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Greg Ragland

@sleepyfly.bsky.social
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EcoEvo Physiologist, likes DEI, bugs, sliding quickly on water (frozen or liquid), running slowly on land, bikes. Is bluesPunkGrass a music genre? If so, I like that too.

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UNR Biology Buzz @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
A winter view of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains with snow on the ground and trees
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Ariel Kahrl @arielkahrl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I am thrilled to share that the biology dept at Hamilton College is hiring a TT Evolutionary Ecologist to start in fall of 2027! This position would teach an upper level Evolution lect/lab, a section of Bio-100, rotate through our 200-level Eco/Evo course, and a seminar. apply.interfolio.com/190184
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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Funded places are available for early-career researchers at our Workshop on Integrating Physiology and Behaviour in Assessment of Ectotherm Heat Tolerance, 7 – 10 March 2027, organised by Michael Ørsted & Johannes Overgaard Find out more and apply at www.biologists.com/workshops/ma...
Integrating Physiology and Behavior in Assessment of Ectotherm Heat Tolerance
Date: 7-10 March 2027

Location: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK

Organisers: Michael Ørsted and Johannes Overgaard
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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Been wondering why NSF isn't spending most of its FY26 appropriation? A $1.5B tech initiative may be the reason. And big cuts to hundreds of research programs could be just the beginning of the bad news. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say
Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/06/2026
New in PN: The murder of expertise "The Trump administration has spent 18 months gutting funding for scientific research, forcing out nonpartisan experts, and elevating the most alarming conspiracy theorists in their stead. Now, a new rule proposed by the regime is threatening science itself."
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The murder of expertise
Russ Vought as science czar would just about do it.
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Society for the Study of Evolution Letter Drafts in response to OMB rule 🧪 (only members sign on) letter a: docs.google.com/document/d/1... letter b: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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SSE Letter A to OMB
************************************************************************************************************* To sign the below letter (Letter A to OMB), fill out this google form: https://forms.gle/s...
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Why is publishing so expensive? In this editorial we tackle this & other FAQs on publishing finances, providing context around the revenues & costs @ JEB & highlighting the people, workflows & tools that go into publishing a paper with us @biologists.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Screenshot of PDF of the Journal of Experimental Biology Editorial, 'Why is publishing so expensive?', by Katherine Brown, Craig E. Franklin and Michaela J. P. Handel. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252490. doi:10.1242/jeb.252490. The first sentence reads: 'For many of us who work in scientific publishing, the title of this Editorial is a question we hear all the time when we’re out talking to academics'.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The National Science Foundation is systematically being converted to the National AI and Quantum Research Foundation. “I see it as the administration exerting political control over what has traditionally been NSF’s ability to fund the best science.”
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NSF officials break silence on how AI and quantum now drive agency grantmaking
Leaders acknowledge White House role in controversial moves
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
“At NSF, the net reduction of 205 STEM Ph.D.s between 1 January and 30 November constituted 40% of its total pre-Trump Ph.D. workforce of 517, by far the largest percentage at any agency. STEM Ph.D.s also make up a larger percentage of the total workforce at NSF than at any other agency…”.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
Russ Vought (piss man) tweet about doing piss man shit: The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country. A comprehensive review is underway & any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
NSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃
Boxing up the NSF at Eisenhower Av for the forced relocation. Boxes have “Details Matter” signage.
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Ted Morgan @tedmorgan.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The new Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) Program page is posted. Please contact us at BIOEDGE@nsf.gov if you have questions. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Enabling Discovery Through Genomics (EDGE)
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 04/12/2025
My department at California State University Northridge is hiring! We're looking for a new colleague studying microbiology or molecular/cellular biology. I'm not on the search committee, but happy to answer questions about the department and campus, and life in LA buff.ly/Pc1KOaC
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Greg Ragland @sleepyfly.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Join us at CU Denver Biology! We have an open search for an assistant professor in cell and molecular biology to support our research and teaching mission. cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Maria Stager @mstager.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Just a few days left to apply to our TT position in Plant Physiology in the Dept. of Biology @UMassAmherst! Join a great group of plant scientists (and physiologists 😉) AND fall in love with small town New England! Please repost. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Details - Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
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Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙 Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Lake Agnes in State Forest State Park
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Christina Burch @c1burch.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
#microsky #mevosky The UNC Chapel Hill Biology Department is hiring 2 Teaching Assistant/Associate Professors with expertise from any area of biology. Individuals with expertise in microbiology are particularly encouraged to apply. Read more and apply at unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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Two (2) Open Rank Teaching Faculty
The Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks applicants for two (2) Teaching Faculty positions to be effective July 1, 2026. These positions will be fixed-term 9-...
