Mags
@bisexualbotanist.bsky.social
Grad Student at MSU. 🏳️🌈
🧬Hybrid Polyploid Investigator.
Cryptic Taxa Finder.
Opinions are my own. 🇺🇸🏴🏴🇮🇪
It’s hot gael summer ‘25
🧬Hybrid Polyploid Investigator.
Cryptic Taxa Finder.
Opinions are my own. 🇺🇸🏴🏴🇮🇪
It’s hot gael summer ‘25
I’m going to miss you soooo mucccchhhhhh!!!!
Very lucky to have been able to work at such an amazing lab with so many fantastic people. Thanks Josephs Lab, for these lovely years of science and friends!
July 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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)
July 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When Boechera is growing near a Fairy Trap…we still collected though (less than 10% of material in accordance with Kentucky permitting)
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Thanks Kew!
The paper itself can be found here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The paper itself can be found here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
BIG NEWS! We’ve found that ash trees are fighting back against ash dieback disease! 🌳💪
Scientists at Kew & QMUL @qmul.bsky.social have discovered that young ash trees are evolving resistance to this devastating fungus - & fast 🌍
Read the story👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
#PlantScience #SciNews
Scientists at Kew & QMUL @qmul.bsky.social have discovered that young ash trees are evolving resistance to this devastating fungus - & fast 🌍
Read the story👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
#PlantScience #SciNews
June 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Thanks Kew!
The paper itself can be found here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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…
…we still leaned over fences hoping to get the ultimate “field” collection…
June 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Can you guess what we did on our “rest” day? 🌈🦋🎸
…we still leaned over fences hoping to get the ultimate “field” collection…
…we still leaned over fences hoping to get the ultimate “field” collection…
Apparently in the boonies, your server is a robot
June 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Apparently in the boonies, your server is a robot
Got to look out at the Smokey’s before driving through them! 🗻💨
June 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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 😅
June 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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
June 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We collected up on Kennesaw Mountain, GA yesterday
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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.
By working with nature, they’re beating the heat, building community and showing how cities can adapt to extreme heat.
June 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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.
By working with nature, they’re beating the heat, building community and showing how cities can adapt to extreme heat.
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🚨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.
June 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🚨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 almost forgot, a big thank you the @msupri.bsky.social and the plant bio department for funding to attend #Evol25
June 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I almost forgot, a big thank you the @msupri.bsky.social and the plant bio department for funding to attend #Evol25
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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.
A dangerous provision buried in Trump’s domestic policy bill has been struck down.
June 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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.
A dangerous provision buried in Trump’s domestic policy bill has been struck down.
Love spending the end of a conference day watching giant trucks bounce 🛻 #monsterjam #Evol25
June 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Love spending the end of a conference day watching giant trucks bounce 🛻 #monsterjam #Evol25
Detroit, MI 1961-2010
June 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Detroit, MI 1961-2010
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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 🧪🌎
@yessfun.com with a big one, in collaboration with @emilyatkin.bsky.social 🧪🌎
Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement | Atmos
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
atmos.earth
June 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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 🧪🌎
@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!
Meet the Great Lakes Plant Science Conference featured faculty speakers:
🦠 Sarah Lebeis, MSU
☀️ Alizée Malnoë, IU Bloomington
🍃 Adam Mott, UTSC
🧬 Ronan O’Malley, UChicago
Attend #GLPSC2025 to network with cutting-edge plant scientists! Register and view the full agenda: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
🦠 Sarah Lebeis, MSU
☀️ Alizée Malnoë, IU Bloomington
🍃 Adam Mott, UTSC
🧬 Ronan O’Malley, UChicago
Attend #GLPSC2025 to network with cutting-edge plant scientists! Register and view the full agenda: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
May 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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.
May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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.
Also because of pbs I have nostalgia towards Russian and Italian opera.
Make your voice heard – join the tri-society Week of Action for NSF! Call and write congress, and tell colleagues, friends, and family about the importance of NSF funding. Find how to get started in our Media Tool: shorturl.at/i7WfU
May 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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.
Also because of pbs I have nostalgia towards Russian and Italian opera.
Apple blossoms are one of my favorite roses 🌹🌸🍎
April 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Apple blossoms are one of my favorite roses 🌹🌸🍎
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Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.
April 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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!
April 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
These really are so pretty!