#SICB _ MONDAY JOB ALERT!! The Garner Lab for #Animal #Morphology & #Mechanics is looking to recruit an MS student for Fall 2026 to study the functional #morphology and #biomechanics of #adhesion, friction & more. Interested? Reach out to @agarner.bsky.social [email protected]

I'm excited to announce that my lab is moving to the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University in January next year! Can't wait to join amazing new colleagues and be able to run outside year round to work with lizards on campus and sea urchins at the FAU Marine Lab!

@syracuseu.bsky.social News just published a short piece about a new Shiny-based open-source webapp that I'm working on that is called paleopal! It's still very much a work-in-progress, but you can check out a working prototype here: williamgearty.com/paleopal/. news.syr.edu/2025/10/02/o...

We've already got hundreds of students and mentors here, sharing how the sudden policy change has derailed plans. We're looking at formally "delivering" results to NSF leadership tomorrow, please do keep sharing and spreading the word: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

The NSF GRFP is one of ever fewer multi-year funding opportunities for graduate students pursuing basic research. Please sign and share this petition to urge NSF to adjust or reverse their recent policy changes to the GRFP!!

Love this!

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT! Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

Third, read here to learn more about what we are facing: www.syracuse.com/opinion/2025...

Second: send a letter to the governor of NY actionnetwork.org/letters/gov-...

First: share ALL posts that you see about this by ESF faculty, staff, and students. The more attention we can receive, the better. We really need media coverage! This can be hard sometime since we are such a small campus community.

New paper is officially out! Ratfish have a second jaw on their foreheads - CT + histology show they’re real teeth, built from the same tissues and signals as oral teeth. www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

Of note: they tell you how much it costs for the government to run the free filing system, but they don’t tell you how much it would cost to have a private corporation do it. (Hint: it would cost taxpayers more to have a private corporation do it.)

See this cool TT position focused on the Sensory Physiology of Sound at Aarhus University in Denmark! www.au.dk/om/stillinge... @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-spdac.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Invertebrate #marinelife #herps 🧪

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

The 500 additional GRFPs NSF awarded were not very evenly distributed across fields, it seems. www.science.org/content/arti...

@canjzoology.bsky.social is seeking #ECRs to join its editorial board as Associate Editors! Gain hands-on experience with #peerreview, contribute to journal development, and connect with leaders in the field. Apply by Aug 15 ▶️ buff.ly/hpVApYd #AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪 #AcWri #PHDSky #ScholComms

CLARIFICATION : The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline. They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY So spread this around They can be texted. They can be called.

People keep saying this is a bad day for trans people. No, this is a bad day for all of us. We ALL receive gender-affirming care and it’s absurd that any of us should not receive it. The state making it illegal to get healthcare is bad news for all of us.

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

Taking a much needed R&R after 3 years of #NewPILife. Loving the ocean and breeze today

Donald Trump’s deployment of the military in Los Angeles over the objection of California leaders is an abuse of power and a dangerous escalation. It’s what you would see in authoritarian states and it must stop. Americans have the right to speak out and peacefully protest.

NSF just cancelled ALL grants to Harvard researchers. That’s right - physics, astronomy, bio, CAREER - ALL. Professors won’t get paid. Postdocs won’t get paid. PhD students won’t get paid. This is insane! If they can do this to Harvard, they can do this to your school.

"Imagine the auto industry without 3D printing. NSF funded that. Artificial intelligence? NSF. MRI machines that help doctors diagnose you? NSF. Doppler radar technology that makes aviation safer by conquering wind shear? NSF. Duolingo‘s underlying programming? NSF. The internet itself? NSF."

NSF is one of the most efficient parts of our government! Any cutting is obviously designed to dismantle the organization. This is obvious but still bears emphasis that they aren’t doing this to save money but solely to destroy the most effective parts of our federal government.

Friday Harbor Labs has a new marine genomics center! NSF supported facility that is ADA accessible. Great new place to access genomes right where you get the critters. fhl.uw.edu/facilities-r...

I support trans rights; I recognise and respect trans people and their right to exist the same as others; I resent and object to the tired lies that bigots promote. Trans rights are human rights.

We are hiring a postdoctoral scholar to join us in the sometime in the next ~6 months. oliveriolab.org with a focus on microbial eukaryotes in extreme environments. Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon. #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky

Amphibian migration season is coming this spring. Remember to drive slow!

Please enjoy this adorable picture of a marine sculpin taken by collaborator @emilykane.bsky.social to break up your doomscrolling! Excited to debut the first paper resulting from our collaboration on this cool topic

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

This is why I post about the silence towards #trans people right now, and *especially* #TransInSTEM They are immediately terminating grants researching transgender issues, and without a chance of reapplying: "...no modification of the project could align the project with agency priorities." #STEM

HOW YOU CAN HELP: ✅ Spend your money at small businesses, especially those owned by underrepresented entrepreneurs ✅ Share this message with your networks—word of mouth is powerful ✅ Stand together in financial solidarity to create real economic change

Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. That means: 🚫 No gas from corporate giants 🚫 No fast food chains 🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

“I don't think we have two years to plan and fight back. I think we have months.” Senator Chris Murphy, Democratic Senator, Connecticut

I believe!

The Trump Administration announced massive cuts to NIH indirect costs yesterday. The maximum indirect rate will now be 15%, slashing the rates our universities receive. Most universities are accustomed to receiving 45-65% on each grant. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.

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Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

This is how you do it. Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social Read their whole email to membership here mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...

I can’t remember what invertebrate-themed season it is, but here are some festive echinoderms.

Are you interested in learning about how engineering and physics can be applied to study the motions of #plants, #invertebrates, and #animals? Here's a non-exhaustive list of Comparative Biomechanists to get started! 🦋 🐟 🦎 🌿 🧪 go.bsky.app/HvHFgvB Apologies for any that I may have been missed.

HI everyone - Duncan Irschick here from @umassamherst.bsky.social - I'm new to Bluesky - I know that a lot of my colleagues have migrated here recently. Excited to reconnect with everyone! 😀

I used one of my photography club activities as a model for a senior seminar assignment! Students select papers and give a presentation and I want to challenge them to go beyond the basic "text on a slide" approach. I'm picking on @agarner.bsky.social's great integrative urchin work as an example!

When posting pictures please use alt text for visually impaired users. See the post below for a handy guide. Let's try and make Bluesky a more inclusive place than Xitter.