jmb, phd
@jmbrkphd.bsky.social
msp -> ahn // umn -> uga
scientist // citizen // liker of plants
🌻 vita est processus 🌻
scientist // citizen // liker of plants
🌻 vita est processus 🌻
Reposted by jmb, phd
🌻 Sharing this preprint where we assembled 3 new chromosome-level genomes, including the first for Asteraceae's South American sister Calyceraceae! Asteraceae uses all the tricks when it comes to being the most ecologically successful family of flowering plants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🌻 Sharing this preprint where we assembled 3 new chromosome-level genomes, including the first for Asteraceae's South American sister Calyceraceae! Asteraceae uses all the tricks when it comes to being the most ecologically successful family of flowering plants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We're hiring! Please spread the word. We have an opening for an Assistant Professor in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research. See ad for details – and apply to join us here in Athens, GA! 🪴 #PlantBiology #SyntheticBiology #PlantScience #AcademicJobs #UGA
October 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We're hiring! Please spread the word. We have an opening for an Assistant Professor in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research. See ad for details – and apply to join us here in Athens, GA! 🪴 #PlantBiology #SyntheticBiology #PlantScience #AcademicJobs #UGA
Just spent waaay too long canceling Spectrum internet by phone. Big thanks to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals (1 Bush, 2 Trump appointees) that blocked the Biden-era “click‑to‑cancel” rule before it took effect this month. Truly working for the people – clicking a button is *so* hard. /s
July 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just spent waaay too long canceling Spectrum internet by phone. Big thanks to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals (1 Bush, 2 Trump appointees) that blocked the Biden-era “click‑to‑cancel” rule before it took effect this month. Truly working for the people – clicking a button is *so* hard. /s
Reposted by jmb, phd
Happy to see this out and for the opportunity to contribute!! The puzzle of Asteraceae inflorescence development jumps one step forward (a big step 😅) 🌻
We are absolutely thrilled to share this work on CLV signaling in the sunflower family! This project was only possible through the efforts and contributions of our incredible collaborators! It also represents the CapituLab’s first preprint! (more to come soon though…)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Floral innovation through modifications in stem cell peptide signaling.
Understanding how evolution shapes genetic networks to create new developmental forms is a central question in biology. Flowering shoot (inflorescence) architecture varies significantly across plant f...
www.biorxiv.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Happy to see this out and for the opportunity to contribute!! The puzzle of Asteraceae inflorescence development jumps one step forward (a big step 😅) 🌻
Have you ever wondered how sunflowers got their head? The answer lies in stem cells, a modified signal peptide, and a whole lotta evolutionary history. Happy to have played a role in this work. 🌻
We are absolutely thrilled to share this work on CLV signaling in the sunflower family! This project was only possible through the efforts and contributions of our incredible collaborators! It also represents the CapituLab’s first preprint! (more to come soon though…)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Floral innovation through modifications in stem cell peptide signaling.
Understanding how evolution shapes genetic networks to create new developmental forms is a central question in biology. Flowering shoot (inflorescence) architecture varies significantly across plant f...
www.biorxiv.org
July 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Have you ever wondered how sunflowers got their head? The answer lies in stem cells, a modified signal peptide, and a whole lotta evolutionary history. Happy to have played a role in this work. 🌻
Knock out science, observe the phenotype. It’s like reverse genetics, but with civilization.
May 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Knock out science, observe the phenotype. It’s like reverse genetics, but with civilization.
So. I’m sitting here watching The Terminator and realizing that we’re just four years from SkyNet sending a killer robot back in time to ensure an apocalyptic future. I hope we make it that long.
February 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So. I’m sitting here watching The Terminator and realizing that we’re just four years from SkyNet sending a killer robot back in time to ensure an apocalyptic future. I hope we make it that long.
Academics, do you need a simple way to explain IDC (F&A) rates? Imagine dining at a restaurant. You enjoy your meal but decide to pay only for the chef & ingredients, ignoring the waitstaff, rent, and utilities. Clearly, these “extras” make the experience possible. But imagine if everyone did this.
February 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Academics, do you need a simple way to explain IDC (F&A) rates? Imagine dining at a restaurant. You enjoy your meal but decide to pay only for the chef & ingredients, ignoring the waitstaff, rent, and utilities. Clearly, these “extras” make the experience possible. But imagine if everyone did this.
