@amsama.bsky.social
PhD candidate at UCSD in Dr. Jazz Dickinson’s lab 🌱 2023 HHMI Gilliam Fellow 🌿 interested in metabolite patterning in maize roots 🍃 SACNAS at UC San Diego Graduate President
ROOT & SHOOT 2026 travel awards. Q. Member of MANRRS, SACNAS, or AISES? Q. Curious about plant science? A. Apply for a ROOT & SHOOT travel award! Up to $3000 to attend a plant science conference in 2026.
The 2026 plant science conference travel award program is open!
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
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Really excited to share the pre-print of my first paper! It details the computational method we used to identify uncharacterized metabolites along the developmental gradient of maize roots, I hope you find it interesting! 🌱🌽
28.09.2025 19:26 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Shanice Webster standing confidently in front of tall grasses with a greenhouse in the background.
Plant health is essential to food security, yet pathogens continue to threaten crops worldwide. To better understand how disease takes hold—& how to stop them—HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow @shanice-webster.bsky.social is exploring the dynamic relationships among plants, microbes, & disease-causing agents.
01.05.2025 16:37 — 👍 34 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 1
@hhmi.org meetings always recharge me, and this weeks science meeting helped so much navigating this uncertain time in science. I feel so lucky to draw support and community from the other Gilliam fellows and HHMI network. 🌱
12.04.2025 14:50 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
had a great time at the maize genetics meeting last week! 🌽 I gave a lightning talk & presented a poster to one of my favorite science communities✨ also reconnected w old friends & lab alums 💛 was encouraging to be with people who care about scientific work & inclusive practices #standupforscience
16.03.2025 16:47 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
