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Rebecca Shay @plantfrond.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

#MycoSky help please! Does anyone have a contract lab that can do chitin analysis? #mycology #lab

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

A VERY important thread to read

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Rebecca Shay @plantfrond.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

In a hotel with limited channels watching Shark Week with a wary eye thanks to @whysharksmatter.bsky.social. pleased to see two local marine biologists featured on whatever this is we're viewing

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 23/06/2025

Well, well, well. If it isn't our old nemesis deadly heatwave.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 03/06/2025

I want to connect with and highlight more trans voices working with plants, wildlife, and the natural environment so I've created a starter pack! If this sounds like you, introduce yourself by quote-posting this skeet and I'll add you to the list 🏳️‍⚧️

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The scope of #fungi #biodiversity is only beginning to be fathomed. Every day almost ten new species are described. 🍄🤯 David Hibbett László Nagy and Henrik Nilsson introduce the fungal tree of life. www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Melissa Baker @melissabaker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Quick. Somebody tell Trump that the best way to own Elon is to restore all research grants and double NSF funding.

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Rebecca Shay @plantfrond.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Does anyone have a guess on an ID for this culture? Culture is on MEA, grown at 35C aerobically. The cells are motile, pic w/ 40x objective and 25x occular. Our best guess is Clostridium based on appearance, but since they grew aerobically we're not sure now. Pls help, #microsky 🔬

Agar plate pic. There's some chunks out of the agar, but the grown part is hazy with no distinct color.

Microscope image of bacterial cells (?). Image taken at 10000x total magnification. Cells are rod shaped, with one large structure at one end. They're slightly blurry because the stupid things kept moving instead of staying still for pictures

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

If you’re a scientist, check out (and sign) this letter opposing this executive order. If you know a scientist, share this with them. 🧪 www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...

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Open Letter in Support of Science — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

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Rebecca Shay @plantfrond.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The average American has three friends.

Flow chart of "fungusl-like organisms". At the top, a box labeled "Fungus-like organisms" then leads to 3 branches. These branches are labeled from left to right "True fungi: Mycota or Eumycota", "Straminipila", and "slime moulds". This image was found via google search, credited to https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/deuteromycetes

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Sadsquatch @thesadsquatch.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

USPS has its fair share of issues, but we still love it in this house and hope to NEVER see it get privatized 😭

A cute freestanding mailbox looking silly with the words "send the letters today that make someone's tomorrow" written on the side

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Kaia Mattioli @kaiamattioli.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

born too late to get a two Western blot Nature paper, born too early to be a science TikTokker, born just in time to start a postdoc during a global pandemic and look for faculty positions during a historic hiring freeze

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Rebecca Shay @plantfrond.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Really happy to see the Mycological Society of America's email about current DEI policies. Snippet from their statement: "Going forward, we aim to develop a long term plan that increases the financial stability of DEI initiatives with expanded goals." #mycosky

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Resources for scientists who are being threatened or targeted below from the @nationalacademies.org www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Why aren’t we all calling this anti-diversity anti-DEI stuff for what it is: white supremacy. This is the language for it.

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Bitsy Perlman @bitsyperlman.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I'm very sad that "I have a paper on this" continues Funding delays of > 30 days lead to, after 5 years: - 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force (constrained among those born in the US) - 20% decrease in wages - Burden is born by postdocs, grad students, and staff

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Image with alt text (sorry I forgot on the OP)

Email from Justin Poll (jpoll@nsf.gov)

ACM$ Transactions from 01/28/2025 have been canceled

Our top priority is resuming our funding actions and services to the research community and our stakeholders. We are working expeditiously to conduct a comprehensive review of our projects, programs and activities to be compliant with the existing executive orders.

Please note that all ACM$ transactions that were submitted on Tuesday 01/28/2025 have been cancelled. Please remember that award recipients must comply with agency policies regarding the timing of payments and are encouraged to review PAPPG 24-1 Ch. 8.C.2.a for additional guidance before preparing any resubmissions once ACM$ is back online.

