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Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social · Sep 5

Now seeking associate editors for 2026! AEs receive free membership in SSE and free registration to the annual Evolution meeting. Indicate your interest in this short form by September 30: forms.gle/JwAmeM4YV9Fv...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 29d

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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PictureTheSouth @picturethesouth.com · Aug 31

This just might be the coolest thing you see today. And without @npr.org, I may have never known it existed. Give it a spin, then check link in the comments for the backstory.

#Queen #Zulu

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gblj...

Ndlovu Youth Choir - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Music Video) isiZulu version

YouTube video by Ndlovu Youth Choir

www.youtube.com

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Emily Josephs @emjo.bsky.social · Aug 21

MSU Plant Bio is hiring a new herbarium director! Our herbarium is a wonderful resource on campus and I'm excited to have the opportunity to make it even better by bringing in a new director. Details here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu

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Jeff Conner @jeffreykconner.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Peter O.L. Martin @po-leyerle-martin.bsky.social · Aug 20

I wanted to share this photo essay that Gavin Hutchings, the KBS 2025 external communications intern, wrote on the Shah lab's work at the KBS Pond Lab facility. It's a lovely piece that showcases some members of the wonderful group we had this summer!!

www.kbs.msu.edu

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Jeff Conner @jeffreykconner.bsky.social · Aug 12

Nice! @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social

Sarah W. Fitzpatrick @swfitz.bsky.social · Aug 11

Excited to share our new paper led by @alexlewanski.bsky.social showing largely positive, multi-decadal consequences of translocations in Red-cockaded woodpeckers at Avon Park Air Force Range in central Florida: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

press release: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Jeff Conner @jeffreykconner.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · Jul 30

A highlight of the day at #Botany2025: learning about CAM in the carnivorous genus Pinguicula from Daniel Mok of @msupri.bsky.social. So cool to see hypotheses from 1991 confirmed in 2025!

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Jeff Conner @jeffreykconner.bsky.social · Jul 22

Sophie did do a lovely job! Dedicated to our late friend and co-author Steve Tonsor @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @xavierpico.bsky.social @gbradburd.bsky.social @quercus62.bsky.social @avawobbles.bsky.social

Emily Josephs @emjo.bsky.social · Jul 21

Sophie Buysse's paper on short stamen loss in Arabipsis is published in this month's Evolution issue!! academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... @journal-evo.bsky.social

Evaluating the roles of drift and selection in trait loss along an elevational gradient

The evolutionary mechanisms underlying loss or retention of traits that have lost function are poorly understood. Short stamens in Arabidopsis thaliana pro

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Jeff Conner @jeffreykconner.bsky.social · Jul 12

@datanuggets.bsky.social origin and home base: @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social

Mike Grillo @mikegrillo.bsky.social · Jun 19

Day 2 of our Walder Foundation and NSF sponsored Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social workshop was also a big success! We had preservice, middle, and high school teachers from throughout Chicago and from several other states. Huge thank you to @eschultheis.bsky.social @kjelvikm.bsky.social and Sam.

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Jeff Conner @jeffreykconner.bsky.social · Jun 25

Well deserved, congrats Christine! And you do have a great lab, almost as cool as mine @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social

Christine Sprunger @sprunger.bsky.social · Jun 25

Very honored and humbled! Thanks to MSU and KBS for creating the space for me to conduct meaningful research! A special thanks to PRI for submitting the nomination! Most importantly - thanks to my lab- as they are so often the ones on the ground executing our research in meaningful ways.

MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congratulations to @sprunger.bsky.social on being selected by the World Food Prize Foundation as a 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneer for her work in regenerative agriculture and soil health that has transformed sustainable farming systems worldwide! Learn more about #FoodPrize25 at: bit.ly/46dbskz

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · Jun 6

Good. This is an honor roll.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jun 4

“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · Jun 4

We're hiring a field research technician! This position involves work on the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER), Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) projects at KBS.

Learn more and apply: careers.msu.edu/jobs/technic...

