This right here should tell you something. With the right environment and mentors, both which are welcoming and focused on community building, the career potential can open up for ANY student regardless of their background.

Hey! A reminder to anyone mentoring undergrads that you wish to experience new places this summer: I made a spreadsheet of all the NSF Biology REUs sorted by deadline. I also include which ones have supplementary funding for DACA/international students docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

We’re thrilled to be represented by Principal Investigator Becky Bart, PhD, at SXSW this year! Bart will present on microbes—tiny bacteria and fungi that have a huge impact on the health of people and the planet. #SXSW #STLMade

#BHM Meet Sire, a PhD student at UC Davis! Sire utilizes computational methods and high-throughput phenotyping to uncover the traits associated with drought stress response in Theobroma cacao.

#BHM Meet Sandra Nnadi, a PhD student at UVM Plant Biology! Sandra research project evaluates the effects of mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on the fungal microbiome of blueberry roots.

#BHM Meet Brandon Williams , a PhD student at Cornell University! Brandon is working on engineering a biofluorescent reporter system in tomatoes that would alert farmers to nitrogen and phosphorus-deficient soil conditions.

#BHM Meet @YoselinBenAlf, an Associate Professor and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at University of Leeds! Yoselin's lab focuses on investigating the properties and regulation of the plasmodesmata that connect plant cells and facilitate cell-to-cell communication.

#BHM Meet Amie Fornah Sankoh, a PhD student at the Danforth Center! Amie is an NIH/NRSA fellow that studies cell-to-cell communication in plants.

#BHM Meet Catherine Danmaigona Clement, a PhD student at Texas A&M University! Catherine deploys genomics to understand cotton fusarium wilt disease outbreaks.

Today was #HBCU day at Spark, so we had to get him right! He can go wherever he wants, but me and my money are goin to Skegee!! #skegeemade #1881 #hbcukid @ St. Louis, Missouri instagram.com/p/CoaOEoPu7GDI…

#BHM Meet Rupert Koopman, a Conservation Manager at the Botanical Society of South Africa! Rupert implements plant conservation work in priority regions of South Africa. He's also one of the co-founders of #BlackBotanistsWeek.

#BHM Meet Dr. Carol N. Ibe, founder and president of JR Biotek Foundation!! Along with her role at JRBiotek of training & mentoring African plant scientists, Carol also studies the interactions of the yellow rust pathogen (Puccinia) and wheat.

Special THANKS to all my backbones for all the trainings, skills, and supports. I look forward to changing the world one plant at a time and one Deaf scientist at a time. Thank you Burch-Smith Lab Danforth Center @drobert22 BCMB_UTK ASPB and LAST but not least, NIH and U.S. National Science Foundation

The Graduate Student Softskills Workshop, sponsored by Bayer Crop Science and Corteva Agriscience was a success and a fantastic way to kick off NAPB 2023! Thank you to David Bubeck, Masha Trenhaile, Mark Newell, JD Rossouw, Rebecca Dunning, PhD and Ajit Nott! NAPB

🤣🤣🤣 well... When you look at it like that 🤔

Looking forward to this conversation! Shoutout to Dr. Erin McCauley for the opportunity! #FoodPowerPolitics

Oral History Project Preserves Black and Indigenous Food Traditions via Civil Eats civileats.com/2024/06/04/ora…

🏆🏆🏆 I’m thrilled to share that my book Food Power Politics won the 2024 Association for the Study of Food & Society (ASFS) First Book Prize! ASFS is the premier professional organization for Food Studies & I am thankful to be honored by my peers! More soon. #GodIsAble 🙏🏾

The new Pivot to Plants fellowship program, funded by U.S. National Science Foundation, is an opportunity for those looking to pivot to a career in plant or data science. Check it out! Find more details and apply at: etap.nsf.gov/award/7266/opp…

So glad to be able to carry the mantle with these phenomenal greens. instagram.com/share/reel/BAC…