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Dr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hey it's #WorldLizardDay 🦎
Here's one of my faves & one I saw *a lot* of growing up in rural Australia. Tiliqua rugosa has many common names, but where I'm from we call them "sleepy lizard" or "stumpy tail".

Download the #oVertTCN CT scan from MorphoSource here: www.morphosource.org/concern/medi...

A 3D rendering of a CT scan of Tiliqua rugosa, facing the front (top) and facing the back (bottom), rendered in yellow (most dense parts), pink (medium density parts), and blue (least dense parts).

A 3D rendering of a CT scan of the head Tiliqua rugosa, in dorsal view (top) and ventral view (bottom), rendered in yellow (most dense parts), pink (medium density parts), and blue (least dense parts).

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Jul 31

Attending the virtual #ICVM2025 conference? Check out our lightning talk on the imaging and articulation techniques we used to make our physical model of a dogfish skull and how physical models give new insights in research & education. icvm.econference.io/public/3JC8E... (registration req to view)

Title slide of our ICVM 2025 presentation

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Lisa Whitenack, PhD @whitenacklab.bsky.social · Jul 31

Y’all!!! Our comparative anatomy textbook is out!!! Free, open access, and just in time for the fall semester!

Bill Ryerson @billryerson.bsky.social · Jul 30

New Comparative Anatomy Textbook! Completely free to read and open access!

doi.org/10.59319/YHF...

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Bill Ryerson @billryerson.bsky.social · Jul 30

New Comparative Anatomy Textbook! Completely free to read and open access!

doi.org/10.59319/YHF...

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · Jul 22

Curious about Devonian actinopterygian lower jaws? Look no further--our new paper provides comprehensive descriptions for 19 species in a tidy ~50 page summary! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Panels c-f of Figure 1 depicting the lower jaw of Devonian actinopterygian Gogosardina coatesi

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · Jul 9

Did you know SICB has a YouTube?
We have videos about
@invertebabe.bsky.social
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
@oceanfilly.bsky.social
Kevin Kocot
Native Bio Consortium
Noah Gripshover
Shaz Zamore
& the @billryerson.bsky.social lab & more!
Be sure to subscribe
www.youtube.com/@societyfori...

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Emily Taylor @emilytaylorscience.com · Mar 5

There will be FREE, ON-SITE CHILDCARE AT #JMIH2025 #JMIH25! Bring your kids, folks. Only if we show demand for this service will it continue into the future.

Now read on for how to save my life... 1/4

@IchsAndHerps @herpleague.bsky.social @ElasmoSociety
@ssarherps www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2xQ...

JMIH Childcare Fundraiser 2025 St. Paul

YouTube video by Matthew Davis

www.youtube.com

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Tharusha Wijewardena 🐢 @turtleecology.bsky.social · Mar 5

One of the collaborative projects during my PhD is now published!

We documented a mass mortality event of headstarted Blanding’s Turtles and naturally occurring Painted Turtles in an urban wetland complex.

Why do mass mortality events occur? We offer a few hypotheses.

doi.org/10.1643/h202...

Mass Mortality in a Community of Headstarted (Emydoidea blandingii) and Naturally Occurring (Chrysemys picta marginata) Freshwater Turtles in Protected Urban Wetlands

Turtles experience numerous threats and high mortality in urban areas. Mass-mortality events (MMEs) are localized, sudden events resulting in a catastrophic increase in mortality rate. Turtles are sus...

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Carly Anne York, PhD @biologycarly.bsky.social · Feb 21

I got mad and wrote an article.

The Rise (and Fall?) of the National Science Foundation

In the ’50s, America declared science an “endless frontier.” We may be reaching the end of it.

www.chronicle.com

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Wobbologist (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️ @wobbologist.bsky.social · Feb 25

STEM folks, this will greatly impact trans peoples ability to work in academia.

It will cut off #trans researchers from conferences, field work, international Phd or post doc opportunities, and so much more!

This will be bad for ALL trans people regardless of job type.

#TransInSTEM #STEM

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Feb 25

THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE PERMANENT VISA BANS TO TRANS VISITORS TO THE US.

This isn't just for athletes. The directive as stated applies to all visa applications made by trans folks and declare it material fraud to use a different gender marker on applications.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers

Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications

www.theguardian.com

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👻Sewall Fright🎃 @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · Jan 30

New article from @science.org gives a bit of a peek behind the curtain. It seems NSF internally has no idea what is happening, how to implement, or what the consequences of non-compliance will be.

