oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️

Husband, Dad, Christian | PhDing plant anatomy, evolution & development @Yale | Alum @UniIbadan @CSIRNBRILKO | of @Scholarpreneurs @AfroInBio | Fan @ChelseaFC

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

I'm glad to be this year's recipient of the Don Kaplan Dissertation Award by @Botanical_ Society of America (BSA), the $10k that came with it is my biggest so far!

Getting one research grant/funding/award every year was a goal I set for myself when I started my PhD at Yale in 2021. I have since won 8 research awards, 3 travel awards, and some other prizes - the previous always higher than the last, and I hope it continues that way!

Beyond the fact that money is super important for research, I'd also usually apply for these things in the hope that if I get it, it can inspire many others like me from low income backgrounds and underdeveloped/developing countries, first-gen or even a parent juggling family with studying for a degree. But somehow, I limited myself to posting about it just on WhatsApp - not fair enough! Sometimes, I don't even post it because I worry I won't be able to individually respond "thank you" to every "congratulations."

Anyway, this is me inspiring you and others like me with the 5 most popular lines that gets me going in everything, in order of determination.
1. "I can"
2. "Just do it"
3. "Try"
4. "Na person wey shoot shot dey score" (You can only miss the shots you take, but what if you score?)
5. "Na person wey give up F*** up" (it's altogether challenging, but you can't give up, perseverance is key)

The littlest of things inspire me the most (ask my wife @TheMaryOs😂), and I hope that you were at least pumped by the time you read mantras 1,2, 3.

I remain grateful to all my support and funding sources @yalegsas @yalepeabody @YaleBiosphere @ArnoldArboretum @Botanical_ @iaptglobal @AmSocPlantTaxon @roboflow amongst others!

I'm always seeking support, so if anyone knows which sources funds biological research, particularly plants, please send them to me. I'm also open to collaborations!

I'm also open to talking about what I think are my tips to these specific successes in grad school, whether in writing, interview, podcast, video, or whatever... I guess I should be strong willed enough to do one! Maybe I'll just inspire myself with one of my empowering mantras😅.

The follow-up goal is to continue publishing scientific articles - products of the funding! And to finish this PhD! Vamoooos!

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

Starting this thread to share funding/grant opportunities as it comes my way, including awards for research, conference travel, and trainings. It'll mostly be for biological sciences, but I might be biased towards Botany/Plant Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, & US opportunities.

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

@matajson This is me!!!

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

Nothing will happen!

[Esteem 👁‍🗨 🦅 @Esteembehemoth]

Ycee might actually never know the sort of cultural reset and paradigm shift that his comment about "Olodo uprising" has caused on conscious minds here.

Anybody fighting what he said is truly among the group of Olodo Uprising he rightly talked about.

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

You can't even write a better script.

The consummation of Olodo uprisers - father and son edition.

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

Does Xabi Alonso know this?

[Chelsea Dodgers @TheBlueDodger]

🚨 There remains faith in Garnacho and Jamie Gittens at Chelsea.

(@JacobsBen) #CFC

[Cyborg Warlord @Admiral_Cyborg]

2 years ago today, WAEC deleted this 2016 video confirming that Peter Obi moved Anambra State from 27th to 1st in WAEC rankings, all because of that guy in Aso Rock.

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

Tosin? Disasi? Fofana? Badiashile? In a season of fewer midweek games, sell them for scraps, use the money to buy one quality Thiago-Silva-Peak-level replacement, keep Chalobah, Archeampong, Colwil, Hato, and promote one of the guys in the junior teams!

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🔵 EXCL: Trevoh Chalobah can leave Chelsea this summer and Como send initial official bid for the centre back.

🇮🇹 Understand Inter have also looked at Chalobah among centre back options.

English CB focused on World Cup but UCL clubs keen.

🎥 https://t.co/CuT9rly9uZ

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

Cucurella, na wa for you oh🤣

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🤍 Marc Cucurella: “I hope Enzo Fernández joins Real Madrid too. I’d be so happy”.

“The opportunity for us to both join Real Madrid in the SAME summer would be amazing”, told Radio Marca.

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

Malo isn't deadwood? You're surely not a Chelsea fan cos if you watched just one of his games this concluded season, you won't encourage any team to buy him!

[SHAYEE 𒀭 @tier_1st]

Very soon, people’s eyes will open. This club is becoming all about buying and selling players, while the deadwood and players who barely feature are the ones they keep.

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

How do you know Alonso wanted him? You guys spoke on the phone? Or he dm'ed you?

[OB @CFC_OBED]

Alonso wants palestra , Chelsea gives him palestra . Maybe finally these sporting directors are coming back to their senses. One of the reasons why I loved the Alonso signing is because of the fact that when he picks up the phone and calls you , you know you’re talking to a champions league winner/ league champion and a World Cup winner . We’re not some random coach ! Pull

[COUNTRYnotNATION @Taulpaul_X]

SHUTDOWN THE COSTS... WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THE PICNICS AND PARTYING ~ Peter Obi

If you are in politics to make money, like most are, YOU CAN NEVER LIKE THIS GUY.

