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Andrew Stoehr

@andrewstoehr.bsky.social

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Biology professor (Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA) interested in phenotypic plasticity, butterfly wing patterns, statistics, birds, prairies, reptiles & amphibians, reading, photography, beetles, other stuff. También, quiero aprender español.

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · Aug 14

We're hiring TWO (two!) tenure-track assistant professors in my Biology department: cellular/molecular biology and plant biology. Within those categories, we are very open to research focus. Come work with me! And please spread the word! fa-exer-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Kim Rosvall @rosvall-lab.bsky.social · 15h

Pumped to share our work on bird behavior and the 2024 Eclipse, in today's @science.org. 100k bird vocalizations + 10k continent-wide observations from the public = really fun collab led by Liz Aguilar, with @juncowren.bsky.social @mathcancer.bsky.social @imillercrews.bsky.social #NSF

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 8d

🚨🚨🚨 We found a new genus of aquatic fungi right here in Indiana! 🚨🚨🚨

Learn more in this blog post! 👇

Indianapolis Zoo Grant Fungi Discovery

Two Indianapolis Zoo grant recipients and a team of Conservation Coordinators with the Global Center for Species Survival have discovered an entirely new kind of freshwater fungus in Indiana.

www.indianapoliszoo.com

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 6d

I will eventually publish it all. I just need to clean out the garage, lose a few pounds, grade these papers, and organize the junk drawer. Then the writing shall begin!!!!

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Emily Taylor @emilytaylorscience.com · 8d

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
― Jane Goodall (1934-2025)

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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 8d

🌱Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position OPEN🌱
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001

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500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 8d

If only we could each make a fraction of the difference she made in her life -- Rest in Power Jane Goodall -- you've inspired multiple generations of scientists and activists to make the world a better place

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 10d

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

laurenkuehne.github.io

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 11d

White House Funding Cuts to the National Science Foundation Threaten America’s Global Leadership in Science
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/white-hous...

new long-form post joint with @malar0ne.bsky.social, @cl10.bsky.social and @asinclair.bsky.social

White House FY2026 proposed budget would be lowest funding level in 25+ years.

https://joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/white-house-funding-cuts-to-the-national

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 11d

I put about 300 miles on my car, and twice that on my feet, visiting several Indiana nature preserves (Nature Conservancy and IN div. of nature preserves, INDNR) for some research. The bottle gentian was a new one for me. The toadflax, while non-native, sure is pretty. More details in alt-text

Bottle Gentian, a native late summer flower of wet areas. (Photo shows a striking blue flower and some green leaves)

Colias butterfly warming up in the morning sun at the Kankakee Sands Nature Conservancy property. (Photo shows a bright yellow butterfly lit by the sun, resting on a leaf.)

Some of the wide open spaces of the Nature Conservancy's Kankakee Sands tallgrass prairie restoration in Newton County, Indiana. (Photo shows a large grassland lit by morning sun, with blue sky overhead and trees in the distance.)

Toadflax growing on the Nature Conservancy's/INDNR Prairie Border Nature Preserve. Also called butter and eggs or wild snapdragon. Very pretty, but non-native. (Photo shows several stems covered in orange and yellow flowers.)

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 14d

I don't have this "luxury" most often, but this time around no students requested extra time accommodations (which would have then required that I get the test to the testing center early).

Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 14d

Exam is written, printed, and stapled with OVER 30 minutes until class starts. #winning

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 14d

When we lived in Connecticut, we had a cat that got sprayed twice in 24 hours. I guess we were all slow learners. (Interestingly, we see virtually no skunks at all in Indiana.)

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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 16d

**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 17d

There is no reason to think (or even suggest) that the owl (or, especially "the species") would benefit. This is why we call it brood parasitism. (A better question is why not evolve defenses against it? See "mafia-like behavior" in cowbirds!)

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 18d

I do it with all of our custodial staff at work and they are game, but also not slammed like a restaurant at dinner time! Eight months until I take a class to Panama, so I can use all the practice I can get.

Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 18d

I would like to do that more (because I need the practice!) but I always assume that they are busy enough that helping me with my bad Spanish is just a pain in the butt and not something they want (or should have) to make time for. Maybe I'm wrong?

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 19d

I loved it. I've been trying to get everyone to watch it. "Elegant Trojan" 😂

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 20d

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

docs.google.com

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 21d

OK but the cover is still pink, right?

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 21d

Order placed! It says the paperback is black and white. Will that affect how easy it is to interpret some of the figures?

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 22d

Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData

The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit

The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.

tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 25d

Indeed. That would produce an entirely different face.

Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 25d

How it started/How it's going. 😒 #fieldwork

A crisp clean new light blue field shirt

Me, wearing a light blue field shirt covered in showy tick trefoil seeds. I'm not amused.

My blue field shirt, lying on the floor, covered in sweat, grime and thousands of showy tick trefoil seeds.

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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 28d

Must be! Mating they're going to hybridize and make...a rain plot?? Violin plot??