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The Texas Academy of Science has been promoting science excellence in the state of Texas since it was founded in 1880. Learn more at https://www.texasacademyofscience.org/

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Email current Executive Board Members Craig Younce (craig dot younce at hsutx dot edu); Kathy Wood (katewood001 at gmail dot com); Maria Burns (mburns at central dot UH dot edu) and Gerry Mulvey (irish69th at msn dot com) with interest or questions by March 20, 2026!

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Volunteering

The Texas Academy of Science is seeking passionate Texas scientists for the following leadership roles:

β€’ Non-Academic Director
β€’ Student Representative
β€’ Academic Director
β€’ Executive Secretary

Read about these roles here: www.texasacademyofscience.org/volunteer-jo...

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Email current Executive Board Members Craig Younce (craig dot younce at hsutx dot edu); Kathy Wood (katewood001 at gmail dot com); Maria Burns (mburns at central dot UH dot edu) and Gerry Mulvey (irish69th at msn dot com) with interest or questions by March 20, 2026!

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Biology is the only science where multiplication is the same thing as division. πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜‚

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Beautiful Torino evening during #SNS2026

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Everything Is Tuberculosis

Listening to this now.

open.spotify.com/show/2ptlHds...

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I'd rather be keelhauled through a sea of cat litter than format tables in Word.

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Macro photo in side view of a black and yellow striped wasp standing on a pure white background with its orange, black-tipped antennae held out in front. The wasp is fairly stubby, with short legs and a rather cylindrical shape.

Macro photo in side view of a black and yellow striped wasp standing on a pure white background with its orange, black-tipped antennae held out in front. The wasp is fairly stubby, with short legs and a rather cylindrical shape.

The emergence of spring bees here in Austin also means the emergence of somewhat rarer bee parasites. I caught this Sapyga nevadica wasp yesterday; it lays eggs in solitary bee nests.

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Breast cancer cell clusters The Image this month shows a mechanism that mediates the formation of breast cancer cell clusters and promotes cancer metastasis.

Check out #FromtheLabs' new Image of the Month! Image courtesy of the C. Cheng lab. @bcmhouston.bsky.social @bcmgenetics.bsky.social #TripleNegativeBreastCancer #Metastasis #BCMCancerCenter #BCMpostdoc blogs.bcm.edu/2026/02/26/f...

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Excited for our 129th Annual Meeting to begin tomorrow at @uttyler.bsky.social! Please tag related posts with #TAS129 and we'll help spread the excitement!

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The eDNA Ecology Lab celebrates another successful @txacsci.bsky.social meeting #TAS128

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The Graduate Student Competition has begun! #TAS128

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The Conservation Ecology section is PACKED #TAS128

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Nice big group of young scientists from #SouthwesternU attending @txacsci.bsky.social 2025 - molecular ecologists, physiologists, neurobiologists, chemists, engineers, computer scientists. It’s good to #celebratescience

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Next round of #BurksLab #undergraduateresearchers @txacsci.bsky.social #TAS2025 - good work from only bring in the lab since August! My first #TAS was 20+ yrs ago! Crazy how long I’ve been doing this!

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Standing room only in Terrestrial Ecology and Management as well as other concurrent sessions this morning! #TAS128

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The marine science section has begun with UTPB undergraduate Jenny Hunt presenting research on coral restoration #TAS128

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Next up in the science education section, @profromi.bsky.social discusses a CURE based on micro plastic study in freshwater systems #TAS128

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Standing room only as Dr. Jason Locklin discusses challenges to undergraduate research at Community Colleges #TAS128

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#TAS128 has begun!

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Some helpful tips for our poster session at #TAS128 on Friday!

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Very excited for our 2025 Annual Meeting, which starts THIS FRIDAY! Detailed schedule is now available at www.texasacademyofscience.org/2025-meeting We hope to see you soon #TAS128

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PokΓ©mon style cards featuring fishes found in Texas, including orangethroat darters, Guadalupe bass, longear sunfish, alligator gar, and channel catfish

PokΓ©mon style cards featuring fishes found in Texas, including orangethroat darters, Guadalupe bass, longear sunfish, alligator gar, and channel catfish

My lab made PokΓ©mon cards featuring Texas fishes for our Darwin Day exhibit

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The general schedule for our 128th Annual Meeting is now available! We hope to see you in Waco Feb 28 - March 1! www.texasacademyofscience.org/assets/Meeti...

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It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science! To celebrate, we're sharing conversations with #WomenInScience β€” researchers, editors, and science communicators. Read their stories β–ΆοΈπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ blog.cdnsciencepub.c... #IDWGIS

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The world needs female scientists & their unique perspectives to tackle the triple planetary crisis. Yet, they continue to face long-standing barriers.

This #WomenInScience Day, learn more about what it takes to close the yawning gender gap in science: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. πŸ”¬ #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

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Members! You should receive an email with details this afternoon, but we are looking for new volunteers for our Board of Directors! Specifically, we need nominations for Vice President, Academic and Non-Academic Director, and Student Director. Contact us if interested!

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