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Madison Adams @madison-adams.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This was an amazing opportunity to meet such an influential scientist in my life. Dr. Shubin’s mastery of storytelling has inspired me to utilize my creativity to expand sci comm to all audiences and to commit to outreach in my PhD. Thank you! @ischneider.bsky.social @lsulagniappe.bsky.social

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

✨ Network in Action ✨ @madison-adams.bsky.social had an exciting chance to introduce herself to Neil Shubin, whose research on the evolution of fish to tetrapods has helped reshape our understanding of evolution. 👏🦴🔬 #RaMP #Postbacc #Evolution2026 #STEMSuccess

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

A glimpse of yesterday’s Art Show! 🎨✨ Wonderful opening reception supporting our talented artists. Huge thanks to the artists, the Herbarium team, and @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social for sharing their science and art with our scholars. Celebrating community at the intersection of art and science. 💫

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

First paper from our program is out 🎉 Our pub in BSSB shares outcomes from our postbaccalaureate training model, demonstrating how research & mentorship can build confidence & career readiness in STEM. Huge thanks to our SREC partners for making this work possible. 🔗 ssbbulletin.org/article/id/6...

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Christine R. Lattin, PhD @clattin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Lattin and @juheehaam.bsky.social lab members teaching local 4th-6th graders about neurobiology at the @lsumns.bsky.social annual Kids' Day at the Museum event! @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsulagniappe.bsky.social 🧪

Several kids at a table watch LSU postbacc Ellie Rice arm wrestle a student to see the electrical impulses made by her arm muscles. Suman Gunin and Katie Stewart look on.

LSU graduate students Suman Gunin and Katie Stewart with postbacc Ellie Rice at a table talking to a group of kids at the LSU Museum of Natural Science. Ellie holds a sign that says "Bioelectricity" and shows a neuron.

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Christine R. Lattin, PhD @clattin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

"Once you get to the top, you get to ski all the way back down the mountain!" Read @lsubiosci.bsky.social PhD student @jacobcarignan.bsky.social's interview with Quantitative Ecologist Michelle Stantial about her ski mountaineering hobby: thelattinlab.com/beyond-the-b...

Michelle and a friend sitting under the moonlight on the side of Mount Shasta. They started their climb that morning at 3 am! Photo courtesy of Michelle Stantial.

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Dimitri Forero @dimitriforero.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

¡Muy invitados a una nueva charla en nuestros #EncuentrosdeBiodiversidad del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN)! Tendremos este miércoles 17 de Sep a las 5pm a la Dra. Laura Lagomarsino @tropicalbotany.bsky.social, quien hablará sobre macroevolución de la flora Andina 🌱🌿🌳🌴

Poster de la charla de la Dra Lagomarsino este miercoles 17 de septiembre. Muestra a la Dra Lagomarsino y algunas plantas representativas de su charla

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The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Do you know someone who has contributed to strengthening the evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusion and diversity? Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info: www.systbio.org/idea-award.h... You may self-nominate!!!

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IDEA Award

The ASN/SSE/SSB Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award was created in 2019 by the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the...

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Curious about careers in entomology education beyond the classroom or tenure track? Join @fitentsocamerica.bsky.social on August 26 for a dynamic ESA webinar exploring career paths from K–12 teaching and extension to zoos, museums, outreach, and edu-tainment. Register: www.entsoc.org/events/webin...

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Calling all natural history/museum collections folxs The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections' The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026. ssb2026.github.io

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2026 SSB Breakout Meeting

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🎉 Bootcamp Wrap-up! 🎉 We toured the Center for River Studies & learned the Mississippi river's vital role. Also, the LSU's Shared Instrument Facilities, discovering cutting-edge equipment. And participated in a panel on work-life balance. A huge THANK YOU to everyone! #RaMP #Postbacc #Science

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Wrapping up the 3rd week of bootcamp 🥾. The scholars practiced hypothesis generation from observation. The rain did not stop these future scientists, who observed in detail the plants of animals of the Bluebonnet swamp. #Postbacc #RaMP #LearningIsFun #Nature

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

When did Reese's and Hershey's separate as a different "candy species"? 🍬➡️🍫 Recreating a candy phylogeny to learn basics of building a phylogenetic tree! Comparing traits among candies and trace thier "evolutionary history", is a sweet lesson. Thanks @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for setting up!

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

We ended our first week of Bootcamp with a fun activity, bowling! 🎳 We aim to bring the cohort close to each other with activities outside the classroom. Welcome cohort 2025-2026! @tropicalbotany.bsky.social @invertevoeco.bsky.social Zakiya Wilson-Kennedy #Postbacc #RaMP #Community

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Fábio K. Mendes @fabiology.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

📣 The Mendes Lab is recruiting PhD students in statistical phylogenetics! Interested, or know someone who might be? Details here 👉 tinyurl.com/542wyfb9 — please share!

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

"Questioning is the way of learning," Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.

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Botany One @botany.one · 11/07/2025

Meet Dr. Laura Lagomarsino, who fell in love with plants during childhood camping trips in California's redwood forests. Her passion for plant-pollinator relationships began with a magical moment watching hummingbirds visit curved flowers in Costa Rica's cloud forests. #Botany 🧪 wp.me/pdRZhH-m9q

Dr. Laura Lagomarsino smiling at the camera while conducting fieldwork in a tropical environment. She wears a colorful striped knit hat with red trim and a light-colored field jacket with yellow straps. Behind her is a distinctive tropical plant with large, paddle-shaped leaves arranged in a rosette pattern, characteristic of high-altitude Andean vegetation.

