CBEST
@cbestvu.bsky.social
The Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship (CBEST) promotes research in biodiversity and ecosystem science on local and global scales. We are part the College of Liberal Arts at Villanova University. They/Them/We/Us
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Writing is a big part of being a researcher, but grad students are rarely trained to do it well. Three researchers who double as writing instructors share their strategies for making the process more productive than painful: spklr.io/633238aIlD
#AcademicSky #SciWri #AcademicWriting
#AcademicSky #SciWri #AcademicWriting
Three tips for scientific writing: a guide for graduate students
Do you struggle with the blank page? These strategies could help.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Writing is a big part of being a researcher, but grad students are rarely trained to do it well. Three researchers who double as writing instructors share their strategies for making the process more productive than painful: spklr.io/633238aIlD
#AcademicSky #SciWri #AcademicWriting
#AcademicSky #SciWri #AcademicWriting
Due to a threat, Villanova will be closed today; all activities are canceled.
Residential students are advised to stay in their residence hall. Non-residential students should not come to campus. All faculty and staff should not report.
Stay safe out there, people.
Residential students are advised to stay in their residence hall. Non-residential students should not come to campus. All faculty and staff should not report.
Stay safe out there, people.
January 22, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Due to a threat, Villanova will be closed today; all activities are canceled.
Residential students are advised to stay in their residence hall. Non-residential students should not come to campus. All faculty and staff should not report.
Stay safe out there, people.
Residential students are advised to stay in their residence hall. Non-residential students should not come to campus. All faculty and staff should not report.
Stay safe out there, people.
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Hey cuties. You need a valentine set right now, I can tell. It's only $20. You get 20 of them, 4 designs, & each one has a little fact inside.
I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start!
SquidFacts.net
I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start!
SquidFacts.net
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Hey cuties. You need a valentine set right now, I can tell. It's only $20. You get 20 of them, 4 designs, & each one has a little fact inside.
I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start!
SquidFacts.net
I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start!
SquidFacts.net
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Toolik Field Station is seeking a GIS & Remote Sensing Manager! Join us on Alaska's North Slope to support Arctic science. Candidates need experience w/ GIS systems, surveying & analysis, team & project management. Work is split between Toolik & Fairbanks
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/gis-rem...
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/gis-rem...
January 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Toolik Field Station is seeking a GIS & Remote Sensing Manager! Join us on Alaska's North Slope to support Arctic science. Candidates need experience w/ GIS systems, surveying & analysis, team & project management. Work is split between Toolik & Fairbanks
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/gis-rem...
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/gis-rem...
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Philly!
Come to the Native Plant Launch Party Wed 1/21!
Here's why
- I'll have ice whistles/zines
- We'll make seed bombs for a collab w @wednightrides.org
- Poster hosters can pick up seed kits
- I need help packing seeds SO bad
- Free beer/food thx to community donations
RSVP luma.com/sgn1d246
Come to the Native Plant Launch Party Wed 1/21!
Here's why
- I'll have ice whistles/zines
- We'll make seed bombs for a collab w @wednightrides.org
- Poster hosters can pick up seed kits
- I need help packing seeds SO bad
- Free beer/food thx to community donations
RSVP luma.com/sgn1d246
2026 Native Plant Project Launch Party · Luma
We're gearing up for the 2026 iteration of the Philly Native Plant Project, and we need YOUR HELP!
Last year we distributed 10,000 packets of native plant…
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January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Philly!
Come to the Native Plant Launch Party Wed 1/21!
Here's why
- I'll have ice whistles/zines
- We'll make seed bombs for a collab w @wednightrides.org
- Poster hosters can pick up seed kits
- I need help packing seeds SO bad
- Free beer/food thx to community donations
RSVP luma.com/sgn1d246
Come to the Native Plant Launch Party Wed 1/21!
Here's why
- I'll have ice whistles/zines
- We'll make seed bombs for a collab w @wednightrides.org
- Poster hosters can pick up seed kits
- I need help packing seeds SO bad
- Free beer/food thx to community donations
RSVP luma.com/sgn1d246
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🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org
Please share!
Please share!
January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org
Please share!
Please share!
This. BIOGEOMON has a long history and members of CBEST have been proud to host it in the past; both at Villanova and at Santa Cruz. Quality science. Quality people. Quality conference. Plus, who doesn't want to be in Sweden in the summer? 💚#BIOGEOMON2026
Give yourself an early Christmas gift. Submit an abstract to next summer's Biogeomon: bit.ly/biogeomon_ab... 🌐🧪
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This. BIOGEOMON has a long history and members of CBEST have been proud to host it in the past; both at Villanova and at Santa Cruz. Quality science. Quality people. Quality conference. Plus, who doesn't want to be in Sweden in the summer? 💚#BIOGEOMON2026
Hey, it's Jen Santoro! Doing her #GIS save our forests thing. Proud Center.
