The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab @GT

A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules

"A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming."

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Finding friends at Fossil Fridays - Technique Last Friday, the Spatial Ecology and Paleontology Lab (SEPL) hosted its weekly Fossil Friday event. This hands-on outreach program invites participants to uncover ancient history,...

🦴Georgia Tech's Fossil Friday was created to build a community centered on hands-on science outreach. Hosted by @sepl.bsky.social, this weekly event is free and open to the public. Learn more⤵️

Geological Museum Join me and make a gift to Giving Day

Please donate to UWY to help continue the excavation of a mammoth specimen at Natural Trap Cave, WY.

www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...

Interested in community-scale trait environment relationships? Check out commecometrics R package by Maria Aleja Materon Hurtado and A. Michelle Lawing! @tamueccb.bsky.social

Also at bdj.pensoft.net/article/1682...

There is time to urge a change to the current #GRFP solicitation ( #NSF 25-547 ): reverse the eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance in the competition.

Feel free to sign and share this open petition:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Feel free to reach out to any of us here at GT if you have questions!

On bluesky: me, @wcratcliff.bsky.social, @benjaminfreeman.bsky.social, @sepl.bsky.social, @seananderson.bsky.social, @digglelab.bsky.social, and everyone else here:
biosciences.gatech.edu/people

Come and be our new Chair of Biology at @gtsciences.bsky.social! We are growing an incredibly exciting ecology and evolution group here at GT and would love a visionary eco-evo minded person at the helm to help us do that. Please spread the word!

biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search

#paleosky

Join our community! Seeking a postdoc jointly supervised by Jenny McGuire (GATech) and Michelle Lawing (TX A&M).
Details here: www.mcguire.gatech.edu/paleontology...

Georgia Tech professors, graduate assistants voice concerns about federal funding cuts Georgia Tech protesters gathered Tuesday to rally against federal funding cuts impacting research and education.

We had a small but mighty protest at GT today! www.11alive.com/article/news...

NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.

“The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said, at a time when top officials have emphasized their determination to curb the incidence of such chronic conditions.”

Georgia Tech College of Sciences and SEPL Stood Up for Science on Friday!

Department of Interior records show that in 2024, the parks received $3.475 billion from U.S. taxpayers. For that $3.475 billion outlay, our national parks in turn put a whopping $55.6 billion into our economy, again according to official government documents. www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/n...

an email from the society for integrative and comparative biology that reads "Attn SICB Members: The past few weeks have been a stressful time in our scientific community, and we want to make our position clear: The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology unequivocally condemns recent attacks on scientific integrity, funding for scientific research, and the importance of broadening participation in science."

This is how you do it.

Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Read their whole email to membership here
mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...

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Fact Sheets

If you want to find out how much NSF money goes to your state, check out these really handy fact sheets: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... -- excellent fodder for op eds in your local paper or to bring to your university administration.

Georgia Tech is searching for an open-rank Integrative Physiologist (broadly defined). We are growing an amazing eco-evo group here and would love to have you come be our colleague!

https://bit.ly/4dx677J

We are seeking an Executive Director for Georgia Tech's Brook Byers Institute of Sustainability! BBISS facilitates sustainability-focused research, with partners on and off campus. Apply yourself or nominate someone today!

https://buff.ly/3Ngonr9

Jenny McGuire ‪Georgia Institute of Technology‬ - ‪‪Cited by 7,645‬‬ - ‪spatial ecology‬ - ‪paleoecology‬ - ‪conservation biology‬ - ‪evolutionary ecology‬

I’d like to join, please.

scholar.google.com/citations?us...

The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab (SEPL) is seeking new Ph.D. students. Check us out: http://mcguire.gatech.edu

Contact me (Jenny: jmcguire@gatech.edu) with a brief description of your background and how your interests intersect with the lab's goals. Info sessions upcoming.