Gina Baucom
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UMich professor who studies resistance and persistence (in plants)
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Society for the Study of Evolution
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Current grad students: Submit your research proposal by May 18th to be considered for a Graduate Research Excellence Grant! Learn more about how to craft a strong proposal on our website:
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jamelle
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i think it is cool that the president of the united states routinely slurs black people as biological inferior
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Society for the Study of Evolution
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Not registered yet? Society member rates are just $10 for students, $20 for postdocs, and $30 for professionals. Register now:
www.evolutionmeetings.org
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Evolution Conference
Evolution Conference - The joint conference of the SSE, ASN, SSB
https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/
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Society for the Study of Evolution
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Public Policy Panel Discussion: How can scientists inform and shape public policy? Hear from scientists with experience in policy advising, science communication, and public engagement to discuss practice pathways for involvement in science policy.
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Society for the Study of Evolution
about 23 hours ago
One month until the virtual Evolution meeting! Tune in for talks from colleagues and award winners, workshops on diverse careers, public policy, and publishing, SSE-sponsored symposia, and more! See
www.evolutionmeetings.org
or the thread below.
#Evol2026
@evolmtg.bsky.social
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Evolution Conference
Evolution Conference - The joint conference of the SSE, ASN, SSB
https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/
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Society for the Study of Evolution
about 20 hours ago
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...
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Curious about getting more support with career decisions? This monthโs Evolution Exchange features career coach Claire Horner-Devine, who explains what career coaching is and how she supports people navigating job transitions, esp in academic spaces.
www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolutio...
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The Evolution Exchange: Career Coaching with Dr. Claire Horner-Devine
Site description
https://www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolution-exchange/the-evolution-exchange-career-coaching-with-dr-claire-horner-devine.html
about 20 hours ago
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Curious about getting more support with career decisions? This monthโs Evolution Exchange features career coach Claire Horner-Devine, who explains what career coaching is and how she supports people navigating job transitions, esp in academic spaces.
www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolutio...
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The Evolution Exchange: Career Coaching with Dr. Claire Horner-Devine
Site description
https://www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolution-exchange/the-evolution-exchange-career-coaching-with-dr-claire-horner-devine.html
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EvolDir
1 day ago
๐ฃ EvolDir is now managed by
@eseb.bsky.social
! We are delighted to be taking the reins and express our gratitude to both Brian Golding who began this service to the community in the mid-1980s and to
@rdmpage.bsky.social
who ran this account until now ๐ You can now find evoldir here:
evoldir.net
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Judith Mank
9 days ago
Was a pleasure talking with
@johannawagstaffe.bsky.social
about how the public can understand scientific publishing.
@evolletters.bsky.social
@sse-evolution.bsky.social
@eseb.bsky.social
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Spot solid science and avoid fake claims
YouTube video by CBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDrQ6jwe40I&list=PLIWTTvGPgzeY-O9AaIU2JjLUhmnFwExif&index=2&t=1s
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False Knees
2 days ago
How To Live A Good Life
#oldknees
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Guggenheim Foundation
2 days ago
A privilege and a pleasure to celebrate the 101st Class of Fellows with an announcement in the
@nytimes.com
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๐ ๐ SSE members, I hope you'll join me May 21 for the virtual SSE Presidential Symposium: Navigating Uncertainty: Individual Resilience and Collective Action in Evolutionary Biology Pls RT to help get the word out!
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Leslie Rissler
3 days ago
โBetween January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.โ OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.) NSF at -42%!
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Dr. Becca
3 days ago
Those of us doing research related to womenโs health have been hit particularly hard by the govtโs sabotage of the NIH. I spoke to WaPo for this piece, as painful as it was to discuss the reality my lab is facing.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...
