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Madison Bullock @madiraibullock.bsky.social · 7d

The world lost a hero today. She was a voice for the voiceless, a passionate conservationist, a pioneer for women in STEM, and one of my greatest role models. She inspired me to do what I do, and I will continue to work in celebration of her legacy. RIP Dr. Jane Goodall 💚🌱🐵

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 18d

Fun-Sized Library Prep: Miniaturization is a valid method for per-sample cost reduction in targeted sequencing of angiosperm DNA https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676862v1

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Madison Bullock @madiraibullock.bsky.social · 16d

Excited to share what I've been working on with the science community! Starting to get my PhD papers out as I get closer to graduating, and looking into next steps in my career. If anyone has any postdoc ideas, please reach out! 🙂🌱

Matt Johnson, PhD @mossmatters.bsky.social · 16d

New preprint from our lab - how miniaturized library prep drives down costs for target capture sequencing with minimal impact on recovery. Led by @madiraibullock.bsky.social and with two undergrad coauthors!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Fun-Sized Library Prep: Miniaturization is a valid method for per-sample cost reduction in targeted sequencing of angiosperm DNA

Genomic analysis of population structure is important to the conservation of plant species of concern. A limitation of using genetic information in conservation is the cost of obtaining large datasets...

www.biorxiv.org

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Matt Johnson, PhD @mossmatters.bsky.social · Jul 27

Our lab is out in force at #Botany2025 - come check out our talks and posters this week in Palm Springs!

Peat Lab at Botany - Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University. Featuring seven talks and three posters by:

Matt Johnson (PI)
Assessing BCEENET CUREs
Monday • 8:45 AM • SmoketreeC

Madison Bullock (PhD Candidate)
Conservation Genomics: Gettin SNPpy with it
Monday • 10:15 AM • Ventura

Nan Hu (Post-doc)
IDing plants in Mixed DNA with A353
Monday • 11:15 AM • MesquiteC

Anna DesHotels (MA Student)
The Comanche Plant Footprint
Monday • 2:00 PM • SmoketreeDE

Jazlyn Salazar (Post-bac)
100 years of Stomatal Change in GUMO
Tuesday• 8:30 AM • SmoketreeAB

Mara Hosaka (MS Student)
AMF Diversity from Herbarium Specimens
Tuesday • 10:30 AM • Santa Rosa

Oluwaseun Shodipo (PhD Student)
Phylogenetic Systematics of Xanthisma
Tuesday• 2:45 PM • Sierra

Undergraduate Posters Monday 5:30 - 7 PM • Oasis 2
Rylee Creek • P206
Fun-sized Library Prep

Bowen Forman • P209
Phylogeny of Texas Flora

Charles Huff • P11
GPU-Accelerated HybPiper

PLANTS: Everything About Them!

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Matt Johnson, PhD @mossmatters.bsky.social · Jun 30

Texas Tech featured our research led by @madiraibullock.bsky.social in a video "Echos of Guadalupe"

My favorite part is 15 minutes in when a current MS student, Mara Hosaka, describes how field experiences as an undergrad convinced her to go to graduate school.

@ttu.edu made it possible!

Texas Tech University @ttu.edu · Jun 30

"This is like a botanical time machine."

Texas Tech researchers traveled to the Guadalupe Mountains National Park to collect plant specimens and continue work in the same place as another Tech professor and his student in the 1970s.

youtu.be/4r3CeVzNddM?...

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Texas Tech University @ttu.edu · Jun 30

"This is like a botanical time machine."

Texas Tech researchers traveled to the Guadalupe Mountains National Park to collect plant specimens and continue work in the same place as another Tech professor and his student in the 1970s.

youtu.be/4r3CeVzNddM?...

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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · Jun 30

University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hiring an Assistant Professor specializing in insect systematics. Opportunities like this are rare and valuable! (Not many jobs like this out there!) Spread the word to anyone who might be interested or benefit.
#entomology #science #sciencejobs #bugsky 🧪

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Madison Bullock @madiraibullock.bsky.social · Jun 30

@texastech.bsky.social produced an amazing, short documentary on the research we've been conducting in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park for multiple projects, including my Ph.D. If you're interested in checking it out, click here 🌵🏜️⛰️💚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r3C...

Echoes of Guadalupe

YouTube video by Texas Tech University

www.youtube.com

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Madison Bullock @madiraibullock.bsky.social · Apr 8

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Madison Bullock @madiraibullock.bsky.social · Nov 28

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Rainer Melzer @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social · Nov 19

Plant biologists! We need you!
We did set up a quick survey to study why people chose to study plant science.
Please check here and shared widely:
forms.gle/4X3FUwzxXBx3...
#PlantSci

a man holding a large green leaf with the words i just love a good leaf below him

ALT: a man holding a large green leaf with the words i just love a good leaf below him

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Matt Johnson, PhD @mossmatters.bsky.social · Nov 18

Interested in target capture sequencing?

@madiraibullock.bsky.social and I are happy to announce a new service at TTU. Send us DNA, get reads enriched for your probes. Angiosperms353, GoFLAG, Compositae1061 & more!

Funds go to grad student stipends and tuition!

mossmatters.com/blog/TargetC...

Flyer for Target Capture DNA Sequencing at Texas Tech by the TTU Center for Biotechnology and Genomics. We provide targeted DNA sequencing for $30/sample for Angiosperms353, GoFLAG408, and other probe sets. Funds from our service go to fund a graduate student who is running the samples. We can use as little as 100 ng of DNA in 30 uL and provide at least 1 million reads per sample from a NovaSeq6000 SP 2x250 Illumina sequencing.

For more information and the full text of this flyer, visit mossmatters.com/blog/TargetCaptureService.html

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Madison Bullock @madiraibullock.bsky.social · Nov 15

(P.S. There are botanists not-so-hidden in that pretty landscape photo 😂)

Madison Bullock @madiraibullock.bsky.social · Nov 15

I somehow convinced these crazy kids to follow me into the desert AGAIN 😆 In September, we returned to the Guadalupe Mountains National Park to complete the final collection trip of my dissertation. I'm so grateful for this amazing team and what we've accomplished. #WomenInSTEM #IAmABotanist

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Madison Bullock @madiraibullock.bsky.social · May 20

Our #GUMO2024 fieldwork trip to Dog Canyon is in the books! A HUGE thank you to the GUMO team. None of this would be possible without their help, they are truly an amazing group of botanists! #IAmABotanist #GuadalupeMountains #Fieldwork #TexasTech

Madison Bullock @madiraibullock.bsky.social · Nov 22

For my inaugural post here, I'm very excited to share this article from Texas Tech about our plant conservation and global change work in the Guadalupe Mountains. Thanks to Allen and Justin for putting this story together! If you're interested in reading, check it out here: tinyurl.com/ttuGUMO

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