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Kerri Crawford

@kerricrawford.bsky.social

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Ecologist @University of Houston, mom, bibliophile, Appalachian

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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 8d

Two weeks left to apply for the @stegg-interact.bsky.social post-bacc research program. Details on the website uh.edu/nsm/stegg-in...

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Kerri Crawford @kerricrawford.bsky.social · 20d

There is still time to apply! The deadline has been extended until February 3rd.

Kerri Crawford @kerricrawford.bsky.social · Nov 14

Have thoughts for a special symposium at the Virtual Evolution meeting (May 20-22, 2026)? The @asn-amnat.bsky.social is looking for proposals! Click here to pitch your idea or find out more: www.amnat.org/announcement... #Evol2026

Call for Symposium Proposals for Evolution 2026

Due January 15, 2026: The ASN invites proposals for a special symposium at Evolution 2026! Have an idea? We want to hear it!

www.amnat.org

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Anny Chung (鍾彥儀) @yyachung.bsky.social · 21d

I'm hiring postdoc in my lab to work on temporal dynamics of sorghum root microbiome assembly! This position is funded by the Moore Foundation through UGA, and would be perfect for someone finishing up their PhD this spring. Details here: chunglab.franklinresearch.uga.edu/join-lab

Photo from our summer lab lunch! 12 people sitting at brightly painted picnic tables with yellow umbrellas outside Cali n' Titos.

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Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) @spun.earth · 27d

We need help keeping the world’s largest living library of mycorrhizal fungi alive. The INVAM mycorrhizal culture collection is at risk due to federal funding cuts. Its loss would be catastrophic.

Link to donate:
🔗 invam.ku.edu/donate

Read @theguardian.com article:
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Reposted by Stephen D. Murphy, Jesse R. Lasky, Kerri M. Crawford

Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · Dec 26

@invam.bsky.social collection, prairies, and AMF all featured in the awesome article

Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing

These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · Dec 2

The Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research program is looking for a postdoc with expertise in wetlands and biogeochemistry. Please pass this along to likely candidates!

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · Nov 25

Increasing Prevalence of Plant‐Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change

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@joshuacfowler.bsky.social @jmoutouama.bsky.social

Reposted by Martín A. Núñez, Nahuel Policelli, Kerri M. Crawford

New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Nov 23

#TansleyInsight: #Invasive #EctomycorrhizalFungi: belowground insights from South America

@nahpo.bsky.social & @martin-nunez.bsky.social
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#LatestIssue @uh.edu

Fig. 1 Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) being introduced together with their plant hosts on Isla Victoria, Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina, in 1936.

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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · Nov 19

The ASN (American Society of Naturalists) is seeking Diversity Committee members! Are you an ASN member? Want to make the EEB community a better place? Like being in Zoom meetings with people who have cute dogs? Consider applying!

www.amnat.org/announcement...

Join the American Society of Naturalists Diversity Committee!

The ASN Diversity Committee seeks to add 2 new members in January 2026. Applicants <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3q_KL8RfhMULohoDwlD_gg8Lbwk0MqvrAydjeirQA4sJlVw/viewform">shou...

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Kerri Crawford @kerricrawford.bsky.social · Nov 14

Call for Symposium Proposals for Evolution 2026

Due January 15, 2026: The ASN invites proposals for a special symposium at Evolution 2026! Have an idea? We want to hear it!

www.amnat.org

Kerri Crawford @kerricrawford.bsky.social · Sep 27

We were at the beach today, too! But surveying plants, not inverts. We did see a crab.

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · Aug 2

Come work at the UMich Biological Station as a Michigan Fellow (you don't have to be a biologist)! Apply today: societyoffellows.umich.edu/uncategorize...

Apply Now: Michigan Society of Fellows 2026-2029 Postdoctoral Fellowships – University of Michigan Society of Fellows, Established 1970

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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · Jul 31

We are hiring a full time lab technician to assist with several long-term richness/biodiversity/microbe/drought/restoration manupulation experiments at the KU field station. Applications due this week! Please share.

Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Feb 18

Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut.

This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Jul 17

#Genotype × genotype interactions in a plant–microbe #symbiosis

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👆 A #Commentary by Kerri Crawford & Claudia Franco on this article by Hanley et al. 👇

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#LatestIssue #PlantScience

Fig. 1 Photograph of a salt marsh at Sapelo Island, GA, USA, showing dense stands of Spartina alterniflora.

