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Brandon Hurr

@bhive01.bsky.social
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Postharvest Physiology, #rstats, computer vision and datavis junkie, Fan of KC Sports. @bhive01@mastodon.social

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 24/08/2026
Red sweetcorn!! Never grown this before but it's done really well. Tastes pretty much exactly like regular yellow sweetcorn but looks quite a lot more gnarly.
A photo of a freshly harvested sweetcorn cob held in my hands. The covering leaves have been pulled aside to slow shiny purple-red sweetcorn inside. Out of focus in the background, a garden path and some plants, including a row of plants in plastic terracotta-coloured pots, is visible.
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Jeff Groh @jeffgroh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Avocados come in 2 varieties - A-types start each day female and switch to male midday. B-types do the reverse. In work just published from the last chapter of my PhD, we show this system evolved 40+million yrs ago and is regulated by alleles of 1 transcription factor www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado | PNAS
In avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ...
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Dany Bittel @danybittel.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A blueberry. 90 stacks, 68 photos each. 1.48M splats. #3dgs
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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
LEGEND!
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The symmetry of a turn in the air. Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechiae) are small birds known for their splendid "circling flight" while building their nest. [📷 Glen Noyer] Original post
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American Society for Horticultural Science @ashs-hort.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
In addition to the specific genomic, breeding, and disease management outputs, the CucCAP projects have had broader impacts including use of the new genomic tools to provide insights into cucurbit biology. doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05562-25 #plantscience
Examples of breeding for disease resistance in cucurbit crops: identifying sources of resistance, development and testing of breeding lines, and breeding to combine resistance with fruit quality.
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Hugues Renault @huguesrenault.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Ever wondered how the #cuticle, a hallmark of land plants, was established? In our latest study, we show that the CUTIN SYNTHASE enzyme family was a key driver of this evolutionary innovation. #plantscience ▶️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A thread 🧵 [1/8]
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Pablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is why we love #CalciumSignaling Look how mechanical damage triggers long range Ca2+ waves in this plant !! By @annalisabellandi.bsky.social, who is now around here ;) Full www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org #microscopy #cell #mechanobiology 🧪🔬
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics! My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026. We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems. #Postdoc #EcoEvo Pls RT!
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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Laughs in octoploid.
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Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
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dplyr 1.2.0
dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...
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Jaime Hylton, Hodophile, Orophile, Librocubicularist @shadowjaime.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The black-capped chickadee, Maine’s Creature of Resistance
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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
This was good. I love parafilm and apparently I need to use the "M". Thank you Judson Moss Bemis.
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Shane Anderson 🏳️‍🌈 @shaneanderson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Whoa, I never knew about this!
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Lol nice try no such thing
Screenshot of a computer screen where the text of "Bad Request" is cutoff but a warning of "cookie too large" is displayed.
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American Society for Horticultural Science @ashs-hort.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
New research provides a comprehensive annotation of cucumber lncRNAs using RNA-Seq data and offers insights into their potential regulatory functions in cold stress responses. #JASHS doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05517-25 #plantscience
A heap of fresh green cucumbers showcasing their vibrant color and natural texture.
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8
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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
#rstats in the wild
The corner of a television. The screen is bright blue. The letter R is in a white circle, and the word stats is in all capital letters to the right of it
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Larry M. York @larrymyork.phenotyper.com · 28/09/2025
I've been working on this then it hit me. Is this RhizoVision Tron? With open hardware and software, we can accelerate root, soil, and microbiome research. First, we have to solve the segmentation challenge of roots on soil so everyone can do it. www.rhizovision.com
This is a aluminum profile structure with black plastic panels with a clear window on one side and a machine vision camera facing it from the other side about 60 cm away. On top of this, rhizotron is a computer laptop that shows a camera viewing software with a live feed depicting the current window which has a tool on it
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𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓼 𝓱𝓸𝓷𝓮𝔂 @colorwavesfollow.blacksky.app · 28/09/2025
move crisp, get out the way 🤭
white sign with red text reading ludacrisp, labeling a row of apples within a orchard
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Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
My use of the em-dash with respect to LLMs
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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
🍁 Positional variation rather than salt stress dominates changes in 3D leaf shape patterns in cucumber canopies doi.org/10.1093/insi... #model #PlantScience
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
New PI mutuals who want in on "what do now" groupchat... dm
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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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a man with long hair and a beard is holding a glass of beer
Alt: The Big Lebowski. The Dude stirring a freshly made White Russian drink, staring at the user with a look of distrust and confusion about the situation he's in with the Big Lebowski and Bunny.
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Monica L Garcia Gomez @moneralee.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Last few days to apply to this position! Come join us to model plant stress responses across species in this @cropxr.bsky.social PhD position! 🌱🌽🌾🥬🌡️
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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I know this is too general and context-free but if I never again see the words "low-hanging fruit" to describe research, it will be too soon. At this point, it might be safer to assume that all low-hanging fruits of science are already picked and whatever we collect with such ease is rotten.
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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A gift from a student 😂
A white T-shirt with an image of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana on it. Underneath it says " America's next top model"
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Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Lab technicians, what are some “bench” secrets PIs don’t know? Replies are shocking 👇😳
Elephant silhouette
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Neil Gilbert @gilbert-lab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
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Brandon Rohrer @brandonrohrer.com · 08/05/2025
Putting “artisanal trash word connoisseur” in my bio
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
📜 CLAVATA signalling shapes barley inflorescence by controlling activity and determinacy of shoot meristem and rachilla 🧑‍🔬 @isaiavardanega.bsky.social, @simonrdg.bsky.social, et al. 📔 @natcomms.nature.com 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #Barley #PlantStemCells
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CLAVATA signalling shapes barley inflorescence by controlling activity and determinacy of shoot meristem and rachilla - Nature Communications
Grasses have evolved a wide variety of inflorescence architectures. Here Vardanega et. al show how the barley CLV1 receptor and FCP1 peptide signal interact to control meristem shape, organ formation ...
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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I almost forgot. Today is the perfect date. 😀
William Shatner interviews a beauty contestant:

