彼得·莫雷尔

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Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher should be better known as a civil rights figure. She challenged segregation at @UofOklahoma and won in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1948 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lo…. Thurgood Marshall was her attorney. OU president George Lynne Cross helped bolster the case. 1/n
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Peter L. Morrell retweeted
A new tool in GrainGenes: SNPversity 2.0 with diverse wild barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum) accessions added on GrainGenes graingenes.org/GG3/content/f… @AMBA_Barley @WheatInitiative @IntBarleyHub
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Peter L. Morrell retweeted
26 Dec 2025
Hydroponic barley grows in 7 days, soil-free and weather-proof. Cows love it, farmers save, and feed is evolving.

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Uneven font sizes, no mention of my name or anyone else's, and the invitation to click a link to find out about salary changes. ChatGPT says this is likely spam or phishing. Or maybe @UMNews HR is sending out salary adjustment announcements that smell exactly like phishing?
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For transparency, we should insist retailers list the amount of new federal sales tax on each item. Ideally this would appear both on price listings and on receipts as the “Trump tariff“ charge. If Trump’s signature was on stimulus checks, he also deserves credit for new taxes!
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Gmail accounts are ending abruptly for anyone leaving a university. Tracking down an alternative email for folks still involved in research can be a challenge. @UMNews could follow other universities in setting up a forwarding service. Minimal investment insidehighered.com/news/tech…
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Peter L. Morrell retweeted
10 Oct 2024
Congrats to Ed Buckler (USDA-ARS) who has been chosen as the 2025 recipient of The Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies by the Maize Genetics Cooperation!
🎉Edward Buckler, plant geneticist w/ @USDA_ARS & CALS adjunct prof, has been awarded the 2025 Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics & Genome Studies from the Maize Genetics Cooperation, a global org of maize geneticists & breeders. Congratulations! cals.cornell.edu/news/2024/1…
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Peter L. Morrell retweeted
Adaptive gene loss in the common bean pan-genome during range expansion and domestication biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv

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More on medical cannabis. UMN medical cannabis study highlights the differences in THC and CBD mndaily.com/?p=280265

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Our manuscript is out! Please check out if you are interested in the model perennial grass Brachypodium sylvaticum: reference genome and abiotic stress responses of the model perennial grass Brachypodium sylvaticum academic.oup.com/g3journal/a…
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How do instructors manage unexcused absences? What if the absence includes the first exam? I’ve always tried to be as accommodating as possible around excused absences, whatever the reason. Never had a great answer to “I’m going on a fun trip and want my exam rescheduled for ...”
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Peter L. Morrell retweeted
12 Sep 2023
We're pleased to announce that Alton Standifer, alumnus and current deputy chief of staff to President Morehead, has been named vice provost for inclusive excellence and chief of staff to the provost. t.uga.edu/9os

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Peter L. Morrell retweeted
UDP-glucosyltransferase HvUGT13248 Confers Type II Resistance to Fusarium graminearum in barley (Gerit Bethke, Yadong Huang, Goetz Hensel, Shane Heinen, Chaochih Liu, Skylar R Wyant, Xin Li, Maureen B Quin, et.al.) buff.ly/3qNk8M8 @PeterLMorrell @ASPB
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Tomorrow is the first day of legal recreational marijuana in Minnesota. It was great to get to talk to @CathyWurzer @MPRnews! Thanks @gretch_brown @UMNews @CFANS! The science behind growing your own cannabis mprnews.org/episode/2023/07/…
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Peter L. Morrell retweeted
22 Jul 2023
An effective and efficient avenue for incorporating crop wild relative diversity into modern germplasm is to use wild relative alleles already present in traditional varieties housed in germplasm banks. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
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The wild relatives of domesticated plants have genetic diversity that could help crops adapt to #ClimateChange. @jrossibarra @MitchFeldmann @PeterLMorrell &co look at how wild relatives and traditional varieties can be utilized to improve #crops. plos.io/3XPnVF0
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