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Erin Sparks
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Faculty @ Mizzou & Danforth Center. Loves brace roots & biomechanics.
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Excited for today’s #STLPlantFam25 Plant Science Family Reunion hosted by @39northstl.bsky.social. The joy of connecting with the STL plant fam is indescribable.
Image of the program cover for the family reunion event.
August 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Sparks Lab at the Maize Meeting 2025!
A group of smiling people standing in some stairs.
March 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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And just like that our 2024 field season is up and running! Hard to believe this is the #SparksLab 8th field season!
wide angle image of a cultivated corn field with a tractor pulling a planter in back. Three people walk behind the planter.
May 21, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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This post brought to you by alpacas and llamas. 🦙 #outoftheoffice #mentalhealth
Alpaca and llama lined up at a fence with a mountain skyline in the background.
October 18, 2023 at 11:12 PM
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Jon Reneau presenting our latest work to understand and quantify root anchorage at the #SES2023 meeting!
Man standing at a small cocktail table on the left and a projector screen on the right. Screen reads “SMURF : a new tool to non-destructively measure root torsional stiffness for understanding root lodging resistance”. Overhead is a circular lighting fixture that dominates the frame.
October 12, 2023 at 1:15 AM