Corlett Wood
@corlettwood.bsky.social
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#PhD Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication?
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#PhD Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication?
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
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Biologist folk (especially in evolutionary biology and/or ecology, but it don’t matter):
Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.
Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.
July 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Biologist folk (especially in evolutionary biology and/or ecology, but it don’t matter):
Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.
Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.
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“More than 140 employees of the National Science Foundation have signed a letter denouncing what they described as efforts to undermine one of the country’s main science funding agencies. … Out of fear of retaliation, all but one of the employees’ signatures are redacted.”
Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“More than 140 employees of the National Science Foundation have signed a letter denouncing what they described as efforts to undermine one of the country’s main science funding agencies. … Out of fear of retaliation, all but one of the employees’ signatures are redacted.”
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GROUP LEADER VACANCY
JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.
If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.
If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.
www.jic.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
GROUP LEADER VACANCY
JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.
If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.
If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
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Students at #Evol2025 @evolmtg.bsky.social can stop by the University of Chicago press/American naturalist booth in the poster area to sign up for a one year free membership to the American Society of naturalists with the many benefits that entails
June 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Students at #Evol2025 @evolmtg.bsky.social can stop by the University of Chicago press/American naturalist booth in the poster area to sign up for a one year free membership to the American Society of naturalists with the many benefits that entails
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Distraction from *all of this*, a podcast about Archaea by Archaea scientists and enthusiasts. This particular episode is about how Archaea contribute to farts (and shape the microbiome). It's informative and lighthearted!
rss.com/podcasts/arc...
rss.com/podcasts/arc...
Archaea and Us: Heroes or Villains? | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Welcome to ArchaeaCast! In our sixth episode, our hosts Priyanka Chatterjee and Dr. Connor Hines discuss the archaea that are very close to home–the ones that can live in and on us! In the second part...
rss.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Distraction from *all of this*, a podcast about Archaea by Archaea scientists and enthusiasts. This particular episode is about how Archaea contribute to farts (and shape the microbiome). It's informative and lighthearted!
rss.com/podcasts/arc...
rss.com/podcasts/arc...
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Congratulations to this year's Hamilton Award finalists! 🎉 Join us Thursday, May 29 to hear these outstanding student talks. See the full schedule on the meeting website: www.evolutionmeetings.org/program-over... @evolmtg.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Congratulations to this year's Hamilton Award finalists! 🎉 Join us Thursday, May 29 to hear these outstanding student talks. See the full schedule on the meeting website: www.evolutionmeetings.org/program-over... @evolmtg.bsky.social
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🧪 Ranking member Lofgren and 11 other House dems sent a fiery 7-page letter to acting NSF director today
"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"
Share widely #SaveNSF
"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"
Share widely #SaveNSF
democrats-science.house.gov
May 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🧪 Ranking member Lofgren and 11 other House dems sent a fiery 7-page letter to acting NSF director today
"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"
Share widely #SaveNSF
"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"
Share widely #SaveNSF
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Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
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
scim.ag
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
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Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF:
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
May 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF:
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
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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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Know any soon to graduate or recently graduated postbac researchers interested in / with experience working with phages? We are hiring a junior specialist/research tech! Apply here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04863 (start date more flexible than stated in ad!)
Junior/Assistant Specialist - Koskella Lab - Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
April 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Know any soon to graduate or recently graduated postbac researchers interested in / with experience working with phages? We are hiring a junior specialist/research tech! Apply here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04863 (start date more flexible than stated in ad!)
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Check out this new #AJB essay by Veronica Iriart & @drtialynn.bsky.social!
Viewing the ecological consequences of synthetic auxin #herbicides from the ground up
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #legume
Viewing the ecological consequences of synthetic auxin #herbicides from the ground up
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #legume
![A conceptual figure showing how auxinic herbicides could affect downstream ecological phenomena through their effects on plants, soil microbes, and symbiotic plant-microbe interactions. [Photo credit: Silhouette of Brassica plant is by Michelle Stitzer, courtesy of PhyloPic (https://phylopic.org).]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pbn7uj4zr5yukdiqflp3p3n7/bafkreibq6lrnpiniu62nz36btfzkauri4coipynxwxybaokggbqks7sisa@jpeg)
March 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Check out this new #AJB essay by Veronica Iriart & @drtialynn.bsky.social!
Viewing the ecological consequences of synthetic auxin #herbicides from the ground up
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #legume
Viewing the ecological consequences of synthetic auxin #herbicides from the ground up
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #legume
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My OpEd in @elife.bsky.social
“It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.”
“Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.”
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
“It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.”
“Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.”
