Penstemon lunch at #Botany2026 @aidanwshort.bsky.social @botanist-brooke.bsky.social Liz Mays @trinitydepatie.bsky.social @t-shy.bsky.social Josh Stevens @botanicalbecks.bsky.social

"How two hybridizing monkeyflowers resist phenotypic homogenization" I'm very happy to share this. We would really appreciate your feedback!

Jenn Coughlan@jenncoughlan.bsky.social · 3d ago

So proud of this manuscript- lead by the fantastic @henryarenas.bsky.social with two undergraduates (Cage Cochran and Quinn Evans) each doing a Herculean effort during their honors theses, and Hongfei Chen helping out tremendously with lab work. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Our latest contribution on #regulatoryevolution in which we show that the shape of fitness functions and the distribution of mutational effect sizes jointly limit adaptation by regulatory mutations. Led by @simonaube.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The shape of fitness functions and the distribution of mutational effect sizes jointly limit adaptation by regulatory mutations - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Saturation mutagenesis of the FCY1 promoter in budding yeast shows that adaptation to 5-fluorocytosine is not accessible through single cis-regulatory mutations, despite large mutational effects on pr...

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So proud of this manuscript- lead by the fantastic @henryarenas.bsky.social with two undergraduates (Cage Cochran and Quinn Evans) each doing a Herculean effort during their honors theses, and Hongfei Chen helping out tremendously with lab work. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Maintenance of phenotypic divergence in two sympatric monkeyflowers with weak reproductive isolation

Sympatric species often exhibit permeable reproductive barriers, yet many of them coexist as phenotypically distinct entities. One way to account for this apparent paradox is that selection on loci th...

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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.

Several folks noted this was unfair. some other unis also don’t top off or require PIs to. Also all the PIs I know are doing their best to resolve this. So perhaps instead of “don’t come to UCD” i should have said “make sure you figure this out no matter where you’re going”.

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra@jrossibarra.bsky.social · 2w ago

UC Davis will no longer pay the difference so that GRFP recipients earn the same as other students. So mid-PhD students will lose nearly 25% of salary & new students will make less than their peers. Apply for the GRFP, it’s a wonderful help to your career. Just don’t come here if you get one.

FUCK, and I cannot emphasize this enough, THAT GUY.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit

The Schatz Center is hiring a Research Technologist in Forest Genetics. If you are a recent graduate and interested in getting experience in interdisciplinary research that spans the lab, the field, and the greenhouse - this position is for you! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Staff/jo...

Part-Time Research Technologist - Forest Genetics

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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I've made this point before, but it bears repeating at intervals: Yes, every kid, regardless of their parent(s)' income. Why? Well, there are many reasons, but let's go with just the top few.

Mike Wiser@drmikewiser.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have no kids. I am middle class. And I say: raise my taxes if you have to, but just provide breakfast and lunch to every school kid every school day without means testing.

I find this new discovery of a transmissible cancer in catfish fascinating. As it’s described as the fourth example of contagious cancer, let me share this phylogenetic tree of species infected by such rarities.

Nature@nature.com · 2w ago

Researchers have discovered a contagious cancer in catfish – just the fourth example of tumour cells that spread naturally from one animal to another go.nature.com/4fsoLR3

Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.

And so after a very brief hiatus, version 0.7.0 of "learning statistics with R" exists. Full rebuild in quarto, stylistic fixes, "epilogues from 2026" to comment on how the world changed since original publication, and as an added bonus, no longer misgenders the author learningstatisticswithr.com

Learning Statistics with R

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what could possibly go wrong

Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · 3w ago

Kalshi Will Offer Sports-Style Betting on Drug Trial Results www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Applications to the Gordon Research Seminar in Speciation are now open! We encourage PhD students & postdocs from all geographies, backgrounds, disciplines to APPLY! This 2d seminar in beautiful Lucca 🇮🇹 will be followed by a 5d conference open to the broader community. www.grc.org/speciation-g...

Did you know that bugs... is actually shrimp??? Thank you @sarahmackattack.bsky.social for this incredible educational addition to my wardrobe from squidfacts.bigcartel.com I am gonna be telling so many people bugs is shrimp.

I just think you would look good in a shrimp shirt, that's all. Sorry for always using the same model, it's just, he's always right here & so willing to model. Otis would model for me but she is a cat and, idk you guys. We love her, but she's better suited for other tasks. SquidFacts.net

You just voted to give these thugs another $70 Billion. You’re complicit in this and every other murder committed by Trump’s secret police.

you still can't murder someone even if they have a warrant

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w ago

BREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.

Let biological sex be multifaceted, as all biology is. And when you need to be precise in scientific research, be precise. Say ‘gametic sex’ or ‘chromosomal sex’ or ‘anatomical sex’, or whatever is appropriate to your own work.

Whatever actually happened in Maine, this much is clear Immigrants aggressively chased by goons in unmarked vehicles know instinctively that if they stop a) their family will be broken forever and b) they're headed to a gulag where folks die from neglect So they panic And ICE murders them

Please consider donating to help fund additional Graduate Research Excellence Grants. Every contribution can help support more student-led research! www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...

Donate to Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!, organized by SSE Communications

The Graduate Research Excellence Grants are awarded by the So… SSE Communications needs your support for Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!

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Society for the Study of Evolution@sse-evolution.bsky.social · 4w ago

We received almost 300 applications to our Graduate Research Excellence Grants this year. We expect to fund around 50 proposals. Help us fund an additional 10 by making a tax-deductible donation to our GREG GoFundMe campaign! www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...

WE DID IT! But I don’t know which region came in 3rd because I am currently feeding my friend’s elderly cat while she’s on vacation AHH be back at the bubble-ometer shortly!!!

Illinois is done! The final 5 states remain! FL 6 TX 6 MI 5 VA 4 IN 4 givebutter.com/USS2026

United States of Science 2026

By Skype a Scientist

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A Better World Is Possible

69% done now. Nice. Let's not end at 69% though, we gotta get this map to 100! givebutter.com/USS2026

United States of Science 2026

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 4w ago

PHEW ok sorry for the radio silence today I was indisposed. We are ending day 3 at 67% of the way there. A number of states are VERY close, including: South Carolina (8!) Kentucky (5!) Idaho(3!) Minnesota (2!) Help @skypeascientist.bsky.social! Fill some bubbles! givebutter.com/USS2026

I am giving away a free copy of the #BayesianWorkflow book by @statmodeling.bsky.social, @avehtari.bsky.social, @rmcelreath.bsky.social et al!! Please like, repost, and follow to enter. I will randomly draw the winner next Weds July 8. 😀 routledge.com/9780367490140 #RStats #DataScience #Bayesian

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

I grew up in the Buffalo suburbs if any botanists want suggestions of things to do in the city. Strong suggestion: have a passport if the US/Canada border is not something you have reason to avoid. Both for some additional Niagara Falls options, and the fantastic Royal Botanical Gardens.

Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · last mo.

SAVE THE DATE! #Botany2027 is heading to Buffalo, NY, July 31-August 4, 2027! Lake Erie shoreline, Niagara Falls nearby, and a rich variety of native flora await. Get ready to shuffle off to Buffalo with your botanical science community! More details soon. #IamaBotanist #BotanistsinBuffalo

How good is MiniBWA, the successor to BWA? To test it, I ran MiniBWA on sequencing from 76 different species, comparing mapping speed, rate and accuracy with BWA MEM. In short, it's really good. If you map short reads, it's well worth your time. andrewcarroll.github.io/2026/06/30/t...