Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?
@drclrichards.bsky.social
I study ecological genomics of native and invasive plants at a large public university in Florida. Science is done in the context of social construct. We must all engage in and contribute to civil discourse.
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My favorite moment at #NoKingsDay #NoKings #NoKingsTampa #Tampa yesterday.
My awesome kids as we’re driving through the demonstration down Kennedy Blvd! 🥰🥰🥰
My awesome kids as we’re driving through the demonstration down Kennedy Blvd! 🥰🥰🥰
Reposted by Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?
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On 14 January 2025, the LIGO's detectors captured GW250114, a gravitational wave signal (GWS) caused by two black holes' coalescence, each about 30 times the size of our Sun.
With a signal-to-noise ratio of 80, as opposed to 26 for GW150914...
Image Credits: Maggie Chiang/Simons Foundation
🔭 🧪
On 14 January 2025, the LIGO's detectors captured GW250114, a gravitational wave signal (GWS) caused by two black holes' coalescence, each about 30 times the size of our Sun.
With a signal-to-noise ratio of 80, as opposed to 26 for GW150914...
Image Credits: Maggie Chiang/Simons Foundation
🔭 🧪
September 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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On 14 January 2025, the LIGO's detectors captured GW250114, a gravitational wave signal (GWS) caused by two black holes' coalescence, each about 30 times the size of our Sun.
With a signal-to-noise ratio of 80, as opposed to 26 for GW150914...
Image Credits: Maggie Chiang/Simons Foundation
🔭 🧪
On 14 January 2025, the LIGO's detectors captured GW250114, a gravitational wave signal (GWS) caused by two black holes' coalescence, each about 30 times the size of our Sun.
With a signal-to-noise ratio of 80, as opposed to 26 for GW150914...
Image Credits: Maggie Chiang/Simons Foundation
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Here's a summary of our work for the last 10 years in my promotion talk at @usf.edu www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yZo...
Richards promotion IB seminar 20250902 123038 Meeting Recording
YouTube video by Christina Richards
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September 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Here's a summary of our work for the last 10 years in my promotion talk at @usf.edu www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yZo...
Reposted by Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?
June 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My favorite moment at #NoKingsDay #NoKings #NoKingsTampa #Tampa yesterday.
My awesome kids as we’re driving through the demonstration down Kennedy Blvd! 🥰🥰🥰
My awesome kids as we’re driving through the demonstration down Kennedy Blvd! 🥰🥰🥰
June 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My favorite moment at #NoKingsDay #NoKings #NoKingsTampa #Tampa yesterday.
My awesome kids as we’re driving through the demonstration down Kennedy Blvd! 🥰🥰🥰
My awesome kids as we’re driving through the demonstration down Kennedy Blvd! 🥰🥰🥰
Reposted by Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?
So proud of my Tampa protesters!
#NoKings 🎉
The mood on this sunny afternoon remained upbeat, with homemade signs, music, & even a drum circle. Families with children in strollers & older adults were among the crowds.
It was great! 🎉💙
#StrongerTogether
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
#NoKings 🎉
The mood on this sunny afternoon remained upbeat, with homemade signs, music, & even a drum circle. Families with children in strollers & older adults were among the crowds.
It was great! 🎉💙
#StrongerTogether
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
Tampa Bay residents gather in 1,000s at ‘No Kings’ protests across region
Protesters in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties chant and stand in solidarity for the rally tied to hundreds more happening in cities across the nation.
www.tampabay.com
June 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
So proud of my Tampa protesters!
#NoKings 🎉
The mood on this sunny afternoon remained upbeat, with homemade signs, music, & even a drum circle. Families with children in strollers & older adults were among the crowds.
It was great! 🎉💙
#StrongerTogether
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
#NoKings 🎉
The mood on this sunny afternoon remained upbeat, with homemade signs, music, & even a drum circle. Families with children in strollers & older adults were among the crowds.
It was great! 🎉💙
#StrongerTogether
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
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I’m so proud of Tampa. It was so fun and twice the size of Hands Off. I had a really hard time getting shots that reflected the crowd size, but here are a few…
#NoKingsDay
#NoKings
#Tampa
@meidastouch.com
#NoKingsDay
#NoKings
#Tampa
@meidastouch.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I’m so proud of Tampa. It was so fun and twice the size of Hands Off. I had a really hard time getting shots that reflected the crowd size, but here are a few…
#NoKingsDay
#NoKings
#Tampa
@meidastouch.com
#NoKingsDay
#NoKings
#Tampa
@meidastouch.com
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June 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reposted by Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?
Reposted by Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?
You all never going to guess where I’m at.
June 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
You all never going to guess where I’m at.
More shots of our trip to Isla de Sálvora, Galicia. Thanks so much for organizing it 💖 @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social #sibecol #sibecol2025 #sibecol25 @marsobral.bsky.social @troyee.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
More shots of our trip to Isla de Sálvora, Galicia. Thanks so much for organizing it 💖 @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social #sibecol #sibecol2025 #sibecol25 @marsobral.bsky.social @troyee.bsky.social
Some shots of my talk on the big stage @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social thanks to dear friends @marsobral.bsky.social @cmoeller.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social @irissammarco.bsky.social @troyee.bsky.social
Francesco De Bello
Javier Puy
#sibecol
#sibecol2025
#sibecol25
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Francesco De Bello
Javier Puy
#sibecol
#sibecol2025
#sibecol25
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
June 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Some shots of my talk on the big stage @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social thanks to dear friends @marsobral.bsky.social @cmoeller.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social @irissammarco.bsky.social @troyee.bsky.social
Francesco De Bello
Javier Puy
#sibecol
#sibecol2025
#sibecol25
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Francesco De Bello
Javier Puy
#sibecol
#sibecol2025
#sibecol25
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Our trip to Isla de Sálvora, Galicia was awesome! Thanks so much for organizing it 💖
🔍Ecology in the field🍃
Today we left the lecture halls and stepped into nature for our technical field trips. Mountains, coasts, culture and conservation — a perfect way to end an incredible week of science and connection.
