Thank you, Vladimir! 'A honor just to be nominated' is a cliche, but truly applies here. Feels wonderful to know you, Seema Sahay, Xiaoxi Meng (Peggy), Guangchao Sun, Ravi Mural & Marcin Grzybowski each felt motivated put together or endorse the nomination package. Thank you all.

Today, my mentor James Schnable (James Schnable), was honored for his dedication to fostering postdoc growth. He cultivates a supportive space where postdocs engage in diverse projects, honing skills and shaping life goals. Congratulation, James!.

My first day as an assistant professor was ten years ago today. When I showed up in 2014 I had no office and no any idea how to write grants, mentor students, or any of the other parts of being a prof. ...It was terrifying...

Tom Clemente has achieved more positive impact in the world from his research than almost any professor I know. He is also a great faculty mentor. Was wondeful to help celebrate Tom Elmo Clemente's receiving the Larry Tonniges Research Achievement award today. Congrats, Tom!

Engaging discussions on cutting-edge research and an amazing opportunity to share my ongoing research at 2024 NPSS.Highlight of the day: meeting Prof. James Schnable and having the chance to discuss my research with such an inspiring and humble human # where STEM Meets Stem

Thank you so much to Schnable Lab James Schnable

Three members of our lab -- Waqar (Waqar Ali), Ramesh (@RameshKannaMat1), and Vladimir (@vla_torres) -- explain their work studying genes controlling photosynthesis, metabolism, and the expression of other genes at the 2024 Nebraska Plant Science Symposium.

Great to see grad students and postdocs to share their science in the Nebraska Plant science symposium organized with the help of Corteva Agriscience. Particularly happy to see talks from my colleagues Amany Gomaa talking about gene tagging impact on virus & Harshita on TWAS on Sorghum

Amany Gomaa (Amany Gomaa) and Harshita Mangal (@Harshita17_) representing our lab at the 2024 Nebraska Plant Science Symposium. Nicely done, both of you!

Toto I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore…

I think we're doing a good job of pursuing #1 and #2. But we're only just starting to see excitement and investment around the winter cash crops (winter peas, pennycress, winter canola, etc) that enable farmers to harvest two crops from the same field each year for #3.

Always interesting to hear about the unusual things other people need to know about working with Americans.

Congratulations, Sunil K. Kenchanmane Raju! Looking forward to seeing your impact and accomplishments continue to grow in your new role as PI and mentor. @ucrcnas is lucky to have you.

Made the mistake of telling five different people 'I'll get to it this weekend.'
One commitment down, one or two more to go, and two or three apology e-mails to write tonight.

About twenty minutes into Rebel Moon part 2, so far seems to be a cautionary tale about the dangers of growing wheat instead of corn.

Cleaning out the lab. Found these two envelopes in a pile of seed packets dated to circa 2015: “Maize” and “Maize Better.”