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Thanks James Schnable, Vladimir Torres, PhD and Schnable Lab for your support.

Nebraska Agronomy and Horticulture Vladimir Torres, PhD Schnable Lab Nebraska Research UNL PSI AHGSA UNL Vladimir Torres, PhD your talk was easy to follow and cool! Great job!👏🏻

🚀 My article is finally out! After so many long days, I can’t forget to celebrate this achievement! Marie-Anne Van Sluys Ravi Mural James Schnable academic.oup.com/gbe/article/16…

Fangyi Li has been a powerhouse for the last year finishing up a great set of work looking at similarities in cold tolerance & photosynthesis of related grass species. She defends her thesis on Wednesday! UNL PSI Nebraska Biochem Nebraska Agronomy and Horticulture James Schnable

Congratulations, Dr. Fangyi Li! Just defended her Complex Biosystems PhD thesis this morning after working with Rebecca Roston and my groups in UNL PSI to study photosynthesis and cold tolerance in sorghum and maize.

Our preprint is out! 🌽🌽 If you are interested in how root phenotypes evolved with the origin of maize cultivation, check it out! #maize #domestication #roots

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Transcriptome wide association studies in plants can address some of the biggest limitations of GWAS, particularly identifying specific candidate genes. New review lead by Vladimir Torres, PhD with input from Delin Li (1/2)

James Schnable telling 3 stories in 15 minutes on using better algorithms and better data to: 1) Find the right traits, from Hongyu Jin 2) Find the genes controlling those traits, from Harshita 3) Find sequences controlling expression of those genes, from Michael Tross.

Multitasking: Vegetative and reproductive stages in one place (courtesy of photoperiod modifications)

First time ever seeing corn at our Syngenta Puerto Vallarta winter nursery research station. Truly a state of the art R&D site and research team- and perhaps the best I’ve ever seen in the industry. I’m not sure which is more beautiful, the scenery or our new germplasm 😍🌽

Ed Buckler awarded the 2025 McClintock Prize in absentia. Two thirds of the room standing by the end of “if you were trained by Ed, stand up. If you were trained by one of those people, stand up. If Ed’s work has shaped your career, stand up.”

During poster sessions I like to check in on presenters from our lab. I think Vladimir Torres, PhD has maxed out most people listening to him explain his poster on combined species transcriptome wide association studies.

The biggest impact I'll ever have as a professor is the people I help to train. Felt wonderful to see so many current trainees and lab alumni together in one place this past weekend.

Novel insights into maize development and organogenesis for agricultural optimization Fig. 3 Organ structures and nodes in maize plant. researchgate.net/publication/36… link.springer.com/article/10.100…

NCSU’s corn season is looking great 🌽🐺✨

Teosinte genes can make wishes come true 🧞‍♂️

It’s like unwrapping a ton of presents

Experts in the heart of Husker Nation are once again helping the world unravel the genetic secrets of corn — a crop that plays a pivotal role in global agriculture. news.unl.edu/article/nebras…