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John Hodge

@jghodge.bsky.social
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Post-doc at UIUC studying stomatal patterning. Botanist by training with interests broadly in evo-devo, phylogenetics, mechanistic modeling, and genetics, particularly in relation to grasses and cereals. Opinions my own.

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 2h
Those dioramas look like paintings 📍 Denver Nature and Science Museum
Fighting Pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs Diorama composed of crinoid forest reef
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That place has some of the best life size dioramas!
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 3h
Let's gooo 🦣 (today entrance to Denver Nature & Science Museum is free for a queer friendly day)
Mastodon statue Sauropod close to lift shaft
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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 8h
Woah!
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 13h
Another devastating flash flood today in Nepal. The unfairness of the impacts they're facing as the climate warms is overwhelming. Per capita carbon emissions in Nepal are less than 1/20th that of the US.
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ksiegel.bsky.social @ksiegel.bsky.social · 16h
If you’d like it in comic form: theoatmeal.com/comics/wombats
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We need to have a conversation about wombats - The Oatmeal
This comic is about a lot of things, but mostly it is about butts.
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John Hodge @jghodge.bsky.social · 16h
Where does a synteny network fall in this schema? Just to help make a passing assessment of my mental health
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
1. CRISPR came from basic research on bacteria. 2. Optogenetics started with a discovery in algae. 3. The GFP protein comes from jellyfish. The biggest breakthroughs all trace to scientists following their curiosity, and this is one huge reason why we must keep funding basic research!
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 23h
Signup link, new home on the community website, and new email list for those who don’t live on slack all coming soon. In the meantime, schedule and zoom link still here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Zeavolution signup
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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nikon just announced it has withdrawn first place in this year’s #SWiM after finding winning video did not comply with its generative AI rules. www.nikonsmallworld.com/news/nikon-s... Letter still open until Monday- this is a starting point to engage & discuss how AI is transforming microscopy 🔬
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Nikon Small World in Motion Video Statement | News | Nikon Small World
An update from Nikon Small World regarding the 2026 Small World in Motion first-place winning video: After thoroughly re-evaluating the video and supporting materials and consulting with members of…
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shit. USGS has this as a magnitude 8. Initial event depth is a 33 km, given the type of faults there this seems a bit unlikely (might be shallower).
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Holly Bik @hollybik.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is such a good idea!! Like conference speed networking, but within your own university (and spanning early/senior career stages)
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Most animals change proportions as they grow. A coiled shell doesn't have to. Add one turn and the whole shell is just 2.2x bigger, same shape. Watch this one grow forever without changing at all. 🧪🐌 #HowToBuildAGiant #MarineLife
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My quote of the day Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. Frank Herbert
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John Hodge @jghodge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Was having this conversation with coworkers and the idea that pariah’ing folks or some manner of science excommunication might end up becoming the solution to shameless repeat offenders in time. Definitely not the best strategy but if feels like we’re living in a period of triage RN
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/10/2026
With an eye towards successful reconstruction efforts, we present a way forward that prioritizes science as a public good, rectifies injustices, addresses systemic vulnerabilities to build resilience, & establishes a foundation for the scientific ecosystem that can be built upon for decades to come
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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Field Botany and the Botany Bus after a chilly but sunny morning in Montandon Marsh. #bisonflowers #plantpeopleFTW #raybucknell
Class of students around an omnibus in a meadow
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Ralph Hückelhoven @huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Professorship for Plant Metabolism: www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/about-the...
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W3_Pflanzenmetabolismus - FACULTY OF BIOLOGY
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/10/2026
Because of the Nobel Prize, a lot of people will be talking about neutrinos today (including me I’m sure)! I *also* talk a lot about neutrinos in my new book, “How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking),” which is available for preorder now! www.astrokatie.com/book-htbau
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How to Build a Universe — KATIE MACK, ASTROPHYSICIST
Information about "How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking)" by Katie Mack
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John Fowler (he/him) @jefowlerjr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wanted to highlight another recent study using ML modeling to predict phenotypic potential for specific maize genes, from James Schnable's group. This classifier was trained using a gold standard set of genes with a wide range of experimentally validated phenotypes genome.cshlp.org/content/36/9...
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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Montage of the Petunia lines I am currently growing 🌸 More on these in the podcast with @nikomccarty.bsky.social later this week!
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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8
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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨🚨A #climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale. www.politico.eu/article/clim...
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A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🌱FINAL REMINDER - SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌱 #AppsPlantSci is accepting proposals for a special issue highlighting video & imaging techniques driving novel research in #plantscience Proposal deadline: 5 Oct 2026 More info: bit.ly/4c3rLCw @noraflora10.bsky.social @drfloeem.bsky.social #botany
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The Global Plant Council @globalplantgpc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Plants may be evolving the wrong traits for a warming world buff.ly/KSS7GPH via University of Michigan via ScienceDaily
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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Developmental biology and genetics in action! Many of the congenital disorders that occur in humans also occur in other animals.
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ms. belted kingfisher hanging out over a canal this morning. 🪶
Dark blue and white bird sitting on a rail that says "Plum" on it.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 02/10/2026
> an increase in thin papers of narrow scope, as well as ‘salami’ papers, where a single work is broken up and submitted as a set of smaller papers. There is also a marked increase in dense, AI-written papers. AI tools are making it easy for authors to flood arXiv [and others with] low-value papers.
A histogram showing the incredible increase in submissions. 

> In September of 2016, arXiv received 9,869 submissions. In September of 2024, arXiv received 20,569 submissions. This September, arXiv received 40,363 submissions, which in turn generated almost 9,000 support tickets for arXiv staff and moderators. In only the past two years, submissions have doubled.
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Botany One @botany.one · 03/10/2026
Gardener and Assistant Curator // The Botanic Garden of Smith College With guidance from the Landscape Curator, work independently and with other Botanic Garden staff. Work with supervisor to select and or propagate plants for these areas as required and assigned. #BotanyJobs
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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One week ago today 🌿 Russula near Nederland
White-gilled mushroom
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Asgard archaea movie in Mysterious Ways - and can tear up the strip at a searing rate of microns per minute. Paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dynamic protrusions mediate crawling motility in Asgard archaea - Nature
Anoxic live-cell imaging shows actin-dependent crawling motility and dynamic protrusions in Asgard archaea, providing insights into cellular innovations that may have contributed to eukaryotic evoluti...
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Enraging. Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress. The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Eric Denovellis @eric-denovellis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I wanted to highlight the work of Alison Comrie et al. that recently came out in Neuron and I don’t think it is getting enough attention: paper: cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(26)00674-4 #neuroskyence
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John Hodge @jghodge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Has 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
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David Berger @dbergerbiol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
PhD-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!
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PhD-student in Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics
Do 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
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Dr. 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/...
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Transposable Element Dynamics Drive the Genomic Evolution and Phenotypic Diversification of Allotetraploid Common Carp
By 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...
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Eirik Lågeide @eiriklag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very 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 🧵
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NO VEIN is an ancestral immunity protein involved in plant-virus interaction
The 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...
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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We 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.
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well there is another hour of my life. Orange are the forbidden ones!
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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My 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...
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Lecturer of Biological Sciences
If 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...
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a grassland chase 🌾🌾🌾🌾 @chasesolidago.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is my day today, someone put my out of my misery
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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Evolutionary branching under slowly evolving constraints www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Science Magazine @science.org · 01/10/2026
Here'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
People arm in arm while drinking coffee and holding papers, with the headline: Why scientists should take more coffee breaks
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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'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/53150
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Postdoctoral Researcher
The 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...
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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just 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 🍷
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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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UConn Careers | UConn Careers | University of Connecticut
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NIH 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…
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please 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 🧪🌐🌾
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Chonk
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