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I love the posts from #BlackBotanistWeek #BlackRoots #BlackBotanicalLegacy! Hi folks, I'm Shawn (They/Them). Today my work focuses on trying to figure out some of the unseen diversity plants are hiding. I study metabolic trait evolution and phylogenomics.

I am loving #blackbotanistsweek!! It's great to see everyone! I am an Associate Professor @NCState_PMB. My lab focuses on iron homeostasis in plants - how do plants extract iron and other nutrients from soil and use them? Plant-soil interactions count today, right?

Oh wow! This interaction just made it to the top of our favorites list. Thanks for the knowledge about #PlantInteractions Beronda L. Montgomery--@BerondaM at BSky!#BlackBotanistsWeek

"#Empathy is like a skill. It's like a muscle. We can practice it like any other skill and get better at connecting with people.” -Jamil Zaki wbur.fm/2DpEd21

Happy #PhytochemicalFriday and #HappyBirthdayHarryPotter! Today: the monoterpenoids carvacrol, cymene, and thymol. These are major aroma compounds in Cretan dittany (Origanum dictamnus), the plant used to prepare Essence of Dittany, a healing potion in the Harry Potter series.

CALLING ALL STUDENTS - Great news! Due to additional funding support, we are able to extend the deadline for #SACNAS2020 registration scholarships to THIS FRIDAY, September 4 at 11:59pm. RT to spread the word, and apply today! 2020sacnas.org/travel-scholar…

New work by Manohar et al. Boyce Thompson Inst show that plants are able to modify pheromones excreted by parasitic nematodes to prevent infection. doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Cells are particularly good at solving mazes, according to a new Science study, which demonstrates how they are able to navigate long and complicated routes through the body using self-generated chemoattractant gradients. ($) fcld.ly/tmdg75f

You can watch the "Picture a Scientist" documentary for free anytime this weekend. There's also a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon on Sunday 9/14 12-3 ET. Follow the link below to register to participate! 500womenscientists.org/calendar/2020/…

A really cool paper on how reserpine disables biogenic amine signaling in potato cyst nematodes and its effect on the parasitic life cycle. doi.org/10.1371/journa…

This week has been a blast! We loved sharing the Neuroplant project with colleagues and incoming grad students!

Another #phytochemicalfriday ! Did you know that chamomile oil is blue?! This is because of chamazulene, a molecule that is formed during the heating and degradation of matricin, a sesquiterpene lactone. Chamazulene does not exist in the fresh plant! The Busta Lab

Also at #SFN21 tomorrow, the Structural Basis of Sensation. Everything we know about the world is filtered by our senses; learn about taste, touch, hearing, & pain. S07 11:15a PST/1:15p CST. cc: Manx Neurobiologist Jeff Holt Emily Liman Bring your curiosity & Qs to the live Q&A...

Hello #SfN21! Come check out the exciting work from our StanfordNeuroPlant team member, Tessa Logan tomorrow! She's exploring the molecular targets that are involved in the behavioral response of C. elegans to Salvinorin A, a plant derived psychedelic. abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/10485/p…

Whoo hooo! New paper on GPCRs which mediate itch as well as small molecules with which to modulate them in nature Shout out to Can Cao Jon Fay Hye Jin Kang @BShoichet Bryan Roth nature.com/articles/s4158…

A thought experiment about a special issue of Cosmo dedicated to C. elegans attraction brought to life by Rachel Porter!

#phytochemicalfriday Green fairy edition! Thujene is a constituent of #absinthe associated to its aledged psychoactive properties for many years. Nowadays, this theory has been refuted. It is a GABA antagonist and may trigger seizures. A #vanGogh's favorite! The Busta Lab

How does the mustard specialist drosophilid Scaptomyza flava detect volatile mustard oils? Comparative behavior, genomics, transcriptomics, & SSR now published as open access paper Molecular Biology and Evolution: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/39… by Teruyuki Matsunaga Carolina Reisenman Benjamin Goldman-Huertas and others