Alun SaltToday is the last day of #IBC2017 , welcome to booth T19 for deep discussion of plant phenotyping. pic.twitter.com/rJ0lYqZdxs
— PhenoTrait (@PhenoTrait) July 28, 2017
8am start for closing day #IBC2017. 20 parallel sessions to 12.30 then plenaries and closing/resolutions. Hard decision where to listen… pic.twitter.com/dvYQCUO8gC
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Insights into the Evolution and Biogeography of the Compositae
https://twitter.com/charoles/status/891088530704936961
https://twitter.com/charoles/status/891113778498215936
The Evolution of Tropical Diversity
Renske Onstein: evolution of fruits in palms- evidence that they were dispersed by dinosaurs! #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/DFZDkqAdOq
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Sam Yap from @RBGSydney presents her fascinating work on Sahul vs. Sunda species in Australia #IBC2017 @MRossettoEvoEco pic.twitter.com/qkew6EBumv
— Hervé Sauquet 🌈 (@hsauquet_rbgsyd) July 29, 2017
Samantha Yap: functional traits explain some of the differences between Sunda and Sahul plant diversity #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Sunda species also have a longer history in the wet tropics before moving to subtropics, which boosted diversity #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
@w_eiserhardt and colleagues are using palms to understand the evolution of biodiversity in the tropics #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Stebbins' metaphors of cradle and museum are widely used, but have been reinterpreted from his original meaning #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/5ByF8ktaLk
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
It's complicated bc all possible rates of diversification are found in tropical plant groups, and it's hard to know the balance #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Phylogenies and fossils tell different stories about the age of the tropical rainforest biome #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Isabel Sanmartín tells us about the intracontinental Rand Flora disjunction pattern, seen across land plants #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/wYHVNPsZ5u
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Wolf Eisenhardt: multiple definitions for cradles and museums of biodiversity #IBC2017 @KewScience @tlpcouvreur
— Hervé Sauquet 🌈 (@hsauquet_rbgsyd) July 29, 2017
@w_eiserhardt calls for a common analytical framework for analyzing tropical biodiversity, to enable comparisons #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Sanmartín is testing the historical assumption that climate explains the Rand Flora pattern #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/V9wMjvofxS
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
She and colleagues aggregated data from many lineages to show that Rand groups have lower diversification rates than relatives #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Sanmartín: in Plocama, Rand species have different niche requirements than other species in the genus (arid adapted) #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Rosalia Piñeiro: effects of ice ages on African rainforests (ice ages were not just a N. hemisphere phenomenon!) #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Great to see so many women speakers in this session on tropical biodiversity #IBC2017; thanks to organizers @tlpcouvreur & @w_eiserhardt
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Piñeiro: evidence for African forest fragmentation in Pleistocene from genetic & demographic data, modulated by dispersal capacity #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Almost every speaker in this session has shown this beautiful figure from Barthlott et al. 2005 #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/qGCC8k1Uev
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Alexander Zizka tells us about Bombacoideae evolution across the tropics #baobabs #IBC2017 cc @baobabbaum
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Zizka: two old LDD events in Bombacoideae from S America to Africa, and two recent events from Africa to Asia… #IBC2017 1/2
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
"Island hopping on very large islands"! #IBC2017 2/2
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Zizka: many independent shifts in Bombacoideae from rainforest to drier habitats, coincides w rise to importance of savanna biomes #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Zizka: Bombacoideae diversification rates tied to biome (rainforest = high) but not anther structure or niche width #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
