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A comprehensive look at a future sustainable food system

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Here's my NSF GRFP OpEd. Who wants to publish it? "Revert text of NSF 25-547 (GRFP FY26) to NSF 24-591 (GRFP FY25) and keep current competition dates so that all applicants have a fair chance and awards can be made in advance of April 2026 decisions for graduate school."

Here's my comment--join me. This would effectively remove foreign PhD students and postdocs from our labs. please share

Female American Kestrel strikes a pose 🪶☀️🌵

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For last 10 years - we have worked with thousands of organizations around the world helping support them in integrating foldscope programs. To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!

I have been sharing Mary- Claire King’s interview with graduate students and other young people. She describes the sometimes bewildering process of becoming a scientist so well. And, as we know, she became one of our generations most remarkable and inspiring scientists.

Plants found in September along the Colorado River of the Grand Canyon 🤩 Which one is blooming in my garden in Davis and NOT in the Grand Canyon? Oenothera pallida, Senna covesii, Mamillaria grahamii, Oenothera elata

In case you had any doubts, a new report by the NAS, which includes improved observations, confirms unequivocally that GHG emissions are warming Earth’s surface and changing the climate. These changes harm the welfare of people in the United States. www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/09...

My awesome Drosophila colleague Akhila Rajan at Fred Hutch (Seattle) is recruiting both a staff scientist and a postdoc to study fat–brain communication, innate immunity, mitochondrial signaling, and brain senescence. Great team, great environment. Apply here: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30062/j...

Kafka-land at UC Berkeley www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Whales, sharks, and turtles need safe migration routes. 🐋🦈🐢 The @bezosearthfund.org and @rewildorg.bsky.social are working with partners to help four nations create the world’s first cross-border biosphere marine reserve in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.

Willing to join us @pasteur.fr for a PhD for a project on how interactions between mobile genetic elements shape bacterial adaptation? Subject to be tailored to candidates with keen interest in evolution, genomics, computational biology, microbiology. Check www.pasteur.fr/en/education...

I must disagree with Trump. If he resigns from the presidency, many will fully advocate for his receiving the Nobel prize. I can imagine no faster road to peace globally than such a resignation. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u... ““No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do.”

“Kennedy is putting Americans’ lives in danger, and he must resign. In his place, Trump must listen to doctors & scientists and nominate a health secretary & ma C.D.C. director who will protect the health and well-being of the people, not carry out dangerous policies based on conspiracy theories.”

I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions. Descriptions and links in the following two posts.

“Clean” beauty products fill the vacuum that’s created when we prioritize individual responsibility over safe, scientifically sound health policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357 Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

That voice!

The legacy of Lysenkoism was decades of scientific stagnation and a staggering death toll, as well as a cautionary tale about what happens when evidence-based scientific methods are exploited or suppressed by political ideologues to serve a tyrant. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/bhattachar...

Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions! plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

Just got an email that the NIH Early Independence award is "not going forward." This was an award that catapulted promising PhD students into faculty positions and is part of the High-Risk High-Reward grant program in the NIH Office of the Director. Deadline was 9.6.25!

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Greater knowledge of immune processes as human populations age will lay the foundation for personalized medicine

Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social

Thank you NASEM for taking the initiative to address a critical need for reliable scientific information on an essential public policy question: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/08...

Netanyahu’s actions in Gaza are “Unconscionable and unthinkable”

A well-deserved award. I especially like:My NIH-sponsored postdoc provided a salary that was @ the federal poverty level for my family of four.Money was tight and so was time.One night Bruce surprised us with theater tickets & volunteered to babysit. It was manna from heaven-an evening with my wife!

During the week I am a plant and microbial biologist. On weekends I volunteer ranger for the Forest service in desolation wilderness. I thought I’d share some pictures here for my botany pals

VACANCY - We’re recruiting for a visionary group leader to lead fundamental research on Discovery Plant Science as part of our vibrant research community Successful candidate will be offered a six-year tenure-track position with the opportunity to apply for tenure: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

My daughter told this bear to scat but instead he decided to try to climb in (and break) the kitchen window. There are 3x more bears in tahoe than 30 years ago. Climate change is disrupting bears hibernation. www.capradio.org/news/tahoela...

RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775. I'd also call your senators/reps as well.

The future of US research

Good news for NIH MIRA applicants. Grants.gov recently published the forecast notice for the reissuance of the EI/NI MIRA notice of funding opportunity. As indicated at the link, the estimated post date for the NOFO is Nov 3. www.grants.gov/search-resul...

New group leader opportunity at @johninnescentre.bsky.social! We're looking for interests in (but not limited to) growth and development, environmental / organismal interactions, physiology, signalling, quantitative cell biology, biochemical and modelling approaches. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

Senators leave RFK Jr.’s MAHA agency out of 2026 budget in apparent snub www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/h... via @statnews.com

The NIH budget will INCREASE by $400 million — not slashed by 40%, as Trump proposed — according to a proposal by Senate appropriators, says Sen Murray. "Some have asked if there will even be an NIH by [2029]. The commmittee's resounding message is yes—Congress has your back", she says.

Proud of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: “We oppose reckless funding cuts & restrictions that imperil the research enterprise of our universities hospitals & laboratories, which contribute enormously to our prosperity health, & national security.“ Read here: www.amacad.org/news/board-s...

. #Botany2025 My institution (JIC in Norwich, UK) is hiring for a tenure-track Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences - see more here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr... Let me know if you have questions!

Finally- bipartisan support for NIH

The Trump Administration's cuts to our laboratories will: -Undermine our economic competitiveness -Harm innovation -Weaken national security I'm joining @padilla.senate.gov and @lofgren.house.gov in urging the the Department of Energy and Office of Management and Budget to reverse these cuts.

Did you know that the illustrations in our resources like CRISPRpedia are free to use for non-commercial, educational purposes? Check out our Science x Art page to see a selection of work from our designers & artists. Tag us to show us how you're using them! innovativegenomics.org/science-x-art/ 🧬🎨

Exciting opportunities to establish your group at JIC! Come join our vibrant research community in Norwich! 🔹 Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions (path to tenure-track) tinyurl.com/yk576jms 🔹 GL in Discovery Plant Sciences (tenure-track or tenured) tinyurl.com/mwbs4dhn

🚨 We're looking for a #postdoc to join our team at the Center for Bioenergy Innovation at Oak Ridge National Labs, TN 🚨 Project: Advance poplar bioenergy by understanding adaptive trait/genomic variation — breeding/pop gen/bioinformatics Apply by 18-Aug Apply here: jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridg...

When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.

What a coincidence. Many scientists are also feeling this song. Don’t forget to sing and dance 😊

If you are enjoying #2025ISMPMI then you might also be interested in joining the Plant Peptide and Receptor Meeting #PPRM2025, 8th-10th September in Edinburgh. We have a great lineup of speakers and a diverse and inclusive community. More info here pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk