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Excited to share a new update to Mumemto, scaling MUM and conserved element finding to any size pangenome! Preprint out now w/ @benlangmead.bsky.social. Mumemto scales to the new HPRC v2 release and beyond, and can merge in future assemblies without any recomputation! 1/n

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We're hiring! 🎉 The KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum is seeking applications for a full-time Museum Education Coordinator. Application reviews begin Monday, June 9, 2025. To apply or learn more about each job, click the link ➡️ rockcha.lk/xvx

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📢Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, May 28 at 1 pm EDT. Don’t miss it!🌱 👉Learn more and register here at excom.aspb.org. #plantscience

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Join us in celebrating Brian Atkinson on his tenure promotion! His dedication to fossil plant research and mentoring the next generation of paleobotanists makes him an invaluable part of our team at @kunhm.bsky.social & @kubiology.bsky.social! Congrats, Brian! 🎉

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Always love posts from @enirenberg.bsky.social--this is our hot off the press work with @gquirk96.bsky.social, but he does a better job explaining it than I would! TL;DR, as SARS-CoV2 Spike epitopes drifted, many became poorly immunogenic, irrespective of antigenic imprinting/prior immunity.

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Sally Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social and I are back with the next installment of “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, supported by @smtpb.bsky.social. Bob Holt shares his personal history and stories of his life in science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hX...

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Terminal Genome Viewer (tgv), written in Rust github.com/zeqianli/tgv

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What happens when 1,000+ scientists come together to tackle some of the world’s biggest nature and climate challenges in over 80 countries around the world? Innovation, impact, and hope--that's what! If you're looking for encouraging news, check out our 2024 @nature_org Science Impact Report ⬇️

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"Stabilisation of Fluctuating Population Dynamics via the Evolution of Dormancy" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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I am really excited about this new article series in Systematic Botany. It's a great opportunity to draw attention to plant biodiversity and natural history, plus rally communities around clades that need more work or have particular ecological / economic significance. www.aspt.net/news-blog/20...

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Take a look at @science.org's article describing our work in @globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that beak morphology of hummingbirds has changed in association with feeders! science.org/content/arti...

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Parting shot from my Owl encounter 🪶🌵🌙🦉

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Good Morning! ☀️🪶🌵

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Good Morning from Tucson, Arizona 🪶☀️🌵 Red-tailed Hawk takes flight

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Great Horned Owl on Saguaro at dusk (1/125, f/6.3, ISO 1400, handheld) 🪶🦉🌵🌙

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Check out this new #AJB essay by Patrik Mráz & Barbora Šingliarová! Natural autopolyploids: Understanding their formation & establishment doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #polyploidy #asteraceae

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Help BSA raise funds to support the PLANTS program! NSF terminated our award, but our community is stepping up! Donate today to support a leadership & mentoring program that supports the next generation of plant scientists! #SupportPLANTS botany.org/.../plants-g... crm.botany.org/makeadonation

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BIG NEWS for Botany 2025 STUDENTS!🌴 We’ve got a brand-new student hotel block at Courtyard Palm Springs—just for YOU! It’s the perfect place to rest, recharge, and connect with your fellow plant science enthusiasts. Deadline to book is JULY 4TH—so don’t wait! www.marriott.com/event-reserv...

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Mesquite 4 beta released! Many new features, esp. phylogenomic. Check out the trailer and longer video on the home page: www.mesquiteproject.org, and use the download link there to get a copy. Feedback welcome! Ask and discuss on our new Google Group (groups.google.com/g/mesquite-p...).

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This intolerable attack on Harvard’s independence and academic freedom is plainly government retaliation for Harvard’s speech standing up for itself and the rule of law. America must rally to the side of Harvard and its students in court, in Congress and in our communities.

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NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research. NSF Astronomy was cut by 53% Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79% Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO. #GiftLink ⚛️🔭 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday 📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

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🚨 Action alert: Two days left!! Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference. 👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees. ➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.