OA Pérez-Escobar: Andes have 15% of earth's plant species in 1% of earth's area. This never ceases to amaze me. #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Can't talk about the #Andes without mentioning @Lagomarsino_L 🙌#IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Pérez-Escobar: Shifts in Cymbidieae diversification took place after arrival in #Andes, coincide with mountain uplift #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
B Gunn: non-orchid Asparagales in Australasia are highly diverse in floral/habit/lifeform; also some resurrection & serotinous spp #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Marlien van der Merwe: Adding a temporal dimension to community assembly #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Plant Invasion Risk, Control and Ecosystem Security
What makes species invasive, what's biodiversity impact & what's best control? #ibc2017 Heinz Mueller-Schaerer controls Ambrosia w beetles pic.twitter.com/oCoMGImgnx
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Bo Li ranks invasive competition with habitat loss for biodiversity reduction. Many mechanisms involved #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/1w6sCbroKu
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Use of Target Capture and High-Throughput Sequencing as a Tool for Plant Systematics
Steven Dodsworth shares info on an angiosperm-wide bait kit for targeted sequencing #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/8WDhqh3lie
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Steven Dodsworth presenting 353 gene bait kits for angiosperms available soon from @mycroarray 25% the cost of custom kits #IBC2017 #hyb-seq
— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
Tomas Fer: Hyb-Seq pipeline for raw reads to gene treeshttps://t.co/QJLgmdARnw
joins HybPiper aTRAM Phyluce as #Hyb-Seq options #IBC2017— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
@AnnWillyard HybSeq symposium: another plug for @MYcroarray bait kits: 715 genes in Pinus #ibc2017
— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
@AnnWillyard spiked hybridized libraries with unenriched fraction for genome skim sequence of cp & mt & TE sequences. #HybSeq #ibc2017
— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
@ItziFragoso Salvia Anchored Enrichment: average assembly size = 700 bp/locus#ibc2017 #HybSeq
— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
.@ItziFragoso explored removing phylogenetic noise, citing @ShannonStraub1 et al https://t.co/UNeiSjZLcu …#ibc2017 #HybSeq
— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
#ibc2017 @juliamallen presenting aTRAM
her "Swiss Army Knife" Target Restricted Assembly Method v2
now at https://t.co/u2gFj1onAB #HybSeq— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
#IBC2017 @juliamallen @ry_folk aTRAM 2.0 vs 1.0: faster, more versatile & scalable. Any genome reduction method can be assembled! #HybSeq
— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
#ibc2017 @ry_folk benchmarks: aTRAM beats Phyluce, due to iteration steps; 2.0 is faster due to fewer iterations
— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
#ibc2017 @ry_folk benchmarks aTRAM assembler plug-ins: Spades tops Abyss#HybSeq
— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
#ibc2017 @ry_folk benchmarks aTRAM vs HybPiper w @spadesassembler
very similar performance! #HybSeq #ibc2017— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
#ibc2017 @ry_folk shows results from @daisieclickie exploring aTRAM to examine paralogs #HybSeq
— Aaron Liston (@AaronListon) July 29, 2017
Speakers at the end of the inspiring Target Capture & High Throughput Sequencing talks at #IBC2017 chaired by C. Kidner & P. Hollingsworth pic.twitter.com/b7D9HUn0kE
— Dr Peter Moonlight (@PeterMoonlight) July 29, 2017
Arabidopsis: Genomics and Natural Variations
@malacopa_genome from @PlantEvolution lab talking on 1001 Genomes Plus (1001G+) #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/RvR1YY6vfy
— Santosh Satbhai (@santosh7bhai) July 29, 2017
@gmivienna connection at #IBC2017 with @Rootstrapping @LiBaohai @malacopa_genome and #Arthur pic.twitter.com/hVo5rM9aTM
— Santosh Satbhai (@santosh7bhai) July 29, 2017
Polyploid Genomics
Lei Gong on allopolyploid cytonuclear evol at nuclear rbcS locus (active in cpl) 1st maternal expr pref, then concerted evol to mat #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/WTnM3MJT5A
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Stacy Jorgensen @BarkerLab: recurrent polyploidization gives genetic bottlenecks … But some polyp more diverse than 2x relatives #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/HtMyIY93jW
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Jorgensen @BarkerLab shows heterozygosity level is same in 2x and polyploids. higher mutation rate in polyps, or gene flow high? #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/E5z7s3KgTL