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Greg Ragland @sleepyfly.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s... Possibly the most entertaining biology/surfing cross-reference I have ever seen...
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Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Come be my colleague! Tenured Associate Professor position opening in Plant Ecology at my department @stockholm-uni.bsky.social www.su.se/department-o...
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DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Ecology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Ecology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
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Elizabeth Pansing, PhD @epansing.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
@americanforests.bsky.social is #hiring multiple positions to support post🔥 reforestation 🌲 on USFS lands. Come work with a really great team doing amazing work. Reach out if you have questions! www.americanforests.org/job-opportun...
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Job Opportunities - American Forests
The movement to create healthy forests is growing daily as more people recognize the role of trees in slowing climate change and advancing social equity. Be a part of it.
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Today 14 scientific societies in #ecology #evolution and #marineScience are publishing the results of a survey that finds negative impacts of federal policies on food security, flood mitigation, infectious disease preparedness, and wildlife conservation: 🧪👩‍🔬 www.firsthandaccounts.org/impacts/2025...
This infographic describes the main results from a survey of members of 14 scientific societies. There is a pie chart showing that both academic (58%) and non-academic (42%) responded to the survey. It lists statistics: 85% of respondents reported uncertainty about the future; 71% reported federal training programs were "very" or "extremely important"; 83% reported negative impacts or irreparable harm on their field of science. There is a word cloud summarizing open-ended responses with the largest words "student research fund federal grant". Eight major themes in the responses are listed: disruption of research with societal important; concerns of closure of the USGS Bird Banding Lab; Early Career Bottleneck; Restricted Freedoms including travel and speech; Decline in Government Efficiency and Expertise; Concerns about Biased/Removed Data and Data Gaps; Concerns about the Ability to Meet Legal Mandates; and From Positive Impact to Irreparable Harm. There are icons for each participating society and a QR code for website and data availability.
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Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains? My lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! 🧪🌍🐙 Apply by Nov 1! Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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2025 - Hypoxia PhD job ad
The Moore lab at the University of Colorado Denver is searching for 1 Ph.D. student to study the elevational limits of dragonflies in Colorado (http://moore-evo-eco.weebly.com). This position is fully...
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Alice Boyle @birdfiddler.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Are you a PhD student, have an offer, or have had an offer recently rescinded from a US university? If so, Western (in London, ON, Canada) has a new scholarship program for you! Check out this news story. I can vouch for this university! You will love it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Western University launches program to capitalize on shrinking U.S. research funding | CBC News
Western University is looking to capitalize on massive shifts in the academic landscape of the United States with a new initiative designed to turn a difficult situation into a brain gain for both the...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12/07/2025
I'm a professor at the flagship university for the fourth whitest state in the US. Over 80% of our students are white. The biggest barrier to access here is that due to lack of state funding, we have top 10 highest tuition per capita of public unis in the country. We also have a food pantry.
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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 30/06/2025
University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hiring an Assistant Professor specializing in insect systematics. Opportunities like this are rare and valuable! (Not many jobs like this out there!) Spread the word to anyone who might be interested or benefit. #entomology #science #sciencejobs #bugsky 🧪
 A professional job announcement flyer from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln advertising the position of Assistant Professor in Insect Systematics. The flyer is divided into sections detailing the job description, required qualifications, and responsibilities, including research, teaching, service, and collaboration. The layout uses red and grey colors, includes a university logo, and prominently features a vibrant photo of an orange and black butterfly resting on a plant. A QR code is present for easy access to application details.
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Andrew J. Crawford @crawfordaj.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The legendary Janzen & Hallwachs on the collapse of insects. “It’s the same sheet, same lights same place, looking over the same vegetation. Same time of year, same time of the moon cycle, everything about it is identical... There’s just no moths on that sheet.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
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Greg Ragland @sleepyfly.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I have a print on canvas of the pictured illustration (Limenitis) in my office, a nice parting gift from the KSU Entomology department where I worked for several years. These prints are fantastic, great opportunity to support the grad club and hang some amazing scientific illustrations on your wall!
