Carole Hom

Ouch! Hope you’re ok.

Hiring multiple summer techs to conduct aquatic surveys for native, freshwater mussels as part of a collaborative research project in the Great Lakes region. The position will be based in Rhinelander, WI.
For more information/to apply: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/470...

@johnwares.bsky.social

Text: The Evolution Exchange, a monthly conversation series from the Society for the Study of Evolution. Outlines of cartoon heads with speech bubbles.

💬 In the second installment of The Evolution Exchange, retired NSF Program Officer Dr. Sam Scheiner returns to discuss how to craft a successful research proposal. Watch or read the transcript here: www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolutio...

A record warm winter in the Western U.S. : What does it mean for snowpack, water supply, & wildfire? - YouTube The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 3/2/2026 topic: I'l...

I'll host a short-notice livestream later this afternoon (Mon, 3/2, at 2pm PT) to discuss recent news that winter 2025-2026 was the warmest on record--by far--across the Western United States. I'll discuss snowpack, water supply, and wildfire implications.

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers.

The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

MicroSEA (Microbial Sea Eukaryotes) course is a one-week, field-based summer school to train early-career researchers in the diversity, ecology, and single-cell biology of marine protists. MicroSEA course integrates lectures, field sampling, and lab-based practicals in advanced techniques, such as flow cytometry, microscopy, culturing, and molecular analysis. The main objectives of MicroSEA course are: Fostering a deep understanding of marine protist diversity, ecology and biology; Providing hands-on training in advanced single-cell methods that are not commonly available in university programs; Building participants' confidence in designing and conducting research projects from field to data analysis; Promoting international collaborations and peer networking among students and speakers/trainers. The course will take place at the Station Biologique de Roscoff - SBR (France) - 7th to 12th of June, 2026 (arrival on the 6th, departure on the 13th). 20 participants will be selected, including 10 from EuroMarine member institutes. https://opbc.sciencesconf.org/

Protist lovers: Please apply for a week of rhapsody! Learn by doing:

MicroSEA (Microbial Sea Eukaryotes) course is a one-week, field-based summer school to train early-career researchers in the diversity, ecology, and single-cell biology of marine protists. opbc.sciencesconf.org

#protistsonsky

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📢 Now accepting proposals for the Graduate Research Excellence Grants! These provide evolutionary biology research funds for early and advanced Master’s and PhD students. Applicants must be members of SSE. Deadline: May 18, 2026
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

There's still time to apply to the PREP program at the University of Oregon! Deadline is March 2nd, see below for details.

Rachael Bay does this in the other order: evolutionary genomics lecture course followed by a CURE in the next quarter. She runs group projects so that everyone who took the lecture can be in the CURE.

I should have asked this earlier…. How do you define “large”? In my world, large > (scratches head and picks number…) 300.

What’s your pedagogical goal?

This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)

The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email.

Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved

Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

Opinion | The Human Cost of Trump’s War on Science

Deep, well sourced, moving, and enraging story from the NYT

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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

You would rock the stripey hair too

Fair comparison.

Thanks to @denshoproject.bsky.social for their work to preserve this history.

Dr. Theanne Griffith — Stories of WiN studies molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms for proprioception

Our latest profile is here! Dr. Theanne Griffith (@doctheagrif.bsky.social) studies molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms for proprioception. Follow the link below to listen to our full interview!

www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

#WomenInNeurosciene #StoriesOfWiN

Tune in TODAY (Feb. 18) at 2 pm. #CAwx @weatherwest.bsky.social

Rest in power. May his memory be a blessing.

Wow.

“Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying ‘His color is not mine,’ or ‘His beliefs are strange & different,’ in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation.”

~President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965.

Image: National Portrait Gallery.

Trump's Climate Supercomputer Plans Threaten US Insurance Market: Actuaries A new letter from the American Academy of Actuaries draws a direct line between the planned dismantling of NCAR and higher homeowners insurance costs for US consumers.

The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide.
"Uncertainty carries a positive cost."
www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...

Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…

“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”

Way to devalue my experience.

Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father) Dear Ms Bondi,

This, from @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social, is really perfect. open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...

Shouldn’t be a problem if it’s discussing future work with colleagues, enhancing your scientific network, expanding your stash of potions,… that sort of thing.

You could just show up at Platform 9 3/4 and see if they let you board.

John, I am so very sorry.

Pilgrimage to Tule Lake In September 2025, about 40 people from the Diocese of Northern California undertook a pilgrimage to the Tule Lake National Monument and associated sites. Learn…

Go on a pilgrimage. “You will feel things.” vimeo.com/1134110989

Davis Summer Population Genomics Program Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!