MSU has opened a new space on campus dedicated to the Department of African American and African Studies, which combines form and function to maximize scholarship, creativity and activism among AAAS students, faculty and staff.

This is your annual reminder that any piece of data that matters to you should be backed up in triplicate. My preference: one in the cloud, one on an external drive in a stationary place, and one on the local drive. Friends don’t let friends lose data.

Happy to share my article about being a Black woman in science Tired of persevering science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Whenever they tell you a change is impossible, show them Utrecht. An urban freeway with many lanes can become a green park with a beautiful canal. Instead of a car sewer, the water flows.

Happy to share our new report on virus infection in pawpaw. Decline of unknown cause was seen in some Michigan orchards so it was satisfying to identify this nepovirus infection, even if concerning. MSU Plant & Pest Diagnostics MSU Extension #PlantDisease

Really cool paper published today. Our genomes contain ancient horrors that need to be kept dormant to maintain our health. Very lovecraftian! Niklas Rindtorff might find it interesting! cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

My department is hiring a community ecologist- we’re reviewing applications starting Jan 18th so there’s still time to get your application in! Please RT aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01680

We are hiring a postdoc to bring together collaborators from 3 California institutions and barcode every insect species in the state! …orniaacademyofsciences.applytojob.com/apply/KPBENocM…

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. Via Streetsblog USA usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/pro…

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral vacancy in Virology with @jpc1005, working on two projects: the properties of dicistroviruses and the characterisation of gene expression of plant endornaviruses. 🌿 Apply by 27th January! 👇 jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/38937/

Job opening at UC-Irvine for an endowed professorship in environmental justice! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF07987?utm_m…

#DEVELOPING Severe flooding in the Salinas Valley. The storm has caused the Salinas River to overflow it’s banks and cause several levee breaks along the river flooding farmland. NBC Bay Area nbcbayarea.com/weather/salina…

Some great advice here!

If you are looking for a great resource to teach virus diversity, look at this. "Virus Explorer" will not disappoint your students. #Science #education #teaching #Biology ⏯️media.hhmi.org/biointeractive…

Our latest paper in Molecular Plant Pathology on the role of the plant hormone jasmonic acid in the interaction between Cucumber mosaic virus, aphids, and tobacco . Thank you all Warren Arinaitwe , @jpc1005 , @joshjoyce5 & all co authors🌱😊

Happy to share our latest publication. Hurricane effects on forest structure and C stocks in Dominica. With Benton Taylor Saara DeWalt Dr. Stefanie Whitmire Thanks Ben for getting this done! After April 1 it gets paywalled by the publisher. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Terrible time for Spartans right now.

The last meeting of the @inextvir project is about to take place. Join us on March 30th for this very interesting discussion. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions INRAE UMR1332 BFP INRAE Santé des Plantes et Environnement

Congratulations, @francoismaclot! Great in-depth analysis of the Poaceae virome across a management gradient.