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I am currently looking to hire a field/laboratory technician to work on various aspects of switchgrass local adaptation, physiology, and...

I am currently looking to hire a field/laboratory technician to work on various aspects of switchgrass local adaptation, physiology, and improvement as a bioenergy crop. Please pass along to anyone who might be interested. https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/518321/research-technologist-i

Exciting new preprint led by Kathy Toll showing a very large role for gibberellin manipulation on local adaptation to salt spray in Mimulus...

Exciting new preprint led by Kathy Toll showing a very large role for gibberellin manipulation on local adaptation to salt spray in Mimulus guttatus. This project almost died with the pandemic but was saved by Anna Scharnagl visiting the field sites for us. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.23.595619v1

The abstract deadline for PlantGen/TAGC24 is almost here. Make sure your research is included and submit your abstract for an oral or poster...

The abstract deadline for PlantGen/TAGC24 is almost here. Make sure your research is included and submit your abstract for an oral or poster presentation by November 9, 2023. I can’t wait to see you there and talk about your research March 6-11, 2024 in Washington DC. genetics-gsa.org/tagc/

Every 20 years, a group of us sneaks out in the middle of the night and digs up one bottle to figure out how many seeds are still viable. We...

Every 20 years, a group of us sneaks out in the middle of the night and digs up one bottle to figure out how many seeds are still viable. We did this in the spring of 2021, as snowflakes were falling from the sky. Out of the 1000 seeds originally in the bottle, 20 of the genus Verbascum germinated. Surprisingly, one of the seedlings turned out to be a hybrid between Verbascum blattaria and V. thapsus, which we confirmed with ITS2 sequencing.

Really excited that we have now published the latest results of the Beal seed experiment. The experiment was started 144 years ago when Dr....

Really excited that we have now published the latest results of the Beal seed experiment. The experiment was started 144 years ago when Dr. William Beal put seeds inside bottles and buried them at a secret location on the Michigan State University campus.

https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.16250

The Plant Resilience Institute at Michigan State University is currently searching for an Executive Secretary who will support the PRI...

The Plant Resilience Institute at Michigan State University is currently searching for an Executive Secretary who will support the PRI Director (Sue Rhee) and Associate Director (Me) to manage the planning and administrative operation of the institute. https://careers.pageuppeople.com/782/cw/en-us/job/516197/executive-secretary-ii

I am excited to announce that Lowry Lab postdoc Kathy Toll (not on here) will be starting a lab at the University of South Carolina in...

I am excited to announce that Lowry Lab postdoc Kathy Toll (not on here) will be starting a lab at the University of South Carolina in January 2024. She is recruiting students to study the genetic basis or ecological significance of traits underlying adaptation and speciation in monkeyflowers.

I’ll be giving my promotion talk this week. Email me if you would like the Zoom link.

I’ll be giving my promotion talk this week. Email me if you would like the Zoom link.

Please pass this along to any graduate student wrapping up their PhD who has an interest in plant resilience research. This is a great...

Please pass this along to any graduate student wrapping up their PhD who has an interest in plant resilience research. This is a great postdoctoral fellowship opportunity. https://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/516102/research-associatefixed-term

Please help. I am trying to come up with a list of examples of strightforward short review papers that students in my Evolution class can...

Please help. I am trying to come up with a list of examples of strightforward short review papers that students in my Evolution class can look at early in the semester to help them understand the structure and purpose of these types of papers.

I am still accepting applications to be a research technician in my lab, who will also serve as a Germplasm Coordinator for the MSU Plant...

I am still accepting applications to be a research technician in my lab, who will also serve as a Germplasm Coordinator for the MSU Plant Resilience Institute. Applications must be submitted by August 23rd. https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/515592/germplasm-coordinator-research-technologist-i

I am recruiting a new postdoc to study switchgrass evolutionary genomics in my group. Review of applications will begin on August 16th....

I am recruiting a new postdoc to study switchgrass evolutionary genomics in my group. Review of applications will begin on August 16th. https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/515633/research-associatefixed-term

Please pass along to anyone who might be interested. We are looking for a Plant Germplasm Organizer/Coordinator for the MSU Plant Resilience...

Please pass along to anyone who might be interested. We are looking for a Plant Germplasm Organizer/Coordinator for the MSU Plant Resilience Institute. The successful candidate will focus first on coordinating the monkeyflower community collections. https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/5155

Nice new paper out of our large switchgrass collaborative project, led by Joe Edwards, that evaluates the genetic and environmental...

Nice new paper out of our large switchgrass collaborative project, led by Joe Edwards, that evaluates the genetic and environmental contributions to the switchgrass rhizosphere microbial community. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00398-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982223003986%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

Why didn’t anyone tell me that there were at least seven species of Moa wandering around southern New Zealand instead of just one? Also, I...

Why didn’t anyone tell me that there were at least seven species of Moa wandering around southern New Zealand instead of just one? Also, I had no idea that they were the only birds to have fully lost wing bones.

All this knowledge and more was gained today at the Museum of Otago in Dunedin, which has the largest collection of articulating Moa skeletons in the world. #birds #evolution #extinct

California Bush Lupine on the shore of Lake Wanaka in Aotearoa New Zealand. #Invasive #plants

California Bush Lupine on the shore of Lake Wanaka in Aotearoa New Zealand. #Invasive #plants

Fiordland National Park, NZ is an exceptional place. We lucked out with incredible weather yesterday during our visit to the park and...

Fiordland National Park, NZ is an exceptional place. We lucked out with incredible weather yesterday during our visit to the park and Milford Sound.

After teaching about the Tuatara for years, I finally got to see some live ones today in Queenstown, NZ (see photo). Such amazing creatures!...

After teaching about the Tuatara for years, I finally got to see some live ones today in Queenstown, NZ (see photo). Such amazing creatures! Link to the recent Tuatara genome paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2561-9

Morning on Lake Tekapo, NZ.

Morning on Lake Tekapo, NZ.

A view of Lake Tekapo, NZ.

A view of Lake Tekapo, NZ.