Over the past fortnight, our team wrapped up training on tissue culture medium prep & plant materials transfer! Seasoned members rocked the material maintenance while newcomers sprouted their skills for upcoming tasks. Ready for our crapemyrtle-tastic adventures.🤠 Aggie Research Program

Yesterday was a blast! 🎉 We gathered at Qin Lab for some pizza fun, shared our amazing progress, and celebrated Alanna and Sonya's graduation! Here's to a semester of hard work & the bright future ahead. Journey with asepetic plants continues for further reserach! Aggie Research Program

Thrilled to have interacted with brilliant students & fellow postdocs at the 2024 Student/Postdoc Research Conference! Grateful for the enriching chats with these who visited Poster #11. Huge thanks to the SPRC Organizing Committee for an unforgettable event! 🤠👍 TAMU Biology

Warmly welcome Carl and Daniel to our team on the crapemyrtle project with Aggie Research Program. It fills my heart to see seasoned members shine, leading our training sessions on culture medium prep and explant inoculation. The passion, the dedication, the excellence—it's all here.🤠👍

Just a quick note: If plant tissue culture is your thing, please do not hesitate to stop by at Poster No. 5 at Memorial Student Center during the 2024 Student Research Week TAMU symposium. Our team is trilled to learn from you all with insightful engagements and interactions!🤠👍

Our 'Natchez' team brought six certificates, a 2nd place finish in the poster competition at the 2024 Student Research Week, to Qin Lab Hongmin. Proud of having this incredible team working together on crapemyrtle tissue culture research Aggie Research Program

Grateful for the opportunity to learn with amazing postdoc fellows at the inaugural Postdoctoral Mentoring Academy. Gained valuable insights on effective communication, expectation alignment, fostering independence, and professional development. Thanks to TAMU PDA and Texas A&M CTE

Just had an amazing 3-hour training session on meristem culture! We're hopeful it will positively impact our challenging woody plant tissue culture soon. Stay tuned for updates!🌱✨

So thrilled that our research on Queen’s Crapemyrtle regeneration has been published in this prestigious journal! And we can't wait to see what we'll discover next in the genetic transformation of crapemyrtles.🤠👍

'Twas the week before Christmas at the 36th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference (Dec 10-11)! Privileged to present TWO posters to share our findings on crapemyrtle breeding & pest management. Huge thanks to Holly & Bob. Here's to a bright future for Texas Agriculture! 🤠👍

Honored to present my research (Poster #78) at the 2025 Student/Postdoc Research Conference hosted by TAMU Biology. Inspired by the energy of undergrads, grads, postdocs, and profs who sparked incredible discussions- thank you for this amazingly idea-filled moments!🤠

As we wrap up the semester, our Aggie Research Program team had a fantastic gathering with our Crapemyrtle Tissue Culture Team alumni last weekend! 🌿 Their stories- research & personal- were so inspiring. This bond keeps our team tight, vibrant, and awesome!🤠👍

I’m thrilled to join 🌱 𝐀𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 Auburn Agriculture in August 2025 as Assistant Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, focusing on ornamental crop production! Excited to collaborate with Alabama’s nursery & greenhouse communities and mentor the next generation of horticulturists to help

From muddy boots in field plots to pipettes in the lab, very grateful for every step toward tougher, prettier ornamentals. Recent updates: trialing solutions & mentoring future hort pros; each discovery could be a seed for tomorrow. Love plants, research, mentoring? Say hi! 🤠👍

Officially official with Auburn University, 🌱 𝐀𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 & Auburn Agriculture today!

What a fantastic welcome to the Auburn Family! Huge thanks to the Auburn University's Office of the Provost and the Biggio Center for an excellent New Faculty Orientation today. Ready to get started. #WarEagle!🦅

Excited to kick off my first class as an Assistant Professor with 🌱 𝐀𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 Auburn Agriculture in the best way: Setting students up for success & snapped our Day 1 group photo. Grateful for my colleagues’ warm welcome. Ready for an inspiring journey!🦅#WarEagle #AuburnHorticulture

Fantastic day focusing on career readiness with @AuburnHort & Auburn Agriculture! Huge thanks to our speakers, Morgan Martin, Megan Ross, and Carlos Acosta, for sharing incredible advice on everything from career prep to networking and resumes. War Eagle! 🦅