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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Curious about how graduate programs and funding can vary across STEM disciplines and institutions? Join us on August 14th at 10 am CT as we partner with @plantgrads.bsky.social! Navigating Graduate School - Program & Funding Types Register at: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #plantscience #gradschool

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

On Aug 14th, we're partnering with @plantgrads.bsky.social for an informational session on types of graduate programs and funding sources in the USA. 🌱🧪 Link to register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #plantscience #graduateschool #plantgrads

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

One of the many totem poles in the Canadian History Museum (husband for size 🤣)

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Some cool plant pathology in the Faith Fyles exhibit

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

@aspbofficial.bsky.social had a copy of the 1st Edition of Plant Physiology on display

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Ottawa Art Gallery's exhibit on Faith Fyles (1875 – 1961) - the first woman to be appointed as a botanist with Canada’s Department of Agriculture.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Excited to be a part of the #PlantBio2026 Leadership Workshop alongside Drs. Rebecca Roston (MSU), Laura Wayne (Corteva) and Peta Bonham-Smith (U. of Saskatchewan). This workshop is hosted by the Women in Plant Biology Committee. 🌱🧪 📆Tuesday 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#PlantPostdocs - Applications are now open for the #Sahyadri Award for Outstanding Plant Postdoctoral Researcher (2026-27). Find more info at plantpostdocs.com/sahyadri-initiatives

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#PlantPostdocs - Applications are now open for the #Sahyadri Future Faculty Academy (2026-27). Find more info at plantpostdocs.com/sahyadri-initiatives

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

So much fun helping to organize the 5th Annual KU Center for Genomics Research Symposium! Last Friday (May 8th) was the largest research symposium in KUCG history - with 250+ attendees, 100+ posters, and 20+ talks. What a fun event!!

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

You know you just want to ✨️ boop ✨️ Juniper's nose!

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🚨Happening Tomorrow 🚨 Plant Science Postdocs, Senior Grad Students, and ECRs: don't forget to join us next TOMORROW, Tuesday, April 14th from 2-3 pm PT / 4-5 pm CT / 5-6 pm ET for our @plantpostdocs.bsky.social webinar "What's new with NSF?" 🌾 🧪 🌱 Registration: tinyurl.com/PlantPostdocsApril14

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Plant Science Postdocs, Senior Grad Students, and other ECRs: don't forget to join us next Tuesday, April 14th from 2-3 pm PT / 4-5 pm CT / 5-6 pm ET for our @plantpostdocs.bsky.social webinar "What's new with NSF?" 🌾 🧪 🌱 Registration Link: tinyurl.com/PlantPostdocsApril14

Webinar Announcement: Plant Postdocs presents "What's new with NSF?" Join to learn about the new NSF structure and funding opportunities relevant to early-career researchers in the plant sciences.

Date: April 14, 2026. 2-3pm PT/4-5pm CT/5-6pm ET

Registration at tinyurl.com/PlantPostdocsApril14

Speakers: Diane Jofuku Okamuro and Pankaj Jaiswal, Program Directors for NSF Directorate for the Biological Sciences

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Exciting news! @plantpostdocs.bsky.social invites you to join our upcoming webinar, “What’s new with NSF?” on Tuesday, April 14th from 2-3 pm PT / 4-5 pm CT / 5-6 pm ET 🌿 We are excited to have Diane Jofuku Okamuro and Pankaj Jaiswal - Program Directors, NSF BIO join us for this session.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

🚨New Pub Alert🚨 Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, professor of Botany and Plant Pathology Department at Purdue University (my PhD advisor!), has published “Protocols in Root-Microbe Interactions" with Purdue University Press. www.purdue.edu/newsroom/202...

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

They even got to spend some time exploring the Haworth greenhouse! Lucky!

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I had a great time helping host students from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Boys & Girls Club on their visit to KU! 🌱 I walked them through the Wagner Lab and shared what I do day-to-day. We talked about plant–microbe interactions, what it's like to be a researcher, & careers in plant science.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Fun Sunday afternoon with the Kansas Postdoctoral Outreach Project (K-POP)! This month,we highlighted principles uncovered by past researchers (Mendel, Curie, Darwin, etc) showcasing how today’s scientists use those principles to better understand the world around us. My station: oxygen and ozone.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Join the University of Kansas Center for Genomics on May 8th for the 5th Annual🧬 KUCG Research Symposium 🧬 📍Lawrence, KS 📅Friday, May 8th, 2026 🕘8am - 6pm CT 🧪Abstracts due March 15th 🔗 genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-ge...