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Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trumpโs first year
The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/19/science-research-funding-cuts-trump/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzc2NTcxMjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc3OTUzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzY1NzEyMDAsImp0aSI6IjU5MzZlYTQxLWMxNDUtNDdkNy04ZjVkLTNhODhjYTljNzdkMSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zY2llbmNlLzIwMjYvMDQvMTkvc2NpZW5jZS1yZXNlYXJjaC1mdW5kaW5nLWN1dHMtdHJ1bXAvIn0.BcUq8OxwHhrLHfOt_2ttd1FPqb5pMEP-yCtndSMqarU&itid=gfta
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This Is a Hard Time to Start a Career. These Two Words Can Help.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/business/career-graduation-jobs-gen-z.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cFA.7mQY.PTtwutWPWOv5&smid=bs-share
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Raider
4 days ago
Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.
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๐ ๐ SSE members, I hope you'll join me May 21 for the virtual SSE Presidential Symposium: Navigating Uncertainty: Individual Resilience and Collective Action in Evolutionary Biology Pls RT to help get the word out!
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DocLB2
4 days ago
โThatโs all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I donโt know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that wonโt matter if we donโt survive these times.โ โ Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower
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Gitta Coaker
5 days ago
We are hiring! Weโre excited to recruit a postdoc to our lab at UC Davis to work on plant immune engineering and single-cell analyses of plant pathogen interactions. Apply by June 1. Please repost.
www.coakerlab.org/postdoctoral...
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NewsCurrentNow
5 days ago
Rep Justin Jones made a statement entrance, walking into the Tennessee legislature with an"Abolish ICE" flag. No subtlety. No backing down.๐ฅ๐ฅ
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Graham Coop
5 days ago
Reposting this old thread on the "Pervasive findings of directional selection" from ancient DNA. While the authors extended their results in various ways, I think many of these points still stand.
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Thais Vasconcelos
6 days ago
Postdoc opportunity in plant systematics + phylogenomics ๐ฟ my lab at the University of Michigan is recruiting for a Research Fellow working on species delimitation in neotropical myrtles. Full details + apply here (deadline April 30)
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
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Research Fellow - Vasconcelos Lab | U-M Careers
https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/276324/research-fellow-vasconcelos-lab
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Mona Burns
5 days ago
Heads UP: SCOTUS will be announcing opinions beginning at 10am today Opinions that remain outstanding: Birthright citizenship Voting rights Fed independence 2 immigration cases And .. a lot more You can follow along with SCOTUSblog Live here:
www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/anno...
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Announcement of opinions for Friday, April 17
We will be live blogging as the court potentially releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion [โฆ]
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/announcement-of-opinions-for-friday-april-17/
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Magdalena Skipper
5 days ago
Scientists are going into politics in the US in increasing numbers. This is a brilliant and much needed trend ๐งช
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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โScience needs defendingโ: record number of researchers run for office in US mid-terms
Many Democrats making the switch to politics are motivated by the Trump administrationโs cuts to science โ whereas energy and AI are a pull for some Republicans.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01134-2
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Harmit Singh Malik
6 days ago
@hhmi-science.bsky.social's
#FreemanHrabowski
Scholars Program offers early career faculty up to $10M over 10 yrs, plus salary & benefits Stable, sustained support can transform your career: Senior Postdoc? This year's competition has a program for you too. Applications open 11/3!
bit.ly/4vhC0LA
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Early Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ...
https://bit.ly/4vhC0LA
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Mueller, She Wrote
6 days ago
Take a moment and watch this until the end.
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Aaron Rupar
6 days ago
"You're spending taxpayer dollars to drink milk shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock. Somehow you think that's a better public health message than informing the public about the benefits of vaccines. Really? -- Rep. Linda Sanchez to RFK Jr
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More info on the Guggenheims awarded this year to UM faculty, and my proposed project on weeds! ๐ฑ
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Mike Wiser
8 days ago
Virtual -- held in May -- is very cheap (and free for many in low income countries). The in-person one in June includes full access to the virtual as well.
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Mike Wiser
8 days ago
A reminder to all that Early Bird Registration for the Evolution conference (SSE, ASN, SSB societies) is still an option today or tomorrow. Prices go up after Apr 15.
www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...
