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Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 6h ago

A fully updated and expanded edition of the acclaimed writing guide for scientists. The Scientist’s Guide to Writing, 3rd Edition by @stephenbheard.bsky.social is out now! Order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #Science #Education #Writing

Opening ceremony for #PlantHealth2026! #sketchnotes

If you don't like a paper, it is obviously totally fine to point out the issues. But please do NOT make egregious and unpleasant comments about the first author's qualifications. A first author who is usually a trainee. Beyond inappropriate and unprofessional.

Bummed to miss this year's meeting after attending every one since 2018 - please post some highlights if you are going! #PlantHealth2026

American Phytopathological Society (APS)@plantdisease.bsky.social · last wk.

Countdown to Providence: hear from expert speakers driving the field forward at #PlantHealth2026. Join keynote presentations, scientific sessions & special programming Aug. 1–4: https://bit.ly/3NM4Cvt #plantpathology #plantscience #expertinsights

“The bottleneck just moves downstream, to the parts of the process that were already slow.”

Ran Blekhman@blekhman.bsky.social · last wk.

Everyone says AI will accelerate science. I don't think it will -- at least not in biology, and at least not soon. New post where I explain why, and how the productivity paradox can be resolved: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-ai-wil...

Updated my applyingtoeeb.info site on applying to evolution and ecology grad school in the US to incorporate some of the latest immigration changes. Share with any REU or other students who might be considering grad school.

"At some point, the administration is going to figure out how to do this in a way that the courts will tolerate.”

Sara Reardon@sarareardon.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨Breaking🚨: NIH is terminating health disparities research grants again. This time, they may successfully avoid legal challenges by giving specific reasons for their decisions. One grant so far, more to come. Exclusive @science.org by me and @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

Microbiology professors/PIs, would you like to join the microPI slack? Microbiology is defined broadly. This is an open tent. Professor/PI is inclusive to teaching focused roles, or pure research PI roles like a National lab PI. Reply or DM me and I will send you a link.

Great lab and cool research!! #PlantSci 🍄🦠🧫🧪🧬

Sanjay Antony-Babu@santonyb.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 Postdoc opening — Antony-Babu Lab @txresearch, College Station TX. Lead field pathology + pathogen genomics of cotton soil-borne disease: field → genome → diagnostics. @USDA_ARS funded. PhD req'd. Apply 👇 tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AgriLife_Res... #PlantPath #Genomics

Great lab and cool research!! #PlantSci 🍄🦠🧫🧪🧬

Sanjay Antony-Babu@santonyb.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 Postdoc opening — Antony-Babu Lab @txresearch, College Station TX. Lead field pathology + pathogen genomics of cotton soil-borne disease: field → genome → diagnostics. @USDA_ARS funded. PhD req'd. Apply 👇 tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AgriLife_Res... #PlantPath #Genomics

Applications to join the ROOT & SHOOT SI-MI mentor training close Monday July 20!! Last chance! rootandshoot.org/simi2026/ This is a fantastic free online course, running from late August through late Nov. If you're at #PlantBio2026 ask me about it, but don't delay!

Yesterday the US Administration supercharged its explicit effort to bar international students from staying in the US after graduation. All Americans should know: 1/3 of *all* STEM PhDs working in the US are immigrants who graduated from US universities, then stayed. www.piie.com/index%2Ephp/...

That a sharpie is considered an office supply and therefore cannot be a lab supply is very dumb. I promise that the experiment will not go well if we cannot label the tubes. 🧪

@ruthwright.bsky.social sent two genomes for sequencing on Wednesday afternoon. This morning, I know they have the insertions that we want without downloading a file, logging onto the HPC, or opening a program besides an internet browser. @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social continues to blow my mind.

We are looking for a #Horticulture Director at UNC Charlotte to work with our beautiful Botanical Gardens. Please share if you know someone looking. #PlantSci 🌱 jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/69036

I am glad for being selected to present at this webinar series. 🌱 Also, I am honored to represent Argentina🇦🇷

International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions@ismpmi.bsky.social · 3w ago

Meet our first four Rising Stars of IS-MPMI! Join us on Wednesday 29 July, 3PM UTC to hear about the latest advances in plant-microbe interactions from the next generation of scientists. Free, online, and open to all! Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

December/January mornings will be brutal with this. Totally here for stopping the switching but #TeamStandardTime

CBS News@cbsnews.com · 3w ago

BREAKING: The House passes a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, which now heads to the Senate.

A tenure-track research position is available for application at the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social located in Utrecht Science Park in the Netherlands. Please share with colleagues and see the link below for more info: wi.knaw.nl/news/details...

OMB needs to hear from scientists, engineers, educators, students and others who can explain how the proposed rule on federal grantmaking would have devastating effects on their communities and the nation. Here's how to format an impactful comment & critical steps to take to make your voice heard ⤵️

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

Now published from our lab with new and improved data collected from a 30 day freeze - the answer to "how the heck can I cryopreserve this frustrating endosymbiont"? Congrats to @ruthwright.bsky.social and special thanks to #NewPI Slack for the crowdsourced ideas. journals.asm.org/eprint/J8WFT...

Identifying effective cryoprotection agents for non-model bacterial species | Microbiology Spectrum

The ability to cryopreserve bacteria is important for optimizing laboratory procedures, preserving strains that have been genetically manipulated, and growing fresh cultures of microorganisms without ...

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Big news this week from The Rogers Lab. We will be moving to GW University in Washington DC, starting August 1st. We will be hiring postdocs and recruiting new students! Email me if interested or come find me at SMBE!

My lab has received an NSF CAREER Award funding for the next 5 years! Grateful to the NSF for continuing to support my lab's research and training (Award #2544620). The project asks the question: how do legumes differentiate between and select the best symbionts? Positions coming soon!

Just a reminder: Transgender and intersex humans exist, no matter whether or not the Supreme Court of the United States of America thinks they do or not.

Evergreen post especially as we prepare for #PlantHealth2026! @plantdisease.bsky.social

Morgan Carter@morgancarterphd.bsky.social · last yr.

Going to a conference and hope someone posts about your talk? Make it easy for the posters!! Tips: 1. Include your handle at beginning and end 2. Make clear what is published/not 3. Have a conclusions slide with key message 4. Highlight new preprint or publication if relevant #AcademicSky 🦠🧪🧬

It’s like “look, this AI model said I have a Nature-worthy paper.”

This is making NSF guidance in line with the proposed changes from OMB on grantmaking., e.g., "Disallows publication costs consistent with proposed revisions to 2 CFR 20" Comment by Aug 24.

Caitlin S., PhD@paleophile.bsky.social · last mo.

#NSF is replacing the PAPPG with "NSF Guidance on Financial Assistance" (GFA) ("Guffaw"?). A notice in the Federal Register seeks comments, due in 60 days. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

🚨 In one week! Join us June 30 for a webinar on how Plasmidsaurus is making RNA-seq faster, more accessible & practical for everyday research. Update: We're excited to welcome Alex M. Abel, Co-founder & CSO at VelociTx Inc., as our guest scientist! Register now: www.labroots.com/ms/webinar/3...

I'm very excited and so grateful to receive an NSF CAREER award - we'll be testing ideas about how CAM evolves using C3+CAM intermediate species and teaching students how plant physiology and genomics can simultaneously inform our understanding of plant biodiversity. www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/... 1/2

We’re not supposed to post about GRC presentations, but I will reassure the rest of you that yes, even cellular and molecular mycologists all pronounce the word fungi differently. Not to mention species names… #FungalGRC