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Kelly Dawe @corncolors.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The UGA Genetics Department is hiring! Please help spread the word. We have an opening for an Associate Professor/Professor in Genetics, Synthetic Biology, and Biological Engineering. See ad for details – and join us here in Athens, GA!

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

UConn EEB is hiring a tropical horticulturalist for our greenhouses! It's an awesome collection of both research+teaching/public display, and you get to work with pretty amazing folks (I may be biased). Job listing: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49... Closes 10/14! 🌴🌿🌵🌺

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I have released my most powerful & high-yielding corn yet. It has already escaped my field & invaded three soybean farms. I fear it will soon kill all humans. But rather than quit corn & work to stop the apocalypse, I'm releasing even better corn in 3 months. Meanwhile, please use corn responsibly.

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My department (Biology at Emory) is hiring for a teaching track position! These are stable, well-respected, long-term positions with a path to promotion and ppl often staying for decades. The dept is wonderfully supportive and filled with amazing humans (faculty + staff) apply.interfolio.com/191814

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Doc Edge @docedge.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Please repost: My department (quantitative and computational biology at the University of Southern California) is hiring a teaching-track faculty member. The new hire will focus on teaching statistics courses to biology students. Apply by Dec 1 usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

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Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC

Learn more about applying for Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🌵 EDITOR'S CHOICE 🌵 Integrated transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic analyses reveal extensive primary metabolism reorganization, and highlight the significance of post-transcriptional regulation linked with CAM evolution in Yucca - Wickell et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Fig. 3 (shortened, full legend in paper): Comparison of CAM photosynthesis in Y. aloifolia and Y. filamentosa. (A) Flow-chart of core reactions of the CAM pathway in Y. aloifolia. Colored boxes represent different cellular compartments. The dark reactions are shown on the left (shaded area) and light reactions are shown on the right. (B) Plots of z-scaled mean protein abundance (solid line, SD represented by shaded area) with mean expression in transcripts per million (TPM) overlaid (dashed line) for comparison. Filled and unfilled circles indicate significantly (P < 0.05) time-structured protein abundance and gene expression, respectively, identified using polynomial regression/ANOVA and maSigPro regression models.

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ybrandvain.bsky.social @ybrandvain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm excited to release the newest version of my free applied biostats textbook. It's tidyverse style, clarkia inspired and loads of fun Im putting this down until the end of the semester, when I'll add and polish additional chapters, but the 1st 21 are pretty solid yanivjb.github.io/biostats-book

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Haley A Branch @stressedbranch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Grade 27 begins! I’m thrilled that this school year I am teaching Evolutionary Ecology and Plant Responses to Climate Change, as well as advising undergraduate researchers on an exciting #mimulus #stomata project, as the Goodwin Scholar-in-Residence at Connecticut College 💅 🌱

A white travel mug that reads “Connecticut College” with the school’s elm tree emblem is held in the air by a white hand with yellow nail polish in front of a stone building

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🌼 The 2nd season of the BSA's podcast---A Botanical Podcast!---is now available! 🌼 In this episode, Karolina Heyduk discusses her interest in the #ecophysiology of plants---especially CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) #photosynthesis! bit.ly/4x6gIQO #botany #plantscience @kheyduk.bsky.social

A graphic announcing the episode of A Botanical Podcast with Karolina Heyduk.

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am currently searching for a postdoc to work on the evolution of adaptations, cold acclimation, and freezing tolerance in switchgrass. The position entails lab, growth facility, bioinformatics, and fieldwork. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...

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Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Position Summary The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct field and laboratory experiments to understand the causes of genetic variation...

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thrilled to announce that my department - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - at the U of Arizona will likely be hiring for a tenure-track position in "Population and Community Ecology" this fall. Watch this space for more details and official announcements coming soon ... #Ecology #EcologyJobs 🌐🌾🧪

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 24/08/2026

New Editorial: "Epic flora" rdcu.be/fBLMZ C. Nolan’s cinematic retelling of the classical saga The Odyssey is currently garnering praise from critics and audiences alike. The role of flora in the original story is small, but ripe with ethnobotanical significance. #PlantScience

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

From the #AppsPlantSci Non-model Plants special issue Techniques and challenges in studying photosynthetic diversity in freshwater submerged vascular plants (by @ellliieee.bsky.social, @wickellomics.bsky.social, @kheyduk.bsky.social, et al) doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #photosynthesis #aquaticplants

Various leaf cross sections and views of leaf surfaces of submerged aquatic species. From left to right and clockwise: Leaf surface of Littorella uniflora, a leaf cross section of L. uniflora, leaf cross section of Vallisneria sp., the adaxial leaf surface of Vallisneria sp., leaf cross section of Egeria densa, and the rosette growing tip of E. densa. Credit: Ellie Loew-Mendelson

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Today is my first day as Davison & Fuller Chair in Life Sciences and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln! I will be looking for graduate students, a postdoc, and a lab manager to join me at UNL (ads coming). Please reach out if interested!

