Danforth Center Associate Member @maliagehan.bsky.social studies how to detect plant stressors early, in ways that are practical for scientists and breeders to apply. Get to know Malia in Taylor Geospatial Institute’s spotlight: https://loom.ly/lVb8Or4

Raspberry Pi–powered temperature monitoring of growth chamber microclimates New in #AppsPlantSci by Ballenger, @kmurphyphd.bsky.social, @maliagehan.bsky.social et al bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @plantcv.bsky.social @danforthcenter.bsky.social #RaspberryPi #phenotyping #botany

P2P provides training and career development for folks looking to transition to plant biology. I'm currently mentoring one of this year's Fellows, so feel free to reach out if you have questions about this incredible program!

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Applications for the 2026 Pivot to Plants Fellows Program at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center are now open. Location: St. Louis, MO Application Deadline: October 15, 2025 Dates: Jan. 5, 2026 – Dec. 23, 2026 Estimated Stipend: $37,275 Learn more: www.danforthcenter.org/our-work/edu...

Here's my federal funding story #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF #scicomm 🧪

📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on April 24 at 10:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱 👉 Free registration at buff.ly/lSj1OL1. #plantscience

A huge congrats to Erin for winning the Maize Genetics Early Career Award! We are lucky to have the Erin joining @danforthcenter.bsky.social this summer as a joint faculty member.

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Sparks Lab at the Maize Meeting 2025!

~290 participants at our Annual @nappn.bsky.social meeting this year! This is a virtual conference with in-person activities at several 'hub' sites @danforthcenter.bsky.social, MSU, Winnepeg/Manitoba, NCSU, UMN, and Corteva. #CelebrateScience @noahfahlgren.bsky.social @kmurphyphd.bsky.social

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"I’m feeling betrayed, gutted, lost, anxious, and furious." Our story for @science.org—on the ongoing mass firing of federal employees and reactions in the scientific community. www.science.org/content/arti...

Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies

White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits

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After an extensive search, the Danforth Center has named Giles Oldroyd, PhD, its next President. @gilesoldroyd.bsky.social is a renowned plant geneticist & one of only a few hundred scientists elected to both the UK @royalsociety.org & the US @nasonline.org. www.danforthcenter.org/news/interna...

Internationally recognized plant scientist named next President of the Danforth Plant Science Center - Danforth Plant Science Center

After an extensive international search, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has named Giles Oldroyd, PhD, as its next President.

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🎉 Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory Manager Anastasiya (Nastia) Klebanovych, PhD, received two awards in @bioimagingna.bsky.social’s 2024 Image Contest! Her quinoa pollen grain image won second place & her hellebore pollen grain earned an honorable mention. Congrats, Nastia!

this website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research

Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

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Extremely disappointed to see HHMI decide to kill their Inclusive Excellence program, including terminating the current IE3 awards to over a hundred institutions effective this year in the middle of a 6-year grant. I was hoping HHMI (and other private funders) would continue to lead the way.

Thank you to @resist.bot for making it easy to contact my reps/sens on some of the many issues that are currently impacting all of us. Thankful for the people and organizations around me who are trying to make their voices heard. #science #resist

The Rare Plant RaMP offers a 1-year, fully funded research experience in rare plant science at 4 U.S. botanic gardens! Open to post-baccalaureates, with mentorship, networking, & science communication training. Apply by March 14, 2025! Details: atlantabg.org/conservation...

We're PlantCV, an open-source image analysis ecosystem for plant science and beyond. 👋 Our next workshop is Feb. 24 at the NAPPN Annual Meeting Hub! plantcv.org/events

Hello #PAG32!! We’re St Louis’ AgTech Innovation District attending the conf to amplify the cool 🌱🧬 work happening in #STL! Follow us to keep up to date & network w/ entrepreneurs, researchers, & industry leaders! #PlantScience #Genomics #Industry

We hope you join us for the 2025 NAPPN Annual Conference taking place Feb. 25th to 27th, 2025! This year, the meeting looks a little different in structure, with NAPPN hosting a virtual conference and several regional Hubs hosting additional in-person events www.plantphenotyping.org/conference-h...

2025 Annual Conference — North American Plant Phenotyping Network

The 2025 NAPPN Annual Conference will be a hybrid event that includes a common online component and distributed activities organized at regional hub locations. Join us for exciting scientific content,...

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Congrats to the Gehan Lab for their winning (and epic) LOR 'I am sNOw-Man' entry. Fun linocut crafting with Gehan Lab+Data+ Pheno Cores @noahfahlgren.bsky.social @kmurphyphd.bsky.social

I am ecstatic to share that I have accepted the Assistant Member and Principal Investigator position at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, MO! The Conover Lab will open June 1, 2025, and will be broadly interested in polyploid evolutionary genomics.