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Angela McDonnell (she/her)

@angelajmcd

Botany & plant evolution. Assistant Prof at St. Cloud State University. Also ma, human bean, systematist, herbarium curator, greenhouse lurker, & nerd.

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Here he goes… ! #botany2025 #botanistsftw

30.07.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
18 botanists with links to the lab at a restaurant in Palm Springs

18 botanists with links to the lab at a restaurant in Palm Springs

Martine Lab past/present/affiliated dinner at Lulu. Really dig these folks. πŸ₯°

#Botany2025 #plantpeopleFTW

29.07.2025 07:51 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Chicago press booth at Botany2025, covered with journal issues and swag.

Chicago press booth at Botany2025, covered with journal issues and swag.

A close-up of the @uchicagopress.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social swag buffet available to #Botany2025 attendees. You can see @ijpsjournal.bsky.social bandanas, pens, and magnets, plus @asn-amnat.bsky.social magnets. Swing by to pick some up!

28.07.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Great talks and discussions happening at #Botany2025. Check out the starter pack to follow along (and let me know if you're attending so I can add you):

go.bsky.app/Gu9T4st

28.07.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks for this!! βœ…

28.07.2025 22:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#botany2025

28.07.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chris Martine identifying newish invasive loosestrife 😎😭

28.07.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Drop in and see Rebecca in the 2nd half of the poster session!!

#Botany2025

28.07.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to showcase my new Open Educational Resource for intro college level Botany. It's a hybrid textbook, lab manual, and workbook. Published and ready for anyone to implement! I'll be showcasing it in the Educational section of #Botany2025 today and handing out copies & stickers!

28.07.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A person giving a talk w a slide

Dr. Catrina Adams, Botanical Society of America Director of Education, steps up last minute to give our plenary address. YOU are a role model and absolute icon! Thanks for this, and for all you've done to get PlantingScience K-12 outreach to 20 years! Here's to the next 20! #Botany2025

28.07.2025 02:49 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Single biggest clutch performance in my 23 years of Botany meetings. Finds out 20 minutes before the start time that she is stepping in … and KILLS it. Well done, Catrina!

#Botany2025

28.07.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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9 years ago I went to my first Botany with Julienne & @robertlaport.bsky.social lab when @willweaver.bsky.social and I were undergrads.

All 3 undergrads in that photo now have PhDs and Robs an associate prof! #Botany2016 #Botany2025

28.07.2025 13:24 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Deeper Bulbs Are Larger | International Journal of Plant Sciences: Vol 186, No 4 Premise of research.Belowground bud placement generally offers plants protection from aboveground disturbances, such as frosts and fires. However, deeper bud placement requires more reliance on stored...

Excited to talk about our work on the relationship between bud depth in the soil and bulb size this morning (8:45, Mojave) at #Botany2025! πŸͺ»πŸ˜πŸ§…

If you can’t make it, check out the paper for all the info!

Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

28.07.2025 14:19 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Dowell Lab is headed to #Botany2025, come check out some of our amazing talks to see what we’ve been up to!

24.07.2025 13:59 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Investigating the adaptive significance of leaf shape plasticity in a California endemic monkeyflower, Mimulus laciniatus
Tue, Jul 29 β€’ 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Type Contributed Papers
Track Ecology
Part of: Ecology IV: Global Change & Adaptation
Smoketree CO - Convention Center & Hotel
Presenter
Jill Love
Tulane University, United States
Kathleen Ferris
Tulane University, United States

Investigating the adaptive significance of leaf shape plasticity in a California endemic monkeyflower, Mimulus laciniatus Tue, Jul 29 β€’ 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Type Contributed Papers Track Ecology Part of: Ecology IV: Global Change & Adaptation Smoketree CO - Convention Center & Hotel Presenter Jill Love Tulane University, United States Kathleen Ferris Tulane University, United States

Giving my first talk at Botany! So excited! #botany2025

24.07.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a man in a red and green costume is dancing in front of a crowd of people Alt: a man in a red and green costume is dancing in front of a crowd of people

Hahaha. You, after drinking that and giving your talk at the last mixer: (full disclosure:
This is inspired by the king comment above & wanted to find a king tomato gif…)

27.07.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Packed room for the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop.

If you cannot make it, all the resources can be found here: github.com/soltislab/Bo...

27.07.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks for the lol.

27.07.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Martinez-Gomez Lab Plant Evo-Devo

A little belated but I've started a faculty position at Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology department at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social. I'm absolutely stoked! I'll be recruiting at all levels and will be at #Botany2025

Reach out!

www.martinezgomezlab.com

25.07.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 1
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While it didn't work out to be a vendor in California for #Botany2025 this week, I'm excited to be there virtually through social media! This week only - the entire shop is 10-25% off. I'll be adding more pieces over the next several days, too. BlueBeehiveStudio.Etsy.com

27.07.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!πŸŽŠπŸŽ‰πŸΎπŸŽˆ

27.07.2025 17:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Whaaat I didn’t see you! Let’s meet 😎

27.07.2025 17:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Field trip participants

Field trip participants

Desert view

Desert view

I am excited to welcome #Botany2025 to my big backyard in the California desert. I kicked off the conference with a field trip up the Palm Springs tramway to explore the beautiful flora of the San Jacinto Mountains. I hope everyone enjoys Palm Springs!

26.07.2025 23:19 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Two people sitting on a plane

Two people sitting on a plane

Made it to Phoenix! 1/2 the SCSU Botany contingent is almost to #botany2025. (The other 1/2 is already there and won race πŸ˜‚)

27.07.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Mesquite icon shown, as a Mesquite leaf against a black background, and as a leave against the sun and a blue sky.

The Mesquite icon shown, as a Mesquite leaf against a black background, and as a leave against the sun and a blue sky.

Mesquite 4 beta released! Many new features, esp. phylogenomic. Check out the trailer and longer video on the home page: www.mesquiteproject.org, and use the download link there to get a copy.

Feedback welcome! Ask and discuss on our new Google Group (groups.google.com/g/mesquite-p...).

23.05.2025 00:04 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

β€œFor example, if a $50,000 student loan balance is discharged, and the balance is taxed at an effective rate of 25%, that could result in a tax bill of over $12,000, due all at once. This could be particularly problematic for medically disabled borrowers…given their inability to work.”

24.03.2025 00:41 πŸ‘ 235 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 8

Very happy to see the work from my postdoc with @plantpollinator.bsky.social finally out! We explored floral color shifts in two monkeyflower species across floral traits, gene expression, and pollinator responses to understand early stages of floral divergence: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

20.03.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
pun with file cabinet showing different organisms "filed"

pun with file cabinet showing different organisms "filed"

#taxonomistappreciationDay is today.. and we have not migrated the graphic! So here it is!

19.03.2025 15:04 πŸ‘ 285 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 8
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March Madness: Botanical Sports Mascots - North Carolina Botanical Garden By Carol Ann McCormick Curatrix, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium As we enter the Bracket Season, a.k.a. March Madness, I have been contemplating sports team names, colors,... Rea...

In honor of March Madness, enjoy this piece from last year about Botanical Team Mascots, from my spouse in UNC' Herbarium and the NC Botanical Garden. How can you resist the Fighting Okra or the UNC School of the Arts Fighting Pickles! πŸ§ͺ
ncbg.unc.edu/2024/03/05/m...

19.03.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The mold holds one small box. You can mix flavors, sure.

11.03.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0