Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl
@bleuschenkohl.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Univ. of KS | NSF PRFB | KU Center for Genomics Fellow
Plant-Microbe Interactions 🌽🥼🧪🦠
PhD, Purdue | BS, Univ. of NE - Lincoln
Chahta #NativeinSTEM | Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership
Plant-Microbe Interactions 🌽🥼🧪🦠
PhD, Purdue | BS, Univ. of NE - Lincoln
Chahta #NativeinSTEM | Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership
Today, I officially started my new position at @ The University of Kansas as a KU Center for Genomics Fellow and NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology. I'm excited to be joining the lab of Dr. Maggie Wagner 🌱 🌽 #PlantSci #PlantScience
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Today, I officially started my new position at @ The University of Kansas as a KU Center for Genomics Fellow and NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology. I'm excited to be joining the lab of Dr. Maggie Wagner 🌱 🌽 #PlantSci #PlantScience
I did it! Officially a #PhD!
Yesterday, I successfully defended my dissertation "Dissecting Plant-Microbe Interactions: PAMP Recognition and Immune Evasion in Solanaceous Hosts"
Special thanks to my advisor Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, my committee, mentors/mentees, friends, & family who were there.
Yesterday, I successfully defended my dissertation "Dissecting Plant-Microbe Interactions: PAMP Recognition and Immune Evasion in Solanaceous Hosts"
Special thanks to my advisor Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, my committee, mentors/mentees, friends, & family who were there.
October 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I did it! Officially a #PhD!
Yesterday, I successfully defended my dissertation "Dissecting Plant-Microbe Interactions: PAMP Recognition and Immune Evasion in Solanaceous Hosts"
Special thanks to my advisor Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, my committee, mentors/mentees, friends, & family who were there.
Yesterday, I successfully defended my dissertation "Dissecting Plant-Microbe Interactions: PAMP Recognition and Immune Evasion in Solanaceous Hosts"
Special thanks to my advisor Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, my committee, mentors/mentees, friends, & family who were there.
Not a lot of time to bead lately, but look at these customs I made for a Purdue fan!
shawishmarket.com/Collegiate-E...
#beadwork #choctaw ##brickstitich #IndigenousArt
shawishmarket.com/Collegiate-E...
#beadwork #choctaw ##brickstitich #IndigenousArt
September 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Not a lot of time to bead lately, but look at these customs I made for a Purdue fan!
shawishmarket.com/Collegiate-E...
#beadwork #choctaw ##brickstitich #IndigenousArt
shawishmarket.com/Collegiate-E...
#beadwork #choctaw ##brickstitich #IndigenousArt
And just like that, my time at #2025ISMPMI is over. I had such a great time catching up with fellow friends and researchers from across the globe! Here's to the next two years of scientific discovery before we meet again. Tschüss und bis bald!
July 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
And just like that, my time at #2025ISMPMI is over. I had such a great time catching up with fellow friends and researchers from across the globe! Here's to the next two years of scientific discovery before we meet again. Tschüss und bis bald!
The line behind us after the 1st concert started - we were about 300m from the front doors at this point:
July 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The line behind us after the 1st concert started - we were about 300m from the front doors at this point:
Anna Lapwood (organist, Royal Albert Hall) was playing a free concert in Cologne tonight. Over 10,000 people showed up.
2 hours and 2 performances later, we didn't make it inside. We were this close 😭
#2025ISMPMI
2 hours and 2 performances later, we didn't make it inside. We were this close 😭
#2025ISMPMI
July 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Anna Lapwood (organist, Royal Albert Hall) was playing a free concert in Cologne tonight. Over 10,000 people showed up.
2 hours and 2 performances later, we didn't make it inside. We were this close 😭
#2025ISMPMI
2 hours and 2 performances later, we didn't make it inside. We were this close 😭
#2025ISMPMI
Great presentation from @gittacoaker.bsky.social on kinase mediated defense responses and harnessing the power of language models for receptor/ ligand prediction. These LMs will help us in engineering more resilient crops #2025ISMPMI
July 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Great presentation from @gittacoaker.bsky.social on kinase mediated defense responses and harnessing the power of language models for receptor/ ligand prediction. These LMs will help us in engineering more resilient crops #2025ISMPMI
Guten Morgen, Köln! Ready for a great day at #2025ISMPMI
July 14, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Guten Morgen, Köln! Ready for a great day at #2025ISMPMI
So excited to be attending #2025ISMPMI in Cologne, Germany in just 10 days!
Stop by my poster (P-097) - Tomato roots exhibit distinct, development-specific responses to bacterial-derived peptides.
Want to meet up? Shoot me a dm.