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We're excited to kick off another year of LAGNiAppE! 🎉 Welcome to our new cohort — we can't wait to see how they grow as researchers and individuals. Stay tuned as their journey unfolds! @tropicalbotany.bsky.social @invertevoeco.bsky.social @jembrown.bsky.social #postbacc #RaMP #training

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Our Amazing Scholars! 🎉 What an incredible year of research, growth, and achievement! ☀️ Thank you for your contribution. Looking forward to see you shine. Wishing you all the very best! #postbacc #NSF #RaMP #proudofyou❤️

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

“Exploring Careers in Ecology” webinar tomorrow! Join me, Rese Cloyd, and host Aaron Stoler, to duscuss finding jobs, navigating new careers, and defining success as a professional ecologist. Webinar is part of a series by @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social. Register: esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

🚨 We are one week away from our application deadline. Don't miss and be part of the last LAGNiAppE cohort. 🎁 Share this opportunity with your recent graduates or about to graduate college students!

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

🚨Three weeks left for applying to perform independent research @lsubiosci.bsky.social. Join us to learn skills for careers in STEM. 🗓️Application deadline March 16, 2025 (11:59 PM EST). Learn more: linktr.ee/evo_lagniappe #NSF #Postbacc #RaMP @tropicalbotany.bsky.social @invertevoeco.bsky.social

Application deadline to the Louisiana graduate network in applied evolution is march 16.

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Public Statement on Recent Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives Sincerely, the Executive Board of the ASIH (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists) #TeamFish #TeamHerps #ASIH www.asih.org/2025-asih-ex...

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Recent Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

On 10 February 2025, the ASIH Executive Committee voted in support of the following statement:

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The Executive Board of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) is concerned about recent turmoil at the United States federal governmental agencies established to promote the advancement of science. Many of our members are supported by federal funds in their scientific pursuits, and this funding is paramount for better understanding the diversity of our natural world. Inquiries into amphibians, reptiles, and fishes have resulted in major breakthroughs in the medical industry, serve as models for our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes, and have even been used to better prepare our armed forces for international conflicts. Federal funding has supported many of these endeavors. While we understand that funding models change over time, we adamantly condemn any model that does not incorporate cooperation between politicians and the greater scientific community. We also condemn any model that does not fairly provide funds to scientific investigators through peer review by experts in the scientific community.

The suggested changes in governmental funding practices centered around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have resulted in confusion amongst members of ASIH, and the greater scientific community. The Executive Board of ASIH fully supports the idea that diversity and inclusivity of the scientific community leads to greater discoveries in ichthyological and herpetological research and ultimately strengthens us as a community of scholars. Similar to DEI initiatives at ASIH, these initiatives at the federal level are designed to foster and protect diversity in STEM education and research.

We want to reaffirm our mission and commitment to all of you: ASIH condemns the recent attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion initia…

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Happy to see Amanda thriving in Science. Happy international day of Women and Girls in Science

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🎨✨ THANK YOU 🎨✨ grateful for the amazing turnout at our art exhibit! Full house, vibrant community, & endless creativity. 💚 #artexhibit #ShirleyCTuckerHerbarium #ArtandNature @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsumns.bsky.social

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Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

What an absolute joy to host art today! In the LSU herbarium! Celebrating our @lsulagniappe.bsky.social Scholars and other @lsubiosci.bsky.social members! So many talent artists among our ranks!! If you need a good distraction- I recommend art and community.

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Quinn McCallum next to his illustrations of ICUN critically endangered species- Araripe manakin in top, Ricord’s rock iguana in the center, and the angel shark on the bottom (the rock iguana lizard now just garden variety endangered thanks to conservation efforts 👍)

A painting of four peppered moths, the two on the top in a black background and the black moth blends in; on a white background below and both are variable. Red text over top says “ “illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name ‘diversity equity and inclusion”- The White House WHAT DO YOU THINK SAVED THEM”. By LAGNiAppE scholar Caitlin Randall

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

🎨🖌️Next Monday at 4.30 PM will be the Art Exhibit at Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium. DON'T MISS IT!!! 🎨🖌️ Register following this link: lsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Are you a graduating undergrad looking for research experience? Come to @lsu.bsky.social and join @lsulagniappe.bsky.social Louisiana Graduate Network in Applied Evolution ("LAGNiAppE": a 1-yr research training program for recent college graduates) Deadline 3/16/25 www.lsu.edu/science/bios...

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

✨ Celebrate Diversity in Ecology & Evolution Join us Feb 16-17 in this initiative by former scholar Sashoya! 📅 Feb 16: Panel Discussion (4 PM) - Union, Capital Chamber 329 📅 Feb 17: Research Symposium (9 AM) - Union, International 303. 🎤 Invited Speaker (1 PM) - LSA, A101

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

🎨✨ Join us for an Art Exhibit at the Shirley Tucker Herbarium! 🗓️ Feb. 3, 4:30 PM. Featuring works by our talented department members. 🌿 Light refreshments provided. Register here: lsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #ArtInScience #NSF #RaMP

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Are you a recent college grad with a passion for evolutionary biology? 🧬✨ 🌟 Join LAGNiAppE 🌟 Develop skills, gain hands-on research experience, and connect with mentors in the exciting field of evolutionary biology. 🗓️ Deadline: March 16, 2025 🌐 Apply Now: etap.nsf.gov/award/732/op...

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