T. Mason Linscott
@madmollusc.bsky.social
He/him | On the snail trail | Linscottlab.com
Assistant Professor at NMSU
General ecophysiology and gastropod fan.
Assistant Professor at NMSU
General ecophysiology and gastropod fan.
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Tribal citizens who live and work on their reservation do not have to pay state income taxes, but OK courts aren’t following the rules. Tribes in the state are asking SCOTUS to weigh in.
5 largest tribes in Oklahoma are asking SCOTUS to take up tax case involving Muscogee citizen
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to take up an Oklahoma tax case involving Muscogee Nation citizen Alicia Stroble. Now the five largest tribes in the state are weighing in, hoping SCOTUS…
www.kosu.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Tribal citizens who live and work on their reservation do not have to pay state income taxes, but OK courts aren’t following the rules. Tribes in the state are asking SCOTUS to weigh in.
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Our lab at Mississippi State is recruiting graduate students (PhD/MSc) to join us in Spring or Fall 2026! If you—or someone you know—are interested in researching evo-devo and comparative genomics of horned dung beetles, check out our site & get in touch! davidsonlab-msu.github.io
Davidson Lab
davidsonlab-msu.github.io
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Our lab at Mississippi State is recruiting graduate students (PhD/MSc) to join us in Spring or Fall 2026! If you—or someone you know—are interested in researching evo-devo and comparative genomics of horned dung beetles, check out our site & get in touch! davidsonlab-msu.github.io
The Linscott Lab at NMSU is looking for new graduate students interested in ecophysiology, systematics, and trait evolution (often in molluscs)!
Please reach out to contact me and see more at my lab website (linscottlab.com) and here: shorturl.at/DvUZa.
Please reach out to contact me and see more at my lab website (linscottlab.com) and here: shorturl.at/DvUZa.
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Linscott Lab at NMSU is looking for new graduate students interested in ecophysiology, systematics, and trait evolution (often in molluscs)!
Please reach out to contact me and see more at my lab website (linscottlab.com) and here: shorturl.at/DvUZa.
Please reach out to contact me and see more at my lab website (linscottlab.com) and here: shorturl.at/DvUZa.
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This is the idealized model of an animal. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
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June 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is the idealized model of an animal. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
🎢⚛️🧪
🎢⚛️🧪
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How to find Evolutionary Conserved Enhancers in 2025? 🐣-🐭
Check out our paper - fresh off the press!!!
We find widespread functional conservation of enhancers in absence of sequence homology
Including: a bioinformatic tool to map sequence-diverged enhancers!
rdcu.be/enVDN
github.com/tobiaszehnde...
Check out our paper - fresh off the press!!!
We find widespread functional conservation of enhancers in absence of sequence homology
Including: a bioinformatic tool to map sequence-diverged enhancers!
rdcu.be/enVDN
github.com/tobiaszehnde...
Conservation of regulatory elements with highly diverged sequences across large evolutionary distances
Nature Genetics - Combining functional genomic data from mouse and chicken with a synteny-based strategy identifies positionally conserved cis-regulatory elements in the absence of direct sequence...
rdcu.be
May 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
How to find Evolutionary Conserved Enhancers in 2025? 🐣-🐭
Check out our paper - fresh off the press!!!
We find widespread functional conservation of enhancers in absence of sequence homology
Including: a bioinformatic tool to map sequence-diverged enhancers!
rdcu.be/enVDN
github.com/tobiaszehnde...
Check out our paper - fresh off the press!!!
We find widespread functional conservation of enhancers in absence of sequence homology
Including: a bioinformatic tool to map sequence-diverged enhancers!
rdcu.be/enVDN
github.com/tobiaszehnde...
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Advice needed: A former student now in industry is asking about pros/cons of doing an industry-sponsored PhD, given the current climate and not getting in anywhere this cycle. I remember there was chatter about this a couple years ago but it's a good time to revive this chat. Please RT.