WS: Describe your perfect date.

BC: I'd have to say April 25th because it's not too hot, not too cold. All you need us a light jacket.
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
If you're teaching a graduate level course, I beg you to include a module on how to schedule and run a meeting. Time zones, calendar invites, links, agendas, minutes, chairing. Together we can be the change we so desperately need.
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Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca · 15/03/2025
Tariff-free joy flows from Canada to the world—receive this heartfelt and positive export from the land of resilience and love. 🍁🧡 (and forward the positive vibes)
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
babe what if we kissed outside the temporary hospital for scurvy-ridden whalemen who had been trapped in the ice for months
English plaque the temporary hospital for scurvy-ridden whalemen who had been trapped in the ice for months
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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
@jennbrophy.bsky.social Really enjoyed your NAPPN talk. I think you'll get to where you beat nature sooner than you think, but as you said, under specific environmental conditions. Can't wait to see where you take it.
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Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
they call me
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a close up of a woman 's face with a smile
Alt: Audrey Toutou as Amelie. She holds up a spoon before cracking the top of a creme brulee. Her smile increasing in vigor as she raises the spoon.
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Butmac @butmac.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Post a female character that you love
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a woman in a vampire costume is saying it is clear that our best days are behind us
ALT: a woman in a vampire costume is saying it is clear that our best days are behind us
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I am very very jealous that this family on Prince Edward Island (Canada) had a small meteor hit their sidewalk and managed to catch it on their door cam in what is likely the first audio and visual recording of a meteor strike! youtu.be/F_1xInfNMok?...
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Meteorite strike caught on P.E.I. home security camera
YouTube video by The Canadian Press
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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I think anyone who did a modicum of research about what Farage and Boris were saying could see through the lies. People were convinced they would take their country back from EU bureaucrats, but they took a faltering economy into the drain. FWIW, I was living there and voted "stay" when it happened.
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 05/01/2025
This should be blown up to poster size and pasted on Brexiter walls.
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Juliet Coates @julietccoates.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
My tomato developmental series is complete 🍅💚🧡❤️ 🧶 click on image to see the whole thing! #knitting #plantscience #tomato
5 knitted tomatoes with manga-style faces. Left to right: tiny green fruit smiling, expanding green winking, full size green smiling, yellow/orange smiling and red ripe smiling. All have knitted leaves on top that go from dark green to light green as ripening occurs.
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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Manatee and Calf (FL), Nesting Bald Eagle (PA), Blue Heron (NJ), Bison (MO), Wild Turkey (CA)
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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
This is also a general support line. The number below is the US line but it is also available in Canada at (877) 330-6366. If you are in crisis or need someone to talk to, give them a call. And remember- you are not alone ❤️
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