Shelly Gaynor
@shellygaynor.bsky.social
NSF Postdoc Fellow with U of Michigan | PhD from UF I polyploidy evolution + Botany | https://mlgaynor.com/
Allopolyploids would not have ears, and instead have a large proportion of alleles with a frequency of 0.5 - which is beautiful illustrated by Lloyd and Bomblies 2016 Figure 1 (doi.org/10.1016/j.pb...). (3/n)
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Allopolyploids would not have ears, and instead have a large proportion of alleles with a frequency of 0.5 - which is beautiful illustrated by Lloyd and Bomblies 2016 Figure 1 (doi.org/10.1016/j.pb...). (3/n)
When I built nQuack, I wanted to be able to capture both allopolyploids and autoployploids - which differ in expected proportions of heterozygotes. Specifically, we expected autopolyploids to look like cats or dogs (2/n)
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
When I built nQuack, I wanted to be able to capture both allopolyploids and autoployploids - which differ in expected proportions of heterozygotes. Specifically, we expected autopolyploids to look like cats or dogs (2/n)
Gus was included too!
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Gus was included too!
Annual Mabel with a Lego PacBio Sequencer. This time the Vega, but we also have the Revio and Sequel Lego edition.
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Annual Mabel with a Lego PacBio Sequencer. This time the Vega, but we also have the Revio and Sequel Lego edition.
Spending my week in Michigan visiting the postdoc lab ~ @blackrim.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Spending my week in Michigan visiting the postdoc lab ~ @blackrim.bsky.social
Always excited for an increased salary submission! Congrats to the Department of Biological Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Tech for their stipend increase! This union-based win brings the pay almost to the 1:1 line! Update your department and find out more here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
September 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Always excited for an increased salary submission! Congrats to the Department of Biological Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Tech for their stipend increase! This union-based win brings the pay almost to the 1:1 line! Update your department and find out more here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
Last week, Julia Freeman visited the @soltislab.bsky.social to learn flow cytometry and chromosome squashing. It was a very successful week - genome size was estimated, and chromosomes were seen. And Julia made this beautiful watercolor of Galax!
August 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last week, Julia Freeman visited the @soltislab.bsky.social to learn flow cytometry and chromosome squashing. It was a very successful week - genome size was estimated, and chromosomes were seen. And Julia made this beautiful watercolor of Galax!
Some photos from #Botany2025 ft. @fkyeeb.bsky.social @willweaver.bsky.social @tomacarruthers.bsky.social @soltislab.bsky.social and more
August 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Some photos from #Botany2025 ft. @fkyeeb.bsky.social @willweaver.bsky.social @tomacarruthers.bsky.social @soltislab.bsky.social and more
Hi #Botany2025 - In my quest to never do flow cytometry again, I am collecting sequence data (radseq, target enrichment, WGS, ect.) with confirmed ploidal level. If you have samples, reach out!
July 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hi #Botany2025 - In my quest to never do flow cytometry again, I am collecting sequence data (radseq, target enrichment, WGS, ect.) with confirmed ploidal level. If you have samples, reach out!
9 years ago I went to my first Botany with Julienne & @robertlaport.bsky.social lab when @willweaver.bsky.social and I were undergrads.
All 3 undergrads in that photo now have PhDs and Robs an associate prof! #Botany2016 #Botany2025
All 3 undergrads in that photo now have PhDs and Robs an associate prof! #Botany2016 #Botany2025
July 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
9 years ago I went to my first Botany with Julienne & @robertlaport.bsky.social lab when @willweaver.bsky.social and I were undergrads.
All 3 undergrads in that photo now have PhDs and Robs an associate prof! #Botany2016 #Botany2025
All 3 undergrads in that photo now have PhDs and Robs an associate prof! #Botany2016 #Botany2025
And the last of the #Botany2025 with @soltislab.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
And the last of the #Botany2025 with @soltislab.bsky.social
Next up, JT Miller - a phd student in the @soltislab.bsky.social talking about occupancy models in the #Botany2025 soltis lab workshop.
July 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Next up, JT Miller - a phd student in the @soltislab.bsky.social talking about occupancy models in the #Botany2025 soltis lab workshop.
Only three more talks left - first, Elizabeth White, a phd candidate from the @soltislab.bsky.social, presenting on post-enm analysis at the #Botany2025 Soltis lab workshop
July 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Only three more talks left - first, Elizabeth White, a phd candidate from the @soltislab.bsky.social, presenting on post-enm analysis at the #Botany2025 Soltis lab workshop
Next up, Tyler Radtke, who just finished his BS, on null models at the #Botany2025 @soltislab.bsky.social workshop!
