USU is hiring a microbiologist and an avian biologist! Both positions tenure-track, starting in 2027. These will be great positions in a great department--please reach out if you have any questions!

#Phylogenetics & population structure of the western North American endemic Pacific Laurasian clade of #Isoëtes New #AJB research by Forrest Freund, Daniel Gates, Matthew Johnson & @crothfels.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #genetics #biogeography #evolution

Azolla caroliniana genome! @fernway.bsky.social @tribblelab.bsky.social @crothfels.bsky.social #CCGP academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...

“The genome assembly of the duckweed fern, Azolla caroliniana”

Abstract. Azolla is a genus of freshwater ferns that is economically important as a nitrogen-fixing biofertilizer, biofuel, bioremediator, and for potentia

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ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

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1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world. 
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

So excited to see this out! Come, poke around pteridoportal.org and get your seedfree fix

Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · 2y ago

The PteridoPortal: A publicly accessible collection of over three million records of extant and extinct #pteridophytes By @crothfels.bsky.social @msundue.bsky.social @mlinkperez.bsky.social @aaronliston.bsky.social @klymiuk.ca et al in #AppsPlantSci bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Super proud of recent PhD grad Weixuan Ning for his first paper from his PhD work on #polyploidy. He wrote this as 'the one I wished I would have had starting out as a PhD student.' doi.org/10.1002/aps3...

A roadmap of phylogenomic methods for studying polyploid plant genera

Phylogenetic inference of polyploid species is the first step towards understanding their patterns of diversification. In this paper, we review the challenges and limitations of inferring species rel...

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The nitrogen-fixing #fern #Azolla has a complex #microbiome characterized by varying degrees of cophylogenetic signal New #AJB research by @mickischill.bsky.social, Forrest Freund, @tribblelab.bsky.social, @fernway.bsky.social & @crothfels.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany

Azolla is so weird

mick@mickischill.bsky.social · 2y ago

New #Azolla #microbiome #CCGP paper! With @tribblelab.bsky.social @crothfels.bsky.social and @fernway.bsky.social bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The court ordered that NIH grant funding be unfrozen, so The Regime found a way around it. For NIH grants to be funded, a review panel must rank them. In order for a review panel to meet, they must post it on the Federal Register. Submissions to the Federal Register are now on hold “indefinitely”.

Angie Voyles Askham@avaskham.bsky.social · 2y ago

I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

Some long-term costs are already becoming clear. Others will appear sooner or later, sometimes from unexpected places. That's the kind of chaos you can expect when you crack open a complex adaptive system, like human societies or the environment, without understanding it.

Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫@lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 2y ago

Trump cuts threaten a ‘generation of scientists’ as many weigh leaving US. President’s call to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ has led to slashes in NIH funding – endangering jobs and vital research. This does NOT make America great. #MOMSky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Experts rock - we can do this together! 🌎🦅🐕🐈‍⬛🌱@expertsrock.bsky.social · 2y ago

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Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

NSF is still freezing grant payments because of Trump's executive orders targeting DEI, despite NSF's congressional mandate to weigh how grants will expand participation in science. What that means for scientists/science (with more detail than yesterday's radio story) www.npr.org/2025/01/31/n...

National Science Foundation freezes payments in response to Trump's executive actions

The National Science Foundation's funding freeze, and wider confusion about the status and future of science funding, is already hampering research.

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can't think of a better way to start my bluesky account than a shout-out to the 2025 Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes cohort. So honored to have been part of this enthusiastic community of fern lovers. Thanks to all teachers, classmates, and OTS, and to the ferns and streams of Costa Rica #buenhelechos

Here's me + Sachi Gibson in The Hub today explaining why a tech-focused approach to climate action should pursue safe bets *and* wild cards thehub.ca/2024/12/10/r...

Sachi Gibson and Jason Dion: Why expanding safe bet and wild card technologies is critical to Canadian competitiveness

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“Another unknown is whether NIH researchers will still be allowed to submit papers to peer-reviewed journals.” This is insanity, and could have major impact on entire fields of research worldwide (we all collaborate with one another)

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2y ago

"Officials halted midstream a training workshop for junior scientists, called off a workshop on adolescent learning minutes before it was to begin, and canceled meetings of two advisory councils." It could've been telegraphed in advance. The fear, uncertainty, chaos, and disruption are the point.

You do NOT have to speak to ICE without a JUDICIAL warrant. If they attempt to enter your home or your workplace, ask for a warrant. Sometimes they will try to use other, non qualifying paperwork. They need a warrant. (2/3)

New research reveals insights into the genetic blueprints of #hornworts, uncovering fascinating details about plant evolution and the early days of life on land. news.btiscience.org/245723-hornw... @fernway.bsky.social #plantscience

Hornwort genomes provide clues on how plants conquered the land

New research reveals insights into the genetic blueprints of hornworts, uncovering fascinating details about plant evolution and the early days of life on land.

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Applications are now open for the 2025 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE) at the Marine Biological Laboratory in *beautiful* Woods Hole, MA! More info here: molevolworkshop.github.io Apply here: www.mbl.edu/education/ad... Application deadline: Jan. 29th Workshop dates: May 22nd - June 1st

Workshop on Molecular Evolution | Marine Biological Laboratory

The workshop serves graduate students, postdocs, and established faculty from around the world seeking to apply the principles of molecular evolution to questions of anthropology, conservation genetic...

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New study by @tribblelab.bsky.social @jimarcor.bsky.social @marcialescudero.bsky.social Michael May, Rosana Zenil-Ferguson and myself just out: Introduces a novel HiSSE chromosome model and demonstrates the importance of chrom. evol. in #sedge diversity. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...