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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · Jul 29

Sedation is an essential tool for rhino 🦏 conservation, but how can stress be minimised for the animals?

In this #ConPhysinAction article, Jennifer Cocciardi explains how drugs can be combined for safe & effective immobilisation, as reported by Boesch et al.

Links in 🧵 ⬇️

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Daijiang Li @djli.bsky.social · Jul 29

Really excited to see our perspective on how urbanization affects species interactions out in Nature Cities, hoping to inspire more research on this topic. Hard team work led by former postdoc Pablo Moreno-García. Feel free to discuss! rdcu.be/eyjBj www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Jenny Cocciardi @jennycocciardi.bsky.social · Jul 28

This was such a fun opportunity to write a Conservation Physiology in Action article for @conphysjournal.bsky.social ! Give it a read if you're interested in rhino conservation!

Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Jul 25

New Conservation Physiology in Action article, written by Jennifer Cocciardi, describing recent work to improve rhino immobilization. academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...

Tranquillized but at risk: the conservation cost of rhino capture

Sedation is an essential tool in the fight to save white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum ssp. Simum), but it may come with unintended risks. Conservationists r

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Jul 25

New Conservation Physiology in Action article, written by Jennifer Cocciardi, describing recent work to improve rhino immobilization. academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...

Tranquillized but at risk: the conservation cost of rhino capture

Sedation is an essential tool in the fight to save white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum ssp. Simum), but it may come with unintended risks. Conservationists r

academic.oup.com

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Dr. Elizabeth Carlen @ecarlen.bsky.social · Jul 4

I wrote a popular science piece about our newest article on religion, politics, & war for @theconversation.com. You can read it here: theconversation.com/war-politics...

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Jenny Cocciardi @jennycocciardi.bsky.social · Jul 6

Please check out this timely and important piece on how war, politics, and religion influence evolution in urban environments - led by the amazing @ecarlen.bsky.social!

How amazing to be included in this group of researchers and play a small part in this ☺️

Dr. Elizabeth Carlen @ecarlen.bsky.social · Jul 2

I am thrilled that this manuscript is now out in the world! If you saw my talk at #Evol2025 you may remember me discussing how religion, politics & war shape urban evolution & now you can read all about it here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology - Nature Cities

Cities affect biological evolution, but traditionally researchers focus on the biophysical influence of urban environments. Instead, this Review explores how the social processes of religion, politics...

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Daijiang Li @djli.bsky.social · Jul 2

In this review at Nature Cities, led by @ecarlen.bsky.social we explored how religion, politics and war drive urban wildlife evolution by shaping environmental conditions and selective pressures. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology - Nature Cities

Cities affect biological evolution, but traditionally researchers focus on the biophysical influence of urban environments. Instead, this Review explores how the social processes of religion, politics...

www.nature.com

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Dr. Elizabeth Carlen @ecarlen.bsky.social · Jul 2

I am thrilled that this manuscript is now out in the world! If you saw my talk at #Evol2025 you may remember me discussing how religion, politics & war shape urban evolution & now you can read all about it here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology - Nature Cities

Cities affect biological evolution, but traditionally researchers focus on the biophysical influence of urban environments. Instead, this Review explores how the social processes of religion, politics...

www.nature.com

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · May 5

Join us in the evolution tri-societies Week of Action for NSF!

Call/write congress, engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding!

Scan the QR code on the attached image for instructions and scripts.

We must make noise! Pls RT!!!!
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF

SSE, SSB, and ASN logos. Text: Tri-societies Week of Action for NSF. Science under siege: Over 1000 NSF grants have been terminated by political appointees- threatening the foundation of American innovation and education, and more cuts loom; entire research programs are being erased without explanation. What’s at stake? STEM education for K-12 students, jobs and infrastructure in rural communities, support for veterans in research and education, cybersecurity and national defense innovation, global leadership in science and technology. Join the week of action: Contact Congress: Switchboard: (202) 224-3121, tell them to protect NSF. Share your story: Post on social media #WithoutNSF #SupportNSF #SaveNSF, engage local media; use our media tool to reach out to local reporters and newspapers; engage others: communicate the importance of NSF to colleagues, friends, and family.

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · Mar 6

New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · Feb 18

NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds.

This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · Feb 8

Sex is not binary, but expressed across a continuum. That's the biological truth.
Very timely letter by @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social

www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...

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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · Feb 7

Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender

President Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · Feb 6

I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Feb 3

The western monarch butterfly population is near record lows; fewer than 10k individual butterflies counted this year.

xerces.org/press/wester...

graph from 1997 to 2024 showing "total number of monarchs reported" on the x axis, with numbers normally around 150,000-250,000, with 2024 barely registering.

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Jenny Cocciardi @jennycocciardi.bsky.social · Jan 31

www.npr.org/2025/01/31/n...

National Science Foundation freezes payments in response to Trump's executive actions

The National Science Foundation's funding freeze, and wider confusion about the status and future of science funding, is already hampering research.

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Jenny Cocciardi @jennycocciardi.bsky.social · Jan 31

Despite rescinding the original memo, the NSF continues to comply with the federal funding freeze and have not communicated with us on timeline... leaving many PRFBs without pay. Also, it seems that many Universities are unaware this is happening... spread the word

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Jenny Cocciardi @jennycocciardi.bsky.social · Jan 31

From a current PRFB fellow, nope. And no communication from NSF either (granted, we think PO’s are under a communication freeze and no one is blaming them!).

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Bitsy Perlman @bitsyperlman.bsky.social · Jan 30

I'm very sad that "I have a paper on this" continues

Funding delays of > 30 days lead to, after 5 years:

- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force (constrained among those born in the US)
- 20% decrease in wages
- Burden is born by postdocs, grad students, and staff

Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Jan 30

It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Jan 30

It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.

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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Jan 30

The ACM$ is still down, and postdocs continue to receive cancelation notices for requests for funding.

NSF has seemingly pushed through with their freeze on fund disbursement, even in spite of the court’s challenge and subsequent “unfreeze” announced yesterday.

Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · Jan 30

To update people on the NSF PRFB situation: despite the court challenge and rescinding the original memo, the NSF has continued to comply with the executive order. They have not communicated with us at all and our paychecks are still canceled indefinitely. I know people who cannot pay their rent.

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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · Jan 30

To update people on the NSF PRFB situation: despite the court challenge and rescinding the original memo, the NSF has continued to comply with the executive order. They have not communicated with us at all and our paychecks are still canceled indefinitely. I know people who cannot pay their rent.

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