Mitchell Feldmann

The cat is officially out of the bag! On March 1, I will be starting in a new role at @ucdavisCAES @UCDavisPlants as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences and Director-Elect of the Strawberry Breeding Program.

Postdocs (@plantpostdocs) and early career scientists interested in conducting tomato genetics research and participating in serving the greater tomato genetics community through this historical resource center (tgrc.ucdavis.edu) should apply! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06784

@maxjfeldman @YourJeewan @maliagehan @KatieMurphyPhD @JoanManBarreto Found your emails, sent a note.

@maxjfeldman @YourJeewan @maliagehan @KatieMurphyPhD @JoanManBarreto If you write send me an email, I can provide the docs we came up with.

Question for #DataScience and #Automation experts: I have 250 images, and each has a QR code tag (see example below). I need to rename each image using the info from the QR code which corresponds to Plot number. Any suggestions for tools, libraries, or scripts? #ImageProcessing

@jeekinlau That’s an odd one. What is a 3 year term asst prof? Like a 3 year contract? Gross

Just saw a three year term assistant prof position in breeding. Requires of 2-4 postdoc. Need to teach and mentor students. Just 5-10 years ago you could land a TT assistant professor job straight out of PhD program or with 1-2 year postdoc. What is happening in #academia

The UC Davis plant community is recruiting for a new head of the Charles M. Rick Tomato Genetic Resource center. This position is a cornerstone of the tomato and Solanaceae community and provides some really cool research and teaching opportunities. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06784

@jrossibarra @wareslab "traffic"

@wareslab waiting on @MitchFeldmann who's stuck in traffic, but local brewery 3 blocks from my house, so can't complain.

@ChenxinLi2 But not too strong

@ChenxinLi2 “Have” is a strong word

Let me clarify: sometimes you have to work 7 days a week and 10-12 hours a day, but there is a lot of flexibility in choosing which 7 days and which 10-12 hours.

@DocEdge85 Sick 🔥

9yo (who loves cybertrucks), earnestly: Dad, how come you don't like cybertrucks? Most of the people I see driving them are other bald guys

We just published a simple approach for precise control of wheat and triticale plant height without affecting seedling size. Hope you find it useful biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@ctmurphy1 Based on reading the comments, I think it is up to you to explain the situation and the lack of input, etc. to the editor of the journal, with your decision on how best to proceed. I don’t think it is a question about how to proceed, but a statement, “this is how to we proceed.”

@NicMAlexandre I have no used sequoia, but it seems easy and well supported!

@NicMAlexandre jiscah.github.io/articles/sequo… If you are only trying to estimate/validate parents, you can do the math: academic.oup.com/g3journal/arti…

@SeedsAndBreeds lol no. More than every 4 years, and only to share articles with people who request them, even though they are all open access… 🫠

@SeedsAndBreeds How was it?

@NKWhiteman Happy birthday Noah!

@jeekinlau I think if you know the student way in advance you can recommend they apply for MS, and then keep them for a PhD. Otherwise, at least at UCD, it doesn’t seem easy to admit a PhD applicant as an MS student.

@jeekinlau Rules like this will reduce the number of students you evaluate, limiting your options. I said the same thing, then I accepted a straight to PhD and she is killing it, because she is driven. We have 2 MS first and 2 no MS, all 4 have struggled and have succeeded.

I don’t agree with this. Masters allows you to make mistakes that would not be acceptable on a PhD level. Also I have noticed the quality of straight PhD students is much worse than those with masters. If I ever chair a student they will not straight PhD students.