Noah Fahlgren
Director of Data Science and Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. Developer of PlantCV: https://plantcv.org
- Reposted by Noah Fahlgren🎉 Congratulations to @kmurphyphd.bsky.social, Principal Investigator and Director of the Phenotyping Core Facility at the Danforth Center—she has been selected to receive the Science Educator Award from the Academy of Science – St. Louis! Read more: www.danforthcenter.org/news/danfort...
- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenIn an international effort funded by the Gates Foundation, Nigel Taylor, PhD, & the Danforth Center are partnering on the new Rwanda Capacity Building (BioCap) Project, led by @cipotato.org, to establish a Rwandan Centre of Excellence for Crop Biotechnology & advance food security. loom.ly/4KW17iM
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- Quantifying growth and lodging in Tef (Eragrostis tef) with UAS. New preprint with @keelybrownphd.bsky.social @kmurphyphd.bsky.social and others, using geospatial analysis in @plantcv.bsky.social to estimate plot height and lodging with RGB and LiDAR sensors www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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- Nominations are now open for awards to be presented at the 2026 North American Plant Phenotyping Network Annual Conference. This is a great opportunity to recognize our outstanding colleague’s contributions to plant phenotyping research and innovation. mailchi.mp/ce99f293f3f6...
- Reminder: tomorrow (Oct. 31) is the deadline for submitting an abstract to be considered for a talk and PlantCV travel award applications for the 2026 NAPPN conference: www.plantphenotyping.org/abstracts
- The @plantcv.bsky.social team is hosting a workshop at the @nappn.bsky.social 2026 conference in Feb. at Michigan State and is able to support the travel of up to 20 participants. Please apply for the workshop and submit an abstract to the conference if you are interested: mailchi.mp/3afecdddf6de...
- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenNew @genomejournal.bsky.social special collection “Early Leads: Plant Biology Side Projects with Big Potential”. We’re looking for short, self-contained studies with big impact. Deadline July 31st, 2026. OA, no pub. fees, ECRs! Questions? Reach out to us (Olivia and @zoejolylopez.bsky.social)
- The @plantcv.bsky.social team is hosting a workshop at the @nappn.bsky.social 2026 conference in Feb. at Michigan State and is able to support the travel of up to 20 participants. Please apply for the workshop and submit an abstract to the conference if you are interested: mailchi.mp/3afecdddf6de...
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- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenNew paper - build a Raspberry Pi phenotyping chamber for imaging and temperature sensing! Thanks to Malia Gehan and her team for leading this work. bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenApplications open now for our Pivot 2 Plants program! Please share widely, 1 year paid opportunity to transition to careers in plant and data science. www.danforthcenter.org/our-work/edu...
- Deadline for our 2nd cohort of the Pivot to Plants program at the Danforth Center is Oct 15th. Excited to identify 5 participants for a 1-year NSF-funded internship. Hands-on research experience in cutting-edge #plantscience, #imaging, #datascience, and more! www.danforthcenter.org/our-work/edu...
- It has been incredibly rewarding to see our first cohort excel in this NSF ExLENT funded workforce development program. Through the program we are able to provide hands-on research experience and training in emerging technologies in imaging and data science for plant science from cells to the field
- Introducing the 2025 Pivot to Plants cohort! The Pivot to Plants fellowship program provides hands-on research experience for professionals who are eager to transition to the plant, data, and life sciences. Meet the fellows: loom.ly/TFCXdyg
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- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenNew paper alert! We found huge oil droplets in the guard cells of a high oil tobacco variety. The stomata of these tobacco plants have a smaller aperture, which increases leaf temperature and decreases transpiration. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenBig paper out from @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social! source.washu.edu/2025/03/brin...
- Reposted by Noah Fahlgren~290 participants at our Annual @nappn.bsky.social meeting this year! This is a virtual conference with in-person activities at several 'hub' sites @danforthcenter.bsky.social, MSU, Winnepeg/Manitoba, NCSU, UMN, and Corteva. #CelebrateScience @noahfahlgren.bsky.social @kmurphyphd.bsky.social
- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenMeet the Danforth Center’s next President! We’re thrilled to welcome world-renowned plant geneticist @gilesoldroyd.bsky.social to the Danforth Center this October.
- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenAfter an extensive search, the Danforth Center has named Giles Oldroyd, PhD, its next President. @gilesoldroyd.bsky.social is a renowned plant geneticist & one of only a few hundred scientists elected to both the UK @royalsociety.org & the US @nasonline.org. www.danforthcenter.org/news/interna...
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- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenRegistration for the Danforth Center NAPPN Conference Hub closes TONIGHT! We are also hosting a FREE PlantCV workshop and FREE Bioinformatics and Beers event that week. Join us!
- It's pheno time! Join us for NAPPN Annual Meeting, virtual or at an in-person hub. We're excited to host a Danforth Center hub with additional activities, space is limited at the hub so register now! www.plantphenotyping.org/conference-h...
- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenDo you live in a US State, District, or Territory? Get specific with these “NSF in your state” sheets. Here’s an example from Kansas. new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s...
- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenThe Trump Administration's list of censored scientific terms that get NSF grant proposals flagged contains "women” and “female”, but no mention of “men” or “male.” There is “black” and “indigenous” on this list, but no “white.” The only identity not censored is mine. youtu.be/dHXbpj1Z3UU
- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenThreats to government support for scientific research cause ripple effects in the scientific community. Read more: www.danforthcenter.org/news/st-loui...
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- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenAlright so to brighten the mood... Who's ready for another iteration of 28 Days, 28 Black Plant Scientists/Botanists? 💪🏾🌱 For those that want more background here's a link from last yr. While I search through names myself, I'm happy to hear any nominations via DM/email! plantae.org/2024-black-h...
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- Reposted by Noah FahlgrenIt's pheno time! Join us for NAPPN Annual Meeting, virtual or at an in-person hub. We're excited to host a Danforth Center hub with additional activities, space is limited at the hub so register now! www.plantphenotyping.org/conference-h...