May 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Advice needed: A former student now in industry is asking about pros/cons of doing an industry-sponsored PhD, given the current climate and not getting in anywhere this cycle. I remember there was chatter about this a couple years ago but it's a good time to revive this chat. Please RT.
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🐌✨ Become a snail detective! 🕵️🐚🔍
Join our WinkleWatcher Luisa Kumpitsch on shore 🌊 and help scientists crack the case of snail shell colors 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 with WinkleWatchers.
Who knew science could be this fun?
ℹ️ www.gu.se/en/news/beco...
#CitizenScience #MarineBiology
Join our WinkleWatcher Luisa Kumpitsch on shore 🌊 and help scientists crack the case of snail shell colors 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 with WinkleWatchers.
Who knew science could be this fun?
ℹ️ www.gu.se/en/news/beco...
#CitizenScience #MarineBiology
Become a snail detective – help scientists solve the colour mystery
Why do periwinkles have such different colours? This is a mystery that scientists are now trying to solve, and to do so they are calling for help from the public in a citizen science project.
www.gu.se
May 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🐌✨ Become a snail detective! 🕵️🐚🔍
Join our WinkleWatcher Luisa Kumpitsch on shore 🌊 and help scientists crack the case of snail shell colors 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 with WinkleWatchers.
Who knew science could be this fun?
ℹ️ www.gu.se/en/news/beco...
#CitizenScience #MarineBiology
Join our WinkleWatcher Luisa Kumpitsch on shore 🌊 and help scientists crack the case of snail shell colors 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 with WinkleWatchers.
Who knew science could be this fun?
ℹ️ www.gu.se/en/news/beco...
#CitizenScience #MarineBiology
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Zancolli, @marcrr.bsky.social @agneeshbarua.bsky.social et al. show that venom glands in marine predatory snails evolved via functional divergence from digestive organs, involving gene expression shifts and enhanced secretory machinery.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf095
#evobio #venom #mollusca
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf095
#evobio #venom #mollusca
May 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Zancolli, @marcrr.bsky.social @agneeshbarua.bsky.social et al. show that venom glands in marine predatory snails evolved via functional divergence from digestive organs, involving gene expression shifts and enhanced secretory machinery.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf095
#evobio #venom #mollusca
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf095
#evobio #venom #mollusca
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ohhh it is Not Good how many people think "just buy organic" is the answer to food safety infrastructure being dismantled in the U.S.
April 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ohhh it is Not Good how many people think "just buy organic" is the answer to food safety infrastructure being dismantled in the U.S.
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"The core strategy is to slow NIH spending to generate surpluses...then use surpluses as justification for slashing the budget...unspent [$] won’t be because NIH doesn’t have good science to spend on [but] because the administration has blocked spending" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
donmoynihan.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"The core strategy is to slow NIH spending to generate surpluses...then use surpluses as justification for slashing the budget...unspent [$] won’t be because NIH doesn’t have good science to spend on [but] because the administration has blocked spending" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
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Shell formation is happening right here, right now!
If you look carefully, you can see the shape of the next chamber emerging faintly in the cytoplasm, a blueprint
From here it gradually calcifies
Behind the scenes of live observation research
#foraminifera #shell formation #biomineralization
If you look carefully, you can see the shape of the next chamber emerging faintly in the cytoplasm, a blueprint
From here it gradually calcifies
Behind the scenes of live observation research
#foraminifera #shell formation #biomineralization
April 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Shell formation is happening right here, right now!
If you look carefully, you can see the shape of the next chamber emerging faintly in the cytoplasm, a blueprint
From here it gradually calcifies
Behind the scenes of live observation research
#foraminifera #shell formation #biomineralization
If you look carefully, you can see the shape of the next chamber emerging faintly in the cytoplasm, a blueprint
From here it gradually calcifies
Behind the scenes of live observation research
#foraminifera #shell formation #biomineralization
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Some more Zammara smaragdina cicada from @casabentbill.bsky.social
#invertefest #bugsky #cicadas #nature
#invertefest #bugsky #cicadas #nature
April 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some more Zammara smaragdina cicada from @casabentbill.bsky.social
#invertefest #bugsky #cicadas #nature
#invertefest #bugsky #cicadas #nature
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My painting TROUT WATER
April 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My painting TROUT WATER
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🚨Today the entire staff of the Institute of Museum and Library services were cut by DOGE!
