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Rapid Adaptation to Road Salts in a Freshwater Microbial Eukaryote https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.11.675700v1
September 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Today 14 scientific societies in #ecology #evolution and #marineScience are publishing the results of a survey that finds negative impacts of federal policies on food security, flood mitigation, infectious disease preparedness, and wildlife conservation: 🧪👩‍🔬 www.firsthandaccounts.org/impacts/2025...
This infographic describes the main results from a survey of members of 14 scientific societies. There is a pie chart showing that both academic (58%) and non-academic (42%) responded to the survey. It lists statistics: 85% of respondents reported uncertainty about the future; 71% reported federal training programs were "very" or "extremely important"; 83% reported negative impacts or irreparable harm on their field of science. There is a word cloud summarizing open-ended responses with the largest words "student research fund federal grant". Eight major themes in the responses are listed: disruption of research with societal important; concerns of closure of the USGS Bird Banding Lab; Early Career Bottleneck; Restricted Freedoms including travel and speech; Decline in Government Efficiency and Expertise; Concerns about Biased/Removed Data and Data Gaps; Concerns about the Ability to Meet Legal Mandates; and From Positive Impact to Irreparable Harm. There are icons for each participating society and a QR code for website and data availability.
August 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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We are excited to announce the SMBE Fellows Program! ✍️

Designed to provide networking and mentorship opportunities to early-career researchers through scientific writing in evolutionary biology for @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social

📆 Aug. 31

🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program
July 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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📣 Call for Proposals: 2026 SMBE Satellite, Interdisciplinary and Regional Meetings

SMBE is calling for proposals for meetings held between Jan-Dec 2026, with competitive funding for actions on important, focused, and timely topics

📅 Deadline Aug 15

📝 smbe.org/guidelines
July 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Mark your calendars #evolution and meet us in Québec City in 2027 for the #SMBE annual conference! Please share widely!
November 21, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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The STEGG-INTERACT Research and Mentoring for Post-baccalaureates program is now accepting applications for our 2025-26 cohort! Application deadline is March 1, 2025. Program runs June 2025 - May 2026 at University of Houston, Rice University, and Texas A&M.
STEGG-INTERACT Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates (RaMP) Program
STEGG-INTERACT Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates (RaMP) Program
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November 14, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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Please share with the soon to be and recent college grads in your life! We're taking applications for our PAID postbacc research program in evolutionary genetics!
uh.edu/nsm/stegg-in...
February 13, 2024 at 3:27 PM