Malia Gehan
maliagehan.bsky.social
Malia Gehan
@maliagehan.bsky.social
Aiko + Una’s mom, Associate Member and PI @DanforthCenter, plant abiotic stress scientist, romance reader, and cat-video enthusiast. Views are my own. Developer of PlantCV: plantcv.org
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September 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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P2P provides training and career development for folks looking to transition to plant biology. I'm currently mentoring one of this year's Fellows, so feel free to reach out if you have questions about this incredible program!
Applications for the 2026 Pivot to Plants Fellows Program at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center are now open.

Location: St. Louis, MO
Application Deadline: October 15, 2025
Dates: Jan. 5, 2026 – Dec. 23, 2026
Estimated Stipend: $37,275

Learn more: www.danforthcenter.org/our-work/edu...
Pivot to Plants: Training Program for Plant and Data Science | Danforth Plant Science Center
The Pivot2Plants Fellows Program is a 1-year training program for people interested in pivoting to a career in plant science or data science but have limited research experience.
www.danforthcenter.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Here's my federal funding story
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF #scicomm 🧪
May 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on April 24 at 10:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱

👉 Free registration at buff.ly/lSj1OL1.

#plantscience
April 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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A huge congrats to Erin for winning the Maize Genetics Early Career Award! We are lucky to have the Erin joining @danforthcenter.bsky.social this summer as a joint faculty member.
March 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
~290 participants at our Annual @nappn.bsky.social meeting this year! This is a virtual conference with in-person activities at several 'hub' sites @danforthcenter.bsky.social, MSU, Winnepeg/Manitoba, NCSU, UMN, and Corteva. #CelebrateScience @noahfahlgren.bsky.social @kmurphyphd.bsky.social
a cartoon drawing of a potted plant with a smiling face
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a potted plant with a smiling face
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February 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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"I’m feeling betrayed, gutted, lost, anxious, and furious."

Our story for @science.org—on the ongoing mass firing of federal employees and reactions in the scientific community.

www.science.org/content/arti...
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies
White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits
www.science.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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After an extensive search, the Danforth Center has named Giles Oldroyd, PhD, its next President.

@gilesoldroyd.bsky.social is a renowned plant geneticist & one of only a few hundred scientists elected to both the UK @royalsociety.org & the US @nasonline.org.
www.danforthcenter.org/news/interna...
Internationally recognized plant scientist named next President of the Danforth Plant Science Center - Danforth Plant Science Center
After an extensive international search, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has named Giles Oldroyd, PhD, as its next President.
www.danforthcenter.org
February 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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🎉 Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory Manager Anastasiya (Nastia) Klebanovych, PhD, received two awards in @bioimagingna.bsky.social’s 2024 Image Contest! Her quinoa pollen grain image won second place & her hellebore pollen grain earned an honorable mention. Congrats, Nastia!
February 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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this website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
February 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Extremely disappointed to see HHMI decide to kill their Inclusive Excellence program, including terminating the current IE3 awards to over a hundred institutions effective this year in the middle of a 6-year grant. I was hoping HHMI (and other private funders) would continue to lead the way.
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Thank you to @resist.bot for making it easy to contact my reps/sens on some of the many issues that are currently impacting all of us. Thankful for the people and organizations around me who are trying to make their voices heard. #science #resist
February 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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The Rare Plant RaMP offers a 1-year, fully funded research experience in rare plant science at 4 U.S. botanic gardens! Open to post-baccalaureates, with mentorship, networking, & science communication training. Apply by March 14, 2025!

Details: atlantabg.org/conservation...
Atlanta Botanical Garden | RaMP: Post-Baccalaureate Training and Research Program in Rare Plant Science and Conservation
The mission of the Atlanta Botanical Garden is to develop and maintain plant collections for display, education, research, conservation and enjoyment.
atlantabg.org
February 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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We're PlantCV, an open-source image analysis ecosystem for plant science and beyond. 👋 Our next workshop is Feb. 24 at the NAPPN Annual Meeting Hub! plantcv.org/events
NAPPN 2025 Annual Conference Hub — PlantCV
The 2025 NAPPN Annual Conference will be a hybrid event that includes a common online component and distributed activities organized at regional hub locations. Join us for exciting scientific content,...
plantcv.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Hello #PAG32!! We’re St Louis’ AgTech Innovation District attending the conf to amplify the cool 🌱🧬 work happening in #STL! Follow us to keep up to date & network w/ entrepreneurs, researchers, & industry leaders!

#PlantScience #Genomics #Industry
January 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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We hope you join us for the 2025 NAPPN Annual Conference taking place Feb. 25th to 27th, 2025! This year, the meeting looks a little different in structure, with NAPPN hosting a virtual conference and several regional Hubs hosting additional in-person events www.plantphenotyping.org/conference-h...
2025 Annual Conference — North American Plant Phenotyping Network
The 2025 NAPPN Annual Conference will be a hybrid event that includes a common online component and distributed activities organized at regional hub locations. Join us for exciting scientific content,...
www.plantphenotyping.org
January 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Congrats to the Gehan Lab for their winning (and epic) LOR 'I am sNOw-Man' entry. Fun linocut crafting with Gehan Lab+Data+ Pheno Cores @noahfahlgren.bsky.social @kmurphyphd.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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I am ecstatic to share that I have accepted the Assistant Member and Principal Investigator position at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, MO!

The Conover Lab will open June 1, 2025, and will be broadly interested in polyploid evolutionary genomics.
August 27, 2024 at 6:28 PM