International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability 2025 - Strengthening research capability and promoting international talent mobility and circulation: a focus on early career researchers who will lead the academia of the future www.scj.go.jp/ja/int/kaisa...

Best papers of 2025 in ecology and evolutionary biology (and related fields) according to members of Peay and Fukami labs at Stanford University web.stanford.edu/~fukamit/pap...

In these field experiments we did earlier this year in the town of Iijima, we found that spraying nectar yeast and bacteria to buckwheat fields increased insect pollination and seed set.

New preprint: "Priority effects drive fungal and nematode emergence from insect larvae," introducing our new study system at 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma (Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve), led by Amaury Payelleville doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Reflections on the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe's youth campout at Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) jrbp.stanford.edu/news/voices-...

Excited to release TEK Stories 2025, a podcast series made by the undergraduate students who took the "Catching up with Traditional Ecological Knowledge" class in Winter 2025 at Stanford University soundcloud.com/user-1741316...

Evening lecture on Indigenous language revitalization by Bernadette Quiroz, a member of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, to be held on Nov 18, 2025, at Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) jrbp.stanford.edu/news/chochen...

Evening lecture on tribal sovereignty and cultural revitalization by Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, to be held on Oct 21, 2025, at Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) jrbp.stanford.edu/news/trail-t...

For some of the ongoing efforts related to this assistant professor position in TEK available at Stanford, please refer to this article: jrbp.stanford.edu/news/third-a...

Important article by Tara McAllister and her co-authors. We at Stanford University is encouraged by this paper as we launch a new faculty search in the field of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (applications by Sept 30, 2025): facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Assistant Professor position in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford University. Applications due Sept 30, 2025 facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Poster at Botanical Society of America conference www.xcdsystem.com/botany/progr...

Story about a recent conference at Stanford University, "Environmental Justice through the Lens of Indigenous Peoples" jrbp.stanford.edu/news/third-a...

This virtual program will cover general aspects of applying to Biology PhD programs, from cell, molecular and organismal biology to ecology and evolution, helping students craft application materials, navigate graduate interviews, and choose the program best fit for them. Apply by July 21, 2025.

Conference on Environmental Justice through the lens of Indigenous Peoples, held this week at Stanford University www.gsb.stanford.edu/events/envir...

New paper where we suggest bacteria in the honeybee stomach may be more interesting to study than generally thought. doi.org/10.1007/s002...

Grateful to be part of this Univ of Toronto EEB event

From Reo and Ogden 2018 doi.org/10.1007/s116...

From McAllister et al. 2023 doi.org/10.20417/nzj...

From Goode et al. 2022 www.pepperwoodpreserve.org/wp-content/u...

New review article in @newphyt.bsky.social on nectar bacteria--their evolutionary origin, dispersal mode, effects on nectar chemistry and plant–animal interactions, community assembly, agricultural applications, and their use as model systems in ecological research doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Best papers of 2024 in ecology and evolutionary biology, as chosen by Guzman, Peay, and Fukami labs at Stanford University: web.stanford.edu/~fukamit/pap...

Corine Pearce, a Native California basketweaver from the Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo, taught us that master basketweavers make holes, or da:w (door in Pomo), intentionally. Holes in baskets become spirit doors that connect people across generations. youtu.be/liUxHi_51jU?...

On TEK: “If you are multilingual and are truly fluent, you do not mix two languages; when you speak in English, you think in English and when you speak in Arabic, you think in Arabic. You become almost a different person because there is an entire culture associated with one language. (1/4)

Podcast interview, where Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about her new book, “The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World” youtu.be/oarv176EbK4

In our TEK book club at Stanford, we've just finished reading "On Indigenuity" by Daniel Wildcat. One message is that we need "cultural climate change," as "one cannot fix or solve problems with the same kind of thinking that created them." www.fulcrumbooks.com/product-page...

“As the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe continues its push for federal recognition, events like these show the importance that Indigenous knowledge plays in addressing modern issues.” www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Honored to collaborate with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe on a youth campout held at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) at Stanford University jrbp.stanford.edu/news/muwekma...

Looking forward to this conversation at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin ‘Ooyakma) jrbp.stanford.edu/news/book-re...

Enjoyed giving this talk about some of the people involved in our long-term effort to integrate research and education at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) youtu.be/xpP5QPAaFMI

Our latest step towards the genetic understanding of priority effects onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Indigenous awakening at 'Ootchamin ‘Ooyakma, featured in Stanford Report news.stanford.edu/stories/2024...

Intro to Traditional Ecological Knowledge, a lecture given to Stanford University undergraduates on Sept 26, 2024, to learn from Robin Kimmerer, David Suzuki, Valentin Lopez (Chairman of Amah Mutsun Tribal Band), Charlene Nijmeh (Chairwoman of Muwekma Ohlone Tribe), etc. youtu.be/8AAi53hhid0

Camera trap photo yesterday of mountain lion at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) of Stanford University. We get these images all the time at 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma, but this one is unusual in that it's in broad daylight. Photo: Trevor Hebert

Indigenous awakening at Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma), in partnership with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe jrbp.stanford.edu/news/intenti...

New sign at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve of Stanford University has 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma. Read why here: jrbp.stanford.edu/news/ootcham...

Evening talk for general audience at a local public library (Los Altos Library) at 7pm, July 31 www.cnps.org/event/flower...

Join us as Assistant Professor in the Earth System Science Department at Stanford University - apply by Aug 31, 2024 - this is a broad search, and areas of interest include biodiversity, global ecology, Indigenous knowledge, etc. facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Happy to release TEK Stories 2024, a podcast on Traditional Ecological Knowledge, a collaborative project with undergraduate students at Stanford University soundcloud.com/user-1741316...

In talks, I try to include local examples of priority effects and alternative community states. In preparation for my recent visit to the University of Michigan Biological Station, I (belatedly) learned of an intriguing study of wetland plants in Michigan by Sigrid Smith: doi.org/10.1111/j.16...

Grateful to the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area (www.muwekma.org) for their guidance and collaboration as we work toward two-eyed seeing at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve - 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma. Stanford Report today on good fire at JRBP'O'O: news.stanford.edu/stories/2024...

Happy to be hosting Rich Lenski (@relenski.bsky.social) today for the annual Ehrlich-Mooney Lecture, honoring the contributions by Paul Ehrlich and Hal Mooney at Stanford

Podcast on the watershed restoration conference we ran recently at Stanford. Topics ranged from the role of traditional ecological knowledge to the time restoration takes relative to climate change: youtu.be/cOIKL8lHVeg?...

“Priority effects transcend scales and disciplines in biology” - new Trends in Ecology and Evolution paper, free to download here: t.co/xm8FSg4Rnw

Good fire at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve - 'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma at Stanford University makes a new beginning of two-eyed seeing with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area. jrbp.stanford.edu/news/both-ey...

"Ecology of Host-Symbiont Interactions" symposium to be held on March 19, 2024, at Ecological Society of Japan meeting Abstracts: esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...

Our new pre-print: "Bacteria in honeybee crops are decoupled from those in floral nectar and bee mouths" led by Maggie Warren doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Toward two-eyed seeing at Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve --'Ootchamin 'Ooyakma jrbp.stanford.edu/news/ootcham...

Story about humans as part of nature, beautifully written by Keona Blanks (earthsystems.stanford.edu/keona-blanks... ) while she did research in Japan with me and my collaborators there last summer, funded by Stanford Woods Institute (@stanfordwoods.bsky.social):