ilksen Topcu

A huge congratulations to @ilksentt.bsky.social on successfully completing her PhD!
We are incredibly proud of her accomplishments and look forward to seeing the impact she will continue to make in her field and beyond.
#PhDGraduation #AcademicExcellence #NextChapter

antiSMASH 8.0: extended gene cluster detection capabilities and analyses of chemistry, enzymology, and regulation Abstract. Microorganisms synthesize small bioactive compounds through their secondary or specialized metabolism. Those compounds play an important role in

antiSMASH8: The Ocho

Manuscript is out!
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

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The #Botany2025 Abstract Submission Deadline is in 1 WEEK!

It’s time to put the finishing touches on your research and submit your abstract for Botany 2025—Botany without Barriers, taking place in Palm Springs, CA.

Get your abstract in before the deadline!
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#IamaBotanist

Grad student position at UIUC on weed evolution and adaptation with my former student Asher Hudson. Asher’s a wonderful mentor and a top notch evolutionary biologist.

📣 Our 2025 Ambassador cohort applications are officially OPEN! Are you an early career researcher passionate about open science and FAIR microbiome data? Head to microbiomedata.org/ambassadors to learn more & apply!

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Did you know that BSA gives out over $125,000 in awards each year?

🌿 Grad students, apply for a $1500 Graduate Student Research Award (GSRA), including the J.S. Karling & A.J. Harris GSRAs.

Deadline: Feb 17, 2025.

Apply now: botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSAawards #BSAstudents #IamaBotanist

AI-INTERVENE is now accepting applications for 26 PhD projects in AI and Biodiversity findaphd.com/phds/program.... Hosted by UCL and the University of Reading, in partnership with NHM, ZSL, Kew Gardens, and UKCEH. More details at ai-intervene.net
#biodiversity #AI #conservation

Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs

Are you interested in MS programs in ecology or evolution and want to be paid for it? Check out these fully funded programs (stipend + tuition is provided). It's been a looong time since I updated the list, so as always, check with the program for the latest info. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Wounding experiment in maize

Meet our Early Career Scientist Grant Winner Ilksen Topcu Congratulations to Ilksen Topcu of the Texas A&M University, USA, who is the latest winner of our monthly $500 career development grant! We spoke to the PhD candidate who told us more about her resear...

I am happy to announce that I have received an Early Career Scientist Grant from Hello Bio. I'm excited to attend #Phytobiomes2024 and present my PhD research. Many thanks to Hello Bio for their support. hellobio.com/blog/meet-ou...

We are also looking for more volunteer peer reviewers! All are welcome (including grad students with at least one pub or willing to co-review with their mentor). If you are looking for reviewer experience and/or want to help us out, please let us know!

Do you work in ecology/evolution? Did you do a study that is too small to publish as a full manuscript? Negative results? Part of a larger effort? Consider publishing in microPublication Biology: EEB!

www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...

Short papers, one figure. And we peer review! Please RT

Such a nice way to spend my birthday!
#AIinAgriculture2024

I love my job #entomology - fall armyworm #PhD

Got an a-MAIZING opportunity to present my research at the Genetics of Maize-Microbe Interactions Workshop in Raleigh, North Carolina. #maize #microbiome #rhizosphere #phyllosphere #insect #tolerance

Harvested them for my research🧪

Teosinte #PhD#research