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Faculty of Science TMU @torontometsci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Welcoming new Faculty of Science professors: Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social, Keng-Lou James Hung @kljhung.bsky.social, and Noman Mohammed, with expertise in plant-microbe interactions, pollinator conservation, and data privacy, respectively. Read more: bit.ly/4q23jrh

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Three tenure-track professors join the Faculty of Science this fall

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Virginia Miguel 🌱 @virgimiguel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Don't miss TODAY the concurrent session at 3.45 pm at the #PlantBio2026 You have the opportunity to engage with cool plant science and plant scientists 🌱 @cspbscbv.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

OMG this looks amazing! Can't wait to read 🤩

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Final question - what kind of soil did you use in the video above?

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I never would have thought to use an electric toothbrush - that's so clever!

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

After flowering do they self on their own pretty well? Or did you have to help out with hand pollination?

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Ok this whole thread makes me feel better. Maybe someday I can try again with C. nictitans. It would be so cool to go back and do some of the experiments we originally planned

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Although we find high rates of molecular evolution across mutualist genomes, symbiosis genes do not show evidence of ongoing coevolution. We would be happy to hear your feedback and ideas on our work!

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

We observed the same pattern in bacteria genomes. Genome wide, nodulating bacteria had higher dN/dS ratios compared to non-symbiotic bacteria.

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Interestingly, we found higher dN/dS values in mutualist plants genome wide (shown in figure) but not at symbiotic genes.

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

We sequenced transcriptomes of 6 mutualistic legumes and 6 non-mutualistic close relatives (labelled tips in the tree) and compared dN/dS ratios across the genome and at symbiotic genes. We also compared dN/dS ratios in sequenced nodulating and non-symbiotic bacteria genomes

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

New preprint on my molecular evolution work with @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social and @mfrederickson.bsky.social! Inspired by work in parasite literature, we looked for evidence of increased rates of molecular evolution in mutualistic interactions. What did we find?

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Julia Kreiner @jmkreiner.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

The Kreiner and Carley Labs at @UChicago E&E are co-hiring a Lab Manager/Research Technician position in Plant Evolutionary Ecology & Genomics! Please see the link for more details and instructions on how to apply: bit.ly/UChiPlantTec...

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

Surprisingly, we saw a decrease in diversity and increase in abundance of anaerobic taxa in treatments with high concentrations of organic de-icers. The drastic shift in the bacterial community suggests that organic de-icers may not be as “eco-friendly” as initially anticipated!

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

The impacts of traditional, inorganic, and organic de-icers were tested on lake water bacterial community assembly in a mesocosm experiment at QUBS. After 6 weeks, the 16S rRNA locus was sequenced in bacterial community samples.

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

Our team combines perspectives from molecular biologists, microbiologists, and ecologists including Troy Martin, Collin Juurakko, Shelley Arnott, and Virginia Walker

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

Do you use salt on your icy driveway in the winter? There are a lot of de-icer options currently available. Before you make your choice, check out this work which I had the opportunity to contribute to as part of a collaborative team at Queen’s U Bio www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16...

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Tia Harrison @tiaharrison.bsky.social · 11/11/2023

One of my PhD projects with @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social and @mfrederickson.bsky.social is now published in Molecular Ecology! We uncovered a latitudinal diversity gradient in non-rhizobia microbes associated with C. nictitans plants but not in rhizobia. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Julia Kreiner @jmkreiner.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

I too am recruiting graduate students, postdocs, and a lab technician for my group at UChicago, starting fall 2024! We will be doing exciting work to uncover the limits of plant adaptation in changing environments.

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Megan Frederickson @mfrederickson.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

New paper from my lab, led by Pooja Nathan (not on this app yet). We found that extrafloral nectaries (ant-attracting glands on non-floral plant parts) have facilitated legume and ant invasions around the globe royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Extrafloral nectary on a legume producing a nectar droplet

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