5th Annual KU Center for Genomics Research Symposium
The symposium is open to anyone interested in genomics and genetics, with a particular focus on students, postdoctoral researchers, and research staff. The event is free to attend, but registration is required. Participants are welcome to present their research as a talk, flash talk, or poster. Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments will be provided.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Are you a postdoc in a plant-related field such as🌿 Plant Biology 🌿 Agriculture & Crop Sciences 🌿 Ecology & Environment 🌿 Plant Pathology & Protection or 🌿 Biotechnology ? We invite you to join a community of 700+ postdoctoral researchers from around the world at www.plantpostdocs.com

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Join the University of Kansas - Center for Genomics on May 8th for the 5th Annual🧬KUCG Research Symposium🧬 📍Lawrence, KS 📅Friday, May 8th, 2026 🕘8am - 6pm CT 🧪Abstracts due March 15th

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

✨Scholarship Opportunity for MSW at KU✨ Students are eligible for $7000 per academic year for those admitted to our 2-year Traditional MSW program on the Lawrence campus.

Native American School of Social Welfare MSW Scholarship.
Application Requirements: (1) enrolled member of a federally recognized US tribal nation (2) demonstrate financial need via FAFSA and (3) apply and be accepted into a traditional MSW full-time program at the KU-Lawrence campus.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

#Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Chief Gary Batton's statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s final State of the State address. Tribal sovereignty is the law. Period.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A great start to the semester with @jychoi.bsky.social's presentation "No end in sight, mysteries of the telomeric variation in plants"! @kubiology.bsky.social

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

A space for connection, support, and growth for plant science postdocs. Join the www.plantpostdocs.com community! 🌾🧪

Who We Are
The Plant Postdoc Community is a
postdoc-led network for researchers in
plant biology, plant–microbe interactions,
genomics, ecology, and related fields.
We focus on building community,
sharing resources, and supporting
postdocs as whole scientists.
Why Join?
✔ Build community
✔ Share career development resources
✔ Gain mentoring and peer support
What We Do
🌿 Writing, grant, and fellowship support
🌿 Career panels
🌿 Professional development workshops
🌿 Opportunities to help shape the community
Get Involved
Opportunities
🌿Sahyadri Award
🌿Future Faculty Academy
🌿Potential Plant Peer-Review Database
🌿Potential Plant Speaker Database
🌿Academic Job Workshop Series
🌿... & so much more!
Find Us @plantpostdocs
@plantpostdocs.bsky.social
linkedin.com/company/plant-postdocs/

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

The collar I made in 2022, which I wore for my preliminary exam and this photo shoot. One of my favorite #beadwork projects.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Some cutworm beans harvested as part of the #ChoctawNation Growing Hope initiative

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Happy #NativeNovember! This year feels especially meaningful as I’m graduating with my #PhD. Indigenous people are still here: thriving, dreaming, and making those dreams a reality. This month, we honor resilience, heritage, and determination. #IndigenousinSTEM

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Today, I officially started my new position at @ The University of Kansas as a KU Center for Genomics Fellow and NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology. I'm excited to be joining the lab of Dr. Maggie Wagner 🌱 🌽 #PlantSci #PlantScience

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I did it! Officially a #PhD! Yesterday, I successfully defended my dissertation "Dissecting Plant-Microbe Interactions: PAMP Recognition and Immune Evasion in Solanaceous Hosts" Special thanks to my advisor Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, my committee, mentors/mentees, friends, & family who were there.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

New profile pic, thanks to the Boilermaker Station photo booth at #Purdue!

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Not a lot of time to bead lately, but look at these customs I made for a Purdue fan! shawishmarket.com/Collegiate-E... #beadwork #choctaw ##brickstitich #IndigenousArt

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

And just like that, my time at #2025ISMPMI is over. I had such a great time catching up with fellow friends and researchers from across the globe! Here's to the next two years of scientific discovery before we meet again. Tschüss und bis bald!

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The line behind us after the 1st concert started - we were about 300m from the front doors at this point:

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Anna Lapwood (organist, Royal Albert Hall) was playing a free concert in Cologne tonight. Over 10,000 people showed up. 2 hours and 2 performances later, we didn't make it inside. We were this close 😭 #2025ISMPMI

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Great presentation from @gittacoaker.bsky.social on kinase mediated defense responses and harnessing the power of language models for receptor/ ligand prediction. These LMs will help us in engineering more resilient crops #2025ISMPMI

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

So excited to be attending #2025ISMPMI in Cologne, Germany in just 10 days! Stop by my poster (P-097) - Tomato roots exhibit distinct, development-specific responses to bacterial-derived peptides. Want to meet up? Shoot me a dm.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Seminar #2 today: my Purdue Quantitative Plant Pathology PhD Program cohort member Brenden Lane, member of the Cruz Lab in the Botany and Plant Pathology Department Great job! Always love getting to see you present your work on Tar Spot 🍂 🧪

Unraveling the dynamics of tar spot of epidemics in corn fields: a data driven framework for disease development, surveillance, and mitigation

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Seminar #1 today: my dear friend and fellow Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership scholar Ramona Dwyer. Congratulations!! Waabizheshiwag in the Heart of Anishinaabe-aki 🧪

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