Jeffrey Dean
@jeffdean-uga.bsky.social
Assistant Provost and Director
University of Georgia, Griffin Campus
Biochemist by training, Scientist by birth
Just passing through on my random walk
University of Georgia, Griffin Campus
Biochemist by training, Scientist by birth
Just passing through on my random walk
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It's that time of year! The time when deer guts start to undergo a magical transformation!
(Also the time of year many well-intentioned people accidentally mess the whole thing up, leading to dead deer!)
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(Also the time of year many well-intentioned people accidentally mess the whole thing up, leading to dead deer!)
🧪
jasonbittel.substack.com/p/the-deer-t...
The Deer, They Are A-Changin'
Something magical is happening in your backyard.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's that time of year! The time when deer guts start to undergo a magical transformation!
(Also the time of year many well-intentioned people accidentally mess the whole thing up, leading to dead deer!)
🧪
jasonbittel.substack.com/p/the-deer-t...
(Also the time of year many well-intentioned people accidentally mess the whole thing up, leading to dead deer!)
🧪
jasonbittel.substack.com/p/the-deer-t...
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This is such a cool study. A parasitic ant queen tricks worker ants into murdering their own queen, so the parasite can take over the colony.
This parasitic ant tricks workers into committing matricide
Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.
www.sciencenews.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is such a cool study. A parasitic ant queen tricks worker ants into murdering their own queen, so the parasite can take over the colony.
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Give Miami Day is now open for early giving, so let’s take a look back at some of the year’s highlights as captured on the world famous Coral City Camera. Every dollar you donate goes towards improving, upgrading, and expanding the CCC!
Donate here: mtyc.co/axl37g
Donate here: mtyc.co/axl37g
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Give Miami Day is now open for early giving, so let’s take a look back at some of the year’s highlights as captured on the world famous Coral City Camera. Every dollar you donate goes towards improving, upgrading, and expanding the CCC!
Donate here: mtyc.co/axl37g
Donate here: mtyc.co/axl37g
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The N-terminal domain of COMPANION OF CELLULOSE SYNTHASE1 promotes microtubule array formation in Arabidopsis (Viswanathan Gurumoorthy, Alan Hicks, Sriram Tiruvadi-Krishnan, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
The N-terminal domain of COMPANION OF CELLULOSE SYNTHASE1 promotes microtubule array formation in Arabidopsis
CC1 N-terminal domain binds and crosslinks microtubules (MTs) in an extended conformation, providing structural insights into how CC1 maintains MT organiza
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October 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The N-terminal domain of COMPANION OF CELLULOSE SYNTHASE1 promotes microtubule array formation in Arabidopsis (Viswanathan Gurumoorthy, Alan Hicks, Sriram Tiruvadi-Krishnan, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Maize rough endosperm6 is a predicted RNA helicase required for miRNA processing and endosperm cell patterning (Tianxiao Yang, Masaharu Suzuki, L Curtis Hannah, A Mark Settles) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Maize rough endosperm6 is a predicted RNA helicase required for miRNA processing and endosperm cell patterning
Genetic disruption of microRNA processing in maize seeds dysregulates the developmental timing of endosperm cell differentiation.
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Maize rough endosperm6 is a predicted RNA helicase required for miRNA processing and endosperm cell patterning (Tianxiao Yang, Masaharu Suzuki, L Curtis Hannah, A Mark Settles) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
When the city tried to take a 10-year-old’s bees, hundreds rallied behind him
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When the city tried to take a 10-year-old’s bees, hundreds rallied behind him
When a 10-year-old beekeeper in California learned his hives broke the law, he rallied support from his community to change it.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
When the city tried to take a 10-year-old’s bees, hundreds rallied behind him
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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A veteran 🇩🇰 Danish pilot, Bjarne Cæsar Skinnerup, describes notable changes aboard 🇷🇺 shadow fleet ships:
„Russian men in what look like military uniforms walking around breathing down the necks of the pilots. Important papers mysteriously disappearing. Lack of cooperation and dismissive tone…“
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„Russian men in what look like military uniforms walking around breathing down the necks of the pilots. Important papers mysteriously disappearing. Lack of cooperation and dismissive tone…“
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November 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A veteran 🇩🇰 Danish pilot, Bjarne Cæsar Skinnerup, describes notable changes aboard 🇷🇺 shadow fleet ships:
„Russian men in what look like military uniforms walking around breathing down the necks of the pilots. Important papers mysteriously disappearing. Lack of cooperation and dismissive tone…“
1/
„Russian men in what look like military uniforms walking around breathing down the necks of the pilots. Important papers mysteriously disappearing. Lack of cooperation and dismissive tone…“
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Join us at Our Trees as we begin an exploration of the trees we use during these holidays, including some that may be threatened or endangered. Until December 15, we offer you a 30% discount on monthly or annual subscriptions to everything that Our Trees has to offer.
Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer)
Come join us as we begin our exploration of the trees we use during these holidays, including some that may be threatened or endangered. This series will continuue until December 15. And during this p...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Join us at Our Trees as we begin an exploration of the trees we use during these holidays, including some that may be threatened or endangered. Until December 15, we offer you a 30% discount on monthly or annual subscriptions to everything that Our Trees has to offer.
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Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
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After years of being curious but lazy, I finally got around to documenting what's inside the black walnuts in my yard. In the process I became obsessed with the strange wasp that hunts down the pupae of the resident flies. 🌿 #wasps #diapriidae #nature #diptera colinpurrington.com/2025/11/life...
Life inside rotting walnut husks » Colin Purrington's blog
There’s an eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) on my neighbor’s property that rains down fruit every fall, and I finally got curious about what species might be inside. So far I’ve found four flies, ...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
After years of being curious but lazy, I finally got around to documenting what's inside the black walnuts in my yard. In the process I became obsessed with the strange wasp that hunts down the pupae of the resident flies. 🌿 #wasps #diapriidae #nature #diptera colinpurrington.com/2025/11/life...
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The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, has a new exhibit: Ants - Tiny Creatures, Big Lives. We went today, and here are some impressions. It’s not a massive exhibit, but well done and certainly worth checking out if you’re in the area. The exhibit runs through May 17.
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, has a new exhibit: Ants - Tiny Creatures, Big Lives. We went today, and here are some impressions. It’s not a massive exhibit, but well done and certainly worth checking out if you’re in the area. The exhibit runs through May 17.
Classics job in the Classic City!
Assistant Professor in Classics job with University of Georgia | 37915852
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jobs.chronicle.com/job/37915852...
Assistant Professor in Classics - Athens, Georgia, United States job with University of Georgia | 37915852
Position Summary
The Department of Classics at the University of Georgia invites
applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor...
jobs.chronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Classics job in the Classic City!
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Assistant Professor in Classics job with University of Georgia | 37915852
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37915852...
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37915852...
Assistant Professor in Classics - Athens, Georgia, United States job with University of Georgia | 37915852
Position Summary
The Department of Classics at the University of Georgia invites
applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor...
jobs.chronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Assistant Professor in Classics job with University of Georgia | 37915852
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37915852...
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37915852...
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We are delighted to let you know that your Plants, People, Planet article 'Demystifying Fungal Systematics: A Gateway to Fungal Literacy and Societal/Ecological Relevance Through Familiar Species' has been published on Early View.
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Demystifying fungal systematics: A gateway to fungal literacy and societal/ecological relevance through familiar species
Fungal systematics can feel overwhelming given the vast species diversity within this kingdom, with numerous subgroups at every taxonomic rank. This often creates a disconnect between the undertsnidn...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We are delighted to let you know that your Plants, People, Planet article 'Demystifying Fungal Systematics: A Gateway to Fungal Literacy and Societal/Ecological Relevance Through Familiar Species' has been published on Early View.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A Dead Glacier Is a Loss. A Dying One Is a Threat. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Melting Glaciers in the Himalayas Feed Lakes That Threaten Towns Below
Melting ice from the Himalayas is creating thousands of unstable lakes, a growing menace to towns and cities below.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A Dead Glacier Is a Loss. A Dying One Is a Threat. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Dogs of 8,000 B.C. Were Amazingly Diverse www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/s...
The Dogs of 8,000 B.C. Were Amazingly Diverse
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November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Dogs of 8,000 B.C. Were Amazingly Diverse www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/s...
Scientists discover an ancient landscape – in our own backyard
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Column | Scientists discover an ancient landscape – in our own backyard
Newly discovered patches of ancient landscape have somehow managed to survive without being turned into a farm, forest or subdivision.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Scientists discover an ancient landscape – in our own backyard
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www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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A 47-year-old New Jersey man has become the first confirmed fatality from a severe case of “meat allergy” spread by ticks, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine announced Thursday.
First fatality from ‘meat allergy’ spread by ticks confirmed in N.J. man’s sudden death
The New Jersey man, unaware he had contracted the meat allergy, died hours after eating a hamburger at a barbecue.
www.nj.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A 47-year-old New Jersey man has become the first confirmed fatality from a severe case of “meat allergy” spread by ticks, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine announced Thursday.
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By the mid-1970s, only 200 American crocodiles remained, their habitat largely gobbled up by sunseekers. But hope lurked in the shadows of a nuclear power plant—the same facility built to air-condition the homes that had led to the reptiles’ demise. Read more about this unlikely partnership:
The Comeback Croc - bioGraphic
American crocodiles are booming in Florida, thanks to a little help from a nuclear power plant.
www.biographic.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
By the mid-1970s, only 200 American crocodiles remained, their habitat largely gobbled up by sunseekers. But hope lurked in the shadows of a nuclear power plant—the same facility built to air-condition the homes that had led to the reptiles’ demise. Read more about this unlikely partnership:
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"The Beef Industry Plan doesn’t strengthen the West — it destroys our fragile ecosystems and puts wildlife at risk while treating every ungrazed acre as a missed opportunity to squeeze and extract." oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/12/u...
USDA’s beef industry plan sells out public lands • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Beef Industry Plan doesn’t strengthen the West — it destroys our fragile ecosystems and puts wildlife at risk while degrading recreational experiences like hunting and fishing.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"The Beef Industry Plan doesn’t strengthen the West — it destroys our fragile ecosystems and puts wildlife at risk while treating every ungrazed acre as a missed opportunity to squeeze and extract." oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/12/u...