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Karla L. Vargas
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NSF-Postdoctoral Fellow
Arizona State University
University of Arizona #ConservationGenetics #genomics #wildlife #viromics #microbiome #onehealth
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petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Big news out of Indiana today as Republican legislators surprise everyone by saying no to Donald Trump.

Each crack in Trump’s facade of inevitability will lead to more. Let’s keep it up!
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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elliecat.bsky.social
Interested in giving a talk at PAG 2026 in the Wildlife Genomics, Comparative Genomics of Animals, OneHealth, Ancient DNA, or Domestication Genomics sessions? We are extending our abstract submission by a few days. We'd love to hear from you! Submit here and please repost! forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
PAG 2026 Abstract Submission: Ancient DNA, Domestication Genomics, Comparative Genomics of Animals, Wildlife Genomics, One Health Hologenomics
****DEADLINE: OCTOBER 12, 2025**** This is the abstract submission form for the following PAG 33 workshops: Paleogenomics and Degraded DNA Domestication Genomics Comparative Genomics of Animals Wildl...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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wildcatresearch.bsky.social
This is jaguar #4! 🐆
Do you want to meet the cats detected by our cameras in southern Arizona?

Visit our website: www.wildcatresearch.arizona.edu/meetthecats

#WildCatResearchUA #WildlifeConservation #ArizonaWildlife #SonoranDesert #Jaguars #citizenscience

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
A rare jaguar roams Arizona. Border wall expansion imperils its future.
The sightings highlight the importance of the San Rafael wildlife corridor, which faces threats from a proposed border wall expansion.
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August 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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wildcatresearch.bsky.social
🐆 First jaguar sighting in southern Arizona in almost two years! Recorded by the University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center with the help of nearly 40 amazing citizen scientists, adding to 200+ detections since 2011!
Jaguar image from a Wildlife Camera by the University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center
August 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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wildcatresearch.bsky.social
Citizen scientists who volunteer with the Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center at @uarizona.bsky.social spend hours at remote Sonoran Desert sites checking wildlife cameras. 🐾

#WildCatResearchUA #WCCArizona #CitizenScienceUA #SonoranDesert #WildlifeConservation

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New Arizona jaguar sightings a 'positive sign' despite border wall, UA researchers say
Recent sightings of wild jaguars — including 'Jaguar Number Four' on Wednesday — show Southern Arizona is still in the apex predator's range, University of Arizona researchers said.
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August 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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wildcatresearch.bsky.social
For almost 15 years, the University of Arizona’s Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center has been monitoring wildlife across southern Arizona.

#WildCatResearchUA #WCCArizona #WildlifeConservation #ArizonaWildlife #SonoranDesert

www.fox10phoenix.com/video/168858...
Jaguar spotted by U of A trail cameras
A jaguar has been detected on trail cameras in Arizona, making it the fourth one observed by the University of Arizona's Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center.
www.fox10phoenix.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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wildcatresearch.bsky.social
As apex predators and keystone species, jaguars play a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems and biodiversity. 🐆

#WildCatResearchUA #WCCArizona #WildlifeConservation #ArizonaWildlife #SonoranDesert

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Multiple jaguar sightings in Southern Arizona
YouTube video by News 4 Tucson KVOA-TV
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August 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
klvargas.bsky.social
The UA Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center, with nearly 40 amazing citizen scientists, recorded the first jaguar sighting in southern Arizona in almost 2 years, adding to more than 200 detections by the WCC since 2011. 🐆 Proud to be part of the team!!! www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
UA researchers: Arizona jaguar sightings a 'positive sign' despite border wall
For University of Arizona researchers, the latest sightings show that Southern Arizona is still in the apex predator's range.
www.tucsonsentinel.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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mollygale.bsky.social
🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬

Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
Barbara McClintock portrait
June 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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danieltamarit.bsky.social
New vacancy in my team!

PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.

Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

#MEvoSky #MicroSky
May 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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eveseuntjens.bsky.social
We're hiring! Our lab is looking for a postdoc to investigate the #evodevo of #cephalopod brains. Did you recently graduate, and do you want to join our EU #WEAVE project with the Simakov and @simon-sprecher.bsky.social labs? Find the application form👇Thanks for RT 🐙🦑
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary developmental neurobiology
Come join our EU cephalopod consortium to discover how octopuses and other coleoids developed their large nervous system. Postdoc position available in the Seuntjens Lab in Leuven, Belgium.
www.kuleuven.be
May 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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rezekjoe.bsky.social
They did it. They terminated my NEH grant. Their letter went to my junk mail. This is an active grant that would have finished on June 30.

“Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government”

They are so afraid of us.
Full text April 3, 2025 Dr. Joseph Rezek Dear NEH Grantee, This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement. Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFR§200.340. For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders, including but not limited to: E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025), Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy; E.O. 14151 (Jan. 20, 2025), Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing; E.O. 14168 (Jan. 20, 2025), Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government; and E.O. 14190 (Jan. 29, 2025), Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling. The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for the administration, and due to exceptional circumstances, adherence to the traditional notification process is not possible. Therefore, the NEH hereby terminates your grant in its entirety effective April 3, 2025.
April 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
klvargas.bsky.social
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April 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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kyt-thatsme.bsky.social
If you haven’t this week, reach out to your pre-tenured faculty. Especially the ones pre-3 year review. It’s a …. It’s been a lot 🥲
February 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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richardbranson.bsky.social
Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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skwinnicki.bsky.social
I'm trying to think of creative ways to advertise a research technician position (digitizing/deciphering 40 year old bird observations).

Wanted to make a detective-themed one ("calling Sherlock Holmes") but was struggling to think of modern fictional detectives, despite watching B99 every evening.
skwinnicki.bsky.social SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · Feb 22
I don’t like the term “guilty pleasure” (we shouldn’t feel guilty for pleasure) but I absolutely feel guilty my comfort show lately is Brooklyn 99. Not as explicitly copaganda as John Langely’s work, but still.

But did forget how many trans mentions were in this show, positive ones so far.
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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50501movement.bsky.social
NEW resources on our website: Flyer Template (Canva) • Marching 101 • Know Your Rights • Find a Protest • Host a Protest • Digital Safety • Virtual Actions

Head to www.FiftyFifty.one to join the movement!

#50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy @polrev.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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r-ladies-stl.bsky.social
Please join us on April 23rd at 11am CST for Git and GitHub for R Users with @nrennie.bsky.social!
Free and online! #rstats #rladies
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Git and GitHub for R Users, Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 11:00 AM | Meetup
In this workshop, attendees will learn how to use GitHub in conjunction with RStudio. Contents * Understand why version control is necessary and useful. * Be able to coll
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February 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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jeremykoster.bsky.social
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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drluiso.bsky.social
If you are an NIH or CDC scientist that lost your job, we have a home for you at UTHealth. I’m hiring physician scientists and we also have transplant ID fellowship slots open. Contact me. #IDSky #MedSky
February 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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ahancock.bsky.social
No job ad yet, but I'll be hiring a postdoc at Purdue in population genetics/quantitative genetics/genomics in plants. DM if you have relevant experience and are potentially interested.
February 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
klvargas.bsky.social
Santa Cruz Watershed Day of Connection
February 15 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Connect with volunteers and conservation organizations at the Day of Connection with Tucson Clean & Beautiful, in Tucson, AZ.
Santa Cruz Watershed Day of Connection flyer
February 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
The no cost extension button is back and at least some are being granted. If this applies to you, go for it.

PLEASE SHARE
a man in a suit and tie says go for it in white letters
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says go for it in white letters
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February 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
klvargas.bsky.social
Done!
russincheshire.bsky.social Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · Feb 12
Go to Google
Search "Gulf of Mexico"
Click the 3 little dots next to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"
Choose "Send feedback"
Click "Gulf of America"
Click "Inaccurate content"
Click "Incorrect"
Tell Google the correct name
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of...
Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM