erika edwards
@erikaedw
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botanist and evolutionary biologist, professor at Yale University
Yale university
Joined June 2013
The Edwards lab ( is looking for a new post-doctoral research associate to work on the phylogenomics of Montiaceae, a really cool group of plants. Email me a CV and contact info for two references – come join us!
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RT @FernDoctor: From the @nytimes article on @DukeU @DukeBiology closure of the #herbarium:. They cannot "afford" to support #biodiversity….
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RT @KathleenPryer: Beautifully written letter out from the.@socherbcurators urging.@DukeU to reconsider divestment of their #herbarium. 🔗ht….
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RT @socherbcurators: Add your support for the Duke University herbarium by signing this petition!.
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RT @annbot: 🌵 #CAMPlantsWeek. The CAM lineages of planet Earth by Ian Gilman and co-authors in @annbot. #openaccess article .👉 https://t.co….
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RT @annbot: 🌵 #CAMPlantsWeek. Atmospheric CO2 decline and the timing of CAM plant evolution by Rowan Sage and co-authors in @annbot. #opena….
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RT @annbot: 🌵 #CAMPlantsWeek. Reconciling continuous and discrete models of C4 and CAM evolution by Erika Edwards in @annbot. #openaccess a….
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RT @yalepeabody: This fantastic profile of curator @marmmunoz will give you a good sense for why we’re so glad she’s contributing her talen….
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RT @Goodman_lab: Excited to announce that Yale MSI is partnering with @yale_eeb to launch a new open rank faculty search in microbial ecolo….
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Love it! You are becoming an expert yourself @leslievosshall! I should send you a plant press and we can amass a global collection.
Forgot to tag the expert @erikaedw.
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RT @leakey77: Thrilling to have Bill Ogren explaining the work he did 50 years ago at @UofIllinois to reveal the biochem of photosynthesis….
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RT @plantae_org: Plant Science Research Weekly, Aug 12. Special Issue "Grasses"; Deep/gradual evolution of transpor….
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RT @leslievosshall: @erikaedw @josejmovi @kheyduk Tweeps: post your global #purslane pics! Tell us the situation (mall parking lot, crevice….
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Purslane! A leggy one, gas station in Massachusetts on way to pick kid up from camp. How many global #purslane sightings could we get in one day on twitter? I’d love to see- @josejmovi any over in London? @kheyduk how about Honolulu ?
Purslane! Growing in a crack on Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore overrun with tourists. Delicious raw. @erikaedw
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In New Haven, in August, this is keeping me smiling all the time 😎. I smile also because I am so proud of this team of scientists – the last two years have been hard. I’m so grateful that this is the crew I was lucky enough to get through it with. @josejmovi y’all we did it!.
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There is so much to discover about the wonders of plants. My favorite thing about this project is that it is *purslane* - the weed in every sidewalk crack, on every continent- we’ve all come across one. And we didn’t understand how special it is. Now I smile every time I see one.
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What does this mean for food security? I am not sure, there is a lot of work to do. Many folks are working hard to improve photosynthesis in crops- the idea of a C4 maize that can CAM its way through a drought is really something. Portulaca shows us that maybe there's a way 8-.
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We predict that there may be more examples of C4+CAM across the plant tree of life- we’ve just never really looked for it. For example, CAM activity was just recently reported in C4 Trianthema: 7-.
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