Morgan Carter
@morgancarterphd.bsky.social
🌿 Asst Prof. #NewPI. Molecular host-bacterial-fungal interactions. NCSSM/NCSU/Cornell alum. Y'all means all. Views are my own. she/her
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Please check out our updated version of this preprint - now with even more transposable elements! 🧬🦠
No really, we added in a few more analyses about TEs and further compared Mycetohabitans to related bacteria, plus other treats. @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
No really, we added in a few more analyses about TEs and further compared Mycetohabitans to related bacteria, plus other treats. @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I have had other colleagues from Europe tell me they simply will not attend conferences in the US for the foreseeable future because they no longer feel welcome. They have seen the stories of travelers detained and don't want to hand their social media over to the current administration for approval
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I have had other colleagues from Europe tell me they simply will not attend conferences in the US for the foreseeable future because they no longer feel welcome. They have seen the stories of travelers detained and don't want to hand their social media over to the current administration for approval
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These autoclavable polypropylene fly fishing bead boxes (TidyCrafts) have a convenient injection molding scar dead center which helps me orient leaf tissue for gene gun shots.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
These autoclavable polypropylene fly fishing bead boxes (TidyCrafts) have a convenient injection molding scar dead center which helps me orient leaf tissue for gene gun shots.
One of my undergraduate students is submitting a GRFP proposal today and I'm really proud of her resilience and determination to get one pulled together. 🤞
#NewPI life - always made better by the students
#NewPI life - always made better by the students
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One of my undergraduate students is submitting a GRFP proposal today and I'm really proud of her resilience and determination to get one pulled together. 🤞
#NewPI life - always made better by the students
#NewPI life - always made better by the students
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Pre-ACA, I was a postdoc on an NSF fellowship at a university that didn't offer employment benefits to independent fellows. At that time, being a woman meant that my premiums were double that of my male counterparts. The extra cost came out of my grant's budget for benefits, equipment, and travel.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Pre-ACA, I was a postdoc on an NSF fellowship at a university that didn't offer employment benefits to independent fellows. At that time, being a woman meant that my premiums were double that of my male counterparts. The extra cost came out of my grant's budget for benefits, equipment, and travel.
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I just got the first significant data report from my student and I’ve never been so excited before!
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just got the first significant data report from my student and I’ve never been so excited before!
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Note for my academic friends- your University is almost certain to have a food pantry. They will make good use of your cash donation.
This, and also, create a food cupboard where you work to lower the barriers to accessing food. We just did this at our research center because, as illustrated in the thread below it's not just access to food, but efficient access to food. Having to wait in long lines makes the situation worse.
Friends, if you have the means to donate to a local food pantry financially via online giving, I highly encourage you to do that. But I don’t want to discount the importance of actually showing up at the pantry, even if it is just to drop off food. (1/5)
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Note for my academic friends- your University is almost certain to have a food pantry. They will make good use of your cash donation.
Spent a little time pretending to be a real mycologist today. 🧪🍄
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Spent a little time pretending to be a real mycologist today. 🧪🍄
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Per our previous posts on this, the social person doesn't get a say in the hazard descriptions so we must infer that this glass bottle breaks in a way that is unusually dangerous for glass bottles to break.
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Per our previous posts on this, the social person doesn't get a say in the hazard descriptions so we must infer that this glass bottle breaks in a way that is unusually dangerous for glass bottles to break.
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(I'm worried about a lot of the USDA field offices and similar--those are usually in rural areas where people are going to have to get out of to find work and won't be easy to get people back to. Lots of potential consequences in things like the US food system....)
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
(I'm worried about a lot of the USDA field offices and similar--those are usually in rural areas where people are going to have to get out of to find work and won't be easy to get people back to. Lots of potential consequences in things like the US food system....)
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⚠️ Alert! AFRI RFP Deadlines have been EXTENDED! Deadlines for submitting proposals for the AFRI’s Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science (FAS) Program (USDA-NIFA-AFRI-011134) will be shared after the government shutdown ends. More info 👉 www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/progr...
AFRI Deadlines
The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative has numerous program area priorities in the three Requests for Applications (RFAs) posted each year. Each program a
www.nifa.usda.gov
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
⚠️ Alert! AFRI RFP Deadlines have been EXTENDED! Deadlines for submitting proposals for the AFRI’s Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science (FAS) Program (USDA-NIFA-AFRI-011134) will be shared after the government shutdown ends. More info 👉 www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/progr...
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One of the most useful resources for anyone who uses fluorescence methods.
The FPbase spectra viewer just had it's biggest software refactor in 6 years. It *should* be largely invisible to the end user (hopefully just faster and less buggy). Please let me know if you find any issues as you use it!
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
FPbase Fluorescence Spectra Viewer
An interactive fluorescence spectra viewer to evaluate the spectral properties of fluorescent proteins, organic dyes, filters, and detectors.
www.fpbase.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
One of the most useful resources for anyone who uses fluorescence methods.
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tepid take: a lotttttt of job postings for bio-AI researchers, not enough job postings for generating-the-extremely-necessary-data-for-bio-AI researchers
October 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
tepid take: a lotttttt of job postings for bio-AI researchers, not enough job postings for generating-the-extremely-necessary-data-for-bio-AI researchers
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I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖
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Postharvest Physiology course: testing vase life of roses. #Postharvest #PlantScience @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Postharvest Physiology course: testing vase life of roses. #Postharvest #PlantScience @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social
Proud #NewPI watching my students give talks at the NC ASM chapter meeting today! 🦠🧪🧬
Bhuwan Abbot (@bhuwanabbot.bsky.social) and Dallas Moses
Bhuwan Abbot (@bhuwanabbot.bsky.social) and Dallas Moses
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Proud #NewPI watching my students give talks at the NC ASM chapter meeting today! 🦠🧪🧬
Bhuwan Abbot (@bhuwanabbot.bsky.social) and Dallas Moses
Bhuwan Abbot (@bhuwanabbot.bsky.social) and Dallas Moses
Amazing theme for the 2025 NC chapter meeting of @asm.org.
