Kevin Childs
@childslab.bsky.social
Plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics
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betty and veronica at tanagra
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
betty and veronica at tanagra
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The irony of asking the "hivemind" in this one requires you to watch the show to be appreciated 😂
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The irony of asking the "hivemind" in this one requires you to watch the show to be appreciated 😂
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Sorry not sorry 😅
via Gar Week fan👍
via Gar Week fan👍
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sorry not sorry 😅
via Gar Week fan👍
via Gar Week fan👍
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Until you get the human on a rail bike
October 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Until you get the human on a rail bike
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Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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Michigan State University is hiring a new Director of our herbarium!
This is an open rank, tenure-stream faculty position, with research focus in plant or fungal systematics, ecology, and/or evolution
Please consider applying and help spread the word!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
This is an open rank, tenure-stream faculty position, with research focus in plant or fungal systematics, ecology, and/or evolution
Please consider applying and help spread the word!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu
August 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Michigan State University is hiring a new Director of our herbarium!
This is an open rank, tenure-stream faculty position, with research focus in plant or fungal systematics, ecology, and/or evolution
Please consider applying and help spread the word!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
This is an open rank, tenure-stream faculty position, with research focus in plant or fungal systematics, ecology, and/or evolution
Please consider applying and help spread the word!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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📢🍄Mycology job alert🍄📢
The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Working/Functional Title
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System
Position Summary
The Department of Plant Biology (PLB) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks applications for a director of...
careers.msu.edu
August 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢🍄Mycology job alert🍄📢
The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
Michigan State University is looking for a Director of the MSU Herbarium. This is an open rank search. This 12-month position includes research, teaching, mentoring as well as administration of the Herbarium. #botany #plants #academicjobs
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu
August 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Michigan State University is looking for a Director of the MSU Herbarium. This is an open rank search. This 12-month position includes research, teaching, mentoring as well as administration of the Herbarium. #botany #plants #academicjobs
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
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This is not a coding error.
August 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is not a coding error.
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
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Hey #Botany2025 folks -- Asia Hightower @puffballove.bsky.social will be talking about leaf shape G x E x Development in Capsella bursa-pastoris. Tuesday Jul 29 at 9:15 in Mesquite B!!
July 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hey #Botany2025 folks -- Asia Hightower @puffballove.bsky.social will be talking about leaf shape G x E x Development in Capsella bursa-pastoris. Tuesday Jul 29 at 9:15 in Mesquite B!!
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Welcome to the neighborhood.
June 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Welcome to the neighborhood.
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No, we will NOT be delivering the expensive and sensitive piece of equipment to Central Receiving where it will then be manhandled a second time.
We will let the bonded and insured professionals move it and then Inventory Control can walk the little barcode stick over to it.
We will let the bonded and insured professionals move it and then Inventory Control can walk the little barcode stick over to it.
June 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
No, we will NOT be delivering the expensive and sensitive piece of equipment to Central Receiving where it will then be manhandled a second time.
We will let the bonded and insured professionals move it and then Inventory Control can walk the little barcode stick over to it.
We will let the bonded and insured professionals move it and then Inventory Control can walk the little barcode stick over to it.
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Look, good for this researcher, but private equity is not going to replace the volume and scope of US federal agency funding.
A private equity firm will finance a Harvard University research lab, a possible template for the future as schools nationwide absorb federal funding cuts.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/h...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/h...
Private equity firm will finance Harvard research lab, in possible template for future
A private equity firm will finance a Harvard University research lab, a possible template for the future as schools nationwide absorb federal funding cuts.
www.statnews.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Look, good for this researcher, but private equity is not going to replace the volume and scope of US federal agency funding.
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Preprint on hifiasm Nanopore-only assembly. Led by Haoyu Cheng: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Efficient near telomere-to-telomere assembly of Nanopore Simplex reads
Telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly is the ultimate goal for de novo genome assembly. Existing algorithms capable of near T2T assembly all require Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) ultra-long reads w...
www.biorxiv.org
April 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Preprint on hifiasm Nanopore-only assembly. Led by Haoyu Cheng: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Congratulations to @davidlowry.bsky.social lab postdoc @lestanley.bsky.social, this year’s MSU Danny Schnell Plant Biology Outstanding Postdoctoral Award recipient! 🎉 Lauren has made exceptional contributions to MSU through research, mentorship, and outreach, and PRI is very proud of her!
April 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Congratulations to @davidlowry.bsky.social lab postdoc @lestanley.bsky.social, this year’s MSU Danny Schnell Plant Biology Outstanding Postdoctoral Award recipient! 🎉 Lauren has made exceptional contributions to MSU through research, mentorship, and outreach, and PRI is very proud of her!
Elle is a comedic genius.
April 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Elle is a comedic genius.
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Coming soon... January 2026
March 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Coming soon... January 2026
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How NC voters on the Griffin List (or anyone worried about their future vote) can update their voter file Please share with everyone in NC you know triangleblogblog.com/2025/04/05/h...
How voters on the Griffin List (or anyone concerned about their future votes) can update their voter file - Triangle Blog Blog
A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
triangleblogblog.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
How NC voters on the Griffin List (or anyone worried about their future vote) can update their voter file Please share with everyone in NC you know triangleblogblog.com/2025/04/05/h...
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Come check out our booth "Exploring Plant Cells" at the @msuscifest.bsky.social STEAM Expo Days today and tomorrow until 4pm! Dive into the microscopic world of plants using real microscopes and hands-on models and activities, presented by Jacob in the @rheelab.bsky.social at @msupri.bsky.social! 🔬🌿
April 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Come check out our booth "Exploring Plant Cells" at the @msuscifest.bsky.social STEAM Expo Days today and tomorrow until 4pm! Dive into the microscopic world of plants using real microscopes and hands-on models and activities, presented by Jacob in the @rheelab.bsky.social at @msupri.bsky.social! 🔬🌿
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The @msuscifest.bsky.social STEAM Expo is in full swing! The Howe lab is highlighting the evolutionary strategies plants use to defend themselves in their booth, "Botanical Battlegrounds: Adapt, Survive, and Thrive!"
April 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The @msuscifest.bsky.social STEAM Expo is in full swing! The Howe lab is highlighting the evolutionary strategies plants use to defend themselves in their booth, "Botanical Battlegrounds: Adapt, Survive, and Thrive!"
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Quick reminder that a Wired subscription is dirt cheap and they're doing really important work.
DOGE ops have repeatedly referred to the company Palantir as a possible partner in the project, sources tell WIRED.
"It's basically an open door controlled by Musk for all American's most sensitive information with none of the rules that normally secure that data," an IRS worker alleges to WIRED.
"It's basically an open door controlled by Musk for all American's most sensitive information with none of the rules that normally secure that data," an IRS worker alleges to WIRED.
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Quick reminder that a Wired subscription is dirt cheap and they're doing really important work.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM