Alex Lando

@bdavisbio.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @gator-pase.bsky.social @scipolucla.bsky.social @pspdg.bsky.social

No kings in Ithaca! @isakoditomassi.bsky.social

📢🍄Job alert🍄📢
The Department of Plant Pathology of the University of Georgia is accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Fungal Biology/Mycology. Anticipated start date of May 2026. Open until filled, so apply now!

www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

YouTube video by Yale University Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Matriculation Ceremony

Impactful matriculation speech for new #gradstudents by @yale.edu Grad School Dean Lynn Cooley on how crucial #SciComm is, with shout-outs to @snapcoalition.bsky.social & wonderful SNAP co-founder Alex Rich.

~23 minutes in: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGv...

Remind me to cook a three course meal when yours comes up

Two years down, three to go! Thanks to a fantastic committee and my even better friends (although two cakes was very unnecessary)

UChicago representation! I always loved working with the organismal bio people at the Field Museum. Good luck and may the tiktaalik spirit guide you @neilshubin.bsky.social

Coming down the home stretch for #McClintockLetters! There is still time to participate.

Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch!

Are you living in or are from #Arkansas? Write to your local paper to share your science: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

Meeting such amazing mycologists at this conference is really making me feel good about the future again <3

Hi, friends! I know @alexlando.bsky.social, @epiplantpath.bsky.social and I will be at #MSAfungi2025. Who else is coming to #Madison next week?!

@msafungi.bsky.social @msastudents.bsky.social

Excellent opinion piece written to your hometown community, Alex!

"And what will we lose if we allow that science to be quietly dismantled?"

#McClintockLetters

JL #586

Even the most politically conservative newspapers will still publish an article on funding science if you make it relevant to their readers! Check out my Letter to the Editor (pg 14) as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative! view.flipdocs.com?ID=10009972_...

U.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapers Through two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op eds have been published in news outlets across the country

What a week!!! First @nytimes.com, and now we are so honored to have the McClintock Letters initiative featured in @science.org ! Let’s keep the ball rolling on public-facing sci comm :) www.science.org/content/arti...

Happy 123rd Birthday, Dr. Barbara McClintock!

Thank you to the #scientists participating in the nationwide #SciComm initiative, #McClintockLettters, that is in her honor.

We are speaking to our local hometown communities about the value of federally funded research, and the impactful work we do.

Hbd to the legend, Barbara McClintock 🎂🎉 Working on the McClintock Letters initiative with @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social + others has been beyond inspiring. Thank you to all 580+ scientists who participated!!!

To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor

How amazing are @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social in the Times?? Happy birthday to Barbara McClintock and what an honor to work on this project in her name! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...

Sign on to the open letter by us over at @snapcoalition.bsky.social! An amazing collaboration of researchers pushing the fight for science with brave new ideas and impeccable communication skills!

Check out our fungi-tastic special issue, full of marvels of mycology — and many articles accessible for free!
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www.cell.com/current-biol...

Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...

Early career scientists, please sign our open letter to call for the preservation of the future of American Science. It only takes a moment to sign to #DefendResearch

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.

The McClintock Letters made it to NBC News! Take a look at ours and the other initiatives we’ve been working with over at @cornellasap.bsky.social to humanize scientists and make our voices heard. Be a part of the movement!

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

🔊 Listen Now: NIH scientists sign Bethesda Declaration to protect biomedical science through Trump administration Here & Now from WBUR on NPR One | 6:30

If you missed the brave and articulate Jenna Norton - one of the hero researchers at #NIH who signed the Bethesda Declaration - on #NPR yesterday, check her extraordinary interview here.

one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...

#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#StopTrump
#KillTheBill

Now or never! If you’re writing a McClintock letter or even if you’re not, please consider signing this open letter!

You can really tell how animated I get when talking about #scicomm

Look at how far this initiative is going! Join us in taking our science home to the people it impacts most! #McClintockLetters

Attend our McClintock Letters Initiative science communication workshop, to get yourself started on writing your op-ed piece! Wednesday, May 21 @ 12:20p ET

Sign up here for Zoom link: cglink.me/2ee/r2286347

Six striking images showcase scientific fieldwork The winners of Nature’s 2025 photo competition braved crashing waves and misty mountains to capture their science.

This is what we fight for. How beautiful is a life as a scientist <3
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

In defense of funding foundational plant science

I’m happy that our commentary is out! (It would be wonderful if this made a difference!)
In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

I had the pleasure of knowing the first author on this paper, Dr. O’Connor, at the Field Museum a few years back, and she is the coolest science person to ever do scicomm. So glad to see this work finally coming out!

Starting local is a fantastic idea! Thats why we’re focusing on the #McClintockLetters. The best way to share science to local communitites is to do it ourselves, so sign up to write one!!!
tinyurl.com/McClintockLettersd

Here’s a shocker: it’s not going well these days.