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Jorgensen with Ci Et al @barkerlab paleolog genetic diversity in Brassica is high. Looking forward to the paper soon #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/WbZab5PqQW
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Robert Henry @QAAFI CNV copy number variation in cereal starch biosynthesis genes. Rice: only 2 CNV examples from the many genes #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/WFWCMjho66
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Integrated Research in Magnoliales
Jim Doyle opens the symposium on #Magnoliales with a review of their fossil record #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/by6ajQAfsq
— Hervé Sauquet 🌈 (@hsauquet_rbgsyd) July 29, 2017
Onstein reconstructs association between long-distance dispersal and fruit traits in #Annonaceae @RenskeOnstein @laboratoire_ese #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/DFkqvI2bqk
— Hervé Sauquet 🌈 (@hsauquet_rbgsyd) July 29, 2017
Effects of Thermophilisation on Alpine Vegetation
https://twitter.com/Oreotrephes/status/891130635003334656
Genome Duplication and Variation
Robert Henry same gene Stress salt tolerance and fragrance in rice. https://t.co/Nlk6OzrENn Gene duplication could give both chars #IBC2017
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Choabo Tong, Wuhan, heritable patterns of differential gene expression in 4x brassica #IBC2017 25% are mediated nearby transposon methylatn pic.twitter.com/MIhH3r3EYU
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Claudio Casola @ccasola compares gene turnover rate (duplication & loss) angiosperms vs tricky big gymnosperm genomes w gene frags #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/ONf8WkGmKH
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Linking Heterogenous Data in Botanical Research
Pam Soltis is about to give a plenary address in the final session of #ibc2017 pic.twitter.com/uTSpRbtnjD
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Shout out to @juliamallen and florida community phylogenetics by Pamela Soltis #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/pqHY9APPyj
— Ryan Folk 🐕 (@ry_folk) July 29, 2017
Shout out to Notes from Nature, @juliamallen and @robgural at #IBC2017 by Pam Soltis pic.twitter.com/k9uksSie2c
— Ryan Folk 🐕 (@ry_folk) July 29, 2017
@desert_ecology you'd enjoy this plenary by Pamela Soltis at #IBC2017. Inferring phenology changes w/ herbarium specimens & citizen science. pic.twitter.com/hrBMy74BZF
— Charles Foster (@theCFos) July 29, 2017
Pam Soltis views the future for botanical research from linking huge amounts of heterogeneous data #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/Y7NlcUjGYo
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Shout out by Pam Soltis on Amborella population genomics by @richiehodel #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/nxrdGKPp0u
— Ryan Folk 🐕 (@ry_folk) July 29, 2017
@richiehodel getting major shout out for Amborella work at plenary talk by Pam Soltis. Noice!! #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/UDUuFNaFaa
— Julie Allen (@juliamallen) July 29, 2017
Pam Soltis: there's no substitute for the input of good botanists at every step in linking heterogeneous data #IBC2017
— Dr. Emily Sessa 🌿🔬 (@ebsessa) July 29, 2017
Pam Soltis continues to look forward w 10k plant genomes, databases, collaboration, sites like BiotaPhy, Open tree of life & more #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/5j8Pm1m1az
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Prof. Pamela Solties #IBC2017 : We belive that by working together, we can unite innovative plant data with needs and strengths of human … pic.twitter.com/SO44b7dfX4
— Carmen Acedo (@CarmenAcedo) July 29, 2017
Very nice talk by Dr Pamela Soltis #IBC2017 🇨🇳: Integrative plant sciences and International collaboration: Let's save the world together❗️ pic.twitter.com/0dXmftd4bG
— Carmen Acedo (@CarmenAcedo) July 29, 2017
Decoding the Epigenetic Language of Life
Last plenary address of #IBC2017 is by Jian-Kang Zhu pic.twitter.com/MHF3RZwJOP
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
"genome: bought the book, difficult to read." Prof Zhu #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/CSyHuYxmda
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Epigenetic Code… #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/K0i6zg99vA
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
#IBC2017 is finishing, Clausure Session is the last one 😊 谢谢 Xièxiè Gracias Thakyou. Find my summary in @CarmenAcedo 谢谢 my VPN works❗️ pic.twitter.com/AcuXesqwO3
— Carmen Acedo (@CarmenAcedo) July 29, 2017
The Closing Ceremony
XIX International Botanical Congress is coming to an end! #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/3vpmo0TZbp
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