I hope to see a number of you in Cleveland this year.
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Evolution 2025 Registration
Evolution 2025 - the joint conference of the SSE, ASN, and SSB
https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration.html
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Carl Zimmer
7 days ago
Until now, scientists have identified only a few dozen variants that went through natural selection in humans in the past 10,000 years. A new study claims to find hundreds--maybe thousands. Here's my story on the provocative research, and the mixed reception it's getting. Gift link:
nyti.ms/4tSJH9G
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Needhi Bhalla ๐ ๐ฝ
7 days ago
I'm excited to tell you about the most recent preprint in my lab, demonstrating that a conserved spindle matrix protein, NPP-21/TPR, is required for the stronger checkpoint in germline cells during embryogenesis in C. elegans
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Casey terHorst
7 days ago
Registered for
#Evolution2026
! Early bird deadline is today. I'll also say that Cleveland hits WAY over its reputation
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One to watch if you can! ๐๐๐
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Oh no! I'm so so sorry to see this
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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Kent Syverud no longer next University of Michigan president, diagnosed with brain cancer
Syverud shared he has been diagnosed with a form of brain cancer and sought care at Crouse Hospital at Syracuse, New York.
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/04/kent-syverud-no-longer-becoming-next-university-of-michigan-president.html
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Mike does not want more snow
8 days ago
Iโm sorry WHAT
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Tom Waits and Massive Attack announce collaboration
The two artists (seldom releasing new material) have revealed themselves a pairing, with โBoots On the Ground" arriving April 16th.
https://theneedledrop.com/news/tom-waits-and-massive-attack-announce-collaboration/
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Society for the Study of Evolution
8 days ago
Tomorrow!!
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๐ฑ Super excited to be named as a Guggenheim Fellow!! ๐ฑ
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Tuna
12 days ago
I'm a data scientist
@ourworldindata.org
and I need help from a botanist or someone local to Kyoto, Japan! ๐ธ We present one of the worldโs longest climate records: 1,200 years of peak cherry blossom dates in Kyoto. The researcher who maintained it, Prof. Yasuyuki Aono, sadly passed away last year.
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Evolution Meetings
15 days ago
Don't forget to register! Early bird registration closes in 1 week (4/15). And you can apply to be a volunteer for the virtual+in-person meeting until 4/10.
www.evolutionmeetings.org
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Evolution Students
21 days ago
GSAC is gathering anonymous input on how funding uncertainty is affecting grad students and postdocs, including challenges and helpful strategies. Responses will be shared in aggregate to inform advocacy and discussions at Evolution. Share your perspective by May 1, 2026:
forms.gle/c63zpSkwK3HT...
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Cape Cod Demon Hunter
10 days ago
Here she is at the March on Washington wearing her Resistance medals, incredible flex
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Isabel
10 days ago
At a glance, 2599 recipients - I think the highest total ever? And quite a few in the Life Sciences, which I know was a concern for many - Evolutionary Biology had twice as many recipients (38) as last year (19).
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Brian O'Meara
10 days ago
I've pushed the latest
#NSF
GRFP data to the rnsf page. Raw data for all years at
github.com/bomeara/rnsf...
or just get saved
#rstats
data.frame at
github.com/bomeara/rnsf...
You can also git clone and install pkg, then do library(rnsf) data(grfp) to get info for all years.
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Dan Garisto
10 days ago
The NSF GRFP is now out! There are 2,599 awardees, which is the most everโand a big shift from last year which initially halved awardees (1,000 awardees + an additional 500). I've thrown together a plot to break down the changes by field.
www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)
10 days ago
This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.
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Mona Burns
10 days ago
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Damien C-C
11 days ago
"In my cohort, X% obtained permanent positions. I worked intensely during certain windows. I delayed some personal goals. I benefited from structural features of my field. There was luck." Yeah, this resonates with my own career.
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SSE wants to hear from you! Pls RT -- TY! ๐๐๐๐๐
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