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Francesco Cicconardi @fcicconardi.bsky.social · 22h

New paper out! A nice collaboration.
We explore how olfactory brain structures and receptors evolved across this remarkable group, Heliconiini butterflies.

Evolution of the olfactory system during the radiation of Heliconiini butterflies

Abstract. Sensory system evolution plays a crucial role in shaping species’ interactions with their environment, yet the extent to which olfactory system d

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Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social · 1d

OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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Aide Macias-Muñoz @aidemm.bsky.social · 18h

congratulations to the 2025 UC PPFP Fellows
ppfp.ucop.edu/info/fellows...

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Fellowship recipients | PPFP

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 2d

In #GENETICS, Gemma Puixeu and @lkhayward.bsky.social developed models incorporating sex-specific stabilizing selection, mutation, and genetic drift to examine the relationship between intersex correlation and sexual dimorphism. buff.ly/E4t4d69

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Tom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING -- 1st Cir. says Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship REMAINS BLOCKED.

Opinion includes a helpful TL;DR:

Don't mistake the length of our answer for the existence of a real question. Birthright citizenship is broad-based and it's sacred. @brennancenter.org

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 5d

Only 3 weeks until
@kmkocot.bsky.social 's SICB Zoom on Icy #Invertebrates! 👏
Kevin is a coauthor featured in
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
& ICB co-author of
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

See what his lab it up to & join us for his zoom by emailing [email protected]
www.kocotlab.com

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · 5d

Here it is! Postdoctoral position to identify the progenitors sensory organs in the regenerating legs of Parhyale

apply here: www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · Jul 13

We've just been awarded a grant to study the cellular basis of regeneration – to track the progenitors of sensory organs in the context of leg regeneration, in our favourite crustacean tinyurl.com/parhyale, based on live imaging and cell tracking. The project involves some cool collaborations... 1/3

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 5d

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits

A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · Sep 2

*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University*
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5

su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Purple pollen visible in a dissected flower of Linum grandiflorum, flowering flax, an insect-pollinated species.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 5d

Well, well, well. Jack Posobiec, the loudest voting-fraud conspiracy theorist, lives in Maryland.
He votes in Pennsylvania.
slate.com/news-and-pol... By @jsweetli.bsky.social & @marisakabas.bsky.social on @slate.com

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

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Aide Macias-Muñoz @aidemm.bsky.social · 5d

What is the role of non-ocular opsins? In this article, @stoilovamarina.bsky.social investigates the expression of opsins in Hydra to localize their expression at the single cell level

SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 5d

ICB Issue 3
Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin #Genes in Hydra vulgaris
Marina Stoilova, Natasha Picciani, @aidemm.bsky.social , Todd Oakley
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#cnidarians #jellyfish #anemones #cell #hydroid #science

Hydra body plan and cell types. Here is a diagram of the Hydra body plan to show the location of the basal disc, body column, hypostome, and tentacle and denote the ectodermal and endodermal cell layers in Hydra. In the endodermal layer, there are gland cells (gl), ganglion neurons (gn), and epithelial cells (ep). In the ectoderm there are sensory neurons (sn), interstitial stem cells (i), epithelial cells (ep), and nematocytes (n). The two cell layers are separated by an extracellular matrix known as mesoglea (me). Adapted from Technau and Steele (2011) and Siebert et al. (2019).

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Aide Macias-Muñoz @aidemm.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for putting this together. A lot of this Is what I would like to cover with students who come ask me about grad school, so now I can just share this. (I’ll still answer questions and share my experience but this is so comprehensive)

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Brian O'Meara @omearabrian.bsky.social · 6d

Webpage on the hidden curriculum of applying to ecology and evolution grad programs in the US (a lot of the info applies to other fields too, but perhaps less well): applyingtoeeb.info

#AcademicSky 🧪

Applying to US Graduate School in Ecology, Evolution, and Related Fields

applyingtoeeb.info

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 7d

Thank you to the career federal employees, who show up to work every day and improve people's lives across the country.

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Nick Bezio @beziostudio.bsky.social · 8d

Day 30 - Dream. The final day of #sciartseptember. My long-term dream has always been to create a series of illustrated guides that would help identify the various jellies and jellyfish of the would. Creating illustrations like the ones below to accurately ID species.

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 7d

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!

Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!

apply.interfolio.com/174371

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 8d

Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 8d

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 8d

Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.

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Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 8d

Sign the petition to restore eligibility of 2nd year grad students to the NSF GRFP. They are being robbed of the opportunities to advance their innovative science. @chubicki.bsky.social

Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · 8d

We've already got hundreds of students and mentors here, sharing how the sudden policy change has derailed plans. We're looking at formally "delivering" results to NSF leadership tomorrow, please do keep sharing and spreading the word: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 8d

Today's ICB blogger & SICBer
Aide Macias-Muñoz
macias.sites.ucsc.edu
is a member of
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by coronavirus" with Aide The Washington Post
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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 8d

For the last day of
@lizlagomorph.bsky.social 's #SciArtSeptember
ICB Issue 3's author
Aide Macias-Muñoz shares the #creativity & #science coming from the Cnido lab
macias.sites.ucsc.edu?fbclid=PAZXh...
read the blog
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 28d

Water anoles take a bubble of air down when they submerge, which they breathe like a tiny scuba tank, and now @lindseyswierk.bsky.social & co reveal that the reptiles may also be using the bubble like a gill, to breathe oxygen directly from the water

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

A submerged water anole (Anolis aquaticus) with a bubble of air held on its head. Photo credit: Lindsey Swierk.

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Christine R. Lattin, PhD @clattin.bsky.social · 21d

Enter the 2026 @sicb-spdac.bsky.social sticker contest! Stickers will be available at the SPDAC booth at the #SICB2026 meeting. Enter submissions by November 3 as PDF or PNG files (>600 dpi; no AI designs). 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place will receive Visa gift card prizes: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 9d

I’m disappointed for the graduate students who were applying for the GRFP with hopes of being considered for a life-changing career opportunity, particularly those in their second year who had proposals written already, only to find out the rules have changed and they are no longer eligible.

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 9d

Here's my NSF GRFP OpEd. Who wants to publish it?

"Revert text of NSF 25-547 (GRFP FY26) to NSF 24-591 (GRFP FY25) and keep current competition dates so that all applicants have a fair chance and awards can be made in advance of April 2026 decisions for graduate school."

A proposal to address the late release of the NSF GRFP call (25-547).

Proposal: Revert text of NSF 25-547 (GRFP FY26) to
NSF 24-591 (GRFP FY25) and keep current competition dates so that all applicants have a fair chance and awards can be made in advance of April 2026 decisions for graduate school.

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Baskin Engineering at UC Santa Cruz @baskinengineering.bsky.social · 12d

A team of #BaskinEngineering researchers at @ucsantacruz.bsky.social is using #AI and #bioelectronics to speed up wound healing! Their #WearableTech device tracks healing stages and delivers personalized treatment—speeding healing by ~25% in preclinical trials! 🤯

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