David Lowry
@davidlowry.bsky.social
Professor of Plant Evolutionary Genetics at Michigan State University.
Nice to see strong support in Congress: “In an 82-15 vote, the Senate approved a minibus budget bill to fund agencies involved in science and the environment, among other issues, through Sept. 30. The bill passed in the House last week by a vote of 397 to 28.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Congress passes bill to fund U.S. science agencies, rebuffing Trump's requested cuts
The Senate voted to provide billions more to NASA, NOAA and the National Science Foundation than the president had asked for.
www.nbcnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Nice to see strong support in Congress: “In an 82-15 vote, the Senate approved a minibus budget bill to fund agencies involved in science and the environment, among other issues, through Sept. 30. The bill passed in the House last week by a vote of 397 to 28.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Forest Genetics, Genomics and/or Tree Breeding at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
a man standing next to a tree with a codetwo logo in the background
ALT: a man standing next to a tree with a codetwo logo in the background
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Forest Genetics, Genomics and/or Tree Breeding at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
Abstract submitted for #PEQG2026. Hope to see lots of you there! Just as a reminder, abstracts are due February 5th. genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/ab...
Abstract Submission - 2026 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference
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genetics-gsa.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Abstract submitted for #PEQG2026. Hope to see lots of you there! Just as a reminder, abstracts are due February 5th. genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/ab...
Pangenomics in the Mimulus guttatus Species Complex onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Pangenomics in the Mimulus guttatus Species Complex
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Pangenomics in the Mimulus guttatus Species Complex onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Howdy,
Whoop. Big news from Texas AgriLife Genomics Service. Effective today, our Illumina 10B NovaSeq X+ pricing drops 35 percent. We are also continuing to absorb Illumina tariff surcharges. Email us at [email protected] for our new prices.
Marcel and I will be at #PAG33 if you'd like to chat
Whoop. Big news from Texas AgriLife Genomics Service. Effective today, our Illumina 10B NovaSeq X+ pricing drops 35 percent. We are also continuing to absorb Illumina tariff surcharges. Email us at [email protected] for our new prices.
Marcel and I will be at #PAG33 if you'd like to chat
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Howdy,
Whoop. Big news from Texas AgriLife Genomics Service. Effective today, our Illumina 10B NovaSeq X+ pricing drops 35 percent. We are also continuing to absorb Illumina tariff surcharges. Email us at [email protected] for our new prices.
Marcel and I will be at #PAG33 if you'd like to chat
Whoop. Big news from Texas AgriLife Genomics Service. Effective today, our Illumina 10B NovaSeq X+ pricing drops 35 percent. We are also continuing to absorb Illumina tariff surcharges. Email us at [email protected] for our new prices.
Marcel and I will be at #PAG33 if you'd like to chat
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I'm looking for a postdoc to work at the interface of molecular biology, comparative genomics & single-cell data science, a great opportunity to lead projects on regulatory evolution and cell-type-specific stress responses. Find me at PAG or reach out kenchanmanelab.com
#SingleCell #PostdocPosition
#SingleCell #PostdocPosition
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I'm looking for a postdoc to work at the interface of molecular biology, comparative genomics & single-cell data science, a great opportunity to lead projects on regulatory evolution and cell-type-specific stress responses. Find me at PAG or reach out kenchanmanelab.com
#SingleCell #PostdocPosition
#SingleCell #PostdocPosition
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Want to study the genomics of repeated adaptation with data from hundreds of species? New funding for non-Canadians @ grad or postdoc level. Internal competition at UCalgary with very short deadline so please get in touch ASAP!!
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
January 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Want to study the genomics of repeated adaptation with data from hundreds of species? New funding for non-Canadians @ grad or postdoc level. Internal competition at UCalgary with very short deadline so please get in touch ASAP!!
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
I was updating mine this past week and it work fine. Is it a browser issue?
January 7, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I was updating mine this past week and it work fine. Is it a browser issue?
I walked fully across the isthmus last night. Should have done this years ago. It has really helped with orientation.
January 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I walked fully across the isthmus last night. Should have done this years ago. It has really helped with orientation.
That all said, I still think it is hands down the best city/college town in the Midwest.
January 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
That all said, I still think it is hands down the best city/college town in the Midwest.
I’ve been to Madison, WI ~8 times and I still find it to be a confusing place for my sense of direction (which generally is quite good). The combination of the diagonally oriented isthmus, two lakes that sound/ look like each other, and the often cloudy skies in winter really throw me off.
