Sara Emery
@saraemery.bsky.social
asst prof entomology, Cornell University, AgriTech. Agroecology, climate change & phenology, landscapes & remote sensing. I love maligned species, but I'll still build a model to help you avoid them. #QueerInSTEM (she/her) 🐞🌎🦟👩🔬🏳️🌈
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For students at #EntSoc25: Welcome to Portland 🦌 Follow along each day as we share the exciting student activities planned for you! 🧵1/3
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
For students at #EntSoc25: Welcome to Portland 🦌 Follow along each day as we share the exciting student activities planned for you! 🧵1/3
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The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.
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It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
By @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
By @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.
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Looking for a #PhD in #ClimateExtremes?
We are advertising a project attributing causes of recent #droughts using counter-factual storylines.
Based in #Edinburgh, working with Andrew Schurer, me, @gabihegerl.bsky.social, & @edhawkins.org
tinyurl.com/5n7b52fr
We are advertising a project attributing causes of recent #droughts using counter-factual storylines.
Based in #Edinburgh, working with Andrew Schurer, me, @gabihegerl.bsky.social, & @edhawkins.org
tinyurl.com/5n7b52fr
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Looking for a #PhD in #ClimateExtremes?
We are advertising a project attributing causes of recent #droughts using counter-factual storylines.
Based in #Edinburgh, working with Andrew Schurer, me, @gabihegerl.bsky.social, & @edhawkins.org
tinyurl.com/5n7b52fr
We are advertising a project attributing causes of recent #droughts using counter-factual storylines.
Based in #Edinburgh, working with Andrew Schurer, me, @gabihegerl.bsky.social, & @edhawkins.org
tinyurl.com/5n7b52fr
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We now have input a list for the Northeast and Mid Atlantic Native plant nurseries. Here is an update: beechhollowfarms.com...
100% Native Plant Nursery List
A list of passion-driven, local businesses across the United States that sell 100% native species. All nurseries have been verified to follow best practices.
beechhollowfarms.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We now have input a list for the Northeast and Mid Atlantic Native plant nurseries. Here is an update: beechhollowfarms.com...
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Semi-natural habitats are key for farmland biodiversity but their quality is often low due to high exposure to fertilizers 🌾🧪
A new study shows that more frequent cutting can create diverse vegetation even in highly productive habitats ✂️🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
A new study shows that more frequent cutting can create diverse vegetation even in highly productive habitats ✂️🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Semi-natural habitats are key for farmland biodiversity but their quality is often low due to high exposure to fertilizers 🌾🧪
A new study shows that more frequent cutting can create diverse vegetation even in highly productive habitats ✂️🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
A new study shows that more frequent cutting can create diverse vegetation even in highly productive habitats ✂️🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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🐝🦠 New paper: rdcu.be/eOf7A
Phages may drive microbial diversity, yet we often don’t even know how phages & bacteria correlate in nature. Our new study tackles this in the honeybee gut, thanks to the great work of PhD student @malickndiaye.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
Phages may drive microbial diversity, yet we often don’t even know how phages & bacteria correlate in nature. Our new study tackles this in the honeybee gut, thanks to the great work of PhD student @malickndiaye.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
Phage diversity mirrors bacterial strain diversity in the honey bee gut microbiota - Nature Communications
Authors analyse paired viral and bacterial shotgun metagenomics data from individual honeybee guts, revealing modular, nested phage–bacteria networks, with viral diversity mirroring bacterial strain c...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🐝🦠 New paper: rdcu.be/eOf7A
Phages may drive microbial diversity, yet we often don’t even know how phages & bacteria correlate in nature. Our new study tackles this in the honeybee gut, thanks to the great work of PhD student @malickndiaye.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
Phages may drive microbial diversity, yet we often don’t even know how phages & bacteria correlate in nature. Our new study tackles this in the honeybee gut, thanks to the great work of PhD student @malickndiaye.bsky.social at @dmf-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
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No species is an island, they exist within ecosystems. We urgently need more research that builds knowledge of the ecological networks that underpin a species' persistence: pollination, seed dispersal, predation, parasitism, herbivory, response to disturbance 🌏🧪 theconversation.com/wildlife-rec...
Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of a species
Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as well as their relationships with people.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
No species is an island, they exist within ecosystems. We urgently need more research that builds knowledge of the ecological networks that underpin a species' persistence: pollination, seed dispersal, predation, parasitism, herbivory, response to disturbance 🌏🧪 theconversation.com/wildlife-rec...
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Dung, dung, dungggg!
Aphodiini (dung beetles) are important decomposers & comprise ~2,200 species, yet are still a bit of a mystery. Here, their molecular phylogeny is reconstructed to explore the evolutionary history of their nesting behaviour & body size! 🧪 🌍 💩
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Aphodiini (dung beetles) are important decomposers & comprise ~2,200 species, yet are still a bit of a mystery. Here, their molecular phylogeny is reconstructed to explore the evolutionary history of their nesting behaviour & body size! 🧪 🌍 💩
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Dung, dung, dungggg!
Aphodiini (dung beetles) are important decomposers & comprise ~2,200 species, yet are still a bit of a mystery. Here, their molecular phylogeny is reconstructed to explore the evolutionary history of their nesting behaviour & body size! 🧪 🌍 💩
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Aphodiini (dung beetles) are important decomposers & comprise ~2,200 species, yet are still a bit of a mystery. Here, their molecular phylogeny is reconstructed to explore the evolutionary history of their nesting behaviour & body size! 🧪 🌍 💩
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
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New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
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A study by I. R. Onley, P. Cassey, & M. A. McGeoch shows that biodiversity data sharing platforms are key to managing biological invasions. Closing the "knowing-doing" gap can create better conservation outcomes. 🌍
Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1
Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A study by I. R. Onley, P. Cassey, & M. A. McGeoch shows that biodiversity data sharing platforms are key to managing biological invasions. Closing the "knowing-doing" gap can create better conservation outcomes. 🌍
Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1
Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1
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A feature in Nature examines what journals are doing to confirm that the authors of a research paper are legitimate, and the downsides of more intense identity checks. #Academicsky 🧪
How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.
go.nature.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A feature in Nature examines what journals are doing to confirm that the authors of a research paper are legitimate, and the downsides of more intense identity checks. #Academicsky 🧪
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Please join us this weekend on Zoom for the First International Symposium of Nonbinary Scientists! I'm excited to host a session for Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences ⚒️🧪Zoom link in alt text!
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Please join us this weekend on Zoom for the First International Symposium of Nonbinary Scientists! I'm excited to host a session for Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences ⚒️🧪Zoom link in alt text!
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I like this development very much. Also, if Germany, with its fractured public administration, can do it, your country can do it, too. 🧪🤖
ZenDIS, openDesk, and openCode: How Germany is transforming their public sector with open source | We Love Open Source • All Things Open
Open source software for German public services When you’re working in Germany’s public administration, it’s not every day that you get an invitation to give a speech at the United... Read More
allthingsopen.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I like this development very much. Also, if Germany, with its fractured public administration, can do it, your country can do it, too. 🧪🤖
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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If you are a #500queerscientists contributor and here on BlueSky, drop us a note! 👋 ⬇️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
January 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you are a #500queerscientists contributor and here on BlueSky, drop us a note! 👋 ⬇️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
in this study from @arachnologynerd.bsky.social and a team of other great folks, the authors find that though "the field of arachnology is becoming more collaborative, it is not necessarily more equitable" 🌍🕷️🦂 🌐🧪 👩🔬 academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
If history is written by the victors, who describes the spiders? Species author trends reflect gender and geopolitical disparities in biodiversity science
Abstract. Gathering data on species description authorship is one way to track who has had access to a career in taxonomy. Via data from the World Spider C
academic.oup.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
in this study from @arachnologynerd.bsky.social and a team of other great folks, the authors find that though "the field of arachnology is becoming more collaborative, it is not necessarily more equitable" 🌍🕷️🦂 🌐🧪 👩🔬 academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
🦠⚕️🧪 Check out this awesome paper that just came out from Dominique Holtappels @dholtappels.bsky.social that finds that bacterial alpha diversity is a stronger predictor of virome diversity in healthy systems than unhealthy ones www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluation of bacteriophages as a signature of microbiome health: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Overall, although specific viral signatures of dysbiosis are likely to be highly disease-specific
and condition-specific, we show that existing ecological theory shows promise in predicting
the relati...
