Very excited to welcome new PhD student Guillian Hernández Casanova to Auburn University! Guillian Hernández Casanova will be working with us alongside Dr. Courtney Leisner's awesome group! So happy to have you here Guillian!

Our lab is looking for a research assistant and please RT! Come join a fun lab and nerd out on everything related to molecular and developmental genetics in #Mimulus flowers! Let us know if you have any questions! To apply: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/cw/en-us/job/4…

🌻Ever wonder how the capitulum evolved? Excited to announce our NSF PGRP award to ask that question! Work will generate new genomic resources across Asterales, Dipsacales and Apiales to address broad questions related to capitulum development and evolution Daniel Jones jmb, phd

Sunflowers, can't stop, won't stop! Latest issue of CAPITULUM the official publication of The International Compositae Alliance is here, Vol 2, Iss 1: compositae.org/capitulum.php

Hey that’s us! The thecapitulab is still super excited about this!!

Field work is fun!! brannan thecapitulab

Off to a great start in thecapitulab this week prepping Dahlia and Bidens tissue for some confocal microscopy with Zach Meharg and Reid Selby! And check it, Zach understands that when you visit us you better bring some capitula!!

thecapitulab is hiring! Looking for a Postdoc to work on this U.S. National Science Foundation funded project studying capitulum development Auburn University. The work involves really cool developmental transcriptomics of diverse species while diving deeper with functional genetics. Reach out with questions! 🌻

First semester of grad school, done ! Huge thank you to the thecapitulab for a wonderful semester. Worked on some techniques I’ve been crazy to learn and made incredible memories along the way. Can’t wait to continue this academic journey next semester at the Dr. Courtney Leisner lab!

How people walk into my greenhouse room and see my plants vs. how I walk into the room and see my plants

For the past 6+ years, I had lots of thoughts about how floral meristems terminate to make flowers, esp from an evo-devo viewpoint. Now, these thoughts are distilled into 2000 words and I humbly share them with the community on New Phytologist. Comments & discussions are very welcome!

New #postdoctoral opportunity in our lab group! workforum.memphis.edu/postings/35773 DM with questions! RT please 🌻

🌻#Botany2023/Boise attendees: If you are a Compositae/Asteraceae/sunflower/daisy person join us The International Compositae Alliance-TICA Tues 7/25 at 7:30AM Executive Board Room 200, Boise Conf Center. Informal, meet & greet, chat all things comps! All welcome!

Hey #Botany2023, check out thecapitulab posters on Monday to hear about some Asteraceae genomics and floral development!! Fortunate to have these three representing the lab! brannan: LOC #039 Evie Moellering: LOC #040 Reid Selby: LOC #045

Hey #Botany2023! Come check out my poster on disc floret development. I'll be at LOC# 045 at 5:30 on Monday, but reach out any time to chat Asteraceae development and other happenings thecapitulab

Poster is up for #Botany2023 at location 039. I’ll be talking about a really cool genome (but I’m super biased) from 5:30-6:15 on Monday!

We thecapitulab are all very proud of Bidens!! Be sure to check out Reid Selby and Evie Moellering posters tonight at #Botany2023

Had so much fun last night presenting my undergraduate research poster: ‘Who’s your daddy? - finding the parents of cultivated Bidens’ Can’t wait for the rest of Botany 2023!

Check out my first review! The diversity of peptide hormone systems in plants is truly amazing. I learned so much in the writing process. Thanks so much to Daniel Jones for writing this with me and helping me through the whole process. Stay tuned for future thecapitulab pubs