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Meg Daly

@megdaly.bsky.social

Biodiversity, evolution, oceans, people. Opinions and enthusiasm my own.

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Plant Science Spotlight@plant-sci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Don’t reach for ChatGPT Images or Nano Banana as your first option when creating scientific images There are multiple free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations. #plantscience @stephenturner.us blog.stephenturner.us/p/free-open-...

Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations

Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics

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Meg Daly@megdaly.bsky.social · 2w ago

📣📣"...there are disparities in past and present taxonomic effort that bias the data available in existing databases, resulting in significant impacts on our understanding of biodiversity and ecology'

Dr. Brendan Anderson@fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 2w ago

Taxonomy is far from complete but it also is not "complete enough" to warrant the disinvestment seen in ithe field and natural history generally. Museums and herbaria need funds to store, curate, and describe species and taxonomists need to be paid to do it www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Meg Daly@megdaly.bsky.social · 2w ago

Consider becoming Editor in Chief for the BSSB! This innovative journal has a strong foundation and enormous potential --come help make it happen!

The Society of Systematic Biologists@systbiol.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Society of Systematic Biologists is looking for a new editor for the Bulletin! The Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists is the Society’s diamond OA journal. Are you interested? Or know someone who might be? See 👇 www.systbio.org/eicbssb.htm

Meg Daly@megdaly.bsky.social · 3w ago

Federal investment in research impacts current economic conditions*and* future economic conditions. Read thru to see the immediate & direct financial hit in each congressional district based on plans to ax NSF $$ to social sciences. In mine, it's a whopping $2.5 mil loss per year.

Joshua Weitz@joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 3w ago

New Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (#SCIMaP) analysis on the impact of the WH plan to eliminate NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences directorate. @malar0ne.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @cl10.bsky.social @alexmusicwrites.bsky.social scienceimpacts.org/insights/SBE...

Insight blog "Cuts to NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate will have significant economic impacts nationwide" https://scienceimpacts.org/insights/SBE-2026-07-13
C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec@squamiferum.bsky.social · 4w ago

New IUCN Red List update today includes a comprehensive assessment of ALL hydrothermal vent endemic molluscs… and 125/201 (62%) species are THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION from DEEP-SEA MINING! 72 (37%) are Endangered / Critically Endangered. More: www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... @sscmarine.bsky.social

Deep-sea mining threatens molluscs holding promise for science, Red List shows

Over half of mollusc species that cluster around underwater vents and ‌hold promising potential for medicine and technology are at risk of going extinct due to increasing deep-sea mining, the world's ...

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Meg Daly@megdaly.bsky.social · 4w ago

If you were at #Evol2026, you might have been lucky enough to see part of this work presented live🦞But, if you, like our crawdads, were "at home," you can catch up with the just-published paper! @bryanccarstens.bsky.social

Natural History Collections and Museomics@nhcm.pensoft.net · last mo.

🧬 A recent study has shown that genomic DNA can still be successfully extracted from museum specimens preserved in fluid, even when they were collected many years ago. 🔬 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.189111

Prisonculture@prisonculture.bsky.social · last mo.

Something that I appreciate about being a marginalized person in this country is that it makes me unsentimental about it. This means that there's always an opportunity to redo things. This day sucked, well there's tomorrow or next month or next year to do something else. Things should change.

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last mo.

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 11 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/R83IO

Graphic from Stand Up for Science urging action on a federal funding proposal. Large text reads: "11 Days Left" and "Help Us Stop Vought From Destroying American Science." A portrait of Russell Vought appears beside the U.S. Capitol. A banner along the bottom reads: "Submit a comment on the OMB proposal | Link in bio to take action." The Stand Up for Science logo appears in the top left.
Noam Ross@noamross.net · last mo.

Scientists have mobilized against OMB's power grab, but we need to look beyond our own grants and make coalitions with neighbors whose hospitals, schools, broadband, roads and parks are at risk. Go out and talk to your town council and county commission! www.forbes.com/sites/judyst... 🧪

How The OMB Rule Could Hurt You And Your Town

The OMB proposal threatens scientific research and ALL federal funding for states, cities, and nonprofits. It politicizes ALL funding. Call your reps and write an objection.

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Meg Daly@megdaly.bsky.social · last mo.

Fantastic paper with this absolute banger of a conclusion (w/emphasis): "This supports the notion that cnidarian antiviral signalling represents *not a simple immune system*, but an *alternative evolutionary trajectory* built upon ancient CARD-based molecular logic, which is utilized differently."

Yehu Moran@yehumoran.bsky.social · last mo.

1/3 I'm so happy to see this one finally out! Ton Sharoni's years-long quest to characterize the antiviral role of a novel protein, CARDIB, is out in @natecoevo.nature.com The link appears in the following post. This protein is conserved in all anthozoans (sea anemones and 🪸) -->

@cnidofest.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Calling all cnidarian enthusiasts: Cnidofest 2026 will be Sept 23-27 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. See cnidofest.org/meetings/cnidofest-2026 for more info. Abstract submission closes July 1. Registration closes Sept 2, but early registration is GREATLY preferred. Please join us!

Cnidofest - Cnidofest 2026

Woods Hole, Massachusetts - Wed., September 23, 2026 - Sun., September 27, 2026 REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Register HERE Registration closes September 2, 2026 -- but please register as soon as possible! SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS HERE Abstracts are due by July 1, 2026. Guidelines are provided below.

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HPS @ AAAS@hps-aaas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1. Let your reps in Congress know your concerns about putting political appointees who lack necessary expertise in charge of science & research funding decisions 2.Respond to OMB during public comment period. 3. Encourage your institutions to speak up.

Another red alert for American science

Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...

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Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2mo ago

YEP! Wait until you find out how Google was started with a sub $1m NSF grant, GPS was developed with fed funding, we've reduced overdose deaths by 25% with fed funding, and of 354 new medications released between 2010-2019 99.4% of them were started by NIH grants/funded labs.

ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 2mo ago

TIL that the basic research that led to GLP-1 drugs was conducted by government scientists at the VA and NIH whyy.org/segments/oze...

Allen Collins@agcollins.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Remember that Golden Orb? #MarineLife is cool, and Exploration is key to learning the stories of species, every one of which is fascinating. with @echinoblog.bsky.social @megdaly.bsky.social @abcollens.bsky.social and others. www.noaa.gov/news/scienti...

Scientists reveal identity of mysterious ‘golden orb’ collected during NOAA expedition

A two-and-a-half-year-old mystery of the "golden orb," an unidentified object that captured significant public interest when it was collected during a 2023 NOAA expedition, has finally been solved. Sc...

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