Andrea N. Romero
@idigworms.bsky.social
PhD Candidate | NSF GRFP Fellow | UC Riverside | Groen Lab | Chemical Ecology & Evolution | Studying toxins, nematodes, and wildflowers 🌱 🌸 🪱
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With the news of NSF divisions being abolished and more grants terminated, we urge our community to continue communicating with Congress to #SupportNSF and #SaveNSF. Scripts and tools you can use: shorturl.at/i7WfU
MediaToolSupportNSF.docx
Letter to scientists and organizations whose progress depends on NSF: We are facing an unprecedented political attack on science. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has begun directing NSF...
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May 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
With the news of NSF divisions being abolished and more grants terminated, we urge our community to continue communicating with Congress to #SupportNSF and #SaveNSF. Scripts and tools you can use: shorturl.at/i7WfU
Can’t wait!!!!!
NEXT WEEK. Come join the conversation. Free and open to all.
Join us March 25th at 8am Pacific daylight time, 11am Eastern, for an online teach-in for #PlantSci entists organising for political impact.
Learn how you can play a role in today's political landscape!
Free registration at
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Learn how you can play a role in today's political landscape!
Free registration at
rootandshoot.org/a-teach-in-f...
March 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Can’t wait!!!!!
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Join us March 25th at 8am Pacific daylight time, 11am Eastern, for an online teach-in for #PlantSci entists organising for political impact.
Learn how you can play a role in today's political landscape!
Free registration at
rootandshoot.org/a-teach-in-f...
Learn how you can play a role in today's political landscape!
Free registration at
rootandshoot.org/a-teach-in-f...
March 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Join us March 25th at 8am Pacific daylight time, 11am Eastern, for an online teach-in for #PlantSci entists organising for political impact.
Learn how you can play a role in today's political landscape!
Free registration at
rootandshoot.org/a-teach-in-f...
Learn how you can play a role in today's political landscape!
Free registration at
rootandshoot.org/a-teach-in-f...
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OpEds have their own legs--
February 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
OpEds have their own legs--
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Annnouncing Dr. Amy Litt as the #Botany2025 Regional Botany Lecturer!
Dr. Litt's research has taken her from the wonderful flowers of Vochysiaceae, to the evolution of flower development genes, & now to the stunning manzanitas (Arctostaphylos).
Learn more! www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html.
Dr. Litt's research has taken her from the wonderful flowers of Vochysiaceae, to the evolution of flower development genes, & now to the stunning manzanitas (Arctostaphylos).
Learn more! www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html.
March 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Annnouncing Dr. Amy Litt as the #Botany2025 Regional Botany Lecturer!
Dr. Litt's research has taken her from the wonderful flowers of Vochysiaceae, to the evolution of flower development genes, & now to the stunning manzanitas (Arctostaphylos).
Learn more! www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html.
Dr. Litt's research has taken her from the wonderful flowers of Vochysiaceae, to the evolution of flower development genes, & now to the stunning manzanitas (Arctostaphylos).
Learn more! www.botanyconference.org/speakers.html.
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🚨 excited to share that my first, first author manuscript is now accessible on biorxiv!
in it, my mentor @simoncgroen.bsky.social and I explore how gene expression evolves in real time in C. elegans, leveraging an incredible dataset from Erik Andersen’s group!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
in it, my mentor @simoncgroen.bsky.social and I explore how gene expression evolves in real time in C. elegans, leveraging an incredible dataset from Erik Andersen’s group!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Network properties constrain natural selection on gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans
Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) integrate genetic and environmental signals to coordinate complex phenotypes and evolve through a balance of selection and drift. Using publicly available datasets from...
www.biorxiv.org
February 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
🚨 excited to share that my first, first author manuscript is now accessible on biorxiv!
in it, my mentor @simoncgroen.bsky.social and I explore how gene expression evolves in real time in C. elegans, leveraging an incredible dataset from Erik Andersen’s group!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
in it, my mentor @simoncgroen.bsky.social and I explore how gene expression evolves in real time in C. elegans, leveraging an incredible dataset from Erik Andersen’s group!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Congrats to Grad. student @makaylathebotanist.bsky.social for your recognition by ASPB and @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social 🎉🌱🔬 for Black History Month!
February 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Congrats to Grad. student @makaylathebotanist.bsky.social for your recognition by ASPB and @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social 🎉🌱🔬 for Black History Month!
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Latest Piece. Op-eds can be an effective way for scientists to communicate urgent messages of today, including talking about the importance of their fields and why federal agencies must keep functioning. www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/scie...
February 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Latest Piece. Op-eds can be an effective way for scientists to communicate urgent messages of today, including talking about the importance of their fields and why federal agencies must keep functioning. www.ipsnews.net/2025/02/scie...
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So nice to be mentioned in the same Library Journal’s roundup of titles to watch this spring as my friend and inspiration @schilthuizen.bsky.social ‘s new book on urban naturalists!
Ready for some spring reading?
@jaapderoode.bsky.social's Doctors by Nature is included in the Library Journal's round-up of spring titles to watch:
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@jaapderoode.bsky.social's Doctors by Nature is included in the Library Journal's round-up of spring titles to watch:
hubs.ly/Q036vqTb0
February 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So nice to be mentioned in the same Library Journal’s roundup of titles to watch this spring as my friend and inspiration @schilthuizen.bsky.social ‘s new book on urban naturalists!
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"Pollen Wars: Explosive Pollination Removes Pollen Deposited from Previously Visited Flowers"
Anderson et al. find that explosive pollination may confer a pre-pollination, male-competition advantage to plants.
Summary & analysis by Andrea Romero: www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...
Anderson et al. find that explosive pollination may confer a pre-pollination, male-competition advantage to plants.
Summary & analysis by Andrea Romero: www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...
February 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Pollen Wars: Explosive Pollination Removes Pollen Deposited from Previously Visited Flowers"
Anderson et al. find that explosive pollination may confer a pre-pollination, male-competition advantage to plants.
Summary & analysis by Andrea Romero: www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...
Anderson et al. find that explosive pollination may confer a pre-pollination, male-competition advantage to plants.
Summary & analysis by Andrea Romero: www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...
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February 25th, 11AM EST.
Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas.
rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w...
Open to all, come be a part of it!
#BlackHistoryMonth
Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas.
rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w...
Open to all, come be a part of it!
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
February 25th, 11AM EST.
Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas.
rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w...
Open to all, come be a part of it!
#BlackHistoryMonth
Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas.
rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w...
Open to all, come be a part of it!
#BlackHistoryMonth