BREAKING: Moments ago, the governing Council of the AAUP voted unanimously to censure the UniversitySystemofGA for the unilateral action of its admin & governing board to remove the protections of tenure & #academicfreedom from the system’s post-tenure review policy. 🧵

This but for TBE

1. Tomorrow is the 52nd anniversary of a tragic watermark in U.S. history, the government killing of 4 students at Kent State. I just dropped this piece on an important, little-discussed part of that story. It's so critical that I'm also doing a thread inquirer.com/columnists/att…

We are searching for a new postdoc to join our team. Please help spread the message.

My group is looking for a postdoc interested in plant cell wall biosynthesis and biomaterials. PM me for details #glycotime #planttwitter

Symposium call for ASN @ASNAmNat Asilomar 2023 conference!! Have an idea? Accepting proposals *now* through July 1. amnat.org/announcements/… See details in 🧵 or DM! (and RT!)

Global temperatures from 1880-2021. NASA visual using Ed Hawkins Warming Stripes.

I don't know who did this, but I love it.

Join our lab! A 2-year #postdoc position is available in the Devos lab at UGA to work on candidate gene identification and validation in switchgrass and seashore paspalum (and likely some millets too!) devoslab.franklinresearch.uga.edu/post-doctoral-…

Academics taking on new research projects be like

We are thrilled to launch the Rare Plant RaMP Network 🌿🌱🌵🌼. This U.S. National Science Foundation funded initiative will fund eight postbac scholars from historically marginalized groups across four botanical gardens, Atlanta Botanical Garden California Botanic Garden MortonArboretum San Diego Botanic Garden

The German botanist Johannes Karl Albert Winkler, who failed Greek lessons, coined "genome" on the pattern of "chromosome" but forgot the "s": Chromo-some: Color-body (shows up when stained) Gen-ome: Gene-[nonsense suffix] Stick that in your meme-ome

Attention Evolution & Ecology Peeps! Submit your @ASNAmNat Symposium Proposals for SSE/ASN/SSB 2023!! *Due date extended through the end of Dec* **Please RT**

Vaccines work. Despite what thousands of paid Twitter blue checks might want you to believe, vaccines work. ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths-b…

45 climate scientists were asked what we thought of this years' climate disasters. Here are the highlights of what we said (thread) theguardian.com/environment/20…

GlobalAMFungi: a global database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal occurrences from high‐throughput sequencing metabarcoding studies - the final paper is online! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

After 13 years Dinochicken Project has reached a threshold. We know how to initiate teeth, alter skull shape, transform wingtip to a 3 fingered hand, and produce a bony tail. Next and final step will likely have to be on an island, with a generous, intrepid donor!! #dinochicken

Namibia. Wondrous Welwitschia. Hundreds of plants spread across the desert growing in areas ranging from sand to rocks. It has not rained appreciably here for ~ 5 Years

This is my rep. He's an open antisemite.

Congratulations to Dr. Jill Anderson Jill T. Anderson to receiving the Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. news.uga.edu/2024-russell-u…