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This article written by my PhD advisor @dbensasson.bsky.social "Summer temperature can predict the distribution of wild yeast populations" not only inspired my research but also inspired my creative side...

Jacqueline Peña @jjpena-ecoevo.bsky.social asks if humans 👥🍺🍷🍞 left an impact on wild yeast 🌳

They estimate that S. cerevisiae spread across the global after the last glacial maximum

Looks like wild strains are NOT independent of human movement

Lab of @dbensasson.bsky.social #Evol2025 #Evol25

Here's my entry for #EvoArt2025 entitled "Endless Wonder of Plant Biology and its interactions with insects and fungi" 🧵🪡

@ssegrad.bsky.social

#WithoutNSF the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) won't receive the critical funding it needs to continue broadening the participation of underrepresented people in #STEM!
Here's a 🧵 about my science journey. @neguse.house.gov @warnock.senate.gov @mikecrapo.bsky.social

It's hard not to feel lost right now. It's the end of an era. It's the end of a long chapter and you don't know what will be next. It doesn't help that pursuing a career in science may not be relevant in this climate. I can't imagine a life without funding or a life without STEM.

I now have my PhD!!! My committee members @mcmomany.bsky.social @kdyerlab.bsky.social Jill Anderson and Marin Brewer
and my advisor @dbensasson.bsky.social have been instrumental to my growth as a scientist and as a person!! I'm also thankful to have wonderful lab mates, friends, and family!!

Please share:
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is surveying the impact of the #Trump Admin’s mass #firings of #FederalWorkforce from science agencies. If you were terminated since 20 Jan 2025 please fill out this survey:
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

My first first-author scientific paper is now officially available @molecology!
We studied the #populationgenomics of baker's #yeast from trees and found that human migration has left its mark on these wild populations.
#phdresearch #fungi
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...