Matt Johnson, PhD

Associate Professor @TexasTech plant phylogenomics, bryophyte evolution, bioinformatics Director, E.L. Reed Herbarium he/his

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

Interested in target capture sequencing?

@madiraibullock and I are happy to announce a new service at TTU. Send us DNA, get reads enriched for your probes. Angiosperms353, GoFLAG, Compositae1061 & more!

Funds go to grad student stipends and tuition!

https://t.co/N6h13IbLFw

[Dr. Mason McNair (he/him) @SarraceniaMason]

Help fund my Plants X Tech lab's latest project! This collaboration with @mossMatters and my lab has big potential for research, education, & outreach! @MSU_PRI @MSUAgBio @MSUExtension @lets_experiment https://t.co/PsywpwRBJl

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

@hhlee @MadiRaiBullock Trade off on price (about 1/3 of others) vs speed… The service is currently being run by one graduate student, if there is a lot of interest we will reinvest in more grad student stipends for future years.

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

Interested in target capture sequencing?

@madiraibullock and I are happy to announce a new service at TTU. Send us DNA, get reads enriched for your probes. Angiosperms353, GoFLAG, Compositae1061 & more!

Funds go to grad student stipends and tuition!

https://t.co/N6h13IbLFw

[Madison Bullock @MadiRaiPlants]

Hey fellow botanists! Interested in hearing about some of the research I've been doing for my PhD? Check out my talk for the @AmSocPlantTaxon webinar series THIS FRIDAY at 12pm CDT 🌱🌻🏜️ Register here: https://t.co/Xff8tgtu9Y

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

Congratulations, @MadiRaiBullock well deserved!

[Botanical Society of America @Botanical_]

The BSA Historical Section is happy to announce Madison Bullock, Texas Tech University, as the winner of the Emanuel D. Rudolph Award for best student presentation of a historical nature at Botany 2024!

To see past winners, visit: https://t.co/kV647rj8cb

#BSAawards #PlantJoy

[Breanna Harris @PhysIsPhun]

😂🤣.

Asked ChatGPT4 to make jokes about this, they’re not bad!

[Planthropology Podcast🌵 @Planthropology_]

Hey y'all, we don't have to worry about GPT anymore, they're downgrading it!

[Oluwaseun Florence @oluwaseunflora1]

I’m also glad meeting one BSA students’ representative in person @ajayibenmi and other fellow Nigerians doing cool stuff in Botany.

In the same vein networking with different kinds of people doing cool stuff in Botany was my highlight for #Botany2024

[Madison Bullock @MadiRaiPlants]

The @TexasTech @mossMatters Lab gave amazing presentations at #Botany2024! Huge congratulations to @oluwaseunflora1 for her first national conference presentation. Happy to have all of these wonderful lab mates!

[Wakeman Lab @wakemanlab]

We currently have 4 job openings for Assistant Professors in our department. We are looking for a behavioral ecologist, a global change biologist, a microbial geneticist, and a developmental neurobiologist. https://t.co/a62mbGBlh9

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

Very important to note that a paper of this scale would not have been possible without:

- Herbaria! especially @KewScience
- a global team of collaborators willing to openly share data
- advancements in efficient open source software
- investment in basic biodiversity research

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

Wake up, honey: new phylogeny of flowering plants just dropped!

Over 9K species, 58% of genera, and all 416 families inferred using Angiosperms353! Out now in Nature - congrats to the @KewScience team and SO MANY collaborators!

https://t.co/zG0OYbmB5j

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

@MaribethLatvis @phylieu After ordering a slice of pecan pie at a BBQ place in TX, the woman at the counter says to us:

"Well honey, the PEE-CAN is in the back, but I can get ya some peh-CAHN pie if you want"

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

There once was hypervaccinated individual from Magdeburg...

[WRAL NEWS in NC @WRAL]

Researchers call on Duke University to reconsider its herbarium closure https://t.co/8uEXieJiDj

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

@SMWadgymar I'm not sure how I would teach relative fitness and genetic drift without first describing HWE and how it's an oversimplification of reality.

[Botanical Society of America @Botanical_]

@Botanical_ urges @DukeU to reconsider decision to disperse Duke Herbarium. Read letter here: https://t.co/s0HxefjxSW

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

My letter to @DukeChronicle on the closing of Duke's Herbarium https://t.co/Vj8ifHQICK

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

@tiger3877 Yes! There's material on QUBES I mentioned above (includes whole syllabi) and we have additional resources freely available just not published yet. I'm the "CURE Facilitator" for @bceenet so happy to field any questions on implementing! also see https://t.co/OsY62KJZpA

[Matt Johnson, PhD @mossMatters]

IMO we save herbaria by making them critical to the research AND teaching missions of universities.

Since 2020, @bceenet we've been developing teaching resources using natural history collections. Plus we have $$$ available for instructor training!

https://t.co/e7LL25b3ZU