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Gina Baucom

@gbaucom.bsky.social
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UMich professor who studies resistance and persistence (in plants)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
El-Sayed: "Weak, cowardly, won't stand up until his poll numbers drop ... he has the audacity to do an ad looking at the drugs prices in Canada, expect he voted four times to keep you from buying the prescriptions drugs in Canada. It's incoherent."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h
Q: Should violent criminals be deported? El-Sayed: "Yes, but you don't have to do that by violating the whole constitution in the way that ICE has been enabled to do by this rogue administration."
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
😍🤸‍♂️🎉
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Nature @nature.com · 07/10/2026
None of this year's science Nobel Prizes have gone to women. The number of these prizes to go to women remains at 27 out of more than 600. See how many you can name in our quiz: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
tl;dr: More flowering across both seasons, no (strong) evidence for greater seed production, no evidence that hormesis/overcompensation would evolve ✅ Still weird tho! Drift-exposed plants made more but smaller flowers, and pollinator visits dropped, mainly because of the change in flower number.
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ecotox calls it hormesis: low doses of a toxin stimulate growth. Evolutionary ecology calls it overcompensation: damaged plants bounce back with higher fitness. We linked the two and examined the potential this hormetic response/overcompensation might evolve. That would be 😱!
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thrilled to have @anahvsb.bsky.social's thesis out in New Phytologist! This one was really fun! Anah kept finding in prelim data that Oxalis stricta plants exposed to low doses of the herbicide dicamba would produce MOAR flowers than control plants! So she studied this over two field exps
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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here's the ad for the Genome Sciences faculty positions ap.washington.edu/ahr/position...
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 04/10/2026
Interesting “resurrection experiment” with flowers by @gbaucom.bsky.social and colleagues shows emergent constraint and environmental mismatch over a decade. Their conclusion: not great for climate adaptation academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...
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A resurrection experiment reveals reduced adaptive potential in a common agricultural weed
Adaptive evolution is essential for populations facing rapid anthropogenic change, yet realized evolutionary responses often fall short of expectations. Us
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology @jipb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Medicago #seed pod morphology is highly variable, ranging from standard legume-like pods to spiral and spiny forms, and this shape variation has led to the adaptive radiation of the genus. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantScience #FreeAccess #systematics #evolution
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Key innovation triggers adaptive radiation of the genus <i>Medicago</i>
Reconstruction of a robust phylogeny of Medicago using genome-scale nuclear data from the Angiosperms353 probe set sheds light on the origin of the genus and provides evidence that pod morphological ...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the new @science.org special issue on women's health, a 5★ review of menopause hormone therapy to promote healthy aging science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Reframing menopause and menopause hormone therapy as opportunities for healthy aging
Menopause is an important biological transition with up to 72 symptoms that shapes aging trajectories across organs and encompasses ~40% of the female lifespan. Although menopause awareness is increas...
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎉🎉
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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Come to admire the beautiful photo, stay to read the great science behind it at academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...!
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Woo-hoo! @gmzhang.bsky.social's photo of a morning glory being visited by a bee is on the front cover of Evolution Letters! (Image accompanying Sasha Bishop's paper, with co-author @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social)
A bumblebee visiting Ipomoea purpurea, the common morning glory. Also visible on the purple-pink corolla are rain drops.
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This one is for the undergrads!! Can y'all repost?!? Share in your classes? I'm not sure where the undergrads are these days when it comes to social media! TY!
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👇👇
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Linking genomic variation to floral trait adaptation across species boundaries #TansleyReview by Acoca-Pidolle et al. @carriewessi.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #plantscience
Examples of floral trait divergences between sister species adapted to different pollination modes.
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Applications due October 15 for the International Event Grants! These grants support symposia, workshops, courses, and other evolutionary biology events, including virtual events. Learn more and apply now: shorturl.at/ru0lG
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nominations now open for the ASN/SSE/SSB IDEA Award! This award recognizes a person or group at any career stage who has strengthened the ecology and evolutionary biology community by promoting access and inclusion in our fields. Deadline: November 1. www.evolutionsociety.org/society-awar...
A glowing lightbulb. Text: American Society of Naturalists, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, IDEA Award, Nominations due November 1.
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Applications are now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend the 2027 Evolution meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. Submit your application by November 1st! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social
The San Juan coastline. Text: Evolution 2027, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 25-29. Society for the Study of Evolution International Travel Stipends, Deadline: November 1.
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm holding a press conference tomorrow to announce the inauguration of the era of Super Selection
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Early career faculty in Evolution? I would love to chat with you!
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Science peeps: Looks like SciENcv updated the digital certificate used to sign Biosketch and Current & Pending documents without notification. The old certificate expires Saturday, September 26, 2026. SciENcv docs before that date may fail validation in eRA Commons delaying or blocking submission.
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thrilled to see this published today! Truly special because we made the initial discovery >15 yrs ago! We found two copies of a human gene called BC200 embedded in a human poxvirus. BC200 blurs the line between gene & transposon—both functional & mutagenic! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵1/n
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Escape of the BC200 gene to a human poxvirus reveals its persistent transposition in primates
Transposable elements mobilize within and occasionally between genomes, including from host to virus. We identified two insertions of the human BC200 noncoding RNA gene in the poxvirus molluscum conta...
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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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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Interested in testing hypotheses on pollen evolution using genomic data? Apply for our open 4-year PhD student position at Stockholm University! Application via the SU website, deadline Oct 24, 2026. #evolution #pollen #pollinationmode #plants #genomics #RNAseq su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
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Doktorand i ekologi och evolution
Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik (DEEP) bedriver forskning och utbildning vid Arrheniuslaboratorierna på campus Frescati. Vi är cirka 100 medarbetare, inklusive doktorander och postdok
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Blue Morning Glories, 1935 by Georgia O'Keeffe #Womensart
Painting of a close-up of two trumpet like blue flowers, one in front of the other
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Benedict Cumberbatch presents How to Live on Earth. “Living on Mars would be horrible. Let’s try to live on Earth.”
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How to Live on Earth | Feature Documentary | Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch
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Politico @politico.com · 20/09/2026
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
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Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
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Bernard Kim @bernardkim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Princeton EEB is running a very broad faculty search at the Assistant Professor level. Please consider applying to join us! This is a wonderful, collaborative, cohesive department with diverse interests and amazing colleagues. apply.interfolio.com/193474
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“On Thursday, scientists reported that they had found another gene-editing defense in nature, this one in viruses… This system, called VIPR, appears to be more than four billion years old, and it seems be the evolutionary ancestor of CRISPR… It may prove to be the more powerful gene-editing tool”
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The Next Gene-Editing Technology May Also Be the Oldest
Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more effective.
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New preprint from the lab from Vero Iriart & collaborator Tia-Lynn Ashman 🌱 tl;dr: Tolerance to dicamba drift in weedy species depends on species identity and location - our multi-garden (MI/PA/TN) work shows plants that buffer early growth impacts better protect flower production & seed set.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a VERY significant decision, given the impact of the rule change, which was set to upend the student visa process which has been in place for the last half-century. Colleges and universities said the rule would impose millions in costs and cause a big drop in enrollment.
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
All these posts about "Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring" and y'all showing pictures of powerful men. When human men famously were instantly disqualified in LOTR? Mr Darcy who spends half his own book being a prideful shit? Look at yourselves Anyway the answer is Fanny Price
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/7) Fake figs, fooled fig wasps and rewarded phorid flies: brood-site mimicry and mutualism in Heterostemma ficoides (Apocynaceae) nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fig. 1 Overall appearance of Heterostemma ficoides (a–d) and Ficus heterophylla (e–h). (a) Branch with inflorescences in leaf axils.
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Andres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · 11/09/2026
We have a tenure-track faculty position in Evolutionary Biology in Columbia's E3B Department. Application deadline is October 15. Come be our colleague. Please RT! apply.interfolio.com/193016
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
One more reason to wear that Patagonia fleece. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/c...
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Patagonia Sues Trump Over Utah National Monument
The outdoor apparel maker joined environmental and Native American groups in challenging President Trump’s reduction of Bears Ears National Monument.
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Day 3 with no power. Is using an open carton of soymilk that sat out overnight really stupid or just stupid? I might use if just stupid.
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please sign these two positions and if you are in Philly join the rally on Tuesday! This is devastating news for the local community and all lovers of natural history museums.
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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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Applied Biostatistics
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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If I was eligibile, I would love to do a second PhD with @danielcroll.bsky.social!
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thx to the evolutionary biologist @flodebarre.eurosky.social for live posting the convo between Dr Fauci & @gostin.bsky.social—2 New Yorkers, an Italian American Brooklynite & an Ashkenazi Jew, both with the accents to prove it! Also: follow Dr Débarre, she's AWESOME, & this is a great thread
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 03/09/2026
Today, I voted against legislation to permanently fix the number of Supreme Court Justices to nine. Congress has repeatedly expanded—and shrunk—the size of the Supreme Court. This isn’t a new concept. (1/2)
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Jeffries: “The decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House Democratic Caucus and join with the Republican majority to pass a procedural rule on the brink of failing represents a significant breach of trust .. an action that necessitates a serious response .."
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wow!!
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My lab is ALSO recruiting a new postdoc to work on an exciting NIH-funded project. Start date ideally by early 2027. Please share with any recent or soon-to-defend neuro/psych PhDs with experience in rodent labs. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
About the Opportunity Job Summary The Shansky Lab is seeking a full-time postdoc to conduct National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded behavioral neuroscience research investigating sex differences in...
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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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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A first-hand account of Dolly's local impact on Sevierville dropout rates. What this article doesn't mention is that Mary Anne graduated from UT Knoxville and went on to be the Sierra Club director for 12 yrs, among other high-impact climate focused positions!
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Dolly Parton, ‘Patron Saint of Appalachia,’ Helped Lower Dropout Rates by Nearly 30%
Students in her home county in Tennessee promised to “write Dolly Parton at Dollywood if we have a problem we cannot solve.”
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