@jefowlerjr

At heart, still mostly a geneticist; admittedly over-enthusiastic about maize; in 2024, reminding everyone that the @TheB52s should be in the @rockhall !

 Corvallis, Oregon
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Joined April 2009
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For those without a subscription to the newspaper, here's a screenshot of the viewpoint, with a link to the full text in the Alt text
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The writing was inspired by guidance & support from blogs.cornell.edu/asap/event… and sciencehomecoming.com/ (you can still participate!), with additional suggestions from Liz Haswell (thesustainableprofessor.com/) and my brother. Thanks all!
A graphic for The McClintock Letters. There is a drawing of Barbara McClintock next to an ear of corn and a DNA double helix. The text reads "The McClintock Letters. Improving communication between scientists and the public is crucial for rebuilding trust and addressing misinformation. Share your science story. Who: You! and other graduate, post-doctoral, and faculty-level researchers. When: Submit to local papers early June to publish on ~June 16th, Nobel Prize-awarded geneticist Barbara McClintock's birthday. What: Collectively publish over 1,000 letters to the editor in local hometown newspapers across the U.S. - https://blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-initiatives/the-mcclintock-letters/

ALT A graphic for The McClintock Letters. There is a drawing of Barbara McClintock next to an ear of corn and a DNA double helix. The text reads "The McClintock Letters. Improving communication between scientists and the public is crucial for rebuilding trust and addressing misinformation. Share your science story. Who: You! and other graduate, post-doctoral, and faculty-level researchers. When: Submit to local papers early June to publish on ~June 16th, Nobel Prize-awarded geneticist Barbara McClintock's birthday. What: Collectively publish over 1,000 letters to the editor in local hometown newspapers across the U.S. - https://blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-initiatives/the-mcclintock-letters/

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Fall notes : final harvest complete! ; teosinte grows TALL in Oregon ; the new season of the Great British Baking Show has a lovely group of bakers ; and I'm shifting to the azure atmosphere place (at least until mid-November), trying to avoid politics-induced paralysis...
Trays of drying maize ears after harvest

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Teosinte growing tall in a field in Oregon

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It's the most wonderful time of the year...
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And… pollinations done for the season! Yay, excited about all the data we’ll get from this harvest -
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Big day of pollinations today, >500 tassel bags up in the am; safely on their appropriate ears now! I am lucky to be working with a great group of folks…
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Replying to @SchnableField @DamonLisch @MaizeZynskiHI
First planting in!
Three happy maize geneticists, standing in a plot with stakes marking their just planted seeds

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What gives me #PlantJoy? Watching the engagement & excitement of students, as they rip apart/carefully examine a maize plant, working and thinking to figure out how pollination and seed production works! Amaizing what they can do with simple tools, given a bit of guidance 🌽👏
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So, what do the DNG target genes do in pollen? Although specifics remain to be determined, Harrison Bell in the @jefowlerjr group found a severe small pollen phenotype (~50% reduction in volume) also segregating in ¼ of the pollen from the double heterozygote parent. 7/8
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