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Smit Dhakal

@DhakalSmit

Wheat Scientist at PowerPollen, ex-UIUC bioenergy sorghum, ex-TAMU wheat, an aggie, love photography & adventure 🌽 🌾🍞 👨‍🔬 🌏 🚵‍♀️ 📷

 Ankeny, IA
Joined January 2012
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Amidst biomedical scientist! Learning cryopreservation techniques to be applied in plant science. #CRYO2022 #SLTB – at Dublin City, Ireland
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We have a new opening for a Senior scientist position at Power Pollen. PowerPollen is an excellent place to work, from my experience. #PowerPollen powerpollen.com/job/senior-s…
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Interested in working with PowerPollen? We have multiple open opportunities to fill in. We would love to have you. For more info: powerpollen.com/powerpollen-…
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PowerPollen is excited to partner with Bayer for commercial use of our technology designed to help corn seed production growers increase their yields. Read more here: powerpollen.com/news/company…
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Rare sight to see in Iowa! Maintainer and CMS seed increase in our Ames location. #HybridWheat #PowerPollen
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Happy to represent PowerPollen!
PowerPollen | Preserve. Enhance. Grow. (@PowerPollen) profile picturePowerPollen | Preserve. Enhance. Grow.@PowerPollen12 Mar 2021
Join us in welcoming Dr. Smit Dhakal to the PowerPollen team. He’s jumped right into his role as our new wheat scientist. We’re happy to have him!
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New addition to PowerPollen. Welcome to team Carl!
PowerPollen | Preserve. Enhance. Grow. (@PowerPollen) profile picturePowerPollen | Preserve. Enhance. Grow.@PowerPollen11 Mar 2021
Our new Chief of Operations, Carl Cox, is excited about the opportunity to serve his team and enable the growth and success of PowerPollen. Welcome, Carl! powerpollen.com/leadership/
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As a foreign scientist, this story is completely relatable!!
Vikas Navratna (@vikasnavaratna) profile pictureVikas Navratna@vikasnavaratna9 Mar 2021
Snippets from life of an immigrant postdoc. I came to the US with $15000 in loan, & that is not trivial coming from India. I spent more than a year living in a small house of 300 sq. ft.(all incl.), & cutting corners on almost everything so that I could pay the loan off ASAP. 1/n
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Feeling good to be back in wheat and Yuma! Selection of pollination parent for hybrid wheat. #PowerPollen #YumaAZ
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We are scaling this to wheat pollen collection, preservation, and application #Pollen #Pollination @PowerPollen cultivationcorridor.org/inno…
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Mother nature is kind to us! Last three days had been very comfortable for bagging heads. #CABBIbio #bioenergy #sorghum
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Genuine ( legitimate route) non-immigrants are suffering..
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For those interested working in small grains
Jessica Rutkoski (@JRutkoski) profile pictureJessica Rutkoski@JRutkoski7 Jul 2020
I am happy to announce our new lab website: smallgrains.web.illinois.edu…, if you are interested in joining us for a MS or PhD in plant breeding check out our graduate student assistantship opportunities: smallgrains.web.illinois.edu…. #wheat #rice #oat @genomic_pred #plantbreeding
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Our @eat_modified food truck sure generates a crowd. Taste a GMO papaya smoothie and learn about science-based communications from @ScienceAlly #PAG2020 #PAGXXVII #CornellCALS
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Great work ,@aneil_ad . Congratulations !! – at Urbana, IL
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We are done with juicing around 200 bundles of hybrid and sweet sorghum for this year. #Sorghum #CABBIbio
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Creating short-day conditions for photoperiod sensitive sorghum genotypes. Closing view of black curtains. #CABBI #Sorghum
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Started bagging in sorghum hybrids and backcross today. Waiting to see how helpful these breathable bags would be. #sorghum #CMS #CABBI
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Great work @aneil_ad
Mory Rugg (@NPWheat) profile pictureMory Rugg@NPWheat23 Jul 2019
Great poster @aneil_ad #2019IWC
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Smit Dhakal retweeted
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CABBI@CABBIbio10 Jul 2019
Over 200 scientists, researchers, and students joined together to discuss the accomplishments and future of #CABBI. In one year: 🌱61 PIs, 62 Postdocs, 250 total employed 🌱31 publications 🌱 2 inventions Check out the recap: bit.ly/CABBI2019
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