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Bec Degnan

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PhD candidate in Molecular Plant Pathology at The University of Queensland ~ Researching rust fungi through exogenous RNAi πŸ„πŸŒΏ on Jagera & Turrbal Country. She/her.

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Do trait–growth relationships vary with plant age in fire‐prone heathland shrubs? We demonstrate that key functional traits undergo shifts in their relationship with growth as plants mature. Therefore, it will be valuable to shift our understanding of plant strategies away from th...

New paper! How does age affect plant trait-growth relationship? Does how you measure growth matter? πŸŒ±πŸ“Big thank you to @ianjwright.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to lead this when I was just a research assistant. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

12.03.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Final thesis review (milestone) is done! The only things left to do now are finish writing up, submit, and defend! 🌱πŸ§ͺ

23.01.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New pre-print on BioRxiv! 🌱πŸ§ͺ

We show that early-expressed effectors in a tree rust pathogen drive early stage infection and advantageous mutations in tandemly occuring intragenomic variants of one candidate effector may be maintained through non-neutral selection!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

09.12.2024 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Modelling or Trait-based Ecology Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Modelling or Trait-based Ecology

πŸ“’#WeAreHiring! I am looking for a #postdoc (2yr position) either in ecological modelling or experimental trait-based ecology to join us in Northern Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning group at @helsinkiuni.bsky.social

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jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

05.12.2024 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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My first bluesky post!! πŸ§ͺ🌱🧫

This week I got to present at my school (Chemistry & Molecular Bioscience) research symposium at the University of Queensland.

As always, super nice to share my work with enthusiastic colleagues and hear about other cool stuff going on the school.

21.11.2024 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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