#MycoSky help please! Does anyone have a contract lab that can do chitin analysis? #mycology #lab

A VERY important thread to read

Kristian G. Andersen@kgandersen.bsky.social · last yr.

Just to give the TL;DR on this one: *The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.

In a hotel with limited channels watching Shark Week with a wary eye thanks to @whysharksmatter.bsky.social. pleased to see two local marine biologists featured on whatever this is we're viewing

Well, well, well. If it isn't our old nemesis deadly heatwave.

I want to connect with and highlight more trans voices working with plants, wildlife, and the natural environment so I've created a starter pack! If this sounds like you, introduce yourself by quote-posting this skeet and I'll add you to the list 🏳️‍⚧️

The scope of #fungi #biodiversity is only beginning to be fathomed. Every day almost ten new species are described. 🍄🤯 David Hibbett László Nagy and Henrik Nilsson introduce the fungal tree of life. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Quick. Somebody tell Trump that the best way to own Elon is to restore all research grants and double NSF funding.

Does anyone have a guess on an ID for this culture? Culture is on MEA, grown at 35C aerobically. The cells are motile, pic w/ 40x objective and 25x occular. Our best guess is Clostridium based on appearance, but since they grew aerobically we're not sure now. Pls help, #microsky 🔬

If you’re a scientist, check out (and sign) this letter opposing this executive order. If you know a scientist, share this with them. 🧪 www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...

Open Letter in Support of Science — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

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Virginia Gewin@virginiagewin.bsky.social · last yr.

This is...something. "a senior appointee designated by the agency head...shall provide for taking appropriate measures to correct scientific information in response to violations"

A recent @newscientist.com cartoon #fungi

The average American has three friends.

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️@napaaqtuk.bsky.social · last yr.

The average American has three friends.

theonion.com/botanists-vo... Mycologists lumped in with botanists feels appropriate #mycosky

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last yr.

Science friends, in honor of April Fools Day, let’s share our favorite @theonion.com article about our area of expertise! I’ll go first. theonion.com/nation-s-sha... @bencollins.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌎

USPS has its fair share of issues, but we still love it in this house and hope to NEVER see it get privatized 😭

born too late to get a two Western blot Nature paper, born too early to be a science TikTokker, born just in time to start a postdoc during a global pandemic and look for faculty positions during a historic hiring freeze

Really happy to see the Mycological Society of America's email about current DEI policies. Snippet from their statement: "Going forward, we aim to develop a long term plan that increases the financial stability of DEI initiatives with expanded goals." #mycosky

Resources for scientists who are being threatened or targeted below from the @nationalacademies.org www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...

American science will not be same after all this.

It Is Becoming Difficult to Imagine What American Science Will Look Like Next Week

Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

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Why aren’t we all calling this anti-diversity anti-DEI stuff for what it is: white supremacy. This is the language for it.

I'm very sad that "I have a paper on this" continues Funding delays of > 30 days lead to, after 5 years: - 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force (constrained among those born in the US) - 20% decrease in wages - Burden is born by postdocs, grad students, and staff

Ben Stone@benstemon.bsky.social · 2y ago

It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.

Image with alt text (sorry I forgot on the OP)

It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

Reiterating my call to fellow federally-funded scientists: Call your reps, tell them how this hurts science and everything good that comes from science (Also non-scientists, and scientists without federal funding! But the more of us who can directly speak to the impacts of these freezes the better)

Jonathan Lambert@jonlambert.bsky.social · 2y ago

The National Science Foundation cancelled over 60 grant review panels today, effectively grinding funding of new projects to a halt. The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on! Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com

ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back

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Happy Caturday

Please repost! University of Vermont seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor if #Soil #Ecology to start in Aug 2025. www.uvmjobs.com/postings/77192 #soilecology #soilbiology #soilhealth

PhD alert! Know a promising student who wants to do an interdisciplinary, funded PhD guided by experts in microbiology, antifungal drug resistance and chemistry? Please send them our way: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

EASTBIO: Resistance isn’t futile: Uncovering novel antifungals to combat drug resistance at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EASTBIO: Resistance isn’t futile: Uncovering novel antifungals to combat drug resistance at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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My department is hiring a fungal biologist! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01990

Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology

University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

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Annual reminder: Spotify Wrapped is proof that sometimes count(x, sort=TRUE) is all the data science you need