Phytograds

Official twitter of the Plant and Microbial Biology graduate student group at the University of Minnesota

[UMN CBS @umncbs]

Angela Ricono spends a lot of time with cabbage. Not because it’s tasty or cute (though she says it is)— but because it’s a good model to test stress response in crop plants. Angie studies how plant’s circadian clocks relate to stress response and regulation. @phytograds

[UMN CBS @umncbs]

“It’s corn! I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing!”… is probably what @phytograds Joan Barreto Ortiz and Claire Menard were thinking as they paused for a brief photo break at their maize research site. 🌽 Wish them luck on their fieldwork during these hot and humid summer days!

[Phytograds @phytograds]

Learn more about microbes with our wonderfully microbe cards!

[Phytograds @phytograds]

Celebrating #EarthDay2023 by helping restore the prairie!

[Hailey Sauer @HMS_Beagles]

@phytograds

[Phytograds @phytograds]

Welcome to the program everyone!

[Phytograds @phytograds]

Check out the incoming PMB grad cohort at
@ItascaBio last week! Orientation was a bit different this year (masks, socially distanced) - thank you to the TAs and faculty for showing off the station!
@HMS_Beagles
@gevargu
@shroominn
@trinity_lh
@UMNFuN
@lesleyknoll
@eliason_sara

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

It's #WomensEqualityDay, and today we're celebrating #WomenInSTEM by recommending one of our favorite books! Discover “Women in Microbiology” -- a collection of inspirational tales featuring an ensemble of trailblazing scientists. Buy your copy at https://t.co/MzgsAfDQSK

[Phytograds @phytograds]

For a late #InternationalDogDay celebration, let's start a thread of all of the pups in PMB!
Share yours in a reply below! 🐶

[UMN Field Guides @umn_fieldguides]

Check out our "field guide" for applying to graduate school. This document is filled with hints and tips on the application process from real-life graduate students!
https://t.co/5mVgC7Wq0l

[Jonathan Schilling @shroominn]

Year 9 of Log decomposition research in Marcell, MN with @usfs_nrs @michigantech folks.

[Jiwei @zhang_jiwei]

anniversary as a faculty since last Aug. 26, from chair assembling to a fungal molecular lab @UMNBBE. Thank you people who have helped me @shroominn @UMNMycology @forestmycology

[Hailey Sauer @HMS_Beagles]

Hey @phytograds. 😎 #MethaneAndTheMississippi #Moo

[Phytograds @phytograds]

Black. Lives. Matter.

[UMN CBS @umncbs]

Many CBS labs have revisited DEI statements on their webpages + spaces. Some are adding posters. Designed by Sammy Katta, @lesliedayly - a @phytograds PhD student - customized them for two for CBS labs. See the pledge & posters https://t.co/YJ5wvIa4zc

[Phytograds @phytograds]

Check out this awesome coloring book by 2nd year Leslie Day from the Costa lab! Great work, Leslie!

#scicomm #academicchatter #phdchat

[Leslie Day @lesliedayly]

Okay guys I’m finally getting around to sharing the coloring book I created about my research. Feedback welcome! 1/7 #AcademicChatter @AcademicChatter

[Phytograds @phytograds]

Way to go Dr. Shan Kothari!! Excellent job!

[Shan Kothari @ShanKothari]

anyway I passed

[Zenith Tandukar @Zeniticist]

Sunset over the water tower @UMNews was absolutely gorgeous as I left work tonight. Rare moments of joy in otherwise awful days of 2020 #Minnesota

[Hailey Sauer @HMS_Beagles]

(A day late)
Started #Julymester Field Microbiology off with a bang... Or rather a bubble. Lots and lots of methane bubbles.