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Bianca Ferreira

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PhD student in the Richardson Lab, IMPS, UoE |Evolution and developmental genetics in Maize and Monkeyflowers. Cell identity, differentiation and cell fate| First Gen. Plant lover, amateur illustrator, and outdoor enthusiast!

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"How to take action for science" written in a retro bubbly font above a bunch of canva clipart test tubes and beakers filled with colorful bubbling liquids

"How to take action for science" written in a retro bubbly font above a bunch of canva clipart test tubes and beakers filled with colorful bubbling liquids

Hi! Do you want to rip your face off over the constant attacks on science in the US? Here are some actions you can take! They require varying amounts of time, repetitiveness, and sticking your neck out, so hopefully you can find something in here that’s right for you:
πŸ§ͺ #scicomm

23.05.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5

I am accepting graduate students this year. Please contact me if you are interested in joining our PhD and Masters program fantastic program in beautiful #Tucson

16.11.2024 23:19 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Molly on top of a giant phenotyping robot, delivering a line to a drone camera that is filming from above. Photo credit: Davis de Dios Media

Molly on top of a giant phenotyping robot, delivering a line to a drone camera that is filming from above. Photo credit: Davis de Dios Media

Molly in a respirator crouching on the ground of a greenhouse aisle surrounded by orchids, filming the plants using a camera on a gimbal. Photo credit: Joyce Onyenedum

Molly in a respirator crouching on the ground of a greenhouse aisle surrounded by orchids, filming the plants using a camera on a gimbal. Photo credit: Joyce Onyenedum

Molly and plant scientist Brandon being filmed by videographer Chris for a Science IRL video. They are admiring plants growing in tissue culture on a shelf with bright grow lights. Photo credit: Matt Hayes

Molly and plant scientist Brandon being filmed by videographer Chris for a Science IRL video. They are admiring plants growing in tissue culture on a shelf with bright grow lights. Photo credit: Matt Hayes

Molly in a respirator giving a talk about scicomm and Science IRL for the plant bio departmental seminar at UGA. Photo Credit: Tanisha Williams

Molly in a respirator giving a talk about scicomm and Science IRL for the plant bio departmental seminar at UGA. Photo Credit: Tanisha Williams

Hi bluesky, it sure is nice to be here! I'm Molly, I'm a plant biologist turned science communicator 🌱 I make videos with researchers to bring their science stories to life! You can find me on YT/insta/tt as Science IRL 🧬πŸŽ₯ Excited to re-meet everyone here and make new #science & #scicomm friends!

15.11.2024 16:26 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

Your daily dose of botanical drawings by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) (1897)

In museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., United States of America.

Dimensions: height 25cm, width 18cm.

#woman #artist #plants #walcott #botany

13.11.2024 16:25 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Red and yellow columbine flower, nodding

Red and yellow columbine flower, nodding

Red and yellow columbine flower with many exserted yellow stamens

Red and yellow columbine flower with many exserted yellow stamens

Aquilegia barnebyi, our native Oil Shale Columbine, blooming in Big Wash

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 13 🌿

13.11.2024 14:53 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder: 1) there is no algorithm on here, if you found something interesting, make sure to repost, not just like. 2) repost your own post after 8 hrs so that people from different time zones can see.

12.11.2024 12:32 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Afro-Caribbean researcher R. Shawn Abrahams in the Moroccan desert, measuring the photosynthetic capacity of the plant Moricandia suffruticose, a relative of Brassica crop plants like Broccoli.

Afro-Caribbean researcher R. Shawn Abrahams in the Moroccan desert, measuring the photosynthetic capacity of the plant Moricandia suffruticose, a relative of Brassica crop plants like Broccoli.

Hi new folks! I'm Shawn. My research utilizes a combination of systems biology, systematics, and comparative genomics to understand trait evolution in plants. My current work took me to the northern Sahara in search of desert-adapted wild relatives of Brassica crops (πŸ₯¦πŸ§ͺ). Here's how it went:

11.11.2024 13:07 πŸ‘ 216 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Before joining the Yuan Lab, I spent a lot of time during my Hons & MSc years in the epic Drakensberg- South Africa. I studied a stunning daisy in the genus Senecio, & these gorgeous pink flowered Rhodohypoxis. Oct-Dec was our usual field season & this year I am certainly missing the mountains.

10.11.2024 23:41 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Prickly Currant (Ribes lacustre)

Prickly Currant (Ribes lacustre)

Your daily dose of botanical drawings by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Prickly Currant (Ribes lacustre) (1917)

In museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., United States of America.

Dimensions: height 25cm, width 18cm.

#woman #artist #plants #walcott #botany

10.11.2024 16:25 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A small plant grows directly out of red rocks in Sedona, AZ. The plant has a large red flower and green leaves with a purplish mediolateral stripe across each leaf.

A small plant grows directly out of red rocks in Sedona, AZ. The plant has a large red flower and green leaves with a purplish mediolateral stripe across each leaf.

Hello BlueSky πŸ‘‹πŸΌ I'm new to this community so here's a quick intro--I'm an Asst. Research Prof in the Yuan lab at UConn. I use the anthocyanin leaf stripe phenotype of Mimulus verbenaceus (pictured) to study the genetics, development, and evolution of novel phenotypes. Also love running & dogs.

10.11.2024 19:35 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor of Biology and Herbarium Curator We invite applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Biology and Curator of the Herbarium at the Museum of Southwestern Biolog...

Hi fellow Bluesky scientists. We have a job opening for a new assistant professor of biology and herbarium curator here at the University of New Mexico! Come join our fantastic community at the Museum of Southwestern Biology! See the link below for more details.

unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

09.11.2024 21:04 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 129 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6
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New to this platform so here is a collection of Monkeyflower pictures to get things going!

10.11.2024 00:42 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

A quick note to all the NewSkys: there really isn’t algorithm here. We depend on each other to spread the word. So if you want others to see something, repost it. Liking something adds it to your feed but doesn’t surface it for others.

08.11.2024 16:18 πŸ‘ 1138 πŸ” 575 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 23