Laymon Ball

I'm a PhD student in the Lagomarsino lab at Louisiana State University.

[Kaidi Wu, Ph.D. @kaidi_wu]

Americans have no idea how difficult legal immigration is for "high-skilled immigrants".

I have 4 degrees incl a PhD. Einstein visa. 250K salary at FAANG. Lived in this country since I was a teenager.

I won't be able to obtain citizenship until middle age

Guide for Intl PhDs🧵

[Laymon Ball @L_DBall]

@oluwaseunflora1 @ajayibenmi @JanetMansaray It was so good to meet you!

[Laymon Ball @L_DBall]

@olivgreenn @UFPlants Awesome job Olivia!!

[Olivia Degreenia @olivgreenn]

Had a wonderful time presenting my undergraduate research at the 8th Annual Plant Science Symposium at UF @UFPlants and met an array of brilliant plant scientists that are fighting for our future!! (such a beautiful campus too)

[Emily Taylor @snakeymama]

It's NSF GRFP season! Applications are due in October. Here is a link to a Google Sheet with essays from many successful applicants. #AcademicChatter https://t.co/fSirSTI2Vv

[brant faircloth @brantfaircloth]

Please apply for the @systbiol Early Systematist Award! You will receive $1000 in support of conference attendance or research and 3 years membership in the @systbiol. Requirements in image (and on linked form).

Apply here: https://t.co/VVlIYbiK0p

[Dr. Jordan Dowell @Dowell_VOC]

Super stoked to continue to be a part of the #AppsPlantSci fam! Apps has helped me a great deal & it’s an awesome journal with a great mission to make methods accessible. It’s a great resource for anyone trying to learn new methods and especially those 1st students in labs

[Prosanta Chakrabarty @PREAUX_FISH]

Really proud to have my book 'Explaining Life Through Evolution' coming out with @MITpress this week.

I wanted to write an evolution book that the general reader could pick up and understand but also one that could explain the subject to the uninitiated.

https://t.co/kjoknlFQeI

[Laymon Ball @L_DBall]

@_laufran Thanks Lauren 🥲

[Carrie Kiel @carrieakiel]

I am super thrilled to see our paper published on the amazing anthers of Justicia (Acantaceae) in @annbot with collaborators @A___Fisher, Erin Manzitto-Tripp, Mark Porter, and Lucinda McDade @CABotanicGarden. preprint: https://t.co/KHMb84vNUc

[Bort Edwards @BortEdwards]

Calling all Ornithology PhD students!
Cleveland Museum of Natural History is looking for our next Curator of Ornithology by offering to support your last 1-2 years of study + a postdoc -> endowed curator position!!
https://t.co/9d4db7tj7S
#AcademicTwitter @AmOrnith #phdpositions

[Dr. Laura Lagomarsino @Lagomarsino_L]

A new important paper for curators and collection managers of #NaturalHistoryMuseums and #herbaria now out (featuring #LagoLab PhD student @JanetMansaray): “Shining Light on Labels in the Dark: Guidelines for Offensive Collections Materials”

https://t.co/cm44jthx1U

[Laymon Ball @L_DBall]

Happy #BlackInNHMs Week! My name is Laymon Ball and I’m a botanist 🌱and PhD candidate at @LSU_BioSci. Part of my research involves collecting genetic and morphological data from herbarium specimens of Neotropical Hillieae (#Rubiaceae) to understand macroevolutionary patterns.

[Black in Natural History Museums @BlackInNHMs]

IT’S THE FIRST DAY OF #BlackInNHMs WEEK 2022!
🦋🕷️🐟🦎🐺🦜🌻🍄🪱

And it’s time for our #RollCall! We're excited to hear from all our #MuseumFriends from around the globe. Tell us who you are & what your role is in the museum (researchers, SciCommers, & more) LETS GOOOOOO!!!

[Prosanta Chakrabarty @PREAUX_FISH]

I know it isn't cool to say you like your academic job, but I love @LSU - I really like Baton Rouge, and Louisiana and my colleagues and friends here. It isn't perfect but there are people here trying to make things better every day: Come join us https://t.co/aedQ8Zn5Bo

[Fabián A. Michelangeli @pedoconnective]

Super exited to share that are starting the search for a cluster hire in Science @nybg. Up to 5 curators in an array of fields from systematics to genomics and data science or AI (as applied to biodiversity).
Please RT
https://t.co/7oZpdJbWCr

[Morgan Gostel @M_Gostel]

📢Recruiting an @NSF-funded PhD student to contribute to our E. Hemisphere #IronweedRevision project!!🌍🌻🧬🌱

#Plant #Taxonomy #Systematics #Phylogenomics #Compositae #Vernonieae

Deadline 15 Dec | DM or email w/❓s #IAmABotanist @KewScience @KewAfrica @BRIT_org @UTABiologyDept

[Laymon Ball @L_DBall]

@Lagomarsino_L @CSULBPhysGique @CSULB That would be awesome!

[Dr. Laura Lagomarsino @Lagomarsino_L]

I am thrilled to announce the #NSFfunded Louisiana Graduate Network in Applied Evolution (LAGNiAppE ⚜️), a postbacc training program targeting scholars from underrepresented demographics that will link @LSU researchers to institutions across the state.

https://t.co/f6X4Rxvq2W