*Distinguished Prof; IA Corn Endowed Chair in Genetics; Director, Plant Sciences Institute, IA State Univ; Tweets are mine
* Co-founder & CEO, Dryland Genetics
@szintri accepting a medal signifying his new position as the Nebraska Corn Chechoff Presidential Chair! He's working to improve the rate at which we release maize and other crop lines! @UNL_IANR@UNL_PSI
Pat Schnable discusses with Alison Doyle, Associate Director of Iowa State University's Research Park, entrepreneurship, water efficacy, genetic bottlenecks, and the impacts proso millet could have on the environment and agriculture. https://t.co/PgY2PYnoQh
Everyday Entrepreneurship:
Start Something, Pursue Fresh Ideas, Take Bold New Steps.
by Roger Underwood (Iowa State University, ’80 agricultural business), agricultural technology innovator & investor
https://t.co/FZ1ysBtOFG @isualum @ISUCALSInnovate #entrepreneur#agriculture
"Is it fun? Is it lucrative? Does it open up future opportunities? Does it make a change I care about in the world? Very few things are all four, but the things I choose to do should at least be one or two." - mild paraphrase of Adam Davidson.
ChatGPT was dropped on us just bit over 24 hours. It's like you wake up to the news of first nuclear explosion and you don't know yet what to think about it but you know world will never be the same again. Here some interesting snapshots of this "explosion"🧵:
Please join AG2PI tomorrow (10/19) at 10:30 CENTRAL for what I expect to be a fascinating zoom-based discussion about IP in crop and livestock genetics & breeding in both the public and private sectors. The two speakers both have both law degrees and P…https://t.co/xAyq9Z1UWC
Will be giving a short talk this afternoon in Iowa State University's stunning new Student Innovation Center as part of a Big 12 Government Relations Conference https://t.co/LjUmIKjoXs
Are you a PhD student working the intersection of plant biology and artificial intelligence? The team I'm working with at X (part of Alphabet/Google) is recruiting a PhD resident. Get some fun (and paid) industry experience in Mountain View, CA. https://t.co/Gg7YpiqeEA
The WaPo on corn transpiration: Oddest quote: "the process peaks when corn reaches its “tasseling” phase.. with a crown of thin spikes — and begins to sprout." https://t.co/Ub4vFl5pEy