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Christopher Dick @chrisdick.bsky.social · 19h

We are hiring a full time plant mounter to join our U-M herbarium team. The person will mount specimens from around the world and train students in the plant mounting process. Cool botanical job! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

PLANT MOUNTER II | U-M Careers

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Christopher Dick @chrisdick.bsky.social · 3d

Michigan's #UMMZ Reptiles and Amphibians Collections Manager position is now open. Join a great museums group and help manage the world's second largest herpetology research collection. Please share! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Res Museum Collection Manager | U-M Careers

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Danny Ibanez IV @dannyibaneziv.bsky.social · 23d

Check out the museums and Emerging Pathogens' new website! Join us to learn about how working with museums might benefit your research! #research #science #evolution

Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · 28d

3/3 If you are interested in MEPA, check us out here:

mepa-network.weebly.com

My Site

MEPA aims to unite museum biorepositories across the Americas, with stakeholders in wildlife and human health, field biology, and public health, in an effort to build cross-disciplinary...

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Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · 28d

3/3 If you are interested in MEPA, check us out here:

mepa-network.weebly.com

My Site

MEPA aims to unite museum biorepositories across the Americas, with stakeholders in wildlife and human health, field biology, and public health, in an effort to build cross-disciplinary...

mepa-network.weebly.com

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Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · 28d

2/N Many of these individuals are part of @mepa-social-media.bsky.social. The paper provides data on existing genetic resources from mammals available to researchers to study emerging infectious diseases, such as hantaviruses, arenaviruses, and other zoonotic pathogens.

#collectionsareessential

Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · 28d

1/N Check out our recent publication on South American mammal voucher and tissue collections!!! This paper was led by Marcelo Weksler, Guellermo D'Elia, and Pablo Teta, but it included contributions from over 100 scientists.

#mammalogy #collectionsareessential #onehealth

A comprehensive survey of mammal collections and genetic resources in South America: challenges and directions

Abstract. Natural history collections serve as crucial infrastructure for both basic and applied scientific research, providing temporal and spatial specim

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Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · 28d

1/N Check out our recent publication on South American mammal voucher and tissue collections!!! This paper was led by Marcelo Weksler, Guellermo D'Elia, and Pablo Teta, but it included contributions from over 100 scientists.

#mammalogy #collectionsareessential #onehealth

A comprehensive survey of mammal collections and genetic resources in South America: challenges and directions

Abstract. Natural history collections serve as crucial infrastructure for both basic and applied scientific research, providing temporal and spatial specim

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Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Aug 12

My lab had the pleasure of collaborating with colleagues from @texastech.bsky.social on a joint field expedition in Kansas and Nebraska! In total, 4 students, 1 postbac, and 3 PIs participated on the trip. We even had the opportunity of crashing at the Thompson Ranch for an evening...

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Matt Johnson, PhD @mossmatters.bsky.social · Jul 24

Y’all, big news, I found out where they’re keeping them all

Green road sign on the highway that says:

Grants
City Limit
Elev 6470

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Jul 20

"Save The NSF" - a little blogpost I wrote to amplify the #SaveTheNSF mission.

The National Science Foundation is one of the world’s premier funders of basic science research; proposed federal cuts would derail how we do science in the U.S.

aguidetoacademia.blogspot.com/2025/07/save...

Save the NSF

The National Science Foundation is one of the world’s premier funders of basic science research (i.e. the fundamental di...

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7 News Detroit @wxyzdetroit.bsky.social · Jul 5

In today’s Health Alert, a warning for anyone planning to enjoy the outdoors this holiday weekend. Ticks are active, and the risk of Lyme disease is real across Michigan.

Macomb County Health Department issues warning about ticks and Lyme disease

In today’s Health Alert, a warning for anyone planning to enjoy the outdoors this holiday weekend. Ticks are active, and the risk of Lyme disease is real across Michigan.

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Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Jul 3

Check out the new MEPA (Museums and Pathogens in the Americas) @bsky.app page!!!

bsky.app/profile/mepa...

