iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Thomas Lesaffre 🌱 @thomaslesaffre.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

🌺 New preprint with J.Pannell and @charlesmullon.bsky.social on the joint evolution of selfing and sex allocation! This joint evolution leads to an unexpected outcome: the emergence of androdioecy, which may either be stable or only a step on the path to complete selfing. 📝 ➡️ tinyurl.com/wf9xsv6v

Streamplot taken from the paper showing the joint evolutionary dynamics of the pollen export rate (x-axis) and the competitive advantage maternal plants grant their own pollen relative to other sources (y-axis). Stream arrows indicate the direction of selection.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

But of course they don’t list me. Putting it in my cv now anyway…

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Really I can’t take all the credit. A few other folks and maybe a couple of farmers and breeders have helped over the last 10,000 years.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

It’s taken a lot of hard work to get here but we won.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Would never do that. These are my parents.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Great opportunity. I absolutely loved my visit there — great people and good science and a cool town. And if this wimpy southern Californian enjoyed Helsinki in January you can hack it no problem.

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Tanja Pyhäjärvi @pyhatanja.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

University of Helsinki is hiring tenure track Assistant/Associate Professors. A main theme is Future Food and candidates with plant and crop breeding and genomics profile are encouraged to apply. Please share to potential candidates! The call closes November 16th. www.helsinki.fi/en/hilife-he...

helsinki.fi

Call for HiLIFE tenure track Assistant/Associate Professor positions | HiLIFE – Helsinki Institute of Life Science | University of Helsinki

HiLIFE tenure track program aims to attract the most talented and motivated individuals. In the previous four calls HiLIFE has recruited 20 Assistant/Associate Professors, who to date have been able t...

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Ok $11B is indeed a lot of money. But I will never understand why our gov balks at $11B for, say, discovering life on another planet, but happily spends orders of magnitude more to wipe out life on our own. www.cnn.com/2026/10/12/s...

cnn.com

An abandoned rock sample could prove life once existed on Mars. But will it ever reach Earth? | CNN

US officials canceled NASA’s ambitious Mars Sample Return program, leaving potential evidence of ancient life sitting on Mars. Could China beat them to it?

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I'm excited. Five more days until this job closes. Come do plant evolution here at Davis! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777?utm...

recruit.ucdavis.edu

EVE Plant Evolutionary Biology Assistant Professor

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I think my parents had royal butter or something so it gets a good sarcophagus.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

At parents house for dinner. What is this thing called and why isn’t it a butter sarcophagus?

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TheTrekspert @thetrekspert.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy Indigenous People's Day!

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I was gonna go with slurm but this could work for automation too.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Working con code to thread an ancient sample into an arg. Wonder if these will help.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Lab getting a new storage server but from the looks of it it was crafted by the hard disk elves of Lothlórien

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Painted!? Wow! You are right to be obsessed.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Kids decorated cake for mom. All of this done by hand!

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

DM me email and I can add you now. Zoom is open so join next week!

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The name or the logo? The name has been around since 2019! We’ve done over 200 webinars I think.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If I had my way I’d color the phylogeny to show my opinion there are 3 not 5 species in the genus.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Signup link, new home on the community website, and new email list for those who don’t live on slack all coming soon. In the meantime, schedule and zoom link still here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Zeavolution signup

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If we have a logo we must be legit right?

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Learning today that I've published on Wolcott-Rallison dysplasia in maize and teosinte. And, to my chagrin, apparently I'm not the first.

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Frank Hochholdinger @hochholdingerf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Congratulations to Pat Schnable for receiving the 2027 McClintock prize. Very well deserved for all his major contributions to maize genetics over the past decades.

Header of the press release of Iowa State University concering Pat Schnable receiving the McClintock prize.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m still reeling at “one shotted” being used for something other than a bokoblin.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Never fear! I once landed after boarding had started and the pilot made everyone sit down so I could run out, tsa were magically helpful, and I sprinted 1km, and made my flight! …only for there to be some minor mechanical issue so we sat in the tarmac for 45 minutes

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sure sure he’s a wonderful scientist but you’re hiding the dark secret he’s also a great guy and a wonderful dept chair.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I disagree there Josh. Lots of parts of what we do maybe. But I wager it will be some time before all of it is doable by AI

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I just tried to access data from a paper published way back in the dark days of 2024. TWO publications on the data, its website, browser, etc. Website link to data is dead, browser page doesn't exist.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Pretty simple really. A European friend I won’t name didn’t believe me that “Howdy” was an acceptable greeting. I was already scheduled to get to meet and shake hands with Obama and she bet me I wouldn’t say it to the president’s face. I did, he graciously replied, & moved on to the next handshake.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I won a bet by saying “Howdy” to Barack Obama.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’m responsably infamous for my poor sense of direction. I could probably get lost in a corn maze of 1 plant.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Lab trying to lose me at night in the world’s largest corn maze.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Nigel Goldenfeld @nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"If Californians want to support early-stage research, they should look to another measure that is on the ballot in California in two years — Senate Bill 895, which proposes a $7.5 billion general obligation bond to fund scientific, biomedical, and public health research, said Panush."

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

the employee cafeteria at the base of the theme building in LAX. no longer there, you had to leave security to get there. worth it.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Corn biologist; nearly impossible to avoid.

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Gwênlyn Glusman (she/her) ☸️ @gwenlyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have modernized and enhanced the NSF COA generator tool. Results now update dynamically • Published under more than one name? Covered! • Other people share your name? No problem! • You prefer searching by ORCID? Go ahead! Give it a try. Feedback, bug reports, feature requests are MOST welcome! 🧪

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Joe Brennan @biologyjoe87.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Happy international cinnamon roll day to all who observe. A special thanks to @jrossibarra.bsky.social , a fellow cinnamon roll fanatic, for the gift

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Doesn’t make good popcorn. But beautiful!

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Hard agree with Michael Baym: if you're going to AI-email me, send the prompt. That's where you did the actual thinking. The output is just autocomplete in a necktie. Give me the raw kernel, not the husk. Keep it a-maize-ingly simple, and spare me the "I hope this finds you wel." “

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Write a post that expresses agreement with this post by Michael Baym. Make it a little snarky and add a corn pun. Include one typo so it looks human. Do NOT hack hugging face while making this post.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cuz I love me some teosinte. Also it's the underdog, given how much of its habitat has been destroyed.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Unknown! My guess is someone imported seed from Mexico that was contaminated with teosinte and it got out of hand. My lab was asked by the Spanish gov ~2015 to figure out what teosinte it was. This paper and others have it right, but at the time we were under an agreement not to talk about it.

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