Haley A Branch
Postdoc at Yale 🌱 studying why plants be stressing so much 🌵evo-ecophysiology 🏳️🌈 she/her #DisabledInSTEM 💻 haleyabranch.weebly.com
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- Reposted by Haley A BranchWhat can we learn from the first GWAS on bryophyte immunity? Have these plants evolved immune mechanisms similar to or different from those of angiosperms? (Spoiler: both!) Our latest paper is out in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2532723123 #Marchantia #Colletotrichum #EVOteam #LRSV
- Reposted by Haley A BranchReposting again because according to Reddit threads, another round of RWR emails went out today.
- NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics? 1) Write NSF 2) Write your Congressperson 3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
- Reposted by Haley A BranchMy department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠 Full job description is linked below. Come join us on the Palouse!
- Reposted by Haley A Branch🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org Please share!
- Reposted by Haley A BranchRangewide 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
- New #mimulus preprint! We found grandparental environments exhibit strong effects on the fitness of their grand-offspring and whether this was positive or negative depended on the historical environment, showing TGP is locally adaptive www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Haley A BranchTransgenerational plasticity affects fitness and mediates local adaptation biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Haley A BranchI was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
- Reposted by Haley A BranchApplications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15 Please share far and wide 🚀 (See thread)
- Reposted by Haley A BranchThe @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
- Reposted by Haley A BranchCall for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
- Reposted by Haley A BranchIf you're interested in the crossing points between crip theory, anti-eugenics, environment, global health and global ethics, check out @octoqueenphd.bsky.social 's new podcast #UnwellToBeginWith. It was a blast to be the first guest, & a fantastic episode with @stressedbranch.bsky.social is now up
- For our 1st episode, I spoke with @audralmitchell.bsky.social about why crip knowledge systems belong in fields like IR & environmental studies; how policing gets normalized in classrooms; & why crip politics is about a lot more than just disability unwell-to-begin-with.podbean.com/e/episode-1-...
- Thank you @octoqueenphd.bsky.social for the opportunity to ramble about #evolution, #plants, #Disability I hadn't realized HOW much plants have impacted my day-to-day and shaped my view of the world. Take a listen and keep your eyes out for more "Unwell to Begin With" - a FANTASTIC podcast name.
- Had the pleasure earlier this summer of speaking with the absolutely brilliant @stressedbranch.bsky.social about countering ableism & eugenics in evolutionary biology, how her ballet training informs her science & what plants teach us about crip life unwell-to-begin-with.podbean.com/e/episode-2-...
- Reposted by Haley A BranchI am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions. Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
- Reposted by Haley A BranchPlease share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with @shaky-dingo.bsky.social and colleagues
- Reposted by Haley A BranchOur EEB department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hiring an assistant professor in evo-devo. See go.illinois.edu/EEBAsstProf for details. Please share!
- Reposted by Haley A BranchIf you’re at ESA @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social 2025 in Baltimore, come check out my talk about population dynamics and the geographic range limits of a coastal dune plant! Tomorrow (Wednesday) at 8:45am in Hilton 5!
- Reposted by Haley A BranchBig news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social
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- @jillmlove.bsky.social gave an awesome talk about plasticity in leaf lobing in #Mimulus
- Reposted by Haley A BranchHaley Branch @stressedbranch.bsky.social gave a foundational historic overview of how disability affects our science today and her work on @uslter.bsky.social facility accessibility. #botany2025
- Disabled In Botany Symposium happening all afternoon! Come check it out! Learn from your disabled colleagues and increase your understanding of how to make science more accessible! #Botany2025
- Up first is @brythebotanist.bsky.social
- @plantpollinator.bsky.social sheds light on many of the issues related to having disabilities in academia, but in navigating social settings in general
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View full threadLast is Caroline Brose sharing research on willow and experiences as a disabled field researcher
- #Botany2025 Come to the Disabled in Botany and Allies mixer happening tomorrow at 4PM in Mesquite H!