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Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Jun 30

The University of Michigan crew is in full force at the Annual Meeting of the @mammalogists.bsky.social!!! It’s been great to bring so many current and former students together.

#gobluemammalogy #naturalhistory #collectionsareessential

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University of Michigan News @umichnews.bsky.social · Jun 2

Natural history museum collections may contain key data for predicting and preventing future pandemics, according to a new @umich.edu-led study analyzing how preserved biological specimens can support global disease surveillance. #science
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World's natural history collections ready to aid in pandemic preparedness

Across the world, natural history museums hold about 3 billion specimens of plants and animals in collections—and these collections may also contain information needed to prevent, prepare for, and res...

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · Jun 2

Communicating our #pandemicpreparedness conversations with #graphicfacilitation. Thanks #NSF for seeing the potential in our work to harness the power of natural science collections and cross-domain expertise.

Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Jun 2

@debpaul.bsky.social @jcolella.bsky.social @mikecove.bsky.social @katderieg.bsky.social @lexifrank.bsky.social @dannyibaneziv.bsky.social @drfirefly.bsky.social @klphelps.bsky.social @speer.bsky.social @n8upham.bsky.social @omys-omics.bsky.social @soltislab.bsky.social

Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Jun 2

Check out our new paper in #BioScience!!! If COVID taught us anything, we very much need to be doubling down on our scientific structure and not regressing, and we need to improve collaborative networks that transcend geopolitical boundaries.

#naturalhistory #collectionsareessential

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debpaul.bsky.social @debpaul.bsky.social · Jun 2

See @codythompson51.bsky.social's take on "What can NHC's do to be part of the pandemic preparedness solution?" graphic credit doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Jun 2

This research was funded by the #NationalScienceFoundation!!!

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Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Jun 2

@debpaul.bsky.social @jcolella.bsky.social @mikecove.bsky.social @katderieg.bsky.social @lexifrank.bsky.social @dannyibaneziv.bsky.social @drfirefly.bsky.social @klphelps.bsky.social @speer.bsky.social @n8upham.bsky.social @omys-omics.bsky.social @soltislab.bsky.social

Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Jun 2

Check out our new paper in #BioScience!!! If COVID taught us anything, we very much need to be doubling down on our scientific structure and not regressing, and we need to improve collaborative networks that transcend geopolitical boundaries.

#naturalhistory #collectionsareessential

Harnessing natural history collections for collaborative pandemic preparedness

Five years after the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we have the opportunity to gather lessons learned about needed infrastructure for predicting, und

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Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Jun 2

Check out our new paper in #BioScience!!! If COVID taught us anything, we very much need to be doubling down on our scientific structure and not regressing, and we need to improve collaborative networks that transcend geopolitical boundaries.

#naturalhistory #collectionsareessential

Harnessing natural history collections for collaborative pandemic preparedness

Five years after the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we have the opportunity to gather lessons learned about needed infrastructure for predicting, und

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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · May 8

"the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight NSF directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced. The current directors and deputy directors...might be reassigned to other positions at the agency or elsewhere in the federal government."

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · May 1

Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Apr 30

Almost done…

#gobluemammalogy

Cody Thompson @codythompson51.bsky.social · Apr 30

Some of the #ummz mammal division students got in on a little moose antler cleaning today!!! The antlers were part of a donation to our collection, but needed a little TLC before going into the cabinets.

#naturalhistory #collectionsareessential #gobluemammalogy

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · Apr 29

Science and R&D has traditionally received strong bipartisan support in the US Congress. But the White House is supposedly pushing cuts of 55% (NSF), 44%(NIH), 27% (NOAA), 50% (NASA), 100% (USGS ecosystems). Meanwhile China INCREASED their R&D spending by 8.3%

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · Apr 25

Why is the U.S. National Science Foundation important?

Please share your stories!

Use the hashtags #WithoutNSF or #WithoutScience

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · Apr 20

So much this👇🏽

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Apr 19

The NYT wants you to think universities became dependent on government. This is false.

The government invested in the national research infrastructure by competitive grants to universities. The taxpayers built this. It got us to the moon. Won the Cold War. Created Silicon Valley. Made the McRib.

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