BOTANY 2026 abstract submission is open!!! @botsocamerica.bsky.social
Congratulations @astragaler.bsky.social, with @wile-phylote.bsky.social and I, on putting together a great history of plant systematics, using Liliales and Asparagales as an example of how changes in evolutionary theory and data has shaped modern day understandings of the plant tree of life.
Funds available for grads and postdocs to visit @burkemuseum.bsky.social collections! Applications due Dec. 15th. Please share!
The UW Herbarium @ Burke Museum is hiring a Research Mycologist! π
Focus: fungal systematics & evolution, collections-based research, and outreach.
Initial 3-year appointment, renewable pending funding.
Apply here! wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
Please share widely!
Welcome Lauren!!
Dream Job Alert !
Herpetology Collections Manager at the University of Michigan - manage one of the largest reptile and amphibian collections in the world in state-of-the-art facilities in the best college town in the world. #herpetology
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
One week to apply before reviews start for the postdoc I am offering investigating the tempo and pattern of river connections with the closure of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on river plant (Podostemaceae) migration. Genomic+fossil+geological data + fieldwork π
This was a super fun paper to write, and truly a "joint" effort!
Congratulations Chris!
The court got it wrong.
Denying transgender youth the health care they need solely because theyβre trans is discriminatory, and we will keep fighting.
In case you couldn't bear to read all the way to the end (understandable), here is the proposed picture for the BIO Directorate.
They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare.
This is truly horrifying
If this spending bill passes the Senate and is signed into law in its current form, all but the most financially fortunate transgender people will be forcibly detransitioned regardless of their ability - or inability - to produce their own sex hormones.
This is a ten thousand-alarm fire.
NEW: Under Trump, the National Science Foundation is awarding grants at the slowest pace in decades. We took a detailed look at every area of science affected by the funding lag. Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
If you care about nature, it's worth submitting a public comment in opposition to this proposed rule:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Our NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership for the Northwest region was terminated this week. I'm so proud of the work we did to support the climate resilience efforts of frontline communities and Tribal Nations. And I'm deeply concerned for what the loss of this support means for NW communities.
π§ͺ Ranking member Lofgren and 11 other House dems sent a fiery 7-page letter to acting NSF director today
"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"
Share widely #SaveNSF
(A) Distribution of IsoΓ«tes species from the Pacific Laurasian Clade. (B) Collection locations for plants included in this project.
#Phylogenetics & population structure of the western North American endemic Pacific Laurasian clade of #IsoΓ«tes
New #AJB research by Forrest Freund, Daniel Gates, Matthew Johnson & @crothfels.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #genetics #biogeography #evolution
SSE, SSB, and ASN logos. Text: Tri-societies Week of Action for NSF. Science under siege: Over 1000 NSF grants have been terminated by political appointees- threatening the foundation of American innovation and education, and more cuts loom; entire research programs are being erased without explanation. Whatβs at stake? STEM education for K-12 students, jobs and infrastructure in rural communities, support for veterans in research and education, cybersecurity and national defense innovation, global leadership in science and technology. Join the week of action: Contact Congress: Switchboard: (202) 224-3121, tell them to protect NSF. Share your story: Post on social media #WithoutNSF #SupportNSF #SaveNSF, engage local media; use our media tool to reach out to local reporters and newspapers; engage others: communicate the importance of NSF to colleagues, friends, and family.
Join us in the evolution tri-societies Week of Action for NSF!
Call/write congress, engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding!
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The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you canβt see that because you oppose his politics, well thatβs exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fantastic! As a former participant of this workshop, I highly recommend it! What a great team of instructors.
Please share this opportunity widely! Instructors: @fmachado.bsky.social @alencarlrv.bsky.social @joelmcglothlin.bsky.social Jacqueline Sztepanacz, Patrick Carter & Joe Felsenstein (virtually)
Science funding is not government waste - see my opinion piece in the Lansing State Journal about why cuts to science funding are bad for Michigan. @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinio...
Confirmed with a source. Here's a screenshot of the email sent to staff today.
NSF plans to reinstate all probationary employees who were fired on 18 Feb!
NSFβs decision. ππ»ππ»β€οΈ
Come work with us! The New York Botanical Garden is hiring a Curator at the Assist. or Associate level. Profile: a productive and FUN Mycologist or Cryptogamic Botanist. Happy to talk to candidates about how wonderful one of the best botanical research centers is, easy.
www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
Just extended the deadline to March 21 for this position in the Plant Phylogenomics group at the University of Vienna. It is sort of a "post doc plus" position funded for up to six years.
Please reach out if you want to chat - I'd love to talk to you about it!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...