Poppy Northing
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Poppy Northing
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PhD student @ U of A EEB
plant enthusiast
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The fantastic work of @kampova.bsky.social is finally out in PNAS: weather sensing and programmed cell death in anther dehiscence and opening. Cool science and awesome microscopy! @svosolsobe.bsky.social @handle.invalid @moritznowack.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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A small galaxy of starfish flowers (Apocynaceae subfamily Asclepiadoideae) ⭐
March 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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This week's paper (#paperPerWeek ?) is this one on bladderworts 2/n academic.oup.com/aob/article/...
The smallest angiosperm genomes may be the price for effective traps of bladderworts
AbstractBackground. Species of the carnivorous family Lentibulariaceae exhibit the smallest genomes in flowering plants. We explored the hypothesis that th
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January 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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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...
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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We had a wonderful 2024 #Plantsgiving with @conjustover.bsky.social, @aast242.bsky.social, @skang.bsky.social, and @poppybot.bsky.social among others!

Our final count for this year's dinner was 103 species from 42 families!

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Barker/Dlugosch Plantsgiving 2024 Public List
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November 29, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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From a lunar eclipse years ago: We sat in a dark clearing waiting for a total eclipse of the moon. My daughter, then 3, whispered to me "Daddy, where is the toad?" "What toad?" "The toad that the 'clipse is of." @bcdreyer.bsky.social I'm sure you appreciate this syntax. (Photo: 2017 'clipse)
April 7, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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submitted my first first-author publication today 🍾🥳
March 29, 2024 at 9:11 PM