Chefão Eric
genomeric.bsky.social
Chefão Eric
@genomeric.bsky.social
Michigan State Molecular Biologist, weed scientist.
I'm an assistant professor in Plant Science at Mich. State writing an NSF Career. Is there a world in which I work with @hankgreen.bsky.social and/or @thecrashcourse.bsky.social to develop educational materials part of my education and broader impacts? How do I make that happen?
May 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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If you’re looking for some sleepy time white noise tonight, I had an ~~idea~~ this week…

It’s a white noise video that donates all revenue to Partners in Health and you can watch it here:
youtu.be/dv2XyqC-EQ4
White Noise For Charity - Torc Waterfall in Ireland - Sleep, Study, Focus!!
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
youtu.be
March 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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A rearranged Amaranthus palmeri extrachromosomal circular DNA confers resistance to glyphosate and glufosinate

academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
A rearranged Amaranthus palmeri extrachromosomal circular DNA confers resistance to glyphosate and glufosinate
Abstract. Some herbicide-resistant weeds become resistant by generating additional copies of specific loci. For example, amplification of the locus encodin
academic.oup.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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1st day at WSSA in Vancouver…Women in Weeds Social…former TA & up & coming weed scientist Sarah Chu shared awesome weed themed bracelets (crafting + weeds ❤️) … Eric Patterson got the WSSA Outstanding Young Scientist award & we got the outstanding paper weed sci award in the Canadian Journal of PS! 🤩
February 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.
February 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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February 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Here's a figure I'm showing students in my weed science class today. It is a slightly modified version of the figure I published in this paper: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 18, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Can't want to see the scientific community transition to bluesky. We are here waiting for you!
November 27, 2024 at 11:35 PM