Calling all historically-excluded undergrads! If ur interested in summer research at one of these incredible institutions, apply to CABBI's summer REU program, RISE: Research in Sustainable (bio)Energy! 10-weeks, $5,000 stipend + housing for bioenergy crop research!

Interested in #CABBI's RISE summer bioenergy research internship, open to undergrads nationwide? ✅ Attend our Zoom information session: 2 p.m. Feb. 9. ✅ Watch the video to hear firsthand from our 2021 interns! Details: cabbi.bio/news/outreach/… 🔶 Application deadline Feb. 24!

So beautiful! ❤️ Getting a little teary reading this. Grandma was spot on: *two* papers accepted in one week! Congrats to a superstar scientist! 🤩

New pub with Alonso Favela and Martin Bohn! Stay tuned for the next chapter in this story. N-cycling microbiome recruitment differences between modern and wild Zea mays | Phytobiomes Journal apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PB…

Coming soon! New pub on N cycling microbes in the historic Morrow Plots University of Illinois from Sierra S. Raglin, Ph.D. 🦠 Long term influence of fertility and rotation on soil nitrification potential and nitrifier communities frontiersin.org/article/10.338… Crop Sciences NRES at Illinois

Watch this space! New pub coming soon with Sierra S. Raglin, Ph.D. 🦠 and Esther Ngumbi: Herbivory protection via volatile organic compounds is influenced by maize genotype, not Bacillus altitudinis-enriched bacterial communities frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

So excited to announce a new Trends in Microbiology review article from NRES at Illinois student Isaac Klimasmith! This terrific review is the roadmap for his dissertation! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09…… College of ACES

Terrific article promoting a new publication with amazing co-authors Sierra S. Raglin, Ph.D. 🦠 and Esther Ngumbi: news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1075… NRES at Illinois College of ACES U of I School of Integrative Biology

Way to go Sierra S. Raglin, Ph.D. 🦠! Well deserved!

Last corn pass of 2022. Technically have two more late soy planting dates to get planted, but #plant22 is pretty much wrapped up!

Are you as excited about microbiomes and the N cycle as we are? We're hiring! Learn about our work here: microbiome.nres.illinois.edu Job announcement here: jobs.illinois.edu/research-posit…

First-year NRES at Illinois students were excited about a tour of the historic Morrow Plots as a follow-up to our lecture on nutrient limitation in plants. University of Illinois College of ACES

Super excited to represent our amazing team Alonso Favela, Sierra S. Raglin, Ph.D. 🦠, Connor Sible, Martin Bohn at #PlantMicrobeInteractions2022 Novo Nordisk Foundation Novo Nordisk Foundation Science Cluster x.com/sciencecluster…

Can incorporating plant-extended phenotypes into agriculture help manage soil microbial communities and enhance sustainability? 🌾🦠 Check out our new mini-review in Frontiers the question! doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.… Collaboration Angela Kent Martin Bohn

Check out this terrific new review by Alonso Favela!

Congrats to Sierra S. Raglin, Ph.D. 🦠! Ending her PhD with style! Watch out for more awesomeness to come! 🎉

So excited about this! 🎉

IYKYK 🥵🧙‍♂️

Happy birthday, Morrow Plots College of ACES! 147 years of inspiration! Today, I took a group of NRES at Illinois first-year students for a tour of the Morrow Plots to discuss the importance of caring for our soil resources. x.com/acesillinois/s…

Article alert!📢 Long-term continuous maize: Impacts on the soil microbiome and implications for residue management doi.org/10.1002/saj2.2… #OpenAccess study by Sible & colleagues Connor Sible Andrew Margenot Angela Kent Crop Sciences NRES at Illinois