Technical Aide - In State, Michigan, United States

Position Summary(Basic Job Function) This is a temporary or an on-call position. Provides technical support. Responsibilities may include computer programming or operations; research support; medical…

careers.msu.edu

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Communications Earth & Environment @commsearth.nature.com · Jun 2

🌳Nature-based climate solutions such as conservation agriculture and forestry can partially offset the global warming caused by deforestation, while natural forest regeneration is capable of a complete offset

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Read more here 👉: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Nature-based climate solutions can help mitigate the radiative forcing that follows deforestation - Communications Earth & Environment

Nature-based climate solutions such as conservation agriculture and forestry can partially offset the global warming caused by deforestation, while natural forest regeneration is capable of a complete...

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Data Nuggets @datanuggets.bsky.social · Jun 3

Though our recent #NSF grant was terminated, the @datanuggets.bsky.social program still continues through support from the @kbslter.bsky.social and other sources! We're searching for future funding opportunities and will continue to help share authentic datasets and science stories with students!

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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · Jun 3

Welcome to our first @kbslter.bsky.social Artist in Residence for summer 2025 - Mikayla Thompson! Mikayla is with us at @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social this week. Mikayla explores grief, love, and joy through her poetry depicting relationships between herself, her loved ones, and the natural world.

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · May 14

At @asn-amnat.bsky.social it now easy for faculty to buy a gift membership for a student. Go to the member subscription page:
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/journals...
select "Student Member Gift" - only $25/yr. Includes access to student research and travel grants, discounted registration & more

Journal subscriptions for The American Naturalist from the University of Chicago Press website.

press.uchicago.edu

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 27

🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc:

Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...

Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).

How many trainees were supported by your award?
Enter your answer
14.What was the reason given for your grant’s cancelation?
Enter your answer
15.Is there anything else you would like to share with the Committee?
Enter your answer
16.Are you comfortable with the Committee publicly sharing the information you provided?
If you select “ask me first,” please be sure you have provided an email address or phone number.

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations to this year's Hamilton Award finalists! 🎉 Join us Thursday, May 29 to hear these outstanding student talks. See the full schedule on the meeting website: www.evolutionmeetings.org/program-over... @evolmtg.bsky.social

Text: Virtual Evolution 2025. Society for the Study of Evolution Hamilton Award Symposium. Thursday, May 29, 1:30 PM - 7:30 PM Eastern (GMT-4). 2025 Finalists: Meaghan Clark, Dylan DeBaun, Devon DeRaad, Simon Innes, Josh Knecht, Kip Lacy, Gina Lamka, Prothama Manna, Gemma Martinez-Redondo, David Peede, Gabriel Preising, Jeremy Summers, David Tian, Matthew Treaster, and Amanda Vieira da Silva.

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W.K. Kellogg Biological Station @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social · May 22

Fun event coming up in Kalamazoo this Saturday. KBS researchers Kadeem Gilbert, Alisha Shah and Lauren Sullivan will be among the local scientists featured. Join us for a kid-friendly morning of doing experiments and increasing our scientific literacy!

Flyer for "Meet the Scientists of West Michigan" event, held 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 24, at Bronson Park and presented by Kalamazoo College.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 20

New Forbes story about the economic consequences of science cuts.

www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

Thoughtful and thorough analysis.

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Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually

Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself

www.forbes.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 8

Economists warn: Trump’s science cuts threaten the U.S. economy.

Slashing funding for NIH, NSF, and NASA hurts every American. These cuts are killing jobs, stalling innovation, and shrinking our economic future.

We all pay the price when science is defunded.

www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...

Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP

President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.

www.npr.org

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · May 7

We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international)

We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc.

Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · Apr 25

Why is the U.S. National Science Foundation important?

Please share your stories!

Use the hashtags #WithoutNSF or #WithoutScience

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KBS LTER @kbslter.bsky.social · May 6

The Second Annual Food Grade Grains Field Day to be hosted at @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social June 10th! During this event, we will discuss the agronomic, processing, and end user quality needs and considerations of various grains. The event will specifically highlight wheat, rye, barley, and dry beans.

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