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Veronica Sondervan
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Systems Biology PhD Candidate NYU & NYBG | Plant Science BSc UMN |
🌱🖥️ #bioinformatics #plantgenomics #evolutionarygenomics #plantbiology
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OrthoFinder: scalable phylogenetic orthology inference for comparative genomics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.15.664860v1
July 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve their crop yields and minimize the cost of nitrogen fertilizers.

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Image: Corn growing in the Irene Rose Sohn Zegar Memorial Greenhouse on the top floor of NYU’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology. Credit: Tracey Friedman/NYU
June 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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This work started nearly 10 years ago and was once my main postdoctoral project at @plantevolution.bsky.social before I slowed work on it to a trickle because it became confusing. But it always remained extremely interesting.

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A major trade-off between growth and defense in Arabidopsis thaliana can vanish in field conditions
In controlled greenhouse conditions, Arabidopsis thaliana plants with a hyperactive allele of the ACD6 gene have stronger pathogen defenses but are smaller and make fewer seeds, in a classic fitness t...
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July 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Just released! More original artwork added to our #DigitisedCollections.

Watercolour drawings of Indian plants commissioned by John Fleming (1747-1829).
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View the first 350 illustrations in this collection of 1,162, with more to follow once digitised.
#SpecialCollections #SciArt
Original colour watercolour drawing of a plant called 'Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Andrews'. It is drawn to a scientific level, showing the flowers, leaves, roots and seeds. Photograph of a member of staff operating a large piece of equipment which photographs flat items, from above. There is a piece of original mounted artwork lying on the worktop, with it's mount open to show the item in it's entirety. The member of staff stands on the left, looking down at the art and holds a switch in his hand. In the background two bright circular lights face towards the camera.
February 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Moss sporophytes trapping water droplets. Brightened up a dull, damp day. #mosses
February 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Peep a few of the National Parks Oracle Deck cards!

Drawing all these plants and animals has been an absolute dream assignment and I genuinely can’t wait for folks to get their hands on this 🌿 🐸 🐡
Card with an illustration of a little toad surrounded by plants and stones. The top text reads “Insecurity, Retreat”. The bottom text reads “Couch’s Spadefoot, Scaphiopus chouchii, Guadalupe Mountains National Park” Card with an illustration of a small fern on a cluster of rocks. The top text reads “Optimism, Serendipity”. The bottom text reads “Grave’s Spleenwort, Asplenium gravesi, Hot Springs National Park” Card with an illustration of a white and brown spotted bird perched on a piece of driftwood. The top text reads “Commitment, Courtship”. The bottom text reads “Spotted Sandpiper, Actitus macularius , Congaree National Park” Card with an illustration of an actively posed ferret. The top text reads “Innovation, Challenge”. The bottom text reads “Black-Footed Ferret, Mustela nigripes, Badlands National Park”
February 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Monochrome
#seeds #nature #photography
Macro black and white photo of milkweed seeds ready to be carried away.
February 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Cute cow!

#art #illustration
A digital drawing of a cow with big ears sitting among a bunch of flowers.
February 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM