Cate Macinnis-Ng
@loraxcate.bsky.social
Tree ecophysiologist, parent, ocean swimmer and brownie baker. I'm interested in forests, water, carbon, climate change. Pākehā (she/her), Auckland Uni Prof
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Cate Macinnis-Ng
@loraxcate.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Cate Macinnis-Ng Inaugural Lecture
YouTube video by University of Auckland - Website video repository
youtu.be
Here's the link for my inaugural professional lecture presented last month.
Those who know me well will not be surprised that it is more about diversity and inclusion than plants. 🌿🌱
youtu.be/R7twxY5VExA?...
Those who know me well will not be surprised that it is more about diversity and inclusion than plants. 🌿🌱
youtu.be/R7twxY5VExA?...
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We’re opening the doors for community meetings. Your chance to influence our next steps & get more involved in the network.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We’re opening the doors for community meetings. Your chance to influence our next steps & get more involved in the network.
Join one of our upcoming sessions:
🗓 Dec 4 — 06:00 UTC
t1p.de/m3gty
🗓 Dec 4 — 18:00 UTC
t1p.de/xaxsu
🗓 Dec 5 — 13:00 UTC
t1p.de/c4icd
Help guide where ITMN goes next! 🚀
Join one of our upcoming sessions:
🗓 Dec 4 — 06:00 UTC
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💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing?
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.
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I'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026.
jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...
jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'm hiring a full time fixed-term 1yr lab tech to assist with field and greenhouse projects related to floral evolution and plant reproductive ecology. Please share! Ideal start date early 2026.
jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...
jobs.clemson.edu/psc/ps/JOBS/...
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Join the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona for our 2026 Dendrochronology Intensive Summer Course (DISC)! Spend 3 great weeks (May 18th to June 5, 2026) in the field, lab, and classroom learning first-hand how tree-ring research is done! ltrr.arizona.edu/summerschool
Dendrochronology Intensive Summer Course (DISC) 2026 | Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
ltrr.arizona.edu
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Join the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona for our 2026 Dendrochronology Intensive Summer Course (DISC)! Spend 3 great weeks (May 18th to June 5, 2026) in the field, lab, and classroom learning first-hand how tree-ring research is done! ltrr.arizona.edu/summerschool
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We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
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I’ve written about #COP30 for The Transition(s) Lab.
When the gavel came down in Belém, there was no major diplomatic breakthrough, but that’s not all that COPs are about these days. In a multipolar world, that’s likely a good thing.
Read more here: the-transitions-lab.ghost.io/the-shift-2-...
When the gavel came down in Belém, there was no major diplomatic breakthrough, but that’s not all that COPs are about these days. In a multipolar world, that’s likely a good thing.
Read more here: the-transitions-lab.ghost.io/the-shift-2-...
The Shift #2: COP30 in a multipolar world
These are my reflections on COP30, the first climate COP that I have attended. I would like to thank the Toha Network for supporting my travel, Brazil's Ministry of Finance for the invitation to pre-C...
the-transitions-lab.ghost.io
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I’ve written about #COP30 for The Transition(s) Lab.
When the gavel came down in Belém, there was no major diplomatic breakthrough, but that’s not all that COPs are about these days. In a multipolar world, that’s likely a good thing.
Read more here: the-transitions-lab.ghost.io/the-shift-2-...
When the gavel came down in Belém, there was no major diplomatic breakthrough, but that’s not all that COPs are about these days. In a multipolar world, that’s likely a good thing.
Read more here: the-transitions-lab.ghost.io/the-shift-2-...
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The banning of gender affirming care/ puberty blockers for trans kids is a TEST. This Luxon-led coalition is seeing how much pushback they receive on this issue to figure out how to ban abortion & contraception next term. They're anti-choice, they will act on this. #nzpol #abortion #pubertyblockers
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The banning of gender affirming care/ puberty blockers for trans kids is a TEST. This Luxon-led coalition is seeing how much pushback they receive on this issue to figure out how to ban abortion & contraception next term. They're anti-choice, they will act on this. #nzpol #abortion #pubertyblockers
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Senior medical doctors condemn the puberty blocker ban: “It is completely inappropriate for the Government of the day to be determining treatment options for our patients."
asms.org.nz/senior-docto...
asms.org.nz/senior-docto...
Senior doctors’ union condemns puberty blocker ban | ASMS
asms.org.nz
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Senior medical doctors condemn the puberty blocker ban: “It is completely inappropriate for the Government of the day to be determining treatment options for our patients."
asms.org.nz/senior-docto...
asms.org.nz/senior-docto...
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Climate deal reached at COP30 – Expert Reaction
Climate deal reached at COP30 - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
Wealthy countries have tripled their financial support to help vulnerable nations adapt to the impacts of climate change, but the final COP30 climate deal leaves out any mention of the fossil fuels that...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Climate deal reached at COP30 – Expert Reaction
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"Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Forest Biotechnology Group at NC State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_NCSU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_NCSU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Forest Biotechnology Group at NC State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_NCSU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20251121_NCSU.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
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for less "Fake science news", choose women: "The gender gap was even more pronounced in misconduct-related retractions, where women first authors accounted for only 11.5% of all cases. Women were also significantly less likely to have multiple retractions." 😀👏
2025. Few women named as authors on retracted medical studies, analysis shows phys.org/news/2025-11...
Few women named as authors on retracted medical studies, analysis shows
Women are underrepresented among authors of retracted publications, particularly in cases involving multiple retractions, according to a new study published in PLOS One by Paul Sebo of the University ...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
for less "Fake science news", choose women: "The gender gap was even more pronounced in misconduct-related retractions, where women first authors accounted for only 11.5% of all cases. Women were also significantly less likely to have multiple retractions." 😀👏
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Really wish the academic quoted in this article was being asked some more direct questions about exactly what 'harm' she thinks might be done if a teenager starts and then decides to stop puberty blockers. The fearmongering in the guise of concern is very tiresome.
