Lizzie Lombardi
@emlombardi.bsky.social
NSF PRFB postdoc studying viruses in native sunflowers. Pro-democracy, pro-diversity. She/her.
New #OER for biology teachers! We use *real data* from the RMBL phenology project to teach about changing plant phenology in warming mountain environments, R programming, and science writing. Please use and improve! qubeshub.org/publications...
@rmblscience.bsky.social @jkleinkopf.bsky.social
@rmblscience.bsky.social @jkleinkopf.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New #OER for biology teachers! We use *real data* from the RMBL phenology project to teach about changing plant phenology in warming mountain environments, R programming, and science writing. Please use and improve! qubeshub.org/publications...
@rmblscience.bsky.social @jkleinkopf.bsky.social
@rmblscience.bsky.social @jkleinkopf.bsky.social
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Here's my latest contribution to the "Lost Science" series at the New York Times: Jay Falk, a scientist who studies why some female hummingbirds look just like males. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qF7Qje
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Here's my latest contribution to the "Lost Science" series at the New York Times: Jay Falk, a scientist who studies why some female hummingbirds look just like males. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qF7Qje
What a terrific few days at #botany2025! I saw so many fascinating talks, and am leaving Palm Springs excited to be part of this creative, dedicated scientific community.
In particular, thanks to @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
and the RevBayes team, and to @botsocamerica.bsky.social for organizing!
In particular, thanks to @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
and the RevBayes team, and to @botsocamerica.bsky.social for organizing!
July 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What a terrific few days at #botany2025! I saw so many fascinating talks, and am leaving Palm Springs excited to be part of this creative, dedicated scientific community.
In particular, thanks to @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
and the RevBayes team, and to @botsocamerica.bsky.social for organizing!
In particular, thanks to @ca-naturalist.bsky.social
and the RevBayes team, and to @botsocamerica.bsky.social for organizing!
On my way to #BSA2025 and feeling pretty pumped to learn from colleagues and friends. This year, it feels like a form of resistance to pursue my work, and I look forward to celebrating other plant biologists as we keep on discovering.
July 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
On my way to #BSA2025 and feeling pretty pumped to learn from colleagues and friends. This year, it feels like a form of resistance to pursue my work, and I look forward to celebrating other plant biologists as we keep on discovering.
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BIG NEWS! We’ve found that ash trees are fighting back against ash dieback disease! 🌳💪
Scientists at Kew & QMUL @qmul.bsky.social have discovered that young ash trees are evolving resistance to this devastating fungus - & fast 🌍
Read the story👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
#PlantScience #SciNews
Scientists at Kew & QMUL @qmul.bsky.social have discovered that young ash trees are evolving resistance to this devastating fungus - & fast 🌍
Read the story👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
#PlantScience #SciNews
June 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
BIG NEWS! We’ve found that ash trees are fighting back against ash dieback disease! 🌳💪
Scientists at Kew & QMUL @qmul.bsky.social have discovered that young ash trees are evolving resistance to this devastating fungus - & fast 🌍
Read the story👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
#PlantScience #SciNews
Scientists at Kew & QMUL @qmul.bsky.social have discovered that young ash trees are evolving resistance to this devastating fungus - & fast 🌍
Read the story👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
#PlantScience #SciNews
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Hey #Evol2025 - My colleague @waspvenom.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc for our #NSF - #USDA funded grant to understand the genetic basis of gall formation! Please see that attached ad, and feel free to talk to me @evolmtg.bsky.social, or contact Dr. Ellen Martinson directly!
June 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Phasing out NIH’s HIV clinical guidelines is flat-out immoral and unethical.
These guidelines drive early diagnosis, ART initiation, and viral suppression—82% linked to care within 30 days, 69% virally suppressed by 6 months.
Removing them puts millions of lives at risk.
wapo.st/3FQovhf
These guidelines drive early diagnosis, ART initiation, and viral suppression—82% linked to care within 30 days, 69% virally suppressed by 6 months.
Removing them puts millions of lives at risk.
wapo.st/3FQovhf
Administration to phase out NIH support of HIV clinical guidelines
The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.
wapo.st
June 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.
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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.
Such a cool and important paper, both because the science is rad and because the treatment of people and data is just. Super neat 🧪
I can't wait to dive into this #GlobalMiddleAges story: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Prior skepticism about links between past and present Puebloan groups "has negatively affected Tribal Nations seeking to protect and preserve Chaco Canyon and its ancestral role in the Puebloan world" 🧪
Picuris Pueblo oral history and genomics reveal continuity in US Southwest - Nature
A collaborative study initiated by the sovereign nation of Picuris Pueblo in the Northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico addresses gaps in traditional knowledge and furthers understanding of their po...
www.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Such a cool and important paper, both because the science is rad and because the treatment of people and data is just. Super neat 🧪
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Congratulations to the winner of the 2024 Harper Prize, @botanicallykarina.bsky.social! 🏆
Read our blog post with Karina here: buff.ly/4aEocNt 🍃
Read our blog post with Karina here: buff.ly/4aEocNt 🍃
April 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Congratulations to the winner of the 2024 Harper Prize, @botanicallykarina.bsky.social! 🏆
Read our blog post with Karina here: buff.ly/4aEocNt 🍃
Read our blog post with Karina here: buff.ly/4aEocNt 🍃
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Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
April 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
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Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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The stretch of road connects NCAR, NOAA, NIST and the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Homes to people doing some of the most important research on Earth and its warming climate.
I commuted this exact stretch of road on a free bus for 3 years and this video hit me smack in the feels.
