Friends! Do you know a lot of PhD-holding nerds?? I'm surveying people who came from abroad to complete a PhD in the US, after the Trump admin announced student visas will only cover 4 years and folks must then seek uncertain renewal from USCIS. Please share! www.porchpartynews.com/p/trump-rule...

Were you an international student who got an American PhD? Take our survey!

A new Trump rule forces foreign doctoral candidates to apply mid-degree for an uncertain visa extension. What will that mean for academia and society—and people’s lives?

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Please take the time to review and sign this petition in support of the U.S. National Fungus Collections, which are being threatened in the face of the USDA reorganization efforts. c.org/KQWY7fNhGw 🍄

Sign the Petition

Preserve and support the U​.​S. National Fungus Collections

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Wondering what you shouldn't say in a proposal? Call your program officer. Wondering what happened in panel? Call your program officer. Wondering how the latest federal stuff may affect your proposal? Call your program officer. Call your PO. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/call-your-pr...

Call your Program Officer

Yes, you. Schedule a phone call. This is the hidden curriculum.

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Hey #fungal26 our lab is hiring a postdoctoral researcher for an NSF funded project in ectomycorrhizal competition. Come find me for more info! www.lotuslofgren.com/pd2026

🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics! My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026. We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems. #Postdoc #EcoEvo Pls RT!

Researchers in the US might be having feelings about writing grants atm-I know I am! We still need to write them. In this Evolution Exchange, I again chat with Sam Scheiner, who summarizes how to write a competitive proposal. His advice is gold, and helpful regardless of funder. Pls RT!

Society for the Study of Evolution@sse-evolution.bsky.social · 5mo ago

💬 In the second installment of The Evolution Exchange, retired NSF Program Officer Dr. Sam Scheiner returns to discuss how to craft a successful research proposal. Watch or read the transcript here: www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolutio...

SSE is pleased to offer free virtual #Evol2026 registration to all SSE members residing in 152 countries and territories around the world including India, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Request your free registration code today! www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

The NSF strategic plan FY 2026-30 is available for public comment until Jan 27. Please make your voice heard! www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan

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The NSF strategic plan FY 2026-30 is available for public comment until Jan 27. Please make your voice heard! www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan

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We have reached 10% of our goal and have enough for one travel award! Amazing! Thank you to those who donated 🙏🏻 We aim to raise funds for nine more travel awards. Let’s keep the momentum! gofund.me/c8eaea7df @ima-mycology.org

Priscila Chaverri@pchaverri.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Just $300 dollars more to support one mycologist! Can we accomplish this by tomorrow? 🍄💕

Want to study the genomics of repeated adaptation with data from hundreds of species? New funding for non-Canadians @ grad or postdoc level. Internal competition at UCalgary with very short deadline so please get in touch ASAP!! sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...

NSF PDs will be @sicb.bsky.social. Stop by booth 308 if you would like to sign up to chat with us or catch us in the conference center. Informal workshop and Q and A session, Sunday Jan 4th from 12:15 to 1:15 in B110/111. #SICB2026.

Please consider donating to this cause. We started this fundraising initiative to help mycologists from low-income countries attend international mycological congresses. The next one is in South Korea 2027. Help us make fungi science more accessible! gofund.me/c8eaea7df @ima-mycology.com

This #postdoc position is now officially advertised: www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-.... #hiring #newPI #CzechScienceFoundation #LFEE

Opening for another postdoctoral position in my lab

We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our GAČR Junior Star project studying interactions and feedbacks among…

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬@dhaelewa.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 New postdoc opportunity 📢 I will soon be looking for another postdoc with interest in bats and/or bat flies to work on a multi-organismal project in my lab. #CzechScienceFoundation #LFEE #newPI

NSF policy changes - some updates that PIs should be aware of. www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...

Policy Notice: Implementation of Policy Changes to Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 24-1, Supplement 1

This notice implements several revisions to NSF's Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 24-1.

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Everything you always wanted to know about mushroom-forming fungi! Great collab with amazing mycologists. Thanks Laszlo Nagy for leading this effort! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

The biodiversity, genomics, ecology and evolution of mushroom-forming fungi - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Mushroom-forming fungi have along evolutionary history and a suite of important ecological roles. This Review highlights advances in understanding of Agaricomycetes evolution and ecology driven by gen...

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We're looking for a PhD student! If you're interested in #fungal #genomics & #TEs, meiotic drive, or pathogens, please consider applying. The project is about toxin/antidote genes in the human fungal pathogen A. fumigatus. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

NSF is open again! A few comments: *Please be patient. During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails. *Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th. *POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.

I have an opening for a postdoctoral position in my Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, in České Budějovice, Czechia. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-... #LFEE #postdoc #hiring

Opening for a postdoctoral position in my lab

We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. Project Ove…

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We have a new paper out in Molecular Ecology, led by @devinbendixsen.bsky.social ! Reproductive isolation due to divergent ecological selection is accompanied by vast genomic instability in experimentally evolved yeast populations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I have open position for a postdoctoral research associate in my lab. Additional information and how to apply: tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMUCC...

I started this #Mycologists Starter Pack, aiming to get all professional fungal researchers on BlueSky in one place. DM if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/UMrVSsp

AFGE Local 3403 President Jesus Soriano joined Rep. Zoe Lofgren and AFGE National President Everett Kelley to highlight the damage being done to NSF by the Trump Administration and discuss a letter sent to Congresswomen Lofgren signed by 150 NSF employees #SaveNSF #SaveScience #FundNSF

Inspired and overwhelmed after SuilluCamp No.1 - amazing science, nearly 50 attendees, and an outline for a new strategic plan for the International Suillus Consortium. I *could not be* more grateful for this community, or more excited for what we’re building together. Thank you #TeamSlime!

Late-breaking workshop news! The NSF will be offering an information session to discuss new and ongoing programs and the merit review process. Registration is free. More information here: www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/pr... #Evol2025

We are looking for a Postdoc in the LaBella Lab! Do you love fungi 🍄, genetics 🧬and bioinformatics 💻 - then this might be a good fit for you! jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/63307 Applications accepted through July 1

Important and timely work from the Mycological Society of America.

Marc Stadler@ms-fungi.bsky.social · last yr.

imafungus.pensoft.net/article/1556... IMA Fungus has just published a summary of the work of the MSA DEI committee over the past decade. The authors prefer to stay anonymous. The IMA has also established a committee to promote diversity, equality and inclusion among mycologists at a global scale.

Tomorrow is NSF's 75th anniversary. 😪

I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories

As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures

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