Amy LaFountain

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Another website worth checking is the jobrxiv.org which is great for PIs (preprint principles, free to post) and is becoming increasingly popular

Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)

There’s a google doc trying to keep track of funding/grad school admission/hiring freezes & status please share 🧪 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE.

DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.

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ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE)

If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread.

There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.

No job ad yet, but I'll be hiring a postdoc at Purdue in population genetics/quantitative genetics/genomics in plants. DM if you have relevant experience and are potentially interested.

Hi Shayla! We've been using a Biotek Synergy HTX microplate reader for anthocyanin quantification. It works great if you have many samples, but might be a little expensive if all you need it for is UV/Vis. We also have a very old Cary Varian spectrophotometer that still works great!

In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state

The program that changed my life ❤️

Please Repost! We are offering a three-year fully funded doctoral researcher position to study how floral meristem patterning in woodland strawberry, and how it implicates the diversification in floral ground plans in Angiosperm flowers. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsini-...

I’ve spoke to a lot of academics about the NSF funding chaos, but I want to hear from industry scientists too. Is this impacting your work either directly or indirectly?

If so, reach out. DM, email (k_vasquez@acs.org) or Signal (kvasquez.12)

Bright red monkeyflower with four fuzzy cream colored anthers

Erythranthe eastwoodiae, our rare Eastwood's Monkeyflower, blooming in Escalante Canyon. Named for our most famous Colorado botanist Alice Eastwood. These #nativeplants hang off a sandstone wall where an impermeable layer causes water to seep out of the face.

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 30 🌿

YouTube video by Science IRL Gotta save science!

I made this video about action steps you can take to speak up for the NIH 🧪 The comments are nottttt passing the vibe check rn but at least the trolls are driving views:

youtube.com/shorts/sLLh4...

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

A flyer advertising the 2025 Mimulus meeting in Athens, Georgia on June 20, 2025. Registration is free. More info at http://mimubase.org/node/233

Something I'm looking forward to in 2025: the Mimulus meeting in Athens, Georgia! Please spread word to your fellow Mimulophiles!

Alpine Monkey Flower (Mimulus caespitosus)

Your daily dose of botanical drawings by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Alpine Monkey Flower (Mimulus caespitosus) (1904)

In museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., United States of America.

Dimensions: height 26cm, width 17cm.

#woman #artist #plants #walcott #botany

Graduating college seniors - looking for a year long research experience? Apply for the RAMP program @uconn.bsky.social @uconnramp.bsky.social in genomics. Please RT

If you know anyone who might be interested in working as a technician before a PhD, I'm looking for someone to work with me to generate some amazing data to understand the genetics of behavior, sex differences, and reproduction in an evolutionary context. Bonus? Amazing and supportive department!

Please consider helping to get my #MimulusPropaganda on the cover of #FASEB meeting! 🤗 #plantsciences #microscopy 🧪🔬🌾🌸🌱

A close-up of a Dendrobium orchid with three purple and yellow flowers and lots of healthy green leaves is shown. The plant is growing in a greenhouse with blue sky visible through the glass above.

Wishing everyone good health, happiness, and peace in 2025!

Toward an open‐source 3D‐printable laboratory Low‐cost, repairable lab equipment is rare within the biological sciences. By lowering the costs of entry using 3D printing and open‐source hardware, our goal is to empower both amateur and profession...

Really proud of this one. Nothing speaks more true to my sentiments on the value of open source and accessible hardware. Hoping it can be a guide for fellow researchers. Look out for my next collab with @sarraceniamason.bsky.social, hopefully this coming year!

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

This is fantastic, @atinygreencell.bsky.social!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

YouTube video by Science IRL Explore the UGA Herbarium!

Come explore the @universityofga.bsky.social Herbarium with us! I had the best day with Herbarium Director @tmariewms.bsky.social & her amazing team of plant people learning about this incredible collection 🥹🌱🌸

youtube.com/shorts/FRuS3...

#botany #science #plants

Please forward: 2-year post-doc position in the lab Evo-Eco-Paleo (Lille, France) to work on plant self-incompatibility & evolution - email me if interested!

Genetic diversity in locally adapted, weedy, and invasive plants

I have funding available in my lab at NC State for a graduate student interested in plant evolutionary genetics, especially in weeds. Please email me by Dec 20 for full consideration. Details and contact info on the lab website: avanwallendael.github.io/#joining-the-lab

A small green tobacco plant is shown. The farthest leaf has two visible injection sites. Deep purple color surrounds the injection sites in the left, while the site on the right is surrounded by a slighly pale green.

We've traditionally used N. benthamiana for transient color assays in our lab. We recently tried the same assay in N. tabacum and the results are ✨stunning✨! This plant was injected with an anthocyanin-activating R2R3-MYB on the left, and empty plasmid on the right.

The first chapter of my dissertation with @carriewessi.bsky.social is now available as a preprint!! Give it a read if you are interested in learning more about the evolutionary history of an EXTREMELY cool floral type called personate flowers!!

Another fantastic video from @science-irl.bsky.social, this time highlighting the beautiful work by @yangong.bsky.social in developing a stable transformation protocol for Columbine!

My first post here! We’re looking for an enthusiastic plant developmentalist to join our team as a postdoc working on how this wonderful plant builds sexually deceptive flowers. Link here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49334/

Three different species of monkeyflower are seen growing in a simple hydroponics system. The three species are Mimulus verbenaceus, Mimulus cardinalis, and Mimulus parishii. Each plant is secured in a separate 250 ml flask using an orange plastic collar and a foam plug. The plants looks healthy and happy.

We've been growing monkeyflowers hydroponically for the past few months using the design by @atinygreencell.bsky.social. The plants are doing great, and this has given us the opportunity to experiment with some fun chemical treatments! The aesthetic appeal is also a nice bonus!

Dear planty people, what flowers have the coolest patterns on their petals?

I will start: Saxifraga rotundifolia