Keir Wefferling

Assistant Professor & Herbarium Curator at UWGB. Study seed-free plants: polyploidy, phylo- & cytogeography... Papa; juggler; imbiber of Coffea, Camellia, Ilex

[Keir Wefferling @WefferWoo]

@BugsOrBust I don't see the original tweet!

[OGR @uwgb_ogr]

Congrats @uwgb Asst Prof/Herbarium Curator Keir Wefferling @WefferWoo recipient of Franklin Research Grant @AmPhilSociety helping continue his research of Great Lakes' peatland plant communities thru field id of bryophytes-for us neophytes that's hornworts, liverworts & mosses😁

[Dr. Laura Lagomarsino @Lagomarsino_L]

I've been tasked to hype up lichens to a funding agency— this is a bit out of my comfort zone, so I turn to you, #Botany and #Lichen Twitter, for inspiration: why are lichens the absolute best and can studying them make the world a better place?

[Anza-Borrego DRC @AnzaBResearch]

Desert sand verbena can now be found blooming all over the Borrego valley and further east into the Borrego Badlands (Photo: Sicco Rood).

[Jonas Frei @jdfrei]

Hazelnut diversity. The genus Corylus is widespread throughout the northern hemisphere, from East Asia to Europe and North America. Many of the species shown are grown only regionally as nut crops.

[Harpo Faust @softcorebotany]

The state of New Mexico is ~finally~ hiring 3 botanists right now! We need more dedicated botanists in this incredibly biodiverse state. Please retweet! 🌱

[Michael Lueth @MichaelLueth2]

A hybrid live form of liverwort and hornwort?
Not really. Anthoceros agrestis is growing in the middle of a Riccia glauca rosette.
Seen yesterday near Freiburg, Germany.

[Dr. Jenna T. B. Ekwealor 🌱💪🏽 @Bryophyter]

🚨 Alert! 🚨 Who do you know that works on polyploid plants? Particularly interested in ECRs!

[Sarah Watts @Watts_SH]

Incredible scenes from above of successful re-wetting at one of our first #peatland #restoration sites at #Corrour. Work is currently ongoing on our next site of 176 hectares, with even larger areas planned for the following two years! Funded by @PeatlandACTION @nature_scot

[Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol]

Attention student members of SSB!

Don't forget that proposals for Graduate Student Research Awards are now being accepted.

Awards will range between $1,000 and $3,000, and the deadline to apply is Nov. 15th.

More info here: https://t.co/Qrktn5oq4V

[Jesse Stommel @Jessifer]

10 quotes (in no particular order) from almost 200 years that have informed my thinking about grades and ungrading:

“When the how’s of assessment preoccupy us, they tend to chase the why’s back into the shadows.” ~ Alfie Kohn

[Sarah Morris @Sarah_K_Morris]

ATTN BOTANISTS: application now open for Assistant TT Profesor in Collections-Based Plant Evolutionary Biology/Systematics @UVMplantbio -- please share! #botany #herbarium #AcademicJobs https://t.co/c68oKJepSp

[Henry Gage @henrygage_]

How does #wetland successional state impact #wildfire? What role do #beavers play? Our new paper employs remote sensing to analyze wetland fire severity in the @GBayBiosphere (1/4). #PeatTwitter

https://t.co/mDRyygXBDh

[University of Arizona EEB @UofAEEB]

We are excited to announce a search for an assistant professor in any area of ecology! Come join us in beautiful Tucson! Apply here: https://t.co/YM3owxQLCM

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

“Conference travel reimbursement”, by M. C. Escher (Lithograph, 1957).

[ThünenPeat @ThuenenPeat]

#Peatlands and other organic soils store a lot of #carbon, but their #soil properties are very heterogenous. We are looking for a soil scientist to improve the parameterisation of a map of organic soils.
👉 https://t.co/qmsnpxrjDS

#Moorbodenmonitoring
#PeatlandsMatter

[Frog and Toad Bot @FrogandToadbot]

'Tomorrow!' cried Toad. 'I will do it all tomorrow!'

[Keir Wefferling @WefferWoo]

@PeatlandECR #peatcalendar Sphagnum capillifolium, northeastern Wisconsin!

[Morgan Gostel @M_Gostel]

📢Recruiting an @NSF-funded PhD student to contribute to our E. Hemisphere #IronweedRevision project!!🌍🌻🧬🌱

#Plant #Taxonomy #Systematics #Phylogenomics #Compositae #Vernonieae

Deadline 15 Dec | DM or email w/❓s #IAmABotanist @KewScience @KewAfrica @BRIT_org @UTABiologyDept

[International Association for Plant Taxonomy IAPT @iaptglobal]

Biodiversity Challenge Application Form:

https://t.co/Y6czmxK6vS

https://t.co/LWlI8z1ECO

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