@L_DBall

I'm a PhD student in the Lagomarsino lab at Louisiana State University.

 Baton Rouge, LA
Joined October 2018
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Americans have no idea how difficult legal immigration is for "high-skilled immigrants". I have 4 degrees incl a PhD. Einstein visa. 250K salary at FAANG. Lived in this country since I was a teenager. I won't be able to obtain citizenship until middle age Guide for Intl PhDs🧵
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Had a wonderful time presenting my undergraduate research at the 8th Annual Plant Science Symposium at UF @UFPlants and met an array of brilliant plant scientists that are fighting for our future!! (such a beautiful campus too)
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It's NSF GRFP season! Applications are due in October. Here is a link to a Google Sheet with essays from many successful applicants. #AcademicChatter docs.google.com/spreadsheets…

NSF GRFP Examples

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Please apply for the @systbiol Early Systematist Award! You will receive $1000 in support of conference attendance or research and 3 years membership in the @systbiol. Requirements in image (and on linked form). Apply here: lsu.formstack.com/forms/ssb_…
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Super stoked to continue to be a part of the #AppsPlantSci fam! Apps has helped me a great deal & it’s an awesome journal with a great mission to make methods accessible. It’s a great resource for anyone trying to learn new methods and especially those 1st students in labs
Botanical Society of America@Botanical_18 Aug 2023
Please join us in welcoming new #AppsPlantSci Associate Editor Jordan Dowell (@Dowell_VOC). His interests include plant chemical ecology, biochemistry, #MachineLearning, #RemoteSensing & #metabolomics. Learn more at bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…… @wileyplantsci #iamabotanist
The text on the graphic reads: New APPS Associate Editor, Dr. Jordan Dowell, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. About Dr. Dowell: Dr. Dowell studies the evolutionary ecology of plant–plant chemical communication and the impacts of multifunctional traits on biotic interactions from single cells to landscapes using various techniques, from metabolomic and genomic approaches to remote sensing and field-based studies. A photo of Jordan Dowell is on the right of the graphic.

ALT The text on the graphic reads: New APPS Associate Editor, Dr. Jordan Dowell, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. About Dr. Dowell: Dr. Dowell studies the evolutionary ecology of plant–plant chemical communication and the impacts of multifunctional traits on biotic interactions from single cells to landscapes using various techniques, from metabolomic and genomic approaches to remote sensing and field-based studies. A photo of Jordan Dowell is on the right of the graphic.

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Really proud to have my book 'Explaining Life Through Evolution' coming out with @MITpress this week. I wanted to write an evolution book that the general reader could pick up and understand but also one that could explain the subject to the uninitiated. mitpress.mit.edu/97802625462…
The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social@mitpress4 Aug 2023
Author Prosanta Chakrabarty (@PREAUX_FISH) leads us through the basics of evolutionary change, and explains how evolution doesn’t mean “perfection.” sciencefriday.com/articles/e… via @scifri

Evolution: The Roots Of Our 'Tree Of Life'

Author Prosanta Chakrabarty leads us through the basics of evolutionary change, and explains how evolution doesn't mean "perfection."

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Laymon Ball retweeted
Carrie Kiel@carrieakiel9 Jun 2023
I am super thrilled to see our paper published on the amazing anthers of Justicia (Acantaceae) in @annbot with collaborators @A___Fisher, Erin Manzitto-Tripp, Mark Porter, and Lucinda McDade @CABotanicGarden. preprint: academic.oup.com/aob/advance…
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Calling all Ornithology PhD students! Cleveland Museum of Natural History is looking for our next Curator of Ornithology by offering to support your last 1-2 years of study + a postdoc -> endowed curator position!! workforcenow.adp.com/mdf/rec… #AcademicTwitter @AmOrnith #phdpositions
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A new important paper for curators and collection managers of #NaturalHistoryMuseums and #herbaria now out (featuring #LagoLab PhD student @JanetMansaray): “Shining Light on Labels in the Dark: Guidelines for Offensive Collections Materials” journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs… – at Baton Rouge, LA

Shining Light on Labels in the Dark: Guidelines for Offensive Collections Materials - Laura...

The natural history collections community has made significant strides in the past decade in the digitization of their holdings. Digitization has made the data ...

