Laymon and I stand in front of a cake.
Six people raise their glasses at a restaurant.
Welcome Dr. Laymon Ball into the world! @laymonstera.bsky.social rocked her PhD defense today.
Bunch of people smile at a table with two king cakes in the front and a yellow lab smiling at the camera.
Happy #SSB2026 from the #LagoLab and #ZeFeLab, descendants & friends!
@tribblelab.bsky.social @laymonstera.bsky.social @racheljabaily.bsky.social @oschwery.bsky.social @evoyeyo.bsky.social @nicolas-cr.bsky.social @justkathe.bsky.social @laufran.bsky.social @ixchelgr.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social
Diego and I posing next to each other after his defense in the LSU herbarium.
Diego in front of a slide that says “Plant evolution in the Andes is more complex than current phylogenomic models can explain” with lots of pretty plant photos around the text.
A celebration in Diego’s honor in the LSU herbarium.
Diego, family, me and other close friends celebrate at dinner.
I’m so proud of my grad student @evoyeyo.bsky.social for defending his @lsubiosci.bsky.social PhD thesis on macroevolution of #Brachyotum and the broader Andean flora today. Felicidades, Dr. Paredes-Burneo!! ⛰️🧬🌻🥳👨🏽🎓🇵🇪
It was such an amazing experience to grow, learn, and laugh together this past year with @lcorleto08.bsky.social. Already missing her!
Dr. Laura Lagomarsino smiling at the camera while conducting fieldwork in a tropical environment. She wears a colorful striped knit hat with red trim and a light-colored field jacket with yellow straps. Behind her is a distinctive tropical plant with large, paddle-shaped leaves arranged in a rosette pattern, characteristic of high-altitude Andean vegetation.
Meet Dr. Laura Lagomarsino, who fell in love with plants during childhood camping trips in California's redwood forests. Her passion for plant-pollinator relationships began with a magical moment watching hummingbirds visit curved flowers in Costa Rica's cloud forests.
#Botany 🧪
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Five people hold ice cream cones smiling. The ice cream is melting fast because #Louisiana.
Ice cream was in order because we had a couple something’s to celebrate: @evoyeyo.bsky.social submitting a major paper and @lcorleto08.bsky.social wrapping up her @lsulagniappe.bsky.social year! #LagoLab @laymonstera.bsky.social @justkathe.bsky.social
Congrats Scholars!
🎉 Congratulations to Our Amazing Scholars! 🎉
What an incredible year of research, growth, and achievement! ☀️
Thank you for your contribution. Looking forward to see you shine. Wishing you all the very best!
#postbacc #NSF #RaMP #proudofyou❤️
Yeap — looks like gold and purple smoke is a thing in the LagoLab these days! 🥳🎊
Thank you, Laura! 🥰
So happy with my first round of data! 🥳⛰️🫐
Thank you @madiraibullock.bsky.social, @mossmatters.bsky.social!
🚨Looking for two PhD students to join our lab in Fall' 25🚨
If you know someone that loves/works with Neotropical birds and/or species interactions, and is looking for a PhD please share this with them! (application deadline is January 3rd).
More info here --> montanolab.com/join-us/
Flyer for Target Capture DNA Sequencing at Texas Tech by the TTU Center for Biotechnology and Genomics. We provide targeted DNA sequencing for $30/sample for Angiosperms353, GoFLAG408, and other probe sets. Funds from our service go to fund a graduate student who is running the samples. We can use as little as 100 ng of DNA in 30 uL and provide at least 1 million reads per sample from a NovaSeq6000 SP 2x250 Illumina sequencing. For more information and the full text of this flyer, visit mossmatters.com/blog/TargetCaptureService.html
Interested in target capture sequencing?
@madiraibullock.bsky.social and I are happy to announce a new service at TTU. Send us DNA, get reads enriched for your probes. Angiosperms353, GoFLAG, Compositae1061 & more!
Funds go to grad student stipends and tuition!
mossmatters.com/blog/TargetC...