#SIBECOLAEET2025 #Ecology #EcologyMeeting #AnotherScienceIsPossible
Today we left the lecture halls and stepped into nature for our technical field trips. Mountains, coasts, culture and conservation — a perfect way to end an incredible week of science and connection.
#SIBECOLAEET2025 #Ecology #EcologyMeeting #AnotherScienceIsPossible
June 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Our trip to Isla de Sálvora, Galicia was awesome! Thanks so much for organizing it 💖
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If you're not convinced that Donald Trump is undermining our democracy, watch the video of what happened today to Senator Alex Padilla.
June 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If you're not convinced that Donald Trump is undermining our democracy, watch the video of what happened today to Senator Alex Padilla.
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In my time in the Senate I've never seen a Senator treated this way. @padilla.senate.gov is carrying out his constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight and defend the people he represents. Absolutely shocking and disgusting way to handle a sitting member of Congress.
Wow. California Sen. Alex Padilla is wrestled and detained by federal officers after showing up to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. (video from Bill Melugin of Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In my time in the Senate I've never seen a Senator treated this way. @padilla.senate.gov is carrying out his constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight and defend the people he represents. Absolutely shocking and disgusting way to handle a sitting member of Congress.
Our latest paper on Spartina: fungal interactions!
Congrats @torrancehanley.bsky.social,
@randallhughes.bsky.social,
Catherine A. Gehring
Ronald J. Deckert
Behzad Mortazavi
🎉🎉🎉
for this huge effort to isolate and manipulate this fungal endophyte!!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Congrats @torrancehanley.bsky.social,
@randallhughes.bsky.social,
Catherine A. Gehring
Ronald J. Deckert
Behzad Mortazavi
🎉🎉🎉
for this huge effort to isolate and manipulate this fungal endophyte!!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Our latest paper on Spartina: fungal interactions!
Congrats @torrancehanley.bsky.social,
@randallhughes.bsky.social,
Catherine A. Gehring
Ronald J. Deckert
Behzad Mortazavi
🎉🎉🎉
for this huge effort to isolate and manipulate this fungal endophyte!!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Congrats @torrancehanley.bsky.social,
@randallhughes.bsky.social,
Catherine A. Gehring
Ronald J. Deckert
Behzad Mortazavi
🎉🎉🎉
for this huge effort to isolate and manipulate this fungal endophyte!!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Impressive new work from Javier Puy! 🤩 #sibecol @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Impressive new work from Javier Puy! 🤩 #sibecol @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
Cool new Fragaria work with mycorrhiza manipulations @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social from @vtec.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Cool new Fragaria work with mycorrhiza manipulations @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social from @vtec.bsky.social
Super cool transcriptimics and experimental results from @igmestre.bsky.social @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social #sibecolIII
June 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Super cool transcriptimics and experimental results from @igmestre.bsky.social @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social #sibecolIII
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📢 New publication!!
Recently, I finally got to publish the last chapter from my PhD 🌿
We used a reciprocal transplant along a gradient of forest management intensity to study local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity - read more below:
academic.oup.com/aobpla/artic...
Recently, I finally got to publish the last chapter from my PhD 🌿
We used a reciprocal transplant along a gradient of forest management intensity to study local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity - read more below:
academic.oup.com/aobpla/artic...
Local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in two forest understorey herbs in response to forest management intensity
This study explores how forest management, and the underlying environmental variables impacts local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in two understorey
academic.oup.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 New publication!!
Recently, I finally got to publish the last chapter from my PhD 🌿
We used a reciprocal transplant along a gradient of forest management intensity to study local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity - read more below:
academic.oup.com/aobpla/artic...
Recently, I finally got to publish the last chapter from my PhD 🌿
We used a reciprocal transplant along a gradient of forest management intensity to study local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity - read more below:
academic.oup.com/aobpla/artic...
This is why we need sequence data and more coverage of the full genome. There is much more going on than just methylation changes within individuals. Markers are super limited.
June 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is why we need sequence data and more coverage of the full genome. There is much more going on than just methylation changes within individuals. Markers are super limited.
Prepping for the cocktail party.
#AEETSIBECOL2025
@marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social
@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
#AEETSIBECOL2025
@marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social
@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Prepping for the cocktail party.
#AEETSIBECOL2025
@marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social
@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
#AEETSIBECOL2025
@marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social
@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
Pontevedra meeting with some awesome friends and doing awesome science.
#AEETSIBECOL2025
@marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social
#AEETSIBECOL2025
@marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Pontevedra meeting with some awesome friends and doing awesome science.
#AEETSIBECOL2025
@marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social
#AEETSIBECOL2025
@marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social
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Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
April 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.