Great job to our team on this latest publication, especially Rishi Bhandari! Highlights: 🔹 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐛-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 🔹 𝐅𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨-𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 🔹 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

It was great to see two of our lab members, Kaihre Brightwater and Julius Olumeh, featured in the Mizzou Weekly Buzz in Biology!

Updated Lab Photo! I am extremely grateful for these amazing people!

#MizzouGivingDay has begun, and you have an opportunity to make an impact!! Help make @mizzoubiology.bsky.social even stronger by donating to the Division of Biological Sciences Opportunities for Excellence Fund-->> mizzougivedirect.missouri.edu/Item.aspx?it...

Thanks to everyone who participated in the USDA ARS Columbia Location Symposium! It was great to hear about all the amazing research that everyone is doing in service of our stakeholders and to see the passion everyone has for science!

Our USDA AgEdit gene editing consortium is still recruiting for a postdoc. Applicants must have gene editing and bioinformatics experience. Extremely competitive postdoctoral benefits. Find details below!

Our AgEdit consortium (usda-ars-gbru.github.io/agedit/) is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to develop AI Cross-Kingdom CRISPR/cas gene editing tools. 1 year appointment. Stipend $85-95k. $7.2k for health insurance. $9.7k travel. www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/...

Thanks to our postdoc Rishi Bhandari for presenting our research at #entsoc24!

Watch Rishi Bhandari give a talk at ESA on some of the research our lab has been doing on Tuesday, Nov 12 at 2 pm!

The 66th Annual Drosophia Research Conference will be in San Diego March 19-23 2025 genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-2... Abstract submissions are open until Nov 14 genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-2...; workshop application will be accepted until Nov 7 genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-2... #Dros25

Thanks to our postdoc Dr. Kate Eastman for presenting the outstanding work from her PhD at Purdue, “Investigating Green Foxtail Secondary Metabolism through Transcriptional Responses to Generalist and Specialist Caterpillars” to the University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Plant Group!

Great job to our postdoc Rishi Bhandari for presenting his work from his PhD at Auburn to the Mizzou Interdisciplinary Plant Group!

Our 14 year-old microplate reader just died. Anyone recommend a basic one that can do absorbance, fluorescence, and luminescence? Preferably one that can do incubation and shaking.

Hey folks, I've had a couple people contact me saying they applied for this postdoc on Indeed or USAJOBS. HR has no idea where these applications go.😅 Just reiterating that the only way for me to get applications is for you to send them directly to my email. Cheers!

Starting the new year with a new addition to the lab! Welcome Rishi!

Hi there, the move away from twitter is launched! Cheers

Interested in working as a postdoc on insect microbiomes? Good with bioinformatics? Are you a permanent resident or US citizen looking for a federal position (GS-11)? Interested in a very competitive salary and benefits ($70K)? Apply here: usajobs.gov/job/766312600

Still accepting applications to join our USDA lab as a postdoc using host-microbiome interactions to combat agricultural pests. 2-year appointment to work on pan-genomes from wild insects. GS position with federal benefits.

Please share: As part of a campus growth intiative, the Biology Department at JohnsHopkins invites applications for tenure/tenure-track appointments. All ranks and all areas of mol, cell, dev, genetic/genomic, evo, & biochem/biophys biology will be considered. jobrxiv.org/job/johns-ho...

Hiring a USDA Research Associate to work on metagenomic assemblies derived from wild fly microbiomes. Exp. with bioinf, genomics, and microbio required. 2-year GS-11/GS-12 appt. Fed salary (~$69K–$107K) and benefits (health, life, retirement, pension). Restricted to US citizens.

Recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2024 to join me at the USDA/Mizzou! Student will be working with host-microbe interactions in the agricultural pest, Drosophila suzukii. Apps due December 1st. My email, info, and the application link can be found here: lnkd.in/gVWBBPXC