Robert Schaeffer

Assistant Professor | @USUAggies | Interests: flowers, bees, microbes, sustainable ag, fermentation, mountains | Tweets are mine

[Robert Schaeffer @rnschaeffer]

We're hiring some more! 2-3 positions in Cell & Molec Bio @ Assistant or Associate level. Some areas of interest include neuro, development, systems bio, & functional genomics. Pls share! https://t.co/mdiuGgxcso

[Robert Schaeffer @rnschaeffer]

We're hiring! Our dept. is seeking TWO Assistant Professors in Extension Entomology. @EntsocAmerica @IPMWest @NPDN https://t.co/NfiAphZIJw

[bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv_plants]

Niche-Based Priority Effects Predict Microbe Resistance to Erwinia amylovora in Pear Nectar https://t.co/hHpKdRYRHk #biorxiv_plants

[Bailey Crowley @Bailey_Crowley1]

New preprint with @rnschaeffer

We performed an in vitro study to investigate the effects of thermal environment on provision microbiome diversity and composition, and the resulting effects on the health and development of solitary bee larvae

https://t.co/kCMzhlGbxz

[Robert Schaeffer @rnschaeffer]

Interested in rearing the solitary mason bee, Osmia lignaria, in the lab? Check out this detailed protocol from Ph.D. candidate Mary-Kate Williams and collaborators at the USDA Bee Lab: https://t.co/xUVZoGFjgw

[Robert Schaeffer @rnschaeffer]

Scaling use of the rust fungus Puccinia punctiformis for biological control of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.): First report on a U.S. statewide effort https://t.co/fdVbwU3452

[Robert Schaeffer @rnschaeffer]

We're hiring! USU's Dept. of Plants, Soils, & Climate is seeking an Assistant Professor and Fruit Crop Extension Specialist @utahstate_ag @usuextension 🍒🍑🍎 Please RT. https://t.co/7tmFpOsCfV

[Danielle Rutkowski @DanielleRutkow]

New review paper out now on bee-fungi associations with @rachelvannette and Makena Weston. We discuss some common fungal associations and their impacts on bees, and highlight how much there is to learn still about these interactions! https://t.co/zsXDNvKRmI

[Rachael Winfree @rachael_winfree]

Fascinating evidence for the COI between bees (which want to consume pollen) and plants (which want bees to transport pollen)! Based on a tremendous amount of careful field and lab work by Lucia Weinman.

[Paul CaraDonna @paulcaradonna]

Totally wild: scenes from our field work and @RMBLGothic from @mrkdrf 's film A New Nature are being displayed all over Times Square in NYC every evening at 11:57PM for the rest of April. If you are in NYC, check it out!

(📷 Michael Hull courtesy of Times Square Arts)

[Robert Schaeffer @rnschaeffer]

@yoon_ad You can see mine. Best email to use?

[Florian Schiestl @SchiestlFlorian]

A PostDoc position in Chemical Ecology is available in my lab, see https://t.co/NMqrV5QPB1
Please re-tweet to anyone potentially interested in the job!

[Will Petry @oecodynamics]

🚨Summer field technician job alert🚨
We're hiring 2 field research assistants to collect plant demographic data in the mountains of Colorado early/mid Jun-end Aug

Full ad & appl: https://t.co/adLeTnBvZd
Review begins March 17(!), continuing until filled

plz RT

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[Florian Schiestl @SchiestlFlorian]

A PhD position in plant adaptation/experimental evolution is available in my lab, check it out: https://t.co/zl3j7J3TNf

[Gareth Thomas @G_A_Thomas]

Less than a month to submit abstracts to our @AmerChemSociety symposium 'Harnessing Chemical Ecology to Achieve Food Security'! Further details can be found below #ChemicalEcology #agriculture

[Botanical Society of America @Botanical_]

#Botany2023 Abstract Submission is Now Open!
Submission deadline is April 3, 2023.

Visit https://t.co/5YVXOyciRA for more information or to see a list of topics for abstracts.

To submit your abstract visit: https://t.co/OWA51nlNW3

[Robert Schaeffer @rnschaeffer]

@evornithology Gillian Welch - Revelator

[Elias H. Bloom @susta1nabeelity]

Interested in learning about my approach to socio-ecological modeling using the microbiome and organic farming as study systems? Check out my department seminar! https://t.co/MXVbp78lsZ

[PANKAJ TRIVEDI @PankajTri29]

The Trivedi lab #CSU is hiring. Will be looking for a computational postdoc who will develop statistical and genome scale models to predict host-microbiome associations from -metagenomic datasets. Ad to be posted soon, but please contact me if interested!