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Lina Castano-Duque

@LinaCastano_D

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Plant biologist at the USDA trying to understand how plants respond to stress at different levels

Joined July 2011
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Lina Castano-Duque
3 months
I am incredibly honored that ARS-Office of communications did this Meet Young Scientist profile of me, I cannot described how elated I am to see this beautiful video.
@USDA_ARS
Agricultural Research Service
3 months
Meet Young Scientist: Lina Castano-Duque, a research plant pathologist, who talks about how her natural curiosity and desire to solve problems directed her toward a career in science. We're glad Castano-Duque is on the ARS team! https://t.co/VOIAymoq1t #ARSAgLab
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Lina Castano-Duque
8 months
I'm so proud of Dr. Angela Avila! Having her as a member of my research team is wonderful, her mathematical and modeling skills were key in making our latest aflatoxin predictive models in Texas a reality. #corn #mycotoxins #Texas #usda @USDA_ARS https://t.co/4DHmIR8qQ0
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Lina Castano-Duque
1 year
I am excited that our work on Flavonoid effects on fungal cell wall and biofilm formation is finally out. I am proud of the work our team did. YAY #corn #USDA #Science https://t.co/9MWuqFUAOu
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mdpi.com
Aspergillus flavus, a fungus known for producing aflatoxins, poses significant threats to agriculture and global health. Flavonoids, plant-derived compounds, inhibit A. flavus proliferation and...
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Lina Castano-Duque
1 year
This is the best way to start my weekend! I'm so proud of our team and excited that our flavonoids research was accepted for publication in the Journal of Fungi
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Lina Castano-Duque
1 year
We had a great Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at the USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center. Dr. Balée gave an exciting talk about the Amazon and the civilizations that lived there thousands of years ago. Also, the food was amazing!
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Lina Castano-Duque
1 year
I am so excited to see the work we did with Iowa State University focusing on mycotoxins modeling come out today. This was a great collaboration with Emily Branstad-Spates, PhD who has joined us at #USDA as a bright post-doctoral researcher. https://t.co/e79qvHFQa4
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Background and Objectives Fumonisin (FUM), a secondary metabolite from Fusarium spp., poses major concerns for the United States corn industry. This study evaluated a prepublished Illinois-centric...
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Lina Castano-Duque
1 year
Are you interested in plant-fungal interactions? Would you like to start a career with the USDA-ARS? Come and join our Food and Feed Safety Research Unit as a permanent scientist in vibrant New Orleans! Please RTW 🙏 https://t.co/yA8EWWuQTP
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Lina Castano-Duque
1 year
Post-doc position re-advertising with some modifications on requirements and affirmations: If you are you interested in corn-fungal interactions? joining the USDA-ARS? Come and join my lab in New Orleans Please share 🙏 https://t.co/4bKgRwBPnQ
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Lina Castano-Duque
1 year
My lab is hiring a post-doctoral researcher to study mycotoxin contamination in corn. If you would like to dive into corn and mycotoxins while living in vibrant New Orleans please checkout the link to the job: https://t.co/fs1LxI9SB6
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Lina Castano-Duque
2 years
What an honor to be at the opening ceremony of the Tetrapartite meeting at the @USDA_ARS Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans with representatives of national agriculture research from Canada, France and the UK.
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Lina Castano-Duque
2 years
Finally our MAPIR camera set up is ready to go. Our lab is doing cool projects in the area of precision agriculture to predict and prevent mycotoxin outbreaks #usda #corn #science #mapir @USDA_ARS
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Lina Castano-Duque
2 years
Amazing talk by Dr. Kyle Cranmer on combining human and artificial intelligence for predictive modelling #NPMTI #corn #mycotoxins #MachineLearning
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Lina Castano-Duque
2 years
Elated to be at Cotton Inc today and tomorrow for the#NPMTI conference where we are going to talk about modeling of plant diseases in the US #mycotoxins #corn #MachineLearning
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Lina Castano-Duque
2 years
Corn is growing at our BSL2 greenhouses in New Orleans. The fast growing corn lines have already been pollinated #corn #Science #usda
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Lina Castano-Duque
2 years
A new robot has arrived at my lab this is the perfect birthday and early Dia de Reyes gift #qiagen #science #usda
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Lina Castano-Duque
2 years
Excited to try our brand new Envirologix system for multiple Mycotoxins tests #usda #science #corn #fungi
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Lina Castano-Duque
2 years
The USDA 1890 National Scholars Program is accepting applications! This program provides educational and career opportunities for students seeking bachelor’s degrees from 1890 land-grant universities. Applications accepted until March 1, 2024. https://t.co/vxen8drJtD
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James Schnable
2 years
The origin of maize is more complicated than we previously realized. A story years in the making from the Ross-Ibarra lab, just published in Science. https://t.co/QVhFOAGA8S
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@PollyHsuLab
Polly Hsu Lab
2 years
Proud to announce our Arabidopsis ORFeome paper has been published in @ThePlantCell! We systematically uncovered > 7K novel translation events and found many important genes are regulated by uORFs. @LarryWu90267524 @JustinWWalley https://t.co/P961DWCEE1
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Improved coverage of super-resolution Ribo-seq in Arabidopsis reveals uncharacterized translation events for nuclear, chloroplastic, and mitochondrial gene
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