@ncatsuaggies.bsky.social doing a great job hosting!
@ncatsuaggies.bsky.social doing a great job hosting!
November 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Amazing theme for the 2025 NC chapter meeting of @asm.org.
@ncatsuaggies.bsky.social doing a great job hosting!
@ncatsuaggies.bsky.social doing a great job hosting!
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We've had a bad month for equipment failure this month. Three expensive incubators are down and one of our flow cytometers.
How do y'all deal with this financially once startup is gone? Do you budget in proposals for it? Do your departments help? College funds?
How do y'all deal with this financially once startup is gone? Do you budget in proposals for it? Do your departments help? College funds?
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We've had a bad month for equipment failure this month. Three expensive incubators are down and one of our flow cytometers.
How do y'all deal with this financially once startup is gone? Do you budget in proposals for it? Do your departments help? College funds?
How do y'all deal with this financially once startup is gone? Do you budget in proposals for it? Do your departments help? College funds?
Thank you to Texas A&M’s plant pathology department for inviting me to give a seminar. I had a great visit!!
Unfortunately I only took pictures of the rogue sheep statues in the hotel 🤣
Unfortunately I only took pictures of the rogue sheep statues in the hotel 🤣
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Thank you to Texas A&M’s plant pathology department for inviting me to give a seminar. I had a great visit!!
Unfortunately I only took pictures of the rogue sheep statues in the hotel 🤣
Unfortunately I only took pictures of the rogue sheep statues in the hotel 🤣
Flo is ready to teach about spooky slime molds this morning!
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Flo is ready to teach about spooky slime molds this morning!
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
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I built a small app (GenomeCheck ✅ - github.com/meadm/Genome...) for assessing genome assemblies and catching mislabeled data. It can be run on Streamlit Community Cloud (genomecheck.streamlit.app), Docker (meadm/genomecheck:latest), or locally via the GitHub repo. Let me know what you think!
GitHub - meadm/GenomeCheck: Streamlit app within a docker container for carrying out genome QC and comparisons
Streamlit app within a docker container for carrying out genome QC and comparisons - meadm/GenomeCheck
github.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I built a small app (GenomeCheck ✅ - github.com/meadm/Genome...) for assessing genome assemblies and catching mislabeled data. It can be run on Streamlit Community Cloud (genomecheck.streamlit.app), Docker (meadm/genomecheck:latest), or locally via the GitHub repo. Let me know what you think!
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Science is intertwined with eugenics; eugenic ideologies continue to negatively impact #Indigenous communities to this day.
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Science is intertwined with eugenics; eugenic ideologies continue to negatively impact #Indigenous communities to this day.
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
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Food is essential to survival.
People of all ages deserve to have enough food to eat.
Grateful for SNAP & hope we may find ways to continue providing it.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
People of all ages deserve to have enough food to eat.
Grateful for SNAP & hope we may find ways to continue providing it.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Food is essential to survival.
People of all ages deserve to have enough food to eat.
Grateful for SNAP & hope we may find ways to continue providing it.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
People of all ages deserve to have enough food to eat.
Grateful for SNAP & hope we may find ways to continue providing it.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
This feels relevant as good-hearted folks do what they can to cover the massive gaps emerging from the gov shutdown, especially with respect to food security.
If you are able, please donate to a food bank as they face impossible demand from furloughs and SNAP/WIC loss.
If you are able, please donate to a food bank as they face impossible demand from furloughs and SNAP/WIC loss.
Also, "why don't we just get members of the public to chip in a few bucks" is literally taxes.
That's taxes.
You are talking about taking a small amount from everyone to fund important, societal needs.
Taxes.
And it has to be done at the scale of... taxes.
That's taxes.
You are talking about taking a small amount from everyone to fund important, societal needs.
Taxes.
And it has to be done at the scale of... taxes.
Folks, “why don’t we just get the members of the public who care to chip in a few bucks” is not a serious or thoughtful suggestion to drastic cuts at the national science foundation.
Stop saying unhelpful nonsense and I won’t have to block you.
Stop saying unhelpful nonsense and I won’t have to block you.
October 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This feels relevant as good-hearted folks do what they can to cover the massive gaps emerging from the gov shutdown, especially with respect to food security.
If you are able, please donate to a food bank as they face impossible demand from furloughs and SNAP/WIC loss.
If you are able, please donate to a food bank as they face impossible demand from furloughs and SNAP/WIC loss.
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I realize we're not supposed to admit weakness on the Internet, but wow does applying for grants right now feel like a special kind of futile.
October 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I realize we're not supposed to admit weakness on the Internet, but wow does applying for grants right now feel like a special kind of futile.
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Anthracnose is a fungal disease that poses a significant threat to blueberry crops. New research in #G3journal showcases resistance mechanisms for anthracnose in blueberry identified from a large-scale #GWAS. buff.ly/wHIoeTJ
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Anthracnose is a fungal disease that poses a significant threat to blueberry crops. New research in #G3journal showcases resistance mechanisms for anthracnose in blueberry identified from a large-scale #GWAS. buff.ly/wHIoeTJ