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James P Santiago

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Asst Prof at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Plant Scientist and Horticulturist. Posts, views, and opinions are from myself only and does not reflect my employer’s. Dog friendly.

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Havent posted in a while coz i got busy. So, I’ve been graphing data in R and spent most of today googling why its not working. Then I thought, why not use AI? I used copilot, and in 3 sec it told me why my code is not working! 🤯 Yes, I’m super late about using AI, but I’m a geriatric millenial 🤷‍♂️🤣

20.11.2025 22:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Building climate-resilient crops: genetic, environmental, and technological strategies for heat and drought stress tolerance This review examines the environmental and genetic factors that contribute to heat and drought stress tolerance in crops. It also assesses the limitations

A new review article from @msupri.bsky.social scientists with collaboration from ag industry colleagues. Building climate-resilient crops: genetic, environmental, and technological strategies for heat and drought stress tolerance url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...

09.10.2025 16:35 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Luke! :)

05.03.2025 22:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh cool! I am really liking the campus here. Let me know if you’re in town, I’ll give you and your kid a tour of our research greenhouses.

05.03.2025 20:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you, Jennifer :)

05.03.2025 15:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you, Daniel. Congrats to you too! See you around campus!

25.02.2025 22:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ten simple rules for structuring papers

"Summary of a paper’s structural elements at three spatial scales: Across sections, across paragraphs, and within paragraphs."

journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

24.02.2025 02:25 👍 75 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 3
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Engineering source-sink relations by prime editing confers heat-stress resilience in tomato and rice @cellpress.bsky.social

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

01.02.2025 23:38 👍 44 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1

Thanks David! :)

31.01.2025 22:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks! :)

31.01.2025 22:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

See you soon!

31.01.2025 22:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Luke. I’m excited to move back to the midwest!

31.01.2025 21:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Late post: I am thrilled to announce that I’ve accepted a faculty position at UIUC @uofilsystem.bsky.social and will start as an Assistant Professor of Horticulture in March. I’ll be advertising for a grad student position soon.

31.01.2025 21:36 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0

🐲 🐉

09.01.2025 15:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
USPS stamp booklet with Dungeons and Dragons theme.

USPS stamp booklet with Dungeons and Dragons theme.

I went to the post office to mail something and then saw that they are selling D&D stamps.. So what did I do? I bought a booklet even though I dont play D&D or need them. Why?? Dragons.

08.01.2025 20:56 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Reading makes you live multiple lives through the characters of each novel you finish :)

06.01.2025 23:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

my New Year’s resolution: post more on here about plants and horticulture. Any bets on how long I can keep this resolution? 😆

06.01.2025 23:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Late post: Happy New Year everyone!!! 🎉🎆

06.01.2025 23:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of a greenhouse complex located at the foot of a mountain range during sunset. Photo taken during the autumn and the mountain range looks like it is burning due to the red and orange leaf colors.

Picture of a greenhouse complex located at the foot of a mountain range during sunset. Photo taken during the autumn and the mountain range looks like it is burning due to the red and orange leaf colors.

My current work place is located at the foot of a mountain range. This is an image I captured yesterday at sunset. One of the best views in Virginia.

20.11.2024 16:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I see plant science, ecology, ecophysiology, and botany starter packs but is there a horticulture starter pack that I just didnt see? #plantscience

19.11.2024 16:31 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Starter packs are pretty cool for welcoming new peeps, building followings of good poasters and experts, and joining people up here, but they do also have the somewhat awkward flavor of broadcasting to the whole school who you are inviting to your birthday party

10.09.2024 00:44 👍 45 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1

Working for the industry is a lot less stressful for me but I miss working in a lab and having science discussions with fellow academics of all levels.

18.02.2024 00:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It is so nice to not see ads every 2 posts on this app.

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10.02.2024 23:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New paper out in PC&E! Look here if you're after some guidance on how to gas exchange: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What measurements are appropriate for your question and how to best take them? Initiated by Maria Papanatsiou, with @cavycavs.bsky.social and many others

07.02.2024 17:44 👍 9 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 1
mallee eucalypt woodland in New South Wales, Australia

mallee eucalypt woodland in New South Wales, Australia

Hi Blue Sky community! Looking forward to reconnecting with plant sci (and other) people who were once on twitter, and freshly connecting with new people!

10.02.2024 21:43 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Okay, let’s see if the butterfly is better than the bird

10.02.2024 20:44 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Congratulations!

10.02.2024 20:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0