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jcarlosvillarreal.bsky.social
Panamanian (and Canadian and French), biologist, nature, symbiosis, bryophytes, hornworts, cycads, lichens, Bacurú Drõa, https://villarreal-lab.ibis.ulaval.ca, https://www.mcgill.ca/potvin-lab/bacuru
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amazing fieldwork in Manené, Darién !! Bacurú Drõa www.mcgill.ca/potvin-lab/f... - thanks to the community Emberá de Manené for her warm welcome once more !

While planning my class on Conservation and Diversity 2026 (in the tropics), I visited Ecoruta Tortuga www.instagram.com/ecorutatortu... . Great research, great conservation efforts, mangroves, beautiful beaches.

preparing fieldwork in Bacurú Drõa satellites.pro/Manene_map.P...

Étudier l'évolution des #levures: un «voyage de réfutation» marquant. Aperçu des travaux de Carla Bautista Rodriguez, qui vient de terminer son doctorat. #FemmesEnScience ow.ly/XKaZ50UXIib

old pictures but still so relevant for #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let not forget the significant contribution all women made to #peatland research

www.cadebordedepotins.com/2025/01/el-m... @nancym3.bsky.social pour le espagnol de l'Argentine

je suis vraiment touché par les autographs sur mon nouveau cadeau www.pulaval.com/livres/liche...

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Upcoming fieldwork in Bacurú Drõa, Panamá (next week!). Also planning the class Conservation and Exotique Diversity (2026). Looking forward to be back home and start recruiting students interested in tropical biology villarreal-lab.ibis.ulaval.ca/join-the-lab/ www.mcgill.ca/potvin-lab/b...

Germinating seeds of Cycas panzhihuaensis & Zamia stevensonii for transcriptomic and metabolomic work on the Nostoc /root symbiosis

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cute ! #Panama www.linkedin.com/posts/cecili...

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3 manuscripts in the first issue of @natureplants.bsky.social www.nature.com/nplants/volu... not too shabby @tarobison.bsky.social @peterwschafran.com @fernway.bsky.social

our most recent paper on hornwort diversification academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...

Today @puginiercamille.bsky.social is presenting her fantastic PhD's work, on the amazing evolution and molecular bases of lichenization in chlorophyte algae ! #phylogenomics, #gene_function Supervised by @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social At @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social

La version française des articles récemment publié sur les anthocérotes nouvelles.ulaval.ca/2025/01/14/d... @fernway.bsky.social @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social @kathrinrousk.bsky.social @fsaulaval.bsky.social @spul-ulaval.bsky.social

🌿 We need to raise the profile of #bryophyte ecological research 🌿 (and also a bryophyte emoji!) In this opinion piece, we as a group of #ECRs outline barriers in bryophyte research and provide recommendations to overcome them across institutional levels & disciplines. doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...

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www.mcgill.ca/potvin-lab/b... - soon more news about our permanent plot in the Darien Gap.

New research reveals insights into the genetic blueprints of #hornworts, uncovering fascinating details about plant evolution and the early days of life on land. news.btiscience.org/245723-hornw... @fernway.bsky.social #plantscience

A timely review on the importance of microbes to achieve sustainable development goals www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Is #NitrogenFixation in #Bryophytes limited by #Phosphorus or #Molybdenum in #TropicalForests? What about #Nitrogen? And does it depend on #Forest status? So many questions...here are some answers: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @danilloalvarenga.bsky.social Lina, Rune, Yinliu #SYMBIONIX

Scientists have long sought ways to help plants turn more CO₂ into biomass, which could boost crop yields & combat climate change. Recent research suggests that a group of unique, often overlooked plants called #hornworts may hold the key. news.btiscience.org/245722-tiny-... @fernway.bsky.social

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Now that I quit my research on lichen woodlands www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

New Article: "Hornworts reveal a spatial model for pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms in land plants" rdcu.be/d5riJ Key components in algal pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms are conserved in hornworts and probably serve similar functions.

This is the first paper of a Panamanian undergraduate, Omayra, working on #cycads #fungi #endophytes revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/te... . She did an amazing work keeping cultures alive during COVID.

Two new #hornwort papers from our group out in Nature Plants @natureplants.bsky.social today - a great way to celebrate the new year! 1/4

Second paper of the year led by Peter Schafran from @fernway.bsky.social lab (Cornell University). Again hornworts rock !! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

First paper of the year, led by Tanner Robison from @fernway.bsky.social lab (Cornell University!). Hornworts rock!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What a good way to start 2025 🥳very happy to see this out and to have been part of the journey!

zenodo.org/records/1456... open.spotify.com/episode/5uGL...

www1.bio.ku.dk/english/news... @kathrinrousk.bsky.social ;)

I’m not the best at bragging but I’m excited to share that I’ve finally updated my personal website since becoming a professor in August. It will eventually become my lab webpage as students join the team! If you want to collaborate on #peatland #restoration or #ecology ➡️ mguenenanchen.weebly.com

nouvelles.ulaval.ca/2024/12/18/u...

New Correspondence: "Time to end the vascular plant chauvinism" rdcu.be/d38L4 The emphasis on vascular plants reveals a bias that leaves the non-vascular plants — the tiny, overlooked, inconspicuous plants — hidden in the shadows, literally.

www.nature.com/articles/s41... A nice collaboration with Kathrin Rousk to talk about the importance of bryophytes ! Switching to Bluesky!