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Mycological Society of America @msafungi.bsky.social · Aug 23

📢🍄Job alert🍄📢
The Department of Plant Pathology of the University of Georgia is accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Fungal Biology/Mycology. Anticipated start date of May 2026. Open until filled, so apply now!

www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

Assistant or Associate Professor - Fungal Biology/Mycology

The Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at the University of Georgia is recruiting for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Fu...

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Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · Aug 19

Impactful matriculation speech for new #gradstudents by @yale.edu Grad School Dean Lynn Cooley on how crucial #SciComm is, with shout-outs to @snapcoalition.bsky.social & wonderful SNAP co-founder Alex Rich.

~23 minutes in: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGv...

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Matriculation Ceremony

YouTube video by Yale University

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · Aug 6

Remind me to cook a three course meal when yours comes up

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · Aug 6

Two years down, three to go! Thanks to a fantastic committee and my even better friends (although two cakes was very unnecessary)

Isako Di Tomassi @isakoditomassi.bsky.social · Aug 5

GUESS WHO PASSED THEIR MF'ING A EXAM TODAY?

@alexlando.bsky.social is officially a PhD candidate in the #CornellPPPMB program.

#TheFast&TheFuria #EntomophthorAlex #PhD @lovettbr.bsky.social

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · Jul 15

UChicago representation! I always loved working with the organismal bio people at the Field Museum. Good luck and may the tiktaalik spirit guide you @neilshubin.bsky.social

Science Magazine @science.org · Jul 15

Neil Shubin, an evolutionary biologist best known for discovering an important fish fossil, has been nominated to head the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. scim.ag/46IG9hG

Paleontologist to lead U.S. national academy

The prestigious organization faces funding challenges and political controversies

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Scientist Network for Advancing Policy @snapcoalition.bsky.social · Jul 11

Coming down the home stretch for #McClintockLetters! There is still time to participate.

Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch!

Are you living in or are from #Arkansas? Write to your local paper to share your science: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · Jul 1

Meeting such amazing mycologists at this conference is really making me feel good about the future again <3

Isako Di Tomassi @isakoditomassi.bsky.social · Jul 1

#MSAfungi2025 is great so far! Saw excellent works from @chasemayers.bsky.social, @alexlando.bsky.social, and Iván Delgado of @btiscience.bsky.social today.

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Isako Di Tomassi @isakoditomassi.bsky.social · Jun 23

Hi, friends! I know @alexlando.bsky.social, @epiplantpath.bsky.social and I will be at #MSAfungi2025. Who else is coming to #Madison next week?!

@msafungi.bsky.social @msastudents.bsky.social

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Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · Jun 20

Excellent opinion piece written to your hometown community, Alex!

"And what will we lose if we allow that science to be quietly dismantled?"

#McClintockLetters

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · Jun 19

Even the most politically conservative newspapers will still publish an article on funding science if you make it relevant to their readers! Check out my Letter to the Editor (pg 14) as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative! view.flipdocs.com?ID=10009972_...

JL #586

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Emma Scales @emmascales.bsky.social · Jun 19

What a week!!! First @nytimes.com, and now we are so honored to have the McClintock Letters initiative featured in @science.org ! Let’s keep the ball rolling on public-facing sci comm :) www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapers

Through two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op eds have been published in news outlets across the country

www.science.org

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Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · Jun 16

Happy 123rd Birthday, Dr. Barbara McClintock!

Thank you to the #scientists participating in the nationwide #SciComm initiative, #McClintockLettters, that is in her honor.

We are speaking to our local hometown communities about the value of federally funded research, and the impactful work we do.

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Emma Scales @emmascales.bsky.social · Jun 16

Hbd to the legend, Barbara McClintock 🎂🎉 Working on the McClintock Letters initiative with @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social + others has been beyond inspiring. Thank you to all 580+ scientists who participated!!!

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · Jun 16

How amazing are @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social in the Times?? Happy birthday to Barbara McClintock and what an honor to work on this project in her name! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...

To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · Jun 16

Sign on to the open letter by us over at @snapcoalition.bsky.social! An amazing collaboration of researchers pushing the fight for science with brave new ideas and impeccable communication skills!

Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · Jun 16

EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS - Sign on to the @snapcoalition.bsky.social open letter calling to preserve the future of the American scientific enterprise. Can sign anonymously: forms.gle/JD2iHyuyWndD...

#DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #McClintockLetters

Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science

The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · Jun 12

Check out our fungi-tastic special issue, full of marvels of mycology — and many articles accessible for free!
🍄🍄🍄

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Current issue: Current Biology

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Isako Di Tomassi @isakoditomassi.bsky.social · Jun 13

Early career scientists, please sign our open letter to call for the preservation of the future of American Science. It only takes a moment to sign to #DefendResearch

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science

The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...

docs.google.com

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · Jun 12

The McClintock Letters made it to NBC News! Take a look at ours and the other initiatives we’ve been working with over at @cornellasap.bsky.social to humanize scientists and make our voices heard. Be a part of the movement!

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people

Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.

www.nbcnews.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 11

If you missed the brave and articulate Jenna Norton - one of the hero researchers at #NIH who signed the Bethesda Declaration - on #NPR yesterday, check her extraordinary interview here.

one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...

#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#StopTrump
#KillTheBill

🔊 Listen Now: NIH scientists sign Bethesda Declaration to protect biomedical science through Trump administration

Here & Now from WBUR on NPR One | 6:30

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · Jun 11

Now or never! If you’re writing a McClintock letter or even if you’re not, please consider signing this open letter!

mjarnett.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social · Jun 10

Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.

If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....

Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.

Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science

The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...

forms.gle

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · May 22

You can really tell how animated I get when talking about #scicomm

Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · May 22

Excellent turnout for yesterday's #McClintockLetters #SciComm workshop!
Thanks to @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social

Scientists, learn more & sign up to write a June 16th op-ed in your local hometown paper: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · May 21

Look at how far this initiative is going! Join us in taking our science home to the people it impacts most! #McClintockLetters

DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · May 21

Science activism from scientists and state level actions to bolster science in the face of Trump administration attacks are taking off!

daniels-newsletter-42563f.beehiiv.com/p/science-ac...

Science Activism Surges!

An overview of some grass roots (by scientists) activism and proposed (California) legislation

daniels-newsletter-42563f.beehiiv.com

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Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · May 19

Attend our McClintock Letters Initiative science communication workshop, to get yourself started on writing your op-ed piece! Wednesday, May 21 @ 12:20p ET

Sign up here for Zoom link: cglink.me/2ee/r2286347

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Alex Lando @alexlando.bsky.social · May 17

This is what we fight for. How beautiful is a life as a scientist <3
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Six striking images showcase scientific fieldwork

The winners of Nature’s 2025 photo competition braved crashing waves and misty mountains to capture their science.

www.nature.com

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North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · May 15

I’m happy that our commentary is out! (It would be wonderful if this made a difference!)
In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

In defense of funding foundational plant science

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