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Anny Chung (鍾彥儀)

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Ecologist studying plants and microbes. Incidental musician. She/her.

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 20h
We're committing $23M over 5 years to support research excellence at HBCUs through two new grants: the HBCU Centers of Excellence Program and the HBCU Faculty Fellowship Program. Now accepting applications: bit.ly/4zu6OdB #science #math #funding
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Apply Now: New Grants to Support HBCU Faculty and Research Excellence on Simons Foundation
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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am hiring a full-time lab technician for my new lab at UNL. The full position description can be found at: employment.unl.edu/postings/102... The position is for 1 year, with renewal possible for up to 2 additional years. Pay is $23.50/hour. Please share!
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Research Technician-Plant Ecophysiology (Temporary)
The Lab of Dr. Nick Smith in the School of Biological Sciences at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is seeking a Temporary Research Technician. The lab examines the responses of plants and ecosyste...
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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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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s Purrquoise’s world, and we’re just living in it. In an *exclusive* interview, he touches down on his international travels, his east coast frienemy, and his starring role in Getty’s new season of the If Objects Could Talk podcast. www.getty.edu/news/purrquo...
Installation view of Purrquoise, the turquoise colored ceramic cat sitting on a gold throne at the Getty Museum.
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Kacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JOB ALERT: UNC Bio is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs doing molecular, cell, and dev bio. The search is intentionally broad, so please share widely and spread the word! Find more information and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... Application review begins Nov 1.
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Megan Zahneis @mzahneis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are you a faculty member considering, or committed to, early retirement because of changes to the way tenure works (at your institution/system, in your state or more broadly)? I'd like to talk to you for a @chronicle.com story. Send me a DM or email megan.zahneis@chronicle.com.
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AoB Plants @aobp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
♻️ Variable responses to tree root exclusion by understory plant functional types in a xeric longleaf pine woodland by Phoeb Judge and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience
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Variable responses to tree root exclusion by understory plant functional types in a xeric longleaf pine woodland
This study examined interactions between tree roots and understory plants. Contrary to expectations, excluding tree roots did not reduce understory plant p
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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Please share! We're looking for an entomologist to join our dept.! I'm excited as it's broadly advertised to find someone who can build a stellar teaching program w/research on insect ecology. Deadline is tight (end of Oct.). Read more & apply at jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/235...
Flyer that says: 

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
AND PLANT PATHOLOGY

We're hiring!

The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology is seeking applications for a nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Insect Ecology (60% teaching/40% research). The position will play a central role in the department’s undergraduate curriculum, including ENT 201: Insects and People, as well as additional undergraduate and graduate courses. The position also provides an opportunity to build a nationally recognized research program in insect ecology, secure external funding, and mentor undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead instruction for ENT 201: Insects and People and teach additional courses using effective, technology-enhanced approaches. Mentor undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs.

Establish a nationally recognized, externally funded research program in insect ecology (e.g., behavior, plant–insect interactions, community ecology, conservation, or global change biology). Publish in peer-reviewed journals and engage students in research.

Contribute to departmental, college, and university service, engage with scientific societies, review manuscripts and grant proposals, and participate in outreach.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

Demonstrated teaching experience at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.

Expertise in one or more areas of insect ecology (e.g., IPM, invasive species, pollination biology, vector ecology, trophic interactions, global change, or molecular/community ecology).

Ph.D. in Entomology or a related field, with a proven publication and funding track record (as PI/Co-PI or lead author).

JOIN OUR TEAM!

