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Rafael Loureiro @astrobotnerd
Joined October 2022
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MIT Technology Review
@techreview
17 Oct 2024
The Download: farming on Mars, and lab robots trib.al/lTDOGuk

The Download: farming on Mars, and lab robots

Plus: Elon Musk really wants Donald Trump to win the US election

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Pauly Shore
@PaulyShore
10 Jun 2024
do fathers follow me? repost, then i'll follow u doodz
Josh Wolf@joshwolfcomedy
10 Jun 2024
wondering how many fathers follow me.. if you’re a father, repost this.
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Dr. Christina@Botany_nerd
20 Feb 2024
Keeping track of a plant science experiment? Check out this resource to keep track of your plants every step of the way. igor.saladproject.org/ua/sig…
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Dr. Christina@Botany_nerd
14 Sep 2023
#Disability Here is a white paper that we submitted to the Decadal. We wrote this in 2021. One of the endorsers has since passed away. We are trying to get as many eyes as possible on this document. This link will allow you to download the file. surveygizmoresponseuploads.s…
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Astrobotany Lab WSSU@AstrobotanyLab
8 Sep 2023
Day 1 of our amazing Nanopore Sequencing and Bioinformatics workshop with Anna Simpson, Kennda Lynch and Laura Fackrell!! Very cool experience for our students at @WSSURAMS @NASAJPL @NASA #nasa #HBCU #astrobotany #Astrobiology #PlantScience
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This episode of @ahsokaofficial may have just saved Star Wars. @disney just give the command to Filoni and let the man do what he knows best.
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Astrobotany Lab WSSU@AstrobotanyLab
23 Aug 2023
The Astrobotany Lab would like to give a huge congratulations to Sarah Lang and Michelle Bruno-Garcia for being two of the 2023-24 Undergraduate Research Scholar awardees issued by NASA / NC Space Grant @NASA @ncspacegrant @WSSURAMS
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Dr. Graham Lau@cosmobiologist
15 Jul 2023
This is a cameo I had in a comic book called "Astrobiology #1" by @SethJacob sometime back. A few other astrobiologists are in there as well, including @astrobotnerd, @dan_anger, and @nogreenstars.
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Plant Metabolomics training
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Botany is always better outside #WSSU
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Rafael Loureiro retweeted
White House HBCUs@WHI_HBCUs
27 Feb 2023
Winston Salem State University was founded in 1892. Guided by the motto “Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve,” @WSSURAMS aims to enhance the lives and livelihoods of its students, the people of North Carolina, and persons around the world.
Winston-Salem State University’s Astrobotany Lab provides undergraduates with opportunities to work with NASA and shadow scientists and researchers at the Kennedy Space Center. The partnership between WSSU and NASA was forged by Assistant Professor Rafael Loureiro.

ALT Winston-Salem State University’s Astrobotany Lab provides undergraduates with opportunities to work with NASA and shadow scientists and researchers at the Kennedy Space Center. The partnership between WSSU and NASA was forged by Assistant Professor Rafael Loureiro.

“This is unique to our school. No other school has it,” said Loureiro. “This allows our students to serve as interns at NASA.”

ALT “This is unique to our school. No other school has it,” said Loureiro. “This allows our students to serve as interns at NASA.”

NC Governor Roy Cooper visited the lab in September 2022 and said “Innovative STEM programs like these are helping to strengthen and diversify our workforce, so our students can take on the jobs of the future.”

ALT NC Governor Roy Cooper visited the lab in September 2022 and said “Innovative STEM programs like these are helping to strengthen and diversify our workforce, so our students can take on the jobs of the future.”

Astrobotany explores how plants and crops respond to off-world conditions. Students are currently growing peppers, tomatoes, and lettuce. The plants will go on spaceships at some point.

ALT Astrobotany explores how plants and crops respond to off-world conditions. Students are currently growing peppers, tomatoes, and lettuce. The plants will go on spaceships at some point.

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If you haven't had the chance to pledge during the campaign, you may still support Dragonbane through the late pledge option kickstarter.com/projects/119… - another great product from @FreeLeaguePub

Drakar och Demoner / Dragonbane

The original Scandinavian tabletop RPG reimagined 40 years after its original launch – now also in English.

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Two years in a box and now they are painted and ready. It’s the little things that matter. Now off to buy more models that will be in stasis for two more years. @warhammer
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As my first attempt to Tweet something I will post these cute Lunar Regolith grown tomatoes since it has taken over two years of hard work to see these guys hanging from our plants.
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