#biodiversity #forestconservation @villanovagev.bsky.social
#biodiversity #forestconservation @villanovagev.bsky.social
Invasive pests and pathogens are attacking native trees and threatening the biodiversity of historic Eastern forests. For Jen Santoro, assistant professor at Villanova University, the key to recovering these important species—like the American chestnut—begins with the coordinates. buff.ly/2gku0jQ
December 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hey, it's Jen Santoro! Doing her #GIS save our forests thing. Proud Center.
#biodiversity #forestconservation @villanovagev.bsky.social
#biodiversity #forestconservation @villanovagev.bsky.social
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"Meteorologist debunks misleading claims about major trend" by Ren Venkatesh for #TheCoolDown (featuring Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz): www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/h...
Meteorologist debunks misleading claims about major trend: 'They're still talking about it'
A veteran meteorologist just stunned TikTok with insights into a famous climate change hockey stick's graph.
www.thecooldown.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Meteorologist debunks misleading claims about major trend" by Ren Venkatesh for #TheCoolDown (featuring Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz): www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/h...
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I'm recruiting a #PhDstudent ! Deadline Feb 10th!
Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I'm recruiting a #PhDstudent ! Deadline Feb 10th!
Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Explore how forest management shapes peatlands, riparian zones, streams and the #biodiversity that depends on them. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Winter vibes. Thomas Darling Preserve in the PA Pocono Mountains. @nature.org Little #moss beauties right in your backyard. #mossymonday a day late. #sphagnum
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Winter vibes. Thomas Darling Preserve in the PA Pocono Mountains. @nature.org Little #moss beauties right in your backyard. #mossymonday a day late. #sphagnum
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Wanna help Philly biodiversity? Do you enjoy socializing with people? Do you enjoy soft pretzels???
I have the event for you.
I need help packing native plant seeds into wax paper bags for free distribution next Wednesday! Come lend a hand. I need all the hands I can get!
luma.com/o3sladpu
I have the event for you.
I need help packing native plant seeds into wax paper bags for free distribution next Wednesday! Come lend a hand. I need all the hands I can get!
luma.com/o3sladpu
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Wanna help Philly biodiversity? Do you enjoy socializing with people? Do you enjoy soft pretzels???
I have the event for you.
I need help packing native plant seeds into wax paper bags for free distribution next Wednesday! Come lend a hand. I need all the hands I can get!
luma.com/o3sladpu
I have the event for you.
I need help packing native plant seeds into wax paper bags for free distribution next Wednesday! Come lend a hand. I need all the hands I can get!
luma.com/o3sladpu
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Hey cuties, wanna share some snacks, chat, & pack up native plant seeds for free distribution?
Join us December 17th for the next iteration of the Native Plant Prep Party!
The goal: Pack up 10,000 seed packets.
We're currently at 2000 already packed.
RSVP here: luma.com/o3sladpu
Join us December 17th for the next iteration of the Native Plant Prep Party!
The goal: Pack up 10,000 seed packets.
We're currently at 2000 already packed.
RSVP here: luma.com/o3sladpu
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hey cuties, wanna share some snacks, chat, & pack up native plant seeds for free distribution?
Join us December 17th for the next iteration of the Native Plant Prep Party!
The goal: Pack up 10,000 seed packets.
We're currently at 2000 already packed.
RSVP here: luma.com/o3sladpu
Join us December 17th for the next iteration of the Native Plant Prep Party!
The goal: Pack up 10,000 seed packets.
We're currently at 2000 already packed.
RSVP here: luma.com/o3sladpu
Attn pollinators. The bar is still open, but time is running out. Rudbeckia hirta and Symphyotrichum oblongifolium still blooming at Villanova University. #biodiversity #nativepapollinatorplants
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Attn pollinators. The bar is still open, but time is running out. Rudbeckia hirta and Symphyotrichum oblongifolium still blooming at Villanova University. #biodiversity #nativepapollinatorplants
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For once my event this week is so packed with RSVPs I don't even need to remind you about it, but I love the poster that @theavocadojam.com made so much that I'm posting about it anyway!
IF you wanna come, you should! We're gonna be packing up seed packets
RSVP here luma.com/hvqyrx9v
IF you wanna come, you should! We're gonna be packing up seed packets
RSVP here luma.com/hvqyrx9v
![an event poster for an event called Native Plant Prep Party "Help pack native seed packets for free distribution!" hosted by [skype a scientist logo]. The graphic has a skeleton with a butterfly perched on their noggin standing in front of the philadelphia skyline, holding a handful of dirt, with a little sprout growing out of the top](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uqjon6amgqigyqvqfmqlp5s4/bafkreihgjjpc6cpcgnsuigjk4jpsuxkgseateo2kgr7y2jt2qnaeqtpzoa@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
For once my event this week is so packed with RSVPs I don't even need to remind you about it, but I love the poster that @theavocadojam.com made so much that I'm posting about it anyway!
