My poster on the R package SNPfiltR is now up in poster bay #47 at #Evol2023 if you’re interested in intuitive visualizations of important quality control metrics for your SNP datasets, come check it out! Or peruse online, here: devonderaad.github.io/SNPfiltR/

Loved seeing amazing presentations by friends in my cohort! Matt Farnitano Audrey Ward have awesome research and I loved being there to hear all about it!

Congrats to our newest PhD, Dr. Andrew Duitsman! Andrew was advised by Kelly Dyer Kelly Dyer. Andrew will soon begin a position at Piedmont University an Assistant Professor of Biology. Huge congrats, Dr. Duitsman, we are so proud of you!!

For the first time, a zoological collection from @gamusnathist can be viewed online. Curator @wareslab: "To me, it’s really important that the information is visible to everyone and can be grabbed by any scientist anywhere on the planet.” t.uga.edu/9f9

Watching Oppenheimer, pretending I fully understand quantum mechanics

That’s my PI!!! She has been such an amazing mentor not only to me, but to all the grad students in the department. She consistently advocates for them and ensures they have the best experience here at UGA. No one deserves this award more!

The front page of tomorrow's The Daily Tar Heel – I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours. Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

Strong postmating reproductive isolation in Mimulus section Eunanus dlvr.it/SvwrrG

Huge congrats to Nan Yao, his advisor Bob Schmitz, and their collaborators on their new paper: An evolutionary epigenetic clock in plants science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Have you ever felt young or old for your age? It might be because your epigenetic clock, a series of biomarkers used for mammal aging, is not in line with your biological age. And now, UGA Franklin College researchers applying this practice to plant evolution. t.uga.edu/9rL

There must be a German word that encompasses the simultaneous feeling of relief and dread. Google recommends Weltschmerz 🤔

Congrats to our newest Genetics PhD, Dr. Theresa Erlenbach Theresa Erlenbach! Here Theresa is with her advisor Dr. Kelly Dyer Kelly Dyer.

What a honor it has been to work with Theresa Erlenbach. Dr. Theresa you are amazing and I am soooooo proud of you!

Congratulations to our newest PhD, @Pabster212! Here is an action shot, as we forgot to get the classic shot with his advisor Bob Schmitz in front of his dissertation title slide.

Congrats to our newest Genetics PhD, Dr. Makenzie Whitener! Here Makenzie is with her advisor Dr. Andrea Sweigart @SweigartAndrea Congratulations Makenzie!

Happy graduation day!!! #UGAGRAD

Congratulations to UNC Charlotte on achieving Research 1 status. North Carolina has the best universities in the country and this new designation will help UNCC continue to conduct meaningful research for generations to come. yahoo.com/news/why-unc-c…

Added another species to the list I’ve sequenced and got to play with some cool new technology 🤩

She’s finally out ✨ academic.oup.com/genetics/advan…