I made my first doctor! Congratulations @nauham.bsky.social!

Tenure-track open position in Biological Oceanography at Texas A&M College Station apply.interfolio.com/189672

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

bromeliads making questionable decisions: a series 1. bromeliad hanging by a literal thread 2. floor bromeliad 3. handrail bromeliad 4. bromeliad at the very tip of the skinniest bamboo

the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding

Argentina: loses Brazil: fireworks and impromptu carnaval 🎆💃

always very exciting when a new paper by @sergiohidalgo.bsky.social and @joanna-chiu.bsky.social drops! www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Splicing of a core circadian clock gene regulates seasonal adaptations by a winter gating mechanism

The circadian clock integrates photoperiodic and temperature cues by RNA splicing to promote seasonal plasticity.

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the face of a criminal who just learned how to get inside of her drawer of treats and as such ate an entire bag of freeze dried chicken for breakfast

The lab where I did my PhD is hiring a postdoc to develop a BRET system for imaging neural activity in freely behaving animals! (yes, I know, Carl has quite the range lol) Vanderbilt is a great place to be, and Carl was truly an excellent mentor to me, so do consider applying! #NeuroSky #ChronoSky

just came across this paper and I'm simultaneously very confused and very fascinated www.nature.com/articles/s41...

One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature

In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...

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viva a América Latinaaaaaaa

- VAMOS PARA AS OITAVAS! - PARA O QUÊ? - PARAGUAAAAAI!

🌦️🌳 Why are more trees dying in European forests? Extreme summer droughts are definitely part of the story, but our new paper shows that tree mortality is shaped by climate variability across seasons, not by single extreme events alone. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you weren't at the Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Research Conference, I hope this helps you decide to go next time. It's such a great community! starring @grantnickles.bsky.social cinematography by @emmascales.bsky.social

It is always a nice day to revisit this @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social essay frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/rebecca-soln...

Global warming is ocean warming! This graph shows temperature anomalies averaged over the global ocean, using Argo profiling data since 2004. While sea surface temps can fluctuate, deeper waters display a consistent warming trend—indicative of Earth's overall climate. #ShowYourStripes

Join us! Ask Me Anything as part of the #SRBR World Circadian Day. Organized with expert researchers and physicians studying #biologicalrhythms and #sleep. Real-time responses starting in just 5 circadian cycles from now.

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London Met is outsourcing teaching to a private company: www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/outs...

The outsourcing of my job mirrors what is happening in the UK sector

Universities are using a short-term cash crunch to make long-term structural changes, including greater reliance on private providers, says Glyn Robbins

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Our universities are there to help young Australians get the workforce skills we need; in medicine, science, AI, the humanities. If pursuing a PhD is only financially viable for those from wealthy backgrounds, we're selling the country short. PhD stipends must be increased.

PhD student Maxim makes $18 an hour to research children’s cancer – it’s barely above Australia’s poverty line

Skyrocketing living costs and lack of government support are deterring potential PhD candidates. Experts say the obvious solution is to lift the stipend

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Our review on structural mechanisms of #CO2 fixation machinery by #cyanobacteria @theplantjournal.bsky.social is out🎉🎉 When #CO2 is limiting, #cyano concentrate it. Discover how they thrive? @hhu.de @ceplas.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social @sfb1381.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Functional and structural insights into cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanisms: from compartmentalization to regulation

Life on Earth depends on photosynthetic CO2 fixation via the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle to form organic carbon. This process evolved first in cyanobacteria and was later conveyed to eukaryotes, givi...

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We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Fellows! 40 remarkable postdocs pursuing transformative research in biological/biomedical sciences. This is the 7th Leading Edge cohort and we are so excited to welcome them! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/

Two grad students in the Behringer Lab are overturning assumptions. William McLaughlin is proving mathematical chaos theory using living bacteria. Owen Hale found that oxygen-free bacteria mutate more than expected b/c pop size matters more than oxygen.

Megathread resources now compiled in a Google doc. Send it to your friends. Share with your departments and trainees. And share with non-scientists! I also have a template for non-scientist comments, because this is an all-taxpayer, all medical service user issue. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Submit an OMB Comment!

SAVE AMERICAN SCIENCE (Please! 💜 Annika @annikabarber.bsky.social) What are the proposed changes to scientific grant review and award? Read the Federal Register directly here: Regulation for Federal...

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Annika Barber@annikabarber.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Megathread about responding to new OMB grant funding rules (feel free to add/link more!) I was collecting these for me, but figured I'd round 'em up for everyone 🧪 What's the problem? arstechnica.com/science/2026... elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes: 🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting 🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)

Fully-funded PhD position available in my group in Turku, Finland to explore extracellular electron exchange between photosynthetic and non photosynthetic microorganisms. Application open until 3 Aug, position starts Sept-when suitable for best candidate ats.talentadore.com/apply/vaitos...

Doctoral researcher position, molecular plant biology

We are looking for a candidate to undertake a PhD on extracellular electron exchange between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic microorganisms, focusing on underlying molecular mechanisms and regul...

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❗Hey early career folks in circadian science! 👀Check out this training course in Human Circadian Phenotyping offered at the Max Planck Institute in Sept 2026! ⏰Application deadline is 29 June. Don't miss the chance to learn contemporary methods for measuring human circadian physiology 💡

Viruses are highly abundant in the oceans, but there is one place you won't typically find them: in global ocean ecosystem models... until now. Introducing "vDarwin", an explicit integration of viruses into the MITgcm/Darwin global ecosystem framework: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... a 🧵