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I’ve been to Madison, WI ~8 times and I still find it to be a confusing place for my sense of direction (which generally is quite good). The combination of the diagonally oriented isthmus, two lakes that sound/ look like each other, and the often cloudy skies in winter really throw me off.
I might be very interested. Need to check my collection once I am back in town next week. Don’t wait for me if you find another good home.
January 5, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I might be very interested. Need to check my collection once I am back in town next week. Don’t wait for me if you find another good home.
Yeah, I totally understand.
January 5, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Yeah, I totally understand.
Why are you parting with them? Space? I have Doug Schemske’s collection, minus the first ~10 years. I like having them, but don’t know if they will fit in my new office.
January 5, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Why are you parting with them? Space? I have Doug Schemske’s collection, minus the first ~10 years. I like having them, but don’t know if they will fit in my new office.
As the NY Times wrote today, this all is likely to end in a regional mess, but we can hope that it doesn’t.
January 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
As the NY Times wrote today, this all is likely to end in a regional mess, but we can hope that it doesn’t.
One thing that has stuck out in my mind and feels parallel to the US today is how the Chavistas would harass scientists in Venezuela. Demagogues never treat scientists well.
January 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM
One thing that has stuck out in my mind and feels parallel to the US today is how the Chavistas would harass scientists in Venezuela. Demagogues never treat scientists well.
Fieldwork in Venezuela in 2004. Thinking a lot about all the things I saw there (good and bad) back during the Chavez years.
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Fieldwork in Venezuela in 2004. Thinking a lot about all the things I saw there (good and bad) back during the Chavez years.
Swam with a pod of Waymos on 19th Avenue this morning.
December 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Swam with a pod of Waymos on 19th Avenue this morning.
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I'm rarely on Bluesky so maybe I've missed this shared before. But I stumbled upon a fun, daily game called Metaflora (and it's partner Metazooa). You guess the mystery plant or animal by navigating through the tree of life. I figured folks here would enjoy it!
flora.metazooa.com
flora.metazooa.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I'm rarely on Bluesky so maybe I've missed this shared before. But I stumbled upon a fun, daily game called Metaflora (and it's partner Metazooa). You guess the mystery plant or animal by navigating through the tree of life. I figured folks here would enjoy it!
flora.metazooa.com
flora.metazooa.com
The stuff of legends
December 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The stuff of legends
Some winter scenes in California.
December 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Some winter scenes in California.
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Did you know there are 2 types of avocado varieties? A-types switch from female to male, B-types male to female, within a single day. This reciprocal sex alternation promotes cross-pollination and has a simple genetic basis. Read more in this recent preprint from the final chapter of my PhD thesis 🥑
Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies an ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado
In avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, pollination occurs via a synchronized rhythm of floral sex timing between two hermaphroditic flowering types. A-type plants present female-phase flo...
www.biorxiv.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Did you know there are 2 types of avocado varieties? A-types switch from female to male, B-types male to female, within a single day. This reciprocal sex alternation promotes cross-pollination and has a simple genetic basis. Read more in this recent preprint from the final chapter of my PhD thesis 🥑
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The National Science Foundation starts 2026 with a new management structure that affects every scientist with--or applying for--NSF funding. Here's what you need to know. www.science.org/content/arti...
The National Science Foundation just had a big reorganization. Here are five things to know
Divisions and rotators disappear as more career staff become supervisors
www.science.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The National Science Foundation starts 2026 with a new management structure that affects every scientist with--or applying for--NSF funding. Here's what you need to know. www.science.org/content/arti...
Devastating read.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“In towns like mine, outsourcing and automation consumed jobs. Then purpose. Then people,” writes Brian Groh. “Yet Washington remains fixated on global competition and growth, as if new work will always appear to replace what’s been lost.”
“In towns like mine, outsourcing and automation consumed jobs. Then purpose. Then people,” writes Brian Groh. “Yet Washington remains fixated on global competition and growth, as if new work will always appear to replace what’s been lost.”
Opinion | When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
I was now facing the same reality my working-class neighbors knew well: the world had changed, my work had all but disappeared, and still, the bills wouldn’t stop coming.
nyti.ms
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Devastating read.
What has been wild to me is the disconnect I see between what I see posted on BlueSky about AI and what scientists say when you talk to them in person.
December 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What has been wild to me is the disconnect I see between what I see posted on BlueSky about AI and what scientists say when you talk to them in person.