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Mags

@bisexualbotanist.bsky.social

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Grad Student at MSU. 🏳️‍🌈 🧬Hybrid Polyploid Investigator. Cryptic Taxa Finder. Opinions are my own. 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 It’s hot gael summer ‘25

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Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jul 26

I’m going to miss you soooo mucccchhhhhh!!!!

Claire Henley @chenley.bsky.social · Jul 25

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!

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jul 2

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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Prof Richard Buggs @rbuggs.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thanks Kew!
The paper itself can be found here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · Jun 27

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

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Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 29

Can you guess what we did on our “rest” day? 🌈🦋🎸

…we still leaned over fences hoping to get the ultimate “field” collection…

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 29

Just a few! Right at the top 😅

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 29

Apparently in the boonies, your server is a robot

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 28

Got to look out at the Smokey’s before driving through them! 🗻💨

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 28

When we were driving through the Mountains to Tennessee, we got to see why they are called the Smokey’s 😅

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 28

We collected up on Kennesaw Mountain, GA yesterday

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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · Jun 25

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.

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Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 25

If anyone has videos of all the dancing from the super social at #Evol2025 you should totally post them. A few of us are curious how we looked 😅😅 #Evol25

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨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.

The Everglades facility is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to enlist local authorities to boost detention capacity and expand the number of officers around the country who can arrest undocumented immigrants. The Trump administration has struggled to meet its mass deportations goals in part because of resource constraints, and it is looking for every way possible to help increase numbers.
The goal in Florida is to have 5,000 additional beds, spread out at the new facility and potentially other, smaller facilities as well.

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Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 24

I literally just panic texted my mom to call her congressman and rep.

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 23

I almost forgot, a big thank you the @msupri.bsky.social and the plant bio department for funding to attend #Evol25

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 23

Dioloch, thank you to everyone who came and talked to me or watched me present during the poster session. I’m really excited to update you all in the progress next year! #Evol25 #Boechera

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 23

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.

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Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 23

Dioloch, thank you to everyone who came and talked to me or watched me present during the poster session. I’m really excited to update you all in the progress next year! #Evol25 #Boechera

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 22

🎉🎉🎉 Nik, @emjo.bsky.social and I, had lunch to talk Boechera!

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 22

Poster is live #Evol25

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Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 22

Love spending the end of a conference day watching giant trucks bounce 🛻 #monsterjam #Evol25

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Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · Jun 21

Detroit, MI 1961-2010

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Jason Dinh @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social · Jun 10

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 🧪🌎

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

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Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · May 29

💖♥️💛💚💙💜💖

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · May 12

Looking forward to Sarah and Adam’s talks! We’ve been attempting a pilot study in collaboration with the Lebeis Lab!

MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · May 12

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

A graphic promoting the GLPSC 2025 featured speakers with a background image of blurred leaves and an outline of the Great Lakes. The text says, "1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, September 12-14, 2025, Lansing, Michigan. Learn more and register: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025” Contained in blue boxes, the graphic also includes headshots of the plenary keynote speaker Sarah Lebeis and the three thematic session faculty speakers Alizée Malnoë, Adam Mott, and Ronan O’Malley and lists their affiliations and talk titles.

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · May 12

You know you have at least one item at home that would look better tie dyed.

Mags @bisexualbotanist.bsky.social · May 7

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.

Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · May 7

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