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Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead Singer, Dies at 78 She helped shape the band’s sound in the 1970s, a decade that took the band to new heights.

Breaking News: Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a singer who helped shape the sound of the Grateful Dead in the 1970s, has died at 78.

Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting

I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:

Rake Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer over het verlies vd lijsttrekker van GL-PvdA
Frans Timmermans!

thanks!

Great! May I use it for teaching?

"Onze economie zet immateriële behoeften ten onrechte om in materiële groei"

Na alle 20 stembureaus geteld is de voorlopige uitslag in Wageningen bekend ⬇️

www.wageningen.nl/waar-vind-ik...

How the first animals evolved – a new clue from a tiny relative Meet the choanoflagellates - the microscopic cousins of animals.

I've written a piece about great new article by @thibautbrunet.bsky.social, Chantal Combredet & Mylan Ansel. (www.cell.com/cell-reports... )

theconversation.com/how-the-firs...

Hello! Could you help me advertise this PhD position on seagrass physiology and conservation? Thanks

It is that simple indeed

Good night👋 dear people at #Bluesky🌏🌍🌏
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#Democratic Wins Media

❤️‍🔥BREAKING
In defiance of #Putin & #Orban
protestors in #Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism
This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media
Let’s make it go viral

Evil must not win

Marine microbes are cool!!

Big congratulations Daniel!

Lichen symbiosis never stops surprising

You also no longer have to credit academic work if you use an LLM...

Wat zit er veel ruimte tussen Spanje en Portugal.....

Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too.

Microbes sustain all ecosystems yet they’re nearly absent from conservation frameworks.
The @IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group aims to change that.
Honored to co-chair this global effort.
Great @nytimes piece by Carl Zimmer:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/s...

Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…

I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

We are happy to share our latest work in @nature.com . We study the genomic and cellular basis of facultative symbiosis in Oculina patagonica - a Mediterranean coral remarkable for its ability to survive long periods without algal symbionts. Led by Shani Levy and @xgrau.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eLbaZ

Dit is wel waar. Koraal is niet alleen koraal. Het is is het fundament van een ecosysteem (en van de kustverdediging van veel eilanden)

#SymbioSky #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
the plot thickens 👇 as we all suspected and feared(?), organellogenesis is not straightforward, but rather, well,... a thicket ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Great initiative. Please spread, please donate

Naturekind: Language, Culture and Power Beyond the Human by Melissa Leach and James Fairhead

A new paradigm that integrates human and nonhuman communication and culture.

Melissa Leach and James Fairhead's Naturekind is now available. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#Anthropology #Communication #Culture

Postdoctoral position on methanotrophic bacteria - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Biology - Microbiology, Aarhus University

I'm recruiting a postdoc to figure out how aerobic methanotrophic bacteria oxidise methane in anoxic freshwater sediment environments: international.au.dk/about/profil... Come to Aarhus University in Denmark and work on this 2-year project funded by @villumfonden.bsky.social!

Congratulations Susuma Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi. Happy that sponges get a Noble prize ;o)

correlation or causation?

"rechtsorde"...... als je dit zo ziet zou linksorde een betere term zijn

Come and work with me and @ariannebabina.bsky.social on #Streptomyces evolution and antibiotic production

Origins of a tangled bank: Adaptation and evolution in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces

www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

please repost

Bull kelp with a green seaweed growing along its stipe

Spotted in the kelp forest this week, signs of seasonal shift! By early fall, bull kelp slows and softens. Epiphytes and larger opportunistic seaweeds can “hitchhike,” becoming micro-habitats for invertebrates and microbes. Even at the end of its life, bull #kelp supports #biodiversity.

Postdoc in Microbial bioinformatics

A 2-y postdoc position in my former group at University of Copenhagen is available in microbial ecology and bioinformatics.

See more: employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...

Feel free to contact me if you have questions about the environment.

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