Assistant Professor - Mississippi State University - evolutionary biologist - Penstemon Lab website: https://stonelabmsu.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3muixvq5fck2tA disgusting waste of taxpayer dollars and resources that could otherwise go towards doing more science and paying more scientists. Instead we blow it on for-profit publishers and convince ourselves it’s the only way it could work. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 03:16 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3muixvq5fck2thttps://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3mub7gjrqk22rGot me a haul (muscadines)30 Aug 2026 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mub7gjrqk22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3mtmwuc7r4c26Getting very close to flowers! #Physostegia21 Aug 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmwuc7r4c26https://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3mth4s737hk26Don’t rot your brain, kids [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth4s737hk26https://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3mte4bjlois22Write physical letters if you can. Seriously. I’d love to correspond over snail mail stonelabmsu.com/contact.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte4bjlois22https://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3mssybl2xqc22Got the new lab website up and running! Still a few things to iron out but not too shabby stonelabmsu.com https://stonelabmsu.com11 Aug 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssybl2xqc22https://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3msgtjgitzs2iLeonie is an awesome mentor and an amazing scientist!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgtjgitzs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3msc23kxim22pPenstemon lunch at #Botany2026 @aidanwshort.bsky.social @botanist-brooke.bsky.social Liz Mays @trinitydepatie.bsky.social @t-shy.bsky.social Josh Stevens @botanicalbecks.bsky.social04 Aug 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3msc23kxim22phttps://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3msb6xmausc24Hey #Botany2026 check out Stone Lab PhD student Sara Wuerstl’s talk this morning in the Reproductive Processes section! 9:15 Tucson C-D04 Aug 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb6xmausc24https://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3ms4azeiyis2jSO PUMPED for #Botany2026 !! We will be a little late to the party (not arriving until this evening) but very much looking forward to an amazing conference with all my plant buddies More on lab presentations soon!02 Aug 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4azeiyis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benstemon.bsky.social/post/3mq3ux5iytc2jHad to move this guy the other day as it was in the line of fire for lawn care. Eastern box turtle (genus Terrapene)08 Jul 2026 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:d3gey2a2437hwd6vsqe44r5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3ux5iytc2j