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Three meanings of stand: 1) To be upright despite wind. 2) The count of plants per unit area. 3) To tolerate, as in: I can’t stand this, except I do.

Three definitions of yield: 1) Grain per acre, which counts loudly. 2) Giving way under pressure, which looks like retreat and sometimes is wisdom. 3) The small act of giving way just enough to fall into step with someone.

Three ways the campus says “enough”: 1) Budget lines that measure hope to the cent. 2) A closed office door with the light still on. 3) “Out of toner.

All smiles as our Huskers make their way back to campus ❤️

During my PhD, I kept asking: if so many stress-resistance genes & QTLs are found, why are not stress-tolerant crops in farmers' fields? Years of reading + experience led to insights - now published as an Opinion piece with guidance from Ricardo A. Azevedo! doi.org/10.1111/aab.70…

Sorghum seeds are just beginning to show their colors in our field. Corn kernel colors appear in similar ways but easier to miss hidden behind husk leaves.

That is expected.

The class of 2029 has arrived ✨

That is cool 😎

Did you know data centers can also be made sustainable?? Phanofi is unlocking light for improved energy efficiency phanofi.com

It’s just me and the geese hiding out up here. Recipe for a productive afternoon.

ha ha.. So funny 😅🤣

Excited to see our review now out in JXB @jxbotany.bsky.social! We know how light shapes development 🌱, but how does it transcriptionally power photosynthesis? ☀️ In this review, we highlight how light-signaling TFs could be harnessed to optimize photosynthetic efficiency. #photosynthesis

📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: 39th Conference on Molecular Biology of Plants MBP2026🌱 👉 eventform.plantae.org/plantae.calend… #PlantScience

The future is already very cool. One evening with Claude Code and one morning running tests against the reference R package, and I’ve got a fully working Python reimplementation of the SpATS spatial correction package.

Exciting opportunity for a PhD student or Postdoc to join our lab on an ISF-NSFC 🇮🇱🇨🇳funded project exploring targeted protein degradation in the plant response to drought and rehydration. 🌱💧 If you’re passionate about plant proteolysis - email me!

Machine learning mostly lives in the world of python and quant genetics mostly in the world of R. I've seen folks use poorly supported python packages for genomic selection and GWAS implementing outdated algorithms because their production environments lacked good R support.

wonderful !!

Checking in on one of our nitrogen experiments -- part of the Nebraska Corn Board supported Nebraska Nitrogen Initiative -- from the air. Big thank you to the great research team up at @nebenreec who host and manage this site.