Pam Ronald

Jack Kim and Jill Banfield in a rice field in California.

Today in Nature Communications, a team of IGI researchers from The Banfield Lab and Pam Ronald's labs uncover a new way to reduce #methane emissions from rice by influencing the activity of rice paddy soil #microbes. Read more: https://ow.ly/45j150Y3WsI

If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

Humans have always loved beauty

Wow!

The evidence is clear. Impeach

Scientific ecosystems matter. Thanks for a Good read!

This is the Yellow Throated Toucan that we saw today (it was a bit shy). Which one should be the new fruit loops mascot?

Join the Bordeaux Summer School on Philosophy in Biology and Medicine from June 1-5, 2026. Young researchers will explore interdisciplinary approaches in science. Apply by March 15, 2026: https://bss-philinbiomed.u-bordeaux.fr/en/ #course #workshop

The paradox of immune systems conservation between prokaryotes and eukaryotes - Nature Reviews Microbiology The widespread prokaryotic immune systems, in particular restriction–modification, CRISPR–Cas and defensive toxin–antitoxin systems, are absent in eukaryotes, whereas relatively rare ones, such as Arg...

Aude Bernheim @audeber.bsky.social and Eugene Koonin discuss one of most interesting questions in the field connecting bacterial and animal immunity!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you are interested in using AI to predict and test microbial (bacterial, archaeal) cultivation requirements, please reach out. We are ~waist deep in this already.

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Sustainable Plant Nutrition The Department of Environmental Systems Science (www.usys.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position.

Job opportunity: Join ETH Zurich as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Sustainable Plant Nutrition.
Application deadline: 28th February 2026.
Explore more details at the link. #PlantSciJobs

ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

Don’t touch! Poisonous caterpillar. Acharia horrida

Bare-Throated Tiger Heron.
The most ancient of the still living Heron lines.
And yet so sophisticated a fashion sense: heron-bone tweed.
Makes you wonder what life there was before that is no more, and we'll never see.

Thd Boat-Billed Heron.

The unique beak is used in very traditional Heron ways: Spearing and grabbing. It seems to be more for display than function

In bonding, the male holds the female's beak at the tip and they move, rhythmically together for several minutes. 1/2

Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs

jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...

Broad-billed heron

My favorite today: broad-billed heron

Torch ginger

Tiny, tiny little frog- the size of half my thumb.

Does anyone know the name of this tiny, tiny thumb-sized frog?

Crimson-fronted parakeet

Bare-throated Tiger heron

New birds everyday. Costs Rica is a tiny country but has 2.5% of the world’s #biodiversity.

First time for me to see an anteater. I am sharing my video here for my animal-loving friends.

Yellow beak

Birthday birding! Yellow throated Toucan and a Great Currasow

IGI Researchers Uncover Novel Way to Cut Methane Emissions IGI Researchers Uncover Novel Way to Cut Methane Emissions - Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)

innovativegenomics.org/news/novel-w.... Check out Flor and LingDong’s new paper!

Hello world! I am excited to announce my lab is open at the University of Utah in the Department of Biochemistry. We are looking for scientists at all levels interested in studying host-virus interactions in both bacteria and animals. Come join us in beautiful Utah! (photo is 10 steps from lab)

Flowering apricots

Today in davis California

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." —MLK Jr.

Despite ‘Carbon Neutral’ Certifications, Beef Emissions Can Be Lower, but Never Low Research shows there’s no such thing as climate-friendly beef, despite labels claiming otherwise.

(2/2) … #beef. Systems like #organic or #grassfed generally require more land than conventional #agriculture, resulting in higher #carbon costs per gram of #protein. Efforts to lower emissions must go hand-in-hand with reducing overall demand for beef: www.wri.org/insights/tru...

Steller’s Jay asking “Am I 65 years old already?”