Jade Montoya @symbiobotanist Twitter profile

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Jade Montoya

26 days

Quit my PhD yesterday! Pretty proud of myself. It wasn’t easy but I wasn’t sure I was going to survive another few years (literally) and I knew my baby needed his mommy alive so it’s what I had to do.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

15 days

I finally typed up an explanation for withdrawing from my PhD that I shared on my Instagram and my Facebook with my family and friends so I figured my new Twitter family deserved to see it too

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

@_______roof @sarahkcomedy My dads a farmer. His hobby is roping… all of the related things are too expensive… so I bought some clay and I’m making him an ash tray (he doesn’t smoke just an ode to old school elementary gifts to parents)

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

I have to say I’m in awe. When I made this post, I didn’t know that I was going to get so much support. Yall have no idea how much it means to me!! I’ll be reading through all of your comments soon.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

I gained a bunch of new followers recently so I figured I should re-introduce myself. I’m Jade! Phd student at UF studying plant-microbial symbiosis w/ scRNAseq tech. I love science, nature, my fiancé, my pup, and my lab! I’m also interested in mental health advocacy. 👋🏻😁

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

15 days

The coolest part about going viral for quitting my PhD is seeing what all of your research is about in your twitter bios!

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

25 days

@trishgreenhalgh Trisha! Thank you so much for your response. Thats so good to hear. I hope you’re doing well :)

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

@RobertFWright Beautifully written

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

Today I’m boarding a plane headed to a conference where I’ll give my first ever talk 🥳 #PAG30

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

First poster presentation ✅ Had a great time talking about my research at the UF Genetics Symposium 🧬🐊 best part was putting my poster in the hallway of my lab!!!

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

@frerardsrs @KhanStopMe

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Jade Montoya

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10 months

My talk today went great!! Can’t wait to get more results & give another talk in the future. I love my research & my lab ❤️ #ASPB #PlantBio2023

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Jade Montoya

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14 days

I can’t believe we are only 95,000 views away from 1 million views on something I said!!! And not just anything I said, but like the most personal thing I said. Thank you all. I love you all.

Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

26 days

Quit my PhD yesterday! Pretty proud of myself. It wasn’t easy but I wasn’t sure I was going to survive another few years (literally) and I knew my baby needed his mommy alive so it’s what I had to do.

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Jade Montoya

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9 months

@koroseal Shame shame shame!!

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

@gabriela_k94 Beautifully written!!

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Jade Montoya

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24 days

Why do you feel the need to be so negative? It’s my life? Why does it bother you so much?

Gary Gravy

@GarysGravy

25 days

@symbiobotanist This is repulsive. Way to completely derail your life. I don't know why you are looking for positive feedback for your lack of ambition. What a poor example you are setting for your child. Truly shameful.

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

@nemesis1966 I did!!! I feel like I can breath again

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

@Femi_MORE Good luck on your journey! Don’t concern yourself with what other people think or with other peoples paths. You will forge your own path and it will be successful no matter where you end up.

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

It was this mentality that kept me in it for so long. One day I realized money meant nothing if I was so unhappy with my life. I actually quit on the day my research was recommended for a huge federally funded grant. But how could I continue to let money influence me to suffer?

I Marry You

@JPVT4U

25 days

@symbiobotanist What a waste of money.

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Jade Montoya

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18 days

My son isn’t eating again and I can’t stop worrying but of course there’s a lapse between my PhD healthcare and Medicaid so we have to go to the dr uninsured. America is so great

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

24 days

@ImperfectFunGuy So it’s not cake?

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

25 days

@ATinyGreenCell At first I regretted not quitting sooner, I mean I’m 3 years in! But there’s so many people I never would’ve met. I never would’ve been at the state of the art UF hospital for my emergency c section, my preemie boy wouldn’t have had the same care in New Mexico.

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Jade Montoya

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1 month

Do you ever think about Nina Dobrev’s 2019 met gala look which was a 3D printed dress made of glass? I feel like we don’t talk about this enough

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

@Fomo4real @clhubes The women

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Jade Montoya

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2 years

A monarch made its cocoon on my outdoor lights! I’ve never seen one with such metallic gold before 🐛

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

25 days

I’ve reached my follower limit for today, but I’ll follow you guys back tomorrow

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

@berbruton @neil_finnweevil @jackiwrites @kerouac9696 @JustAboutGlad Now kiss

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

What really highlights the difference between industry and academia is how #PAG30 doesn’t have a lactation room but Bayer will pay to ship breast milk of lactating employees when they have to travel for work. Which do you think supports women in stem more?

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

25 days

My Reddit was full of comments like this on a similar anonymous post. It really hurt until I saw all of the support you guys gave me on Twitter. Thank you for being louder than the critics.

Scott32714scott

@Scott32714scot1

25 days

@symbiobotanist your proud to be a quitter? you better finnish so your kids can know by seeing hard things can be done dont give up. how you going to tell your kids life is hard but you can do it when you quit yourself? theres not much strive to be better than parents only be just as good.

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

@kevin_wambani I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope you know that in their darkest moments I’m sure your lab mates thought of you with love and appreciation. At least I always did for my lab mates.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

3 months

Baby Gator 🐊 (except not officially because the UF Baby Gator Daycare has a 2.5 year waitlist LOL!)

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

@AskAboutAnimals @FieldInclusive Phd student but I have to mention. For women, making sure we always have access to a private place to potty and it is pointed out to us without having to ask.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

@hagtimes @rannnda I’m covering my tattoo in Farsi so I feel you. We all make mistakes, don’t be too hard on yourself if you choose to keep it or cover it

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

25 days

@ATinyGreenCell I never would’ve met the great scientists I met, and had them listen to my ideas, I never would’ve felt like one of the greats… and I did. I really did for a second feel so on the edge of knowledge. But it just wasn’t for me. And I’m so glad to be free.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

The real reason that salad spinner is on my wedding registry

Sebastian S. Cocioba🪄🌷

@ATinyGreenCell

1 year

Salad spinners are the best plate centrifuges.

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Jade Montoya

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23 days

A couple days ago, a Carolina Wren built a nest in my bird house and abandoned it the next day. A beautiful reminder that it is okay to start something you don’t finish. It is okay to leave for something or somewhere that’s better for you.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

15 days

@possumkilljoy Thank you so much for recognizing my deliberate choice to share. Its scary but it feels like what I’m supposed to do. I remember feeling so alone in my struggles but if I’d seen I wasn’t alone like I see now, I would’ve felt so much more empowered and safe if that makes sense.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

Blown away by the beautiful campus & fan-girling over my favorite symbiosis scientists. It’s been a great first couple of days to my first conference @UWMadison @25NASNFC #25NASNFC

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

25 days

@JeremyMCarr I don’t think I’ll ever go back to graduate school. I had it all a perfect advisor and interesting project funded with a good stipend. I had a supportive lab, super smart lab manager, and all my lab mates were my best friends. It still wasn’t enough… idk what would’ve been

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

I bought my wedding dress! So grateful to my lab for bringing these amazing ladies into my life. Their support has shown me how a wedding can represent more than the love of a couple, but also the love of a community. #WhiteMagnoliaBride

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

@frerardsrs @KhanStopMe The moons gravity pulls the tides but the moon moves around so the pull is stronger than other times aka high tide and low tide

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

25 days

@ArcanAltinar Such kind words at a time when I needed them so so much you’re a good person thank you

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

@OnlySmokesBomb @mhdksafa Im pregnant and I will be very pregnant then so you know my household is going to go hard this year for Big Sandwich Night

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

Wonderful talk by @WendellJPereira at the @25NASNFC very exciting data that will certainly have an impact on #nitrogenfixation research 🤩

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

@ZJAyres So perfectly put! It has been so healing for me to read everyone’s responses. You guys have no idea how much I needed this.

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Jade Montoya

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2 years

Today my mom paid for my wedding 🥰🥹 its going to be on a yacht!! I am so blessed and grateful. Together my mom and I struggled for most of my life but now we have made it and we are enjoying life ❤️ she is my best friend

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Jade Montoya

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15 days

Now this is just me being silly, but sometimes I wonder if we all actually have ADHD or if we just need to stay at home mom to make us lunch and schedule our doctors appointment and pay our bills on time

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Jade Montoya

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2 years

Absolutely incredible time at the @25NASNFC I can’t stop raving about the beautiful campus, the exciting knowledge I gained, and the new connections I made with scientists in my field. @UWMadison #25NASNFC

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Jade Montoya

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2 years

Name something more annoying than when a paper doesn’t include the gene ID or accession number for the genes they characterized 🙃

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Jade Montoya

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2 years

@BranchiniElvis @OdedRechavi Disagree. Plant biologist don’t have much of a choice because general biology papers tend to be animal focused

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Jade Montoya

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1 month

When you learn that formula companies lobbied against maternity leave in the US… 😡😡😡

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Jade Montoya

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6 months

5 lbs and 4 ounces of perfection

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Jade Montoya

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24 days

@hkatemacpherson I’m so so so proud of you! You have no idea. My mom is a dr and she went through school while I was a kid so I know just how grueling medical school can be.

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Jade Montoya

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10 months

Welcome to Jades latest series: 6 Days of Maternity Conference Fashion. Day 1: wrap skirt & white button up. Can’t go wrong with classics you already own. Make sure to pair with comfy shoes

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

@mark_carnall Wow thank you so much.

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

Happy first day of spring turkey season! My best friend got his first turkey!!! Don’t forget that hunting is the most sustainable way to get meat. :)

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

Tell me how I got “excellent” on every review section from every reviewer for the NSF GRFP and still didn’t get it or an honorary mention. It’s okay, just knowing the reviewers were excited about my work is enough to keep me motivated.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

On Wednesday we got married! On Friday we found out we are having a baby! Sunday I was admitted to the er for severe dehydration due to morning sickness. I still haven’t unpacked from the wedding

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

I got my very first invitation to speak at a conference (and a big one at that!). I’ve never felt so successful in my life to be honest. I’m really excited to share my work and give my first conference talk!!! Any advice for this newbie?

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

@AskAboutAnimals @FieldInclusive Also, clear descriptions of appropriate clothes and gear to wear and bring helps enormously.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

We did it y’all!

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Jade Montoya

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23 days

So I’m in a PPD treatment study where we make a song because making music rewires your brain. Super cool right?! But I need to think of a genre for my song and I’m such a music slut i mean enthusiast that I can’t think of just one genre. Folk punk? Bubblegrunge? Indie rock?

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

Say hello to our new boy Duke! He was slated to be euthanized but Second Chance redirected him to their foster program. So grateful to have gotten such a sweet mellow boy as a companion for our baby girl Bean.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

We set our wedding date. We’ve been engaged for a while now but I feel a whole new wave of excitement

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

During my grad school interview I knew exactly who I wanted to be, who I was, what I wanted to do, and I had over 100 thriving house plants. Now 2 years later there’s less than 20 survivors hanging on by a thread and I can’t think of one thing I know with certainty.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

Messed around with an AI image/art generator & I present to you: “Rhizobia”

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

24 days

@GarysGravy It wasn’t impulsive or careless. I contemplated it nearly everyday for 3 years. Your tweet was far from encouraging??? The easy way out would’ve been to keep people pleasing and torturing myself for a degree I no longer wanted, which very likely could’ve ended in my suicide.

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

My kind of Monday 🥂 Thanks @ResolveBioSci #PAG30

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

6 months

My baby boy was born a month early! He’s doing so good and we get to go home today after only 3 days in the hospital!

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Jade Montoya

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2 months

What are your alternate universe professions? Mine are maternity ward nurse, psychiatrist, investigative journalist, psychologist, K-12 teacher, private investigator, and homesteading mother of 10.

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Jade Montoya

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11 months

Baby Sunday is a healthy & wiggly little guy :)

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

9 months

Please enjoy this creepy ultrasound of my baby yawning

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

How do you pronounce fungi? Just curious. No wrong answers here :)

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

@manes @crispycrise @_Eric_Reinhart It happened to me and many people I know. All childhood trauma victims. I believe it is less rare than we have evidence for because of the stigmatization associated with sharing childhood trauma experiences. I recommend reading Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse (2000)

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

The only thing that will stop a bad six year old with a gun… Is a good six year old with a gun /s

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

While I am grateful for every opportunity I’ve had since starting my PhD, I would truly give it all up to have my cat back, even just to have the last year of his life where I was really there for him instead of pushing him away when he wanted to cuddle because I was burnt out

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

@ArjAndInCharj No my husband offered it as an option after watching my cry almost every night for 3 years. I immediately took him up on it!

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

I miss my cat like every day. I often wonder if the PhD was worth not being mentally there for the last year of his life

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

She’s so pretty.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

My kitty passed away in his sleep today. I got him as a kitten 11 years ago as an emotional support animal for my severe depression in high school. last year was the 1st year of my PhD & kitty was very sick. I honestly feel like he waited for me to be okay before he passed on.

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

If you hate chatgtp but you haven’t used it to make a recipe based on ingredients you already have in your fridge then you’re using chatgtp wrong.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

@CaprioloSidra @AcademicChatter Applied to the GRFP & did volunteer research that turned into a paid gig. I recommend both of those highly as they prepared me for my PhD. I also made time to really commit to my yoga practice and I rec doing that for a habit that you want to cultivate and continue in school

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

@xoSTAYgold @lsepper @juadams @draubreytauer It’s 1 in 3 girls under 12 years old now, 1 in 5 boys.

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

My PI teaching me how to write a manuscript

Channa Prakash

@AgBioWorld

1 year

Caption this

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Jade Montoya

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2 years

@DrSarahLiu Always feel bad! Never celebrate your accomplishments without feeling a little bad for them. /s

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

9 months

Also here is a 3D ultrasound of my recombination experiment. Almost done with the 2nd trimester!

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

There’s the little chicken nugget

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Jade Montoya

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1 month

The student loan thing is so fucked that my grandma who worked her whole life and raised 6 kids is still paying for her student loans!!! Makes me sad and angry

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

2 years

Writing personal statements can be a draining experience, from hyper-analyzing the value of my accomplishments to constantly doubting my word choices. Today is a bit different. I am feeling proud of how far I have come since I wrote my first personal statement.

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

A couple photos from the best day ever

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

@Rainmaker1973 @prometheusgreen For anyone curious

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

Unconventional things at my wedding: for the ceremony, I bought clutches instead of bouquets for my bridesmaids so they have something useful to hold! Same price thanks to Black Friday.Also I’m donating my centerpieces to a local hospice after the reception :)

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

The other day I used chatgtp to make a caption for my first renaissance fair: “living in the past but making memories for the future” chefs kiss copy paste post

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

I’m choosing not to feel guilty for having time to plan my wedding during my PhD because it means I have a good supportive advisor and lab that allows me to continue living my life even as I pursue a PhD. But I have to remind myself that a lot because the guilt is innate

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

10 months

Congratulations to my advisor @ForestGenomics for this well deserved honor. I am so grateful to be a part of our team & to have him as our leader.

UF School Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences

@SFFGS_UF

10 months

Congratulations to Matias Kirst for being awarded the title of Distinguished Professor! This title recognizes Dr. Kirst’s remarkable accomplishments in the field of forest genomics and quantitative genetics, both nationally and internationally.

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

@AutopsyBae I feel like I may be judged by some but I’m going to stay home with my son while my husband supports us. He took a step back in his wildlife conservation career to have a more flexible job while I was in school. Now we can move anywhere & our parents are helping in the mean time

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Jade Montoya

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1 year

@AmyGDalaMD Bad tweet. My mom had me during spring break in medical school. Her class mate who had been an L&D nurse for years delivered me in her apartment. She was protecting herself from the extremely high rates of c sections in her area at the time.

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Jade Montoya

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25 days

@Lala98808012 That’s a great question and it’s kind of hard to answer. I definitely came in with mental health problems already. It didn’t help with the way academia set up you kind of set your own goals,and they keep moving every time you get close. Maybe I’m too close to it to explain rn idk

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

For the first time ever I’m wondering if I really want to try and save the world with science or if I’d be happier just making enough money to have 2-3 babies. Why does this thought shake me to the core? Who am I anymore???

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Jade Montoya

@symbiobotanist

1 year

So happy to see nodules getting the recognition they deserve ✨

Molecular Plant & Plant Communications

@MPlantPCom

1 year

Mol Plant Dec 2022 Issue is online🎉The cover image illustrates an analogical factory of “symbiotic nitrogen fixation” in leguminous plants.

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