- Reposted by Haley A BranchHere’s the story of a trailblazer: Virginia Rose, founder of Birdability—an organization working to ensure the birding world and the outdoors are welcoming, inclusive, safe, and accessible for everybody: www.pbs.org/newshour/bri...
- Reposted by Haley A BranchDFW to Palm Springs flight is crawling with botanists. Poster tubes abound. #Botany2025 #plantpeopleFTW
- Reposted by Haley A BranchA 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
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#Botany2025 here we come!!! 💖 - Reposted by Haley A BranchJabailylab is here and excited for #Botany2025 ! Excited to showcase our #PUI work on bromeliad biology and open educational resources for intro botany, representing @coloradocollege.bsky.social
- Reposted by Haley A Branch#botany2025 if you don’t feel like paying $20 plus tip for an uber to the hotel, the no. 4 bus runs once an hour from in front of the airport and can take you there for $1 cash maps.apple.com/place?coordi...
- Reposted by Haley A Branch🌿 Calling all Botanists of Color to join the: BIPOC MIXER 2025! Open to all BIPOC-identifying conference attendees of Botany 2025. 📅 Monday, 9–10 AM 📍 Chino AB Let’s meet and mingle with other plant scientists! We hope to see you there! 💚 #Botany2025 #BIPOCMixer2025
- #Botany2025 talk 1 complete ✅ Talk 2? 👀😵💫🤫 Can't wait to see all my #PlantPeeps in my natural habitat 🥵☀️ Catch me here: Mon: Disabled in Botany symposium - 4:15pm talk Tues: Ecophysiology II - 2:45pm talk, Disability Meet Up - 4pm, LGBTQ+ Mixer - 5pm
- Reposted by Haley A BranchHeading to #Botany2025? Curious how plants thrive in extreme deserts and drylands? Don't miss our Dryland Floras colloquium, we've lined up a great session! 🌵☀️ 🗓️ Monday, July 28 | 🕗 8:00am–12:00pm | 📍 Mojave Learning Center
- Reposted by Haley A BranchCannot wait to see all the great talks and posters from folks in my lab!!! Come and hear about our research at #Botany2025 .
- Reposted by Haley A BranchSpeaking of #Botany2025 and #monkeyflowers/#Mimulus/#Erythranthe/#Diplacus, I've put together my usual list of talks and posters that feature our favorite group of species! Feel free to peruse here and get in touch if I've somehow missed you and I'll add you in! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- Reposted by Haley A BranchDon’t miss #bsaecophys sessions at #Botany2025 Mon🧪 3:45–5:30 PM Phys 📌 5:30–7:00 PM Posters Tues🌿 8:00–11:45 AM Ecophys I 📣 12:00–1:30 PM Business Meeting 🌞 1:30–5:30 PM Ecophys II 🥂 5:30–6:30 PM Mixer Wed🎓 8:00–11:30 AM Graeme Berlyn Colloquium 🌳 1:30–5:30 PM Trees, Traits, and Time Symposium
- Reposted by Haley A BranchLess than a week to go until #Botany2025 - as you work on your schedules, check out some of the lab's talks!!
- Reposted by Haley A Branch✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨ Please spread the word! www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us #CSEE2025
- Thank you to @csee-scee.bsky.social for selecting me as one of this year’s ECR alongside Dr. Emily Studd! I am sorry I was unable to attend #CSEE2025 in person, due to persona reasons. I will be sure to be there 2026!!!!