True or false… When a major international conference gives you an actual paper notebook as part of the swag, they should also give you a writing utensil. You can get those with sponsor logos, too, right? Or is a $1k-ish registration fee for academics and non-profits too low for such luxuries?
January 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
True or false… When a major international conference gives you an actual paper notebook as part of the swag, they should also give you a writing utensil. You can get those with sponsor logos, too, right? Or is a $1k-ish registration fee for academics and non-profits too low for such luxuries?
TFW you go old school and bust out a bunch of PCR primers that you published 18 years ago to validate some crosses… and you discover that the parents differ for a big ole indel in one of the genes. Few things are as satisfying as seeing genetics in action on an agarose gel. 🌻 🧬
December 6, 2024 at 1:07 AM
TFW you go old school and bust out a bunch of PCR primers that you published 18 years ago to validate some crosses… and you discover that the parents differ for a big ole indel in one of the genes. Few things are as satisfying as seeing genetics in action on an agarose gel. 🌻 🧬
Hey, if you have Spotify and like Christmas music, feel free to subscribe to this playlist of Christmas classics that I put together for our family… Complete w/custom cover art from ChatGPT. Enjoy. open.spotify.com/playlist/5TM...
Our Christmas Classics
Playlist · jmbphd · 146 items · 3 saves
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Hey, if you have Spotify and like Christmas music, feel free to subscribe to this playlist of Christmas classics that I put together for our family… Complete w/custom cover art from ChatGPT. Enjoy. open.spotify.com/playlist/5TM...
For those who are fleeing that other place… I’d like to catch you up on things. Since I’ve been here, the only post of mine that’s worth amplifying is below… Sadly, so few people were here back then that it never got the attention it deserved… Or, at least, that’s what I keep telling myself… 😂
I asked ChatGPT to write me an R script to calculate the terminal velocity of an unladen sparrow, and it did. The future is now. Yes, it actually wrote a (Monty) Python script in R. Okay, I’ll see myself out now…
November 28, 2024 at 12:58 AM
For those who are fleeing that other place… I’d like to catch you up on things. Since I’ve been here, the only post of mine that’s worth amplifying is below… Sadly, so few people were here back then that it never got the attention it deserved… Or, at least, that’s what I keep telling myself… 😂
Has anyone sequenced @jrossibarra.bsky.social? I’m curious about what the human pun-genome looks like.
How many bad jokes equals one oak tree lifespan? I think we are close to calculating Quercus pun gens.
October 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Has anyone sequenced @jrossibarra.bsky.social? I’m curious about what the human pun-genome looks like.
In theory, one could just post pdfs of their papers online so other can download. In theory, of course...
For those not in science, I’d researchers have to buy a “Creative Commons” license for our publications so people can read them for free.
My last publication cost me over $7k (as in, $7,000).
It’s a lot of money that I apparently just shoved into the maw of an AI machine. Yay 🤡
My last publication cost me over $7k (as in, $7,000).
It’s a lot of money that I apparently just shoved into the maw of an AI machine. Yay 🤡
For the last decade I’ve made all my papers, all my writings free. I believe no one should have to pay for an education.
Now I’m watching my words get eaten by a machine with no consent, compensation, or credit, only to be barfed back out again incorrectly.
I don’t know what to do.
Now I’m watching my words get eaten by a machine with no consent, compensation, or credit, only to be barfed back out again incorrectly.
I don’t know what to do.
October 18, 2024 at 1:24 AM
In theory, one could just post pdfs of their papers online so other can download. In theory, of course...
This afternoon, I caught a stinkbug in my office and fed it to my Venus flytrap. I later asked ChatGPT o1-preview about the wisdom of this. Turns out that it may or may not have been smart… At the same time, grabbing a stinkbug w/my bare hand *definitely* wasn’t smart, and I didn’t need AI for that.
October 17, 2024 at 2:52 AM
This afternoon, I caught a stinkbug in my office and fed it to my Venus flytrap. I later asked ChatGPT o1-preview about the wisdom of this. Turns out that it may or may not have been smart… At the same time, grabbing a stinkbug w/my bare hand *definitely* wasn’t smart, and I didn’t need AI for that.
