New paper! We found maize domestication reduced leaf microbiome diversity and shifted communities from a highly regulated and stringent state in Balsas teosinte to an unregulated and stochastic state in maize, showing patterns consistent with microbial dysbiosis. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...

Frontiers | Maize leaf endosphere microbiome was affected by domestication and shows patterns consistent with microbial dysbiosis

BackgroundWhether domestication, post-domestication spread, and breeding affected the maize leaf endosphere microbiota is poorly understood despite the well-...

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ARTISTS! I need your help! In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend. Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...

New article online! We characterized a potentially novel Paenibacillus species from cotton tissue culture and sequenced its whole genome, revealing genomic separation and metabolites indicating strong plant-growth-promoting potential. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Genomic and Metabolic Characterization of a Potentially Novel Paenibacillus Species Isolated as a Laboratory Contaminant Growing on Medium Supporting Cotton Tissue Culture

This study explores the genomic and metabolic characterization of a potentially novel Paenibacillus species isolated from cotton plant tissues. Phylogenetic analysis based on multi-locus sequence dat...

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A huge congratulations to @ilksentt.bsky.social on successfully completing her PhD! We are incredibly proud of her accomplishments and look forward to seeing the impact she will continue to make in her field and beyond. #PhDGraduation #AcademicExcellence #NextChapter

antiSMASH8: The Ocho Manuscript is out! doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

antiSMASH 8.0: extended gene cluster detection capabilities and analyses of chemistry, enzymology, and regulation

Abstract. Microorganisms synthesize small bioactive compounds through their secondary or specialized metabolism. Those compounds play an important role in

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The #Botany2025 Abstract Submission Deadline is in 1 WEEK! It’s time to put the finishing touches on your research and submit your abstract for Botany 2025—Botany without Barriers, taking place in Palm Springs, CA. Get your abstract in before the deadline! www.botanyconference.org #IamaBotanist

Grad student position at UIUC on weed evolution and adaptation with my former student Asher Hudson. Asher’s a wonderful mentor and a top notch evolutionary biologist.

📣 Our 2025 Ambassador cohort applications are officially OPEN! Are you an early career researcher passionate about open science and FAIR microbiome data? Head to microbiomedata.org/ambassadors to learn more & apply!

Did you know that BSA gives out over $125,000 in awards each year? 🌿 Grad students, apply for a $1500 Graduate Student Research Award (GSRA), including the J.S. Karling & A.J. Harris GSRAs. Deadline: Feb 17, 2025. Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/... #BSAawards #BSAstudents #IamaBotanist

AI-INTERVENE is now accepting applications for 26 PhD projects in AI and Biodiversity findaphd.com/phds/program.... Hosted by UCL and the University of Reading, in partnership with NHM, ZSL, Kew Gardens, and UKCEH. More details at ai-intervene.net #biodiversity #AI #conservation

Are you interested in MS programs in ecology or evolution and want to be paid for it? Check out these fully funded programs (stipend + tuition is provided). It's been a looong time since I updated the list, so as always, check with the program for the latest info. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs

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Wounding experiment in maize

I am happy to announce that I have received an Early Career Scientist Grant from Hello Bio. I'm excited to attend #Phytobiomes2024 and present my PhD research. Many thanks to Hello Bio for their support. hellobio.com/blog/meet-ou...

Meet our Early Career Scientist Grant Winner Ilksen Topcu

Congratulations to Ilksen Topcu of the Texas A&M University, USA, who is the latest winner of our monthly $500 career development grant! We spoke to the PhD candidate who told us more about her resear...

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We are also looking for more volunteer peer reviewers! All are welcome (including grad students with at least one pub or willing to co-review with their mentor). If you are looking for reviewer experience and/or want to help us out, please let us know!

Do you work in ecology/evolution? Did you do a study that is too small to publish as a full manuscript? Negative results? Part of a larger effort? Consider publishing in microPublication Biology: EEB! www.micropublication.org/journals/bio... Short papers, one figure. And we peer review! Please RT

Such a nice way to spend my birthday! #AIinAgriculture2024

I love my job #entomology - fall armyworm #PhD

Got an a-MAIZING opportunity to present my research at the Genetics of Maize-Microbe Interactions Workshop in Raleigh, North Carolina. #maize #microbiome #rhizosphere #phyllosphere #insect #tolerance

Teosinte #PhD#research