Malmstrom Ecology Lab
@MalmstromEcoLab
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We study plants🌾, landscapes, and nano-microbes🦠 (viruses, viroids, phytoplasma) at Michigan State University. Host of the biweekly Plant Virus Ecology Group
East Lansing, MI, USA
Joined March 2020
Excited to announce that our new tests for hop viruses are now available to the public through @michiganstateu : https://t.co/5OEGmYd1yR
#hops #virus @MichAgCouncil
canr.msu.edu
Available tests include three carlaviruses, apple mosaic virus, hop stunt viroid and hop latent viroid.
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Happy: my suburban native plant wildlife refuge was full of butterflies, bees, and birds this weekend. I hope your gardens were busy too.
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Check out our current @jgi job openings - we're looking for postdocs, administrative assistants, scientific engineering associates, research scientists, data scientists and data systems engineers! #biology #datascience @LBNLBioSci @BerkeleyLabJobs
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Super excited to welcome Katrina Culbertson, @KatrinaCulbert2, as a new PhD student in the lab. Katrina has a strong background in HIV prevention research, and is now helping us assess virus impact in plants.
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RNASeq with field samples: it's all about attention to detail. It's important to have good bench hands, double-check labels, & keep samples frozen. 3/3 #Science
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RNASeq field campaign: Runners collect leaf samples and rush them to the processors. 2/3 @doescience @MSU_NatSci
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Fun RNASeq campaign in the switchgrass diversity panel this week! Here the processing team handles incoming samples. 1/3 @doescience @MSU_NatSci
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The Look: Lab coat as improv rain jacket. Modeled here by Mike Ryskamp in the switchgrass diversity panel. #Science
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Glad to see that @ally_brown10 is already making friends in her new ecosystem.
Met this beautiful eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula) today during my first day in the field after moving to Georgia! I was very happy to see them, and they were very happy to slither back into the woods
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Thanks very much, @ally_brown10, for your invaluable contributions to the lab. Looking forward to hearing about your research discoveries @UGAWarnell . 🐸🐸
Saying goodbye to a team member is the toughest part of science. Best wishes to @ally_brown10 in her new adventures @universityofga @HerpetologyUga . It was super to work together!
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Happy to return to field work after a pandemic winter. Need more real biology, less zoom.
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Can plant viroids infect and replicate in fungi? What do you think? Thought provoking end to this semester's #plant #virus #ecology discussions! 1) Wei et al. 2019: https://t.co/sRW5DcAARy 2) Serra et al. 2020: https://t.co/3n2pVesTdW 3) Wei et al. 2020:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Woo hoo! We are so excited that Kadeem Gilbert is joining us @michiganstateu Plant Biology!
Since I now have my official onboarding documents all lined up, I'm guessing that means it's okay for me to post about this here: I'm very excited to be starting a tenure-track faculty position @KelloggBioStn & PlantBio at MSU effective this coming August!
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Cool work by @FrancesTrail @michiganstateu
Host, management, or microbial traits: Which is dominant in plant microbiome assemblages? https://t.co/flcscY3YcO
#nsffunded @KBSLTER
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Host, management, or microbial traits: Which is dominant in plant microbiome assemblages? https://t.co/flcscY3YcO
#nsffunded @KBSLTER
nsf.gov
We've all seen news stories covering what you eat and how it can affect your microbiome. Changing your diet can shift your unique microbial fingerprint. That shift can cause a dramatic effect on your…
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Come work at KBS! The @KBSLTER is hiring a temporary field and lab technician. Find more info and a list of all open positions at https://t.co/mboHV8qaX9.
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Come work at KBS! Kellogg Farm is hiring a temporary aide to help care for cows at the Pasture Dairy Center. For more info and a list of all open positions: https://t.co/YY2KnQAr99
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There is also a captioned version (English) available on our YouTube channel:
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