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Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

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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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Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

June 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

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June 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

My favorite moment at #NoKingsDay #NoKings #NoKingsTampa #Tampa yesterday.
My awesome kids as we’re driving through the demonstration down Kennedy Blvd! 🥰🥰🥰

June 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

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

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.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
❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

June 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

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/...

June 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Impressive new work from Javier Puy! 🤩 #sibecol @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social

June 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.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

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.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

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

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

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Prepping for the cocktail party.

#AEETSIBECOL2025
@marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social
@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social

June 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Pontevedra meeting with some awesome friends and doing awesome science.
#AEETSIBECOL2025
@marsobral.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social

June 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social

June 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Martin Lascoux brings us back to Barbara McClintock in the final talk of the Cologne Spring Meeting ❤️
@trr341.bsky.social

March 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Lovely to see Prof Niek Scheepens and update on this work at the Cologne Spring Meeting!@unituebingen.bsky.social @bossdorf.bsky.social

March 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Andrea Harper is identifying hub genes within expression modules. Not clear exactly how to do this!

March 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Amazing work on this heat loving Death Valley species!

March 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Cool work on selection in natural populations, the breeding equation and resurrection studies @seemasheth.bsky.social

March 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Thanks for the interesting talk on an important question about genomics of GXE in the Cologne Spring Meeting @evodaveo.bsky.social ! I was happy to see your intro slide with Clausen, Keck and Hiesey! I have one too 😊

March 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

D made the news! So proud of this girl ❤️ #standupforscience2025 #StandUpForScience! #standupforscience2025

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March 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Our group project is out! This was a fun exchange among diverse researchers. #STOTEN

Incorporating microbiome analyses can enhance conservation of threatened species and ecosystem functions

authors.elsevier.com/a/1kjAVB8cd4...

@raulgoch.bsky.social @rmcminds.bsky.social @junhee-jung.bsky.social

March 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

February 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

Join us for #USF 's #DarwinDay 2025!! We will have seminar by #NASA scientist Dr. Fathi Karouia of @bluemarblespace.bsky.social on Thursday at 12:30 (also available on Teams) and teacher workshop on USF campus. @citizenportalnews.bsky.social