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

If he was white, the headline would be very different!

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

“The baby could arrive before the end of the tournament,” said Belgium winger Jeremy Doku. “I would like to be there.

"No father would want to miss that. I know that the federation is aware and we will see what we can do.”

This did not seem controversial. And yet, over the days that followed, those three sentences sparked a backlash against the 24-year-old.

The baby, yes, would be waiting for Doku on his return. That is both true and beside the point.

The birth of a child — particularly your first child — is a life-changing event. There is no substitute for being in the room.

You are not there wholly for the baby, even if those early moments of bonding are important. You are, in part, there for yourself. More than anything, though, you are there for the person giving birth.

Make no mistake: sport is a wonderful thing. It delights and diverts. It can seem incredibly important. It is also, for those who play it, a job. It won’t love you back. It won’t look after you when you’re old.

If Jeremy Doku wants to be there, that should be the end of it, writes @jacklang

FREE TO READ 🔗 https://t.co/xQIdBSiWox

[Gift Iyioku, PhD @gift_adetutu]

Hi friends,

I’m developing an archival collection on the Boko Haram insurgency and need help sourcing primary materials, particularly newspapers, magazines, government publications, and personal documents and photographs from affected communities, from northeast Nigeria focusing on the insurgency, dating from 2002 onwards.

Materials held in private family collections are especially valuable and if you or your family have relevant materials and are willing to share photographs or scans, I would welcome the conversation. Contributors will be formally credited in the collection.

Please feel free to share this post with anyone who might be able to help.

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

You didn't set this same standard for BAT who didn't lay out one-tenth of the many plans and executions PO laid in the last election cycle, he even assigned people to answer his questions because he was clueless, yet he became president! So, dead this your narrative abeg!

[Mórìn @0morinsola]

Watched PO on Rufai’s podcast yesterday and like many other politicians, he could barely articulate how he plans to execute his many plans.

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

You had the one opportunity to encourage your fellow country men not to be xenophobic and embrace Africans, but you chose beg Africans to unite in support of you and forget the xenophobic actions and attacks on other Africans in your country?
You know what you're doing!

[SABC News @SABCNews]

FIFA WORLD CUP | In response to the online criticism and backlash, Bafana Bafana captain Ronwen Williams has urged football fans to unite in the globe, saying, "Let's leave politics to politicians and play football."

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

Which one did you advise your GOAT-in-power that said you should vote him out of he doesn't fix electricity in 4 years. I mean the same one that licked the mic to test it, or that danced throughout his campaign season?
This is 2026, this your strategy will only work on an idiot!

[Patrick Anum @patrickanum]

This interview really disappointed me because the electricity issue in Nigeria is not a very complicated matter to hold it as a secret

First of all, Nigeria has the ability to produce 13,000MW of electricity but only produces 5,000 and sometimes 6,000 at the most.

It is like saying a factory has 100 machines installed, but only 35 are actually running.

Nigeria at the moment does not get 13, 000 MW because the plants are not all able to operate at full capacity.

So I was expecting that the first solution would be to effectively make those existing infrastructure run at full capacity as such, address the issues causing it to not run at full capacity

The problems that are presently not making it reach full capacity are; that for one it is gas powered, and there usually isn’t enough gas
I would expect a solution on how to maneuver that problem.
A solution like not over relying on one source of fuel, like diversifying into solar, hydro, wind, etc like foreign countries have done

So the problem is not even creating power plants as he mentioned, but fixing the fuel to power chain.

The second issue is more simpler as there are many old and poorly maintained equipment. The solution is to create a maintenance culture in Nigeria that has been lacking, so that one is a low hanging fruit.

But what I was expecting was the financial area which is one of the most tricky issues affecting the electricity market.

Distribution companies if they don’t collect sufficient revenue, or manage it properly, the gas suppliers won’t be able to supply gas, or would supply in limited amounts.

So a solution would be better financial management of these distribution companies and how they collect revenue.
He could have easily said, how I managed finance in Anambra, I would also ensure proper management of these distribution companies finances because if payment chain is fixed, the bulk of the issue is solved

I will ensure proper contracts exist and we would drag all contractors who don’t comply to court

He could then have said, it is after he has done all this that then we can build more plants and expand on transmission, distribution etc

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

Thank you Ghana!

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

I honestly want Ghana to win. So, guys abeg score and don't concede - that's how to win. Because Chale, if you lose eh.....

[Dr Timothy Utteridge @timutteridge]

Taxonomist role at Kew - Research Leader (Americas)

https://t.co/nV34vqkJS0

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

@elijah_odetokun 🤣🤣🤣

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

Is Ghana world cup rusty??? And for someone who plays for Manchester City and was trusted by Pep, why is Semenyo moving like football has left him?

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

I honestly want Ghana to win. So, guys abeg score and don't concede - that's how to win. Because Chale, if you lose eh.....

[oso-tee.bsky.social | Oluwatobi (Tobi) Oso☄️ @OSO_Tee]

@elijah_odetokun It's irritating, yet I'm still watching - must be a spell.