Wade Roberts

🏳️‍🌈 University of Arkansas || Botany || Genomics || Gesneriads || Diatoms

[PNASNews @PNASNews]

Diatoms are tiny but ecologically important eukaryotes. After over a million years of relative stasis, the lineage of diatoms exploded into diversity, with innovations in ecology, morphology, and life history still seen today. In PNAS: https://t.co/U00lbWyhw3

[Journal of Phycology @JPhycology]

Assembling #diatom genomes is challenging due to their high repetitive DNA content.

Roberts and Alverson used long-read #sequencing to double the number of reference genomes available for #freshwater diatoms.

Read their #GenomeResource paper here: https://t.co/ZxdnsexSJo

[Eveline Pinseel, PhD @EvelinePinseel]

Happy to share our latest review article, out now in Global Ecology & Biogeography. Interested in protists and/or biogeography? Check it out!

https://t.co/I9T91xj6xe

[UArkansas Research @UArkResearch]

A new study by researchers in biological sciences @UArkansas identifies a previously unknown genetic component to our understanding of species abundance, which may have implications for a warming planet. @PLOSBiology @UofA_Research @uarkfulbright #UARK
https://t.co/A5i9sZV7gt

[Phys.org @physorg_com]

Researchers make breakthrough in understanding #species abundance @PLOSBiology https://t.co/Sa6JfdeYnI

[PLOS Biology @PLOSBiology]

Larger-bodied organisms predominate in colder areas ("#BergmannsRule"). @wwAAAddddEEE @AdamSiepielski & @sinkingdiatom show that in #diatoms, #genome size, rather than cell size, is a strong predictor of species abundance in the polar oceans #PLOSBiology https://t.co/QrLAeS3w1C

[Journal of Phycology @JPhycology]

#JPhycol Vol 58 Issue 5
Çiftçi et al. (2022)
Phylotranscriptomics reveals the reticulate evolutionary history of a widespread diatom species complex
https://t.co/6nB4UIaWON

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

Graphic design is my passion.

[Smithsonian NMNH @NMNH]

Today we are excited to announce that the entire collection—more than 3.8 million herbarium sheets—is now online and ready for you to use.

[Jeff Lewis @LewisLab]

PSA: even if it's painful, cite the papers that scooped you. It's not only extremely petty not to, but it's poor scholarship and obfuscates the literature.

[@ehroalson @ehroalson]

It is my pleasure to announce the Ownbey Herbarium is seeking a full-time herbarium collections manager! See the advertisement here: https://t.co/tLomk5cw3S. Please RT! I am happy to answer questions - send me a DM! @sbs_wsu @WSUPullman

[bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv_genomic]

Phylotranscriptomics Reveals the Reticulate Evolutionary History of a Widespread Diatom Species Complex https://t.co/trpcfjO5f1 #biorxiv_genomic

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

Recently accepted in New Phyt 🌱

Metabolism and redox balance in nonphotosynthetic diatoms @Na6ta6iia @wwAAAddddEEE @LewisLab @sinkingdiatom https://t.co/d1QHUbgEJq

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Count 1: GUILTY
Count 2: GUILTY
Count 3: GUILTY

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country.

The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not.

I will keep the faith that you have placed in me.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

We did it, @JoeBiden.

[Genome Biology @GenomeBiology]

GetOrganelle - from Jin, Yu, LI and co, a method for assembling plastid and mitochondrial genomes from whole genome sequencing data. It automatically extracts the reads for assembly. The authors apply it to 50 plant datasets, and 59 animals https://t.co/RKaw0S3Kzy

[Thomas Mock @Th_Mock]

Delighted to announce, on behalf of 32 Co-PIs, the inception of a new project that has just received funding from @jgi

*100 Diatom Genomes Project*

I hope this will bring international #diatom #research to a new level. @uniofeastanglia @ueaenv @EarlhamInst @plaza_genomics ++

[Darin Weed @darinweed]

Unlike most PhDs, I grew up socioeconomically disadvantaged. Neither of my parents went to college #firstgen. When I was born, the WIC program paid for my formula and food for my mom. When I ate lunch in high school, I paid less than everyone else, while working a part time 1/10