Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026or you could just add a Linux subsystem (WSL) on the Windows machine! that's what I've been using for a number of years now, works real good 010
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I am currently searching for a postdoc to work on the evolution of adaptations, cold acclimation, and freezing tolerance in switchgrass. The position entails lab, growth facility, bioinformatics, and fieldwork. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...careers.msu.eduPostdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United StatesPosition Summary The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct field and laboratory experiments to understand the causes of genetic variation... 16089
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026If you saw our new paper and thought "I didn't know aquatic plants use CAM!" boy do we have a fun project for you! Our lab is developing high throughput methods to screen plants for CAM. Do you work on, or know of, a plant that you think could be using CAM? Let us know! 👉 forms.gle/AyQc5KgzEYoM...forms.gleAre your plants CAM suspicious?Have you ever wondered if the plants you work on are... living a double life working the nightshift? We are too. Our lab is looking to identify and screen more plants for CAM activity. We are beginnin... 53732
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026As you're making your itinerary on the #Botany2026 app, check out some of these lab presentations!!! 26519
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Don't write your manuscript reviews using AI. DEFINITELY do not feed someone else's manuscript into AI and have it write the review for you. 1248756
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Join us NEXT WEEK for the #Botany360 event "Exploring Non-Faculty Careers in Plant Science" May 20th at 4 p.m. Eastern. A free virtual Q&A panel with industry and non-faculty professionals sharing their career paths in botanical science. Register today at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...! 01011
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 12/04/2026More awards through GRFP this year! Yay!! Quick back of envelope comparison of awards by category to 2024 (skipping 2025 b/c it was weird): Life sci: 486/2599 18.5% ('26) 499/2036 25% ('24) ☹️ Eng: 914/2599 35% ('26) 532/2036 26% ('24) Comp sci: 261/2599 10% ('26) 151/2036 7% ('24) 🧪 0358
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Nature @nature.com · 30/03/2026Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s Read the full story: go.nature.com/4v4rxmQ 6252155
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026AI can't pay my grad students or postdocs. AI can't do our experiments, collect really any of our data, make our lab reagents, fix our broken machines as they age. I'm just so, so tired of this. 2254
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Today's accomplishment: needed to convert HOMER motif files to MEME motif files, wrote a script to do it and put it on GitHub for everyone doing motif-y things to use! Find it here: github.com/achpardo/hom... and let me know how it works for you!github.comGitHub - achpardo/homer_to_meme: Script to convert HOMER .motif files to MEME-format motif files (Python).Script to convert HOMER .motif files to MEME-format motif files (Python). - achpardo/homer_to_meme 021
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 23/02/2026How comparable are plant drought studies, really? In a new @plantphys.bsky.social paper, a team of Plant Resilience Institute scientists, led by @bobvanburen.bsky.social, reanalyze hundreds of drought gene expression datasets and introduce new ML tools. #PlantScience 🔗: doi.org/10.1093/plph... 162
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson @hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 18/02/2026If you're an #EcoEvo #PhD candidate anywhere in the world looking for project funding, consider applying for the @asn-amnat.bsky.social Student Research Award. Ten proposals for $2k in research funds will be awarded. Due 13 March 2026. Please share widely! 🧪 #grants #ecology #evolution #behavioramnat.orgStudent Research Award<p>The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a ... 14655
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Kathleen Rhoades @kathleenrhoades.bsky.social · 27/01/2026What a gift! What a beautiful gift to be required to plan for good things in the long-term. That's all. I think that's all I have for now. 031
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Looking for something to do next today at #PAG33? Stop by Plant Gene Expression Analysis, starting at 4:00PM in Pacific F-G! 083
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Sunil Kenchanmane Raju @kenchanmane.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Heading to #PAG33 to present 'regulation of environment responses' in 'Plant Epigenetics for Crop Improvement' session on Mon, 01/12. Shout-out to Yuvraj & Minnie for driving comparative genomics, epigenomics & single-cell work! We are also looking for a postdoc to join our group! Details below 👇 1135
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 08/01/2026#PAG33 friends, go check out postdoc in the lab Anna Pardo's talk on Monday at 4:20pm in the Plant Gene Expression Analysis Workshop. She's talking about a huge time course RNA-seq dataset from a homoploid Yucca hybrid that uses both C3 + CAM photosynthesis! @annapardo-phd.bsky.social Yucca tax: 0165
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Kathleen Rhoades @kathleenrhoades.bsky.social · 06/01/2026okay had to take the dog out. CONTINUING. Point 2: what do you want your audience to learn / what does your audience want to learn? Sometimes those are two different things. 141
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Mistake I often make is worrying about the two or three most knowledgeable people in the audience and what will they think. Have to remind myself that if I present just to them I lose the other 95%. 084
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Kathleen Rhoades @kathleenrhoades.bsky.social · 06/01/2026My favorite bit of science writing advice is "Assume your audience is smart but doesn't have the vocabulary yet." I've had a ton of success with this approach! And when you treat people like they're smart but just need some definitions they often feel empowered to ask really interesting questions 3144
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 30/12/2025@annapardo-phd.bsky.social is a computational biologist who studies plant genomics and abiotic stress responses. Her recent work in #G3journal identified genes related to common stress physiology responses as well as stress-related transcription factors. 9/19🧵 173
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 29/12/2025The latest issue of #G3journal features a curated database of stress-responsive genes in maize across stressors from @annapardo-phd.bsky.social, @bobvanburen.bsky.social, and colleagues generated via meta-analysis of public #transcriptomic data. Learn more about this resource here: buff.ly/znaNWQg 001
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 10/12/2025I started getting reports of an unseasonal Joshua tree bloom in the last few weeks, and looking over records on @inaturalist.bsky.social it's pretty widespread! So we're putting out the call for folks to record this "bonus bloom" and help us study it 🌿 lab.jbyoder.org/2025/12/10/w...lab.jbyoder.orgWeird wet weather has Joshua trees flowering early — or late? Help the Yoder Lab map this “bonus bloom” to understand whyA flowering tree in Yucca Valley, CA, observed by iNaturalist contributor wanderingmojave on December 9. A tree with lots of flowers in Tehachapi, CA, observed by iNaturalist contributor tina9294 o… 214778
