Lucas Albano
Postdoc in the Sheth Evolutionary Ecology Lab at NC State
Former PhD in the EvoEcoLab at University of Toronto
Rapid adaptation in white clover and scarlet monkeyflower
- Reposted by Lucas AlbanoAre you anywhere in the world (other than Canada) and want to do a PhD in my lab in Canada at Queen's University? We have a prestigious scholarship for 3-years of PhD funding. Get in touch, applications due early February. Must love plants and evolution! friedmanlab.ca
- Extremely proud of the outcome of this very cool experiment with @seemasheth.bsky.social that involved imposing a heatwave treatment on scarlet monkeyflower seedlings. It was really fun to be able to explore some plant ecophysiology concepts and put them in an evolutionary context. Please share!
- Rangewide responses of #Mimulus cardinalis to an extreme heat event New #AJB research by Lucas Albano, Robin Bingham, Sulma Correa, Catherine Laufenberg, Cristina Payst, Christopher Muir & Seema Nayan Sheth doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #monkeyflower #climatechange
- This is also the first peer-reviewed publication for 3 undergrad co-authors so congrats to them and also huge shout out to co-first-author Robin Bingham for leading the conceptualization and carrying out of the experiment!
- Reposted by Lucas AlbanoWe are pleased to announce the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Urban Evolution and Ecology which will be held from Jan. 31 - Feb. 5, 2027. Please save the dates, and we look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Ventura Beach, California!
- Reposted by Lucas AlbanoExcited to share the first two publications from our PERSIST (Predicting Evolutionary Rescue of a Species in Space and Time) project. Thanks to NSF-DEB for supporting this work! (1/3)
- Reposted by Lucas AlbanoA resurrection study of scarlet monkeyflower populations across the species' range finds relatively little adaptive response to a seven-year drought event, showing that evolutionary rescue is not as predictable as we might hope 🌿 buff.ly/L8o4hhr
- Reposted by Lucas AlbanoI'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026. jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...
- Reposted by Lucas AlbanoWe are recruiting field technicians to contribute to a field study of adaptation to climate in Chamaecrista fasciculata in Raleigh/Chapel Hill, NC. My collaborators at UGA will soon post similar positions in Ithaca, NY and Archbold Biological Station, FL. Please share jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/225...
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- Reposted by Lucas AlbanoNew paper from PhD student @ellmartin.bsky.social provides compelling experimental evidence that urbanization drives local adaptation, life history divergence and eco-evo feedbacks on a diverse community. Congrats Ella! 🌎🌆 #urbanecology #urbanevolution #evoeco
- Part one of my common garden experiment is out today in Nature E&E!! We compare how urban and rural environments affect selection on HCN production, local adaptation, and eco-evo dynamics in white clover doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- Reposted by Lucas AlbanoPart one of my common garden experiment is out today in Nature E&E!! We compare how urban and rural environments affect selection on HCN production, local adaptation, and eco-evo dynamics in white clover doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- Incredibly proud to be a part of this amazing and ambitious collaboration and looking forward to putting all of the data together and exploring the results in the coming months!
- Bittersweet to be completely finished field work at the beautiful Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve, the site of the southern common garden of the PERSIST project on adaptation to climate in scarlet monkeyflower with @seemasheth.bsky.social. On to the central garden next!
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- Very honoured to be involved in this huge collaboration investigating global invasion in ☘️ by contributing fitness data from the transcontinental common garden experiment I completed during my PhD with @evoecolab.bsky.social! Well done to @brandonhendrickson.bsky.social and many many others!
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- Presenting the first paper to come out of my postdoc with @seemasheth.bsky.social at #Evol2025 tomorrow. Results from a growth chamber experiment on adaptation to heatwaves in Mimulus cardinalis, led by Robin Bingham! Adaptation IV in Athena CD at 5pm! 🔥
- Very excited to see this final product from a cool study led by @brandonhendrickson.bsky.social that adds to the story of the invasion success of white clover across the globe 🌎☘️🌏☘️🌍
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- 🚨New preprint with @seemasheth.bsky.social! A resurrection experiment led by Robin Bingham (Western CO) showed that Mimulus cardinalis responded favourably to a heatwave treatment, plus enviro-specific divergent evol responses to a recent natural extreme heat event. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by Lucas AlbanoOur department (@EEBUofT) is searching for a Post-Doc! Post-docs funded by this fellowship are independently supported, with research funds available. We invite applications from innovative, collaborative candidates. See the job ad here: eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...
- 🚨New preprint! I conducted a large field experiment with @evoecolab.bsky.social and Nic Kooyers, manipulating precipitation and herbivory in Ontario and Louisiana to study effects on ☘️. Wrapping my head around the complex results was an adventure, so I'm excited to hear what others think. Pls share!
- Very excited to become a member of the Botanical Society of America's Early Career Advisory Board for 2025-2027 (along with labmate @kalebgoff.bsky.social) and being a part of the publication process for some highly impactful society journals! @botsocamerica.bsky.social botany.org/home/publica...
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- Earlier this week at the oCUBE Unconference, I gave my first ever pedagogical presentation, on causes and consequences of high school grade inflation for undergrads. I think it went well, but also definitely still learning in the teaching realm, so please reach out if want to chat #HigherEd with me!
- Reposted by Lucas AlbanoLate-breaking job ad: The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA) is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Evolutionary Biology!!! More details below. Please repost!
- Last month I gave a virtual talk about my PhD work with @evoecolab.bsky.social in the BSA virtual symposium on Plant Resilience and Conservation for a Changing Climate. The recording is now available so check it out here if you're interested in rapid adaptation across space and time in ☘️!
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- Great to see 🦋 picking up steam! I'll reintroduce myself by announcing a new and improved version of the biggest manuscript from my PhD thesis with Marc Johnson, now up on biorxiv as of today! We find rapid adaptation in introduced ☘️ populations in space but not so much in time. bit.ly/4fEhEnt
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