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Derrick Kamp @kampamycin.bsky.social · Jun 20

Learning about science is always rad. But as the Animal-Microbe Symbiosis GRC wraps up, I'm most excited about whom I get to do that science with.

A group of incredible folks sitting in a booth in a crowded bar. The image may be noisy and chaotic but that's part of the charm.

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · Jun 19

Science has published a letter I helped write, as part of Advancing Queer & Trans Equity in Science (AQTES), about why it's important for universities & other institutions to protect trans and gender-nonconforming scientists, and some practical things they can do.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Protect transgender scientists

Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

www.science.org

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Taylor Lindsay @t-lindsay-sci.bsky.social · Apr 2

Less than one week until I defend my PhD! If you’d like to learn about coral biology, isotopes or temperate ecosystems please join us on zoom!

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Jill Ashey @jillashey.bsky.social · Apr 7

my first blue sky post! and fitting that it is my dissertation defense annoucement!! Come learn about the importance of ncRNAs in coral biology on Wednesday (4/9) at 1pm EST: uri-edu.zoom.us/j/97189503831

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Jacob Pawley 🧽 🦠 🦕 @pawley.bsky.social · Apr 2

I was a member of the Crazy Ant Strike Team on Johnston Atoll in 2019

It is sickening that Elon & SpaceX are planning to decimate decades of SUCCESSFUL invasive species eradication, and a truly remarkable rebound of several species of critically endangered seabirds, all for 10 rocket missions

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SpaceX rocket cargo project puts Pacific seabirds in jeopardy

A project proposed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll could harm the many seabirds that nest at the wildlife refuge, according to biologists and experts who have spent more than a decade working to protect them.

www.reuters.com

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · Mar 21

ICYMI an environmental news roundup. A downer, but it's important to know what's going on.

Important: Most of this isn’t final. It will be litigated in the courts. Stay tuned...

Keep speaking up! Keep pushing your members of Congress! It's making a difference.

open.substack.com/pub/ayanaeli...

Trump to Americans: F*ck Clean Air and Clean Water and Clean Energy 🥸

An environmental news roundup of the 1st two months.

open.substack.com

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Derrick Kamp @kampamycin.bsky.social · Mar 26

I made a website! Come check it out! Get to know me! See cool pictures! Learn that I'm looking for a post doc in fall 2025!

www.derrickkamp.com

Home | Derrick Kamp

www.derrickkamp.com

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Feb 4

This is how you do it.

Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Read their whole email to membership here
mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...

an email from the society for integrative and comparative biology that reads "Attn SICB Members:

The past few weeks have been a stressful time in our scientific community, and we want to make our position clear: The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology unequivocally condemns recent attacks on scientific integrity, funding for scientific research, and the importance of broadening participation in science."

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Zoe Dellaert @zdellaert.bsky.social · Jan 29

Make sure they know they are valued and protected, both as scientists and individuals. Ask them about their concerns and how you can use your positions of power to help. This is not the time to go back to a former, broken, status quo for the sake of your science.

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Zoe Dellaert @zdellaert.bsky.social · Jan 29

A reminder to US scientists: yes, your research is at risk. It's terrifying. But these efforts are systematically targeting programs meant to broaden access to science. This is the time to check in with BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled, and international students and colleagues in your departments.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jan 28

It is very easy to call your representatives’ offices. They have to log your calls and the call numbers are meaningful. You don’t even have to try to convince anyone; just call and tell them your concerns. They are there to represent you. Let them know what that means. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

Find and contact elected officials | USAGov

Use USAGov’s Contact Your Elected Officials tool to get contact information for your members of Congress, the president, and state and local officials.

www.usa.gov

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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · Jan 28

NEW: President Trump announced an executive order targeting health care for trans people under 19 — a disturbing attempt to put the federal government between families and their doctors.

This is NOT implemented yet. We will provide updates and ways to fight back as we learn more: hrc.im/equalityhub

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Jan 28

Gender affirming care saves trans and non-binary youths lives. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care

This cohort study investigates whether gender-affirming care is associated with decreased depression, anxiety, and suicidality among transgender and nonbinary youths.

jamanetwork.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jan 28

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order threatening to override families with transgender youth and shut down access to gender-affirming care for trans people under the age of 19 nationwide.