www.thelancet.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🦠⚕️🧪 Check out this awesome paper that just came out from Dominique Holtappels @dholtappels.bsky.social that finds that bacterial alpha diversity is a stronger predictor of virome diversity in healthy systems than unhealthy ones www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Yes critics of hagiography of Kirk are being targeted, but the hagiography goes deeper. Kirk started Professor’s Watchlist to target critics, so we are seeing a continuation of what he started? Kirk’s ‘open debate’ wasn’t that open either.
theconversation.com/after-charli...
theconversation.com/after-charli...
After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward?
Trying to change someone’s mind can seem futile. But there are approaches to political discourse that still matter, even if they don’t instantly win someone over.
theconversation.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Yes critics of hagiography of Kirk are being targeted, but the hagiography goes deeper. Kirk started Professor’s Watchlist to target critics, so we are seeing a continuation of what he started? Kirk’s ‘open debate’ wasn’t that open either.
theconversation.com/after-charli...
theconversation.com/after-charli...
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I'm back home, and Everything Sucks is hot off the press at HQ.
Putting the first batch into the little free library now!
Print your own here
drive.google.com/file/d/1H9Wz...
Putting the first batch into the little free library now!
Print your own here
drive.google.com/file/d/1H9Wz...
September 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I'm back home, and Everything Sucks is hot off the press at HQ.
Putting the first batch into the little free library now!
Print your own here
drive.google.com/file/d/1H9Wz...
Putting the first batch into the little free library now!
Print your own here
drive.google.com/file/d/1H9Wz...
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Are you interested in biosphere-atmosphere interactions, global modeling, and living in Zurich? If so, this postdoc position might be for you! Please share with any interested colleagues: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Atmospheric Chemistry
jobs.ethz.ch
August 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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🔍 Echo chambers in our searches
A new study shows how our search habits + algorithm design can trap us in echo chambers. Users stuck with narrow searches & rarely updated beliefs, but when algorithms offered broader results, belief updating improved.
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#SciComm 🧪 🧠
A new study shows how our search habits + algorithm design can trap us in echo chambers. Users stuck with narrow searches & rarely updated beliefs, but when algorithms offered broader results, belief updating improved.
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#SciComm 🧪 🧠
The narrow search effect and how broadening search promotes belief updating | PNAS
Information search platforms, from Google to AI-assisted search engines, have transformed
information access but may fail to promote a shared factu...
doi.org
August 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🔍 Echo chambers in our searches
A new study shows how our search habits + algorithm design can trap us in echo chambers. Users stuck with narrow searches & rarely updated beliefs, but when algorithms offered broader results, belief updating improved.
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#SciComm 🧪 🧠
A new study shows how our search habits + algorithm design can trap us in echo chambers. Users stuck with narrow searches & rarely updated beliefs, but when algorithms offered broader results, belief updating improved.
🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#SciComm 🧪 🧠
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Faculty opening in Cornell Chemistry at the Assistant Professor level in the area of chemical biology, broadly defined! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30338 #chemjobs
Cornell University, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Job #AJO30338, WDR-00054776 Assistant Professor - Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
August 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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