Professor of Plant Evolutionary Genetics at Michigan State University. https://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mloewdzuw224Amazing to finally get all of my lab group together in one place! I think this is the first time that this has happened since before the pandemic.12 May 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloewdzuw224https://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mlo76cciwk2cIt’s been great to be part of this awesome institute for the past decade. I feel immensely grateful. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo76cciwk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mljbbm7dis2qWithout question, this is hysteria. https://www.ipm.org/news/2026-04-17/hysteria-or-national-security-iu-researcher-from-china-to-be-deported10 May 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljbbm7dis2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mkvweae4is26Haven’t watched the Derby for years. Choose a good one to tune into for so many reasons. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvweae4is26https://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mkoe6ch6yc2cAlways was wondering what else happens in the building where I teach Evolution… https://statenews.com/article/2026/04/man-arrested-for-allegedly-running-meth-lab-in-wells-hall30 Apr 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoe6ch6yc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mknm7l4mbk2xBig, big congratulations to our lab's PhD student, Madison Plunkert (@madisonplunkert.bsky.social), who is a recipient of this year's Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology!!!!29 Apr 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknm7l4mbk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mklz5ienpk2wWhat a nice day: Great people that I know getting tenure, getting into the national academy, or wrapping up their last PhD Committee meeting as they think about future postdoc positions. Science is awesome and the people that make it happen are awesome. Keep pushing forward everyone.29 Apr 2026 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklz5ienpk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mkgibhc5dk2aLovely day in Saugatauk, MI.26 Apr 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgibhc5dk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mk7dkfyutk2aWoah https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.253018212324 Apr 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7dkfyutk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mk2bwu4ch22mJust finished this book. I highly recommend. Learned a lot I did not know before about Linnaeus, Buffon, and how we ended up with modern day taxonomy and nomenclature, with all of its strangeness.22 Apr 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2bwu4ch22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mju5d3acic2fMid-Michigan Spring Phenology Watch 2006 Day 1.19 Apr 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mju5d3acic2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mjcz5evo2227My trout lilies finally bloomed in East Lansing.12 Apr 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcz5evo2227https://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mjcmd5rxzk2oThis was almost a month ago. Has anyone received an NIH grant since then? https://www.science.org/content/article/white-house-lifts-hold-nih-research-spending12 Apr 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcmd5rxzk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mij3bkaov226Great to meet up with Rich Shefferson, who is now a Full Professor and a Department Head at the University of Tokyo. Rich and I overlapped in Ellen Simms’ lab at UC Berkeley, when I was and an undergraduate there. It’s been over two decades since we had a chance to meet up.02 Apr 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mij3bkaov226https://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mifdhnjzbs2rDespite the great extent of coastlines of the world (>million miles depending on how you measure it), very few scientists currently work on understanding how plants adapt to this important habitat. This week, I was able to meet with one of these few scientists, Matsuo Itoh, in Kyoto, Japan.31 Mar 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifdhnjzbs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mifdhnjzbs2rDespite the great extent of coastlines of the world (>million miles depending on how you measure it), very few scientists currently work on understanding how plants adapt to this important habitat. This week, I was able to meet with one of these few scientists, Matsuo Itoh, in Kyoto, Japan.31 Mar 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifdhnjzbs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3micxny3ws22wThere is nowhere else in the world (that I am aware of) where phenology has been recorded as regularly as in Kyoto, Japan. Records here of peak cherry blossom bloom go back to the year 812. Those blooms have been getting earlier in recent years due to climate change and urban heat island effects. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3micxny3ws22whttps://bsky.app/profile/davidlowry.bsky.social/post/3mi4fwldwcc2xReview: What happens when it gets too hot – the vulnerability of plant reproduction in a warming world https://plantae.org/review-what-happens-when-it-gets-too-hot-the-vulnerability-of-plant-reproduction-in-a-warming-world/28 Mar 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:jvxqec3w2cplvznw2425jbe4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4fwldwcc2x