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eaperkowski.bsky.social
Postdoc @ TTU exploring plant nutrient acquisition and allocation responses to global change | he/him 🏳️‍🌈
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We have a new paper out from our Powell Center C4 working group: "C4 photosynthesis, trait spectra, and the fast-efficient phenotype" The @newphyt.bsky.social Tansley Review led by Russ Monson explores what we know about the C4 trait spectra nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

🌿 New research by @giulimeng.bsky.social reveals how plants in arid climates adjust carbon uptake as soil moisture declines. A new empirical function improves predictions of water stress impacts on ecosystems & models!🔗Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @globalchangebio.bsky.social

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Check out this blog post summarizing our recent paper on leaf and whole plant responses to elevated CO2!

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Check out our new paper! 2025 has already been quite the productive year for the lab!

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Very excited to share that our (Zinny Ezekannagha and @nickgregsmith.bsky.social) new paper, "Nitrogen demand, availability, and acquisition strategy control plant responses to elevated CO2", is now in press at @jxbotany.bsky.social Link: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... (1/6)

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

To find out why leaf nitrogen demands matter, check out our latest blog! research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/th... @alissarcheaib.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social @eaperkowski.bsky.social

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

Really excited to see this out! We show that the responsiveness of leaf #nitrogen to soil nitrogen #fertilization is highest where leaf nitrogen demand is greatest. We put together a short blog on the paper here: www.smithecophyslab.com/news.html#ch... A quick synopsis also in the thread below...

submitted 122 days ago • 1 comment

Omg um… hi everyone?? I log into BlueSky for the first time in a few months and follower list has kind of gone off the charts? Guess I should probably post a bit more frequently then, huh?

submitted 163 days ago • 1 comment

Interested in how and where trees move water? I'm hiring a plant ecophys postdoc to study hydraulic redistribution in Indiana forests. If you'll be at AGU and want to discuss, please reach out! jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...

submitted 170 days ago • 3 comments

🌱 New article in @aobp.bsky.social on Glycine max and Bradyrhizobium japonicum revealing how symbiosis reduces carbon costs and boosts growth when soil nitrogen is low. Full #openaccess 👉 https://buff.ly/3TUh3W5 @eaperkowski.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social #PlantScience

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Woo, final week or two of A/Ci curves until field season comes to a close! Excited to see what these data show about garlic mustard impacts on native plant carbon budgets.

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(Sleepy) Doge and I are Pittsburgh bound! En route to four months of collecting gas exchange data to quantify carbon budgets of native flora growing in a manipulative garlic mustard removal experiment!

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To Read Pile! “The Dynamic Assimilation Technique measures photosynthetic CO2 response curves with similar fidelity as steady-state approaches in half the time” t.co/5QwPwIT59N

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Some other handy rules: If you can't review, reply ASAP, so the process can move on rather than throw the enail into the well of oblivion. Suggest someone else, perhaps a junior scientist in your group. #AcademicSky

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🧪🌏🌾 New paper out! We show more realistic photosynthesis models predict higher CO2 uptake going into the future: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 550 days ago • 1 comment

The 5th National Climate Assessment #NCA5 was released today. It's really well done and absolutely worth checking out for the most up-to-date insights on climate change impacts, risks, and responses in the US. nca2023.globalchange.gov

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Photo essay "Peak Botany" by Justin Rex on work led by Dr. Matt Johnson investigating changes in the flora of Guadalupe Mtns National park since the 1970s. The Schwilk lab and Nick Smith's lab have helped with this as well. texastechuniversity.exposure.co/peak-botanyn...

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Let's get some plant ecophys introductions going on to connect everyone that is new. I'm a physiologist that loves the plant vascular system (especially the phloem) and anything phenology. I saw @wmhammond.bsky.social join recently. Want to introduce yourself?

submitted 574 days ago • 17 comments

Howdy, all! I’ve been a fly on the wall on here but I figure an intro is in order! I’m Evan (he/him), a postdoc at Texas Tech studying plant ecophys and microbial ecology. Research mostly focuses on the role of nutrient acquisition strategy in modifying plant acclimation responses to global change

submitted 633 days ago • 0 comments