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Kelly Zamudio
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Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics / herpetophile / Neotropics / Professor @UTAustin in @texasscience.bsky.social and Department of Integrative Biology / Women & Diversity In Science / Proud to be #Woke

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Kelly Zamudio is the Doherty Chair in Molecular Biology in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas Austin. She was formerly the Goldwin Smith Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University and Curator of Herpetology at the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates. .. more

Environmental science 43%
Biology 28%
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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 7d
Many congrats @berondam.bsky.social ! Will get a copy!

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 7d
Brazil has now signed agreements with Springer-Nature and Elsevier for Brazilian researchers to read AND PUBLISH for free for 3y. Rest of the world, take note: THIS is how you support and promote open science.

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Capes: acordos permitem publicação científica sem custos - 14/12/2025 - Ciência - Folha
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 10d
Time to update the list of US military interventions in Latin America.
A map with all the US military interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Reposted by Timnit Gebru, Kelly R. Zamudio, Neil Pederson

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Beronda L. Montgomery @berondam.bsky.social · 15d
Can I suggest my own? 😂
When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History & America's Black Botanical Legacy. I explore 7 trees & the cotton shrub--the science of them, personal/family history related to them & their intersections with Black history.
It's out Jan 20, 2026
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
When Trees Testify
This stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery offers up lessons from the natural world shared through the stor...
us.macmillan.com

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29d
Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.

#NoWords 🤮

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Dec 11
Insanity Leslie...

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Stuart McDaniel @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social · Dec 10
UF Biology is searching for an Asst Prof in Evolution, Ecology of Infectious Disease - spread the word! @ufresearch.bsky.social @ufgeog.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social

explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease
explore.jobs.ufl.edu

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · Nov 26
Applications now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2026! Funds cover registration, travel, food, and lodging. Apply by January 30: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social
Evolution 2026 logo. Text: Evolution 2026, Cleveland, OH, June 20-24. A globe with a plane flying across it. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution International Travel Stipends, Deadline: January 30.

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Nov 17
Integrative Biology at UT is hiring an Evolutionary Biologist! Happy to answer any questions about the position/dept/UT. Come join us!

integrativebio.utexas.edu
cns.utexas.edu
apply.interfolio.com/177547
Decoding Nature’s Networks
The Department of Integrative Biology at The University of Texas at Austin
integrativebio.utexas.edu

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Kelly R. Zamudio

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · Nov 17
The T. H. Huxley Award recognizes an outstanding evolution education resource and provides funding for the awardee to attend the Evolution or NABT conference to present their work! Apply by February 2nd: bit.ly/2kP2pPM
Background: a chalkboard scattered with school supplies. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution T. H. Huxley Award, applications due February 2.

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Anthony Ricciardi, Kelly R. Zamudio , and 3 more

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Nov 8
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.

Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.

Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Kelly R. Zamudio, John J. Cullen , and 2 more

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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · Nov 7
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · Nov 7
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com

Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio, Joshua S. Weitz, Iikka Korhonen , and 2 more

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Oct 24
The economic effects of international students go far beyond their tuition dollars.

Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.

My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Oct 22
So disgusting! #BoycottHomeDepot
wersedated.bsky.social No one cares @wersedated.bsky.social · Oct 22
Well so much for shopping at home depot ever again.
unraveledpress.com unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Oct 22
For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

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No one cares @wersedated.bsky.social · Oct 22
Well so much for shopping at home depot ever again.
unraveledpress.com unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Oct 22
For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
Threads post from julieceye At my local Home Depot today in Evanston, IL. They abducted 5 people in my immediate area.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Oct 15
Brown rejected the compact!

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
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James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · Oct 14
🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?!

Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴‍☠️

[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]

(1/n)

Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio, David Murakami Wood

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Oct 13
Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.
Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times
Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...
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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Sep 29
Kory on 🔥! Cool paper!

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Sep 29
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Sep 29
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned
The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.
www.thepinknews.com

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · Sep 28
I'm not really a meme person, but this is pretty funny.

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Kelly R. Zamudio

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · Sep 27
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
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Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco
Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco Job Summary: The Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a fu...
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Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio, Mark W. Westneat, John R. Hutchinson

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 26
Join us! We are hiring a new #curator at the #AMNH in #Vertebrate #Zoology careers.amnh.org/postings/4600 #academicjobs #tenuretrack
Assistant Curator, Vertebrate Zoology
The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an Assistant Curator in either the Department of Ornithology, Ichthyology, or Mammalogy to start on or after J...
careers.amnh.org

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Sep 18
UTEP seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Arid Land Herpetology, specializing in the ecology of desert amphibians and reptiles. Applications are open immediately until filled. More info: https://www.utep.edu/science/eligreenbaum/index.html #job
Eli Greenbaum PhD
Eli Greenbaum PhD
www.utep.edu

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Sep 15
Hahaha... #botanists

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · Sep 14
idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...
Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism. The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt. The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Department of Homeland Security boasted of "the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement." Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced. Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Sep 9
Watch for the solicitation, still to be posted... #GRFP #science #STEM
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 9
Brazil's Independence Day has become the moment for the country’s nationalist, right-wing movement to take to the streets, protest the left and hoist the Brazilian flag. This year, it carried the American flag as a nod to President Trump, in a sign of the U.S. flag’s shifting global image.
The New Symbol of the Brazilian Right: the American Flag
In a nod to President Trump, Brazil’s nationalist movement has adopted the stars and stripes. Now one flag could be the focus of an investigation involving the N.F.L.
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