A chromosome-scale assembly for tetraploid sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) 'Montmorency' identifies three distinct ancestral Prunus genomes biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

Excited to attend my first in-person maize meeting!

The NAPB Borlaug Scholar applications are open! There are awards for both undergraduate and graduate students, if you are at all interested in a career in the plant breeding field I invite you to apply! NAPB

Meet McKena Lipham Wilson! McKena primarily studies teff lodging tolerance, drought tolerance, and seed nutrition. Connect with McKena, and read more about her work at her publication linked below:sciencedirect.com/science/articl… NAPB

Woke up this morning to the terrible news. I've been working remotely from another city since November and I'm still shaken. Can't imagine what it's like for all my friends near campus. Sending all of you my love and prayers 💚🤍

UPDATE: 1 of the students in the hospital has just been updated to stable condition. The other 4 remain in critical condition.

Excited to share our new paper led by Jeremy Pardo where we developed a predictive model for drought stress in maize and sorghum, and identified a deeply conserved drought response between species. MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social Addie Thompson Ed Buckler Karl Kremling pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

new publication on global disparities in plant science. our analysis expose striking inequities along multiple dimensions of diversity—from nationality, to gender, to plant taxonomy. these findings are not surprising, but they are important! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Friends, I am back with more stained glass cornaments, just listed in my Etsy shop! Special offer for maize meeting still good - use code MAIZEMEETING by Sunday 3/12 to get $10 off, and pick up your cornament from me at poster number 73! etsy.com/shop/ShardLigh…

Are you an undergraduate interested in investigating how life survives without water? Applications for summer undergraduate research internships in WALII labs close soon– submit your application today! #SummerInternshipProgram Details: bit.ly/WALII-jobs

I'd hoped to be at maize meeting starting today, but a broken ankle has changed my plans. However, the amazing McKena Lipham is bringing my poster and putting it up for me, so you can still go read it at poster 73! Also, you should check out McKena's talk (number 9)! Thanks!

psyched to see my photo of Craterostigma plantagineum on the cover of The Plant Journal 😍! the associated article by Robert VanBuren et. al., describes the genome and transcriptional responses to drying in this beautiful resurrection plant. #Limpopo, South Africa

Hear from Alyssa Tarrant, doctoral candidate in the Department of Horticulture at CANR. Tarrant developed an online module to provide a perspective on farmworker labor history and issues to help inform Michigan’s horticulture industry. spr.ly/6015PwwEc

please consider attending our workshop on desiccation tolerance this January in Limpopo, South Africa! the area is a hotspot of resurrection plant diversity and we will be organizing field trips to showcase local flora and fauna. register here: desworks.co.za/registration