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Dr. Makenzie Mabry

@makenziemabryphd

USDA NIFA postdoc ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’ป โ€ข evolutionary biology ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿงช โ€ข plant systematics ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿฅฆ #iamabotanist โ€ข she/her ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป

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Anna has some cool results from a pretty bonkers hybrid system - hit her up if you're looking for a speaker in your PAG workshop!

08.10.2025 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Any folks interested in giving a talk at PAG in the 5 interconnected sessions on #Domestication, #AncientDNA, #AnimalComparativeGenomics, #OneHealthHologenomics, #WildlifeGenomics? Please submit an abstract here!

Let me know if you have any questions!

24.09.2025 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We hope that these open educational resources can be useful to those who work with natural history collections! There are four modules that this paper walks through. All modules are available on QUBES HUB :https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/bceenet/teaching_resources

04.09.2025 07:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cryptic CAM photosynthesis in Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia, Y. jaegeriana) Joshua trees are long-lived perennial monocots native to the Mojave Desert in North America. Composed of two species, Yucca brevifolia and Y. jaegeriana (Asparagaceae), Joshua trees are imperiled by...

Our "Joshua tree is CAM" paper is finally out: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Data collection started back in 2021, when we saw weird results in some RNAseq that made me stop and wonder if Joshua trees, long thought to be C3, were actually...CAM!

19.08.2025 13:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 136 ๐Ÿ” 40 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Next up, JT Miller - a phd student in the @soltislab.bsky.social talking about occupancy models in the #Botany2025 soltis lab workshop.

27.07.2025 23:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And the last of the #Botany2025 with @soltislab.bsky.social

27.07.2025 23:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Only three more talks left - first, Elizabeth White, a phd candidate from the @soltislab.bsky.social, presenting on post-enm analysis at the #Botany2025 Soltis lab workshop

27.07.2025 22:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Starting back up at the Soltis lab #Botany2025 workshop with postdoc @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social

27.07.2025 20:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sebastian Fernandez, a soltis lab undergrad (who is about to graduate), presenting on ecological niche modeling in the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop.

Check out his poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!

27.07.2025 20:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Next up, Tyler Radtke, who just finished his BS, on null models at the #Botany2025 @soltislab.bsky.social workshop!

Tyler is part of the PLANTs program this year and has a poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!

27.07.2025 21:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Undergrad Sydney Barfus now presenting on data exploration and environmental variables at the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop!

See her poster with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social tomorrow!

27.07.2025 18:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Packed room for the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop.

If you cannot make it, all the resources can be found here: github.com/soltislab/Bo...

27.07.2025 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Sarah Ellen Strickland, a first year PhD student in @soltislab.bsky.social, now presenting on Georeferencing herbarium records at the #Botany2025 lab workshop!

27.07.2025 18:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Clusterf*ck of Mustards - The Order Brassicales Ad-Free versions of this podcast are available for $5 a month on the Crime Pays Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesntIn this episode we talk with Makenzie Mabry, PhD, about the...

I had a blast chatting with JoeySantore on Crime Pays But Botany Doesnโ€™t! We talked polyploidy, weird desert mustards, monotypic families, and Tiganophytonโ€”a wild new species from Namibia.
๐ŸŽง www.podbean.com/ew/dir-en8pq...
#Botany #Brassicales #PlantScience

05.06.2025 19:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is super cool!

09.04.2025 15:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We will be safe!! I am sure!

22.02.2025 15:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

2023 Wikimedia Laureate and WANZ member @siobhanleachman.bsky.social collaborated with @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social from the Florida Museum of Natural History to produce these resources, designed to introduce Wikidata to students, and how it can be used to highlight hidden figures.

10.02.2025 23:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know!! I already miss you!! We will find more projects, I am sure!

22.02.2025 15:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They are so cute though!!

29.01.2025 17:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Soo excited to read this one!! Congrats!!!

10.12.2024 19:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of references to three teaching exercises for instructors in biological collections.

Screenshot of references to three teaching exercises for instructors in biological collections.

Working on laboratory exercises for next semester? Find links to the excellent "Revealing Hidden Figures" @bceenet.bsky.social teaching modules at bionomia.net/help developed by @siobhanleachman.bsky.social @makenziemabryphd.bsky.social and their co-authors.

09.12.2024 23:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
PhyIN: trimming alignments by phylogenetic incompatibilities among neighbouring sites In phylogenomics, regions of low alignment reliability and high noise are typically trimmed from multiple sequence alignments before they are used in phylogenetic inference. I introduce a new trimming...

A new method for trimming alignments in #phylogenomics โ€” PhyIN. It identifies and trims regions with high phylogenetic discord. Able to trim well even on single loci โ€” an advantage for gene tree/species tree studies. #evolbiol #phylogeny ๐Ÿงชhttp://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18504 Some backstory... ๐Ÿงต

06.12.2024 00:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 131 ๐Ÿ” 50 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I created this stater pack with women in ecology and evolution.
If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing ๐Ÿงช๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒ

go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS

30.11.2024 22:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1115 ๐Ÿ” 368 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 201 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Two of the many standing stones that encircle the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, one of my favourite places to visit.
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #antiquity #standingstones

21.11.2024 13:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 91 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Cat standing on laptop keyboard, asking cheekily for treats.

Cat standing on laptop keyboard, asking cheekily for treats.

Hello Bluesky! Iโ€™m Paul, a Data Scientist and Computational Geneticist. I love programming, analyzing data, and building software tools โ€“ which means I spend a lot of my time battling bugs, but even more time battling my catโ€™s desire to sit on my keyboard

13.11.2024 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 56 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿ’ซ Huge thanks to @insidenatgeo for supporting our research through the #2019NationalGeographicExplorer grant! Funding from visionary organizations like @insidenatgeo makes it possible for us to deepen our understanding of #Brassica diversity and resilience.๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ™ (9/9)

14.11.2024 21:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Finishing up in Palermo with @jchrispires.bsky.social and @alexmcalvay.bsky.social ! We found B. rupestris in rocky areas, while a ferry and bike journey took us to a nearby island to locate B. macrocarpa. ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšข These plants offer crucial insights into the evolutionary pathways of Brassica! ๐Ÿฅฆ (8/9)

14.11.2024 21:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Next stop: Sicily! In Catania, we had the privilege of spending time with Dr. Ferdinando Branca and his fantastic team. A world-class Brassica expert, Branca shared invaluable insights as we explored B. incana populations together. (Vespa spotting with a Brassica!) #Brassica (7/9)

14.11.2024 21:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿš—๐ŸŒฟ In Naples, Dr. Giovanni Scopece and his team gave us an incredible tour of B. incana populations, going above and beyond to show us these unique sites. Truly grateful for their kindness and expertise! (Check out our journey!) #FieldBotany #Collaboration (6/9)

14.11.2024 21:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ Tough terrain may be key to B. cretica survival in Creteโ€”likely safe from hungry goats! Itโ€™s amazing how plants adapt to their environment in ways weโ€™re only beginning to understand. #EvolutionaryBiology (5/9)

14.11.2024 21:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0