📣Magnifying a new initiative from MASC (Multi-national Arabidopsis Steering Committee) to support colleagues in need tinyurl.com/MASC-initiat... Please read the document and return comments to Thorsten Hamann ([email protected]) by Oct. 15th. Please share. #arabidopsis #community #plantscience

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

Another nail in the US science coffin www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

It’s Fustilarian Friday again. This week: NSF all but abolished in the President’s proposed budget.

Hmmm 45 million could fund a lot of research…..this seems like the kind of wasteful government spending that the DOGE bro’s should be cutting. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u...

#ASPBPlantCellTuesday #ICYMI

The costs of disinvestment in science: nondefense government R&D yields returns of 150% to 300% & accounts for roughly a QUARTER of American productivity growth since World War II. The authors conclude:“Our findings point to a misallocation of public capital & substantial underinvestment in R&D.”

📜 In defense of funding foundational plant science 🧑‍🔬 @jfriesner.bsky.social, @cargueso.bsky.social, @plantteaching.bsky.social, Shuang Wu, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al. 📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social 🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... #️⃣ #PlantScience

The dismantling of the National Science Foundation is a disaster and disgraceful. Foolish people doing stupid things. www.science.org/content/arti...

Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature. https://go.nature.com/44Ugf9V

Earlier today, ASBMB joined three other scientific societies in leading a substantial, 22-page amicus curiae brief in support of the plaintiffs in American Public Health Association v. NIH. This is a formal public submission to the court. ➡️Read our full message: bit.ly/3RJnWbp.

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

Here is a link to the full @60minutes.bsky.social segment! 👀 a nice surprise at 5:25 AND one of our very own, Kristin Weinstein makes an appearance at 9 mins. #StandUpforScience #scienceforall #saveourscience www.cbsnews.com/news/scienti...

www.science.org/content/arti... This is terrible news. Even the resignation letter posted on the NSF is censored. Compare to the whole letter he wrote published here. Knocking down all of the pillars that made American science great.

Thank you @josedinneny.bsky.social and all the organizers of the first Bay Area Plant Hub Symposium. It was great to hear from so many young scientists and wise mentors who shared their research and vision for better future. Fantastic and inspiring.

With @tairnews.bsky.social at the first ever plant bio hub meeting. Excited to hear the talks and to hang out with old friends and new.

@biocurator.bsky.social ISB 2025 has been a fantastic meeting. Great talks, excellent colleagues. Lots of discussion on AI powered biocuration. Happy to be sharing updates from @tairnews.bsky.social and AgBioData here.

Gonna nerd: "This is not a moment, it's a movement." The article shows the widespread care & concern about our nation's public data. Much will be lost unless we preserve the data AND speak about its importance. This isn't an issue for academia. It is for all of us. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

what better way to spend day off work with your colleagues …

getting ready

Perspective 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟎: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭🌱 Sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome 25 years ago transformed plant biology. The 4th MASC roadmap drives innovations to tackle global challenges 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70047 🧵👇

The PAN-GO #Functionome was announced last week in @nature.com-but do you know how to use it? Here's how to find functions for a selected human #gene: ➡️ community.alliancegenome.org/t/8353 ICYMI, more on the PAN-GO Functionome: 💡 community.alliancegenome.org/t/8343 🧪🧬 #science #research #human

Hmmm should I go to Sacramento, SF or Cal? Will def be somewhere #standingupforscience March 7

Here's the OpEd I thought I was writing, turned into a Letter the Editor: 🧪 #PlantScience www.bakercityherald.com/opinion/lett...

To US colleagues who have lost or are in imminent danger of losing their jobs: please DM whether we can accommodate your research.

On January 6th, 1995, my (now ex) wife and I boarded a flight from Heathrow to JFK on a one way ticket. We had two suitcases and about $900 in cash - this was everything we owned and we were moving to the US. We thought it was maybe for 2-3 years. I had visited the US once, for a conference, and

📣 Join the Annual Bay Area Plant Hub Symposium in partnership ASPB’s Western Section on April 16, 2025, in Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF!🌱 Learn more and register soon👉 https://western.aspb.org/! #PlantScience

🧪 #PlantScience Ted Cruz posted a list of "woke DEI" NSF grants, which included many REU programs. REU = Research Experience for Undergraduates. A 🧵 thread of sadness: www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

To the edge of the world for some much needed perspective

www.nature.com/articles/d41... shocked me to the core

From the 52 Biodata resources listed on the GCBR website globalbiodata.org/what-we-do/g... 24 exist in the US, and of those, 12 are NOT mirrored, officially. Of these 52 resources, 29 are supported by the NIH. If Trump/Musk continue, we are FUBARed! #Bioinformatics #Genomics #SciPo 🧬 🖥️ 🧪

Here's a longer post explaining all of this in a bit more detail: www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...

Things are not good …not at the USDA, NSF, or NIH.

[Please repost] Re-upping this in the new year. Please let us know if you want to contribute to the 1001 Genomes Plus Project, which revolves around a curated collection of almost 600 long-read assemblies of #Arabidopsis thaliana. #plantscience

Global biodata resources are at risk - funding models are fragile and unsustainable. GBC's open letter campaign needs your support to call for solutions. Science leaders have already signed the letter, please join them. Click here for more: globalbiodata.org/open-letter-...

TAIR officially turned 25 on October 1, 2024! Read our blog post covering the highlights from the last 25 years. tinyurl.com/TAIR25

Celebrating the life and work of an amazing scientist and mentor

With @tairnews.bsky.social in San Diego at ICAR2024. Like the luggage tags? Come visit our booth and get yours.

We're working on improving the publication display on the locus page and have two options for the display of the associated locus information. Please have a look and let us know if you prefer A or B. Your feedback counts! docs.google.com/presentation...

TAIR will be down on May 6, 2024 from 3-5 pm Pacific Time (UTC -7). We are switching over to our new website on Monday. Apologies in advance for the downtime. Thank you for your understanding.

Try out the new TAIR on beta.arabidopsis.org. During the testing period, please report bugs or send any feedback to [email protected]. The new site will go live in the next month. #plantscience #arabidopsis

Your input counts! We're running a short (5-10 min) survey to help us understand how you use TAIR and give feedback on future priorities. online1.snapsurveys.com/TAIR_Web Thank you in advance.

We are looking for a few beta testers for our updated website. If you can give us 15 minutes to join a Zoom call (to be recorded) where we give you a task and watch you work, please email us at [email protected] for scheduling. Your feedback will make a difference.

Researchers fill new final gaps in the Arabidopsis genome sequence globalplantcouncil.org/researchers-... via The Global Plant Council #PlantScience #PlantGenomes #Arabidopsis 🌾