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I'm stoked to have this long-term and highly collaborative effort out in the wild. We present an experimental evolution system to quantitatively study the rapid evolutionary dynamics of B-cell affinity maturation. These evolutionary mechanisms underpin antibody responses and immune memory formation.

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I helped explain to the Chicago Tribune the enourmous and irrational damage the NIH funding freeze is causing at Northwestern. “You’re at risk of losing an entire next generation of scientists" "it’s terrifying; it’s completely senseless." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/07/w...

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Introducing Rudolf the red nosed bulldog

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Lately McSweeneys is a really consistent source of socio-political bangers. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-s...

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Just effing wonderful…

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Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation. Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants: 1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process. 2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers. 3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.

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Exclusive: Confusion over new DEI language from NSF and NIH leads Williams College to be first institution to pause accepting any grants www.science.org/content/arti...

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Was looking for something specific in the USDA budget & stumbled across termination-level cuts to stuff I didn't recognize, so I googled. School meals in low-income countries & international emergency food aid using products purchased from US farmers, of course, www.interaction.org/choose-to-in...

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Horribly shortsighted and stupid. Driving with your eyes shut is unsafe, not keeping them open to detect and respond to the hazards ahead. I can't scream BS loud enough.

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Today CLS brings attention to a sleeper cell proposal in the President's NIH Budget for FY26: Multi-Year Awards. Read our statement to learn why this "nothing to see here" boring-sounding proposal would actually be DEVASTATING to research. www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-objects-...

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"The scientific research base of the United States of America is the research university. We made that decision 80 years ago. We don't have a Plan B." — Condoleezza Rice

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Our Darwin-Wallace Medal is awarded to a person or group who have made major advances in evolutionary science. Know of a worthy recipient? Nominate by 30 September. www.linnean.org/the-...

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we are a failed state

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I'm looking for a new Lab Manager to join me, my amazing incoming PhD students @isabellafavalos.bsky.social and @maceygrisso.bsky.social, and our fantastic undergraduate RAs in the Emotional Lives Lab at UC Riverside. Sharing would be much appreciated! jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/35754189

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The Massachusetts Audubon Society's Ipswich River Sanctuary established a native plant garden next to the visitor center, in honor of my dad's service to the society. If you are in the Boston area, I highly recommend the Ipswich River Sanctuary; and check out the garden!

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New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

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Communist regimes determined what could be taught and researched at universities, insisted on programs in Lysenkoism and Scientific Marxism-Leninism, abolished other departments, and controlled who could attend and teach. This, of course, is entirely different.

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The Wadsworth Center is expanding it's research focus on #virology /vector-borne diseases! www.asmcareerconnections.org/job/research-scientist-5-g-31/78488664/ This is a unicorn assistant prof equivalent position with 12-month hard money salary and no teaching commitments (!) Reposts appreciated 🙏

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Yet another devasating move with global ramifications Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/h...

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Sunrise this morning in Connecticut through a veil of smoke from Canada

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President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back the $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for public broadcasting that Congress approved earlier this year. His request also includes cuts to foreign aid.

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Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

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Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

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Nearly 14 MILLION people are estimated to lose their health insurance under Republicans' “big beautiful bill.” That's like everyone in: Wyoming Vermont Alaska North Dakota Montana Maine New Hampshire Hawaii West Virginia Idaho and Nebraska COMBINED.

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Hey @asn-amnat.bsky.social members! At the annual Evolution meeting, the American Society of Naturalists council meets for half a day to discuss future plans for the society. We are open to member suggestions for topics that we should be considering - new initiatives, existing ones, budget, etc...

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URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯 Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below. This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.

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URGENT! Contact your senators today to advocate to fund science agencies and programs! The Senate Appropriations Committee & its subcommittees are writing appropriation bills for the federal FY26 budget now. Here's how you can help: esa.org/esablog/2025...

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A reminder that we're looking for a new meeting organizer. We'll start reviewing applications on June 6th.

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Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space. 2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

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The Zen of Dying Quietly, and Other Teachings by Senator Joni Ernst [SATIRE but honestly these days, who knows?] "Ask yourself: Who is this “you” that wants chemotherapy so, so badly? There is no self. There is no plan. There are only prior authorizations." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

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I couldn’t help myself, had to edit her sign slightly. Central Park NY yesterday

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This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.

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@jessicalwarelab.bsky.social at AMNH enjoying the insect exhibit today

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Sure, air is free. But CLEAN air? That takes regulations and enforcement. And gvt spending to do that. I prefer Clean Air.

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My Op Ed: President Trump often touted that his first administration approved more generic drugs than any in history. He had good reason to highlight the success. Recently, however, the FDA review team enabling these approvals was disbanded, and it may undo that historic progress. @statnews.com

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