James P Santiago
jpmsantiago.bsky.social
James P Santiago
@jpmsantiago.bsky.social
Asst Prof at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Plant Scientist and Horticulturist. Posts, views, and opinions are from myself only and does not reflect my employer’s. Dog friendly.
Havent posted in a while coz i got busy. So, I’ve been graphing data in R and spent most of today googling why its not working. Then I thought, why not use AI? I used copilot, and in 3 sec it told me why my code is not working! 🤯 Yes, I’m super late about using AI, but I’m a geriatric millenial 🤷‍♂️🤣
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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A new review article from @msupri.bsky.social scientists with collaboration from ag industry colleagues. Building climate-resilient crops: genetic, environmental, and technological strategies for heat and drought stress tolerance url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
Building climate-resilient crops: genetic, environmental, and technological strategies for heat and drought stress tolerance
This review examines the environmental and genetic factors that contribute to heat and drought stress tolerance in crops. It also assesses the limitations
academic.oup.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Ten simple rules for structuring papers

"Summary of a paper’s structural elements at three spatial scales: Across sections, across paragraphs, and within paragraphs."

journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
February 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Engineering source-sink relations by prime editing confers heat-stress resilience in tomato and rice @cellpress.bsky.social

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
February 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Late post: I am thrilled to announce that I’ve accepted a faculty position at UIUC @uofilsystem.bsky.social and will start as an Assistant Professor of Horticulture in March. I’ll be advertising for a grad student position soon.
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I went to the post office to mail something and then saw that they are selling D&D stamps.. So what did I do? I bought a booklet even though I dont play D&D or need them. Why?? Dragons.
January 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Reading makes you live multiple lives through the characters of each novel you finish :)
Reading makes you live longer.
January 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
my New Year’s resolution: post more on here about plants and horticulture. Any bets on how long I can keep this resolution? 😆
January 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Late post: Happy New Year everyone!!! 🎉🎆
January 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My current work place is located at the foot of a mountain range. This is an image I captured yesterday at sunset. One of the best views in Virginia.
November 20, 2024 at 4:23 PM
I see plant science, ecology, ecophysiology, and botany starter packs but is there a horticulture starter pack that I just didnt see? #plantscience
November 19, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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Starter packs are pretty cool for welcoming new peeps, building followings of good poasters and experts, and joining people up here, but they do also have the somewhat awkward flavor of broadcasting to the whole school who you are inviting to your birthday party
September 10, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Working for the industry is a lot less stressful for me but I miss working in a lab and having science discussions with fellow academics of all levels.
February 18, 2024 at 12:55 AM
It is so nice to not see ads every 2 posts on this app.

Butterfly: 1
Bird: 0
February 10, 2024 at 11:13 PM
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New paper out in PC&E! Look here if you're after some guidance on how to gas exchange: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What measurements are appropriate for your question and how to best take them? Initiated by Maria Papanatsiou, with @cavycavs.bsky.social and many others
February 7, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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Hi Blue Sky community! Looking forward to reconnecting with plant sci (and other) people who were once on twitter, and freshly connecting with new people!
February 10, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Okay, let’s see if the butterfly is better than the bird
February 10, 2024 at 8:44 PM