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Kelly Zamudio
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Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics / herpetophile / Neotropics / Professor @UTAustin in @texasscience.bsky.social and Department of Integrative Biology / Women & Diversity In Science / Proud to be #Woke

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Kelly Zamudio is the Doherty Chair in Molecular Biology in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas Austin. She was formerly the Goldwin Smith Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University and Curator of Herpetology at the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates. .. more

Environmental science 43%
Biology 28%
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 3d
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.

Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.

Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Kelly R. Zamudio, John J. Cullen , and 2 more

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Jeffrey M @jeffreymphd.bsky.social · 3d
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 3d
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com

Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio, Joshua S. Weitz, Iikka Korhonen , and 2 more

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18d
The economic effects of international students go far beyond their tuition dollars.

Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.

My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 19d
So disgusting! #BoycottHomeDepot
wersedated.bsky.social No one cares @wersedated.bsky.social · 19d
Well so much for shopping at home depot ever again.
unraveledpress.com unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19d
For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio

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No one cares @wersedated.bsky.social · 19d
Well so much for shopping at home depot ever again.
unraveledpress.com unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19d
For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
Threads post from julieceye At my local Home Depot today in Evanston, IL. They abducted 5 people in my immediate area.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 26d
Brown rejected the compact!

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
www.brown.edu

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James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · 28d
🦎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)

Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio, David Murakami Wood

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28d
Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.
Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times
Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...
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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Sep 29
Kory on 🔥! Cool paper!

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Sep 29
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io

Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio, Gerry Canavan, Peter Jacobsen , and 4 more

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Sep 29
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned
The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.
www.thepinknews.com

Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · Sep 28
I'm not really a meme person, but this is pretty funny.

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Kelly R. Zamudio

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · Sep 27
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
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Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco
Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco Job Summary: The Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a fu...
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Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio, Mark W. Westneat, John R. Hutchinson

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 26
Join us! We are hiring a new #curator at the #AMNH in #Vertebrate #Zoology careers.amnh.org/postings/4600 #academicjobs #tenuretrack
Assistant Curator, Vertebrate Zoology
The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an Assistant Curator in either the Department of Ornithology, Ichthyology, or Mammalogy to start on or after J...
careers.amnh.org

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Sep 18
UTEP seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Arid Land Herpetology, specializing in the ecology of desert amphibians and reptiles. Applications are open immediately until filled. More info: https://www.utep.edu/science/eligreenbaum/index.html #job
Eli Greenbaum PhD
Eli Greenbaum PhD
www.utep.edu

Reposted by Anurag A. Agrawal, Hansraj Gautam

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Sep 15
Hahaha... #botanists

Reposted by Mark A. Lemley, Kelly R. Zamudio, Christopher McCabe , and 6 more

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · Sep 14
idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...
Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism. The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt. The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Department of Homeland Security boasted of "the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement." Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced. Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Sep 9
Watch for the solicitation, still to be posted... #GRFP #science #STEM
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 9
Brazil's Independence Day has become the moment for the country’s nationalist, right-wing movement to take to the streets, protest the left and hoist the Brazilian flag. This year, it carried the American flag as a nod to President Trump, in a sign of the U.S. flag’s shifting global image.
The New Symbol of the Brazilian Right: the American Flag
In a nod to President Trump, Brazil’s nationalist movement has adopted the stars and stripes. Now one flag could be the focus of an investigation involving the N.F.L.
nyti.ms

Reposted by Simon Roux, Delphine K. Farmer, Kelly R. Zamudio , and 7 more

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Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions
We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...
jobs.colostate.edu

Reposted by Waleed Hazbun, Kelly R. Zamudio

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · Aug 27
Calling all part-time and full-time faculty in the South: Speak out on academic freedom, shared governance, and your working conditions! Survey closes 8/29 at 5pm ET. States: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2025 AAUP Faculty in the South Survey
The Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as...
docs.google.com

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Aug 26
what a great feeling! Nice job to the crew!

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Fred Wolf @fredwolf.bsky.social · Aug 25
Still no NSF GRFP announcement for this year. Another week or two and the program is going to be effectively cancelled, because students will not have time to prepare. Any chatter out there about whats going on???? www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov

Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio, Erika Franklin Fowler, Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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Williams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 20
Our new research estimates that 2.8 million people aged 13+ in the U.S. identify as transgender. This includes 724,000 youth (13 to 17) and 2.1 million adults 18+. bit.ly/TranspeopleUS

Reposted by Kelly R. Zamudio, Jason Williams

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researchlab25.bsky.social @researchlab25.bsky.social · Aug 19
Trying again: Does anyone know if the NSF GRFP will return this year? We're >1 month past the date of last year's solicitation (July 12, 2024) and there's not a new one up yet.
@akallen10.bsky.social
@surtlab.bsky.social
@sicb.bsky.social
@paleophile.bsky.social
@omearabrian.bsky.social

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Aug 19
Calling all natural history/museum collections folxs

The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'

The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026.

ssb2026.github.io
2026 SSB Breakout Meeting
ssb2026.github.io

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Aug 18
links not working...

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Nature @nature.com · Aug 14
At least 96 students who had planned to conduct graduate research in the United States have changed their intended destination, citing hostile immigration and science policies

go.nature.com/3HBh8ej
Brazilian PhD students opt out of US research opportunities
At least 96 students who had planned to conduct graduate research in the United States have changed their intended destination, citing hostile immigration and science policies.
go.nature.com

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · Aug 11
👀 👀 Attention potential post-docs! Stengl-Wyer Scholars are three year post-docs to develop independent projects at UT. If you would like to talk about potential projects please get in touch!
texas-ib.bsky.social Integrative Biology - UT Austin @texas-ib.bsky.social · Aug 5
Applications for the 2026 Stengl-Wyer Scholars Program are open! The program provides up to 3 years of support for talented postdoctoral researchers in the broad area of the diversity of life and/or organisms in their natural environments. Learn more here: utexas.infoready4.com/CompetitionS...