More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future

The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...

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We (CalCOFI) are hiring a seagoing eDNA technician to help us operationalize autonomous sampling. Please share widely! employment.ucsd.edu/marine-edna-...

Marine eDNA Seagoing Technician - 139086

Marine eDNA Seagoing Technician - 139086 | Careers at UC San Diego

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Interested in passive eDNA methods? We have a fun new paper out looking at SCUBA diver visual surveys and their little pucks: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Evaluating the Potential for Citizen Science Divers to Monitor Fish Biodiversity Through Passive eDNA Collection

Passive capture of eDNA can be used as a tool for citizen scientist SCUBA divers to supplement visual surveys for marine species detection and is particularly useful for species that are rare or visu...

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A century of records completely rewritten nearly every day for the past month at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla (San Diego).

This is very very big. Like a big deal and massive cuts. These can’t even be seen as budgetary since you don’t get much savings in the context of trillions budget. They want the US out of R&D out of science research.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...

​​🌊The ocean off California has transformed dramatically over the past decade, from marine heatwaves to harmful algal blooms to shifting ecosystems. Join us May 27–28 for the CalCOFi Conference 2026: A Decade of Remarkable Change. Register and submit an abstract here: calcofi.org/conference/c...

If you have ever struggled to interpret fish eDNA taxonomy assignments, you are not alone! This was a fun paper that hopefully provides important context and practical advice for working with metabarcoding data targeting fishes: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1744...

Guidance and best practices for species identification using eDNA metabarcoding – When do you call a cod a cod?

With the rapid uptake of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding for a wide range of conservation and management uses, there is a growing need for guidance and best practices for species identification...

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Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein. The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude” www.science.org/content/arti...

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein

The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

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Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets

The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

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We (PYC Therapeutics) are hiring two biostatisticians, one senior, one junior www.seek.com.au/job/90561321... and www.seek.com.au/job/90560959... We need people who can give us confidence in rare disease diagnostics with small n! #biostatistics

Technical Lead Biostatistics Job in Nedlands, Perth WA - SEEK

Life-changing science is our focus; we start there, and everything else follows

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I'm looking for a postdoc to apply quantitative molecular techniques to marine environmental DNA! We are interested in maximizing the biodiversity data we can get from low biomass and degraded samples. Please see the West Coast OBON website or DM me for info. evsatt.github.io/WC-OBON_Webs...

Wow.

We are hiring new faculty!! Come join our amazing community in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine! The deadline for applications is 2/21, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...

This flew under the radar for me but in 2025 California banned cat declawing! Happy New Year to all the 🐱

In 2023 I participated in a hackathon run by NCAR and NVIDIA. Everyone else was working on climate and weather models, we were the only bioinformatics team but it was an incredible opportunity to learn about the utility of GPU-based computing for science. 1/2

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"Many in the climate and weather community reacted with shock to the NCAR announcement." No shit, because doing so is so stupid that no one with a brain would consider it.

And whether or not you are at #AGU25, you can join us in speaking out against moves by the Trump administration to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social, the premier weather and climate research center for the nation. secure.ucs.org/a/2025-prote...

Protect the National Center on Atmospheric Research

Write today and urge your members of Congress to oppose the Trump administration's plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR.) Your message to Congress will help protect NC...

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Trump’s obsession with me is beyond weird. He needs serious help. Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead. He continues to be a national embarrassment.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally." The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"

@hcrichardson.bsky.social like anti vax for renewable energy.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 9mo ago

You know the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? Venerable research institution, respected worldwide? Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies." It's so embarrassing being American these days.

This nice summary by @michiwagner4.bsky.social makes it easy to fit my post in a few characters. Amplicon sequencing is still an affordable and quick way to get good insights into who lives in your samples. Our new primers make sure your vision is 20/20. Try em, and contact me if you have questions!

Michael Wagner@michiwagner4.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📢 New preprint on bioRxiv! We introduce V4-EXT, a revised 16S rRNA V4 primer set that dramatically improves detection of Patescibacteria and other undersampled lineages ✅ 938 samples ✅ More novel ASVs Primer choice matters 👀 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @ppjevac.bsky.social #HuifengHu

Seeking a three year postdoc in the field of ocean biogeochemistry and productivity using mechanistic models and synthesis of observations. Note the short fuse for applications. Please help distribute. All nationalities welcome to apply! 🌊 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Liverpool

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate on jobs.ac.uk!

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Russia has kidnapped a 70-year-old Ukrainian marine biologist, Leonid Pshenichnov, for backing a curb on Antarctic krill fishing, saying that it would harm the economic interests of Russia.

Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing

‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov

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NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti. The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.

10/10 background slide for the CA state agency lightning talks today at the West Coast Marine Research Workshop

My PhD advisor explaining how devastating proposed cuts are / will be (insider tip: he hates diving in cold water and must have thought it was a really important cause to do it here!): www.nbcnews.com/now/video/fe... @scrippsocean.bsky.social

Federal funding cuts impact scientific research in the ocean

A team of researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, are working to explore the bottom of the ocean in an effort to discover scientific breakt...

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@ucsandiego.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social please take note, this is how you can show courage and integrity.

Kathleen Clark@kathleenclark.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach: Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone. … America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.

The Department of Energy has added these terms to its growing “list of words to avoid” because words are dangerous: climate change green decarbonization emissions energy transition sustainability sustainable clean energy dirty energy carbon footprint CO₂ footprint tax breaks tax credits subsidies

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

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EPA has ordered scientists in its Office of Water to immediately pause almost all research & stop publishing studies. Researchers were told that, unless scientific journals had already returned proofs, studies will be subject to an additional EPA review. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say

Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.

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Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Congress is considering a budget request that proposes slashing the federal science agencies by up to 50%. These cuts would devastate @UCSanDiego & Scripps Oceanography by cutting off funding for critical research and innovation. Tell Congress to invest in science! #SpeakUp4Science

Speak Up for Science

U.S. innovation and global leadership is at risk.

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My group at NOAA/Miami is hiring a postdoc to lead a marine eDNA biodiversity effort (Bio-GO-SHIP). You'll develop and deploy high-throughput metabarcoding assays for ocean DNA. Help make foundational contributions to global marine biodiversity monitoring! t.co/p53s7E0YiL