maemercado.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studying maize rubisco activase and photosynthesis evolution in grasses. 2025 Plantae Fellow From 🇵🇭
👤 Joined on 31 August 2023
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@maemercado.bsky.socialPerhaps...do it anyway! And point to all the training and knowledge and experiences you have that can set you up to succeed if they chose you. Do it with the confidence of a mediocre white dude.
Show PostIt's days like today, when I have to wear ice cleats in order to snow blow my driveway that is an ice rink underneath the snow, that I really miss living in Hawaiʻi.
Show PostReady to go! #leafittoscience #podcast #PlantBio2026 @maemercado.bsky.social
Show PostWe waited 1.5 years to write the grant, get the money, buy the confocal, and get it! This week, we have installed the confocal in the lab. Thanks to @the.3i.social and their amazing team, including Sam, Andrew, Daniel, and Leo to make it happen. We are grateful to CFI and UBC for the funding.
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