Claire Whitaker

Plant-pathogen research | PhD Candidate | @hailingj1 lab | UC Riverside | she/her

[Darrion Nguyen @lab_shenanigans]

even the science topics we’re taught in school can be skewed by gender bias 🥴

[UCR Botany GSA @StudentBotany]

Please join us for our Plants Through Time Virtual Symposium on Wednesday, May 25, 10am-5pm.

For more information and to register, visit https://t.co/7CMLL5835y

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

@PFforPhDs UGH I just went through this smh

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

@spleonard1

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

More #FungiArt for the #Fungal22 conference hype!!

Alt text: Some *shiny* fungal spores being collected by a fairy

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

When you think #FungiArt what comes to mind? My first thoughts were the toxic jungle in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and some of the pieces from my stop motion #SciComm video!! #Fungal22

[Hailing Jin @hailingj1]

Methodological guidelines for isolation and purification of plant extracellular vesicles #EV : isolating pure apoplastic fluid is a key 1st step; many EVs present in the supernatant of 40,000g centrifugation; immuno-capture is the best for EV purification: https://t.co/3uYk423MG2

[UCR Botany GSA @StudentBotany]

Had to hop on the latest Twitter meme trend...

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

@PFforPhDs University of CA system makes you pay out of state tuition/fees if you don't declare CA residency by the start of your 2nd year

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

I got to show the undergrads in the lab I'm TAing this video of me harassing a sensitive plant. Just watching the video makes me so happy

Plants are cool af

[UCR Botany GSA @StudentBotany]

The UCR BGSA is hosting a Celebration of Diversity in Botany symposium on June 2nd sponsored by Corteva! Guest speakers, student lightning talks, a career panel with representatives from industry and government. More on our website: https://t.co/b9ZuRRimm4

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

I just learned a new word thanks to @arbortrarypod : capacious (not capricious, but google tried real hard)

[Monica @monicanadams]

Me trying to finish this manuscript while there’s an attempted coup in DC

#phdlife #AcademicChatter

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

There is a wheat line named Claire. It was basically a side note in a paper and I find this slightly life-altering

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

@carnivoresetal And then they nap for a week?

[Eugene Gu, MD @eugenegu]

Marsha Blackburn sent two armed US Marshals to my home in Nashville to subpoena me to Congress for the fetal tissue research that Trump ended up using to save himself from the coronavirus while nominating Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court so that she can ban it permanently.

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

@FeastFish @carnivoresetal *gentle poke* Em's pronouns are they/them. Let's not misgender on such a GAY DAY

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

@carnivoresetal @Ologies It was a joy to listen too! Your enthusiasm woke me right up (I listened at 5:30am while I was getting ready)

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

@BowiedipDe @Glamrou ngl I had a dill plant one summer and I'd sit at dusk and pick off the slugs with chopsticks... the slugs eventually won

[Claire Whitaker @ClaireWhitaker5]

@Glamrou @renireni I bought some jars of baby food, cleaned them out, and buried the jars so that the edge was level with the ground. Fill with beer and be amazed the next morning! Word of warning: the slugs will eventually melt in the beer, so it would be wise to dump/refill regularly! Good luck!