Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Landscape Arch. @UVA; using ecophysiology and genomics to understand forest response to climate change.
Joined October 2009
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18 Mar 2025
New paper out - reduced genetic diversity of trees in cities may inadvertently skew traits like phenological timing
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3 Aug 2024
What a fun paper to work on with an amazing group of researchers! Out now in @NatureEcoEvo!
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3 Aug 2024
Read our latest paper highlighting long-term ecological research networks for evolutionary research! rdcu.be/dPLqx
Out now in @NatureEcoEvo!
This was a huge collaborative effort that I was fortunate enough to be a part of. Also led by @MeghanAvolio and...
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3 Aug 2024
@avamariehoffman, and lucky enough to work with an amazing group of scientists, including @ESA_Prez2013, @AlvaradoS_Lab, @jillthanderson, @treeFutures, @_lanabolin, @tbisrael70, @gbradburd, @HaleyABranch, @lars_brudvig, @chenyanniii, @Evodaveo, @DianaGamba, @mia_how,...
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19 May 2024
Our group is hiring a Research Technologist to contribute to lab and greenhouse activities for a diversity of tree genomics and conservation projects. Feel free to email to find out more! Great opportunity for BS or MSc! #ConservationGenetics psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en…
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20 May 2024
Multiple job posts open in our group! We are recruiting a postdoctoral scholar to contribute to research on adaptive introgression in Populus. #AdaptiveIntrogression Please RT psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en…
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15 May 2024
We’re looking for a technician to join our lab! Interested in speciation, plants, evolution, and genetics? Come join us! sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/…
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14 May 2024
We're proud to publish the research of these early-career scientists---@gauravsk_, @treeFutures, & @Lepidodendron---who submitted #AJB Synthesis articles for the #AJBsynthesis prize.
A winner will be chosen shortly, but for now, check out these articles!
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
ALT Photo of Meghan Blumstein, announcing the publication of AJB Synthesis paper "The drivers of intraspecific trait variation and their implications for future tree productivity and survival".
ALT Photo of Mario Coiro, announcing the publication of AJB Synthesis paper "Embracing uncertainty: The way forward in plant fossil phylogenetics".
ALT Photo of Gaurav Kandlikar, announcing the publication of AJB Synthesis paper "Quantifying soil microbial effects on plant species coexistence: A conceptual synthesis".
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9 May 2024
Professor Xi Yang @geoxiyang was a coauthor on this recently published @NewPhyt paper, which uses a novel global dataset of leaf traits and spectra. Check it out!
7 May 2024
Unveiling the transferability of PLSR models for leaf trait estimation: lessons from a comprehensive analysis with a novel global dataset
Ji et al. @Fujiang_Ji @mmmmchen @Fa_Li_Fa_Li @DaleiHao @ashiklom711 @geoxiyang @PhilTownsnd @hamid_dashti2
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ALT Distribution of leaf samples in climate zones (Whittaker, 1970) and geographic locations.
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Looking for a lab technician in the fall in my lab at UVA. Recent graduates please be in touch and apply via the link below!
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UV…
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5 Apr 2024
The drivers of intraspecific trait variation & their implications for future #tree productivity # survival
A new #AJBsynthesis article by Meghan Blumstein
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16312 #botany #genetics #genomics
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26 Oct 2023
Nonstructural carbohydrate dynamics' relationship to leaf development under varying environments
Blumstein et al. @treeFutures @Evodaveo
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ALT Experimental design: the provenance of the eight genotypes of Quercus rubra chosen from the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, MA for the experiment; the experimental treatments, containing six replicates from each of eight genotypes, and the phenophases observed during the experiment.
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26 Oct 2023
Fun new paper from @treeFutures, me, and colleagues on the role played by non-structural carbohydrates in spring leaf-out. This is the first of (hopefully!) several papers on various dimensions of phenology in red oak nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
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31 Aug 2023
Our department has four awesome new faculty members, @treeFutures @pHred_cheng @AntoniosMamala2 & @JBRichardson10 -- they’re featured in yesterday's @UVA_College article! You can read about each person's impressive background & research interests here:
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21 Jul 2023
I'm excited to join the faculty of Env. Sci. @uvaevsc and Architecture @UVA in Aug 2024! Please get in touch with me about prospective tech, graduate, and postdoc positions! more info here (blumsteinm.github.io)
#AcademicTwitter #plantsci #newPI
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18 May 2023
Come join me in an awesome lab!
18 May 2023
I'm hiring! We're looking for a post-doctoral researcher with experience in plant genetics and/or development for my lab at MIT. careers.peopleclick.com/care…
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4 May 2023
Thrilled to share that NSF IOS has funded my CAREER Award to expand our work on mechanisms of GxE in plants! It will also support me to develop a plant biology class, which (I believe) will be the first one offered here at MIT. (1/2) @NSF
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5 Jan 2023
@asaltyPhD and I wrote a commentary on Blumstein et al. 2023. Read the original: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16573 @treeFutures @Jess_Gersony
29 Dec 2022
|| COMMENTARY ||
The osmotic balancing act: when sugars matter for more than metabolism in woody plants
📄 bit.ly/3YUZupy @asaltyphd @EnvEcoLab
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10 Jan 2023
Very excited to share new work by the amazing @Haoran_Cai, assessing how environmental stress impacts transcriptional regulation in plants nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
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10 Jan 2023
Our paper is out! Check out our pandemic work updating a global database of NSC measurements and comparing patterns to climate
6 Jan 2023
|| NEW RESEARCH ||
Global variation in nonstructural carbohydrate stores in response to climate
📄 bit.ly/3Qf0GAg @treeFutures @Jess_Gersony
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