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Happy #BlackInNHMs Week! My name is Laymon Ball and I’m a botanist 🌱and PhD candidate at @LSU_BioSci. Part of my research involves collecting genetic and morphological data from herbarium specimens of Neotropical Hillieae (#Rubiaceae) to understand macroevolutionary patterns.
Black in Natural History Museums@BlackInNHMs16 Oct 2022
IT’S THE FIRST DAY OF #BlackInNHMs WEEK 2022! 🦋🕷️🐟🦎🐺🦜🌻🍄🪱 And it’s time for our #RollCall! We're excited to hear from all our #MuseumFriends from around the globe. Tell us who you are & what your role is in the museum (researchers, SciCommers, & more) LETS GOOOOOO!!!
A photo that outlines the plans for the first day of Black in Natural History Museums Week

ALT A photo that outlines the plans for the first day of Black in Natural History Museums Week

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I know it isn't cool to say you like your academic job, but I love @LSU - I really like Baton Rouge, and Louisiana and my colleagues and friends here. It isn't perfect but there are people here trying to make things better every day: Come join us lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LS…
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Super exited to share that are starting the search for a cluster hire in Science @nybg. Up to 5 curators in an array of fields from systematics to genomics and data science or AI (as applied to biodiversity). Please RT nybg.org/about/work-with-us/…

Employment | New York Botanical Gardens

Join us at the garden! Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.

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Morgan Gostel@M_Gostel13 Sep 2022
📢Recruiting an @NSF-funded PhD student to contribute to our E. Hemisphere #IronweedRevision project!!🌍🌻🧬🌱 #Plant #Taxonomy #Systematics #Phylogenomics #Compositae #Vernonieae Deadline 15 Dec | DM or email w/❓s #IAmABotanist @KewScience @KewAfrica @BRIT_org @UTABiologyDept
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I am thrilled to announce the #NSFfunded Louisiana Graduate Network in Applied Evolution (LAGNiAppE ⚜️), a postbacc training program targeting scholars from underrepresented demographics that will link @LSU researchers to institutions across the state. nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAwar…
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Congrats to @KuPaleobot grad students, @pfeilergenetics and @KeanaTang, for being awarded the Cookson and Moseley awards for their outstanding talks at botany! @kk_matsunaga and I couldn't be mote proud! 🌠 @kunhm @KU_EEB
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Replying to @evoyeyo
@evoyeyo gave us a great talk about phylogenetic relationships of Brachyotum and the role the Huancabamba depression might be playing on the diversification of the group! #botany2022 @LSU_BioSci @LSUHerbarium
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Planning your #Botany2022 schedule? If these #LagoLab talks on #tropical #botany, #phylogenomics, and #macroevolution are up your alley, don't forget to add them to your schedule! There are so many neat results we can't wait to share! #IamABotanist
Dr Laura Lagomarsino's talk is at Monday 4:15 in the Tikahtnu Ballroom E. It is titled "Permits, pole clippers, and nose swabs: A series of potentially useful anecdotes from a recent fieldtrip to Colombia" Dr Agnes Dellinger's talk is on Tuesday at 8:30 in the Tikahtnu Ballroom E. It is titled "Colonization of the Andes triggered pollinator shifts and a burst in speciation rate in Neotropical Merianieae (Melastomataceae)" Diego Paredes-Burneo's talk is at 8:45 on Tuesday in Spruce-Hilton. It is titled "Phylogenomic analyses of Brachyotum (Melastomataceae) show multiple dispersals across the Huancabamba depression in the Andes". Laymon Ball's talk is at 4:45 on Tuesday in Tikahtnu Ballroom E. It is titled "Plant-pollinator relationships, biogeography, and climatic niche shape the evolution Neotropical Hillier. Janet Mansaray's talk is at 2:15 on Wednesday. It is titled "A phylogenomic baseline to study the evolution of extreme floral curvature in Centropogon"

ALT Dr Laura Lagomarsino's talk is at Monday 4:15 in the Tikahtnu Ballroom E. It is titled "Permits, pole clippers, and nose swabs: A series of potentially useful anecdotes from a recent fieldtrip to Colombia" Dr Agnes Dellinger's talk is on Tuesday at 8:30 in the Tikahtnu Ballroom E. It is titled "Colonization of the Andes triggered pollinator shifts and a burst in speciation rate in Neotropical Merianieae (Melastomataceae)" Diego Paredes-Burneo's talk is at 8:45 on Tuesday in Spruce-Hilton. It is titled "Phylogenomic analyses of Brachyotum (Melastomataceae) show multiple dispersals across the Huancabamba depression in the Andes". Laymon Ball's talk is at 4:45 on Tuesday in Tikahtnu Ballroom E. It is titled "Plant-pollinator relationships, biogeography, and climatic niche shape the evolution Neotropical Hillier. Janet Mansaray's talk is at 2:15 on Wednesday. It is titled "A phylogenomic baseline to study the evolution of extreme floral curvature in Centropogon"

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Nina House@theneenbeen17 Jul 2022
Hi #Botany2022 folks! We are looking for 1-2 more people to split our Airbnb with us during the conference. It’s not within walking distance, but it is very cute 😋 We are five @CABotanicGarden botany grad students! Let me know if you’re interested, I’ll give more details!
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