Gordon Bennett

MediaToolSupportNSF.docx Letter to scientists and organizations whose progress depends on NSF: We are facing an unprecedented political attack on science. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has begun directing NSF...

With the news of NSF divisions being abolished and more grants terminated, we urge our community to continue communicating with Congress to #SupportNSF and #SaveNSF. Scripts and tools you can use: shorturl.at/i7WfU

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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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Genomic divergence across the tree of life | PNAS Nucleotide sequence data are being harnessed to identify species, even in cases in which organisms themselves are neither in hand nor witnessed. Bu...

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We had a terrific symposium on "evolution of symbiosis, insects, and bacteria" this past saturday, with many former members of the Moran/Ochman lab. I'm grateful to all of them.

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Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 27 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01164-zIn this Review, Kaltenpoth et al. examine the evolution and function of beneficial symbioses between bacteria and their insect hosts, focusing on their effects on the host fitness and the microbial factors that play a role in the evolution of these symbiotic associations.

New online! Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects

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Happen to be in central Texas this weekend, and interested in symbionts &/or evolution and/or insects? #SymbioSky

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Flyer advertising summer INSITE program at UC Merced

If you know undergrads who are still looking for a summer research opportunity (esp with the cancellation of so many REUs) - Our NSF BII INSITE is still taking applications for our summer internship program.

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Host control by Acmispon strigosus constrains fitness gains of ineffective Bradyrhizobium symbionts in mixed infections Abstract. Plant hosts can gain significant growth benefits from symbiosis with microbes, but these benefits could be threatened by divergent fitness intere

Really Excited to get this great work out from Camille Wendlandt and others. #editorschoice
@jevbio.bsky.social‬ doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

We studied associations between Acmispon strigosus, an annual legume native to California, and its nitrogen-fixing symbionts in the genus Bradyrhizobium.

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Fungi are extraordinary at solving complex problems.

Incredible to see their strategies highlighted in @nytimes.com by @alanburdick.bsky.social

The article is a visual journey of what we have been documenting in the lab over last few years with our imaging robot

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/s...

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A dual insect symbiont and plant pathogen improves insect host fitness under arginine limitation | mBio Unlike obligate symbionts that are permanently associated with their hosts, facultative symbionts rarely show direct nutritional contributions, especially under nutrient-limited conditions. This study...

Amazing work led by an amazing postdoc that I just happen to know
@younghwankwak.bsky.social

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Our newest research in @nature.com

We built a robot (!) to track plant-fungal trade networks. By following half a million fungal highways & nutrient flows within them, we discovered how plants & fungi build hyper-efficient supply chains

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📹 @sasaspacal.bsky.social

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