What a MASSIVE scientific undertaking 🤩
Stephens et al. inferred orthogroups for over 100 scleractinia reference genomes/transcriptomes - 228 datasets total!
I can only begin to imagine what incredible insights can be gained from this 🪸🧬🧪
#popgen #evolution #coralreefs #phylogentics #EvoBio
Since I’ll being doing less field work this year, some great views from last year #smokeymountains #boechera #fieldwork
I’m going to miss you soooo mucccchhhhhh!!!!
When Boechera is growing near a Fairy Trap…we still collected though (less than 10% of material in accordance with Kentucky permitting)
Thanks Kew!
The paper itself can be found here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Can you guess what we did on our “rest” day? 🌈🦋🎸
…we still leaned over fences hoping to get the ultimate “field” collection…
Just a few! Right at the top 😅
Apparently in the boonies, your server is a robot
Got to look out at the Smokey’s before driving through them! 🗻💨
When we were driving through the Mountains to Tennessee, we got to see why they are called the Smokey’s 😅
We collected up on Kennesaw Mountain, GA yesterday
In Houston’s Gulfton, where sidewalks hit 135°F, residents are planting trees, building pollinator gardens and redesigning parks to create “cool corridors.”
By working with nature, they’re beating the heat, building community and showing how cities can adapt to extreme heat.
If anyone has videos of all the dancing from the super social at #Evol2025 you should totally post them. A few of us are curious how we looked 😅😅 #Evol25
🚨The Florida government is going to tear down Everglades wetlands so they can build a tent camp in the swamp to fuel Trump's mass deportation operations — and they’re going to get money from Trump that Congress intended for humanitarian care to recently arrived-migrants.
I literally just panic texted my mom to call her congressman and rep.
I almost forgot, a big thank you the @msupri.bsky.social and the plant bio department for funding to attend #Evol25
Good news! We posted about this yesterday, but here’s a deeper look:
A dangerous provision buried in Trump’s domestic policy bill has been struck down.
Dioloch, thank you to everyone who came and talked to me or watched me present during the poster session. I’m really excited to update you all in the progress next year! #Evol25 #Boechera
🎉🎉🎉 Nik, @emjo.bsky.social and I, had lunch to talk Boechera!
Poster is live #Evol25
Love spending the end of a conference day watching giant trucks bounce 🛻 #monsterjam #Evol25
Detroit, MI 1961-2010
EXCLUSIVE: 80% of anti-trans organizations receive direct funding from fossil fuel billionaires or companies, per an investigation shared exclusively with @atmosmag.bsky.social and HEATED.
@yessfun.com with a big one, in collaboration with @emilyatkin.bsky.social 🧪🌎
💖♥️💛💚💙💜💖
Looking forward to Sarah and Adam’s talks! We’ve been attempting a pilot study in collaboration with the Lebeis Lab!
You know you have at least one item at home that would look better tie dyed.
I think something that is easily forgotten is that NSF sponsors pbs. I’m not sure I would have gotten into science without representation seen on pbs, and their documentaries.
Also because of pbs I have nostalgia towards Russian and Italian opera.
Apple blossoms are one of my favorite roses 🌹🌸🍎
Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.
These really are so pretty!
