Cody Thompson
@codythompson51.bsky.social
#UMMZ Mammal Collections Manager & @umicheeb Associate Research Scientist. #Mammalogizing & #MammalWatching!!! Tweets are my own!!!
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Cody Thompson
@codythompson51.bsky.social
· Sep 16
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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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
#mammalogy #collectionsareessential #onehealth
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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
careers.umich.edu
October 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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...
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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
careers.umich.edu
October 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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...
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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
September 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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
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
#collectionsareessential
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
#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
academic.oup.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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
#collectionsareessential
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
#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
academic.oup.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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
#mammalogy #collectionsareessential #onehealth
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...
August 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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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Y’all, big news, I found out where they’re keeping them all
July 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Y’all, big news, I found out where they’re keeping them all
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"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...
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...
aguidetoacademia.blogspot.com
July 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"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...
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...
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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.
www.wxyz.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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.
Check out the new MEPA (Museums and Pathogens in the Americas) @bsky.app page!!!
bsky.app/profile/mepa...
bsky.app/profile/mepa...
bsky.app
July 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Check out the new MEPA (Museums and Pathogens in the Americas) @bsky.app page!!!
bsky.app/profile/mepa...
bsky.app/profile/mepa...
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
#gobluemammalogy #naturalhistory #collectionsareessential
June 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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
#gobluemammalogy #naturalhistory #collectionsareessential
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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
news.umich.edu/worlds-natur...
news.umich.edu/worlds-natur...
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...
news.umich.edu
June 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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
news.umich.edu/worlds-natur...
news.umich.edu/worlds-natur...
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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.
@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
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
#naturalhistory #collectionsareessential
June 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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.
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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...
June 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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...
@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
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
#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
academic.oup.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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
#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
academic.oup.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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
#naturalhistory #collectionsareessential
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"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
www.science.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"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."
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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
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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
#naturalhistory #collectionsareessential #gobluemammalogy
April 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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
#naturalhistory #collectionsareessential #gobluemammalogy
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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%
April 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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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Why is the U.S. National Science Foundation important?
Please share your stories!
Use the hashtags #WithoutNSF or #WithoutScience
Please share your stories!
Use the hashtags #WithoutNSF or #WithoutScience
April 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Why is the U.S. National Science Foundation important?
Please share your stories!
Use the hashtags #WithoutNSF or #WithoutScience
Please share your stories!
Use the hashtags #WithoutNSF or #WithoutScience
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So much this👇🏽
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.
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.
April 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
So much this👇🏽
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All wildlife research at USGS will be eliminated. All research and science centers. All coop units. BBS, BBL…. gone.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump swings budget ax at USGS biology research
Plan to eliminate $307 million ecosystem program could face obstacles in Congress
www.science.org
April 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
All wildlife research at USGS will be eliminated. All research and science centers. All coop units. BBS, BBL…. gone.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Here's a collage of specimens scanned and segmented at the UMMZ for the bluesky community to enjoy!
April 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Here's a collage of specimens scanned and segmented at the UMMZ for the bluesky community to enjoy!
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We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...