Alex Lando
@alexlando.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/alexlando 🏳️🌈
PhD candidate in Hodge and @lovettbr.bsky.social labs at @cornellpppmb.bsky.social
Researching insect-infecting fungi 🍄🟫🦟
Undergrad in Bio & EnviroSci #UChicago #FieldMuseum
EBoard member @cornellasap.bsky.social 🧪⚖️
PhD candidate in Hodge and @lovettbr.bsky.social labs at @cornellpppmb.bsky.social
Researching insect-infecting fungi 🍄🟫🦟
Undergrad in Bio & EnviroSci #UChicago #FieldMuseum
EBoard member @cornellasap.bsky.social 🧪⚖️
Reposted by Alex Lando
@bdavisbio.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @gator-pase.bsky.social @scipolucla.bsky.social @pspdg.bsky.social
Guest piece for #Inform&Influence detailing how SNAP has succeeded as a #grassroots org coordinating multiple nationwide initiatives.
#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters
www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters
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Inform & Influence 51 Guest Writer: Oh, SNAP! Getting Early-Career Scientists to Engage with Policy and Community. | Deborah D. Stine
Hello Newsletter Readers,
Exciting news! While I am off on my trip to Southern Africa, I asked several organizations to talk about their activities in science and technology policy through my newslet...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
No kings in Ithaca! @isakoditomassi.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
No kings in Ithaca! @isakoditomassi.bsky.social
Reposted by Alex Lando
📢🍄Job alert🍄📢
The Department of Plant Pathology of the University of Georgia is accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Fungal Biology/Mycology. Anticipated start date of May 2026. Open until filled, so apply now!
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...
The Department of Plant Pathology of the University of Georgia is accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Fungal Biology/Mycology. Anticipated start date of May 2026. Open until filled, so apply now!
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...
Assistant or Associate Professor - Fungal Biology/Mycology
The Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at the University of Georgia is recruiting for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Fu...
www.ugajobsearch.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
📢🍄Job alert🍄📢
The Department of Plant Pathology of the University of Georgia is accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Fungal Biology/Mycology. Anticipated start date of May 2026. Open until filled, so apply now!
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...
The Department of Plant Pathology of the University of Georgia is accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Fungal Biology/Mycology. Anticipated start date of May 2026. Open until filled, so apply now!
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...
Reposted by Alex Lando
Impactful matriculation speech for new #gradstudents by @yale.edu Grad School Dean Lynn Cooley on how crucial #SciComm is, with shout-outs to @snapcoalition.bsky.social & wonderful SNAP co-founder Alex Rich.
~23 minutes in: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGv...
~23 minutes in: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGv...
Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Matriculation Ceremony
YouTube video by Yale University
m.youtube.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Impactful matriculation speech for new #gradstudents by @yale.edu Grad School Dean Lynn Cooley on how crucial #SciComm is, with shout-outs to @snapcoalition.bsky.social & wonderful SNAP co-founder Alex Rich.
~23 minutes in: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGv...
~23 minutes in: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGv...
Two years down, three to go! Thanks to a fantastic committee and my even better friends (although two cakes was very unnecessary)
GUESS WHO PASSED THEIR MF'ING A EXAM TODAY?
@alexlando.bsky.social is officially a PhD candidate in the #CornellPPPMB program.
#TheFast&TheFuria #EntomophthorAlex #PhD @lovettbr.bsky.social
@alexlando.bsky.social is officially a PhD candidate in the #CornellPPPMB program.
#TheFast&TheFuria #EntomophthorAlex #PhD @lovettbr.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Two years down, three to go! Thanks to a fantastic committee and my even better friends (although two cakes was very unnecessary)
UChicago representation! I always loved working with the organismal bio people at the Field Museum. Good luck and may the tiktaalik spirit guide you @neilshubin.bsky.social
Neil Shubin, an evolutionary biologist best known for discovering an important fish fossil, has been nominated to head the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. scim.ag/46IG9hG
Paleontologist to lead U.S. national academy
The prestigious organization faces funding challenges and political controversies
scim.ag
July 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
UChicago representation! I always loved working with the organismal bio people at the Field Museum. Good luck and may the tiktaalik spirit guide you @neilshubin.bsky.social
Reposted by Alex Lando
Coming down the home stretch for #McClintockLetters! There is still time to participate.
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch!
Are you living in or are from #Arkansas? Write to your local paper to share your science: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch!
Are you living in or are from #Arkansas? Write to your local paper to share your science: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
July 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Coming down the home stretch for #McClintockLetters! There is still time to participate.
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch!
Are you living in or are from #Arkansas? Write to your local paper to share your science: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch!
Are you living in or are from #Arkansas? Write to your local paper to share your science: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Meeting such amazing mycologists at this conference is really making me feel good about the future again <3
#MSAfungi2025 is great so far! Saw excellent works from @chasemayers.bsky.social, @alexlando.bsky.social, and Iván Delgado of @btiscience.bsky.social today.
July 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Meeting such amazing mycologists at this conference is really making me feel good about the future again <3
Reposted by Alex Lando
Hi, friends! I know @alexlando.bsky.social, @epiplantpath.bsky.social and I will be at #MSAfungi2025. Who else is coming to #Madison next week?!
@msafungi.bsky.social @msastudents.bsky.social
@msafungi.bsky.social @msastudents.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Hi, friends! I know @alexlando.bsky.social, @epiplantpath.bsky.social and I will be at #MSAfungi2025. Who else is coming to #Madison next week?!
@msafungi.bsky.social @msastudents.bsky.social
@msafungi.bsky.social @msastudents.bsky.social
Reposted by Alex Lando
Excellent opinion piece written to your hometown community, Alex!
"And what will we lose if we allow that science to be quietly dismantled?"
#McClintockLetters
"And what will we lose if we allow that science to be quietly dismantled?"
#McClintockLetters
June 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Excellent opinion piece written to your hometown community, Alex!
"And what will we lose if we allow that science to be quietly dismantled?"
#McClintockLetters
"And what will we lose if we allow that science to be quietly dismantled?"
#McClintockLetters
Even the most politically conservative newspapers will still publish an article on funding science if you make it relevant to their readers! Check out my Letter to the Editor (pg 14) as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative! view.flipdocs.com?ID=10009972_...
JL #586
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June 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Even the most politically conservative newspapers will still publish an article on funding science if you make it relevant to their readers! Check out my Letter to the Editor (pg 14) as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative! view.flipdocs.com?ID=10009972_...
Reposted by Alex Lando
What a week!!! First @nytimes.com, and now we are so honored to have the McClintock Letters initiative featured in @science.org ! Let’s keep the ball rolling on public-facing sci comm :) www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapers
Through two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op eds have been published in news outlets across the country
www.science.org
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What a week!!! First @nytimes.com, and now we are so honored to have the McClintock Letters initiative featured in @science.org ! Let’s keep the ball rolling on public-facing sci comm :) www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Alex Lando
Happy 123rd Birthday, Dr. Barbara McClintock!
Thank you to the #scientists participating in the nationwide #SciComm initiative, #McClintockLettters, that is in her honor.
We are speaking to our local hometown communities about the value of federally funded research, and the impactful work we do.
Thank you to the #scientists participating in the nationwide #SciComm initiative, #McClintockLettters, that is in her honor.
We are speaking to our local hometown communities about the value of federally funded research, and the impactful work we do.
June 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Happy 123rd Birthday, Dr. Barbara McClintock!
Thank you to the #scientists participating in the nationwide #SciComm initiative, #McClintockLettters, that is in her honor.
We are speaking to our local hometown communities about the value of federally funded research, and the impactful work we do.
Thank you to the #scientists participating in the nationwide #SciComm initiative, #McClintockLettters, that is in her honor.
We are speaking to our local hometown communities about the value of federally funded research, and the impactful work we do.
Reposted by Alex Lando
Hbd to the legend, Barbara McClintock 🎂🎉 Working on the McClintock Letters initiative with @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social + others has been beyond inspiring. Thank you to all 580+ scientists who participated!!!
June 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hbd to the legend, Barbara McClintock 🎂🎉 Working on the McClintock Letters initiative with @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social + others has been beyond inspiring. Thank you to all 580+ scientists who participated!!!
How amazing are @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social in the Times?? Happy birthday to Barbara McClintock and what an honor to work on this project in her name! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
How amazing are @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social in the Times?? Happy birthday to Barbara McClintock and what an honor to work on this project in her name! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
Sign on to the open letter by us over at @snapcoalition.bsky.social! An amazing collaboration of researchers pushing the fight for science with brave new ideas and impeccable communication skills!
EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS - Sign on to the @snapcoalition.bsky.social open letter calling to preserve the future of the American scientific enterprise. Can sign anonymously: forms.gle/JD2iHyuyWndD...
#DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #McClintockLetters
#DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #McClintockLetters
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
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June 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Sign on to the open letter by us over at @snapcoalition.bsky.social! An amazing collaboration of researchers pushing the fight for science with brave new ideas and impeccable communication skills!
Reposted by Alex Lando
Check out our fungi-tastic special issue, full of marvels of mycology — and many articles accessible for free!
🍄🍄🍄
www.cell.com/current-biol...
🍄🍄🍄
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Current issue: Current Biology
www.cell.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Check out our fungi-tastic special issue, full of marvels of mycology — and many articles accessible for free!
🍄🍄🍄
www.cell.com/current-biol...
🍄🍄🍄
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Alex Lando
Early career scientists, please sign our open letter to call for the preservation of the future of American Science. It only takes a moment to sign to #DefendResearch
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
docs.google.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Early career scientists, please sign our open letter to call for the preservation of the future of American Science. It only takes a moment to sign to #DefendResearch
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The McClintock Letters made it to NBC News! Take a look at ours and the other initiatives we’ve been working with over at @cornellasap.bsky.social to humanize scientists and make our voices heard. Be a part of the movement!
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people
Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.
www.nbcnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The McClintock Letters made it to NBC News! Take a look at ours and the other initiatives we’ve been working with over at @cornellasap.bsky.social to humanize scientists and make our voices heard. Be a part of the movement!
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Reposted by Alex Lando
If you missed the brave and articulate Jenna Norton - one of the hero researchers at #NIH who signed the Bethesda Declaration - on #NPR yesterday, check her extraordinary interview here.
one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...
#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#StopTrump
#KillTheBill
one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...
#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#StopTrump
#KillTheBill
🔊 Listen Now: NIH scientists sign Bethesda Declaration to protect biomedical science through Trump administration
Here & Now from WBUR on NPR One | 6:30
one.npr.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you missed the brave and articulate Jenna Norton - one of the hero researchers at #NIH who signed the Bethesda Declaration - on #NPR yesterday, check her extraordinary interview here.
one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...
#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#StopTrump
#KillTheBill
one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...
#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#StopTrump
#KillTheBill
Now or never! If you’re writing a McClintock letter or even if you’re not, please consider signing this open letter!
Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
forms.gle
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Now or never! If you’re writing a McClintock letter or even if you’re not, please consider signing this open letter!
You can really tell how animated I get when talking about #scicomm
Excellent turnout for yesterday's #McClintockLetters #SciComm workshop!
Thanks to @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social
Scientists, learn more & sign up to write a June 16th op-ed in your local hometown paper: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
Thanks to @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social
Scientists, learn more & sign up to write a June 16th op-ed in your local hometown paper: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
May 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You can really tell how animated I get when talking about #scicomm
Look at how far this initiative is going! Join us in taking our science home to the people it impacts most! #McClintockLetters
Science activism from scientists and state level actions to bolster science in the face of Trump administration attacks are taking off!
daniels-newsletter-42563f.beehiiv.com/p/science-ac...
daniels-newsletter-42563f.beehiiv.com/p/science-ac...
Science Activism Surges!
An overview of some grass roots (by scientists) activism and proposed (California) legislation
daniels-newsletter-42563f.beehiiv.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Look at how far this initiative is going! Join us in taking our science home to the people it impacts most! #McClintockLetters
Reposted by Alex Lando
Attend our McClintock Letters Initiative science communication workshop, to get yourself started on writing your op-ed piece! Wednesday, May 21 @ 12:20p ET
Sign up here for Zoom link: cglink.me/2ee/r2286347
Sign up here for Zoom link: cglink.me/2ee/r2286347
May 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Attend our McClintock Letters Initiative science communication workshop, to get yourself started on writing your op-ed piece! Wednesday, May 21 @ 12:20p ET
Sign up here for Zoom link: cglink.me/2ee/r2286347
Sign up here for Zoom link: cglink.me/2ee/r2286347
This is what we fight for. How beautiful is a life as a scientist <3
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Six striking images showcase scientific fieldwork
The winners of Nature’s 2025 photo competition braved crashing waves and misty mountains to capture their science.
www.nature.com
May 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This is what we fight for. How beautiful is a life as a scientist <3
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...