One of the things cis women have long fought for bodily autonomy with are cries such as "get your laws off my body" & "my body, my choice" ... trans folks are no different.
This is why the ban on puberty blockers for trans folks is so incredibly stupid and ideological.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
This is why the ban on puberty blockers for trans folks is so incredibly stupid and ideological.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Halt to puberty blockers curses 'young transgender women to stigma'
That's the reaction of a model who used puberty blockers as a teen to rules halting new prescriptions for young people.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Really wish the academic quoted in this article was being asked some more direct questions about exactly what 'harm' she thinks might be done if a teenager starts and then decides to stop puberty blockers. The fearmongering in the guise of concern is very tiresome.
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Auckland Pride takes legal action over scrapping of transgender inclusive sports guidelines www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Auckland Pride takes legal action over scrapping of transgender inclusive sports guidelines
Auckland Pride has filed for judicial review in the High Court over Minister Mark Mitchell's directive that Sport NZ must scrap its transgender inclusive community sport guidelines.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Auckland Pride takes legal action over scrapping of transgender inclusive sports guidelines www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
All of this 👇
One of the things cis women have long fought for bodily autonomy with are cries such as "get your laws off my body" & "my body, my choice" ... trans folks are no different.
This is why the ban on puberty blockers for trans folks is so incredibly stupid and ideological.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
This is why the ban on puberty blockers for trans folks is so incredibly stupid and ideological.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Halt to puberty blockers curses 'young transgender women to stigma'
That's the reaction of a model who used puberty blockers as a teen to rules halting new prescriptions for young people.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
All of this 👇
Horrible political meddling in healthcare in Aotearoa. "To me, this is basically cursing an entire generation of young transgender woman to social stigma, to moving through this world and having to deal with so much - I don't have another word for it - violence."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Halt to puberty blockers curses 'young transgender women to stigma'
That's the reaction of a model who used puberty blockers as a teen to rules halting new prescriptions for young people.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Horrible political meddling in healthcare in Aotearoa. "To me, this is basically cursing an entire generation of young transgender woman to social stigma, to moving through this world and having to deal with so much - I don't have another word for it - violence."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause
The Government’s decision to stop new prescriptions of puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria for at least six years has been called politically motivated and discriminatory.
www.thepress.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
‘Shockingly inappropriate overreach of politics’: Doctors slam puberty blocker pause
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Rainbow orgs have released a statement: “The banning of puberty blockers is an example of government overreach and political attacks on healthcare… it is an unprecedented and inherently discriminatory use of the Medicines Act to deny healthcare to a particular population on the basis of their sex”
Government Overreach in Healthcare with Puberty Blockers Decision — Rainbow Support Collective
www.rainbowsupportcollective.nz
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Rainbow orgs have released a statement: “The banning of puberty blockers is an example of government overreach and political attacks on healthcare… it is an unprecedented and inherently discriminatory use of the Medicines Act to deny healthcare to a particular population on the basis of their sex”
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Why do so many ecologists share common feelings of disconnection between their research goals and real-world impact? 🌍
Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Overcoming barriers that limit the impact of ecological research
Ecology and conservation researchers have diverse goals that often include both personal career aspirations and desires to enhance the well-being of the natural world and its inhabitants. Perception ....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Why do so many ecologists share common feelings of disconnection between their research goals and real-world impact? 🌍
Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Two 4-year PhD positions available for Oct 2026 🪴 We're part of CNAP with 12 plant/microbe research groups combining excellent fundamental science with innovation.
1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
tinyurl.tools/fa83da49
1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
tinyurl.tools/fa83da49
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Two 4-year PhD positions available for Oct 2026 🪴 We're part of CNAP with 12 plant/microbe research groups combining excellent fundamental science with innovation.
1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
tinyurl.tools/fa83da49
1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
tinyurl.tools/fa83da49
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Scientists (especially early career researchers): How has your career been impacted over the last year of policy changes and funding cuts? Contact me here or on Signal if you have a story to share.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Scientists (especially early career researchers): How has your career been impacted over the last year of policy changes and funding cuts? Contact me here or on Signal if you have a story to share.
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This is about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From climate change to education. Our systems are not serving us well, and it's time to push back.
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
The Art of Being Difficult
I want to talk about change, about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From c…
adsei.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This is about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From climate change to education. Our systems are not serving us well, and it's time to push back.
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
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POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY: Come join us at ForestGEO, based in the Smithsonian, to study tropical forest mortality!
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Forest Mortality
The position will be based at the ForestGEO headquarters at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
forestgeo.si.edu
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY: Come join us at ForestGEO, based in the Smithsonian, to study tropical forest mortality!
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This 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"This has led groups of researchers to publish increasingly detailed maps of global conservation area priorities, but none of these articles have directly influenced the implementation of the biodiversity hotspot approach..."
"This has led groups of researchers to publish increasingly detailed maps of global conservation area priorities, but none of these articles have directly influenced the implementation of the biodiversity hotspot approach..."
Twenty-five years of misinterpreting the biodiversity hotspot approach - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A quarter of a century after its publication, the biodiversity hotspot concept remains one of the most cited and influential frameworks in conservation science. But its real-world impact is poorly doc...
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"This has led groups of researchers to publish increasingly detailed maps of global conservation area priorities, but none of these articles have directly influenced the implementation of the biodiversity hotspot approach..."
"This has led groups of researchers to publish increasingly detailed maps of global conservation area priorities, but none of these articles have directly influenced the implementation of the biodiversity hotspot approach..."