IF you wanna come, you should! We're gonna be packing up seed packets
RSVP here luma.com/hvqyrx9v
IF you wanna come, you should! We're gonna be packing up seed packets
RSVP here luma.com/hvqyrx9v
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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In the last 11 days another 102 donors have given >than $40,000, with some other donations in stock waiting to become available for use.
PRI can make it with your help!
Please continue to share with your networks for potential donors so we can keep the museum and its online resources available!
PRI can make it with your help!
Please continue to share with your networks for potential donors so we can keep the museum and its online resources available!
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
In the last 11 days another 102 donors have given >than $40,000, with some other donations in stock waiting to become available for use.
PRI can make it with your help!
Please continue to share with your networks for potential donors so we can keep the museum and its online resources available!
PRI can make it with your help!
Please continue to share with your networks for potential donors so we can keep the museum and its online resources available!
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This evening is the perfect time to get your submission for BIOGEOMON off your desk and into the submission stack: bit.ly/BIOGEOMON_Info 🌐🧪
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This evening is the perfect time to get your submission for BIOGEOMON off your desk and into the submission stack: bit.ly/BIOGEOMON_Info 🌐🧪
Today is Local Roots: Partnerships for Success panel day here at Villanova! @villanovapr.bsky.social Still time to hear about local groups' efforts to work together to promote sustainable choices for our now and our future. Also, Snacks! lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/sad49...
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today is Local Roots: Partnerships for Success panel day here at Villanova! @villanovapr.bsky.social Still time to hear about local groups' efforts to work together to promote sustainable choices for our now and our future. Also, Snacks! lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/sad49...
Quick reminder before we all go out into the wilds and brave pre-bed sugar overload. Local Roots panel registration is waiting for you! Do it now before you forget. See you Monday! lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/sad49...
October 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Quick reminder before we all go out into the wilds and brave pre-bed sugar overload. Local Roots panel registration is waiting for you! Do it now before you forget. See you Monday! lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/sad49...
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I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
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October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
Next Mon Nov 3, 5:30: we are hosting, with our friends #radnorconservancy, our 2nd Annual Local Roots Panel Event with the theme: Partnerships for Success. Join us. Registration is free and there will be snacks and lots of opportunities to mingle. lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/sad49bx
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Next Mon Nov 3, 5:30: we are hosting, with our friends #radnorconservancy, our 2nd Annual Local Roots Panel Event with the theme: Partnerships for Success. Join us. Registration is free and there will be snacks and lots of opportunities to mingle. lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/sad49bx
Check out @ryalmeida.bsky.social, one of our own, on @whyy.org @thepulse.whyy.org talk about wildlife trade.
Really enjoyed the opportunity to come on @thepulse.whyy.org and chat with Maiken about the wildlife trade!
Mysteries of the wild often pull scientists from labs to mountaintops, forests, and far-off places.
On this episode, a quest for the vanished golden toad, a journey to find wild Asian elephants, and a look at the global wildlife trade’s impact.
🔗 bit.ly/48MvBPI
On this episode, a quest for the vanished golden toad, a journey to find wild Asian elephants, and a look at the global wildlife trade’s impact.
🔗 bit.ly/48MvBPI
October 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Check out @ryalmeida.bsky.social, one of our own, on @whyy.org @thepulse.whyy.org talk about wildlife trade.
Hey local friends! We are excited to host the 2nd Annual Local Roots Panel, highlighting "Partnerships for Success" with our friends at #RadnorConservatory: Monday Nov 3, 2025. Catch this discussion and learn how to get involved! Free, but please register: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/sad49bx
October 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hey local friends! We are excited to host the 2nd Annual Local Roots Panel, highlighting "Partnerships for Success" with our friends at #RadnorConservatory: Monday Nov 3, 2025. Catch this discussion and learn how to get involved! Free, but please register: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/sad49bx
Science belongs at the table. In this reckless time, we stand resolute. Thank you for the article, #RKWieder. rdcu.be/eLkdc @springernature.com #biogeochemistry #scicomm #littlebluedot
There is no planet B
rdcu.be
October 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Science belongs at the table. In this reckless time, we stand resolute. Thank you for the article, #RKWieder. rdcu.be/eLkdc @springernature.com #biogeochemistry #scicomm #littlebluedot