This order will not take immediate effect, and we will not allow this policy to stand.

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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · Jan 29

Make them tell you, specifically, what you're not allowed to do. Don't make changes you guess that they want. Don't offer them a menu of things that you infer they might be telling you not to do. Do the work you proposed, and received funding to do, unless instructed otherwise in specific detail.

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Derrick Kamp @kampamycin.bsky.social · Dec 4

Give me the .CSV file, Spotify. I wanna make ggplots.

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Zoe Dellaert @zdellaert.bsky.social · Dec 3

Congrats! Such an impressive body of work!

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Anthony M. Bonacolta @ambonacolta.bsky.social · Dec 3

🚨New Preprint🚨: A Single-cell Atlas of Coral Bleaching! 🪸🦠🔥. We show the microbial ecology of coral bleaching from the gene expression of host and symbiont cells to the shifts in the bacterial and protist communities within the holobiont! #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🧪

A Single-Cell Atlas of Coral Bleaching

The symbiosis between corals and dinoflagellate algae is disrupted by heat stress, leading to bleaching. Recurring bleaching events, driven by the climate crisis, are causing massive coral mortality a...

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Zoe Dellaert @zdellaert.bsky.social · Dec 2

How does environmental variability affect coral calcification? 🪸🪸🪸 Check out our new paper:

Dr. Kristen Brown @kristenbrown.bsky.social · Dec 2

New paper!! We reveal that life-long exposure to environmental variability induces frontloading of key #coral calcification genes. These special corals may possess an enhanced capacity to cope with climate change 🧪🦑🪸🌊🌏 @zdellaert.bsky.social @upenn.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A colorful and diverse coral reef at Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef.

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Amanda Alker @atp-alker.bsky.social · Nov 30

🚨 The Alker Lab is starting at the University of Rhode Island in early 2025 and we will be hiring! 🚨

If you are interested in marine microbiology, bacterial genetics and/or symbiosis, please consider reaching out! Repost to help spread the word 🪸🧪🧬🌊

The Alker lab at the University of Rhode Island is hiring (students, postdocs and lab staff)! We use cutting edge tools in microbiology to investigate marine animal symbioses. Email or DM for further inquiries

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Geo Santiago-Martínez @geosantiagom.bsky.social · Nov 22

Is your institution hiring?
Please read these guidelines proposed by members of our Advancing Queer and Trans Equity in Science (AQTES) Consortium to have inclusive hiring processes.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002919
Please share it with your colleagues!
#MicroSky

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Zoe Dellaert @zdellaert.bsky.social · Nov 20

Out today, open access: Chromosome-level genome assemblies and genetic maps reveal heterochiasmy and macrosynteny in endangered Atlantic Acropora

doi.org/10.1186/s128...

From @ibaums.bsky.social Lab, led by Nicolas Locatelli, Sheila Kitchen, and Kate Stankiewicz

Chromosome-level genome assemblies and genetic maps reveal heterochiasmy and macrosynteny in endangered Atlantic Acropora - BMC Genomics

Background Over their evolutionary history, corals have adapted to sea level rise and increasing ocean temperatures, however, it is unclear how quickly they may respond to rapid change. Genome structu...

doi.org

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Derrick Kamp @kampamycin.bsky.social · Nov 14

Folks who are mentoring undergrads looking into PhDs:

Encourage them to pursue programs with Grad Student Unions.

Healthcare and other benefits are union granted. In the next few years, collectivist action is going to be vital, and the encouragement that others are on your side is indelible.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · Nov 12

Reposting this due to the large number of new people here. Join our growing Native American and Indigenous Studies group! This is a broad call for a tenure track faculty position at UConn. The call is based on discussions with Native tribes in CT, and will be the first new hire in our new dept, SCI.

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · Oct 29

UConn Native American Indigenous Studies program within the department of Social and Critical Inquiry is hiring a TT faculty position! We are looking for someone in One Health, TEK, or Environmental Justice, and Tribal governance/law/policy.

Apply here:
jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...

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