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Elemental and isotopic analysis of leaves predicts nitrogen-fixing phenotypes Joshua Doby @compositaecarol Soltis Lab @UF robgural Ryan Folk 🐕 nature.com/articles/s4159…

McCarty Woods Plants...check out the horse mint (Monarda punctata) on the east side. Awesome! Several small plants were added last year--look at them now. Reminder-Restoration Event this Sunday, 9-1030

McCarty Wood Restoration-A great turnout with help from all ages. We put a lot of effort into the east side - removing weeds, putting down pinestraw and planting new plants…it looks fantastic. Some photos attached. Thanks everyone. Stay tuned for our next event in October.

1/ Whole genome doubling; polyploidy is a genomic feature of lethal cancers. But is it always sinister? Always associated with disease? Not at all... Quite the opposite: "Towards Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissue, & Disease" t.ly/oR-Gd

Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissues, and Disease. Annu Rev Genet. 2024 Sep 3. doi: 10.1146/annurev-genet-111523-102124.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39227132/

Congratulations to Soltis lab postdoc Dr. Makenzie Mabry for being awarded the FLORIDA postdoc of the Year Award!! 🎉🏆 Makenzie has excelled in research, mentoring, teaching, and service! Florida Museum postdocs received multiple awards: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/three-…

McCarty woods held up pretty well during hurricane. Some big branches down at south entrance. No major tree falls. Several Carolina plums snapped; one was blocking the E- W trail near E entrance— we removed it and opened up trail. Other limbs can be removed at Oct 27th cleanup.

McCarty Woods--After the hurricane, lots of plants still flowering including a new member of the McCarty Woods flora - frostweed (Verbesina virginica) planted this spring. Horse mint and blanket flower remain in flower as do other plants

Tomorrow at 2pm ET!

The recording of today's #PolyploidyWebinar ft. me and Michael Mckibben is now up on youtube! Join the #PolyploidyWebinar hosted by @BarkerLab on November 6th for the next talks by Sylvia Kinosian and Tamsen Dunn! youtube.com/watch?v=GUGesJ…

McCarty Woods--now flowering on the east side--Narrowleaf Silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) which is actually a member of the sunflower family with linear grass-like leaves; native to southeastern U.S.

McCarty Woods Restoration - Sun Oct. 27, 9-10.  More to plant. Special event with more activities from 10-11: Family-friendly biodiversity activities: guided nature walk, learn to use a plant press; Identify plants/animals with phone apps. Meet NE corner of woods at picnic table

Scientist Spotted 🌳 Our @SoltisLab team is a science communication powerhouse that share their work in a wide variety of venues. It shouldn't have been a surprise that Doug was spotted at Dragon Con 2024 showing TreeTender and joining a panel discussion: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-blog/cr…

McCarty Woods--This is a great time to appreciate some of the native grasses of the woods. On the east side Indian lopseed grass (Sorghastrum secundum) and muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) are spectacular now- all planted over the past several years by volunteers

McCarty Woods Restoration--Sun Oct. 27, 9-1000.  Lots to plant and branches to remove from hurricane damage. Fun activities from 10-11: use of iNaturalist, pressing plants, plant ID. Meet NE corner of woods by picnic table. We will bring water, gloves, hand saws, doughnuts!

McCarty Woods Restoration--thanks for the fantastic turnout on Sunday. Here is a group photo and other photos from the event. More information on other  photographs from the day will be posted soon Next event Nov 17, 900 am…stay tuned for details Thanks again

McCarty Woods restoration: Here is a link to the full web gallery of photographs from Sunday...courtesy of our excellent museum photographer Kristen Grace. Some great photos here! public.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mccartyoutreac… Next event Nov 17…stay tuned

Elemental and isotopic analysis of leaves predicts nitrogen-fixing phenotypes Joshua Doby @compositaecarol Soltis Lab @UF robgural Ryan Folk 🐕 nature.com/articles/s4159…

McCarty Woods Restoration-- Sun. Nov. 17, 9-1030. First 100 get a McCarty Woods t-shirt. We will improve the trail along the north edge; more planting; improve the area across from Dickinson Hall. Usual place - NE corner of woods by picnic table. Come for whatever time you can

The final open-access version of our Annual Reviews on the ubiquity of polyploidy and its common rules is now available! So fun to work with colleagues from the plant Soltis Lab @UF and cancer Timour Baslan MorrisLabUNC fields! annualreviews.org/content/journa…