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Madison Plunkert (she/her)
@madisonplunkert.bsky.social
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Evolutionary genetics in monkeyflower. Plant biology PhD student at Michigan State University.
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Check out our new preprint on monkeyflower salt spray adaptation, with coauthors @pcdurant.bsky.social, Katherine Egeler, and @davidlowry.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Diagrams of salt spray resilience mechanisms in sensitive inland (left) and resilient coastal (right) plants and tissues. (A) Salt spray avoidance shown as a tall inland and short coastal plant, with salt spray (shown as orange circles) landing mostly on the tall plant. (B) Salt spray exclusion shown as the cuticle and leaf epidermal cells of a leaf surface, with salt spray entering one leaf surface at a greater rate than the other. (C) Tissue tolerance shown as two plant cells with cell wall, plasma membrane, vacuole, and nucleus shown. One cell is plasmolyzed due to salt exposure, with salt found in the cytoplasm, while the other cell is healthy with salt found in the vacuole.
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Stop by the community table at Hooked in Lansing tomorrow to speak out for science funding! We'll be there from 9am-2pm.
Flyer for the Lattes and Letters event showing a cup of coffee and the Statue of Liberty on a green background. Text reads: Learn how science helps you, one cup at a time. Take action now! Grab some coffee and chat about research funding with local scientists. Learn how to write a letter to your elected officials and we’ll send it off! August 16th, 2025 9:00am - 2:00pm Community Table at Hooked 3142 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing, MI 48912
August 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Yellow monkeyflower in Mammoth Lakes, CA
Two yellow flowers with red spots surrounded by green leaves
January 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Come hear about life history evolution on small spatial scales in monkeyflowers tomorrow in Life History IV! Cool purple rhizomes will make an appearance. #Evol2024
A monkeyflower plant uprooted from a pot to show purple rhizomes
July 30, 2024 at 2:19 AM