Armin Moczek

Everybody please come visit Wally our resident Titan arum who is about to bloom in the Indiana University Biology Building Greenhouse any day now! You do not want to miss this! And if you really can’t visit check out Wally Cam at iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_fc... for 24h coverage!

A great time was had! Shout-out to Natascha Turetzek for hosting and all who took time to meet with me!

Something rather important happened last week, but I didn’t quite have the bandwidth to let it fully sink in. But no more! I hereby present to the world: Dr. Joshua Allen Jones!

Mentorship at IU leads to published study, career shift for high school senior IU Biology News: Mentorship at IU leads to published study, career shift for high school senior

For all in need of a break, an example of IU Biology at its best, fostering growth, knowledge, and opportunity through the agency of science and science education biology.indiana.edu/news-events/... @iubiology.bsky.social @ncse.bsky.social @drmilks.bsky.social

Our #societyjournal is built on the work of our dedicated Editorial Board. Over the next few weeks, in no particular order, we will introduce all of them to you on Bluesky

Firstly, please join us in welcoming @patrickrohner.bsky.social who joined us this year:

Excited to share our first @iubiology.bsky.social review of a preprint on a new anti-phage defense system
prereview.org/reviews/1519...
Thanks! #PreprintReview via @prereview.bsky.social
@asapbio.bsky.social for the FAST principles and @fraserlab.bsky.social for the inspiration!
#phage
#phagesky

…so short a time, and making many people’s lives much richer in the process. It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to have been part of that journey. @iubiology.bsky.social

Last week something special happened but I didn’t have the quiet to be able to let it sink in. The intrepid Josh Jones defended an outstanding thesis, advancing our understanding of the biology that binds dung beetles and their microbial partners in ways I did not think was possible in….

Dung beetles as models to study the effects of pollutants on development and cognition, pursued by the intrepid Miranda Towse at IU’s Animal Behavior Conference! @iubiology.bsky.social @iu-cisab.bsky.social

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Please all come! Thursday March 6th 3:30 PM Indiana Memorial Union Alumni Hall - you do NOT want to miss this!

Microbiome composition and turnover in the face of complex lifecycles and bottlenecks: insights through the study of dung beetles | Applied and Environmental Microbiology As the influence of symbionts on host ecology, evolution, and development has become more apparent so has the importance of understanding how hosts facilitate the reliable maintenance of their interac...

Also from @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social on the life cycle dynamics of #microbiota (in dung beetles, so lots of microbes, ya) journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

#Hox genes-- not just embryonic patterning! Here's a fascinating look at their influence on adult head structure in dung beetles. From the lab of @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

IU Biology and EEB Seminar Series present Robert Reed, Cornell University, Feb. 28 IU Biology News: IIU Biology and EEB Seminar Series present Robert Reed, Cornell University, Feb. 28

Have you ever wondered how 🦋butterflies🦋 change their color patterns according to seasons? Robert Reed, professor of biology at Cornell University, will discuss “Seasonal Wing Pattern Plasticity in Butterflies” Feb. 28 at 3:30 p.m. in Biology Bldg., A100.

📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8syq

Indiana University Undergraduate students please take note!
@iubiology.bsky.social

Two Faculty positions (Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) at Aarhus University, Denmark. Molecular Medicine and/or Molecular Biology - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet Ledig stilling ved Institut for Molekylærbiologi og Genetik, Aarhus Universitet

We are recruiting two new colleagues at the department of Molecular Biology. Come join us! Denmark is a great place to live, science funding is really good, and the people are nice. Message me if you have any questions

mbg.au.dk/aktuelt/ledi...

Concerned Scientists @ IU (& its student affiliate Advocates for Science @ IU) is organizing a TOWNHALL to discuss how to confront current threats to Science this Wednesday Feb 19, 4PM IMU Stateroom East - all are welcome, whether IU affiliated or not!

Congratulations to IU biology Ph.D. candidate Shefali Shefali on receiving the prestigious American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship! 📷 Pictured below: Shefali with her Ph.D. adviser, Associate Professor of Biology Jason Tennessen.

📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8srl

Biology professor and Bloomington High School science teacher advance STEM learning of human evolution nationwide IU Biology News: Biology professor and Bloomington High School science teacher advance STEM learning of human evolution nationwide

Synergism on all levels, and special thanks to @drmilks.bsky.social and @ncse.bsky.social, you all rock! Thank you!

biology.indiana.edu/news-events/...

North Dakota bill would require inclusion of "intelligent design" in state science standards | National Center for Science Education

How many times do we need to repeat this?! "Intelligent design" is NOT science. ncse.ngo/north-dakota... #KeepDogmaOut #EdPolicy #SciEd

Shenanigans in Iowa's state science standards review | National Center for Science Education

How curious! References to climate change and evolution have mysteriously vanished from a proposed revision for Iowa's state science standards. 🤔

ncse.ngo/shenanigans-...

#EdPolicy #EduSky #ClimateSky

Lovely city & department where I spent 5 formative years

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. We're marking the occasion with a #ScopesSunday post a week. First up, a brief introduction from @aclu.org: www.aclu.org/documents/st...

#ScopesTrial #HistorySky

Two staff members learned that I like to take refuge in our awesome IU greenhouse to collect my thoughts and sometimes eat my lunch, especially in the winter - then they did this for me!

Thanks everyone for welcoming me here. I missed this!