Cat is out of the bag! Later this summer I’ll make a big jump across the pond for 4 years to work on polyploid genome evolution and diploidization patterns across angiosperms as part of this awesome grant and team

And so many people who contributed will never be able to be credited because of the forces of colonialism and enslavement that erased their humanity. Working with science historians to tell part of this story has been a real career highlight so far. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Hi new folks! I'm Shawn. My research utilizes a combination of systems biology, systematics, and comparative genomics to understand trait evolution in plants. My current work took me to the northern Sahara in search of desert-adapted wild relatives of Brassica crops (🥦🧪). Here's how it went:

Shawn Thomas “The timing, placement, and impacts of the tribe Brassiceae mesohexaploidy” (unpublished) & new pub “Halophytes and heavy metals: a multi-omics approach to understand stress tolerance in Cakile bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec... #ibc2024 #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱🌍🌿🍄🌻🔬

Cakile maritima has a fascinating geography and geographic history. It's naturalized on California's beaches and does some pretty disruptive things. But it's super hardy so you gotta give it some respect.

Did you know that gene duplications play a crucial role in the evolution of plants and their ability to adapt to extreme environments? 🌿🌍 Here we explore gene and genome duplications in the salt and heavy metal tolerant species Cakile maritima: bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... (🧵1/5)

🌱From the upcoming #AJB #Polyploidy special issue🌱 Halophytes & heavy metals: A multi-omics approach to understand the role of gene & genome duplication in abiotic stress tolerance of Cakile maritima By @shawnkthomas.bsky.social, @jchrispires.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany

Complementing model species with model clades