David Lowry
@davidlowry.bsky.social
Professor of Plant Evolutionary Genetics at Michigan State University.
Fieldwork in Venezuela in 2004. Thinking a lot about all the things I saw there (good and bad) back during the Chavez years.
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Fieldwork in Venezuela in 2004. Thinking a lot about all the things I saw there (good and bad) back during the Chavez years.
Swam with a pod of Waymos on 19th Avenue this morning.
December 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Swam with a pod of Waymos on 19th Avenue this morning.
The stuff of legends
December 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The stuff of legends
Some winter scenes in California.
December 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Some winter scenes in California.
Preparing a traditional coastal Northern Californian Christmas Dinner.
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Preparing a traditional coastal Northern Californian Christmas Dinner.
There are some magic little lands out there in the world.
December 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
There are some magic little lands out there in the world.
Frozen Delaware Water Gap.
December 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Frozen Delaware Water Gap.
No games, just pure academics in the order of the owl.
December 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
No games, just pure academics in the order of the owl.
But more from the back yard. Not looking like what I heard about in other places in the Midwest without clouds last night.
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
But more from the back yard. Not looking like what I heard about in other places in the Midwest without clouds last night.
Maybe a bit of aurora visible on an iPhone tonight in town in East Lansing, MI.
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Maybe a bit of aurora visible on an iPhone tonight in town in East Lansing, MI.
New preprint from former Lowry Lab postdoc, Kathy Toll, providing evidence that delayed flowering time by coastal perennial Mimulus guttatus may be advantageous through avoidance of high wind speeds and salt spray.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New preprint from former Lowry Lab postdoc, Kathy Toll, providing evidence that delayed flowering time by coastal perennial Mimulus guttatus may be advantageous through avoidance of high wind speeds and salt spray.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 60.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 60.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 59.
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 59.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 58.
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 58.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 57.
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 57.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 56.
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 56.
Harvesting our switchgrass stand planting for the first time. Gosh, this is easy with the right farm equipment.
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Harvesting our switchgrass stand planting for the first time. Gosh, this is easy with the right farm equipment.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 55.
November 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 55.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 54.
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 54.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 53.
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 53.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 52.
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 52.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 51.
November 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 51.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 50.
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 50.
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 49.
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Michigan Fall 2025 Phenology Watch Day 49.