New paper with former Phd student Erika Bueno @insect-phd.bsky.social!

Insect Science@insect-science.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#Insecticide tolerance shapes performance responses to multiple stressors in Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Colorado potato #beetles Authors: Erika M. Bueno & Yolanda H. Chen @yolandachen.bsky.social rebrand.ly/48f27a

With @insect-phd.bsky.social, we just published a paper showing that selection for #coloradopotatobeetle #insecticide #resistance does not increase tolerance to #heat. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Insecticide tolerance shapes performance responses to multiple stressors in Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Insecticide-selected Colorado potato beetles display heightened sensitivity to thermal stress compared to unselected beetles. This vulnerability suggests potential trade-offs between insecticide tole...

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Six postdoc positions in two brand new team science projects on mechanistic biology in the overlap area of ageing and sex differences @mrc-lms.bsky.social in London - apply now!

MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences@mrc-lms.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📣 We’re hiring 6 new Team Science postdocs! Our Team Science approach brings together interdisciplinary researchers to tackle questions no single field can solve alone. Find out more and download our brochure below

Please reshare! My department at the University of Vermont is hiring for an Assistant Professor of #Soil #Ecology! Here is the link: www.uvmjobs.com/postings/83858

We’re recruiting for a multi-university (and ECCC) cross-city project on urban biodiversity, connectivity, and ecosystem services: 1) a Concordia or U Laval MSc student (PhD possible), 2) a UBC MSc student, 3) a postdoc. I’ll link to each position below. Please share broadly!

Are you a PI in a biology field looking for postdocs? Here is a Starter Pack of early career biologists currently seeking postdoctoral positions! (Also if you are searching for a postdoc, let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

🔔Trump’s Fool’s Gold EO is facing MAJOR backlash. THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science. Our Open Letter is featured here: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...

The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.

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So excited to see this interview with my former student Dr. Erika Bueno featured in Entomology Today! entomologytoday.org/2025/05/28/e... @insect-phd.bsky.social

How One Entomologist Puts a Childhood Love of Insects to Work in IPM

Meet Erika Bueno, Ph.D., postdoc in invasive species IPM at UC Davis and our next "Standout Early Career Professionals" profile.

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🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation. This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

My ongoing request: If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here. NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · last yr.

NSF appears to be terminating hundreds of its grants to Harvard, per internal sources at NSF and at Harvard. At least one division has had all its grants cut.

We are hiring an Assistant/Associate Prof of Quantitative Ecology! I'm on the Search Committee for this one. If you have any interest in the position & want to learn more about living in this v. cool part of the country, pls reach out! tinyurl.com/2h6bdece

Assistant/Associate Professor in Quantitative Ecology

Job TitleAssistant/Associate Professor in Quantitative Ecology Agency Texas A&M University - Kingsville Department Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Proposed Minimum SalaryCommensurate Job Locat...

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This awesome @faseborg.bsky.social website offers detailed information about NIH and NSF funding to each and every state--use this a write! www.faseb.org/science-poli...

Isako Di Tomassi@isakoditomassi.bsky.social · last yr.

Tell your story in an op-ed for a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER to be published June 16! #McClintockLetters #saveNSF We have to reach folks who don't read NYT and WaPo. Communicate to the public about how we serve them with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

Come to Lund! We are looking for a postdoc to join the team. #transposons #epigenetics

📣 Our lab is looking for a PhD student to join us in exploring RNA biology! Details in the announcement. Feel free to reach out with any questions—and please RT!

“Immigrants have long played a disproportionate role in scientific and technological advancement in the United States.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...

Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say (Gift Article)

Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.

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Pleased to share a new article from my Phd student Jorge Ruiz-Arocho that examines how #cropdomestication and #nitrogen #fertilization affects #leaf traits for #maize, #beans, and #squash. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Direct and interactive effects of crop domestication and mineral fertilization over leaf traits: insights from squash, maize, and beans - Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Although crop leaf traits associated with acquisitive life strategies might largely be the result of inherence from their wild progenitors, more research is still needed to understand the roles that g...

