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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 13h

New PhD opportunity in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social through the BBSRC NRP DTP Programme - see details of host to apply below

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/van...

Vanishing Virulence: Investigating pathogenicity loss in a plant pathogenic fungus (TALBOT_T26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

What makes a plant killer lose its edge? This project will investigate why fungal pathogens lose virulence when they are grown in laboratory culture away from their host plant. Use cutting-edge…

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 1d

Singles. Every now and then we spread them all out on the table and mate them

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 2d

Nice video Michael!!

Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 2d

Twinkies aren’t unhealthy because they have GMOs in them. They’re unhealthy because they’re Twinkies! GMO crops are safe, and gene-edited crops can help make more food with less land. There’s no need to freak out about them.

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 2d

Well- deserved! I remember Joe’s talks at the Carnegie when I was just starting graduate school. His talks were energetic and well-explained and exciting. AND he always made other scientists feel welcome. He is one of a kind

PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats, Joe Ecker @salkinstitute.bsky.social, to receiving the McClintock Prize! Joe has been a visionary leader of the field of genetics and genomics – not only for plants – for decades
www.salk.edu/news-release...

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats, Joe Ecker @salkinstitute.bsky.social, to receiving the McClintock Prize! Joe has been a visionary leader of the field of genetics and genomics – not only for plants – for decades
www.salk.edu/news-release...

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 2d

a woman in a yellow jacket is sitting on a couch and applauding .

ALT: a woman in a yellow jacket is sitting on a couch and applauding .

media.tenor.com

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 2d

This citation is going into my NIH renewal proposal.

Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 2d

A depressing graphic, but a wonderful defense of our tiniest lab partners! 🦠🪱🪰

Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 2d

PREACH!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 2d

Scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone. That is how you create a robust and creative scientific enterprise.

North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · 2d

University admin & faculty- read this and consider what your core beliefs are- are they: free expression, rewarding merit, and inclusion?

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

MIT President Sally Kornbluth just issued a statement to the campus community saying NO to Trump’s authoritarian compact

“And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”

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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 2d

MIT President Kornbluth announced on Friday the university “cannot support” Trump’s compact, saying the university disagreed with a number of the principles laid out in the document, including policies that would limit freedom of expression and institutional independence.

MIT President Says ‘We Cannot Support’ Trump’s Compact

The institution’s president, Sally Kornbluth, wrote: The proposal “is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 3d

Oh! What a great story and beautiful photos. I felt the same way the first time I saw ghost flowers in a Maine wetland. “I was moved by the existence of such a mysterious living thing”

A photo of “ladies tresses” a flower in the orchid genus

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 3d

He will sue the Norwegian Nobel committee, of course

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 3d

Lovely. Peaceful

AndyBeavisPhoto @andybeavisphoto.bsky.social · 3d

One feature of Icelandic towns is random art work...
#Iceland
#Landscape
#Landscapephotography
#artwork

A view between two buildings to a white building with a pole on top, capped by a red sphere. Under the pole is the word 'joystick' on red paint, above a red window. Below on the wall is a painted horseshoe, with faces within the horseshoe. The buildings are all metal clad and the doors are red. A bicycle is propped against the left hand building.

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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 5d

"Assistant Professor, Biology at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
*Application Deadline: 11/17/2025"

Read more here: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307414

#PlantSciJobs

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 5d

Dancing seems to have gotten even wilder since I lived there

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 5d

I was completely unprepared for the threat posed by the Antifa super soldiers.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 5d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/science/2025... “I think he may be backpacking in the backcountry in Idaho”.

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

www.theguardian.com

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 7d

🤩 BEAUTIFUL images and super creative experiments. Congrats to the team

nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 9d

A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization

Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...

www.science.org

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 7d

Last of this season’s figs in a lemon 🍋 ricotta cake 😋

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 7d

So exciting. Identification of 12,623 peptide sequences with potential antimicrobial activity, which they call archaeasins.

César de la Fuente @delafuentelab.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you so much for highlighting our latest work!

Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 12d

Research Highlight: Mining archaea for antibiotics www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Erin Green @erinrgreen.bsky.social · 8d

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 8d

Blue-throated Goldentail from this morning at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

I haven't seen these for a few months, so it was nice to spend time with this one. They're much more shy than the Snowcaps and I have to be stealthy when approaching them.

#hummingbirds #birds #nature

A small hummingbird perched on a slender branch with a bright red bill, shimmering green and blue feathers, and a blurred green background.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 8d

A lifer #butterfly for me today at @tapirvalley.bsky.social, the Zavaleta Glasswing (Godyris zavaleta). These are found mostly in Ecuador and Peru, and this was fun to see in #CostaRica

#butterflies #invertebrates #lepidoptera

A butterfly with yellow and black wings and white spots perched on a green leaf against a soft green background.

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 8d

Done

Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 8d

Colleagues have pointed out that the Dartmouth response is strategically ambiguous. If I were faculty or alumni, I would provide feedback that: 1) you interpret this to mean that the unviersity is refusing to sign a corrupt contract; and 2) you are proud of the university for taking that stance.

Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 8d

Dartmouth’s response to the Trump admin’s corrupt contract, short and sweet: “You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves.”

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 8d

A comprehensive look at a future sustainable food system

Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 8d

A #foodsystems transformation is key for solving crises related to #climate, #biodiversity, #health & justice. This includes a shift to healthy #diets, increased #agriculture productivity & reduced #foodwaste. A “planetary health diet” promotes mostly #plantbased foods… (1/2) doi.org/10.1016/S014...

Redirecting

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 12d

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/ Sign on and/or join mailing list to restore eligibility for our talented NSF GRFP applicants

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

laurenkuehne.github.io

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 14d

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."

A proposal to address the late release of the NSF GRFP call (25-547).

Proposal: 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.

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