It’s opening day for Of the Earth, the Arboretum’s new outdoor art exhibition! Enjoy this preview of all 5 sculptures, and learn more about what you’ll see on your next visit: bit.ly/3WzloxU Olga Ziemska Studio #OftheEarthTMA #outdoorart #natureart #environmentalart #artlovers

On rare occasions throughout the year, I record all the plants flowering in our meadow (once an agricultural field). Mindfully, I pick one of each that can spare a bloom. Today’s that rare and special day! I counted 50 species, most of which are represented here. #WildflowerHour

Thrilled for this to finally be out!!! Such a cool project!

A little backstory and synopsis on this fun pollination paper with Agnes Dellinger Ash Hamilton & Carrie Wessinger x.com/the_kunsze/sta… journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/FSPIGXB…

A year ago I graduated from my PhD. It took me five years to complete & I wrote many parts of my thesis whilst in hospital. Disabled academics like myself often work on crip time. This doesn't make our contributions any less. And academia is a better place for us being in it.

See how Arboretum scientists determined the age of Lincoln Park Zoo’s historic bur oak tree, which was dying and removed in spring 2023. #OAKtober #mortonarboretum #lincolnparkzoo

The #HobanLab is hiring a full time Program Manager/ advanced Research Assistant. We produce excellent science & have conservation impact. Supportive, collaborative team, emphasizing growth, development. Work life balance, great salary, amazing workplace, mission & values. Pls RT

The #HobanLab is recruiting an U.S. National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates fellow for summer 2024! To work with me and Ash Hamilton! On the endangered oak, Quercus brandegeei. Other exciting tree research also! mortonarb.org/science/opport… MortonArboretum

Amazing interactive poster on the evolution of land plants MadLand follow the link and click in it! 🖱️ madland.science/greening.php

Nice to have a #HobanLab lunch! We celebrated the work of Mikaely, our U.S. National Science Foundation REU and Morton Arboretum research fellow, mentored by @koticneutralDNA, Ash Hamilton. A fun time! Wishing Mikaely well during her study abroad! Good lab vibes.

Some of the Orobanchaceae I've illustrated in pen and ink over the years.

Recently finished your undergraduate degree? Looking for a job to prepare you with skills & knowledge for a career in plant research & conservation? Apply to one year traineeship (40K salary) at botanic gardens including MortonArboretum! Please RT atlantabg.org/conservation-r…

Today #HobanLab reads classic paper "Predicting the Deleterious Effects of Mutation Load in Fragmented Populations". conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Phenotypic plasticity is! so! cool!

For those attending #Evol2024, check out Mikaely Evans, #Hobanlab represent, poster Poster Board N16 (on the 27th) based on U.S. National Science Foundation REU project. With Ash Hamilton, and Emily Schumacher and others in Hoban lab who helped a lot!

Officially a PhD candidate!! Thanks to everyone who helped me get here!

Dear friends who write NSF GRFP rec letters, this year rec letters are due BEFORE the applications, so about 10 days earlier than normal on Oct. 11. Please don't let NSF's deadline change on rec letters screw over the applicants in your lives.

"Most of the peer-reviewed academic articles referenced in ESA listings came from low-IF or no-IF journals that tended to focus on specific taxa or regions." - conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

Exciting times at the Arboretum’s first-ever Graduate Student and Postdoc Research Symposium! This week, we celebrated the next generation of tree science leaders as they shared amazing talks on fungi, roots, and the evolution and conservation of oaks, including the endangered