David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Power still unfortunately down at MSU. A few -80 freezers starting to go into the -40s. 262
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The mythical Durham Brontosaurus still haunts Ellerbe Creek. 2172
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Spent five nights in the Sawtooth Mountains with no cell service/internet. Only nature, plants, and good friends. Feel incredibly grateful for the experience and came back home with a clear mind and a fresh set of ideas. 1160
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Delighted to speak at the Genetics Society of Australasia Conference last week in Brisbane, QLD. Big thanks to Maddie James for the invitation and the photo. 0100
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I was listening to this podcast with Bill McKibben and heard the figure that 40% of Australia homes have solar panels on their roofs. I was a bit skeptical until I flew into Brisbane this morning. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/o... 1100
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Spent the last few days with the delightful Bill Barker in and about Adelaide, South Australia. Bill continues to make great progress on taxonomy of Australian Phrymaceae (monkeyflowers) and the discussion we had were amazingly insightful. He 070
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Delighted to see the famous Pitch Drop Experiment at the University of Queensland today. Like the Beal Seed Experiment at Michigan State University, it is one of the longest in the world. More details here: www.snexplores.org/article/long... 0111
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Happy 250 America. Say what you will about the execution, it’s still a damn good experiment. 151
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Christine Beveridge leading off the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture today in Northern New South Wales. Christine has done an amazing job bringing this Centre together and leading it for the past half decade. 050
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The Mimulus community at #PEQG26!!!!!! Wonderful meeting with an awesome community. Looking forward to #Mimulus27!!!!!! 0303
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Woah. Check out all of those selective sweeps in bacteria resulting from fragment transfer! #PEQG26 140
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Richard Wolff taking about recombination occurring among bacteria within the gut microbiome and consequent patterns of linkage disequilibrium across bacterial genomes. Wild. #PEQG26 120
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Yun Deng describing new methods for capturing population structure through time with gene flow #PEQG26. 120
David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Amazing to finally get all of my lab group together in one place! I think this is the first time that this has happened since before the pandemic. 091