John Hodge @jghodge.bsky.social · 2hHas anyone else had Outlook calendar forget what time zone their in? This is like the 3rd-4th time in as many weeks. Just feels like Microsoft products are getting increasingly unstable these days 000
Reposted by John HodgeDavid Berger @dbergerbiol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026PhD-position ALERT! Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬 Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 1st of November!uu.varbi.comPhD-student in Evolutionary and Ecological GeneticsDo you want to conduct frontier research in an outstanding environment within evolutionary biology at Sweden’s largest faculty of science and technology? The Department of Ecology and Genetics at Up 01118
Reposted by John HodgeDr. Tyler A. Elliott @transposableman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#TEsky Transposable Element Dynamics Drive the Genomic Evolution and Phenotypic Diversification of Allotetraploid Common Carp advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.comTransposable Element Dynamics Drive the Genomic Evolution and Phenotypic Diversification of Allotetraploid Common CarpBy integrating 516 whole-genome resequencing datasets and 236 transcriptomes of allotetraploid common carp, this study establishes the first population-scale atlas of transposable element (TE) variat... 0104
Reposted by John HodgeEirik Lågeide @eiriklag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very excited to share the first preprint from my PhD with the community! This is also the first paper from the Plant Immunogenomics group with @galofir.bsky.social, so stay tuned for more! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n 🧵biorxiv.orgNO VEIN is an ancestral immunity protein involved in plant-virus interactionThe conservation of immune systems from prokaryotes to eukaryotes can guide discovery of immunity genes across the tree of life. Most studies to date have focused on metazoan systems, while the extent... 26740
Reposted by John HodgeChrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 23hWe determined structures with and without activating membrane lipid, phosphatidylserine (PS). Working with the Smith lab, we use a combination of methods to propose a mechanism whereby PS stabilizes and induces conformational changes in receptor:ligand complexes to promote kinase domain activation. 193
Reposted by John HodgeDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Well there is another hour of my life. Orange are the forbidden ones! 1146
Reposted by John HodgeRafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 18hMy dept is hiring 2 lecturers, one in cell/molec and the other in comp bio. 100% teaching, no tenure but generous intervals btwn renewals. Same position as me and I love my job!!! Very collegial dept w/ colleagues who take quality teaching v seriously barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comLecturer of Biological SciencesIf you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Lecturer of Biological Sciences Barnard is a premier liberal arts undergraduate coll... 01715
Reposted by John Hodgea grassland chase 🌾🌾🌾🌾 @chasesolidago.bsky.social · 18hThis is my day today, someone put my out of my misery 1344
Reposted by John HodgebioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Evolutionary branching under slowly evolving constraints www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 054
Reposted by John HodgeScience Magazine @science.org · 01/10/2026Here's a reminder on #InternationalCoffeeDay: It's OK to take a (coffee) break. ☕ "It’s ... helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student." scim.ag/4xMyqZO 37421
Reposted by John HodgeEthan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm hiring a postdoc to help build tools for inferring complex speciation histories with genomic data. strong computational skills are a must, but this is a training opportunity. 60K$+ salary, 2 years, details flexible. please reach out! (and repost) ad here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/53150jobs.montana.eduPostdoctoral ResearcherThe Department of Ecology at Montana State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scholar as part of NSF-funded research on speciation under alternating cycles of gene flow and isolation (fundi... 15472
Reposted by John HodgeMichael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just wrapped the 13th PhD School on Plant Development in Neustadt! 🌱🌾 I went to this meeting as a 1st-year PhD student, so it was an honor to bring it back to life with @moritznowack.bsky.social . Amazing talks, a fantastic community, and a wine-tasting dinner at a local winery 🍷 1303
Reposted by John HodgeKarolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026UConn 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! 🌴🌿🌵🌺jobs.hr.uconn.eduUConn Careers | UConn Careers | University of Connecticut 32445
Reposted by John HodgeAmerican Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NIH is considering changes to how grant review results are reported, including eliminating numerical overall impact scores. Comments are due Oct. 13. Learn more and make your voice heard: www.ascb.org/science-policy/nih-pro… 0313
Reposted by John HodgeBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please pass along: I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab. We study physical ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity — spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested 🧪🌐🌾 292128
Reposted by John HodgeChris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Field Botany at the Mohn Mill Ponds Wild Plant Sanctuary, key locality for the recently de-listed Scirpus ancistrochaetus. 0133
Reposted by John HodgeJournal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🌿🔬 EDITOR'S CHOICE 🔬🌿 Single-nucleus RNA sequencing in Artemisia annua uncovers a novel WD40 protein, WDR1, which modulates trichome development and artemisinin production via a WDR1–SPL9–HD1 regulatory loop - Lv et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 0104
Reposted by John HodgeWill Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New paper out with @kaylastoy.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/evlett/advan... 812258
Reposted by John HodgeShikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026An incredible animation/explanation (and equally incredible science!) 172
Reposted by John HodgeBen Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 29/09/2026First the Academy of Natural Sciences, and now the Sternberg Museum of #NaturalHistory. In a better world, leaders would divert some of the money currently being spent on AI or data centers to maintain our libraries, museums, and archives... #histSTM #histsci #STEM #paleontology 🗃️📜📚kwch.comSternberg Museum in Hays to close by year’s endThe president of Fort Hays State University cited a budget shortfall in the closure decision. 12716
Reposted by John HodgeProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 29/09/2026One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “Spatially refined satellite gravimetry captures human signatures in global terrestrial water storage trends.” Explore the article here: ow.ly/ytuh50ZSNBp For more trending articles, visit ow.ly/YSuq50ZSNBo. 022
Reposted by John HodgeSoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Timeline cleanse. This relative of the Monarch is called a Queen butterfly, and is often mistaken for a Monarch. Took the shot at a great birding place called Big Morongo near Joshua Tree and Palm Springs . #invertebrate 🌿 511417
John Hodge @jghodge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hope no one is flying in the immediate future or expecting TSA agents to be pleasant for the forseeable future if we’re making their jobs less tolerable. 020
Reposted by John HodgeJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My quote of the day Sólo el que ensaya lo absurdo es capaz de conquistar lo imposible. [Only one who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.] Miguel de Unamuno 2256
Reposted by John HodgeDr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Natives make up 1.1-1.8% of the US population but 0.4% of all STEM workers 🫠 ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb2026...ncses.nsf.govSTEM Talent: Education, Training, and Workforce | NCSES | NSFTalent is critical to the U.S. science and engineering enterprise and competitiveness. The U.S. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce represented about a quarter of the to... 25314
Reposted by John HodgeKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752391427
Reposted by John HodgeGina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Early career faculty in Evolution? I would love to chat with you! 24136
Reposted by John HodgeDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@ericacioffi.bsky.social is an oceanographer and biogeochemical scientist at @normalesup.bsky.social. Her research focuses on the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems and on the use of climate models to investigate Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems. 1603
Reposted by John HodgeCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 27/09/2026Ignore for a moment the question about whether Anthropic trains on user sessions. I am I right in reading this as saying that Anthropic's "never-before-discovered" reverse transcriptase was *patented* three years ago? 10380112
Reposted by John HodgeLawrence Rudy Cadena @rudycadenabioevo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Our paper on the subcellular proteome of Paulinella is finally out! A possible oxygen-scavenging mechanism to enhance RuBisCO carboxylation highlights how protists can reveal unexpected solutions to challenges in photosynthesis. Big kudos to everyone involved! @evanowack.bsky.social 12313
Reposted by John HodgeJosef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you're submitting a reference letter for a PRFB, I was surprised to not see any option for deleting and reuploading, which contradicts the info provided in the email requesting it. In fact, as soon as you select the file it is uploaded and you can't change it. Was fine for me, but beware. 01216
John Hodge @jghodge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@kheyduk.bsky.social some potential lab wall art mayhaps? 020
Reposted by John HodgeJames Andrew Smith @drsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026100%. The AI companies built their products by stealing from others. Every prompt, every question, every document you upload to Copilot or any of these online models is another data point for them to plunder. 1367
Reposted by John HodgeRegina Fairbanks @reginafairbanks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Instead of driftwood, the Great Lakes have driftcorn. 051
Reposted by John HodgeAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026California is weaning itself off fossil gas, fast. Gas-fired electricity generation in California fell by 26% in the first half of 2026, as utility-scale solar, batteries and the new SunZia wind project feed power in via a dedicated transmission line. buff.ly/QWQoLPc #ShareGoodNewsToobuff.lyHow California Is Kicking Its Natural Gas Habit - Inside Climate NewsSolar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity. 10353100
Reposted by John HodgeJoseph W. Brown @josephwb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Early-diverging lineages provide little information about ancestors academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... From @phylieu.bsky.social @sinkingdiatom.bsky.social @omearabrian.bsky.socialacademic.oup.comEarly-diverging lineages provide little information about ancestorsAbstract. Large phylogenetic trees are often unbalanced near the root, with a species-depauperate lineage sister to a far more species-rich clade. The spec 411053
Reposted by John HodgeBrian O'Meara @omearabrian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But take a favorite journal and look up "early-diverging" or "first branching" or even "basal" [though paleo should have some allowed use of this]. It comes up a lot and affects how people understand polarization of traits. 271
Reposted by John HodgeIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Looking after the kids is exhausting 542831
Reposted by John HodgeAnh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️🌈🏴🇻🇳 @anhhle2702.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy #FluorescenceFriday. The first time I imaged a 🐸 embryo, I didn't realise they had these ciliated cells on the outer surface. So you can imagine how surprised and curious I was! These cilia are similar to those found in the human airway. And yes, this is just a good old confocal + 🔥LUT! 59822
Reposted by John HodgeAnnika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🚨🚨🚨 Very urgent for many of us. I also just learned this today. Tell your friends. Tell your grant admins. 🧪 21826
Reposted by John HodgeBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Science 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. 77472
Reposted by John HodgeRasmus Jensen @rasmusjensen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🎉 Out today in Cell: the paper I've been looking forward to sharing for a long time 🎉 We used cryo-ET to find a molecular machine nobody knew existed on the surface of a minimal bacterium, and worked out what it does. 🧵(1/7) #TeamTomo #cryoET 1023195
Reposted by John HodgeChristophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I think I'm going to lose it being lectured on microscopy image presentation integrity by the winner of the Small Artificial World in Motion competition 1417833
Reposted by John HodgeAbiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Beyond #hypoxia: Context-dependent #transcriptional reprogramming by #ERFVIIs onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience @jipb.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @isplore.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social @plantresearch.bsky.social 088
Reposted by John HodgeMathieu M.J.E. Rebeaud @chercheurjuteux.com · 25/09/2026A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...cell.comA geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotesThe amoeba Incendiamoeba cascadensis demonstrates that eukaryotic life can withstand temperatures beyond what was thought possible and sheds light on molecular strategies for survival in extreme heat. 0125
Reposted by John HodgeJason H. Dormady @jasonhdormady.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you are not familiar with ADABI, look them up. They have saved hundreds of smaller civil and church archives in Mexico. I used them for the church archives in Tepalcingo, Morelos, and the organization and quality was wonderful. #history #Academicsky #méxico #MX #Archives adabi.org.mx 163
Reposted by John HodgeDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is awesomeabc.net.auPumpkin mosaic of David Attenborough breaks world recordA British farm used more than 10,000 pumpkins and squashes to create a portrait to celebrate the 100th birthday of Britain's most famous naturalist. 10450103
Reposted by John HodgeMaria Akopyan, PhD @akopyan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New preprint out today! [1/5] Can higher recombination rates help populations adapt more quickly to environmental change? We used forward-time simulations to find out. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgRecombination accelerates adaptation across genetic architectures and demographic historiesAccording to classic population genetics theory, recombination shapes the efficacy of natural selection. However, whether variation in recombination rate itself translates into meaningful differences ... 12614
Reposted by John HodgeDavid Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The monkeyflowers, including all those things we call Mimulus, have now been collapsed (along with some other small families) into the Orobanchaceae. This lumper couldn’t be happier. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comLarge‐scale nuclear and plastid phylogenomic analyses inform an updated Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification: APG VWe present here a revision of the APG classification that considers the extensive recent analyses of hundreds of nuclear and plastid genes for many angiosperm species. Although previous versions of t... 3238