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If you saw our new paper and thought "I didn't know aquatic plants use CAM!" boy do we have a fun project for you! Our lab is developing high throughput methods to screen plants for CAM. Do you work on, or know of, a plant that you think could be using CAM? Let us know! 👉 forms.gle/AyQc5KgzEYoM...

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Are your plants CAM suspicious?

Have you ever wondered if the plants you work on are... living a double life working the nightshift? We are too. Our lab is looking to identify and screen more plants for CAM activity. We are beginnin...

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The #AppsPlantSci "Non-model plants: Challenges and solutions" special issue is online! Thanks to editors José Cunill-Flores, Guanjing Hu & Aarón Vélez-Ramírez for curating this issue. Check out the intro for an overview: doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #botany #ecology #nonmodelspecies #plantconservation

The cover of the July-August issue of Applications in Plant Sciences. The cover image shows Ephedra tweedieana in the wild. The text in the lower right corner of the photo reads: "Special issue: Non-model Plants: Challenges and Solutions." Photo credit: Verónica S. Di Stilio

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

New lab paper, led by @ellliieee.bsky.social with assist from @wickellomics.bsky.social, other lab members, and folks at @li-corenv.bsky.social - how do we study photosynthesis in aquatic plants? Turns out it's pretty hard! Part review, part methods paper. Check it out! doi.org/10.1002/aps3...

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Dryland Plant Ecophysiology Lab @hultinelab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Desert Botanical Garden is hiring!! 🌵🌻🏜️ We are looking for a new Chief Research Officer - somebody to lead our fantastic research dept. which encompasses work on plant conservation, climate adaptation, biodiversity, and more! Please share the link below with anybody that may be interested!

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Desert Botanical Garden - Vice President & Chief Research Officer

Desert Botanical Garden is seeking a visionary scientific leader to help define the future of desert research. As Vice President & Chief Research Officer, you will set the strategic direction for ...

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The UConn department of Social and Critical Inquiry (which I am affiliated with) is hiring a new department head! See this thread for a description of our department and the position. 🧵 jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Molecular methods for differentiating #Phragmites australis subspecies and identification of hybrid stands in the Upper Midwestern United States New in #AppsPlantSci from Nicholas Tippery et al doi.org/10.1002/aps3... @maisrc.bsky.social #Botany2026 #InvasiveSpecies #ecologicalrestoration #wetland

Map of collection localities in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Colors and shapes indicate whether plants at each site were identified as native P. australis subsp. americanus (orange circles), non-native P. australis subsp. australis (dark blue squares), a mixture of native and non-native plants in the same locality (light blue diamonds), or hybrid plants (green triangles). Background shading indicates administrative regions for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Image credit: Nicholas Tippery et al.

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Matt Koski @mattkoski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

rdcu.be/fxlEv New paper! Invasive Callery pear advanced flowering faster than native/naturalized confamilials due to stronger temperature sensitivity. Shifts co-blooming pairs.

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Phenological advance of an aggressive invasive outpaces co-flowering native and naturalized confamilials

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Patrick McKenzie @patrickmckenzie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Major #Botany2026 FOMO, but the drive MA->OR starts this week. So, sharing from afar: I’m recruiting grad students for my new lab at OSU! Info: www.mckenzie-lab.org . We're going to have FUN with systematics, speciation genomics, methods, natural history, and more in North Am angiosperms. Reach out!

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Joel McGlothlin @joelmcglothlin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Thanks for the shoutout! I would not be doing what I do today without the mentorship of Dave McCauley. He was my freshman advisor, my researcher advisor, and my professor for Evolution and Biostatistics. He was brilliant, kind, and generous, and was a perfect example of how to be a great scientist.

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CNN @cnn.com · 31/07/2026

The Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. cnn.it/3RJJnwj

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Dr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Biology is searching for a tenure track assistant professor in Aquatic Ecology to start August 2027! Application deadline September 28 2026. I am searching chair, please reach out with any questions!! wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UW_Comprehen...

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Biology: Assistant Professor in Aquatic Ecology

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Position Title: Biology: Assistant Profes...

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Erika R Moore-Pollard @erikarmoore11.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Come see what I’ve been up to for the last year! Excited to showcase the trials and tribulations of my work on the ecophysiology and genomics of bromeliads 🍍

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

From the #AppsPlantSci Non-model Plants special issue Fun-sized library prep: Miniaturization is a valid method for per-sample cost reduction in targeted sequencing of angiosperm DNA (by @madiraiplants.bsky.social @mossmatters.bsky.social et al) doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #botany #Angiosperms353

Box plots showing that library miniaturization has no significant negative effects on post-sequencing statistics including (A) average insert fragment size, (B) reads mapped, (C) genes with recovered sequences, and (D) total number of “supercontig” base pairs recovered in the Overlap Set. Credit: Bullock et al

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

So many of Trumps terrible policies will cause harm that won’t be felt for years or decades, but then will cut deep into American quality of life and health and wealth: loss of medical care, environmental degradation, loss of scientific innovation and more.

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Quentin Bacquelé @quentinbacquele.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

1/ The world's songbirds sing in just 8 basic sounds. And where a bird lives decides which ones it uses. My first PhD paper is out now in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6239) Here is what we found:

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Ossoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov · 20/07/2026

Sen. Ossoff slams HHS Secretary RFK Jr. after he terminated the CDC's required surveillance of the parasite causing cyclosporiasis: "Your foolish and self-indulgent demolition of critical public health programs puts Americans at risk. The Trump Administration is actively undermining food safety."

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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The #Botany2026 conference is in less than 2 weeks!!! 🌵 📣 And the @botsocamerica.bsky.social Ecology Section is seeking nominations for Vice Chair! Self-nominations encouraged. Help support student travel & presentation awards, conference planning, and more! Please reach out to learn more.

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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

@ruthwright.bsky.social sent two genomes for sequencing on Wednesday afternoon. This morning, I know they have the insertions that we want without downloading a file, logging onto the HPC, or opening a program besides an internet browser. @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social continues to blow my mind.

A simple genome alignment figure showing an insertion in one of the sequences

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If Odysseus had just given his sailors testosterone injections, it wouldn’t have taken him 10 years to get home.

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Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

3 days left to save science from fascist takeover! Public comments are how we fight back, submit yours here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... @standupforscience.net has an awesome guide to help you write one: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a... #science #savescience 🧪

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Sorek Lab @soreklab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Our paper out in Science today: The Metis defense system senses molecular byproducts released when a phage degrades the bacterial genome, and then prevents replication of the phage in the infected cell Congratulations @ostermanilya.bsky.social and co-authors!

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Bacteria sense virus-induced genome degradation via methylated mononucleotides

Phages often degrade the genome of their bacterial host to individual nucleotides. Here we describe Metis, a bacterial defense system that directly senses phage-mediated host genome degradation. Metis...

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 08/07/2026

absolutely insane story, and yeah, just looking at this chart... with the exception of maybe two people, this entire class was cheating like motherfuckers

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common."

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/06/2026

When they said, "wear a suit," I just assumed… Find a public pool near you at nycgovparks.org.

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Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com · 26/06/2026

I’ve been doing alot of thinking about whats missing in TV COMEDY and what might help save it. I didn’t intend to write a manifesto but here are. substack.com/@paulscheer/...

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How to Fix TV Comedy

Is streaming stacked against comedies succeeding?

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Today, I introduced legislation to require that the minimum wage be a living wage. $25 an hour is what’s required for a full time worker to pay their bills, and we shouldn’t accept that full time work leaves people living in poverty.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

After reading @blekhernia.bsky.social's great blog post on lab AI usage policy (blekhman.substack.com/p/you-need-t...), we made one in lab meeting. Feedback welcome! rilab.ucdavis.edu/ai_expectati...

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Ross-Ibarra Lab Policy on AI Usage

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Introducing the Guido Girolami Award in Botany! This new BSA award honors scientists 20+ years post-PhD whose influential work reflects the mission of the BSA. Awardees receive a $6,000 award & present a lecture at the Botany Conference. Nominations open early 2027. botany.org/home/awards/...

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm very excited and so grateful to receive an NSF CAREER award - we'll be testing ideas about how CAM evolves using C3+CAM intermediate species and teaching students how plant physiology and genomics can simultaneously inform our understanding of plant biodiversity. www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/... 1/2

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Award Details - NSF Award Search

Find award details and explore award abstracts and publications.

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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Been wondering why NSF isn't spending most of its FY26 appropriation? A $1.5B tech initiative may be the reason. And big cuts to hundreds of research programs could be just the beginning of the bad news. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say

Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

You also mentioned Michael Baym. Another fantastic contributor to the LTEE (on top of his brilliant megaplate expt). Have a read about his reaction to a possible conflict (two labs doing similar work w/ LTEE) and how it turned into a beautiful multi-lab collaboration: the-ltee.org/an-update-to...

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