Assistant professor and herbarium curator, Mississippi State University. Systematics, informatics, phylogenomics. PLANTS. π±
Joined February 2015
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Ryan Folk π retweeted
24 Jun 2025
The Folk Lab at #Evolution2025. β¦@ry_folkβ© β¦@NickEngleWryeβ© β¦@dexcempβ© β¦@GiramPranotiβ© Shamim and John. #Athens #Georgia
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Ryan Folk π retweeted
22 Jun 2025
Nick presenting his work on Heuchera hybridization in #Evolution2025
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Ryan Folk π retweeted
26 Feb 2025
Congrats to @D_Sushi1 for passing his candidacy exams! π±
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Ryan Folk π retweeted
18 Feb 2025
It's here and ahead-of-print at @ASNAmNat ! π Our 22-page polyploid coexistence model is now available: doi.org/10.1086/734411
This work wouldnβt be possible without NSF supportβincluding funding from an NSF GRFP, an NSF PRFB, and NSF DMS & DBI grants. @soltislab @NKortessis
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Ryan Folk π retweeted
26 Oct 2024
the press to my herbarium specimen
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Ryan Folk π retweeted
25 Oct 2024
NEW PAPER OUT!
Assessing drivers of leaf endophyte diversity and composition across a broad geographic and phylogenetic scale, we found that:
-assembly patterns differed between bacterial and fungal endophytes; (1/3)
25 Oct 2024
Continental sampling reveals core bacterial and environmentally driven fungal leaf #endophytes in #Heuchera
New #AJB research by @dexcemp, @NickEngleWrye, @hwillia8, @ry_folk et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16428 #botany #fungi @wileyplantsci @WileyEcolEvol
ALT Map of sampling locations (pink circles) against genus range (purple).
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Ryan Folk π retweeted
18 Oct 2024
It is really nice to see that data supported hypotheses very well: Long-term nitrogen deposition reduces the diversity of nitrogen-fixing plants | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sciaβ¦
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18 Oct 2024
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18 Oct 2024
I got to meet the pollinators of the Heuchera parviflora group in my 2-week field work across eastern US!
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Ryan Folk π retweeted
26 Sep 2024
An elevational cline in leaf variegation: Testing anti-#herbivory & abiotic heterogeneity hypotheses in maintaining a #polymorphism
New #AJB research at Cierra Sullivan & @mhkoski
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16411 #botany #ecophysiology #@wileyplantsci
ALT A two-paneled image of a variegated and non-variegated plant from the genus Hexastylis. The plants have heart-shaped leaves with a cordate leaf base and obtuse apex. The left variegated plant image shows leaves with a pale green color spreading from the veins against a dark green background, creating a pale green webbing pattern. The right non-variegated plant image has leaves that are uniformly dark green. Both plants are surrounded by leaf litter on a forest floor.
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29 Sep 2024
Upholstery adventure part two. Adding muslin, then damask, then gimp! This is supposed to match my settee, which is from the same period with a similar pattern.
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29 Sep 2024
New upholstery adventure 1/2. Another carved rosewood piece (Dalbergia sissoo?). The modern upholstery was a bad job, kind of lumpy. The batting is original, check out that horse hair! I fixed the lumps using some raw wool from the same period but kept the rest.
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28 Sep 2024
OBSESSED
Lana Del Rey got married to alligator tour guide Jeremy Dufrene today.
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Ryan Folk π retweeted
16 Sep 2024
Now official, Iβve moved back to London and today is my first day at Birkbeck, University of London! Researching all things botanicalπΏπ±πͺ΄ - potential postdocs or PhD/MRes students do feel free to get in touch! @BBKNatSci @BirkbeckScience @BirkbeckUoL
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Ryan Folk π retweeted
11 Sep 2024
Elemental and isotopic analysis of leaves predicts nitrogen-fixing phenotypes @joshua_doby @compositaecarol @soltislab @robgural @ry_folk
nature.com/articles/s41598-0β¦
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