April 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🚨Today the entire staff of the Institute of Museum and Library services were cut by DOGE!
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Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.
I am thrilled to announce I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at New Mexico State University this Fall!
I can't wait to work with some amazing colleagues and students amidst the sky islands of the SW! Woooo more ecophysiology, evolution, and snails!
I can't wait to work with some amazing colleagues and students amidst the sky islands of the SW! Woooo more ecophysiology, evolution, and snails!
April 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I am thrilled to announce I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at New Mexico State University this Fall!
I can't wait to work with some amazing colleagues and students amidst the sky islands of the SW! Woooo more ecophysiology, evolution, and snails!
I can't wait to work with some amazing colleagues and students amidst the sky islands of the SW! Woooo more ecophysiology, evolution, and snails!
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Blackfeet tribal members are suing the federal government, saying that Trump's tariffs on Canada violate the Constitution and tribal treaty rights. It's the latest example of tribes flexing their sovereign status to oppose new federal policy. montanafreepress.org/2025/04/07/b...
Blackfeet tribal members sue feds over Canada tariffs
The lawsuit — filed one day before thousands of people participated in nationwide protests against the Trump Administration — is the latest example of tribes flexing their sovereign status to oppose n...
montanafreepress.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Blackfeet tribal members are suing the federal government, saying that Trump's tariffs on Canada violate the Constitution and tribal treaty rights. It's the latest example of tribes flexing their sovereign status to oppose new federal policy. montanafreepress.org/2025/04/07/b...
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Interested in calculating complexity metrics for 3D surfaces? Please check out our new package 'habtools' and associated paper @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social !
- Paper: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
- R package: jmadinlab.github.io/habtools/
- Paper: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
- R package: jmadinlab.github.io/habtools/
April 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Interested in calculating complexity metrics for 3D surfaces? Please check out our new package 'habtools' and associated paper @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social !
- Paper: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
- R package: jmadinlab.github.io/habtools/
- Paper: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
- R package: jmadinlab.github.io/habtools/
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NSF GRFP Awards by the Year:
2021 - 2074
2022 - 2193
2023 - 2555
2024 - 2036
2025 - 1000
Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US.......
@jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
2021 - 2074
2022 - 2193
2023 - 2555
2024 - 2036
2025 - 1000
Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US.......
@jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
NSF GRFP Awards by the Year:
2021 - 2074
2022 - 2193
2023 - 2555
2024 - 2036
2025 - 1000
Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US.......
@jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
2021 - 2074
2022 - 2193
2023 - 2555
2024 - 2036
2025 - 1000
Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US.......
@jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
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The deadline for the @systbiol.bsky.social Early Career Travel Funds to attend the #Evolution2025 meetings is coming up! (Mar 31). Get your application in soon!!
March 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The deadline for the @systbiol.bsky.social Early Career Travel Funds to attend the #Evolution2025 meetings is coming up! (Mar 31). Get your application in soon!!
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A recent Executive Order would gut the only federal agency dedicated to America’s museums. The Institute of Museum & Library Services makes up only 0.0046% of the federal budget. Take action now: www.congressweb.com/aam/95/
General Public: Urge Congress to Save IMLS
On March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order directing further cuts to the government agency that efficiently provides CRITICAL funding to museums and libraries in all 50 states.The Institut...
www.congressweb.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A recent Executive Order would gut the only federal agency dedicated to America’s museums. The Institute of Museum & Library Services makes up only 0.0046% of the federal budget. Take action now: www.congressweb.com/aam/95/