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Andrea Sama

@amsama.bsky.social

PhD candidate at UCSD in Dr. Jazz Dickinson’s lab 🌱 2023 HHMI Gilliam Fellow 🌿 interested in metabolite patterning in maize roots 🍃 SACNAS at UC San Diego Graduate President

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ROOT-SHOOT RCN @root-shoot.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The 2026 plant science conference travel award program is open! Awards are given to student/mentor pairs. At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES. Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025. @sacnas.bsky.social rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...

ROOT & SHOOT 2026 travel awards.
Q. Member of MANRRS, SACNAS, or AISES?
Q. Curious about plant science?
A. Apply for a ROOT & SHOOT travel award! Up to $3000 to attend a plant science conference in 2026.

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Andrea Sama @amsama.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Really excited to share the pre-print of my first paper! It details the computational method we used to identify uncharacterized metabolites along the developmental gradient of maize roots, I hope you find it interesting! 🌱🌽

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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Plant health is essential to food security, yet pathogens continue to threaten crops worldwide. To better understand how disease takes hold—& how to stop them—HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow @shanice-webster.bsky.social is exploring the dynamic relationships among plants, microbes, & disease-causing agents.

Shanice Webster standing confidently in front of tall grasses with a greenhouse in the background.

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Andrea Sama @amsama.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

@hhmi.org meetings always recharge me, and this weeks science meeting helped so much navigating this uncertain time in science. I feel so lucky to draw support and community from the other Gilliam fellows and HHMI network. 🌱

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Andrea Sama @amsama.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

had a great time at the maize genetics meeting last week! 🌽 I gave a lightning talk & presented a poster to one of my favorite science communities✨ also reconnected w old friends & lab alums 💛 was encouraging to be with people who care about scientific work & inclusive practices #standupforscience

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