📢Great opportunity for LAC students & researchers to join us in Salt Lake for #ESA2026!🌎 @esalatamcarib.bsky.social is offering 2 registration awards for the 2026 @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Annual Meeting (covers early-bird fees). 🗓 Deadline: May 15, 2026 👉Apply here: forms.gle/6sCHJ4x7mhxR...

Prof. Adriana Romero-Olivares, UC Riverside, was doing incredible work on how fungi and ecosystems respond to global change. A rising voice, a dynamic scientist and educator, a young mother, wife and daughter gone far too soon. A huge loss. Her family, students and community are in my thoughts.

Excited to share our new paper, “Microbial ecology for all: A vision of accessibility, unity, and responsibility.” Thankful to the people I worked with on this and to be growing as an early-career researcher in the field!! 🍄 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Microbial ecology for all: A vision of accessibility, unity, and responsibility

Microorganisms are ubiquitous in nature, representing a significant portion of global biodiversity and playing vital roles in ecosystem functions, biogeochemical cycles, and organismal health. The gr...

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Excited to attend my first BES meeting! Visit poster A4.29 tomorrow 6-7:30 pm to chat about nectar microbes! #BES2025

The Tumber-Dávila Lab and Michael Cox are looking for a postdoctoral Fellow to join the Environmental Studies Department at Dartmouth through the Society of Fellows Program 🌎🧪🌳🍁 apply.interfolio.com/176741

I'm looking for 1-2 PhD/Master's students to start in my lab in the fall of 2026. Are you interested in studying plant interactions, species coexistence or community recovery after disturbance in arid environments? Details below! Email me with questions and please share widely!! 🌱🌾🌵🏜️

✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨ Please spread the word! www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us #CSEE2025

EEB Mentor Match for 2025 is now open! This is an opportunity for students applying to graduate school in Ecology, Evolution, or Behavior to be matched with a mentor to guide them through the application process. Mentors can sign up too! eebmentormatch.com

EEB Mentor Match

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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...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Know any soon to graduate or recently graduated undergrads interested in a full year, paid postbac research position in microbiome sciences? Have them join our zoom Q&A session on Friday, April 11, 11:30am-12:30pm PST. More info here: sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...

📢 Attention students & developing country members! @esalatamcarib.bsky.social @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Our Chapter is offering two (2) registration awards for the #ESA2025 meeting in Baltimore! These awards cover early-bird registration costs. 📝 Apply by May 31st! forms.gle/EacpYSzzFDCz...

Racial affinity groups are under attack. Now is the time to redouble our commitments to these vital organizations that make science better for all. Proud to pen this letter with @khadlily.bsky.social and many @wocineeb.bsky.social colleagues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Protect US racial affinity groups

On its first day, the Trump administration released several executive orders terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, calling them “illegal,” “immoral,” and “discriminatory” (1, 2)...

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Proud to be part of this awesome team! Thanks to @balachaudhary.bsky.social and @khadlily.bsky.social, unstoppable forces in EcoEvo 💜💜 @wocineeb.bsky.social has done a lot for me and other POC in EcoEvo so please help us protect groups like this www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Protect US racial affinity groups

On its first day, the Trump administration released several executive orders terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, calling them “illegal,” “immoral,” and “discriminatory” (1, 2)...

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“Even if I had the opportunity to alter this work to be in compliance, whatever that may mean, I can’t remove my identity in my story…And that being under attack hurts probably the most.” - a quote from me! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The dire consequences of science without DEI

"We are very much at risk of losing an entire generation of researchers."

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The National Science foundation has just updated their FAQ to say they are complying with the court order and has restored access to funds and the ACM$ platform new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

I am one of the impacted NSF postdoc research fellows. My funds remain frozen. I rely on these funds as my salary and payment to aid in my research efforts. I am currently without the funds I use to pay my bills, health insurance, etc. and to move my research forward. #NSF #postdoc

Science Magazine@science.org · 2y ago

Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house." Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded. www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills

An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

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To update people on the NSF PRFB situation: despite the court challenge and rescinding the original memo, the NSF has continued to comply with the executive order. They have not communicated with us at all and our paychecks are still canceled indefinitely. I know people who cannot pay their rent.

To expand on this, right now ~200 postdoc fellows directly funded by NSF are locked out of their salary &research funds right before the first of the month. No doubt other NSF funded grads &postdocs are affected as well. All requests for funds put in before the freeze are slowly being cancelled

Kevin Bird@stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 2y ago

As of now, NSF does not appear to be changing course at all given the temporary restraining order or the rescission of the memo. I can't help but feel that the NSF director is failing us and his handling of this is indefensible. new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

Hey there Blue Sky! We are WOCinEEB, an organization for women of color & non-binary people of color in ecology, evolutionary biology, & allied fields. We offer formal & informal mentorship programs for all career stages & a space for community positivity. Join us & find your people! wocineeb.org

WOC IN EEB

An online community of women of color and non-binary people of color in ecology, evolutionary biology, and allied fields

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As of this AM, it is uncertain how NSF postdoc fellows will be impacted. If you are on an NSF PRFB and not a member of the slack group, send me a message.

Ethan White@ethanwhite.weecology.org · 2y ago

Has anyone heard anything about the impacts of the OMB memo on fellowships administered directly by federal agencies. E.g., NSF (at least used to) pay(s) postdoc fellowship stipends directly to the postdocs

As a NSF PRFB postdoc it would be nice to know if I can pay rent next month (crazy, right). In the meantime, for no reason whatsoever, here are a few ‘wasteful’ things I’ve done as a postdoc: been a science pen pal, helped run a booth at a science center, mentored a high school lab intern.

Starterpack of WoC and non-binary PoC in EcoEvo. Specifically, those of us who are members of the #WoCinEEB slack community. I'll keep adding people in the next few days. Please let me know if I missed you! Happy to provide info on how to join our community 💜 Please share! 🙏🏽 go.bsky.app/9iCneeT

Acabo de crear un starter-pack para ecologós en América Latina - !!! favor de sugerir más gente !!!! go.bsky.app/BdhnF3f

“There is a cost for success in STEM academia. The few minoritized people who seem to thrive might be doing what psychologists call ‘high-effort coping’” True words by Jean King, and gosh, do I not feel it.

Why the mental cost of a STEM career can be too high for women and people of colour

Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creating psychological — and physical — effects. The scientific community must ease this burden. Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creatin...

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An informative article about the career, contributions, and ongoing saga of award-winning ecologist, Priyanga Amarasekare! Nice write-up from Andy Dobson and Ottar Bjornstad. doi.org/10.1002/bes2...