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#Butterfly declines across the USA www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...

Science Magazine - Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century

The loss of vertebrate and plant species has been well documented (1-3), but recent attention has shifted to losses of the most diverse taxonomic group on

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Pleased to join @balachaudhary.bsky.social, @khadlily.bsky.social, and @wocineeb.bsky.social to remind Science why racial affinity groups help scientists of color to find support and belonging.

Dr. Bala Chaudhary@balachaudhary.bsky.social · last yr.

Racial affinity groups are under attack. Now is the time to redouble our commitments to these vital organizations that make science better for all. Proud to pen this letter with @khadlily.bsky.social and many @wocineeb.bsky.social colleagues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Postdoc Opportunity in #Pollination Research The @uni-freiburg.de is hiring a Postdoc for the EU project VALOR, exploring the ecological and economic values of pollinators. 📅 Deadline: March 1, 2025 📅 Start date: June 1, 2025 💰 Salary: TV-L E13 (100%), 3 years 🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

Over on LinkedIn, the head of the Executive Secretariat of the NIH -- a central part of NIH leadership 🧪🩺-- resigned with a lettter worth reading www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...

"The Department of Agriculture employs entomologists, botanists and mycologists — experts in insects, plants and fungi, respectively — who inspect agricultural products for pests and pathogens. Many of those specialists were also let go on Friday."

Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations (Gift Article)

Scientists worry that the losses may open the door to human, plant and animal diseases that would otherwise have been caught.

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I am using this episode of Hidden Brain in class to discuss the importance of debate and dialogue for developing the most creative and robust solutions. It is particularly timely right now to be able to separate a task conflict with a relationship conflict. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

You 2.0: How to Open Your Mind

Podcast Episode · Hidden Brain · 08/29/2022 · 52m

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The committee on Science, Space, and Technology are collecting testimony of Federal employees fired in the past days. Please share with your colleagues and friends. The more testimony, the better we can argue against this injustice.

Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

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Exciting Phd opportunity in Denmark to study how plant-microbial interactions have been shapes by bean domestication. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

PhD fellowship in Evolutionary Biology at the Globe Institute

A PhD fellowship in Evolutionary Biology is being posted in the research team lead by Assistant Prof Jazmín Ramos Madrigal commencing 1 July 2025 or as soon as

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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

If you're an entomologist who lost your position in this nonsense, please message me. If you're an organization seeking a taxonomist or a broadly trained entomologist, reach out. I'm also looking for professors seeking PhD students, globally. #entomology 🧪

Armando Rosario-Lebrón@rosariolebronentomology.com · last yr.

Today, the USDA lost experts in Psylloidea, Thysanoptera, Cerambycidae, Hymenoptera, Pseudococcidae, and Malacology. This is a devastating loss of expertise, occuring without warning. Their union's official statement on the issue can be found here: aginspectors.org/2-14-2025-a-... #entomology 🧪

Abandoned crops, fired scientists: Agricultural research hit by U.S. foreign aid freeze | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Abandoned crops, fired scientists: Agricultural research hit by U.S. foreign aid freeze

A court ruling may temporarily ease funding problems, but for many projects the long term outlook remains uncertain

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‘Wrecking ball’: RFK Jr. moves to fire thousands of health agency employees | Science | AAAS brought to you by @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Wrecking ball’: RFK Jr. moves to fire thousands of health agency employees

Supervisors deliver bad news across NIH, CDC

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Today, the USDA lost experts in Psylloidea, Thysanoptera, Cerambycidae, Hymenoptera, Pseudococcidae, and Malacology. This is a devastating loss of expertise, occuring without warning. Their union's official statement on the issue can be found here: aginspectors.org/2-14-2025-a-... #entomology 🧪

Armando Rosario-Lebrón@rosariolebronentomology.com · last yr.

As I see my colleagues at risk of job loss in the US government, I have been on the phone with people in tears over many concerns I won’t get into on this platform. I am doing my best for them behind the scenes. However, I will recall a passage from William M. Wheeler in 1970. #science #entomology