Emily Josephs
@emjo.bsky.social
Plant evolutionary genetics. She/her. "I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you any different.” East Lansing, Michigan.
I joined an anti-ICE protest on a bridge today in East Lansing. There were ~10 of us, some who just saw and joined in like me. We got so many supportive honks, waves, & 👍s and also someone gave us donuts!
January 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I joined an anti-ICE protest on a bridge today in East Lansing. There were ~10 of us, some who just saw and joined in like me. We got so many supportive honks, waves, & 👍s and also someone gave us donuts!
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Character displacement!
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Character displacement!
Anti- Batesian mimicry?
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 19, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Anti- Batesian mimicry?
Cool new work from Sophie Buysee w/ @jeffreykconner.bsky.social on how different Arabidopsis thaliana populations respond to drought.
Differentiation for drought strategy but conserved plasticity to heat and drought in locally adapted populations of Arabidopsis thaliana https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698234v1
January 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Cool new work from Sophie Buysee w/ @jeffreykconner.bsky.social on how different Arabidopsis thaliana populations respond to drought.
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Context dependence shapes the evolution of glyphosate and herbivory resistance in Ipomoea purpurea https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.20.695696v1
December 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Context dependence shapes the evolution of glyphosate and herbivory resistance in Ipomoea purpurea https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.20.695696v1
Also that you don't need a community -- why ask a friend for help with code or grammar or paper suggestions etc when you can just consume this product?
The great scam of genAI is convincing you that you can’t cope without it
You don’t need GenAI to improve your grammar. Seriously. Word processing software has non-GenAI grammar functions for ages. As an English-as-second-language speaker, I can assure you that we don’t need GenAI to write. My writing came out alright.
December 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Also that you don't need a community -- why ask a friend for help with code or grammar or paper suggestions etc when you can just consume this product?
Anyway, here's some R code to do this properly if it helps anyone: github.com/emjosephs/te...
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Anyway, here's some R code to do this properly if it helps anyone: github.com/emjosephs/te...
It's wild to me that the official instructions for getting grades from MSU's course management system to the registrar website involves sorting two spreadsheets, copy-pasting a column from one to the other, and I guess, crossing your fingers it all worked?
December 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It's wild to me that the official instructions for getting grades from MSU's course management system to the registrar website involves sorting two spreadsheets, copy-pasting a column from one to the other, and I guess, crossing your fingers it all worked?
This is like 1000 grad student stipends, and I'm sure at least one of them would have won more football games
Yet another reminder that the very best job in this world is failed college football coach.
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is like 1000 grad student stipends, and I'm sure at least one of them would have won more football games
This makes me feel better about recently trying to convince @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social to take up studying size + resource competition by calling it the "Planthew Effect"
A 🧵 of future eco-evo research plans, based purely on their potential for pun titles.
Please feel free to contribute to this important list - ideally by doing the research and including me as a co-author.
#WriteTheJokeFirstDoTheScienceLater
#MyExperimentalDesignIsAJoke
Please feel free to contribute to this important list - ideally by doing the research and including me as a co-author.
#WriteTheJokeFirstDoTheScienceLater
#MyExperimentalDesignIsAJoke
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This makes me feel better about recently trying to convince @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social to take up studying size + resource competition by calling it the "Planthew Effect"
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How and for whom can genetics education reduce beliefs in genetic essentialism? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41267401/
"We also find that the 3 intervention curricula are highly effective across sociodemographic group characteristics [...] we offer evidence-based strategies for curriculum development"
"We also find that the 3 intervention curricula are highly effective across sociodemographic group characteristics [...] we offer evidence-based strategies for curriculum development"
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
How and for whom can genetics education reduce beliefs in genetic essentialism? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41267401/
"We also find that the 3 intervention curricula are highly effective across sociodemographic group characteristics [...] we offer evidence-based strategies for curriculum development"
"We also find that the 3 intervention curricula are highly effective across sociodemographic group characteristics [...] we offer evidence-based strategies for curriculum development"
I appreciate that Thanksgiving has always been optional in my family. I still remember my glee the year my parents decided that the 3 of us would just go to Disneyland.
Actually in the spirit of this conversation, what’s a decision you made about a past Thanksgiving holiday that really paid off? I think people often feel trapped by their lives. Sharing our experiences can liberate us from that sense of claustrophobia.
On the most recent episode of VIBE CHECK, we answer listener questions about Thanksgiving, most importantly “do you go celebrate with the family members you don’t even like?”
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I appreciate that Thanksgiving has always been optional in my family. I still remember my glee the year my parents decided that the 3 of us would just go to Disneyland.
Hey, **Award winning** postdoc mentor David Lowry is hiring a new postdoc!! Check it out :)
I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary
The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct molecular and physiological experiments to understand the causes of genetic va...
careers.msu.edu
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hey, **Award winning** postdoc mentor David Lowry is hiring a new postdoc!! Check it out :)
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This is our daycare. Our 3 year old daughter keeps saying "everyone was sad so school was cancelled". Fortunately she didn't see the abduction, just the aftermath in the parking lot.
Immigration arrest of Chicago daycare worker at drop-off time for kids sparks outcry
Immigration arrest of Chicago daycare worker at drop-off time for kids sparks outcry
Immigration arrest of Chicago daycare worker at drop-off time for kids sparks outcry
www.independent.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is our daycare. Our 3 year old daughter keeps saying "everyone was sad so school was cancelled". Fortunately she didn't see the abduction, just the aftermath in the parking lot.
Lab grad student Sophie Buysse is the MSU grad school's Educator of the Month! I'm so lucky I've gotten to work w/ Sophie, both in the lab and the classroom grad.msu.edu/spotlights/e...
Educator of the Month, November 2025: Sophie Buysse
Michigan State University is fortunate to have passionate educators who are committed to enhancing the experience of their students and who help to provide the best education possible.The Graduate Sch...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Lab grad student Sophie Buysse is the MSU grad school's Educator of the Month! I'm so lucky I've gotten to work w/ Sophie, both in the lab and the classroom grad.msu.edu/spotlights/e...
Speaking as someone in a newly unionized workplace, Vance is obviously one hundred percent wrong.
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Speaking as someone in a newly unionized workplace, Vance is obviously one hundred percent wrong.
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Genetic and developmental constraints drive parallelism in flower evolution https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.684842v1
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Genetic and developmental constraints drive parallelism in flower evolution https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.684842v1
This was a type II error demonstration, Yaniv is apparently on bluesky @ybrandvain.bsky.social
Hey Yaniv Brandvain is not on Bluesky but his most recent biostats ebook is live ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/. His stats resources have been so helpful to me as I develop my own stats course, so check it out. Github repo here: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
Applied Biostatistics
ybrandvain.github.io
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This was a type II error demonstration, Yaniv is apparently on bluesky @ybrandvain.bsky.social
Hey Yaniv Brandvain is not on Bluesky but his most recent biostats ebook is live ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/. His stats resources have been so helpful to me as I develop my own stats course, so check it out. Github repo here: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
Applied Biostatistics
ybrandvain.github.io
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hey Yaniv Brandvain is not on Bluesky but his most recent biostats ebook is live ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/. His stats resources have been so helpful to me as I develop my own stats course, so check it out. Github repo here: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
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And now Brown University has rejected the Trump Loyalty Oath. Two down and seven to go! @aaup.org @aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
And now Brown University has rejected the Trump Loyalty Oath. Two down and seven to go! @aaup.org @aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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I am hiring a postdoc to examine the genomic and evolutionary basis of plant microbiome variation in legumes. There are opportunities to gain teaching experience. Chicago is a great city to live in! Please help spread the word.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Evolutionary Genomics
The postdoctoral researcher will work in Dr. Michael Grillo’s plant evolutionary genetics lab. The goal of this research project is to understand the genomic basis of plant-microbiome variation in leg...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am hiring a postdoc to examine the genomic and evolutionary basis of plant microbiome variation in legumes. There are opportunities to gain teaching experience. Chicago is a great city to live in! Please help spread the word.
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This photo does not capture the amazing energy & enthusiasm of @llseedsull.bsky.social's amazing tenure talk today!!! (Although I did manage to get the Capsella cameo & @andreacase.bsky.social's "not a threat I promise" blouse
October 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This photo does not capture the amazing energy & enthusiasm of @llseedsull.bsky.social's amazing tenure talk today!!! (Although I did manage to get the Capsella cameo & @andreacase.bsky.social's "not a threat I promise" blouse
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Applications are now being accepted for the MSU EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship. We’d be happy to sponsor your application so please get in touch!
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
eeb.msu.edu
August 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Applications are now being accepted for the MSU EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship. We’d be happy to sponsor your application so please get in touch!
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Another year using @kitchensjn.bsky.social + @gcbias.bsky.social's intuitive circle plots to discuss human genetic variation in my undergrad genetics class james-kitchens.com/blog/visuali...
Visualizing Human Genetic Diversity
A key insight from human genetics is that, as a species, we are all very genetically similar to one another and share much of our genetic variation. Our genome can be depicted as a string of letters (...
james-kitchens.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Another year using @kitchensjn.bsky.social + @gcbias.bsky.social's intuitive circle plots to discuss human genetic variation in my undergrad genetics class james-kitchens.com/blog/visuali...