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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Aug 8

Check our my new group research website!
www.cusackcarbonsystemsgroup.org

Cusack CarbonSystems Group

www.cusackcarbonsystemsgroup.org

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Jul 21

Nice news story on my group @parched-panama.bsky.social research on climate change and tropical roots!
news.mongabay.com/2025/07/trop... news.mongabay.com/2025/07/trop...

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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · May 20

TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot held a large group meeting on May 19th, featuring engaging presentations and insightful discussions on various aspects of below-ground traits. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · May 24

Hooray @njbouskill.bsky.social! Nice paper. And way to get on social media :)

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Parched-Panama @parched-panama.bsky.social · May 20

New paper from @parched-panama.bsky.social on climate history effects on microbial responses to stress! Differences in similar microbes from Panama vs. Colorado. academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
N Bouskill, S Chacon @daniela-cusack.bsky.social L Dietterich, L Chen, A Khurram, J Voriskova, H Holman

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · May 19

Hooray for our new collaborative tropical root data paper from the @tropiroot.bsky.social team!
esajournals-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · May 15

Brunch party to wrap a great @parched-panama.bsky.social research semester with my team at CSU! Processed 192 Panama root biomass samples and another 200+ soil samples!

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · May 8

Congrats to CSU MS student Grace McLaughlin for receiving a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowship for her research on @parched-panama.bsky.social rainforest drying effects on soil microbes!

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American Institute of Biological Sciences @aibsbiology.bsky.social · May 5

Help others understand the breadth of biology by entering the Faces of Biology Photo Contest. #facesofbiology #iambiology #photocontest #aibs www.aibs.org/faces-of-bio...

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Apr 26

I'm so sorry to hear this!

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · Apr 2

EGU expresses its full #support for all #AmericanScientificSocieties, particularly our sibling organisations: the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Geological Society of America (GSA), and the American Geosciences Institute (AGI).
📷: Jihyeok Park, imaggeo.egu.eu

🔗 Read more : egu.eu/9WTBAC

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Apr 17

Great day for undergrad root research with @parched-panama.bsky.social today at CSU! Undergrads Ally Lewis,.Maya McCain and Hailey Tharp did a great job, with my MS student Grace McLaughlin helping advise! GOOOOO tropical root research @tropiroot.bsky.social

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Apr 15

Colorado State Community, please join be at the tilt.colostate.edu/oura/curc-da... undergrad research day this Thursday to applaud our great undergraduate researchers!

CURC Day-of Documents | OURA | The Institute for Learning and Teaching

Important information for CURC, including schedules, abstract booklet, building maps, digital presentation gallery, and community guidelines

tilt.colostate.edu

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Apr 11

@baizalla.bsky.social me, Sarah Batterman, Jennifer Powers, Dani Yaffar, Amanda L Cordeiro, Kelly Andersen, Carol Miron, @lauratoro.bsky.social @laylugli.bsky.social

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thinking hard at the @tropiroot.bsky.social leadership meeting about next directions in tropical root research!

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Parched-Panama @parched-panama.bsky.social · Apr 10

Bravo to our stellar undergad @parched-panama.bsky.social root researchers at Colorado State University ES&S! Maya McCain, Ally Lewis, and Hailey Tharpe have been crushing it all semester!

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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · Apr 3

Available position as Researcher in Terrestrial Ecology in Tromsø! nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/72-rese...

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Mar 19

Submit an abstract about your tropical research and come present in Oaxaca! The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) abstract deadline is Friday!
www.atbc2025.org/call-abstracts

Call for Abstracts | ATBC2025

www.atbc2025.org

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Mar 18

Meanwhile, advisor sitting at home in cold Colorado writing grant proposals. Grad students get all the fun!

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Parched-Panama @parched-panama.bsky.social · Mar 18

Go @parched-panama.bsky.social dry season 2025 field team! Olivia Aaron, Eric Valdes, Grace McLaughlin and Katie Nelson collecting soils, roots, and trace gases!

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Feb 28

Protest in Boulder CO organized by former Rep David Skaggs:
Monday, March 3, at 11:45 outside the NOAA-NIST "campus" on South Broadway, just a bit south of the intersection with Baseline Rd. Those who work at the NOAA labs are at the forefront of understanding and tackling climate change.

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Feb 27

Today is the deadline for #ESA2025 contributed abstracts! I could definitely use some good time with a giant group of ecologists right about now. If you can, please come meet me in Baltimore and let's chat forests, soils, global change, or anything else ecology-related!
esa.org/baltimore202...

Call for Contributed Abstracts – 2025 Annual MeetingTop of Page

esa.org

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Feb 14

Great @parched-panama.bsky.social poster at CSU grad student poster symposium. Drying alters tropical forest tree growth!

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Feb 14

Great @parched-panama.bsky.social poster at CSU grad student poster symposium. Drying alters tropical forest tree growth!

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Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · Feb 3

Great leadership meeting with @tropiroot.bsky.social this morning! Reach out if you are a tropical root researcher interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data with us!

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