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NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)
Directorates to follow
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"Ten simple rules for teaching data science": arxiv.org/abs/2602.02874
A new preprint by @minecr.bsky.social and myself. We'd love any feedback!
Thanks for the love! This was a bright spot to my day (and unexpected!) @phytobio.me @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
There's some content -- looks like someone is messing with the CSS?
It looks like maybe somebody broke the CSS?
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
A pumpkin carved to depict an agarose gel electrophoesis with all lanes blank apart from the size ladder on the left and a single band in the lane on the far right
When all your PCRs fail, except for the negative control 😱
Yeah this caused quite a bit of consternation yesterday
Just announced from @anthropic.com
This stuff is moving very fast. www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
I’m going to start doing “wholesome graphic of the day” posts lol. The maps and infographics have been veering political
Anyhoo, here’s every apple
A pika sits on a mossy rock.
Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.
An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.
An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
The other issue is the one you've raised as have a few others -- LLMs can be very useful for experts who can catch errors and refine responses, but bootstrapping conceptual expertise when novices start with LLMs on day 1 is going to be a hard pedagogical challenge.
We were discussing this issue at the @cu-esiil.bsky.social meeting a few weeks ago. On one hand, LLMs seem like just higher level abstractions, like going from assembly to Fortran to R. On the other, they are probabilistic not deterministic, which makes them different.
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The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
Saddened to learn of the passing of Moselio "Elio" Schaechter—Distinguished Professor at Tufts, SDSU and UCSD—humanist and visionary leader in the fields of microbiology and scientific communication—mentor, friend, and inspiration to me and so many others
Small Things Considered
Big Things Achieved
I spoke with Kari Jordan and Erin Becker of The Carpentries about why they declined a $1.5M NSF grant intended to expand data science training. Their decision highlights the growing intersection of #science, #DEI, and federal policy.
Read the full story on Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Do you love alpine plants, ancient DNA, and/or population genetics? My lab will be hiring a postdoc soon to be based at the University of Maine! We’re looking for someone who uses genetic tools and thinks like a community ecologist. Happy to chat at #ESA2025 if you’re interested.
ICYMI: In September 2024, The Carpentries submitted a proposal for 1.5 million USD to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Program, and were extremely pleased to learn that the proposal was recommended for funding.
However...
So if Sanger capillary is the Greatest Generation (sequenced human genome primer walking uphill both ways thankyouverymuch), and AVITI is Gen alpha, does that make 454 Gen x or the millennials
Know any soon to graduate or recently graduated postbac researchers interested in / with experience working with phages? We are hiring a junior specialist/research tech! Apply here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04863 (start date more flexible than stated in ad!)
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Started a Theoretical Ecology starter pack. For from complete. Respond if you want to be added or removed.
go.bsky.app/PwpvZLb
Open Science and Open Source only with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility.
Inclusion is essential to science, and science is only worthwhile if it lifts everyone up together.
ropensci.org/blog/2025/02... #OpenSource #OpenScience
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...
{rix} is an R package that leverages Nix, a package manager focused on reproducible builds. With Nix, you can create project-specific environments with a custom version of R, its packages, and all system dependencies (e.g., GDAL).
github.com/ropensci/rix
Happy New Year! 🎉
A new year means a lot of uncertainty. However, one thing remains certain: each month, we will continue to bring you awesome resources and relevant news via our newsletter! 🧵#ECEnewsletter
Where are all the field studies?
This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.
A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...