Homes to people doing some of the most important research on Earth and its warming climate.
I commuted this exact stretch of road on a free bus for 3 years and this video hit me smack in the feels.
Hundreds protested at the national labs today in Boulder, Colorado. #SaveOurServices #resist #NOAA #NIST #NCAR #ScienceSavesLives
March 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The stretch of road connects NCAR, NOAA, NIST and the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Homes to people doing some of the most important research on Earth and its warming climate.
I commuted this exact stretch of road on a free bus for 3 years and this video hit me smack in the feels.
Homes to people doing some of the most important research on Earth and its warming climate.
I commuted this exact stretch of road on a free bus for 3 years and this video hit me smack in the feels.
This is an incredible, important collection. Please consider supporting if you can! #biodiversity #IndigenousScience #botany
🚨Urgent: Help Save Decades of Work by Navajo Botanists🚨
For decades, Arnold Clifford has built up the Carrizo Mountain Herbarium. Now, this collection is at risk—snowstorms are causing the roof to cave in, putting >30,000 specimens in danger.
#IndigenousScience #Conservation #MutualAid #botany
For decades, Arnold Clifford has built up the Carrizo Mountain Herbarium. Now, this collection is at risk—snowstorms are causing the roof to cave in, putting >30,000 specimens in danger.
#IndigenousScience #Conservation #MutualAid #botany
March 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is an incredible, important collection. Please consider supporting if you can! #biodiversity #IndigenousScience #botany
I just called my rep and got through to a human for the first time in weeks. It was honestly nice, but now I wonder if momentum is dropping. So, let's goooo:
5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I just called my rep and got through to a human for the first time in weeks. It was honestly nice, but now I wonder if momentum is dropping. So, let's goooo:
5calls.org
5calls.org
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Our newest research in @nature.com
We built a robot (!) to track plant-fungal trade networks. By following half a million fungal highways & nutrient flows within them, we discovered how plants & fungi build hyper-efficient supply chains
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📹 @sasaspacal.bsky.social
We built a robot (!) to track plant-fungal trade networks. By following half a million fungal highways & nutrient flows within them, we discovered how plants & fungi build hyper-efficient supply chains
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📹 @sasaspacal.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Our newest research in @nature.com
We built a robot (!) to track plant-fungal trade networks. By following half a million fungal highways & nutrient flows within them, we discovered how plants & fungi build hyper-efficient supply chains
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📹 @sasaspacal.bsky.social
We built a robot (!) to track plant-fungal trade networks. By following half a million fungal highways & nutrient flows within them, we discovered how plants & fungi build hyper-efficient supply chains
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📹 @sasaspacal.bsky.social
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Checkout the Rare Plant RaMP program, a 1-yr (Aug '25 to Jul '26) research experience for those who have completed a baccalaureate degree & are interested in gaining research & prof. dev. experience in botany, plant science, or conservation.
Deadline: Mar 14, 2025
etap.nsf.gov/award/530/op...
Deadline: Mar 14, 2025
etap.nsf.gov/award/530/op...
NSF Education & Training Application | ETAP
etap.nsf.gov
February 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Checkout the Rare Plant RaMP program, a 1-yr (Aug '25 to Jul '26) research experience for those who have completed a baccalaureate degree & are interested in gaining research & prof. dev. experience in botany, plant science, or conservation.
Deadline: Mar 14, 2025
etap.nsf.gov/award/530/op...
Deadline: Mar 14, 2025
etap.nsf.gov/award/530/op...
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Getting quality transcriptome assemblies from Herbarium samples is possible doi.org/10.1101/2025.... Work led by @atyszka.org. Another fun collaboration with @philcarella.bsky.social and @khongsamchia.bsky.social, who functionally validated an NLR immune receptor from a sample collected in 1956.
Herbaria provide a valuable resource for obtaining informative mRNA
While DNA has built the framework for molecular insights from museum collections, the utility of archival RNA remains largely unexplored. Likely a consequence of the known instability of RNA relative ...
doi.org
February 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Getting quality transcriptome assemblies from Herbarium samples is possible doi.org/10.1101/2025.... Work led by @atyszka.org. Another fun collaboration with @philcarella.bsky.social and @khongsamchia.bsky.social, who functionally validated an NLR immune receptor from a sample collected in 1956.
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"To plan for the future, it’s sometimes necessary to look to the past." Nice highlight of our work synthesizing temporal, taxonomic, and spatial trends in botanical collections to facilitate new research avenues @emlombardi.bsky.social @softcorebotany.bsky.social
New research prepares way for future botanical research
To plan for the future, it’s sometimes necessary to look to the past. To improve natural history collection and analysis in the future, a team of researchers is looking at collections of plants from a...
news.unm.edu
February 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"To plan for the future, it’s sometimes necessary to look to the past." Nice highlight of our work synthesizing temporal, taxonomic, and spatial trends in botanical collections to facilitate new research avenues @emlombardi.bsky.social @softcorebotany.bsky.social
Here we go. This is and will continue to hurt science, scientists and the public.
NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
February 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here we go. This is and will continue to hurt science, scientists and the public.
*shocking*
February 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
*shocking*
Relatable
"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders."
Charles Darwin, who had a pretty bad day every now and then, was born #OTD in 1809. 🧪
The letter to Charles Lyell with the quote above:
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId...
Charles Darwin, who had a pretty bad day every now and then, was born #OTD in 1809. 🧪
The letter to Charles Lyell with the quote above:
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId...
February 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Relatable
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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
February 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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