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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 10h

June 11 -27, 2026, I'm teaching a 16-day field course on stream ecology. It's heavily focused on independent research projects, so they get some exposure to field research. Open to students from any institution. DM with your email if you want a poster to send your students. #Ecology #PUI #insects

Students learning to electrofish in a small stream in the woods.

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Mathew Wells @efdtoronto.bsky.social · 6d

New paper on winter limnology of Lake Ontario now out- “Unique thermal mixing patterns in Lake Ontario revealed by novel year-round observations of thermal stratification”

Open access link at aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Maria Gallardo-Williams @teachforaliving.bsky.social · 7d

Isn’t this a fantastic pumpkin? It looks like it is covered with chemical structures!

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SFS Students @sfs-src.bsky.social · 9d

Submit your proposal for workshops and special sessions for the 2026 SFS Annual Meeting relating to the theme “Gathering to Build Resilient Watersheds and Communities,” or other related emerging topics. Deadline: October 15th, 2025. (1/2)

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 9d

Hey. It’s Friday. Have a nice bug.

A yellow butterfly with green eyes and some red accents around the face and legs and edges of their wings, standing in some grass

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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 10d

Such a good feeling, congrats!!

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 10d

Where does the #carbon go? A new carbon balance method to assess what happens to #plastics under solar exposure

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Where does the carbon go? A new carbon balance method to assess what happens to plastics under solar exposure

Plastic pollution is a major and global threat to ecosystems and human health, resulting from the spreading and breakdown of plastic litter in the environment. In an aquatic environment, the first cau...

journals.plos.org

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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 10d

Don't worry, the puppers also got her hikes in.

Black and brown dog staring up at a camera while standing on a hiking trail in the mountains.

Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 10d

The perfect mental reset = morning hikes + afternoon coffee and writing surrounded by vibrant Aspens and crisp air. I also completed my third 14er in 7.5 hrs, Mt. Shavano @ 14,230 ft. My love for the Rockies run deep 🖤

Rocky Mountains from the peak of Mt. Shavano at 14,230 feet elevation.

Woman standing on the top of Mt. Shavano giving two thumbs up after summiting.

Waterfall in the mountains surrounded by trees with vibrant fall colored leaves.

Mountain range covered in vibrant Aspen trees reflecting off a small, calm pond.

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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 11d

I always have this book within reach when writing! You wouldn't think reading about writing would keep your attention, but this guide is beyond helpful and very clearly simplifies scientific writing. 10/10 recommend!

Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 11d

It's off my desk! I've just sent the manuscript for the 3rd edition of 'The Scientist's Guide to Writing' to the publisher (Princeton U. Press).

"It's just a revision. It will be easy!" - and other lies I tell myself...

The Scientist’s Guide to Writing

Note: A third edition of The Scientist’s Guide to Writing is currently in production, for publication in mid- to late 2026. Watch this space for updates. While running experiments and collec…

scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com

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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 14d

She's perfect and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise 🥹

Black and brown dog in a sweater sitting in a field in Colorado. There are bushes, trees, and a large mountain in the background.

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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 19d

Holy mussels!! Grubbing at an oil spill site and surveying buckets of mapleleaf mussels!

Woman sitting in a stream in waders with a bucket of mussels at her feet and large mussels held in her hands.

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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 21d

This is great to keep in mind! I also try to remember the objectives of the project and if my comments/edits are aligned with those or just me adding my personal preferences.

Ethan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 21d

One thing I always try to do as a reviewer/editor when recommending a change is to think about whether or not the resulting improvement to the paper/software justifies the amount of time I think it will take the author to address it. The bigger the ask, the greater the need in order to justify it.

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Gadfly Stratton, Ph.D. @inclusivescience.ca · 26d

Hot off the press! 🧑‍🔬🧪

"Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice"

authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnYH1MRgT...

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Image of title page for the article "Making aquatic sciences more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible: Perspectives on how individuals can take action in their professional practice", available from the Journal of Great Lakes Research.

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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · Sep 13

Lake Assessment Lab wundergrad gas sampling and loving it (you can tell by the focus)! We sampled headspace for dissolved gasses, chambers for flux, and bubble traps for ebullition -- the greenhouse gas trifecta!!

Wundergrad sampling gas from bubble traps over the side of a boat.

Quadrat on the water with two floating chambers inside for gas flux sampling

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Christopher Krieg 🌿 @ckrieg.bsky.social · Sep 11

🌱 Calling all mentors!
The BSA Early Career Committee is bringing back the NSF GRFP Workshop. Sign up to be a mentor if you are a:

✅ Grad student who already received a GRFP or
✅ PI, postdoc, senior researcher

Sign up here 👉 forms.gle/sQUwhVryYHJK...

#NSFGRFP #botany

Mentor Registration Form — GRFP Workshop

Are you interested in helping students write a stronger NSF GRFP application? We hope you will join us as a mentor in this BSA-organized GRFP workshop, where you will work with 4-6 applicants to help ...

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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm obsessed with most of her recipes, but there is a particularly yummy list of soups (probably because she's in MN lol)

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Basic + Awesome Broccoli Cheese Soup

This Broccoli Cheese Soup is easy, creamy, and a perfect cozy classic. A silky-smooth soup base, little bites of just-right broccoli and carrots, and some sharp creamy cheddar cheese to finish it off.

pinchofyum.com

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Sky YB @drsrbayer.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hi everyone! I am looking for any #scientists (including grad students, post docs) that’d be willing to be interviewed about their research by my #SciComm students in October. Here is the form to fill out if interested! Our time zone is Alaska, FYI. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

BIOL 311 Sci Comm Fall 2025 - Interview Sign up!

Please fill out this form to be interviewed as part of BIOL 311's students project for the second half of the semester. One form per one participant is preferred, so if you have post-docs or graduate ...

docs.google.com

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Ned Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · Sep 8

New preprint out from the lab, including @rroyaute.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.

This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
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Genetic and environmental sources of behavioral individuality: a test of the standard model

Behavioral variation is typically assumed to arise from the combination and interaction of genetic and environmental variation. However, recent work with genetically identical individuals has found th...

www.biorxiv.org

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Tiffany Lowe-Power 🌱🦠 @tlowepower.bsky.social · Jul 25

Microbiology professor, want to join a slack for microbiology professors, any career stage, diverse career types (pure teaching, med school, R1, community college, pure research fed PIs, ...)

Message me for an invite link if you are interested.

No imposter syndrome, if you are 1% micro, join!

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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · Aug 22

Yeess! Of course! And macrophytes ❤️

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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · Aug 22

The ghostbusters took a side gig 😎

Two men and a woman standing thigh high in a stream preparing to electrofish

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · Aug 19

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

docs.google.com

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