Sunset over the water tower University of Minnesota was absolutely gorgeous as I left work tonight. Rare moments of joy in otherwise awful days of 2020 #Minnesota

We have a new Plant Ecophys doctor today! Congratulations Shan Kothari! Wonderful PhD defense today! UMN CBS ESA Student Section Phys Ecology ESA Ecological Society All I can think about is how much we are going to miss you! Excited for you to head to Montréal Etienne Laliberté #plants #ecophys #biodiversity

Way to go Dr. Shan Kothari!! Excellent job!

Hey Phytograds. 😎 #MethaneAndTheMississippi #Moo

Many CBS labs have revisited DEI statements on their webpages + spaces. Some are adding posters. Designed by Sammy Katta, Leslie Day - a Phytograds PhD student - customized them for two for CBS labs. See the pledge & posters sammykatta.com/diversity

Postdoc opportunities w me or other TREM mentors. (75% research, 25% teaching w. raining in teaching diverse students). Ping me with Q's. Info here: cbs.umn.edu/info/postdocs/… Requirements. -US citizens or permanent res. -Start date Aug31 -PhD in last 2 years -Faculty track

Check out our "field guide" for applying to graduate school. This document is filled with hints and tips on the application process from real-life graduate students! docs.google.com/document/d/1fN…

Year 9 of Log decomposition research in Marcell, MN with Northern Research Michigan Tech folks.

It's #WomensEqualityDay, and today we're celebrating #WomenInSTEM by recommending one of our favorite books! Discover “Women in Microbiology” -- a collection of inspirational tales featuring an ensemble of trailblazing scientists. Buy your copy at skyw.io/L74SK8

anniversary as a faculty since last Aug. 26, from chair assembling to a fungal molecular lab UMN Bioproducts & Biosystems Engr. Thank you people who have helped me Jonathan Schilling Mycology Club @ UMN Robert Blanchette

Check out this awesome coloring book by 2nd year Leslie Day from the Costa lab! Great work, Leslie! #scicomm #academicchatter #phdchat

Black. Lives. Matter.

For a late #InternationalDogDay celebration, let's start a thread of all of the pups in PMB! Share yours in a reply below! 🐶

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Celebrating #EarthDay2023 by helping restore the prairie!

Learn more about microbes with our wonderfully microbe cards!

“It’s corn! I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing!”… is probably what Phytograds Joan Barreto Ortiz and Claire Menard were thinking as they paused for a brief photo break at their maize research site. 🌽 Wish them luck on their fieldwork during these hot and humid summer days!

Angela Ricono spends a lot of time with cabbage. Not because it’s tasty or cute (though she says it is)— but because it’s a good model to test stress response in crop plants. Angie studies how plant’s circadian clocks relate to stress response and regulation. Phytograds