So nice to talk to all of you at #Botany2026 about our society and publishing! Did you know that we aim to support early-career researchers with initiatives such as our Early-Career Research Review Award? Any ECR can submit a mini-review on a topic within our scope for a chance to win a prize!
Japanese artist Tomoko Sato, known for her carving skills as a food sculptor, often using fruit such as melons and apples #WomensArt
Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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At #Botany2026, I was hoping to start recruiting for my lab group. If you are interested in polyploidy and population genetics, please reach out.
Smart people: You should sign up to be a local election worker this year
My alma mater (College of the Atlantic) is hiring faculty in Field Ecology, Agroecology, and Chemistry. If you're looking for a very cool small liberal arts college on the coast of Maine with a strong environmental focus, check it out (happy to answer questions!): www.coa.edu/human-resour...
Career Opportunities | College of the Atlantic
Career opportunities at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor Maine.
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📣PhD opportunity! We are looking for a highly motivated doctoral researcher with expertise in pollinator ecology, agroecology, and landscape ecology. 🐝🚜🌼 Research will focus on resilience of pollinator communities in agricultural landscapes. 🔗 Read more: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...
Some people seem to be forgetting that *everyone* is entitled to due process on American soil. No matter where you were born, you are guaranteed this right. Here’s what you should know.
What is Due Process?
It’s more important than ever to understand your right to due process. Here’s what you should know.
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As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
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Photographer Pennie Smith, The Clash, September 1979, an image used for the 'London Calling' album cover art and voted best rock 'n' roll image #WomensArt
Calling all scientists - nature magazine wants to know what you really think about your job. I will be writing about the results later this year and am keen to have lots of responses from Africa and the Global South. You can win an $250 voucher for your trouble! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Share the highs and lows of your career in science: take Nature’s global survey
Science and society are undergoing rapid change. Nature wants to know how this is affecting careers, workplace culture and salaries.
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The Arrival of the Sun, 1962 by Kenojuak Ashevak, artist of Inuit heritage born on Baffin Island #womensart
Week 23 of my stitch-the-news daily news diary included: A CBS logo A cow An NBC logo A referee jersey A green heart with an up-ticking line graph A bottle of sunscreen A World Cup game ball
Pollinator Week is coming soon 🐝🦋💓 It is a good moment to remember that caring for pollinators can start very locally: in a garden, a schoolyard, a farm, a park, or one small patch left a little wilder. Small actions can create real butterfly effects. #PollinatorWeek #Pollinators
This is crazy! Obviously people should recuse from discussion of a grant from their institution but to have to recuse from a WHOLE PANEL is nuts. This is just meant to make it harder to review grants, slow down review, and reduce funding grants As always, the point is to destroy science
Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew: NSF is tightening its conflict of interest rules in what could be a headache for the understaffed agency. Starting in August, reviewers will no longer be able to participate in a panel with any proposals from their own institution. My reporting for @science.org:
Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in photography and botany, considered the first person to have photographic images published in a book, 1843 #WomensArt
"Trees are poems that Earth writes upon the sky." Khalil Gibran Ralph Emerson art
'Woman wiring an early IBM computer' from the 'Documenting Science' series (1938-58) by US photographer Berenice Abbott #womensart
When artist Veselka Bulkan discovered she was pregnant, she used her ultrasound picture as the inspiration for her embroidery #WomensArt #Monday
Strawberry plant from "A Curious Herbal Antique Botanical Illustration", 1737 by Scottish botanical illustrator/author and engraver Elizabeth Blackwell #WomensArt
Happy birthday to marine biologist & conservationist Rachel Carson (1907-1964)! 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histsci After publishing the sea trilogy in the 40s & 50s, when she published Silent Spring in 1962 she captured the world’s attention to the risks to health & environment posed by pesticides & DDT in particular. 🧵
because I know y’all can’t click and read
Trish Greenhalgh@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 2mo agoEvery summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
SSE is pleased to offer free virtual #Evol2026 registration to all SSE members residing in 152 countries and territories around the world including India, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Request your free registration code today! www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
👋 👋 SSE members, I hope you'll join me May 21 for the virtual SSE Presidential Symposium: Navigating Uncertainty: Individual Resilience and Collective Action in Evolutionary Biology Pls RT to help get the word out!
That time of year again! If you'd like an example of job apps in academia or industry, here's a good resource. If you got a job in industry or academia in the last few years, please consider adding yours! github.com/RILAB/statem...
GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants
Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.
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NSF GRFP results are out! Awardees: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Honorable Mention: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... (Our team members didn't get emails but discovered the lists through Reddit. Confirmed by logging in to the website and checking.) #NSF #GRFP