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Dr. Catherine Macdonald @drcatmac.bsky.social · Jan 30

Reminder: funding the work of making science more welcoming and inclusive leads to better science.

AND it also helps set cultural expectations in STEM that scientists should not be racist, sexist pieces of shit—which is, I promise, an expectation we really want to set.

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · Jan 29

I’m continuing to do research without any grant funding at all because of this monumental project.

Dr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · Jan 29

We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology.

www.morphosource.org/projects/000...

A banner image showing CT scans of a collection of 3D rendering of the skeletons and soft tissue of different vertebrates, including amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and fish

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Dr. Jessica Ball 🍪 @tuffcookie.bsky.social · Jan 29

Before trying to get a bunch of scientists to leave their jobs voluntarily, one should consider that many of us completed our advanced degrees PURELY OUT OF SPITE.

a close up of a man laying on a bed with his arm outstretched in front of a wall .

Alt: Han Solo leaning against the wall of the Mos Eisley cantina saying "over my dead body"

media.tenor.com

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Dr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · Jan 29

We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology.

www.morphosource.org/projects/000...

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Audrey Drotos, PhD 🧠 🔬 @audreydrotos.bsky.social · Jan 29

Hi, please call your reps tomorrow to restore funding to the NIH and oppose RFKs nomination! Here is a script you can use. If you are in Pennsylvania, you are calling these people: John Fetterman: (202) 224-4254 and David McCormick: (202) 224-6324

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Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · Jan 29

For those interested, lots of lawsuits went out and the federal grant freeze was temporarily stopped by the courts until at least Tuesday. They will then decide again after various lawyers submit documents. But there are other lawsuits that may also keep these stopped longer. 1/

Anthony Hessel, PhD @hesselanthony.bsky.social · Jan 28

100% correct. For those who don't know, the grant money we win is held by the goverment and monthly, we fill out a form to get some of it. So freezing funding means we can not get next month's salaries for anyone! I have people's pay tied to grants. We can not freeze paychecks or fringe payments! 🧪

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jan 28

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

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Ryan @herpbiologist.bsky.social · Jan 27

What a great story of conservation and collaboration! #herps 🐢

www.fws.gov/story/return...

Returning turtles to the wild | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Any kindergartener — or overconfident hare — can tell you turtles play the long game. Slow and steady wins the race, right? But what if someone — like someone who traffics turtles — doesn’t play by th...

www.fws.gov

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jan 27

"Trump last week issued an [EO] to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect. Leaving WHO requires the approval of Congress and that the U.S. meets its financial obligations for the current fiscal year. The U.S. also must provide a one-year notice."

CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal

U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.

apnews.com

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Andrew Mountcastle @mounty.bsky.social · Jan 27

What the new administration is currently doing to our taxpayer-funded scientific agencies is active sabotage.

Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Jan 27

NSF's Undergraduate Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology program has been abruptly archived. The deadline was tomorrow. People were submitting proposals.

This program is designed to support the American scientific workforce. I cannot see the point of this level of self-sabotage.

Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE)

new.nsf.gov

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Jan 27

Hey science friends?

I know that many of you are concerned about the perceived neutral and apolitical role of science in decisionmaking.

But scientists are being targeted. We didn't start it.

And advocating *for the role of scientific evidence in policymaking* is not unprofessional advocacy.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jan 27

WaPo: "The National Science Foundation has halted for at least the rest of the week the work of review panels, in which outside experts rate the merit of proposals for scientific research."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

National Science Foundation halts reviews of research proposals
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Joel Achenbach
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Carolyn Y. Johnson

The National Science Foundation has halted for at least the rest of the week the work of review panels, in which outside experts rate the merit of proposals for scientific research.

The NSF, a $10 billion agency that spreads research dollars across the country in quantities both large and small, issued a brief statement Monday that added minimal clarity to a situation that had alarmed researchers.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jan 27

"NSF was established in 1950 by Congress to:

+Promote the progress of science.

+Advance the national health, prosperity and welfare.

+Secure the national defense.

Our investments account for about 25% of federal support to America's colleges and universities for basic research."

About NSF

NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country.

new.nsf.gov

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