The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.

Americans are exhausted by endless wars built on lies and paid for with American and foreign lives. I'm urging my colleagues to vote YES on the War Powers Resolution authored by Khanna-Massie and stop Trump's illegal war in Iran.

“They didn’t give him a chance...They could have done anything else besides that. It’s like they shoot first and ask questions later.” –Rachel Reyes, Ruben Ray Martinez’s mom, on how an immigration agent executed her son at a traffic stop. The federal agent's role only came out b/c of a FOIA lawsuit

New paper out today in the ISME | International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal and the first product from our ESIIL (Environmental Data Science Innovation and Impact Lab) working group on Fungal Dispersal. Check it out! academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

If you have previously received a @asn-amnat.bsky.social Student Research Award, we'd love to hear the outcome of your project (no matter how long ago the award was made): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #ecology #evolution #behavior

Applications close for this 4-year postdoc on Feb 9th (2 days!). The associated post for a technician should be online next week 👀

Dilley is a hellhole and we have to get it shut down and all those kids freed.

Our new paper and associated blog post were published today! And @biancanogr.bsky.social and @diemq.bsky.social finally made bsky accounts so I could tag them. This is Bianca's paper from our lab and DiemQuynh's first ever. I'm so happy to have this review out finally!

I interviewed an expert on what's happening with connectivity in Iran: The longest blackout in Iran's history. Thousands dead. Documentation of war crimes dependent on Starlink. A regime that uses AI's ubiquity to undermine the credibility of evidence. www.theverge.com/policy/87184...

The Murphy Lab did our annual retreat this week. This year's theme was using AI (what it's good and bad for). I wanted to be open-minded to make sure we are not missing something we should be using it for, so we did a few exercises to test, and had presentations.

Are you an undergrad interested in ecology, evolution or related fields? Apply by January 20 for our Undergraduate Community at Evolution program! This program provides funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2026. www.evolutionsociety.org/content/educ...

I started getting reports of an unseasonal Joshua tree bloom in the last few weeks, and looking over records on @inaturalist.bsky.social it's pretty widespread! So we're putting out the call for folks to record this "bonus bloom" and help us study it 🌿 lab.jbyoder.org/2025/12/10/w...

NSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃

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

Together with the @brittbertolet.bsky.social lab, we decorated cookies and will take them to the department holiday party later this week 🎅

We are excited to present the accepted paper on the Mycetohabitans pangenome now in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social! 🧬🦠 Thanks to @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social for leading and collaborators: @raw937.bsky.social @andrabuchan.bsky.social academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

Anyone remember that cease fire? "Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"

Most of the lab attended the Theobald Smith Society meeting last week. Faith, DiemQuynh and Ian all presented posters, and DiemQuynh presented a brief talk on her work. We all learned a lot, received great feedback and had great conversations with other attendees. @njmicrobe.bsky.social

The ASN (American Society of Naturalists) is seeking Diversity Committee members! Are you an ASN member? Want to make the EEB community a better place? Like being in Zoom meetings with people who have cute dogs? Consider applying! www.amnat.org/announcement...

Congratulations to Robbie on his new #damselfly paper! resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Happy to announce that our comparative metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of five honeybee species - spearheaded by @aiswarya.bsky.social - is finally published in a peer-reviewed journal! rdcu.be/eKMCs @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social 🧵👇

Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...

Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline? We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨ 🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks #NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

The team is all here! Faith, DiemQuynh and Bianca (PhD students), Lashon (undergrad), Lily (PI) and Ian (postdoc). Excited for a lot of great science from a group of excellent people.

My lab is moving! 🍄 Starting Jan 2026, we'll be at @ucriverside.bsky.social in the Dept of EEOB! We will keep investing #microbes (fungi and sometimes bacteria) under global change and looking at ecosystem-scale consequences 🍄🧫🦠🌎🧬 I'm grateful to my friends, colleagues, and students at NMSU 🌟

Press release out today on our new paper detailing the convergent origins of obligate ant and termite eating in mammals!

New bird tree who dis. www.cell.com/current-biol...

We've learned that if we play sad music, we're more likely to find repletes

We study novel symbioses that we aren’t always sure if they are good or bad for each partner (and is likely context dependent). It may sound strange, but it’s kind of hard to tell sometimes when you first find them 🤷🏻‍♀️ We need the term symbiosis for that without lumping them in with mutualisms.

Packing for #Evol2025? Bring your new and gently used field gear and clothes that you no longer use to donate to the Field Gear Swap! Hosted by the tri-society Diversity Committees - drop by their booth to donate or pick up! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @evolmtg.bsky.social

We have a new 3-year postdoc position in our group at the @hifmb.de to study plasmids and plasmids systems of the marine environment to survey their utility in microbial responses to environmental change. Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...

🚨Anyone want a job?🚨 We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪 - cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo - bioinformatics and molecular biology Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n

#Evol2025 starts next week with virtual talks and workshops! Everyone eligible for our Global Membership Assistance program is eligible for free virtual meeting registration - request your discount code here: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

New preprint collab with the Zhou lab! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Learning gene interactions and functional landscapes from entire bacterial proteomes

🎉microPublications EEB is looking for new editors! -Editorial load is extremely light (but we work quickly) -Awesome format and journal, serves the EEB community well IMO -We cover all of EEB so we're looking for breath/generalists/complimentary expertise -DM me if interested (or suggest someone)!

A little summary of @arthurmatte.bsky.social and my recent paper 🐜🍼👶 www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/news/how-ant...

🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 🐜 How did ants evolve their highly specialized queens and workers? With @adriatica.bsky.social, we reveal a key evolutionary innovation: adult control over larval feeding unlocked extreme caste dimorphism and complex societies. 🧵👇 🔗 Read in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Just ordered some COVID tests, so we can do our best to protect my mother. #Mesothelioma #Caregiving

Does anyone on here have suggestions for math-y enrichment resources for a (UK-based) 5-year-old *incredibly* good at mathematical pattern spotting? I only really know about this world for teenagers.

Graduating college seniors - looking for a year long research experience? Apply for the RAMP program @uconn.bsky.social @uconnramp.bsky.social in genomics. Please RT

The first review article from my lab, helmed by @celiasouque.bsky.social, "From Petri Dishes to Patients to Populations: Scales and Evolutionary Mechanisms Driving Antibiotic Resistance" is now online and open access at Annual Reviews Microbiology: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

🧪Looking to follow other New PIs who also don't know what we're doing? We've just started a second starter pack - check it out (and the link to the first one) here! go.bsky.app/FcYEbs9

Reposting this since suddenly everyone's on Bluesky now - We are looking for a postdoc to study the physiology, evolution, and cell biology of anaerobic ciliate-methanogen symbioses using 'omics, experiments, and/or microscopy. Please share widely and send inquiries by Dec.1!

Another starter pack of fine fine folks - New PIs! We're all figuring it out together! Please do (self-)nominate go.bsky.app/KJXNgfZ

Hi BlueSky friends! Postdoc(s) available in my lab! Multiple projects on how bacterial genomic and functional diversity impacts microbial interactions & disease. 🦠🧫 See www.thelewinlab.com/join-us/post... for more information. Please RT & share. #Postdoc #Microbiology #OralMicro #VaginalMicro