Xavier Picó

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Plant population biologist at Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC) @ebdonana | Section Chief Editor @AoB_PLANTS | Membership @Botanical_ @_AEET_ @OficialSebot

Our next seminar on Thursday 14 Nov 2024 at 13:00 CET #EBDseminars @ebdonana

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Group Leader Position in Plant Chromosome Biology
https://botany.fyi/uk7qvw

The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ) in Cologne has an opening for a 5-year group leader position in the field of plant genetics. The institute is a major site in Europe committed to basic research in plant science. The working language is English.
#PlantSciJobs @plantscijobs

Group Leader Position in Plant Chromosome Biology (m/f/d)

New SI on “Floral ecology, genetics, and evolution in an unprecedentedly fast changing world” in AoB Plants

Led by Section Chief Editor Xavier Picó and Guest Editors Juan Arroyo, Anna Traveset & Mario Vallejo-Marín

Topics:
1. Ecological, evolutionary, and genetic aspects of pollination and plant reproductive systems
2. Ecology and genetics of plant hybridization and speciation
3. Plant-pollinator and plant-disperser interactions

Submissions are open to all and are due in August 31, 2023

We need to stop hand-wringing about big numbers descrbing the damage to our oceans and instead start normalising and talking about and acting on the solutions. Get rid of the excess plastic packaging, stop using single-use plastic bottles, re-use and recycle instead of throwing stuff away, make a fuss when those things don’t happen. Make the changes instead of acting shocked and then carrying on as before. No-one is completely helpless. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64889284 #Ocean #Climate #Plastic
Oceans littered with 171 trillion plastic pieces

New estimates suggest that plastic pollution in the oceans has risen dramatically since 2005.

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California's 'zombie forests' are 'cheating death' as the climate has changed so drastically it's no longer able to support them
https://www.businessinsider.com/california-zombie-forests-trees-cheat-death-climate-change-study-2023-3?r=US&IR=T
Some of the forests in California's Sierra Nevada mountains are at risk of disappearing as the climate they are in can no longer support them, according to a new study.
California 'zombie forests' cheat death as climate changes: study

A fifth of the conifer forests of California's Sierra Nevada mountains, which include Lake Tahoe and Yosemite Valley, are at risk, a new study says.

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Our next seminar on Thu 9 Mar 2023 #Seminars @ebdonana
We've got over 6700 silhouettes! Thanks in particular to Guillaume Dera, who's been adding tons of excellent protist silhouettes. https://www.phylopic.org/
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Wow, this is an important meta analysis of the literature in plant science, highlighting several important biais (gender, geography and taxonomy) in citation patterns https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2217564120
Share your research with the community at the Evolution 2023 meeting!

After registering for the meeting, sign up to present a talk or poster at the in-person meeting June 21-25 in Albuquerque, or a live talk at the virtual meeting on June 2-3! #Evol2023

Our next seminar on Thu 19 2023 #Seminars @ebdonana

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