We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

Long term deleterious effects of drought memory buff.ly/0sNZeWs A 5-year long experiment, super impressive! I wonder whether the offspring of the final generation would have retained the performance difference, esp. after controlling for seed size/maternal investment.

I'm thrilled to share our newest publication in @natmicrobiol.nature.com, led by Drs. @botanichole.bsky.social, Valéria Custódio, and David Gopaulchan: Precipitation legacy effects on #SoilMicrobiota facilitate adaptive drought responses in plants. 🌾 🧪 (thread) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A nice write-up on the latest paper from my lab: news.ku.edu/news/article... More commentary to come! #PlantBiology #Drought #Corn #Maize #Microbiome #PlantScience #SoilHealth #PlantHealth

Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...

@botanichole.bsky.social did an amazing job leading this complex, integrative project. Congratulations!!

I am SO excited to share my new pub rdcu.be/eNsV7 in @natmicrobiol.nature.com. Congratulations to our brilliant team @maggie-r-wagner.bsky.social, Valéria Custódio, David Gopaulchan, Garbriel Castrillo, et al.

University of Texas Austin is seeking a plant biologist interested in mechanisms of plants' interactions with the environment, including but not limited to microbes! Looks like a great tenure-track job opportunity, check it out: apply.interfolio.com/175001

"Root and shoot microbiomes are very distinct" is one of the most consistent patterns we see. But this timely article makes a well-supported argument that aboveground and belowground microbiomes of a single plant are definitely not independent! bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...