John Fowler (he/him) jefowlerjr.bsky.social

Heartbreaking and coming for more of us. My daily panic focuses on figuring out how I will to fund students and keep my lab open without another grant, and I’m not alone. So many of us want to be here, do science, and mentor but without federal support, our labs will close. 💔

Scottie just told me that they got @ASPB ASPB SURF!!! Congratulations, Scottie 🎉🍀🔬 Looking forward to having you in the lab over the summer

Happy International Women in STEM Day! Some personal heroes: Julie Borlaug Nicola Patron Jen Brophy Min Ya Keira Havens Katalin Kariko Carolyn Bertozzi Barbara McClintock Jen Sheen and so many many more. These folks inspire me greatly.

Beautiful work! This study has completely changed the way we should think about plant germlineS, yes with a capital S.

Excited to share our preprint! By avoiding genetic bottlenecks leading to the germline, plant development prevents mutations from spreading to many offspring: doi.org/10.64898/2026.…

🎙️☘️🔬 New episode of #No_Time_To_Read podcast of this year! I had a wonderful discussion with @Dr_Heatherini Heather about her @CellReports paper. Podcast: tinyurl.com/a9vcteru Article: tinyurl.com/4dhxuye2

Between the catastrophic funding cuts and the quietly but sharply increasing foreign recruitment of American talent, the US is set to lose its lead in science and technology far faster than most people on here have any idea of

An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis biorxiv.org/content/10.648… #biorxiv_plants

Pat Schnable (@schnablep) invented 17 patents and spun 5 companies out of his work at ISU. Now elected to NAI. Also a great story about how @IowaStateU made a conscious decision to support professors translating research into private sector impact. Congratulations, Dad.

Join us tomorrow, December 12 (12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET)to hear Dr. Penelope talk at the Sahyadri Symposium 2025 Register here to receive a Zoom link: forms.gle/XciuCZ1FP62H94…

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Join us in welcoming GSA’s newest Board members: VP David Greenstein, Treasurer @MaryC_Mullins, and Directors Monica Colaiacovo, Tania Reis (@reis_lab), and @jrossibarra. We’re grateful for their leadership and excited for what’s ahead. Learn more: buff.ly/Np4hxNo

Please join us for the 2025 Plant Postdocs Sahyadri Symposium featuring Drs. Penelope Lindsay, Elena Perry, and Erica Lawrence-Paul. Friday, December 12 12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET Register here: forms.gle/XciuCZ1FP62H94…

It's good to be back with a new season of #No_Time_To_Read_podcast! 🍀 This podcast, which I started as a postdoc, is growing with me. Thanks for your support over the years. We have great a line up of awesome plant scientists appearing in Season 4! 🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/4xHhrN…

NAASC Arabidopsis Community Impact Awards Talks Available - mailchi.mp/38043cf1995c/u…

This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you. The brainchild of @delaconcepcionj @dinokaryon & our fantastic collaborators is now out in @NaturePlants nature.com/articles/s4147… Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇

🔬🍀 Rab5 GTPases mediate the targeting of ROP signalling to establish polarity for pollen germination @NaturePlants nature.com/articles/s4147…

It was really wonderful for us to host Penelope today. One of the BEST Fridays from the lab to remember for a long time. Thanks for making your time to visit us 🌽🔬😊

Salk scientist Joseph Ecker has been awarded the 2025 Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies from the Maize Genetics Cooperation. The prize honors “the most outstanding plant scientists working on both genetics and genomics in the present era.” “For more than four decades, Joe Ecker has pushed the envelope of modern genetics,” says Salk Nonresident Fellow Detlef Weigel, who received the McClintock Prize in 2019. “The greatest service, however, to plant biology has perhaps been that Joe has leveraged his technical acumen and ingenuity to become a leader in the field of human brain development, by revealing the enormous diversity of brain cell types at both the genetic and epigenetic level—thereby teaching the scientific community at large how important lessons from plant genetics and genomics are for human biology and health.” salk.edu/news-release/s…