John J Riggins
817 posts
John J Riggins
@bugsnforests
Forest Entomologist, interested in disturbance and invasion ecology, insect outbreaks and biogeochemistry, and forest insect IPM
Beigetreten Ekim 2011
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Brown spot needle blight is hammering loblolly pine in MS right now. The fungal disease works its way up from the bottom of the canopy and will cause last year’s needles to drop, making the canopy look thin until this year’s needles mature. #MSUext
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Spring in Mississippi: The air is perfumed with wisteria, the delicate, pink native azaleas are blooming, the fusiform rust galls on pine limbs are sporting powdery, orange blisters, and eastern tent caterpillars are chowing down on cherry leaves. Ahhh! 🤓 #MSUext
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@lovettbr We have an insect ecologist position open at Mississippi State University!
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I’m on the market! 🎉
What do I do?
-I develop research questions and applied biotechnology to understand and disrupt insect symbioses.
-I coordinate international teams to tackle interdisciplinary global challenges.
-I train mycologists, entomologists and insect pathologists.
GIF
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@HenryYin19 Fewer proposals➡️Fewer grants➡️Fewer projects➡️Fewer students➡️more time to do the parts you miss
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As a PI, most of my lab skills have deteriorated. I barely know how to do anything in the lab, but I'm pretty good at multi-factor authentication, paperwork, electronic signatures... I also tell myself that I'm good at thinking about the big picture, whatever that means.
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@KitMaherCNN @carrieunderwood This was downright awesome. Made better by this moment. @carrieunderwood you should be so proud, what a professional!
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@RaiolaDylan thanks for all you are doing to try and bring the huskers back. Hang in there!!!
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@bugsnforests Hi there! Please give our team a follow so we can DM you for more details. Thanks!
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Crews just informed that not all customers are restored. They have isolated the area with line damage and restored as many customers as possible currently.
There are approx 500 customers still without service and we are working on this repairs
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Also affects Oktibbeha gardens, Presley place, hillside drive and parts of north Jackson as well as neighboring streets
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Come work within a small team @Forest_Research investigating the susceptibility of Sitka spruce to the invasive tree-killing bark beetle, Ips typographus! 2 year post, based at Alice Holt, with field and lab work.
jobs.ac.uk/job/DCT587/res…
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As an academic writing coach, here are the 9 mistakes I see PhD and grad students make when writing scientific papers.
A thread. 🧵
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This is great advice. I would add: embrace the constant growth/change and BE COACHABLE!!
Andrew Akbashev@Andrew_Akbashev
Your PhD is about the evolution of your mindset. It proceeds through personal research experience, mentorship and development of key skills. This is why PhD in STEM: - is NOT about a thesis (very few people will read it) - is NOT about finish your advisor’s project - is NOT about attending new courses - is NOT to learn how to use cool instruments (although it might be handy, it is of little help in a long run) Yes, some of it will help you get hired. BUT PhD should not be about this. ▫️ PhD is about personal development, creativity and problem solving in a highly dynamic research environment. First of all, it is about: - Becoming a highly critical and creative thinker - Learning how to think independently (against the local or global mainstream) - Learning how to “jump-start” a project and bring it to perfection - Discovering your strengths and weaknesses as a future leader - Learning from massive number of mistakes without big consequences - Learning how to accept failures and move on - Understanding the value of teamwork and collaboration - Publishing important studies and making discoveries (especially if you plan to stay in academia) ▫️ Of course, there are some “perks” that come with it: 1. Getting a good expertise in some field 2. Getting some idea about the world of academia and how things work there 3. Learning how to use fancy tools (microscopes, spectrometers, etc) 4. Learning how to write papers, etc etc But these are only bonuses. They should not be why you are pursuing PhD. ▫️ As a prospective PhD student, do NOT look for a supervisor who will be simply assigning tasks to you and tracking your project. Look for a good mentor and advisor who can help you develop YOUR leadership skills. A proper research environment and inspiration to pursue your dreams are the key ingredients. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdchat
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Happy to have contributed a chapter in this new open-access #foresthealth textbook, which features chapters on entomology and #invasivespecies (hat tip to Jeremy Allison Tim Paine, @bernardslippers, and @IUFRO_Mike for serving as editors!):
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
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Out today- open access: Synthesising 35 years of invasive non‑native species research in
@BioInvasions! A huge amount of work and a great team effort from @UniofNewcastle @StirUni @ModEviPol @StirlingScience lead author @Em_A_Stevenson
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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Excited to receive @USDA_NIFA #AFRI @USDA New Investigator Seed Grant! Exciting collaborative project with @RameshSagili @pjaiswal37 & Rangappa labs @PcbBee @MSU_DAFVM @MSU_AG @msstate & @OregonState @OSUHoneyBeeLab. Intersciplinary project on #climatechange & #bee_nutrition!🐝
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The university travel reimbursement website making reimbursements easy
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