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Branacos @branacos.bsky.social · Mar 14

Tree Bark Expression

#nature #naturephotography #trees #woodland #artinnature #naturesart

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Mar 14

Italian alder, _Alnus cordata_? Amazingly late #phenology - trees in the UK keep their leaves well into December!

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Uriel Urquiza-Garcia @uurquiza.bsky.social · Feb 22

In the summer of 2011 I got interested in biological oscillators as great examples of emergent behaviour. This curiosity was largely inspired by discussions on complexity science with my the environmental historian and late brother Juan Humberto Urquiza Garcia.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · Mar 14

Read this and think about the gravity of this moment:

Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · Mar 14

Here is the alt text.

Letter to Katrina Armstrong, Interim President, Columbia, and David Greenwald and Claire Shipman, Co-Chairs of Columbia Board of Trustees

Dear Dr. Armstrong:
Please consider this a formal response to the current situation on the campus of Columbia
University and a follow up to our letter of March 7, 2025, informing you that the United States
Government would be pausing or terminating federal funding. Since that date your counsel has
asked to discuss “next steps.”
U.S. taxpayers invest enormously in U.S. colleges and universities, including Columbia University,
and it is the responsibility of the federal government to ensure that all recipients are responsible
stewards of federal funds. Columbia University, however, has fundamentally failed to protect
American students and faculty from antisemitic violence and harassment in addition to other alleged
violations of Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Pursuant to your request, this
letter outlines immediate next steps that we regard as a precondition for formal negotiations
regarding Columbia University’s continued financial relationship with the United States
government. Please ensure and document compliance with the following no later than the close of
business on Wednesday, March 20, 2025:
● Enforce existing disciplinary policies. The University must complete disciplinary
proceedings for Hamilton Hall and encampments. Meaningful discipline means expulsion
or multi-year suspension.
● Primacy of the president in disciplinary matters. Abolish the University Judicial Board
(UJB) and centralize all disciplinary processes under the Office of the President. And

empower the Office of the President to suspend or expel students with an appeal process
through the Office of the President.
● Time, place, and manner rules. Implement permanent, comprehensive time, place, and
manner rules to prevent disruption of teaching, research, and campus life.
● Mask ban. Ban masks that are intended to conceal identity or intimidate others, with
exceptions for religious and health reasons. Any masked individual must wear their
Columbia ID on the outside of their clothing (this is already the policy at Columbia’s Irving
Medical Center).
● Deliver plan to hold all student groups accountable. Recognized student groups and
individuals operating as constituent members of, or providing support for, unrecognized
groups engaged in violations of University policy must be held accountable through formal
investigations, disciplinary proceedings, and expulsion as appropriate.
● Formalize, adopt, and promulgate a definition of antisemitism. President Trump’s
Executive Order 13899 uses the IHRA definition. Anti-“Zionist” discrimination against
Jews in areas unrelated to Israel or Middle East must be addressed.
● Empower internal law enforcement. The University must ensure that Columbia security
has full law enforcement authority, including arrest and removal of agitators who foster an
unsafe or hostile work or study environment, or otherwise interfere with classroom
instruction or the functioning of the university.
● MESAAS Department – Academic Receivership. Begin the process of placing the
Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies department under academic receivership for
a minimum of five years. The University must provide a full plan, with date certain
deliverables, by the March 20, 2025, deadline.
● Deliver a plan for comprehensive admissions reform. The plan must include a strategy to
reform undergraduate admissions, international recruiting, and graduate admissions
practices to conform with federal law and policy.
We expect your immediate compl…

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Feb 12

I have resigned my Fellowship of the #RoyalSociety due to their Council's inability to act proportionately on #ElonMusk.

See fediscience.org/@A_J_Millar/...

Andrew Millar (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image · Content warning: #ElonMusk #RoyalSociety

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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · Jan 31

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Botany One @botany.one · Jan 31

📝 How Trees’ Responses to Rainfall Frequency Could Help Improve Climate Models 🧵
https://doi.org/n38g

Climate models often struggle to capture the timing of leaf drop. A new study finds that scientists haven’t been looking at rainfall the way plants have.
#Botany #PlantScience 🧪 #InBrief

Fallen leaves in colours of red, orange and gold, lie upon the forest floor.

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Jan 31

Its a form of CRISPR gene therapy editing the patients own stem cells www.england.nhs.uk/2025/01/revo...

NHS England » Revolutionary gene-editing therapy for sickle cell ‘offers hope of a cure’ for NHS patients

NHS patients with sickle cell disease will be able to benefit from a groundbreaking gene-editing treatment that offers the prospect of a cure for the condition. The one-off gene therapy, known as exag...

www.england.nhs.uk

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jan 31

The @ipbes.bsky.social #TransformativeChange Assessment Report examines fundamental changes required for a future where people live in harmony with nature.🌍🧪

Explore the framework for change in this graphic ⤵️

Learn more: www.ipbes.net/transformati...