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It's back! The Society of Systematic Biologists is running Year 3 of the Mentorship Program! Find community, support your colleagues, and talk trees. Apply by June 10th, 2025. Program info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p... Application form: forms.gle/QtD22C9dtfRF... @systbiol.bsky.social

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Undescribed species diversity in Brewer's #jewelflower illuminates potential mechanisms of diversification associated with serpentine endemism New #AJB research by Kyle Christie, N. Ivalú Cacho, Jacob Macdonald et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #biodiversity #Brassicaceae

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"Scientist or Senior Scientist, Plant Chromosome Engineering (Depending on Experience) at Phytoform Labs, Harpenden, UK *Application Deadline: 6/1/2025" Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20250516_Phytoform_S_SS.pdf #PlantSciJobs

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When should adaptation arise from a polygenic response versus few large effect changes? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.15.654234v1

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Evolutionary dynamics of gene and isoform regulation underlying rapid and parallel adaptive radiations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.13.653813v1

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Over the last couple of years I have been writing individual chapters of what I call 𝗔 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Each chapter covers a specific, basic, but for some reason special and interesting aspect of #PlantScience research. Have a look here 👇🧵

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📣 🥳 🧑‍💻 Our department is hiring: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark Deadline June 1st Thanks for sharing! mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...

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On a day when all research grants at Harvard were terminated, and in a context where Congress seems to broadly accept the notion that destroying science and health research in the US is fine, it’s worth noting that this is not what the public wants.

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"Imagine the auto industry without 3D printing. NSF funded that. Artificial intelligence? NSF. MRI machines that help doctors diagnose you? NSF. Doppler radar technology that makes aviation safer by conquering wind shear? NSF. Duolingo‘s underlying programming? NSF. The internet itself? NSF."

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The PopSim Consortium wants you! Please join us on zoom on May 27 at noon Eastern Time (1600 UTC) to tell us you would like to see in the next version of stdpopsim! DM me for meeting link, or just sign up for our email list: lists.uoregon.edu/mailman/list... (1/3)

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Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

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NSF Terminates Funding for Successful Workforce and Leadership Program in the Botanical Sciences botany.org/home/awards/... #botany #plantscience

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I credit my career path to being a 2015 PLANTS grant recipient and have volunteered as a mentor almost every year since. I cannot imagine BSA or the field of botany without it. Please consider donating to the BSA Human Diversity Fund to support future generations: crm.botany.org/makeadonation

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“NSF’s closed-to-the-public deliberations were observed by Zachary Terrell from the DOGE team. Through his Zoom screen, he showed more interest in his water bottle & cuticles than the discussion. Terrell accessed the awards system to block the dispersal of approved grants.“ time.com/7285045/resi...

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Postdoc job opportunity! We're looking for ECR in evolutionary genomics to study the relation between intra-specific gene expression variability, polymorphism, and macro-evolutionary rates. We have the data in 3 fishes & amphioxus, just waiting for your expertise and enthusiasm! tinyurl.com/3aewk286

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🌼The first episode of the BSA's new podcast---A Botanical Podcast!---is now available on all major streaming services!🌼 In this episode, Andrea Berardi explores the #evolution of flower color & why plants change their colors. www.buzzsprout.com/admin/244699... #botany #plantscience #iamabotanist

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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

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“The NSF can be understood not only as a catalyst of scientific promise for national purpose, but also as a guarded response to fears about centralized control over knowledge and thought, shaped by the dark shadows of the Third Reich and the emerging Red Scare.”

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The PLANTS program (funded by NSF) at @botsocamerica.bsky.social was a cornerstone of the conference each year, bringing together new-to-science scholars with more experienced mentors. It helped provide community, support, and connection to new scientists. The grant was terminated last week.

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Explosive radiation of Neotropical Tillandsia subgenus Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae) has been accompanied by pervasive hybridization doi.org/10.1101/2023... Tracing evolutionary and genetic footprints of atmospheric tillandsioids transition from land to air doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Evolution #BioDiv

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Looking forward to the Jacques Monod Conference on polyploidy this September in Roscoff, France! Registration is open until May 19! #polyploidy cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...

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The Trait Discovery Group @kwsgroup.bsky.social is looking for a new Leader. "The candidate will lead a team focused on identifying and characterizing genes for genome editing that contribute to key trait product launches in KWS crops." #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...

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NSF is undergoing a massive shake-up: over 80 senior staff cut, remote work banned, the equity-in-STEM division eliminated, and hundreds of research grants scrapped. This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity. www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...

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