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Nancy Moran @nancy-moran.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Looking for a postdoc on bacterial-insect symbiosis, combining evolution and molecular mechanisms? I'll have one open in my lab starting Sept 2025. If interested contact me (or find me at the GRC on Animal-microbe symbiosis if you'll be there). #SymbioSky
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Job! 3-year research position in Australia for a Coleopterist, to work on longhorn beetles:
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Research Scientist in Coleoptera
Research Scientist in Coleoptera
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I'm hiring! Postdoc available in my lab in Ecological Genomics. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... I will start reviewing applications mid-July. 🧪🧑‍🔬🖥️🧬🦑. Please share widely, thanks!
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ecological Genomics
About the Opportunity Job Summary A postdoctoral research associate is available at the Lotterhos Lab at Northeastern University. The postdoc will be based at Northeastern University’s Marine Science ...
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Nathan Senner @drgodwit.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Come join us for a 2-year postdoc focused on Roseate Terns!!! We're two weeks away from application review. Reach out to me with any questions.
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Mike Sears @mikesears.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
We are hiring. If you have strong stats skills & are passionate for access to education, please apply…https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mike-sears-741a56142_senior-academic-researcher-activity-7316510462060179459-d3Sf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAACKu2aEB08g85G9Gu9-ma6WpsZ2pmKqEUg4
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID. This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
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‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Just when you think it can't get any worse, The White House endorsed scientific racism today. Their order on the Smithsonian states that the institution, "promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct, stating 'Race is a human invention'." Race is a human invention.
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Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
“The love for our parks, we go camping.” “I’m a field botanist. I come to do plant ecology.” “I come out here when I’ve had rough moments in my life. It provides peace.” “They’re taking futures away from kids like me who want to be a park ranger.” #ProtectOurParks @resistancerangers.bsky.social
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Columbia University grad student whose ‘self-deportation’ was celebrated by DHS explains how she was hounded by ICE—despite ‘legal’ status and lack of involvement with encampment—and utterly abandoned to her fate by the university. www.normanfinkelstein.com/letter-from-...
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Letter from Columbia student Ranjani Srinivasan after fleeing the United States to Canada
Visit the post for more.
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Greg Ragland @sleepyfly.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This was a fun review to work on with James deMayo. We highlight genome-enabled studies from the last ~20 years that provide lab and field perspectives on (often rapid) thermal adaptation. Thanks to JEB for fantastic editorial support!
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Fruit flies originated in the tropics, but many species have colonized colder regions of the globe. Moos & co recently discovered that instead of accumulating cryoprotectants, most species change the makeup of their cell membranes to combat the cold journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... 🧵1/2
A spotted-winged fruit fly on a flower. Photo credit: Katja Schulz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 10/03/2025
Winters have been warming rapidly in the contiguous US over the past 50 years. There are now on average 13 fewer days where temperatures get below freezing (0C, 32F), with some places seeing nearly full month that no longer gets below freezing: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
ICB's Tuesday blog Out in #Nature: #LGBTQ+ Experiences in #Fieldwork with Field #Inclusive, Inc. by @sicb.bsky.social Mangum blogger/#scientist, @tabhenry.bsky.social integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/o... & read ICB's Shayle Matsuda's free doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
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Erica Larson @ellarson.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Join Denver Stand Up for Science on March 7!
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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
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Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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National Park Service will fire 1,000 employees — but hire 5,000 seasonal workers
The two decisions underscore the confusing — and at times contradictory — nature of the new administration’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 29/01/2025
Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal grants after widespread confusion apnews.com/article/dona...
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Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal grants after widespread confusion
President Donald Trump’s budget office rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, accordi...
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Matt Carling @mdcarling.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Looks like the following programs in #NSF BIO have been 'archived': BRC-BIO - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... BIO-LEAPS - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... PRFB - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Building Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology (BRC-BIO)
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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Thoughtful piece by Greg Gibson pushing strongly back on the "Heritable polygenic editing" article genomestake.substack.com/p/genome-edi...
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Genome Editing and Eugenics
The one hundred and third Take:
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