For certain programs, such as SBIR/STTE, there may also be program specific guidance you may need to refer to. NSF has created an Executive Order Implementation webpage to ensure the widest dissemination of information and updates. We will continue to communicate through this site as we receive additional guidance.

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 28/01/2025

Reiterating my call to fellow federally-funded scientists: Call your reps, tell them how this hurts science and everything good that comes from science (Also non-scientists, and scientists without federal funding! But the more of us who can directly speak to the impacts of these freezes the better)

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Angela Levine @angelahlevine.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on! Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com

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ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back

theSkimm makes it easier to live smarter. You're welcome. Get all the info you need from AM to PM, wherever you are.

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Yolanda Chen @yolandachen.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Please repost! University of Vermont seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor if #Soil #Ecology to start in Aug 2025. www.uvmjobs.com/postings/77192 #soilecology #soilbiology #soilhealth

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Assistant Professor of Soil Ecology

Officers of Instruction - Tenure Track

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Delma Childers @childerslab.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

PhD alert! Know a promising student who wants to do an interdisciplinary, funded PhD guided by experts in microbiology, antifungal drug resistance and chemistry? Please send them our way: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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EASTBIO: Resistance isn’t futile: Uncovering novel antifungals to combat drug resistance at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EASTBIO: Resistance isn’t futile: Uncovering novel antifungals to combat drug resistance at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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travis gerke @travisgerke.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Annual reminder: Spotify Wrapped is proof that sometimes count(x, sort=TRUE) is all the data science you need

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Postbac in the Gladfelter lab at Duke Univ in computational biology and analysis of fungal proteins and mRNA structures to understand high temperature adaptation. Amazing lab and collaborators here. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Duke/BME... 🖥️🧬 #jobs #compbio #genomics

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Duke University, Biomedical Engineering

Full service online faculty recruitment and application management system for academic institutions worldwide. We offer unique solutions tailored for academic communities.

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YTJF. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Know of anyone in need of a free holiday meal today? Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles in Bronzeville is giving away chicken, sides & dessert starting at 10a. blockclubchicago.org/2024/11/27/g...

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Get A Free Meal In Bronzeville On Thanksgiving

Chicago's Home of Chicken and Waffles is giving away pre-packaged meals with all the fixings Thursday until supplies run out.

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Norman van Rhijn @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

🚨Please share🚨 I’m hiring a PhD student to start Sep 2025 on an exciting project on fungal pathogens🍄‍🟫, soil health and microbiomes, together with dr. Filipa Cox and @knightjar.bsky.social If you have any good candidates, please let them contact me directly. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Sally Fryar 🍄💧 🇦🇺 🧬 🔬 @sally-mycology.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The new outline of fungi and fungus-like taxa is out now. Why do we need to do this so often? Because there are so many fungal species and only about 5-10% have descriptions. New genera, families etc are frequently being added to the tree. 🧪 🌍 #fungi #mycosky www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHE...

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Rebecca Shay @plantfrond.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Happy caturday from Peanut in his cozy little cave

Orange a white cat curled up on an orange bed, which is directly over a heat vent. A blanket is draped over the shelf the bed is on. He's hecking cozy.

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Rebecca Shay @plantfrond.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Today marks 2 years since I defended my PhD, it feels so recent yet so distant

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Alison Malört @alisonmalort.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It has snowed in Chicago and YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! Time to remind everyone that we light our train tracks on fire to prevent the switches from freezing.

A set of railroad tracks with parts of them set on fire as a commuter train prepares to cross.

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Rebecca Shay @plantfrond.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Howdy, Blue Sky! Made one because I miss #ScienceTwitter, specifically how helpful everyone was! That being said, anyone have a good Zygomycete or Rhizopus key 🥺 #mycology #zygomycete

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