Robert Schaeffer
@rnschaeffer
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Assistant Professor | @USUAggies | Interests: flowers, bees, microbes, sustainable ag, fermentation, mountains | Tweets are mine
Logan, UT
Joined August 2016
We're hiring some more! 2-3 positions in Cell & Molec Bio @ Assistant or Associate level. Some areas of interest include neuro, development, systems bio, & functional genomics. Pls share!
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We're hiring! Our dept. is seeking TWO Assistant Professors in Extension Entomology. @EntsocAmerica @IPMWest @NPDN
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RT @biorxiv_plants: Niche-Based Priority Effects Predict Microbe Resistance to Erwinia amylovora in Pear Nectar #b….
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RT @Bailey_Crowley1: New preprint with @rnschaeffer. We performed an in vitro study to investigate the effects of thermal environment on pr….
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Climate change is rapidly warming thermal environments, an important abiotic stimulus governing bee development and species interactions. Increasing evidence suggests that solitary bees rely upon...
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Interested in rearing the solitary mason bee, Osmia lignaria, in the lab? Check out this detailed protocol from Ph.D. candidate Mary-Kate Williams and collaborators at the USDA Bee Lab:
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Our protocol was designed to rear Osmia lignaria Say (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from immature stages to adult emergence following their natural phenology in northern Utah. Many...
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Scaling use of the rust fungus Puccinia punctiformis for biological control of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.): First report on a U.S. statewide effort
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Canada thistle ( Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., CT) is one of the worst weeds threatening temperate regions of the world. A host-specific rust fungus, Puccinia punctiformis (F. Strauss) Rohl., is known...
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We're hiring! USU's Dept. of Plants, Soils, & Climate is seeking an Assistant Professor and Fruit Crop Extension Specialist @utahstate_ag @usuextension 🍒🍑🍎 Please RT.
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RT @DanielleRutkow: New review paper out now on bee-fungi associations with @rachelvannette and Makena Weston. We discuss some common funga….
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RT @rachael_winfree: Fascinating evidence for the COI between bees (which want to consume pollen) and plants (which want bees to transport….
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RT @paulcaradonna: Totally wild: scenes from our field work and @RMBLGothic from @mrkdrf 's film A New Nature are being displayed all over….
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RT @SchiestlFlorian: A PostDoc position in Chemical Ecology is available in my lab, see Please re-tweet to anyone p….
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RT @oecodynamics: 🚨Summer field technician job alert🚨.We're hiring 2 field research assistants to collect plant demographic data in the mou….
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RT @SchiestlFlorian: A PhD position in plant adaptation/experimental evolution is available in my lab, check it out: .
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RT @G_A_Thomas: Less than a month to submit abstracts to our @AmerChemSociety symposium 'Harnessing Chemical Ecology to Achieve Food Securi….
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RT @Botanical_: #Botany2023 Abstract Submission is Now Open!.Submission deadline is April 3, 2023. Visit for more….
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RT @susta1nabeelity: Interested in learning about my approach to socio-ecological modeling using the microbiome and organic farming as stud….
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RT @PankajTri29: The Trivedi lab #CSU is hiring. Will be looking for a computational postdoc who will develop statistical and genome scale….
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RT @NKWhiteman: Check it out! Professor Paul Nabity (former USDA NIFA postdoc in my lab, advised for his Ph.D. by Profs. May Berenbaum and….
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Applications are now open for the Plant STEM #REU program @USUAggies! Please RT and/or share with students interested in 🌱🦠🐝 intxns. Additional info here:
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