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justkathe.bsky.social
Katherin Arango-Gómez
@justkathe.bsky.social
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Biologist 🇨🇴 | Ph.D student at LSU
Totally in love with planticas 🍃
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tropicalbotany.bsky.social
I’m so proud of my grad student @evoyeyo.bsky.social for defending his @lsubiosci.bsky.social PhD thesis on macroevolution of #Brachyotum and the broader Andean flora today. Felicidades, Dr. Paredes-Burneo!! ⛰️🧬🌻🥳👨🏽‍🎓🇵🇪
Diego and I posing next to each other after his defense in the LSU herbarium. Diego in front of a slide that says “Plant evolution in the Andes is more complex than current phylogenomic models can explain” with lots of pretty plant photos around the text. A celebration in Diego’s honor in the LSU herbarium. Diego, family, me and other close friends celebrate at dinner.
October 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
justkathe.bsky.social
It was such an amazing experience to grow, learn, and laugh together this past year with @lcorleto08.bsky.social. Already missing her!
tropicalbotany.bsky.social Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · Jul 10
Had a blast celebrating summer with the #LagoLab with painting pottery and eating Korean corn dogs! Though it was bittersweet as a farewell to @lcorleto08.bsky.social, who’s headed back to California after her @lsulagniappe.bsky.social year. What’s a great crew 😍!
Five people hold their unfired painted pottery pieces. Top view of five pottery pieces. One is firey red, another yellow with black spots, yet another blue with pink and brown hears, one is a red leaf with yellow and blue spots, another a blue bowl with a gorgeous leaf. The final item is a colorful vase. Palettes and brushes after painting Five people eat ridiculously crunchy oozy sweet/savory corn/cheese dogs, fluffy egg toast, and fun drinks.
July 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Reposted by Katherin Arango-Gómez
botany.one
Meet Dr. Laura Lagomarsino, who fell in love with plants during childhood camping trips in California's redwood forests. Her passion for plant-pollinator relationships began with a magical moment watching hummingbirds visit curved flowers in Costa Rica's cloud forests.

#Botany 🧪

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Dr. Laura Lagomarsino smiling at the camera while conducting fieldwork in a tropical environment. She wears a colorful striped knit hat with red trim and a light-colored field jacket with yellow straps. Behind her is a distinctive tropical plant with large, paddle-shaped leaves arranged in a rosette pattern, characteristic of high-altitude Andean vegetation.
July 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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tropicalbotany.bsky.social
Ice cream was in order because we had a couple something’s to celebrate: @evoyeyo.bsky.social submitting a major paper and @lcorleto08.bsky.social wrapping up her @lsulagniappe.bsky.social year! #LagoLab @laymonstera.bsky.social @justkathe.bsky.social
Five people hold ice cream cones smiling. The ice cream is melting fast because #Louisiana.
July 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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lsulagniappe.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to Our Amazing Scholars! 🎉

What an incredible year of research, growth, and achievement! ☀️

Thank you for your contribution. Looking forward to see you shine. Wishing you all the very best!

#postbacc #NSF #RaMP #proudofyou❤️
Congrats Scholars!
July 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
justkathe.bsky.social
Yeap — looks like gold and purple smoke is a thing in the LagoLab these days! 🥳🎊
tropicalbotany.bsky.social Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · May 8
Congrats to my grad student @justkathe.bsky.social for passing her general exam!!! Hubo humo blanco (y purple and gold)!
Kathe and I smile in front of a ridiculously decadent cookie cake A silly meme of our building with plumes of white, yellow and purple smoke coming out, a picture of Kathe in top, and the text “Habmeus new PhD candidate” Kathe smiling in front of a giant cookie cake
May 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
justkathe.bsky.social
So happy with my first round of data! 🥳⛰️🫐
Thank you @madiraibullock.bsky.social, @mossmatters.bsky.social!
tropicalbotany.bsky.social Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · Nov 25
It’s an exciting data day in the #LagoLab: @justkathe.bsky.social got her first target capture data for #Cavendishia (Ericaceae) in the mail. She’ll have a phylogeny in no time 😄. #AndeanBlueberry 🫐⛰️🌎🧬
November 26, 2024 at 2:26 AM
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flamontano.bsky.social
🚨Looking for two PhD students to join our lab in Fall' 25🚨

If you know someone that loves/works with Neotropical birds and/or species interactions, and is looking for a PhD please share this with them! (application deadline is January 3rd).

More info here --> montanolab.com/join-us/
November 19, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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mossmatters.bsky.social
Interested in target capture sequencing?

@madiraibullock.bsky.social and I are happy to announce a new service at TTU. Send us DNA, get reads enriched for your probes. Angiosperms353, GoFLAG, Compositae1061 & more!

Funds go to grad student stipends and tuition!

mossmatters.com/blog/TargetC...
Flyer for Target Capture DNA Sequencing at Texas Tech by the TTU Center for Biotechnology and Genomics. We provide targeted DNA sequencing for $30/sample for Angiosperms353, GoFLAG408, and other probe sets. Funds from our service go to fund a graduate student who is running the samples. We can use as little as 100 ng of DNA in 30 uL and provide at least 1 million reads per sample from a NovaSeq6000 SP 2x250 Illumina sequencing. For more information and the full text of this flyer, visit mossmatters.com/blog/TargetCaptureService.html
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM