Reposted by John HodgeNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 2hThose dioramas look like paintings 📍 Denver Nature and Science Museum 28926
Reposted by John HodgeNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 3hLet's gooo 🦣 (today entrance to Denver Nature & Science Museum is free for a queer friendly day) 4999
Reposted by John HodgeMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 13hAnother 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. 315792
Reposted by John Hodgeksiegel.bsky.social @ksiegel.bsky.social · 16hIf you’d like it in comic form: theoatmeal.com/comics/wombatstheoatmeal.comWe need to have a conversation about wombats - The OatmealThis comic is about a lot of things, but mostly it is about butts. 2114
John Hodge @jghodge.bsky.social · 16hWhere does a synteny network fall in this schema? Just to help make a passing assessment of my mental health 110
Reposted by John HodgeItai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 10/10/20261. 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! 10591204
Reposted by John HodgeJeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 23hSignup 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...docs.google.comZeavolution signup 11311
Reposted by John HodgeMill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Nikon just announced it has withdrawn first place in this year’s #SWiM after finding winning video did not comply with its generative AI rules.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 🔬nikonsmallworld.comNikon Small World in Motion Video Statement | News | Nikon Small WorldAn 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… 43819
Reposted by John HodgeBrandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Shit. 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).earthquake.usgs.govThe Earthquake Event Page application supports most recent browsers, view supported browsers. Or, try our Real-time Notifications, Feeds, and Web Services. 43624
Reposted by John HodgeHolly Bik @hollybik.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is such a good idea!! Like conference speed networking, but within your own university (and spanning early/senior career stages) 0185
Reposted by John HodgeDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Most 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 17416
Reposted by John HodgeJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My quote of the day Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. Frank Herbert 1377
John Hodge @jghodge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Was 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 120
Reposted by John HodgeStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/10/2026With 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 1175
Reposted by John HodgeChris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Field Botany and the Botany Bus after a chilly but sunny morning in Montandon Marsh. #bisonflowers #plantpeopleFTW #raybucknell 0142
Reposted by John HodgeRalph Hückelhoven @huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Professorship for Plant Metabolism: www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/about-the...biologie.uni-wuerzburg.deW3_Pflanzenmetabolismus - FACULTY OF BIOLOGY 0415
Reposted by John HodgeKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/10/2026Because 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-htbauastrokatie.comHow to Build a Universe — KATIE MACK, ASTROPHYSICISTInformation about "How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking)" by Katie Mack 24946172
Reposted by John HodgeJohn Fowler (he/him) @jefowlerjr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I 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...genome.cshlp.org 011
Reposted by John HodgeNick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Montage of the Petunia lines I am currently growing 🌸 More on these in the podcast with @nikomccarty.bsky.social later this week! 0226
Reposted by John HodgeScience Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8scim.agHow did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’tNew analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51 432185778
Reposted by John HodgeJacob 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...politico.euA 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. 412981
Reposted by John HodgeBotanical 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 065
Reposted by John HodgeThe Global Plant Council @globalplantgpc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Plants may be evolving the wrong traits for a warming world buff.ly/KSS7GPH via University of Michigan via ScienceDaily 021
Reposted by John HodgeCrystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Developmental biology and genetics in action! Many of the congenital disorders that occur in humans also occur in other animals. 0112
Reposted by John HodgeWendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Ms. belted kingfisher hanging out over a canal this morning. 🪶 418217
Reposted by John HodgeOlivia 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. 321763
Reposted by John HodgeBotany One @botany.one · 03/10/2026Gardener 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 042
Reposted by John HodgeFrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026One week ago today 🌿 Russula near Nederland 1354
Reposted by John HodgeHenry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Asgard 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...nature.comDynamic protrusions mediate crawling motility in Asgard archaea - NatureAnoxic 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... 1153
Reposted by John HodgeJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Enraging. 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...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe 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. 14019
Reposted by John HodgeEric Denovellis @eric-denovellis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I 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 24822
John Hodge @jghodge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Has 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 03238
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... 0114
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... 29955
Reposted by John HodgeChrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We 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 · 01/10/2026My 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... 02829
Reposted by John Hodgea grassland chase 🌾🌾🌾🌾 @chasesolidago.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This 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… 064
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 37922
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... 16078
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 🍷 1344
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 🧪🌐🌾 295130