Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you?

@drclrichards.bsky.social

I study ecological genomics of native and invasive plants at a large public university in Florida. Science is done in the context of social construct. We must all engage in and contribute to civil discourse.

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Authors include @drclrichards.bsky.social @bossdorf.bsky.social @jedokaplan.bsky.social @irinamelnikova.bsky.social @valeryridde.bsky.social @oresteschem.bsky.social @benmsanderson.bsky.social @stavana.bsky.social @rsubramanian.com

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Multidisciplinary science funding is more than ever a planetary priority: Reflections from the Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) program Global change poses “wicked problems” that have become ever more complex, pervasive, and damaging. Developing innovative solutions increasingly require diverse research approaches. The Franco-German M...

🌐🌐🌐 So proud of this piece and honored to be part of this esteemed group! #MOPGA It has been amazing 🤩 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

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So honored to be a part of this outstanding group of scientists! Thanks so much to @plosclimate.org for publishing our ideas! Congrats to all authors, it’s been an incredible journey. Hope it continues!

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Our summary of our work in #JapaneseKnotweed just came out in the book "Invasion Genomics" ed Dan Bock and @riuslab.bsky.social !

PM me for a pdf if you don't have access. @bossdorf.bsky.social tinyurl.com/CABIKnotweed...

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The illustration  shows gravitational waves (GWs) that emanate from colliding black holes. GWs bear clues about these unseen objects.

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On 14 January 2025, the LIGO's detectors captured GW250114, a gravitational wave signal (GWS) caused by two black holes' coalescence, each about 30 times the size of our Sun.

With a signal-to-noise ratio of 80, as opposed to 26 for GW150914...

Image Credits: Maggie Chiang/Simons Foundation

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Richards promotion IB seminar 20250902 123038 Meeting Recording YouTube video by Christina Richards

Here's a summary of our work for the last 10 years in my promotion talk at @usf.edu www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yZo...

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9 months ago
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We The People Are Not Afraid of You, Donald. A Declaration of Decent Americans

Like I said...

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-the-peo...

#TrumpParade
#NoKingsDay

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Other highlights
#NoKingsDay #NoKings #NoKingsTampa

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Totally agree. More please! 🤩

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My favorite moment at #NoKingsDay #NoKings #NoKingsTampa #Tampa yesterday.
My awesome kids as we’re driving through the demonstration down Kennedy Blvd! 🥰🥰🥰

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Tampa Bay residents gather in 1,000s at ‘No Kings’ protests across region Protesters in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties chant and stand in solidarity for the rally tied to hundreds more happening in cities across the nation.

So proud of my Tampa protesters!
#NoKings 🎉

The mood on this sunny afternoon remained upbeat, with homemade signs, music, & even a drum circle. Families with children in strollers & older adults were among the crowds.

It was great! 🎉💙
#StrongerTogether

www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

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I’m so proud of Tampa. It was so fun and twice the size of Hands Off. I had a really hard time getting shots that reflected the crowd size, but here are a few…

#NoKingsDay
#NoKings
#Tampa
@meidastouch.com

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Gilead in FORT WORTH, TX

#NoKingsDay

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More than 1M descend on Boston Common for Pride, No Kings rallies The Boston Pride Parade and No Kings march converged Saturday in downtown Boston.

More than 1 million in Boston!

www.wcvb.com/article/more...

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You all never going to guess where I’m at.

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More shots of our trip to Isla de Sálvora, Galicia. Thanks so much for organizing it 💖 @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social #sibecol #sibecol2025 #sibecol25 @marsobral.bsky.social @troyee.bsky.social

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Some shots of my talk on the big stage @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social thanks to dear friends @marsobral.bsky.social @cmoeller.bsky.social @vtec.bsky.social @irissammarco.bsky.social @troyee.bsky.social
Francesco De Bello
Javier Puy
#sibecol
#sibecol2025
#sibecol25
❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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Our trip to Isla de Sálvora, Galicia was awesome! Thanks so much for organizing it 💖

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9 months ago

congrats! I still haven't published the last chapter of my dissertation 😅

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If you're not convinced that Donald Trump is undermining our democracy, watch the video of what happened today to Senator Alex Padilla.

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In my time in the Senate I've never seen a Senator treated this way. @padilla.senate.gov is carrying out his constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight and defend the people he represents. Absolutely shocking and disgusting way to handle a sitting member of Congress.

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Our latest paper on Spartina: fungal interactions!

Congrats @torrancehanley.bsky.social,
@randallhughes.bsky.social,
Catherine A. Gehring
Ronald J. Deckert
Behzad Mortazavi
🎉🎉🎉

for this huge effort to isolate and manipulate this fungal endophyte!!

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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That's awesome!

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Impressive new work from Javier Puy! 🤩 #sibecol @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social

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Cool new Fragaria work with mycorrhiza manipulations @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social from @vtec.bsky.social

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Super cool transcriptimics and experimental results from @igmestre.bsky.social @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social #sibecolIII

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9 months ago

Yes! For diversity efforts

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Local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in two forest understorey herbs in response to forest management intensity This study explores how forest management, and the underlying environmental variables impacts local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in two understorey

📢 New publication!!
Recently, I finally got to publish the last chapter from my PhD 🌿
We used a reciprocal transplant along a gradient of forest management intensity to study local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity - read more below:
academic.oup.com/aobpla/artic...

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This is why we need sequence data and more coverage of the full genome. There is much more going on than just methylation changes within individuals. Markers are super limited.

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