The first resolution is being presented. It's on nomenclature… #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/gVxjsglpbe
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Resolution 2 is on gender equity! #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/vb4DeWC0AR
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
(I’ll just leave this tweet from earlier here…)
#IBC2017 77% special lectures male, yesterday 90% male.We need better gender representation @Women_in_NatSci @W_STEM @ILAssetBuilding @bgci pic.twitter.com/ckPfR6rcZS
— Dr. Alice C Hughes (@AliceCHughes) July 26, 2017
Sandy Knapp @SandyKnapp purposes nomenclature resolution, and Doug Soltis proposes resolution 2 for equality #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/7GqTrYF8sR
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Doug Soltis just read Resolution 2 @ #IBC2017 and it has passed. Hurray! #shenzhen pic.twitter.com/BiAx2jpxrC
— Dr. Melanie Link-Perez 🏳️🌈🌿 (@MLinkPerez) July 29, 2017
Resolution 3 is for international cooperation between IAPT and China #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/Oh4wCaHm0o
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
The fourth resolution is the Shenzhen Resolution #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/Um9oZ2XuQZ
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
The Seven Priorities for Action #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/TQkMu9BdJx
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Resolution 5 is that the next International Botanical Congress will be in Rio #IBC2017
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
#ShenzhenDeclaration is accepted @SandyKnapp adds that plants need us & our care & we need plants. #IBC2017 #IBC2023 Rio de Janeiro is on pic.twitter.com/cWfo4usam1
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Hong Deyuan has been awarded the Engler Medal at #ibc2017 pic.twitter.com/htO2Py8Ypo
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Hong Deyuan receives the Engler Medal for plant taxonomy #IBC2017 https://t.co/J4SH6FwZSZ Looks like he needs a Wikipedia entry pic.twitter.com/naPZyeCVEz
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
The first ever Shenzhen Award in Plant Sciences goes to Peter Raven #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/ORsqoVnNcY
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Peter Raven, accepting the first Shenzhen Award in Plant Sciences #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/IejTmw0770
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
The inspirational Peter Raven https://t.co/OF2OeWXi4G receives the #Shenzhen International Award in Plant Sciences #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/8o92gr5Zl4
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
The logo for the 2023 International Botanical Congress in Rio is Victoria amazonica #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/uWUmtVWhEg
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Song Ge is giving a summary of #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/TLSmaDHyLy
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Statistics for succesful #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/HNKKe6GJII
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Scientific program stats for #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/1qPfJFwCf4
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
Taxonomy, phylogenetically and evolution talks were the majority category at #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/aOnBsMo40G
— Dr. Andi Wolfe, Professor Emeritus (@AndiWolfe) July 29, 2017
And Congress President Wu Weihua closes #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/31SbyTvFNG
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
…and most importantly
A shotout to all the AMAZING volunteers here at #ibc2017 – they have been super helpful countless times
— Claudio Casola (@ccasola) July 29, 2017
The volunteers @ #IBC2017 have been absolutely wonderful. Will miss their smiling faces. #Shenzhen pic.twitter.com/eB0ki5rdY1
— Dr. Melanie Link-Perez 🏳️🌈🌿 (@MLinkPerez) July 29, 2017
#IBC2017 is finishing, 😊 谢谢 Xièxiè Gracias Thakyou to all the volunteers. Find my summary in @CarmenAcedo 谢谢 my VPN works❗️ pic.twitter.com/dhLLC8DY86
— Carmen Acedo (@CarmenAcedo) July 29, 2017
Not quite the last. The wonderful volunteers who helps make our week so successful come together #Ibc2017 pic.twitter.com/QRE3IbZgDa
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 29, 2017
Good bye, Shenzhen. It has been a pleasure 'sciencing' w. 7000+ botanists at #IBC2017! Ripples will be felt 4 yrs. C U in Brazil! #IBC2023 pic.twitter.com/xokUc1t0Me
— Nicole Miller-Struttmann (@NMStruttmann) July 29, 2017
…and thank you to everyone who has tweeted from Shenzhen.
