Just upping my nerd status by being geeked out over really old soil samples found in a dusty warehouse. Excited to see what Andrew Margenot learns.

Congratulations, Neha Chatterjee from University of Illinois and Dr. Brinkley from Texas A&M University on being selected for the SEED Ambassador advocacy program 2020. To know more about the program, please visit agronomy.org/science-policy… Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies ACS Graduate Student Committee TAMU College of Agriculture & Life Sciences 👍 Texas A&M AgriLife

Dr. Carol Mallory-Smith will be one of our speakers this year. Come and join us to watch her talk and many others! #plantsciences #corteva #uiuc #illini #agriculture #plantsciencessymposium #UIUCpss2020 #weedscience #osu

Residual #struvite, buried in April and now recovered. Still visible granules despite relatively low soil pH (5.2). In previous 2019 cropping season, granules at same site exhibited mean dissolution of 62% (3 mm diameter). Ostara #phosphorus Illinois NREC

Expected! Deserved all the praise and more. This show brought back waves of nostalgia of a childhood of playing chess and seeing a strong INTJ/INTP (most likely TJ) female character on screen.

You just described the best things about field work @theSoilSomm That feeling of having lunch in a field and driving back at the end of a strenuous field sampling day is indescribable! #AcademicTwitter #gradschool Women In Ag Science

Interesting to see trends to be similar across years. No surprises here though! I remember most of my school mates considering research positions in the States as our 5 year plans post high school. And most of us ended up being here in different paths.

One of the many things soil has taught me: good things take time to develop. Here’s to being patient and persistent in the pursuit of even our wildest ideas in the new year ✨ #fortheloveofsoil

Reminder for everyday.

Yes! #SupportAgResearch

The second COVID wave is unfolding as a tragedy in India. I don’t need to convince anyone - all of us have family members in hospitals or seeking care. We need more global engagement and support NOW. Please join us at IndiaCOVIDSOS - we can all help. DM me, @paimadhu @nitinaneo

We now have the COVID-19 home care infographic in different Indian languages on our website (#english, #hindi, #marathi, #gujarati, #bengali, #telugu). More to follow soon! Please spread the word. indiacovidsos.org/home-care

Practical tip sheets to support management of #COVID19 at home for adults, developed by Team IndiaCOVIDSOS Now available in all major Indian languages Download them all at: indiacovidsos.org/home-care Here is the English version #CovidIndia #CovidHelp

Bar charts are a good way to visualize categorical data but making a well-labeled bar chart can be time-consuming. The {ggbarstats} function from {ggstatsplot} 📦 easily produces such a chart (with additional statistical details) 📊 indrajeetpatil.github.io/ggstatsplot/re… #rstats #DataScience

Congrats to Dr. Michael Braus on his publication of dissertation work on how we measure pH and its relationship to soil microbial communities in Soil Biology & Biochemistry Journal! A lot of deep thinking and historical research went into this paper. Open access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Can’t wait to try/train! the AMFfinder with past projects’ images.

I'm recruiting Ph.D. students (Fall 2022) to work on an NSF project (nsf.gov/awardsearch/sh…) studying soil carbon across CONUS and a DOE project (ess.science.energy.gov/summary-of-env…) studying greenhouse gas dynamics in terrestrial-aquatic interfaces. DM me for more information. Please RT!

Making figures for publications is an often neglected stage - and in many situations we resolve to simplest figures made in PowerPoint etc. Aa a #science_designer I'm often commissioned to revamp such figures. Here's an example processes. #sciart #viz thread of 10

Should PLFA or NLFA C16w5 be used to assess arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomass? A recent opinion authored by a number of colleagues previously involved in development and use of fatty acid biomarker assays for roots and soils is now online at rdcu.be/cWQyZ