Tyler is part of the PLANTs program this year and has a poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
Tyler is part of the PLANTs program this year and has a poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
July 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Next up, Tyler Radtke, who just finished his BS, on null models at the #Botany2025 @soltislab.bsky.social workshop!
Tyler is part of the PLANTs program this year and has a poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
Tyler is part of the PLANTs program this year and has a poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
Sebastian Fernandez, a soltis lab undergrad (who is about to graduate), presenting on ecological niche modeling in the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop.
Check out his poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
Check out his poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
July 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Sebastian Fernandez, a soltis lab undergrad (who is about to graduate), presenting on ecological niche modeling in the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop.
Check out his poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
Check out his poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
Starting back up at the Soltis lab #Botany2025 workshop with postdoc @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Starting back up at the Soltis lab #Botany2025 workshop with postdoc @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social
Undergrad Sydney Barfus now presenting on data exploration and environmental variables at the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop!
See her poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
See her poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
July 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Undergrad Sydney Barfus now presenting on data exploration and environmental variables at the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop!
See her poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
See her poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!
Sarah Ellen Strickland, a first year PhD student in @soltislab.bsky.social, now presenting on Georeferencing herbarium records at the #Botany2025 lab workshop!
July 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Sarah Ellen Strickland, a first year PhD student in @soltislab.bsky.social, now presenting on Georeferencing herbarium records at the #Botany2025 lab workshop!
Packed room for the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop.
If you cannot make it, all the resources can be found here: github.com/soltislab/Bo...
If you cannot make it, all the resources can be found here: github.com/soltislab/Bo...
July 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Packed room for the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop.
If you cannot make it, all the resources can be found here: github.com/soltislab/Bo...
If you cannot make it, all the resources can be found here: github.com/soltislab/Bo...
Almost ready for #Botany2025 - come see the first project of my postdoc with @blackrim.bsky.social on Tuesday at 1:45pm in Mesquite B.
July 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Almost ready for #Botany2025 - come see the first project of my postdoc with @blackrim.bsky.social on Tuesday at 1:45pm in Mesquite B.
Congrats to FAU Biology for raising its Ph.D. stipend to $26k!
Any stipend raise is a good thing. Especially right now. See more here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
Has your EEB Ph.D. program raised its stipend? If so, let us know here: forms.gle/MXFa1jkzEtnb...
Any stipend raise is a good thing. Especially right now. See more here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
Has your EEB Ph.D. program raised its stipend? If so, let us know here: forms.gle/MXFa1jkzEtnb...
July 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Congrats to FAU Biology for raising its Ph.D. stipend to $26k!
Any stipend raise is a good thing. Especially right now. See more here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
Has your EEB Ph.D. program raised its stipend? If so, let us know here: forms.gle/MXFa1jkzEtnb...
Any stipend raise is a good thing. Especially right now. See more here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
Has your EEB Ph.D. program raised its stipend? If so, let us know here: forms.gle/MXFa1jkzEtnb...
In this economy, I did not expect any PhD stipend raises. Big shout-out to Texas Tech University which has gone from paying $15,984 to $21,500!
and big thanks to @mossmatters.bsky.social for keeping our database up-to-date!
rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
and big thanks to @mossmatters.bsky.social for keeping our database up-to-date!
rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
April 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In this economy, I did not expect any PhD stipend raises. Big shout-out to Texas Tech University which has gone from paying $15,984 to $21,500!
and big thanks to @mossmatters.bsky.social for keeping our database up-to-date!
rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
and big thanks to @mossmatters.bsky.social for keeping our database up-to-date!
rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
Has your universities minimum Biology PhD stipend changed since 2022?
Make sure our database stays up-to-date and submit any raises here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
Make sure our database stays up-to-date and submit any raises here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
April 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Has your universities minimum Biology PhD stipend changed since 2022?
Make sure our database stays up-to-date and submit any raises here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
Make sure our database stays up-to-date and submit any raises here: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
Quote post with a picture you took in a National Park.
Collecting Galax urceolata for my dissertation from Blue Ridge Parkway in May 2021.
Collecting Galax urceolata for my dissertation from Blue Ridge Parkway in May 2021.
February 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Quote post with a picture you took in a National Park.
Collecting Galax urceolata for my dissertation from Blue Ridge Parkway in May 2021.
Collecting Galax urceolata for my dissertation from Blue Ridge Parkway in May 2021.
After lots of delay - we just updated the MIT living wage in our stipend database and we are back to only two points above the line! See more: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
#PhDStipend #Biology @reptilerhett.bsky.social
#PhDStipend #Biology @reptilerhett.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 1:53 AM
After lots of delay - we just updated the MIT living wage in our stipend database and we are back to only two points above the line! See more: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
#PhDStipend #Biology @reptilerhett.bsky.social
#PhDStipend #Biology @reptilerhett.bsky.social