For more information and to submit your application, please visit:
https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/234875
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.
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ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?
Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.
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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Same mushrooms… 20 minutes later. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends
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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Faculty job at University of Houston. Please share with likely candidates. careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant or Associate Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Biology and Biochemistry Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seeks to hire an evolutionary biolog...
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please repost/share We're hiring! UC Davis Plant Pathology seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in plant health & microbiomes. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07904 My department is full of great colleagues, and we look forward to recruiting our new colleague!
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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Anny Chung (鍾彥儀) @yyachung.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks to @djli.bsky.social and his rtrees shiny app I was able to super quickly make a tree of all the plant species that students in my class felt a personal connection with. Very fun! You can definitely tell that this class is mostly from the southeastern US, but have quite global backgrounds.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Odum School of Ecology @ugaecology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mark your calendar for next week's Ecology Seminar! Hope to see you there.
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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 23/09/2026
Applications for our Open Interval program are due in less than one month! We're looking for trios of artists, scientists and arts organizers who want to collaborate around the theme of "turbulence." Learn more: bit.ly/4d5KYnG #science #art #math
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Open Interval Invites Art-Science Collaborations on ‘Turbulence’
This year’s Open Interval program will fund trios collaborating on projects exploring the theme of turbulence.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Stanford University...is facing criticism for using generative AI to change the photo of a Hispanic male student into a non-existent Black woman for a campus banner." feels like a South Park episode. what are we doing here yall www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Stanford violated its AI policy by turning a Hispanic student into a fake Black woman in ad
Stanford University is facing criticism for using generative AI to change the photo of a Hispanic male student into a non-existent Black woman for a dining hall advertisement.
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Data Scientist job - Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), data-management, computational, and bioinformatics assignments supporting research in tropical biology, ecology, and forestry. #ecologyjobs 🧪🌐🌾 trustcareers.si.edu/postings/8a2...
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Data Scientist (Bioinformatics), IS- 1560- 11
Job Opening: Data Scientist (Bioinformatics), IS- 1560- 11 at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026
Happy mushroom season!
A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 22/09/2026
Elsevier's Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN) has retracted 165 papers this year, most for “suspicious” changes in authorship or editorial conflicts of interest.
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Elsevier journal retracts 100+ papers for authorship issues, editor conflicts of interest
Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN) has retracted 165 papers this year, most for “suspicious” changes in authorship or editorial conflicts of interest.  The retractions have come after S…
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Anny Chung (鍾彥儀) @yyachung.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"This same bit of cynicism explains why newly appointed university Provosts and Presidents always need to commission signature new programs. You get recognized for steering the ship, not for recognizing that the ship is going a good direction and holding it to course."
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
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Op-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector Pangram
Schnell said he used artificial intelligence for “making writing processes more efficient,” but that AI was not a “substitute” for his own “intellectual judgment or authorship.”
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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Earth and Planetary Evolution. ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z... Please apply online. The closing date for applications is 15 December 2026.
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Earth and Planetary Evolution
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (www.eaps.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position.
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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Excited to share this new paper from my lab! We looked at how decades of prescribed fire influence N-cycling in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. This project and field work were designed and implanted by one undergrad in my lab & the analysis & writing by another. 🧵
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Prescribed burns drive lasting changes in soil nitrogen cycling and microbial function | mSystems
Prescribed fire is widely used by land managers to reduce wildfire risk and promote biodiversity. While the effects of fire on aboveground processes are well understood, much less is known about how r...
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌿 Congratulations to two 2026 BSA sectional award recipients! Margaret Menzel Award (Genetics & Genomics): Keyi Feng (University of Michigan) 👏 Maynard Moseley Award (Dev. & Structural / Paleobotanical): Araya Andersen (Oregon State University) 👏 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW
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Lambros Frantzeskakis @lambrosf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’re a graduate student and interested in fungi please apply, this a great opportunity to experience research in an industry setting jobs.bayer.com/job/Chesterf...
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Fungal Discovery & Genomics Co-Op
Fungal Discovery & Genomics Co-Op
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Steph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Favorite news item in the recent weeks www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fore...
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Forestry Service Reverses Course, Plans To Keep Critical Big Island Hub Open
In March, when the Trump administration announced its plan to close the Hilo-based Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry headquarters, along with dozens of other U.S. Forest Service research facilitie...
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 20/09/2026
Okay this jogged loose something I've had half-written for a while now: Despite decades of effort, scientists have still not found a substitute for reading the paper denimandtweed.jbyoder.org/2026/09/desp...
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Despite decades of effort, scientists have still not found a substitute for reading the paper
Science is difficult, but not for the reason you think. It’s not that conceiving a research program is difficult. It’s not that planning and performing an experiment or observational st…
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 20/09/2026
ALMOST EVERY PEER REVIEWED PAPER HAS A SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS RIGHT BELOW ITS TITLE
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
i hate it @wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social, please kill this
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/09/2026
Humaning.
A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"
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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Largest theft of labor in human history.” What a quote.
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Disturbingly, many men point to women outnumbering men in college enrollment as evidence that feminism is ruining the world and unfairly penalizing men...But men are not structurally or legally prohibited from attending college as women were decades ago. Men are choosing not to go to college".
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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It might be hard for young people to know where we were before the Endangered Soecies Act (ESA) but we would have no whales, turtles, eagles, pandas, tigers, wolves etc without it. 🧪🌏 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Baeospora myosura for #ConeOfTheDay #FungiFriends
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Annaliese Mason @annaliesemason.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My faculty is advertising a tenured open-call #cropscience / #plantscience professorship linked to the PhenoRob Excellence Cluster at Uni Bonn, Germany - apply until 30th Sep :) www.uni-bonn.de/de/universit...
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W2 Professorship within the Cluster of Excellence PhenoRob
W2 Professorship
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#SICB job share: The Department of #Biology at James Madison University invites applications for a 10-month tenure-track Assistant Professor position with expertise in Developmental #Biology. It's a full-time position with an anticipated start date of August 2027. sicb.org/jobs-and-fel... #science
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What's up with EL NIÑO??! I just met up w/ legend Dr. @drshepherd2013.bsky.social who explained it + UN’s “strategic retreat” on climate in the headlines last week. Not a FUN ep per se but if you learn this & pass it on, maybe humanity will survive? No presh. www.alieward.com/ologies/extr...
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Extreme Meteorology (EL NIÑO) with Dr. Marshall Shepherd — alie ward
El Niño. La Niña.  United Nations Environment Programme doomerism? It’s been a helluva week for Meteorologists and the humans who live on planet Earth, so we made you a fresh episode recorded jus...
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Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It has been an exceptionally dangerous wildfire season this year. With a historic El Niño underway, next summer will be far worse. The time is now to prepare and get federal funding back on track.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌿 Congratulations to Paulo Henrique Gaem (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), recipient of the 2026 Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology! Honorable Mention goes to Caroline Brose (Univ. of Wyoming). 🎉 #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW
A side-by-side portrait of two award recipients. On the left, Paulo Henrique Gaem stands indoors by a window. On the right, Caroline Brose stands outdoors in an open landscape, wearing a backpack. The text reads: "Botanical Society of America 2026 Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology. Paulo Henrique Gaem, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Caroline Brose, University of Wyoming, Honorable Mention." A QR code and the text "Learn more about the Graduate Student Dissertation Award in Phylogenetic Comparative Plant Biology here!" appear at the bottom, along with the Botanical Society of America logo. The graphic has a border of blue-green agave leaves.
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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 15/09/2026
The Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin has two open positions for assistant professors, one in evolutionary biology and one in mechanistic processes. Please share. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270
Two Assistant Professor Positions in Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes

Description
The Department of Integrative Biology at The University of Texas at Austin seeks to fill two faculty positions in the areas of Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes, broadly defined. We are looking for candidates who are advancing (1) evolutionary biology or (2) the mechanistic understanding of organismal processes. These positions will be filled at the level of Assistant Professor.


Qualifications
Candidates should be using innovative approaches in evolutionary biology and/or the mechanistic understanding of whole-organism processes. Mechanistic processes include, but are not limited to, behavior, biomechanics, cognition, physiology, and development. The phylogenetic scope of the Evolutionary Biology position may include eukaryotes, prokaryotes, viruses, and the scale may include individual molecules to entire ecosystems and beyond. Candidates for either position may employ experimental, theoretical, or computational frameworks, or a combination thereof. Special consideration will be given to applicants with demonstrated potential for integrating across our target disciplines. 

We seek applicants with a strong record of high-quality research, publications, potential for extramural funding, and a commitment to excellence in teaching and mentorship. A PhD or equivalent is required at the time of appointment, and postdoctoral research experience is strongly recommended.
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️ Then I have the form for you! 📋 Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn Please RT! 🙏
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌿 Help us celebrate our 2026 Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award recipients, plus our AJ Harris winner Miles Buddy (Univ. of Florida) and J.S. Karling winner Isabeau Lewis (Queen's University)! 🎉 Full list at www.botany.org (click "Awards") #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌿 Congratulations to the 2026 Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology recipients, Austin T. Nguyen (Univ. of Kansas) & Madison Plunkert (Michigan State)! The award supports PhD research advancing comparative plant morphology. #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW
A side-by-side portrait of two award winners. On the left, Austin T. Nguyen stands in front of a coastal view with blue water and sky. On the right, Madison Plunkert stands in front of a red brick wall. The text reads: "Botanical Society of America 2026 Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology. Austin T. Nguyen, University of Kansas. Madison Plunkert, Michigan State University." A QR code and the text "Learn more about the Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology here!" appear at the bottom, along with the Botanical Society of America logo. The graphic has a border of purple crocus flowers.
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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 16/09/2026
The real story behind the work is @oceancait.bsky.social and the rest of our team who've spent years coaxing our Asgard culture along. They are bizarre, frustrating, and unlike anything I've been a part of. More to share soon. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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These bizarre, much-coveted microbes are revealing the origins of complex life
Researchers are racing to culture a menagerie of exotic organisms and finding lots of surprises along the way.
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Anny Chung (鍾彥儀) @yyachung.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wearing Tyson Research Center merch 🥹 The Economy of Nature was such a wonderful intro ecology text for me as an undergrad, and I remember the shock at learning that the person who wrote my textbook actually worked where I was doing undergrad research!
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