Big festival after the march in the small-ish town of Corvallis, Oregon! It ended with a dance party… many people are still on the streets with their signs- 3 hours later!

@radiolab.bsky.social I loved Soren’s reframing & it happens to provide clarity on something I’ve been trying to articulate: Jane Goodall: “I don’t like to talk about animal rights. I prefer to talk about human responsibilities.” Me: “what are OUR responsibilities to each other? To our community?”🥰

Ready for today’s march for Democracy! (With a nod to my neighbors to the North in Portland! 🐸🥰)

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

⏰ Don’t forget – applications for the JXB 2026 Editorial Internships closes next Tuesday (30 Sept)! 🌱✍️ ⚠️ Don’t leave it to last minute – the application takes some work: 📄 CV 📝 Cover letter 🔍 Commentary (Insight style, max 1500 words, based on a JXB paper ≥ July 2024) Apply now: bit.ly/jxbinterns

Journal of Experimental Botany@jxbotany.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚨 Calling all #PlantScience ECRs! 🚨 JXB is now inviting applications for its 2026 Editorial Internships 🌱✍️ 🧪 ✨ You’ll gain: 🌿 Behind-the-scenes publishing experience 📝 Write commentary pieces 🤝 Join our 2026 Editorial Board meeting 👩‍💻 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept 👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns @sebiology.bsky.social

I’m officially starting the call for this movie to play EVERYWHERE in 2026- in honor of the USA’s 250th anniversary (and the film’s 20th) It was amazingly prescient youtu.be/6lai9QhBibk?...

Idiocracy (2006) Trailer | Luke Wilson | Dax Shepard

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we should refer to him from here on out as Gavin “Big Balls” Newsom @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov

The GOP are the biggest cheaters. Fact check here: independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/tx

Ruby heard me discussing taking a walk before it hit 90° and wanted to register her interest in participating 🤣

📜 In defense of funding foundational plant science 🧑‍🔬 @jfriesner.bsky.social, @cargueso.bsky.social, @plantteaching.bsky.social, Shuang Wu, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al. 📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social 🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... #️⃣ #PlantScience

In defense of funding foundational plant science

Abstract. Plants are essential for life as we know it on Earth. They oxygenate the atmosphere, regulate the climate, and comprise much of the primary produ

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Lots of fun to make this and work with Catherine, Adrienne, and Arif!

Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · last yr.

📜 A Timeline of Discovery and Innovation in Arabidopsis 🧑‍🔬 Catherine Freed, @jfriesner.bsky.social, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al. 📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social 🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... #️⃣ #PlantScience #FoundationalScience #FoundationalPlantScience #Arabidopsis #PlantSciHis

Registration is open for JXB's 75th Anniversary Symposium 🌱 We have plenty of speaker slots for ECRs & lots of opportunity to network 🌳 There's a conference dinner at The Caves & workshops for ECRs 🌾 Sign up now to join us in Edinburgh in September, places are limited: bit.ly/JXB75 #plantscience 🧪

Maybe why they’re dismantling US Universities ?

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Chenxin Li, PhD@chenxinli2.bsky.social · last yr.

I don’t think it should be surprising to anyone. R01s will do anything to have their funding.

#WI #highered #academicsky

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last yr.

Here is UW - Madison's budget. Our <largest> funder is the federal government. 25%. It used to be the state. Either way, the university in its current form ceases to exist if these federal cuts really happen. But The. Public. Doesn't. Know. This. And our leaders are absent from the public debate.

Big paper out from @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social! source.washu.edu/2025/03/brin...

Bringing expansion microscopy to plants

Biologist Kevin Cox, in Arts & Sciences, has discovered a low-cost way to more easily study the detailed makeup of plant cells. The ultimate goal is to help grow better crops, improving food security.

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This suppression of first amendment rights by the U.S. government is utterly shocking

Liz Neeley@lizneeley.bsky.social · last yr.

This is truly depraved. The goal is to force universities into even more extreme violence against protesters and suppression of free speech. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Reading an internal NIH guidance memo which basically says since we’re probably going to be shutting down labs with little or no notice just be sure to remember about the whole disposing of biohazard materials the right way thing. ☣️ 😬🤡

i don't know if i've ever felt more hopeless than watching an elderly black man get dragged out of the room for calling out fascism while dozens of white people sat silently with their lollipop signs and watched and did nothing

MrsBundrige@mrsbundrige.bsky.social · last yr.

He stood alone with courage in the face of tyranny.

Finally some truth about what the impact of institutional silence is as DEI is mothballed. "I see the University for what it is: a place of incredible power and prestige more concerned with public image than the well-being of affected faculty, staff, postdocs and students..." disq.us/t/4tb43sv

From the Community | I am more than a researcher, but Stanford doesn’t care

Assistant Professor Elliot White Jr. denounces the University's faint response to political threats against DEI, especially compared to the robust support its research initiatives in the wake of NIH f...

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Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)

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Cell Press@cellpress.bsky.social · last yr.

Following the NIH decision to cap funding for indirect cost reimbursements at 15%, @nygenome.org Scientific Director Tom Maniatis calls for swift, united action. cell.com/cell/fulltex... Read his Commentary now in @cp-cell.bsky.social

Registration is now open for the #CSPB #SCBV 2025 Annual Meeting CSPB2025.ca for all details and information. The meeting will be hosted in Halifax, NS this year from Aug 9 - 12. We can’t wait to see you there! #scienceconference #plantscience #conference

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I am hiring a lab technician! If you know anyone who has experience with field studies, enjoys working with plants, and is a good communicator and hard worker, pls pass this along! The position is for one year with the possibility of renewal. Please re-skeet! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

📌Vacancy at the University of Amsterdam! Join us at the Green Life Sciences with three open positions by my colleagues. 🌱🌻 1/3 PhD position on "Microbial Host Preference in Plant Stress Resilience" in the group of Dr. Kathrin Wippel: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD Candidate Microbial Host Preference in Plant Stress Resilience

Are you an early-career researcher with a passion for plant science? Would you like to apply your enthusiasm to a highly relevant project in the field of plant-microbiome interactions? Then we have th...

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🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025. www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...