QgqsqI6TZA

[Roswitha Schmickl @RosiSchmickl]

Our Dendrosenecio #phylogenomics paper is out! Thanks to Christian Brochmann and @BelizG for the great collaboration! @IBOTCZ @CharlesUniPRG @UniOslo_NHM
https://t.co/PkpPMGzoHC

[Abel Gizaw @BelizG]

@SiccoVanHoegee @Tweet_Prvn @NaturelsWeird @real_mos @OlifaNT It's rather Dendrosenecio woodland not Lobelia forest. Perhaps if you are interested to know more about this charismatic plant here is our study: https://t.co/HKmNocZkkj

[Biogeography.News @JBiogeography]

Stepping-stone transcontinental colonization scenario through a few intermediate lower-altitude populations during the Last Glacial Maximum explains genetic pattern in an afroalpine grass 🌍🌱

https://t.co/NcVGjm8xRE

[Abel Gizaw @BelizG]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 convergent evolution via adaptation to similar environments. For more information on these charismatic plants, please check out our publication https://t.co/HKmNocZkkj (2/)

[Abel Gizaw @BelizG]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 The giant rosette plants of Dendrosenecios are considered as one of the flagship species on the high mountains of Tropical East Africa, also known as the Afro-alpine. They are of course similar to that of Espeletia in the Andes and represent a classical example of (1/2)

[Abel Gizaw @BelizG]

Glad to see our paper makes it to the Editor's pick of 2020! https://t.co/GKFYJWjK36

[Mystical Ethiopia @mystical_ethio]

Happy #InternationalMountainDay!

Did you know that 70% of all the mountains in Africa are found in Ethiopia?

Ethiopia: #TheRoofofAfrica

#SimienMountains

[Abel Gizaw @BelizG]

@m_matschiner @UniOslo_NHM What a great news Michael..... congrats!

[Siri Birkeland @birkeland_siri]

The genome of the Arctic Snow Draba (Brassicaceae) 🌱❄ is out in @molecology
Resources! Work led by @michaeldnowak with @tanjaslotte
@BelizG @marcofraca @rimjhim_roy and many more!

https://t.co/F57PT8ZGXK https://t.co/GP4Da5Ad0T

[Abel Gizaw @BelizG]

@IslandGenomics Thanks for the reminder @IslandGenomics . I will definitely 👍

[Michael David Pirie @PirieMike]

Another benefit of virtual #Botany2020 - I'm home for our Tom's birthday. While I'm resisting live-tweeting the Norwegian version of Minions from the cinema, you busy folks could check out Martha Kandziora's talk in the Macroevolution II session: