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Emily Kopania @ekopania.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

So excited to have received a Catalyst award in support of outreach! I'm looking forward to teaching others about the evolution of vision!

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Emily Kopania @ekopania.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the @mblscience.bsky.social Visual Neuroscience course these past two weeks! The MBL is an amazing place to do science and I learned so much to support my vision evolution research.

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Nathan Clark @nclark.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Lab on NPR! High Altitude Mammals Have Reduced Senses of Smell nclarklab.org/wp-content/u...

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Peter Williams @peterw-ecol.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I’m excited to share a new paper with @shannoncurley.bsky.social in Ecography! Winter & breeding bird communities in the NE USA have become more functionally & phylogenetically similar to one another over time. Check out which functions have changed! doi.org/10.1002/ecog... #Macroecology 🌎🦃🦆🦅

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Functional and phylogenetic convergence of winter and breeding bird communities in the northeastern US

Around the world, ecological communities are becoming more similar to one another in a process known as biotic homogenization – an increase in similarity among communities over time. While biotic hom...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 19/06/2025

What happens when NIH is under threat? 📉 Fewer clinical trials. 💔 No new treatments for cancer, rare diseases. And long-term? We surrender our global leadership in biomedical research. NIHers risked everything to speak out, b/c the stakes are life and death. Stand with them here⬇️ zurl.co/OArEE

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 25/04/2025

📣PRESSURE WORKS!📣 The Trump administration has reversed its termination of thousands of students’ U.S. visa registrations, reinstating their legal status after legal challenges and court orders deemed the mass cancellations unlawful. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, DORKS! www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations

DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

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ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 23/04/2025

Do you love the ocean? It needs your voice now more than ever! Calling Congress is one of the most powerful ways to protect our blue planet—and it only takes a few minutes! 📞 www.youtube.com/shorts/-X2_N...

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Whale you call Congress? | #shorts

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 19/04/2025

🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨 We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely! airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

NSF Grant Termination Information Collection Form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NSF grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.

We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected PIs, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks.

We are actively building a pipeline to organize these terminations and will soon have a tracker akin to our NIH grant tracker at https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA

WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential.

These resources are maintained by Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with input and support from additional volunteers. For any questions, please contact Scott Delaney on Signal (sdelaney.84).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 16/04/2025

Last one for Tax Day – NOAA 🌊 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $21/year to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 💡 NOAA turns science into safety — for coasts, communities, & the climate. It helps safeguard lives, property, and ecosystems from rising seas and extreme weather.

A powerful ocean scene shows waves crashing against a row of buildings under a dark, stormy sky. Overlaid in bold white text: “How much would you pay to protect your coast?”

A square graphic with an aerial view of swirling ocean currents in teal and blue. Bold white text reads: “Only $21/year from the average taxpayer helps fund NOAA.”

A square infographic with a dark stormy ocean background. The white header text reads: “Your $21 funds these essential services.” Below are six dark blue boxes, each with a white icon and label:
1. Coastal Mapping – Detailed charts of shorelines, navigation hazards, and more
2. Weather Monitoring – Vital data for tracking storms, extreme heat, and drought
3. Marine Resource Management – Conservation of ocean life and sustainable fisheries
4. Coastal Resilience – Infrastructure that withstands storms and rising seas
5. Storm Research – Studies of severe weather patterns and impacts

The graphic uses clean lines, oceanic tones, and emphasizes the small taxpayer cost for these vital environmental services.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/04/2025

📣 GET IN, DORKS! We are going protesting...AGAIN! 📣 This time we are standing up for our core value of academic freedom and asking university leadership to STAND UP WITH US against Trump's attack on higher ed ✊ #StandUpWithUS Register/find an event: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

NATIONWIDE CAMPUS ACTION
STAND UP WITH US
because science, higher ed, and democracy are for everyone.
Where: YOUR COLLEGE CAMPUS
When: YOUR LAST DAY OF CLASSES
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It’s time for a Summer Send-Off

Stand Up, Fight Back - TOGETHER!

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Eoin Brodie @elbrodie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18. Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky

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US Applicant Week

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

List of Stand Up for Science events—official events in red, solidarity events in blue.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/03/2025

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025

Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 22/02/2025

🚨PA colleagues: "Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania." "If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC Get out your Other Support and share that info!

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Microsoft Forms

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Emily Kopania @ekopania.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Today is Day of Remembrance of the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. It's more important than ever to remember this history and defend the rights of immigrants and minorities.

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Emily Kopania @ekopania.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I'm excited to share the first paper from my current postdoc work with @nclark.bsky.social on the evolution of the visual system, now out in Evolution Letters! I also wrote a blog post summarizing our findings and featuring some fun museum photos: evolutionletters.net/looking-forw...

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Looking forward: Advancing our understanding of mammalian retina evolution - Evolution Letters | Editor's Blog

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Emily Kopania @ekopania.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Great opportunity to work with an awesome PI and do very cool evolutionary genomics research!

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Emily Kopania @ekopania.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Our paper on the evolution of male reproduction in murine rodents was selected as the editor's choice article in the January issue of Evolution!

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Erica Larson @ellarson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Very proud to share this outstanding work by @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social - now out in Genetics!

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Adriana Romero-Olivares, PhD @fungi-lover.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Starterpack of WoC and non-binary PoC in EcoEvo. Specifically, those of us who are members of the #WoCinEEB slack community. I'll keep adding people in the next few days. Please let me know if I missed you! Happy to provide info on how to join our community 💜 Please share! 🙏🏽 go.bsky.app/9iCneeT

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Emily Kopania @ekopania.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Our work on the evolution of male reproduction in murine rodents is out now in Evolution! “Sperm competition intensity shapes divergence in both sperm morphology and reproductive genes across murine rodents” doi.org/10.1093/evol... (1/4)

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Mafalda S Ferreira @mafaldaferreira.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

Our work on the evolution of supergenes in Atlantic herring using long-reads and a distribution-wide dataset of Atlantic herring genomes is now out in @NatureComm! Lead by the long-read-queen Minal Jamsandekar and I. Work from my @MSCActions fellowship 😁 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The origin and maintenance of supergenes contributing to ecological adaptation in Atlantic herring - Nature Communications

The Atlantic herring has four megabase-sized inversions associated with ecological adaptation. This study untangles their evolutionary history, showing that considerable genetic exchange between allel...

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

For folks applying to (or writing letters for) GRFPs, I saw this on the other place (where I lurk for hurricane news): if you've been impacted by natural disasters (e.g., a hurricane) look here for resources and a way to contact NSF www.nsf.gov/naturaldisas...

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NSF Responses to Natural Disasters | NSF - National Science FoundationLock

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Emily Kopania @ekopania.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

I'm excited to share a preprint for my first work on eye and retina evolution! We tested long standing hypotheses regarding ecological and morphological correlates of specialized regions in the retina for high acuity vision doi.org/10.1101/2024...

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Mammalian retinal specializations for high acuity vision evolve in response to both foraging strategies and morphological constraints

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

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Martin Turcotte @exp-evoeco.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Most of the Turcotte Lab is at #Evol2024. Come learn about duckweed: - evo-coexistence (me) - evolutionary alt. stable-states (Lacey) - selection on plasticity (Trapper) - evolution during invasion (Taylor) Excited to be home and for everyone to enjoy this great city.

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Jeff Good @jeffreygood.bsky.social · 28/05/2024

UMontana is hiring a Data Scientist! Collaborate with Montana scientists on genomics research & support HPC and bioinformatics training. Full-time non-TT science position w/ opportunity for independent research. Come join a great team in Missoula! DM if interested. bit.ly/UMJobs4437

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Bioinformatics Data Scientist, UMGC and MT-INBRE - Missoula, Montana, United States - University of Montana

  Application instructions are located at the bottom of the page.  Please apply directly through the University of Montana's career portal UM Jobs at https://umjobs.silkroad.com/ for po...

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Mafalda S Ferreira @mafaldaferreira.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

#NordicOikos2024 looking for postdocs, students and techs for my new group @StockholmUni and @SciLifeLab focusing on seasonal camouflage adaptation in ptarmigan and grouse! Reach out if interested :)

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Nathan Senner @drgodwit.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

Come join team deer mouse with collabs from the U. of Denver and U. of Montana! We're looking for a field assistant to help us in the beautiful Colorado Rockies this spring and fall. We can pay $15 per hour, plus cover travel, field housing, and food. Apply here: careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

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Nathan Clark @nclark.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

The Clark lab is hiring post docs and students! Projects available in adaption to diving and in general coevolution and convergent evolution. I’m here at #TAGC24 Reply or email me to meet up nclark@pitt.edu

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Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis @carvunis.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

Please RT: Undergraduate Students! Paid summer research experience opportunity in Pittsburgh! Work with yeast and computers to help discover how new genes evolve and what they do in the cell together with my lab team - Applications due March 5!

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Katya Mack @katyamack.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

The Mack lab at KU is looking for a technician -- please consider passing on to anyone who might be looking! employment.ku.edu/jobs/staff/a...

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

Let's talk about Ernest Everett Just, a cell biologist who unraveled the mysteries of fertilization in spite of the obstacles he faced as an African-American. Just's story weaves together good, rigorous science with racism & tragedy. He was born in 1883 in seaside Charleston, South Carolina.

A scientist studies a research rig. He is pensive and contemplative, with his chin on his fist, observing.

He's a handsome young man wearing a suit and tie, with closely cropped hair.

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Mia Levine @levine-lab.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Sometimes a paper stops you in your tracks. New work from Loppin’s group found that histone eviction during sperm development ensures that paternal chromosomes aren’t mistaken for maternal chromosomes in the Drosophila embryo. My Perspective: www.science.org/doi/full/10.... 1/2

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Nathan Clark @nclark.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

Physically interacting proteins have evolutionary rates that covary over time, but it has little to do with their actual interface. Their rates covary simply because of parallel changes in selective constraint. Congrats Jordan Little!

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Emily Kopania @ekopania.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

I'm excited to collect data from some museum specimens next week!

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Manisha Munasinghe @manishamuna.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

It’s that time of year again! If you’re thinking of applying for an #NSF #PRFB my application material can be found here - github.com/mam737/Appli... A few things I didn’t know before applying… (1/4)

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Emily Kopania @ekopania.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

Hello, Bluesky! I'm planning to make this my new science social media account, and eventually move off of twitter, or whatever it's called theses day.

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