There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Interesting for epidemiology as well as macroevolution and biogeography.
Rates of species interactions from co-phylogenies.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio

New preprint reexamining codiversification in mycorrhizal symbioses! 🌱🍄 Spoiler: We found evidence of coevolution, but not cospeciation/codiversification. Congrats Fantine for your great work! 😁

It is with SUPREME pleasure that I can finally share my most recently-published paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com !

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

We outline a framework for linking the microevolutionary effects of parasites to the macroevolutionary dynamics of their hosts (1/2).

I am pleased to announce The Macroevolution Lab at Ohio State opens this August! We will be housed in the Museum of Biological Diversity 🐟🐠🐡

My Obituary of Elisabeth Vrba—out today in Nature in read-only format:

rdcu.be/ediyO

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

I went to AAAS this weekend and talked to lots of scientists about how they're feeling In These Times
www.sciencenews.org/article/defu...

A careful dose of ignorance — a story of how my not reading two papers, many years ago, was vital to my career's path. waynemaddison.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/a...

Thank you so much for organizing everything! It’s a fascinating topic that is both old and new, and now we have had both a successful symposium and a special issue on it, thanks to you! :)

I'm excited to see our paper being part of this special issue!

New Special Issue from our flagship journal @jevbio.bsky.social! This arose from a symposium at ESEB2022 in Prague - we are delighted to see it come to fruition!

Well done to the Guest Eds and all contributing authors 👏

#macroevolution #microevolution #speciation #evolution #diversification

Now our special issue on the relationship between microevolution and macroevolution is online @jevbio.bsky.social! We hope that it marks the beginning of a new era of exciting discoveries.

link to the issue: ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
link to the editorial: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

If you are looking for a graduate program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, please considering joining us in Tucson, AZ! Our deadline is December 2 this year for admission to our Fall 2025 cohort. You can find out more about EEB and applying to our program here: eeb.arizona.edu/graduate/pro...

Here, I'm using my favorite photo of a host-parasite interaction! I took it in the Yan Mountains near Beijing back in 2014. #firstpost

Symbionts, whether mutualistic or antagonistic, rely on their hosts for survival. In this paper with David Hembry, I show how the distinction between host and symbiont lifestyles could impact diversification through selection for & against phenotypic novelty. doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...