#ESA2026 The Daru Lab is excited to share our research this year at ESA! #ecology #herbarium #marine #fungi
Jacqueline J. Peña, PhD
@jjpena-ecoevo.bsky.social
Postdoc linking ecology & evolution to study fungal microbes from seagrasses and trees 🧫| DEI advocate ✊| Embroidery hobbyist🪡
Presenting at #ESA2026? 🌿 Add your talk or poster to our presentation directory and help us showcase the incredible research from our @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Latin American & Caribbean community! 🔗 Complete the Talk or Poster tab here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This article written by my PhD advisor @dbensasson.bsky.social "Summer temperature can predict the distribution of wild yeast populations" not only inspired my research but also inspired my creative side...
Jacqueline Peña @jjpena-ecoevo.bsky.social asks if humans 👥🍺🍷🍞 left an impact on wild yeast 🌳 They estimate that S. cerevisiae spread across the global after the last glacial maximum Looks like wild strains are NOT independent of human movement Lab of @dbensasson.bsky.social #Evol2025 #Evol25
Here's my entry for #EvoArt2025 entitled "Endless Wonder of Plant Biology and its interactions with insects and fungi" 🧵🪡 @ssegrad.bsky.social
#WithoutNSF the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) won't receive the critical funding it needs to continue broadening the participation of underrepresented people in #STEM! Here's a 🧵 about my science journey. @neguse.house.gov @warnock.senate.gov @mikecrapo.bsky.social
It's hard not to feel lost right now. It's the end of an era. It's the end of a long chapter and you don't know what will be next. It doesn't help that pursuing a career in science may not be relevant in this climate. I can't imagine a life without funding or a life without STEM.
I now have my PhD!!! My committee members @mcmomany.bsky.social @kdyerlab.bsky.social Jill Anderson and Marin Brewer and my advisor @dbensasson.bsky.social have been instrumental to my growth as a scientist and as a person!! I'm also thankful to have wonderful lab mates, friends, and family!!
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My first first-author scientific paper is now officially available @molecology! We studied the #populationgenomics of baker's #yeast from trees and found that human migration has left its mark on these wild populations. #phdresearch #fungi onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Footprints of Human Migration in the Population Structure of Wild Baker's Yeast
Humans have a long history of fermenting food and beverages that led to domestication of the baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Despite their tight companionship with humans, yeast species that....
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