Reposted by Garry Peterson, Julie L. Lockwood, Karen R. Lips , and 4 more Garry Peterson, Julie L. Lockwood, Karen R. Lips, Brian J. Harvey, Kerri M. Crawford, Flavia Montaño‐Centellas, Anna F. Probert

Smith Fellowship @smithfellows.bsky.social · Jun 20

Applications are NOW OPEN for Smith Fellows conservation research Fellowships beginning in 2026! View the Proposal Guidelines and apply here: www.smithfellows.org/join-us

Become a Fellow — Smith Fellows

www.smithfellows.org

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Jacob Moutouama @jmoutouama.bsky.social · May 20

Excited to share our paper in @pnas.org with Aldo Compagnoni and Tom Miller !
Climate change may push dioecious plants toward female-biased sex ratios which will impair seed production. Ignoring this feedback underestimates range shifts. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Forecasting range shifts of dioecious plants under climate change | PNAS

Global climate change has triggered an urgent need for predicting the reorganization of Earth’s biodiversity. For dioecious species (those with sep...

www.pnas.org

Reposted by Mónica Medina, Laura K. Taylor, Adam Gamoran , and 3 more Mónica Medina, Laura K. Taylor, Adam Gamoran, Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Beth Tellman, Kerri M. Crawford

Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 5

🧪 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...

Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations

Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the rules, procedures and available options for grantees who have had their grant terminated.

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · May 1

Job opportunity! Excited to share that we have an opening for a research technician position to help with our research on phenological shifts & species interactions in amphibian communities. (please help spread the word!)
More details here:
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Research Technician II

Dr. Volker Rudolf’s research groups in the Department of BioSciences are looking to hire a Research Technician II in the field of biology/ecology. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working outdo...

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Maureen Kearney @maureenmkearney.bsky.social · Apr 18

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DOGE’s orders threaten NSF grants and proposals

Already-approved grants were sent back for review, while 200 active ones may face termination

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Apr 17

This year's Southwood Prize for the best article by an early career researcher is awarded to @agostinatorres.bsky.social! 🏅

Below, we'll be discussing Agostina's winning article 'Inverse priority effects: The order and timing of removal of invasive species influence community reassembly' 👇🌎🧪

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Pedro Madeira Antunes 🇨🇦🇵🇹 @1pantunes.bsky.social · Apr 16

New paper out in New Phytologist! We show that how we define species in AM fungi is flawed — and propose a better, reproducible approach. Grateful to my brilliant co-authors Nicolas Corradi and Franco Magurno for bringing me in and pushing my thinking.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A call for reform: implementing genome‐based approaches for species classification in Glomeromycotina

In arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, only c. 370 species have been formally described despite these fungal organisms having coevolved with plants for hundreds of millions of years. In contrast to th...

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Lena Maria Müller @lmueller.bsky.social · Apr 14

Proud to present the first data paper from the lab, published today in @pnas.org.

We describe a new mechanism for CLE peptides as local symbiosis-amplifying signals, promoting plant interactions with beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Congratulations @sagarbashyal.bsky.social et al.!

Kerri Crawford @kerricrawford.bsky.social · Feb 12

In case you missed it while it feels like the world is 🔥burning🔥 down around us:

The deadline (Feb 21) is approaching for submitting a pitch to ASN for a special symposium at Virtual Evolution!

American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · Feb 3

Have thoughts for a special symposium at the Virtual Evolution meeting (May 29-30, 2025)? The ASN is looking for proposals! Click here to pitch your idea or find out more: www.amnat.org/announcement... #Evol2025

Call for Symposium Proposals for 2025

Due February 21, 2025: The ASN invites proposals for sponsored symposia at Evolution 2025!

www.amnat.org

Reposted by Kerri M. Crawford, Aurora Kagawa‐Viviani

Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · Feb 11

Is your NSF grant on this list? Reach out if so!

Ted Cruz released a list of grants flagged for DEI or "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" from his Oct. report.

NSF is using keywords from that report for their review, though Cruz's list is likely larger.
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database

www.commerce.senate.gov

Kerri Crawford @kerricrawford.bsky.social · Feb 6

Professors have "too much power" in Texas. Not sure whether to scream or laugh!

Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · Feb 6

Hidden behind all the justifiable worry about the #txlege censoring history instruction is Abbott's demand that ALL faculty be removed from the faculty hiring process.

No more hiring committees. Professors would be appointed by HR, administrators, and regents.

www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/t...

Texas lawmakers may ban certain lessons at state colleges under expanded DEI crackdown

Legislators are expected to take up a $360 million proposal that would change the landscape of financial aid in the state.

www.texastribune.org

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · Feb 6

I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council