Thank you Jongmin :)

And my awesome long-term collaborator in science and life
@jimnotwell.bsky.social

Friends who shared their job search experience with me, @claudiaraudia.bsky.social, Flor, Lay Teng, Kyle, Berfin

Ronald lab folks for endless support, feedback, and tolerating my play-by-play

My mentors for their feedback on talks and kind encouragement, @gittacoaker.bsky.social Dinesh, Valley, and Richard

Academic job search takes a village. I'd like to thank mine - my postdoc mentor @pcronald.bsky.social and PhD mentor Roel for all their wisdom and support throughout the years

Sorry this happened. Wow…

Congratulations Susanna!

Studying wild varieties resistant to HLB led to a peptide solution to HLB in cultivated citrus. Peptide that blocks a susceptibility gene. Down the road hopefully this gene can be CRISPR edited to its DN form and save the oranges

So exciting!!! Congratulations Mari 🥳🥳

Agreed, and editing-based disease resistance solutions that are head and shoulders above current options are one way forward

Three reasons for "almost no commercially available plant varieties carrying biotech-derived disease resistance traits" according to authors: 1. Disease resistance and the defense response are complicated 2. Plant breeders are good at their jobs 3. Disease resistance is a constantly moving target

Wow excited to read!

Thank you for representing ag researchers at the rally and sharing these thoughts - also wondering the same!