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Mischa Olson

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Plant scientist, Iowan living in London, Cornell PhD alumna (polyploidy, meiosis, maize)

London, England
Joined March 2012
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Mischa Olson
1 year
RT @EsterGaya1: 🚨 More posts coming for Fungarium Sequencing project! Looking for a Lab manager and a Lab Lead (=Research Leader level) to….
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Mischa Olson
1 year
@KewMycology See job descriptions at or DM w/ questions.
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Mischa Olson
1 year
🍄 Hiring! Come help us sequence loads of cool fungi @KewMycology! We're recruiting lab technicians, research assistants, and a lab manager-- particularly keen if you've had experience working with collections material or experience optimizing NGS protocols.
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Mischa Olson
1 year
RT @RJABuggs: “We can’t say we’ve solved this ‘abominable mystery’, but we can at least say that there really is one.” . What a great quote….
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Using genomic data from more than 9500 species, biologists have mapped the evolutionary relationships between flowering plants
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Mischa Olson
2 years
RT @NPRKelly: Hard to know where to start to say how much Sylvia Poggioli will be missed @npr. Thank you for 41 years bringing us the news….
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Mischa Olson
3 years
An absolutely magical snowy evening in Wapping, London.
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3 years
RT @rgutaker: We are looking for PhD student to study rice genetic diversity. PLEASE RETWEET, we need this ad outside of our bubble to reac….
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Mischa Olson
3 years
Want to submit a meter reading? Not so fast. This is the page after clicking "Login". Adventures in 🇬🇧 life these days.
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Mischa Olson
3 years
Landed right on the top of my reading list! So proud of @penlindsay 🎉 an excellent scientist and artist and friend!.
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Mischa Olson
3 years
Are you, or do you know, someone with good lab experience in molecular biology? 🧬 Check out this job! Experience in next-gen sequencing library prep would be useful!. Happy to answer questions about the role.
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Mischa Olson
3 years
RT @BillJBaker: Such a great atmosphere @KewGardens today! Huge visitor excitement around the new giant water lily #Victoria boliviana desc….
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Mischa Olson
3 years
When I’m feeling under the weather, this little guy’s shimmy always makes me smile and do a tiny little shimmy/wiggle too.
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Mischa Olson
3 years
Roses aren’t normally my favorite flower, but the beauties at ⁦@kewgardens⁩ sure are working hard to convince me! The rose garden smells heavenly—wish I could share that with you all too!
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Mischa Olson
3 years
RT @dave_matus: One of the first things I want to do in my new role is recruit YOU to come join us to help build and manage the microscopy….
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Mischa Olson
3 years
Today was my first day as the Molecular Biology Laboratory Lead/Manager at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew @KewScience! I am thrilled to join such a passionate, curious, and friendly team as we endeavor to explore and share the wonderful world of plants and fungi!
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Mischa Olson
4 years
A rainy Saturday in January and we are all in on Ted Lasso in this house. #latetotheparty.
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Mischa Olson
4 years
When your phone still automatically connects to @thejavahouse_ WiFi, the feeling of being back home is complete 😊.
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Mischa Olson
4 years
It's peony season! 💗
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Mischa Olson
4 years
Filling out documents as an immigrant for the first time and whoo boy this "please tell us everywhere you've traveled in the past 10 years" business is wild.
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Mischa Olson
4 years
Looking forward to hearing @SutherlandBL's talk and also sharing some of my observations about meiotic mechanisms in 🌽 polyploids! All are welcome.
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