PhD grad from @UFenvhort 🐊 | Scientific Storyteller | #Biotechnology #Biochemistry #Genetics

Joined October 2017
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Cool new way to share your research: Check out my research in a gif, produced in collab w @UF_IFAS @UFCALS #NewPlantSci 🌱 @UFenvhort
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Publication vs Lab Notebook is like Instagram vs Reality πŸ₯²πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚ looks so beauitful and streamlined but the real science is MESSY!
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Will the EU give the OK for genetic engineering in organic farming? (1) eurekalert.org/pub_releases/…

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One of the biggest drivers of global climate change and biodiversity loss is the conversion of natural land into agricultural land. Meaning, organic farming may globally lead to more net harm than local good. (3)
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Gene-editing provides a unique solution to organic farming: modifying crops to grow better without the use of agricultural chemicals, increasing crop yield and quality. But the EU will have to change legislation if they want to use biotechnology to increase sustainability. (4)
Honored to be the recipient of the ASHS 2021 Graduate Student Award for UF’s Environmental Horticulture Dept.! Thank you to my home department for the nomination πŸ™ŒπŸ»
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Love to see the little video me and @DrakeDG continue to bring students an inside look at our lab! πŸŒΏπŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ”¬
Thanks to @UFEarthSystems our Biotechnology class gets a peak inside a plant biotech lab. youtube.com/watch?v=HHYDmfj4…
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Samantha Rose Burrell, PhD retweeted
Introducing our two newest Florida Strawberry Varieties...Florida Medallion and Florida Pearl #strawberrybreeding #floridagrown #uf #Strawberry πŸ“
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So thrilled to be the first @UFenvhort grad student to win the @ufogpd 3mT competition!!! Thank you @UFPlants for making me feel appreciated πŸ’š 🌱
Congratulations to @Burrell_Sammy for winning the @UF_GradS three-minute thesis competition. We are proud of you. Learn more about her submission here: youtube.com/watch?v=4LqxrqWb…
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Sign up for ORH1030: Plants, Gardening, and You! The class I’m TA’ing and coauthoring a textbook for! #UFCALS
Looking for a fun class to take? Check out some of these cool #UFCALS classes! 🌱🌊🐞 bit.ly/34t9QDv
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Samantha Rose Burrell, PhD retweeted
From fighting COVID-19 to making healthy fruits and vegetables more palatable, CRISPR has made a lot of headway in just 7 years. geneticliteracyproject.org/?… @genengnews

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Daily encouragement from my plants: β€œWe’re *rooting* for you!” 🌱
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Amazing photos from a classroom launch of Growing Under the Rainbow! Love to see this project come to life in the hands of amazing teachers and students 🌈🌱πŸ₯°
We have roots but I won’t give away which color has the longest one yet! Guess!! Are you Team Red, Blue, Green, or White? @TradewindsMS @beckysubin1 @UFEarthSystems @mrsK_IBSCI @PBCSDScience @pkstrauss @PBCSTEM @ExploringPlants @licatap
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Samantha Rose Burrell, PhD retweeted
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🌹🌷 Determination of Flavonoids and Carotenoids and Their Contributions to Various Colors of Rose Cultivars (Wan et al., 2019): bit.ly/FlavonoidsRosePetals_… #FlowersforValentinesDay
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Samantha Rose Burrell, PhD retweeted
To learn about more about the project watch: youtu.be/Si0b84XNSm0 or check out our website exploringplants.com/ #ExploringPlants #GrowingUnderTheRainbow
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Samantha Rose Burrell, PhD retweeted
A HUGE thank you for the funding and support From: @UFEarthSystems #ScientistInEveryFloridaSchool Students from: @AlachuaSchools @NewsECSD @PBCSDScience Scientists: @DrakeDG Enrique & @Burrell_Sammy from: @UFCALS @UFenvhort @UF_IFAS @UF #STEMeducation #STEM #Biotechnology
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Samantha Rose Burrell, PhD retweeted
Growing Under the Rainbow 🌈 🌱 has started! Over 1100 students from 55 classes grades 2-12 all across FL, are learning to become scientists! πŸ§¬πŸ”¬ Mint cuttings will be rooted under red, blue, green, and white LEDs and growth will be measured for a few weeks! #SEFS #scicomm
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Samantha Rose Burrell, PhD retweeted
There's still time to register for general attendance or to present a poster! Deadline extended to January 15, 2020.
Save the date for our 2020 Symposium - Big Data in Plant Science! ufplants.org/2020-plant-scie…
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Samantha Rose Burrell, PhD retweeted
Editorial: Nature’s biennial PhD survey shows anxiety and depression in graduate students is worsening. The health of the next generation of researchers needs systemic change to research cultures. go.nature.com/2QbGjqO

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