Reposted by jmb, phd
Our Computational Biology Core at UConn is hiring a bioinformatics analyst as a facility scientist! Mix of research support and providing training. jobs.hr.uconn.edu/cw/en-us/job... 🧪
UConn CareersSearch UConnUConn A to Z Index
jobs.hr.uconn.edu
October 16, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Our Computational Biology Core at UConn is hiring a bioinformatics analyst as a facility scientist! Mix of research support and providing training. jobs.hr.uconn.edu/cw/en-us/job... 🧪
We just had a new paper go up on the AoB Plants website in advance of publication. "Our results demonstrate the importance of leaf anatomical traits in mediating drought responses in sunflower..." 🌻 @kristennolting.bsky.social @aobp.bsky.social academic.oup.com/aobpla/advan...
Trait variation and performance across varying levels of drought stress in cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)
AbstractBackground and Aims. Drought is a major agricultural challenge that is expected to worsen with climate change. A better understanding of drought re
academic.oup.com
May 28, 2024 at 8:10 PM
We just had a new paper go up on the AoB Plants website in advance of publication. "Our results demonstrate the importance of leaf anatomical traits in mediating drought responses in sunflower..." 🌻 @kristennolting.bsky.social @aobp.bsky.social academic.oup.com/aobpla/advan...
Check it out. Our latest paper on the genomic basis of nutrient stress tolerance in sunflower is available for early access via @jxbotany.bsky.social. 🌱🌻🧬
The genomic basis of nitrogen utilization efficiency and trait plasticity to improve nutrient stress...
Abstract. Maintaining crop productivity is challenging as population growth, climate change, and increasing fertilizer costs necessitate expanding crop producti
academic.oup.com
January 27, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Check it out. Our latest paper on the genomic basis of nutrient stress tolerance in sunflower is available for early access via @jxbotany.bsky.social. 🌱🌻🧬
Back in the day, I defended my PhD on April Fool’s Day. Seems fitting. And now, a student whose committee I’m on has scheduled her own defense for what turns out to be the 25th anniversary of mine. April 1, 1999 🤝 April 1, 2024. Current status: Feeling old…
January 4, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Back in the day, I defended my PhD on April Fool’s Day. Seems fitting. And now, a student whose committee I’m on has scheduled her own defense for what turns out to be the 25th anniversary of mine. April 1, 1999 🤝 April 1, 2024. Current status: Feeling old…
So… I decided to go through my contacts and clean them up, and guess what? I found the numbers of four now-defunct airlines dating back 15+ years. And yes, I deleted them as I doubt I’ll need to call USAir, Northwest, Continental, or America West anytime soon.
January 4, 2024 at 4:17 PM
So… I decided to go through my contacts and clean them up, and guess what? I found the numbers of four now-defunct airlines dating back 15+ years. And yes, I deleted them as I doubt I’ll need to call USAir, Northwest, Continental, or America West anytime soon.
Reppin’ the Dawgs w/the family at lunch today in Boise, ID. 🐶
December 24, 2023 at 5:48 AM
Reppin’ the Dawgs w/the family at lunch today in Boise, ID. 🐶
Got an early xmas gift w/J. Exp. Bot. accepting one of our papers for publication... Wrapping up 2023 and getting an early start on 2024. It’s a revised version of the linked preprint. 🎄🎁🌻 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 24, 2023 at 12:27 AM
Got an early xmas gift w/J. Exp. Bot. accepting one of our papers for publication... Wrapping up 2023 and getting an early start on 2024. It’s a revised version of the linked preprint. 🎄🎁🌻 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
TFW when you logon to that other platform and you see UNLV and #VegasStrong trending and you know exactly why without even clicking…
December 7, 2023 at 12:28 AM
TFW when you logon to that other platform and you see UNLV and #VegasStrong trending and you know exactly why without even clicking…
I’m starting to think that I might have a problem with it comes to browser tabs… I had two windows open with a total of 456 tabs.
November 4, 2023 at 5:06 PM
I’m starting to think that I might have a problem with it comes to browser tabs… I had two windows open with a total of 456 tabs.
Those cats, though… 😼
When it is Friday at 4pm and the cats are DONE with this zoom nonsense 🥴😹 Sorry for the feline distractions during our meeting @jmbrkphd.bsky.social !
October 14, 2023 at 12:09 AM
Those cats, though… 😼