Julianna Renzi
@juliannarenzi.bsky.social
PhD student and invert enthusiast studying marine ecology at UC Santa Barbara | she/her/hers | https://juliannarenzi.webflow.io/
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Please repost! The LOC Lab @UCSB is recruiting a #PostdoctoralScholar in forest ecology and data science to
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
December 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Please repost! The LOC Lab @UCSB is recruiting a #PostdoctoralScholar in forest ecology and data science to
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐
Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
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🐟 Not all fish are cold-blooded! New research led by @arciladk.bsky.social, curator of the Marine Vertebrate Collection & recent PhD grad Fernando Melendez, explores how ecological interactions + evolutionary innovation reshaped life in the ocean. 🌊
Why did some fishes evolve to be warm-blooded? - Dahiana Arcila and Fernando Melendez
YouTube video by FishEvolutionLab-Edu
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September 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🐟 Not all fish are cold-blooded! New research led by @arciladk.bsky.social, curator of the Marine Vertebrate Collection & recent PhD grad Fernando Melendez, explores how ecological interactions + evolutionary innovation reshaped life in the ocean. 🌊
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NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io
September 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
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How is this possible?
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
September 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
How is this possible?
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
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PNAS paper about this year's missing #ocean #upwelling along the coast of #Panama
share.google/pWxTjMwVl5Lh...
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September 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
PNAS paper about this year's missing #ocean #upwelling along the coast of #Panama
share.google/pWxTjMwVl5Lh...
share.google/pWxTjMwVl5Lh...
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www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
A truly delightful read by Judith Bronstein reflecting on the state of mutualism studies. It's a thoughtful look at where the field has been and where it's going—and such beautiful writing as well!
A truly delightful read by Judith Bronstein reflecting on the state of mutualism studies. It's a thoughtful look at where the field has been and where it's going—and such beautiful writing as well!
The Study of Mutualism, Past, Present, and Future | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
A truly delightful read by Judith Bronstein reflecting on the state of mutualism studies. It's a thoughtful look at where the field has been and where it's going—and such beautiful writing as well!
A truly delightful read by Judith Bronstein reflecting on the state of mutualism studies. It's a thoughtful look at where the field has been and where it's going—and such beautiful writing as well!
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Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule
theconversation.com/sharks-come-...
theconversation.com/sharks-come-...
Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule
A new study proves for the first time that the ‘two-thirds scaling law’ applies to large animals as well as small ones, offering key lessons for conversation.
theconversation.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Sharks come in many different shapes and sizes. But they all follow a centuries-old mathematical rule
theconversation.com/sharks-come-...
theconversation.com/sharks-come-...
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research.
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research.
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%
Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%
Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.
#GiftLink ⚛️🔭
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tune in to check out what we've been working on all year! :)
We've been teaching students across the network synthesis science for the past year, and they've used their skills to do actual synthesis science in four group projects.
Next Thursday, they present their work!
Tune in to the SSECR Final Symposium on May 22 at 10am PT/1 ET.
Register below!
Next Thursday, they present their work!
Tune in to the SSECR Final Symposium on May 22 at 10am PT/1 ET.
Register below!
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers (SSECR) Symposium. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Learn about the 4 synthesis projects developed in LTER's new Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers Course:
- Carbon cycling responses across spatiotemporal scales
- Coupling of above- and ...
ucsb.zoom.us
May 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tune in to check out what we've been working on all year! :)
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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
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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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not to mention, science is GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY
per this report that came out yesterday:
-a 25% reduction in government science would result in GDP loss comparable to that seen during the Great Recession
-at 75% cuts, GDP declines reach levels not seen since the Great Depression
🧪
per this report that came out yesterday:
-a 25% reduction in government science would result in GDP loss comparable to that seen during the Great Recession
-at 75% cuts, GDP declines reach levels not seen since the Great Depression
🧪
May 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
not to mention, science is GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY
per this report that came out yesterday:
-a 25% reduction in government science would result in GDP loss comparable to that seen during the Great Recession
-at 75% cuts, GDP declines reach levels not seen since the Great Depression
🧪
per this report that came out yesterday:
-a 25% reduction in government science would result in GDP loss comparable to that seen during the Great Recession
-at 75% cuts, GDP declines reach levels not seen since the Great Depression
🧪
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🔔BREAKING🔔
The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding.
This is censorship disguised as oversight.
Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3):
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding.
This is censorship disguised as oversight.
Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3):
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 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🔔BREAKING🔔
The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding.
This is censorship disguised as oversight.
Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3):
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding.
This is censorship disguised as oversight.
Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3):
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record #Climate
More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record
An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record #Climate
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We're hiring an assistant prof in global change ecology! Apply!!! We're vibrant, supportive, and interdisciplinary EEB community!
Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions!
apply.interfolio.com/164677
Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions!
apply.interfolio.com/164677
a netflix ad shows a woman talking to another woman at a vending machine
ALT: a netflix ad shows a woman talking to another woman at a vending machine
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May 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We're hiring an assistant prof in global change ecology! Apply!!! We're vibrant, supportive, and interdisciplinary EEB community!
Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions!
apply.interfolio.com/164677
Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions!
apply.interfolio.com/164677
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NOAA has quietly reported that they will soon decommission 14 datasets, data products, and catalogs related to marine, coastal, and estuary science and earthquakes. Story by @astrokimcartier.bsky.social. eos.org/research-and...
NOAA Datasets Will Soon Disappear - Eos
NOAA has quietly reported that they will soon decommission 14 datasets, products, and catalogs related to earthquakes and marine, coastal, and estuary science.
eos.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NOAA has quietly reported that they will soon decommission 14 datasets, data products, and catalogs related to marine, coastal, and estuary science and earthquakes. Story by @astrokimcartier.bsky.social. eos.org/research-and...
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In 2019, we showed that tiny, bottom-dwelling fish can fuel coral reef energy fluxes. In our new paper, we reveal a dramatic dichotomy in their functional role across coral reef habitats separated by a few 100 meters.
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March 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In 2019, we showed that tiny, bottom-dwelling fish can fuel coral reef energy fluxes. In our new paper, we reveal a dramatic dichotomy in their functional role across coral reef habitats separated by a few 100 meters.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@esajournals.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@esajournals.bsky.social
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The LTER is great because we can support ecologists through their whole career. Next community call is about getting folks into the network!
Recruiting and Retaining Scientists in the LTER: How to find and keep the best and the brightest! 🌟
March 26, 9am PT—register!
lternet.edu/events/recru...
Recruiting and Retaining Scientists in the LTER: How to find and keep the best and the brightest! 🌟
March 26, 9am PT—register!
lternet.edu/events/recru...
Recruiting and Retaining Scientists in the LTER: How to find and keep the best and brightest! - LTER
Please join us for a lively conversation - bring your ideas, success stories, and favorite resources to share how we can collectively work to recruit and retain the best and brightest across the LTER ...
lternet.edu
March 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The LTER is great because we can support ecologists through their whole career. Next community call is about getting folks into the network!
Recruiting and Retaining Scientists in the LTER: How to find and keep the best and the brightest! 🌟
March 26, 9am PT—register!
lternet.edu/events/recru...
Recruiting and Retaining Scientists in the LTER: How to find and keep the best and the brightest! 🌟
March 26, 9am PT—register!
lternet.edu/events/recru...
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OSU is hiring! Come work at CEOAS - Open rank faculty position and director of the Oregon State Stable Isotope Laboratory. My network is small on Bluesky, please share widely! Reach out if you have questions about living in Corvallis or about CEOAS specifically.
jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/165...
jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/165...
Oregon State University Jobs Portal | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | Print Preview
jobs.oregonstate.edu
March 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
OSU is hiring! Come work at CEOAS - Open rank faculty position and director of the Oregon State Stable Isotope Laboratory. My network is small on Bluesky, please share widely! Reach out if you have questions about living in Corvallis or about CEOAS specifically.
jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/165...
jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/165...
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A global analysis of altered species compositions and climate change reveals the extent to which ecosystems, including in protected areas and biodiversity hotspots, are exposed to novel conditions due to anthropogenic forces rdcu.be/edTpA
Widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Even outside urban and agricultural areas, ecosystems are vastly transformed as a result of human activities. Here the authors map patterns in climate change,...
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March 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A global analysis of altered species compositions and climate change reveals the extent to which ecosystems, including in protected areas and biodiversity hotspots, are exposed to novel conditions due to anthropogenic forces rdcu.be/edTpA
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What a great time at the EEMB graduate student symposium last week! It’s fun presenting my work, but even better seeing all my peers shine! Great job everyone and thanks to the organizers.
March 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What a great time at the EEMB graduate student symposium last week! It’s fun presenting my work, but even better seeing all my peers shine! Great job everyone and thanks to the organizers.
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Sea Grant is a powerhouse for coastal communities! Through research, education, and outreach, it helps protect marine ecosystems, support sustainable fisheries, and boost coastal economies. Sea Grant keeps our waters and communities thriving. We need sea grant!
www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/m...
www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/m...
Maine Sea Grant in jeopardy after Trump administration terminates $4.5 million grant program
The move to discontinue the four-year agreement — which comes amid the White House's efforts to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget — leaves the fishery organization’s p...
www.pressherald.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Sea Grant is a powerhouse for coastal communities! Through research, education, and outreach, it helps protect marine ecosystems, support sustainable fisheries, and boost coastal economies. Sea Grant keeps our waters and communities thriving. We need sea grant!
www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/m...
www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/m...
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Does a worm feel pain? Many thanks to the wonderful @vickihird.bsky.social for her meditation on invertebrate sentience - don't forget to vote for your favourite!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Do worms feel pain and are ants happy? Why the science on invertebrate feelings is evolving
For the next few weeks we’re asking readers to nominate their invertebrate of the year: click here to give us your suggestions
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Does a worm feel pain? Many thanks to the wonderful @vickihird.bsky.social for her meditation on invertebrate sentience - don't forget to vote for your favourite!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...