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Fort Collins, CO
Joined July 2014
🐏 Each January, the @NationalWestern Stock Show highlights @ColoradoStateU's agricultural mission and heritage. Explore CSU Day, featuring a special rodeo performance, CAM’s Classroom, and @CSUSpur's programs. Learn more from @CSUCollegian: col.st/Pc3m
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Replying to @B_flyPavilion
@B_flyPavilion's Interim CEO Nathalie Brochu joined me and @AmaizingAg for a tour of the Gillette Museum in October! Thank you to Chuck Harp and Dr. Marek Borowiec for the tour and to the Butterfly Pavilion team for visiting CSU!
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🌾Daniel Mooney, assoc. prof. of agricultural economics, explained how cutting agricultural water usage across CO would not prevent future shortages, as some producers don't receive water some years already. col.st/JiA41
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The Moth Project, a collaboration between Montana biologist Mat Seidensticker and Chuck Harp of CSU's C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, is working to track moth migration patterns to measure climate change effects on the region. col.st/rQYEo
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⁦Congratulations, @lily_durkee⁩ !
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Really enjoyed our visit this week with Chris Preston from University of Adelaide! We spent a lot of time talking about Group 4 synthetic auxin resistance - what we know and what we still need to figure out @Shergill_CSU @CSU_AgBio
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#CSUAgDay…you just can’t miss it! 🧡 Ready to get your tickets? Head to csurams.com/promo and use our special 4-H & FFA promo code, "YouthInAg" 🍀🏈 @CSUAmyParsons @CSUAgSci @ColoradoStateU
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"According to a new study ... these crop-destroying invasive insects can hang onto zooming vehicles and endure wind speeds up to 100 kilometers per hour." 🔗 Are invasive spotted lanternflies hitching rides across state lines? science.org/content/article/…
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The Thesis Defense of my first Graduate Student (I co-supervise with Dr. Alan Knapp) as a faculty. Join us to hear Sydney sharing her interesting study characterizing drought sensitivity in grassland ecosystems using remote sensing data. @CSU_Ecology @CSU_AgBio
Craving a seminar? Say no more, fam. Join us for Sydney Hedberg’s Master’s Thesis Defense! We’re hosting this special event online too so all you travel bugs can join 😉😎 
Teams: col.st/I5Cl9
Abstract: col.st/4SZQC
Seminars: biology.colostate.edu/semina…
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I am interviewed on the most recent Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't podcast. We talk about new Psilocybe species, how to get your mushrooms DNA barcoded and lots more. You can listen to it on any Podcast player, or go to spreaker.com/episode/mycolog…
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Congrats to Dr Jake Montgomery @JakeMont12 for passing his PhD defense today! 🎉 Fantastic work on herbicide resistance in kochia and wheat as well as weed genomics
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Congratulations to Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, who was announced today as the new Executive Director of Together We Grow! Housed here at #CSUSpur, TWG focuses on building a skilled, diverse, and inclusive workforce in agriculture 🌱 We’re so excited to have you aboard 🥳
Today it was announced that Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, a long-time champion of underrepresented populations in agriculture, will be the new Executive Director at @2GTHRWEGROW. You can read more about Dr. Fitzpatrick and Together We Grow here 👉 col.st/RxAJk
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Assembly and annotation of two haplotypes of the waterhemp genome to chromosome level, from @DamilolaRaiyemo @JakeMont12 @GenomEric @CuttiLuan @lanebean @WeedGenomics
A phased chromosome-level genome assembly provides insights into the evolution of sex chromosomes in Amaranthus tuberculatus biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_genomic
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Out now in @GenomeBiology, a look at current priorities and resources for weed genomics, including the list of available weed genomes: rdcu.be/dJa5D Many, many thanks to everyone involved through @WeedGenomics and to @USDA_NIFA and @FoundationFAR for conference funding!
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I’m so very excited to join the world-class faculty and staff @CSUAgSci this August! agsci.source.colostate.edu/c…
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Arthropod Photo of the Week: May 29, 2024 Bolas spider Mastophora phrynosoma Araneae: Araneidae By Rick Malad (@rickmalad), Indiana, USA #arthropodPOTW
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Cosmo the corpse flower is in full (and smelly!) BLOOM 😲 This rare flower has been in the CSU Plant Growth Facilities greenhouse since 2016, and this is its first-ever bloom.
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Today on the Sun. The height of the plasma "wall" is comparable to the diameter of our planet.
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