Stop by my poster (P-097) - Tomato roots exhibit distinct, development-specific responses to bacterial-derived peptides.
Want to meet up? Shoot me a dm.
July 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
So excited to be attending #2025ISMPMI in Cologne, Germany in just 10 days!
Stop by my poster (P-097) - Tomato roots exhibit distinct, development-specific responses to bacterial-derived peptides.
Want to meet up? Shoot me a dm.
Stop by my poster (P-097) - Tomato roots exhibit distinct, development-specific responses to bacterial-derived peptides.
Want to meet up? Shoot me a dm.
From Purdue this afternoon:
May 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
From Purdue this afternoon:
Seminar #2 today: my Purdue Quantitative Plant Pathology PhD Program cohort member Brenden Lane, member of the Cruz Lab in the Botany and Plant Pathology Department
Great job! Always love getting to see you present your work on Tar Spot 🍂 🧪
Great job! Always love getting to see you present your work on Tar Spot 🍂 🧪
April 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Seminar #2 today: my Purdue Quantitative Plant Pathology PhD Program cohort member Brenden Lane, member of the Cruz Lab in the Botany and Plant Pathology Department
Great job! Always love getting to see you present your work on Tar Spot 🍂 🧪
Great job! Always love getting to see you present your work on Tar Spot 🍂 🧪
Seminar #1 today: my dear friend and fellow Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership scholar Ramona Dwyer. Congratulations!!
Waabizheshiwag in the Heart of Anishinaabe-aki 🧪
Waabizheshiwag in the Heart of Anishinaabe-aki 🧪
April 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Seminar #1 today: my dear friend and fellow Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership scholar Ramona Dwyer. Congratulations!!
Waabizheshiwag in the Heart of Anishinaabe-aki 🧪
Waabizheshiwag in the Heart of Anishinaabe-aki 🧪
Had a great time in Missoula this weekend as part of the Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership exchange program.
From learning about wildlife management strategies to the implementation of Indian Education for All Act in STEM classes, it was inspiring to see what UM and MSU students are up to! 🌱 🧪
From learning about wildlife management strategies to the implementation of Indian Education for All Act in STEM classes, it was inspiring to see what UM and MSU students are up to! 🌱 🧪
April 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Had a great time in Missoula this weekend as part of the Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership exchange program.
From learning about wildlife management strategies to the implementation of Indian Education for All Act in STEM classes, it was inspiring to see what UM and MSU students are up to! 🌱 🧪
From learning about wildlife management strategies to the implementation of Indian Education for All Act in STEM classes, it was inspiring to see what UM and MSU students are up to! 🌱 🧪
📍Indianapolis, IN
March 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
📍Indianapolis, IN
Getting back into beading this semester. Some favorites from the past couple of months...
February 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Getting back into beading this semester. Some favorites from the past couple of months...
CEO/Founder of the Kansas City Black Urban Growers shares that their federal grant has been terminated for DEI.
February 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
CEO/Founder of the Kansas City Black Urban Growers shares that their federal grant has been terminated for DEI.
Sharing a postdoctoral position open in the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University under Dr. Stanton Gelvin. Project: Agrobacterium T-DNA integration into the plant genome. See attached for more information.
#PlantScience
#PlantBiology
#PlantPathology
#PlantScience
#PlantBiology
#PlantPathology
January 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Sharing a postdoctoral position open in the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University under Dr. Stanton Gelvin. Project: Agrobacterium T-DNA integration into the plant genome. See attached for more information.
#PlantScience
#PlantBiology
#PlantPathology
#PlantScience
#PlantBiology
#PlantPathology
Shoutout to this family in West Lafayette that is committed to updating their garage mural every couple of months. Parent goals!
November 19, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Shoutout to this family in West Lafayette that is committed to updating their garage mural every couple of months. Parent goals!
It's #RockYourMocs week! What better time to wear them than presenting at the Botany and Plant Pathology Departmental Showcase?
November 14, 2024 at 2:05 AM
It's #RockYourMocs week! What better time to wear them than presenting at the Botany and Plant Pathology Departmental Showcase?
Thrilled to see my advisor Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi recognized with the Outstanding Graduate Mentor and Teacher Award.
Anjali's guidance, support, and dedication are unparalleled here at Purdue - I'm so grateful to have her as my mentor.
🌾🧪🌱🥀🧫🦠
#PlantPathology #PlantImmunity
November 11, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Thrilled to see my advisor Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi recognized with the Outstanding Graduate Mentor and Teacher Award.
Anjali's guidance, support, and dedication are unparalleled here at Purdue - I'm so grateful to have her as my mentor.
🌾🧪🌱🥀🧫🦠
#PlantPathology #PlantImmunity
November 10, 2024 at 9:53 PM