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Science Under Threat in the United States: Feeling abandoned but energized
Many individual researchers are frustrated by the response - or the lack of a response - from universities to a growing crisis.
elifesciences.org
March 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My OpEd in @elife.bsky.social
“It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.”
“Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.”
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
“It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.”
“Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.”
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
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1/35 New paper out! @jamesTstroud and I dive into why long-term studies are crucial for understanding evolution. They reveal processes impossible to detect in short timescales and capture rare events that transform our understanding of evolutionary dynamics.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
1/35 New paper out! @jamesTstroud and I dive into why long-term studies are crucial for understanding evolution. They reveal processes impossible to detect in short timescales and capture rare events that transform our understanding of evolutionary dynamics.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our department (@EEBUofT) is searching for a Post-Doc! Post-docs funded by this fellowship are independently supported, with research funds available. We invite applications from innovative, collaborative candidates. See the job ad here:
eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...
eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...
eeb.utoronto.ca
March 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Our department (@EEBUofT) is searching for a Post-Doc! Post-docs funded by this fellowship are independently supported, with research funds available. We invite applications from innovative, collaborative candidates. See the job ad here:
eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...
eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...
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We are excited to feature Adam Abdullahi, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, as our latest #BSASpotlight!
Discover what Adam is researching, how he found his passion for botany, and even some of his hobbies by visiting: botany.org/home/careers...
#IamaBotanist
Discover what Adam is researching, how he found his passion for botany, and even some of his hobbies by visiting: botany.org/home/careers...
#IamaBotanist
March 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We are excited to feature Adam Abdullahi, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, as our latest #BSASpotlight!
Discover what Adam is researching, how he found his passion for botany, and even some of his hobbies by visiting: botany.org/home/careers...
#IamaBotanist
Discover what Adam is researching, how he found his passion for botany, and even some of his hobbies by visiting: botany.org/home/careers...
#IamaBotanist
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Some of my postdoc work has been "exposed" today in @theplantjournal.bsky.social! 😁🎉🔬 We developed ExPOSE - a method to perform expansion microscopy in plant protoplast systems. Here's a quick🧵of the details: @meter76.bsky.social @lily-oconnor.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
ExPOSE: a comprehensive toolkit to perform expansion microscopy in plant protoplast systems
This method provides a robust approach for performing expansion microscopy in plant protoplasts for imaging single-cell and subcellular compartments at greatly enhanced resolution.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Some of my postdoc work has been "exposed" today in @theplantjournal.bsky.social! 😁🎉🔬 We developed ExPOSE - a method to perform expansion microscopy in plant protoplast systems. Here's a quick🧵of the details: @meter76.bsky.social @lily-oconnor.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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First post: 🦠🌊Denitrification is the main nitrogen loss process, but how do microbes performing different steps coexist? We outline the rules governing this coexistence and explain why some denitrifiers are more abundant than others in the ocean. Check it out here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
March 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
First post: 🦠🌊Denitrification is the main nitrogen loss process, but how do microbes performing different steps coexist? We outline the rules governing this coexistence and explain why some denitrifiers are more abundant than others in the ocean. Check it out here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Swarthmore College is hiring at least one laboratory instructor this spring. These are highly valued instructional staff who interact directly with students in intro and advanced courses. I'm happy to answer questions. Salary is very competitive, June & July off. apply.interfolio.com/164486
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March 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Swarthmore College is hiring at least one laboratory instructor this spring. These are highly valued instructional staff who interact directly with students in intro and advanced courses. I'm happy to answer questions. Salary is very competitive, June & July off. apply.interfolio.com/164486
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My (purely teaching-focused) unit is hiring. We teach the lecture and lab for 100-level bio majors. Starts at 1 year, but expectation is permanent. For more information and to apply, please visit careers.msu.edu (search for job# 1024852). Review of applications will begin on March 20, 2025.
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February 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My (purely teaching-focused) unit is hiring. We teach the lecture and lab for 100-level bio majors. Starts at 1 year, but expectation is permanent. For more information and to apply, please visit careers.msu.edu (search for job# 1024852). Review of applications will begin on March 20, 2025.
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I am hearing from people in the DC area that calls to House and Senate offices are now dropping off, and very few calls are about maintaining support for science.
February 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I am hearing from people in the DC area that calls to House and Senate offices are now dropping off, and very few calls are about maintaining support for science.
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I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
docs.google.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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🚨PA colleagues:
"Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania."
"If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC
Get out your Other Support and share that info!
"Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania."
"If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC
Get out your Other Support and share that info!
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🚨PA colleagues:
"Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania."
"If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC
Get out your Other Support and share that info!
"Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania."
"If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC
Get out your Other Support and share that info!