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Carolyn Lawrence-Dill
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Plants and computers.
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This column is a new iteration of the connection I made with my old hometown newspaper thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social, ahead of the McClintock Letters initiative rolling out next week — scientists, there's still time to write for this!

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June 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
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June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Ghost of Land-Grant Past
Powers:

Appears whenever change is mentioned

Can summon ancient policy memos from the archives

Makes people say “we tried that once in ’87” with conviction
April 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Got a senior looking for their next home? Check us out at CSU! m.youtube.com/watch?v=W8oS...
Welcome to the CSU College of Agricultural Sciences
YouTube video by CSU College of Agricultural Sciences
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April 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
So many stories! All tied up in beautiful plants!
April 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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A philosopher and a psychologist share their 5 thoughts for upcoming college grads to consider as they head out into the “real world,” including:

#3: Seeking work with a purpose is a noble and understandable goal
And #4: It is also understandable to care about money
5 thoughts for new college grads seeking to find the right balance between meaningful work and making money
A philosopher and a psychologist break down the challenges of finding purposeful work that also pays well.
buff.ly
April 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Carolyn Lawrence-Dill & I visited Akron to discuss projects with Sally Jones-Diamond & Peter Kleinman. A highight was seeing how the sawfly threat on winter wheat is being controlled with parisitoid bracon wasps as part of the "beneficial bug baler project" #Colorado #AgSky #Soil #Crops 🌾🌱🧪
March 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The Colorado/Iowa Contingent! Welcome to CSU, Secretary Vilsack!
March 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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On this #IWD we are happy to induct the great agricultural scientist Pamela Ronald into the Archive! Her work developing blight and flood resistant strains of rice has saved quite literally millions of lives in the past quarter of a century. Here is her story!

tinyurl.com/5xdk97pm

#WomenInSTEM 🌱
Going With the Grain: Pamela Ronald, Rice Savior.
It is almost impossible to overstate the importance of rice for the human species.  More than a fifth of all the calories consumed by humans are in the form of rice.  In terms of nutrition, it is the ...
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March 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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To US colleagues who have lost or are in imminent danger of losing their jobs: please DM whether we can accommodate your research.
February 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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"Don't worry about papers. There will always be more papers." Jianming Yu on 3D reaction norms to understand the functions of individual genes and how crops will perform in future, unobserved environments. Great plenary!
March 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Ed Buckler awarded the 2025 McClintock Prize in absentia. Two thirds of the room standing by the end of “if you were trained by Ed, stand up. If you were trained by one of those people, stand up. If Ed’s work has shaped your career, stand up.”
March 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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The poster session of the 2025 maize genetics meeting is in full swing. #MGM2025
March 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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What an honor to receive the 2025 maize genetics cooperator award together with Caroline Marcon for our work on BonnMu and together with Karen Koch and Don McCarty for their UniformMu work.
March 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Travel permits of all US government employees (USDA, NSF) have been revoked shortly before the the maize meeting affecting:
- The chair of the meeting
- The winner of the most prestigious McClintock award
- A plenary speaker
- Two short talk presenters
- 22 scientists presenting posters.
#MGM2025
March 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Liuyang Chu from Michaela Matthes‘s group @unibonn.bsky.social gave a great talk about her work at the development and cell biology workshop prior to the maize genetics meeting in St. Louis. #MGM2025.
March 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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A new magnet for the fridge. #MGM2025.
March 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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#MGM2025 is about to begin.
March 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Need a flyer to share or print for #MGM2025? Download it here: documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...
November 17, 2024 at 3:14 AM
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Excellent talk by Yaping Zhou of @unibonn.bsky.social and @cerealcell.bsky.social at the development and cell biology workshop prior to the 2025 maize genetics meeting in St. Louis. #MGM2025.
March 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
February 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Nick Colglazier, Executive Director of the #Colorado #Corn, extended invitations to our scientists and students at Colorado State University to participate in the Winter Roundup in Greeley yesterday. Sri Pinnamaneni, Tim Martin & Amy Kremen presented on #agriculture & #irrigation #agsky #edusky
January 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Finally here, folks! Happy Valentine's Day from CSU College of Ag Sciences to you. #AgValentine
February 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM