Samantha Snodgrass

Dr.MariaElena Zavala's talk at #MGM2023 was amazing. Dr. Zavala talked about research, mentors & work to increase the number of historically excluded folks in the academy. The Q&A session however had VERY disparaging comments about Indigenous peoples and I want to tell you why 🧵

We at ISU are so excited for @doctora_nature to visit this week! 🎉

A thread with a ton of Ph.D., PostDoc, and other opportunities for life science students (1/n)

I’m loving the diversity in form and color of these pumpkins! Lots of carving and baking ahead!

Pop-up soap shop/SACNAS fundraiser during Coffee Hour tomorrow! Can't make it? Order here: tinyurl.com/26tkduuz

The U.S. @EPA is planning to announce many job opportunities soon, including positions to advance environmental justice. BUT USA Jobs can be a beast to navigate, so consider tuning in to this webinar on 10/25 for insider tips if you're tempted to apply: usepa.zoomgov.com/webinar/regist…

(1/8) One guy’s experiment drove Peru to become the world’s #1 blueberry exporter and #2 overall producer. 🫐 This story is crazy:

🌱cool grass facts, a thread (1/6)

!!! Native grasslands getting some love on @NPRShortWave !!! npr.org/2022/09/23/112…

Opportunity for $10,000 awards for Black undergrad & grad students and postdocs for an 800 word essay from @CellPressNews! cell.com/diversity/awar… Love seeing @MSEJAllen as an advisor for this.

What has worked and what hasn't for completely virtual or hybrid conferences? What would you like to see in the future? How can we make sure trainees have the most interaction/networking possible while also increasing accessibility? #AcademicTwitter @AcademicChatter

(1/3) Come work at KU biology! Hiring 5 positions in @KUMolBio and 2 positions in @KU_EEB ! Read about the MB positions here: molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/multiple-open-…

Absolutely love the insights possible from this "Academic Wheel of Privilege" as shared recently by @Jadson_Jall from a @NASA Transform to Open Science interview with @Flavio_Azevedo_ science.nasa.gov/open-science/t… cc & thx @ChelleGentemann #openscience #RepresentationMatters

Join us next week, September 21st, at 2.45 pm! #Careers #Plantsciencecareers

New AlphaFold page. 40k protein structures aligned against 8 proteomes using #FoldSeek from the @thesteinegger lab. The top 25 alignments per species are precomputed and integrated with UniProt annotations. Takes v5, v4, UniProt, or gene symbol as input. maizegdb.org/foldseek/su1

Attention taxonomists!! @systbiol has extended the deadline for Mini-ARTS Proposals until September 16!! Up to USD $4k for taxonomic training. Tell your friends. More here: systbio.org/mini-arts-awar…

I have an open postdoc position to work in phenomics + genomics for grape breeding at @UCDVEN. The job description is here recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05253 and on our lab website (see profile). If you have any questions plz email or DM me. And yes, it's open to international applicants.

"Because I'm still in love with you On this harvest moon" Proud of how this turned out 🌝 blazingstarbotanicals.com/shop/p/harvest…

Featuring sugar pumpkin puree from our garden, Pumpkin Spice is both soothing and smells good enough to eat 🎃 Pre-order today: shorturl.at/JRTWZ