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 07/12/2025same here!! best Freudian slip in my opinion 020
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025nooo not Gunther 😭 I'm so sorry Kathleen 010
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Latest in #G3journal: @annapardo-phd.bsky.social, Jeremy Pardo, @bobvanburen.bsky.social curated core stress-responsive genes in maize across stressors through meta-analysis of public RNA-seq data, generating a valuable resource for understanding stress tolerance mechanisms in maize. buff.ly/AfhRWHX 021
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Update: I will be speaking in the Plant Gene Expression Analysis workshop on Monday, Jan. 12! If you'll be at PAG this year, come hear about gene expression and faculatative CAM in a homoploid hybrid Yucca! 031
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 29/10/2025So excited to put this out into the world! Many thanks to coauthors Jeremy Pardo and @bobvanburen.bsky.social who helped make this paper what it is today. Please give it a read if you're interested, and feel free to contact me with questions! 020
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 29/10/2025By combining set operations and random forest classification methods, I found 744 core genes across six stressors in a set of almost 1,900 public maize RNA-seq samples. I also found that this set was enriched in regulatory genes, especially stress-responsive transcription factors. 100
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 29/10/2025After years of reading about abiotic stress, I started noticing similar physiological responses to drought, salt, cold, etc., which made me wonder: was there a core set of genes that was responsive as well? Spoiler alert: yes, there is! 100
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 29/10/2025So proud that my first PhD chapter is now out in G3: doi.org/10.1093/g3jo... Brief story in the thread below! ⬇️doi.orgStress-responsive transcription factor families are key components of the core abiotic stress response in maizeAbstract. Abiotic stresses, including drought, salt, heat, cold, flooding, and low nitrogen, are harmful to agriculture and increasing in frequency due to 120
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 09/10/2025You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds. @jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comMore than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeysThe most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found. 32905288
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Are you organizing a talk session at PAG 33? I would love to speak about my postdoc work on the genomics of variable facultative CAM photosynthesis in a hybrid Yucca species! Possible workshop topics include: hybrid genomics, abiotic stress, non-model species. Please DM me if you're interested! 066
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Are you organizing a talk session at PAG 33? I would love to speak about my postdoc work on the genomics of variable facultative CAM photosynthesis in a hybrid Yucca species! Possible workshop topics include: hybrid genomics, abiotic stress, non-model species. Please DM me if you're interested! 066
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Interested in giving a talk at the Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG 33) in San Diego? Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions. To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025: forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY... 11612
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Super excited about this new Open Rank tenure-track faculty search for the MSU Plant Resilience Institute. We successfully hired two excellent new faculty in our last search and we are hoping to build on that success with this search. careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...careers.msu.eduAssistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United StatesWorking/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) at Michigan State University invites applications for multiple tenure-st... 03351
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Emily Josephs @emjo.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Application review begins in one week for the MSU herbarium director position!!!! More info here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings... 01221
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Laura Williams @laurawilliams.bsky.social · 26/09/2025NSF GRFP solicitation out. App deadlines now in November. As others noted, eligibility rules for current graduate students now exclude 2nd year grad students. See the solicitation - they’ve emphasized “first year” and “less than one academic year” in grad program. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...nsf.govNSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 1416
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 25/09/2025#AppsPlantSci is planning a special issue highlighting innovative uses of target-enrichment sequence data, and we're seeking proposals! More info here: botany.org/home/publica... Deadline 30 Nov 2025 @emcassey.bsky.social @erikarmoore11.bsky.social @yannickwoudstra.bsky.social #genomics 058
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Update: I am officially planning to head to PAG in January. Thanks for the advice everyone! 010
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Germán Martínez @german-martinez.bsky.social · 16/09/2025I am editing a collection on "plant epigenetic regulation" for BMC Plant Biology. If you think that your paper might fit there please contact me or send it through the submission system to our collection: www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...biomedcentral.comCall for papers - Plant epigenetic regulation 057
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Thanks Aidan - that's what I am leaning towards right now as well. 000
Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Genomics/plant bio folks, I'd love to crowdsource some wisdom here: what 2026 conference would you recommend to a postdoc (me) working on a non-model species who wants to make the jump to industry computational biology within the next year? Thanks in advance! 235
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Karolina Heyduk has called BSA her scientific home since 2012 and has dedicated many years to service for the Society. Celebrate #ADayforBSA with a gift to the Endowment to give back to your Society and honor what BSA has meant to your career! Give today! crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont... 0146
Reposted by Anna Pardo, Ph.D.Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Our "Joshua tree is CAM" paper is finally out: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Data collection started back in 2021, when we saw weird results in some RNAseq that made me stop and wonder if Joshua trees, long thought to be C3, were actually...CAM!nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.comCryptic CAM photosynthesis in Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia, Y. jaegeriana)Joshua trees are long-lived perennial monocots native to the Mojave Desert in North America. Composed of two species, Yucca brevifolia and Y. jaegeriana (Asparagaceae), Joshua trees are imperiled by... 1013540