- Reposted by Haley A BranchI’m also thrilled to announce that I will be starting a faculty position with @centreecomgmt.bsky.social @ U of Guelph this fall! I will be recruiting students & postdocs for 2026 - please reach out or come find me at #CSEE2025 if you’re interested in theory, global change & fisheries ecology 🐟
- Getting excited for #CSEE2025! On Wed morning I’m organizing (& talking in) a symposium - along with Zach Miller and Maxime Clenet - that will bridge theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding spatial and temporal dynamics. Then @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social symposium in the afternoon! 🙌
- Reposted by Haley A BranchIf you're at #Evol2025, swing by the @systbiol.bsky.social DEIC's sponsored photo booth TODAY (June 23) and get your free professional headshots by Jason Thrasher! ✌️📷✌️ Where: Atrium (lower level) When: 10:30AM-6:30PM
- Reposted by Haley A BranchY'all! I had such a great time at #Evol2025!- amazing talks and a fantastic time with new and old friends alike. We've got one final talk from the Coughlan lab coming your way- it'll be worth the wait!!!!
- Reposted by Haley A BranchJust a group of armed, violent, unidentified, masked men who roam American streets, rounding up & deporting US citizens they don't like the look of. Cool democracy.
- Reposted by Haley A BranchEmail from NSF just now: “NSF will not implement [15%IDC] policy at this time”
- Reposted by Haley A BranchOk, fine I'm willing to admit it now: Mimulus is interesting www.authorea.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Haley A Branch(Most of this thread has been a non-technical summary of this paper, which involves some fairly technical philosophy. I really need to publish the non-technical version somewhere. journals.publishing.umich.edu/ptpbio/artic...)
- I will never forget my first grad school class when I presented on ethics and I was the only one who identified as an activist. I was confused, knowing we all bring personal bias to all life aspects, including science. Problematic in some cases, a strength in others - but best to be informed of it.
- Reposted by Haley A Branch"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
- Reposted by Haley A BranchEven if you're not trans, please consider sharing and following this starter pack. Who doesn't want cool nature stuff in their feed? and I think we could all do with hearing from trans experts right now..
- I want to connect with and highlight more trans voices working with plants, wildlife, and the natural environment so I've created a starter pack! If this sounds like you, introduce yourself by quote-posting this skeet and I'll add you to the list 🏳️⚧️at://did:plc:l7xrodjpszvm4eat65g3x3m6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lqpzpfeahx2s
- Reposted by Haley A BranchI want to connect with and highlight more trans voices working with plants, wildlife, and the natural environment so I've created a starter pack! If this sounds like you, introduce yourself by quote-posting this skeet and I'll add you to the list 🏳️⚧️at://did:plc:l7xrodjpszvm4eat65g3x3m6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lqpzpfeahx2s
- Reposted by Haley A BranchGet the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space. 2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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- Reposted by Haley A BranchBirds as pride flags, meticulously researched by my wonderful student Griffin ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Rainbow flag: Eastern Rosella 📷 David Irving, eBird
- Reposted by Haley A BranchDevastating budget cuts for science. #academicsky
- Reposted by Haley A BranchThis is why I wear rainbow pins and lanyards, especially at work. I've been on both sides of the situation, wondering if I'm safe or finding out someone knows they can be themselves around me because they see my rainbows. (Skeet translation in the thread; video language neutral.) #QueerInSTEM
- This made me tear up. The fear is real, especially now. Showing support is life-saving. This #Pride think about adding something to your wardrobe or workplace to show allyship. I am not trans, but I wear a 🏳️⚧️ pin. Even within the queer community we need to show allyship for those more marginalized.
- Reposted by Haley A BranchSeven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist: “The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher. www.notus.org/health-scien...
- Reposted by Haley A BranchThe Virtual Evolution conference #Evolution2025 #Evol2025 is coming up May 29-30, with workshops May 28. We have registered attendees from over 40 countries, twice as many as the in-person conference. Most-represented nations are (in order), US, India, Canada, Brazil, and UK
- Reposted by Haley A BranchHey folks going to #evol2025 in Athens. The SSE #DEI committee is sponsoring a workshop on how to avoid bias in writing T&P letters. Registration is required and the workshop is open to all career stages! Please share and help spread the word @sse-evolution.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social
