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Hanna Makowski
@hannamakowski.bsky.social
Postdoc at Black Rock Forest. Interested in determining the repeatability of genomic architecture evolution using sugar maple as a model system
PhD in Galloway lab
Last paper from my PhD work is out! This one was a lot of fun.

Learned a lot about the benefits and limitations of machine learning in image analysis.
Trait specialization facilitates autonomous selfing ability in a mixed-mating plant

New #AJB research by @hannamakowski.bsky.social, Keric Lamb, Austin Kim, Emily Scott & Laura Galloway

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

#boyany #plantscience #evolution #pollen @uvabio.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reposted by Hanna Makowski
New paper in @newphyt.bsky.social
We explore shifts in vernalization and phenology in rear-edge populations of Campanula americana to get insight into the adaptation of temperate plants to future milder winters.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sharing some love <3. A cross-section of a C. americana style with pollen-collecting hairs visible. This sample looks heart-shaped because this is near the tip of the style, where it eventually splits open making 3 stigmatic lobes accessible. The hairs retract over time, releasing pollen!
February 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Black Rock Forest's grant program is open! Up to $10,000 -- the project needs to have conservation impacts/take place in part in the forest (awesome site for common garden). Due Jan 26th. Open to students (all levels), postdocs, PIs. www.blackrockforest.org/david-redden...
David Redden Conservation Science Fund Small Grants Program - Black Rock Forest
2025 David Redden Conservation Science FundSmall Grants Program for Conservation Research at Black Rock Forest Grant awards of up to $10,000 will be made on a competitive basis to fund research […]
www.blackrockforest.org
January 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM