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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 15d

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

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An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 15d

⏰ Don’t forget – applications for the JXB 2026 Editorial Internships closes next Tuesday (30 Sept)! 🌱✍️

⚠️ Don’t leave it to last minute – the application takes some work:
📄 CV
📝 Cover letter
🔍 Commentary (Insight style, max 1500 words, based on a JXB paper ≥ July 2024)

Apply now: bit.ly/jxbinterns

Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 Calling all #PlantScience ECRs! 🚨

JXB is now inviting applications for its 2026 Editorial Internships 🌱✍️ 🧪

✨ You’ll gain:
🌿 Behind-the-scenes publishing experience
📝 Write commentary pieces
🤝 Join our 2026 Editorial Board meeting 👩‍💻

🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept
👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns @sebiology.bsky.social

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iGEM @igemhq.bsky.social · 15d

Engineering flowers as a means for public outreach and art!

Dr. @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social reimagines Arabidopsis with new colors and shapes, blending plant biology, synthetic biology and creative arts!

Hear him speak at SB 8.0 at the iGEM Grand Jamboree! jamboree.igem.org/2025/program...

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J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · 21d

I’m officially starting the call for this movie to play EVERYWHERE in 2026- in honor of the USA’s 250th anniversary (and the film’s 20th) It was amazingly prescient
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Idiocracy (2006) Trailer | Luke Wilson | Dax Shepard

YouTube video by Film Trailer Channel

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J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · Sep 4

we should refer to him from here on out as Gavin “Big Balls” Newsom @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov

J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · Aug 24

The GOP are the biggest cheaters. Fact check here: independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/tx

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J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · Jul 13

Ruby heard me discussing taking a walk before it hit 90° and wanted to register her interest in participating 🤣

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · May 9

📜 In defense of funding foundational plant science

🧑‍🔬 @jfriesner.bsky.social, @cargueso.bsky.social, @plantteaching.bsky.social, Shuang Wu, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social

🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

#️⃣ #PlantScience

In defense of funding foundational plant science

Abstract. Plants are essential for life as we know it on Earth. They oxygenate the atmosphere, regulate the climate, and comprise much of the primary produ

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J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · May 16

Lots of fun to make this and work with Catherine, Adrienne, and Arif!

Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · May 12

📜 A Timeline of Discovery and Innovation in Arabidopsis

🧑‍🔬 Catherine Freed, @jfriesner.bsky.social, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social

🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #FoundationalScience #FoundationalPlantScience #Arabidopsis #PlantSciHis

A Timeline of Discovery and Innovation in Arabidopsis

Catherine Freed, Arif Ashraf, Nancy A Eckardt, Adrienne H K Roeder, Joanna Friesner; A Timeline of Discovery and Innovation in Arabidopsis, The Plant Cell,

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J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · May 16

This was fun to make!

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · Mar 21

Registration is open for JXB's 75th Anniversary Symposium
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We have plenty of speaker slots for ECRs & lots of opportunity to network
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There's a conference dinner at The Caves & workshops for ECRs
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Sign up now to join us in Edinburgh in September, places are limited: bit.ly/JXB75

#plantscience 🧪

Promotional postcard to advertise the JXB 75th Anniversary Symposium, to be held in Edinburgh fro 17-19th September 2025. The invited speakers are listed, as well as some highlights from the program. The images show an oak tree, leaf and acorn.

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J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · Mar 21

Maybe why they’re dismantling US Universities ?

J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · Mar 21

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · Mar 21

I don’t think it should be surprising to anyone. R01s will do anything to have their funding.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Mar 21

This is just the worst week. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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Mercenary Apothecary @mercapothecary.bsky.social · Mar 8

#WI #highered #academicsky

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Mar 8

Here is UW - Madison's budget. Our <largest> funder is the federal government. 25%. It used to be the state. Either way, the university in its current form ceases to exist if these federal cuts really happen. But The. Public. Doesn't. Know. This. And our leaders are absent from the public debate.

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J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · Mar 8

Protest- international women’s day- Oregon 🇺🇸

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meter @meter76.bsky.social · Mar 7

Big paper out from @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social! source.washu.edu/2025/03/brin...

Bringing expansion microscopy to plants

Biologist Kevin Cox, in Arts & Sciences, has discovered a low-cost way to more easily study the detailed makeup of plant cells. The ultimate goal is to help grow better crops, improving food security.

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J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · Mar 7

This suppression of first amendment rights by the U.S. government is utterly shocking

Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Mar 7

This is truly depraved. The goal is to force universities into even more extreme violence against protesters and suppression of free speech.

www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Mar 5

Reading an internal NIH guidance memo which basically says since we’re probably going to be shutting down labs with little or no notice just be sure to remember about the whole disposing of biohazard materials the right way thing. ☣️ 😬🤡

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Mar 5

i don't know if i've ever felt more hopeless than watching an elderly black man get dragged out of the room for calling out fascism while dozens of white people sat silently with their lollipop signs and watched and did nothing

MrsBundrige @mrsbundrige.bsky.social · Mar 5

He stood alone with courage in the face of tyranny.

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · Mar 3

Finally some truth about what the impact of institutional silence is as DEI is mothballed. "I see the University for what it is: a place of incredible power and prestige more concerned with public image than the well-being of affected faculty, staff, postdocs and students..."
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From the Community | I am more than a researcher, but Stanford doesn’t care

Assistant Professor Elliot White Jr. denounces the University's faint response to political threats against DEI, especially compared to the robust support its research initiatives in the wake of NIH f...

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · Mar 3

Please sign chng.it/2M6xYQYWJj

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J Friesner @jfriesner.bsky.social · Mar 3

What I’m told by many faculty now is that they can’t stand up because ______ will suffer (not them, but their trainees, or staff, or colleagues. This may well be true AND it’s still a cop- out. Status quo works for them. They hide behind that privilege

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cspbscbv.bsky.social @cspbscbv.bsky.social · Mar 3

Registration is now open for the #CSPB #SCBV 2025 Annual Meeting CSPB2025.ca for all details and information. The meeting will be hosted in Halifax, NS this year from Aug 9 - 12. We can’t wait to see you there! #scienceconference #plantscience #conference

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · Mar 2

The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.

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