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Tiffany Lowe-Power 🌱🦠 @tlowepower.bsky.social · 16d

Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist

Applications due Dec 1

Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

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he Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis is seeking applications for a fulltime, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Mycology, with a focus on plant pathogenic, symbiotic,
or mycotoxigenic fungi and fungal-like organisms (e.g., oomycetes). We are looking for a highly
motivated and creative scientist with a strong background in mycology and/or the biology of fungi and
fungal-like organisms that interact with plants. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a
world-class, externally funded research program that integrates both fundamental and applied aspects
of fungal biology within the context of plant pathology. We welcome applicants pursuing a wide range
of research topics related to plant-associated fungi, including but not limited to mechanisms of fungal
pathogenesis or symbiosis with plants, population genomics and evolution of fungal plant pathogens,
plant-associated fungal microbiomes and plant-microbe interactions, and/or one health approaches to
fungal diseases and antifungal resistance. Applicants working in other relevant research areas involving
pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi or fungal-like organisms that affect plant health are also
encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have significant opportunities for collaboration with
faculty in plant pathology, microbiology, genomics, and agricultural sciences, and to contribute to
addressing issues of importance to California’s agricultural and natural ecosystems.
The appointee primary teaching responsibilities will be teaching Introductory Mycology, an upperdivision lab class, and SAS 30, Mushroom, Molds & Society, a general education class for non-majors.
Additional graduate and undergraduate teaching responsibilities may be assigned based on
departmental needs and the candidate’s expertise. The department offers modern instructional
facilities, including a newly renovated teaching laboratory.

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 1d

I am teaching a course on ancient trees and tree rings at the NY Botanical Garden on Sunday, October 26th and Sunday, November 2nd.

We will learn about past environments, the amazing lives of trees, and what old trees tend to look like.

Sign up at this link: www.enrole.com/nybg/jsp/ses...

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Mar 30

Germany still hasn’t fully recovered from expelling and killing so many of its top researchers back in 1933. A lot of brilliant minds were forced to leave—people who went on to do groundbreaking work in other countries, especially the U.S.

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Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 5d

As someone who has been reading both Coates and Klein for 15 years, I thought this summary and diagnosis of their disagreement by @andreapitzer.bsky.social was very good and correct. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...

You don't have to swallow frogs

Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 4d

UMass Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in microbial ecology, starting September 1, 2026. Apply by December 1, 2025. Details: http://www.umb.edu/academics/csm/biology #job

Biology - UMass Boston

www.umb.edu

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 7d

Umbrella, if anything, is spawned directly from the Wonka home of pure imagination

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 7d

And, now the finale of the Unbrella Magnolia seed pod season

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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 13d

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations to @dustybowl.bsky.social on being awarded the Piers J. Sellers Global Environmental Change Award from the @agu.org!

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 13d

Lead authors and visionary of these drought atlases, Dr. Edward ‘Dr.Dendro’ Cook getting some of his due.

Really incredible work that will be valuable for years and decades

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 13d

Huge congratulations to Ed Cook for receiving the @agu.org Revelle Medal, which 'recognition of outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate or related aspects of the Earth system.'

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 15d

dailyorange.com/2025/09/suny...
SUNY’s stability plan orders ESF to cut 18.9% of staff…the plan expects ESF to increase its undergraduate enrollment by 16.1%.

The plan will cut 38 full-time employees..also requires cuts to ESF’s athletics program and the school’s five major forest properties.

‘Our hands are tied’: SUNY stability plan orders ESF staff cut, enrollment uptick

SUNY’s new stability plan forces ESF to alter programs and cut 18.9% of its full-time staff by 2029, students call the plan a "betrayal".

dailyorange.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16d

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah, they are 70-90 or so cm in diameter, with this one and a couple other bigger in the early 1990s.

When I defended my MS in the forestry dept at Auburn, that was all the forestry profs could talk about during the defense. They had just visited & were blown away. They are wonders, these Trees

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 17d

By rapping, I, obviously inferred singing the best bits from The Chronic and Don’t Sweat the Technique

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 17d

Congaree National Park.

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 17d

Was just sent this photo: the oldest-documented Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) is still kicking.

First scientifically aged in 1992, this lovely is now rapping up its 260 year (260 years at being 1/2 m or so tall; phot by J. Scheff)

A photo of the base of the oldest documented Loblolly Pine, with long, reddish-purple blocky, platy bark, burls and root curls. A roughly 5 foot tall person stands next to it, showing off the tree’s stem that is likely a good bit greater than 1 m diameter. Living in the Congaree National Park, the area around the base of the stem is now open. In 1992, Switch Cane (Arundinaria tecta) surround the tree

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 21d

Now peak Umbrella Magnolia seed pod color

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Adam Sobel @adamsobel.bsky.social · 22d

We're hiring! We have an open search for an Assistant Professor in physics of the ocean and/or atmosphere in Columbia's Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Please circulate this information to good candidates, and apply yourself if you are one! Ad & link to apply: apply.interfolio.com/173819

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 23d

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Sugar Pine

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Tahoe

A sugar pine tree as seen between two boulders in front of a large lake. The sky is mostly cloudy.

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 24d

Becoming my favorite microseason: the ripening of Umbrella Magnolia seed pods

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 26d

Second: send a letter to the governor of NY actionnetwork.org/letters/gov-...

Gov. Hochul: Please invest in the future of SUNY ESF!

Please send this e-letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to support an $10 million increase to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, which is needed to financially stabilize this vital ...

actionnetwork.org

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The Jena Experiment @jena-experiment.bsky.social · 26d

Two new studies from our site show that

1. Plant diversity decreases the competitive superiority of non-native invaders (Roscher 2025)
doi.org/10.3897/neob...

2. Traits of the leaf economics spectrum do not always relate to species biomass (Bachmann et al. 2025)
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Traits of the Leaf Economics Spectrum Do Not Always Relate to Species Biomass Proportions in Grassland Communities of Varying Diversity

We studied traits of the “leaf economics spectrum” (LES) in 138 experimental grassland communities composed of 20 grassland species, which represented different strategies in spatial resource acquisi...

doi.org

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NPR @npr.org · 27d

At least seven historically Black colleges and universities across the South received threats Thursday that caused lockdowns and closures. via @wwno.org

Southern University, other HBCUs close due to ‘potential threat’

Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge will be closed through the weekend after officials called a lockdown Thursday morning due to a “potential threat.”

www.wwno.org

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🇺🇸Boston Brian🇺🇦 @bostonbrian.com · 27d

Umass given the all clear.. www.wmtw.com/article/umas...

UMass Boston campus cleared after report of shots fired

Video from WMTW's sister station in Boston showed campus employees and students evacuating a school building with their hands in the air amid a large police response.

www.wmtw.com

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