BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight. Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall. This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.

"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.

The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.

The #PolyploidyWebinar series is back for another season! 🧬 Join us for talks at 9AM Pacific on the second Thursday of each month. Are you working on something exciting in polyploidy? We'd love to have you speak! Sign up for open dates at the link below. Looking forward to the great research ahead!

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

We're hiring! Please spread the word. We have an opening for an Assistant Professor in Plant Synthetic Biology for Strategic Resources Research. See ad for details – and apply to join us here in Athens, GA! 🪴 #PlantBiology #SyntheticBiology #PlantScience #AcademicJobs #UGA

🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?! Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴‍☠️ [Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ] (1/n)

Is there a running list anywhere of Postdoc->Faculty Bridge programs (or similar types of programs)?! I'm really interested in seeing what opportunities there are that are cohort-based &/or have professional development aspects that help folks navigate the academic application/interview process.

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Does anyone have a textbook recommendation for teaching genomics (including recent technologies for genome assembly and annotation) to undergraduate/graduate students?

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

Uhhh, folks? This is real bad. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Dear faculty teaching first gen, immigrant, Black, queer and trans students, your main job is to make your classroom a safe space. Educate yourself on your rights to protect your students. Remember in most states your classroom and your office are private spaces you get to decide who enters.

Hey Athens! Come out to Little Kings Shuffle Club for a workshop on how to effectively contact your legislators with Science for Georgia tonight at 7pm! Free and open to all.

Mentors needed for BSA’s GRFP Workshop! 🌱 The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Workshop for Plant Researchers is returning in 2025. With NSF’s 2026 GRFP deadline set for Oct 27, we’re looking for mentors to guide student applicants. Learn how you can help! mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...

I'm really interested in what's happening in the Plant Genomics Education space. Does anyone know anyone who is doing work in this area in higher ed? Would love to connect with anyone thinking about how to make Plant Genomics education accessible + equitable. :)

The National Weather Service is hiring. Here is part of the application.

We are recruiting a Research Scientist in Genetics trained in plant population genetics to run the Conservation Genetics Research Program! This is an incredible opportunity to work on a diverse and active team in a biodiversity hotspot!!! recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing” And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you

It's a couple days from September and still no GRFP or PRFB posting. Do we think those are gone this year? :(

Brief 🧵, as someone who has studied mass shootings for 13 years: -gender does not cause them -SSRIs, no -mental illness, no -internet/gaming, no Above can be compounding factors—but motive is complex, often very. The most fundamental combo: suicidality + rage + isolation + easy access to guns

Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.

Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t...

So many bad things for science in this EO. Here’s just one further tidbit: “[Vought] shall further revise the Uniform Guidance…to limit the use of discretionary grant funds for costs related to facilities and administration.” Likely translation: make 15% indirect rates legal.

Well, this is a huge Executive Order power grab... www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 1/3

The 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are a professor in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas it's for you. Ends 8/29 at 5pm Eastern forms.gle/v7T3BH2w9LXs...

I am simultaneously so EXCITED about all the cool work that I will be doing this fall & TERRIFIED about how busy it will be. This is the most confident I've EVER felt as a PhD student, but it also comes with the knowledge that I'm going to be swamped lol. I feel like I understand faculty now.

Hi #Botany2025 - In my quest to never do flow cytometry again, I am collecting sequence data (radseq, target enrichment, WGS, ect.) with confirmed ploidal level. If you have samples, reach out!

"DEIA and civil rights law are not favoritism or reverse discrimination; they are a strategy to establish a just context in which a meritocracy might be possible. The racialized systemic barriers faced by some but not by others create uneven access and opportunities" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Pursuing a split dissertation has me feeling the whole "jack of all trades master of none". Did i just prep an AERA conference paper that I'm really excited about? Yes. Did I also learn that I have to redo my genome assembly bc I don't understand polyploids? Also Yes. 1 step forward, 2 steps back.

Super excited for this talk this Thursday!!!

my brother is a software engineer (with 10+ years experience at Microsoft) interested in contributing to open-source science software to branch out and build his portfolio. Does anyone know of any groups/resources that match programmers with open-source science projects!?

My ongoing request: If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here. NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.

🚨🚨 Alarming NSF policy update By accepting an NSF award, an institution now must say it's: 1. Not engaging in boycotts of Israel (yes really) 2. Not advancing or promoting DEI in violation of anti-discrimination laws Announced via a footnote today: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/gc1-ma...

Are you a #botany professional who makes a comfortable living and is currently not feeling job-stressed? Tenured faculty, I'm looking at you 👀. 🧪 I dare you to meet or beat my $100 donation 💯 to keep PLANTS afloat in the face of @botsocamerica.bsky.social's grant termination!!

NSF Terminates Funding for Successful Workforce and Leadership Program in the Botanical Sciences botany.org/home/awards/... #botany #plantscience

Here's the zine I made from the collection of letters written by science folks in Athens to celebrate the NSF's 75th anniversary. Social media has been a really stressful place for folks, so I wanted to bring some joy and gratitude to the timeline. ❤️ (1/2)

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

As a grad student whose work is supported by the National Science Foundation, I wanted to take a moment on the agency's 75th anniversary to say thank you...

HAPPY 75th, NSF! We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond. Read on 🧵(1/11):

Here's my federal funding story #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF #scicomm 🧪

Whoa...how about some *great* Friday night news instead??? The 14-day temporary restraining order blocks admin from: 🛑 Any further DOGE order to "cut programs or staff" 🛑 Executing existing RIFs 🛑 Issuing further RIFs ...in connection to EO, OMB memo, reorg plans. See page 40 here:

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This is so fucked up. Sorry that’s the academic description for it. They are really dismantling everything

What the actual fuck

It's time for some community care. Athens -- come swing by and pen a letter of appreciation to NSF employees to celebrate the NSF's 75th anniversary. And spread the word! 📣📣

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com

"On a weekly basis more than 90% of people use weather forecasts, job market reports, food safety warnings and other information that is based on federal science. But only 10% ... are concerned that cuts to federal support for science might impact their access to [it]." www.npr.org/2025/05/06/n...

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar. Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...