Kevin Ricks

PhD from @UofIllinois. Postdoc at University of Toronto. Plant-microbe interactions. Community and evolutionary ecology. 🏳️‍🌈🌿🍄🦠🌅🧗‍♂️

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

Preprint of some of my postdoctoral research examining the evolution of beneficial microbial symbionts in duckweed https://t.co/nr4IGH4Nqx

[GEMS Institute @GEMS_BII]

The work of recent GEMS graduate @KevinDRicks was just featured on the @NSF’s website. Give it a read!

https://t.co/03tlFinpvt

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

This project has been a long time coming and huge slog, with me ultimately repeating an entire greenhouse experiment when we realized we were missing a necessary control. But I'm really excited that it's finally published! @RSocPublishing
https://t.co/9BsCx6wUuD

[Mathieu Ferron @Mathieu_Ferron]

We thank the reviewers for their very helpful suggestions which we now have incorporated in our manuscript.

[Matthew Hahn @3rdreviewer]

This paper has too many great quotes to pick just one. Such a great read.
https://t.co/c5TcKNJYQ4

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

@SierraScientist

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

@SierraScientist @bedwellbacteria 😭

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

While it might look like I'm taking notes on your talk at #ESA2022, and I probably should be, it's more likely I'm doodling 🫠

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

If you're at #ESA2022 and want to hear about the evolution of plant-microbe symbiosis and rhizobia, come check out my talk at 3:45PM on Monday in 516D (COS 38) ☘️🦠😃

[Joe Edwards @jedward_s]

Realizing my PhD in microbial ecology is really a just a license to do multivariate stats in the dumbest ways possible

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

After a couple years, my parents are finally starting to understand how the academic system works. Consequently, when I talk to them these days, they’ve stopped asking me about why I won’t give them grandkids, but rather why I’m not publishing fast enough.

[Sierra S. Raglin, Ph.D. 🦠 @SierraScientist]

@KevinDRicks and I are excited about our Brachypodium babies ❤️🌱

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

Give your laptop a break

@OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter #academictwitter

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

@bedwellbacteria I swear I don't remember the last time I went into a reading group and people actually liked the paper

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

what a surprise! everyone in the reading seminar hated this weeks paper because it *checks notes* weirdly formatted a table

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

no mom/dad, I can't just "get a postdoc" at the university in the same town that you live

[Roxanne Felig (she/her/hers) @roxannefelig]

No one prepares you for the absolute high that comes with being able to help someone with their R code

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

A new microbial ecology PhD student, probably: what sort of microbes colonize the sandworms in Dune, and do they aid spice production?

[Kevin Ricks @KevinDRicks]

@AndrewBarnas #wizaRd