A graphic from the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers.
Figure SPM.2 The framework of transformative change for a just and sustainable world. Section A indicates views, structures and practices (the inner golden spirals) being strongly shaped by the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and nature’s decline (solid grey ring). Section B shows shifts in views, structures and practices breaking the influence of the underlying causes when they are guided by the four key principles of transformative change (blue ring). Section C illustrates a just and sustainable world, with prevailing views, structures, and practices aligned with the principles of transformative change. This framework can be used by different actor groups to help identify where and how they can promote, accelerate and scale the process of transformative change towards a just and sustainable world.

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Review Commons @reviewcommons.org · Dec 19

Abundant clock proteins point to missing molecular regulation in the plant circadian clock.
Urquiza-García et al 2024; study by @andrewmillar.bsky.social
bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.03.609973
#preprintpeerreview by Review Commons eeb.embo.org/doi/10.1101/2024.09.03.609973.

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Professor James Hodge @docfly.bsky.social · Jan 30

Our @hannahrees.bsky.social @bioclocksuk.bsky.social @dynamicbrain.bsky.social @andrewmillar.bsky.social @rebeccahughes.bsky.social @antdodd.bsky.social @mvonschantz.bsky.social @roblucas.bsky.social @andrewmillar.bsky.social BioclocksUK review published
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

BioClocks UK: driving robust cycles of discovery to impact | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Chronobiology is a multidisciplinary field that extends across the tree of life, transcends all scales of biological organization, and has huge translational potential. For the UK to harness the oppor...

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Dec 6

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Dec 6

**🧵 Finished Paper on FAIR Data Sharing! 📊🔬** 1/5

“Daily life in the Open Biologist’s second job, as a Data Curator” led by @liviascorza.bsky.social.

Want to make your #biology #research data FAIR? Start here!
📄 Full paper: doi.org/10.12688/wel...
💬 Let us know: How do YOU approach data sharing?

doi.org

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Dec 6

This paper is a practical guide for experimental researchers struggling to meet FAIR principles. It emphasizes incremental improvements and offers tools to ease the process. 🛠️✅ 5/5

#DataCuration #ResearchData #DataSharing #ScientificTransparency #OpenAccess #Reproducibility #FAIRPrinciples

Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Dec 6

Why does this matter? Open and FAIR data boost transparency, prevent redundancy, and enhance research impact.

Shared datasets often increase citations for their linked publications. 📈🌟 4/5

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Dec 6

The team outlines step-by-step methods for selecting, organizing, and sharing datasets, ensuring they're easy to find and reuse.

This work bridges the gap between theory and practice in data curation. 📂✨ 3/5
#OpenScience #BiologyResearch

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Dec 6

Data sharing isn't just a box to tick—it's a foundation for reproducibility and collaboration.

Yet, making datasets FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) is no small feat.

This paper dives into practical solutions for researchers in biological sciences! 💡📊 2/5
#FAIRData

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Dec 6

**🧵 Finished Paper on FAIR Data Sharing! 📊🔬** 1/5

“Daily life in the Open Biologist’s second job, as a Data Curator” led by @liviascorza.bsky.social.

Want to make your #biology #research data FAIR? Start here!
📄 Full paper: doi.org/10.12688/wel...
💬 Let us know: How do YOU approach data sharing?

doi.org

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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · Dec 3

Great to see @labourlewis.bsky.social ask the Treasury how they plan to ensure that growing the financial sector won’t harm the wider economy.

We should be directing finance to where it is needed, not growing the sector so that it sucks even more resources out of the everyday economy.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Nov 29

Full article on today's debate, free to read for everyone...

This was the single most impressive parliamentary debate we've seen in years.

iandunt.substack.com/p/assisted-d...

Assisted dying: Triumph for reformers during a historic day in Westminster

This was the single most impressive parliamentary debate we've seen in years.

iandunt.substack.com

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Nov 29

Love it ❤️👍!

But at £32.00, the USD-GBP exchange rate is wicked these days.

Website screenshot from Foldscope.com, for an 'Explorer Kit', offering a 15% Holiday discount and a price of £32

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Hannah Dewhirst @hankd667.bsky.social · Nov 27

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Nov 29

Looks like 🧪

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PlantEcoHutton @plantecohutton.bsky.social · Nov 29

Here's another opportunity to join the team as a PhD student follow the link for more details:
#roots #plantscience
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
@jameshuttoninst.bsky.social

University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Plant Health, Resilience, Yield and Growth - 24. Integrating long-distance signall...

www.gla.ac.uk

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Andrew Millar @andrewmillar.bsky.social · Nov 29

Now this is pretty cool 🤓🧪. Anyone for a microscope?
BYO objective lens.

Openflexure via @labcrafter.co.uk
#StayCurious

A dozen plastic bags of components, washers etc from UK company Labcrafter to build a 3-D printed microscope designed by OpenFlexure. Image from Labcrafter, at https://labcrafter.co.uk/products/openflexure-microscope

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LabCrafter @labcrafter.co.uk · Nov 29

Hi everyone! 👋 We're a small open hardware company based in Wales, making and selling open science hardware over at https://labcrafter.co.uk 🔬

#openscience #oshw #opensource

LabCrafter

Open tools for open science

labcrafter.co.uk

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