Luísa Tupinambá Jabbur (ʒabuʁ)

Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industry Countries must recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as a key component of tackling the climate crisis, and civil society must help in the defence of such lands against mining interests, Brazil’s minister for Indigenous peoples has said. Sonia Guajajara, a longtime Indigenous activist before being appointed a minister by President Lula da Silva, said: “[Among the goals of the Cop30 summit is] a request that countries recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as climate policy.” Continue reading...

Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister

this was my first time speaking to a crowd of physicists (or non-biologists, even), and I feel like I learned quite a lot. It was also quite fascinating to learn about the biophysics research done in the department! (and admire the Alps outside everyone's windows lol)

I'm terrible at posting but I had an absolute blast giving a seminar at the LIPhy at Université Grenoble Alpes earlier this week, hosted by the great Irina Mihalcescu!

I wonder how my cat rationalizes it when I am out of town for trips

perhaps "ah mother is once more on one of her long hunting trips"

but most likely "that damn idiot got lost again, didn't she"

Candid photo of Zara Weinberg. She has short red hair, bangs and glasses. She is laughing.

The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.

The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.

www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

awww

also, cool plants and animals

I had a great time at #LASC2025, in Maceió! So many amazing talks by amazing people. Featured here: Horacio de la Iglesia's keynote, an explanation on the logo, Giovane Improta and Veronica Arana

No Kings protest kicking off in Washington, D.C. Here’s the view down Pennsylvania Avenue from near the front. Street is totally packed for blocks.

greetings from the polar circle, where I somehow found myself giving a seminar

e que gostoso é ler português de Angola!

unsurprisingly, it turns out that the latest by Agualusa, translated to English as The Living and the Rest, is absolutely amazing

"iiiit's the most wonderful time of the year 🎶 🎄", I say to all the Scandinavians in my life as I try to convince them that they should make (me) pepparkakor

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election

I went to bed happy and woke up happier still

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

que maravilhoso é ser cidadã de um país democrático

noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ult...

finalmente testemunhando os eventos históricos que mereço

eu amo que no Brasil existe trilha sonora pra todo e qualquer momento

Brazil's Bolsonaro guilty of coup charges, court majority decides in landmark trial Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow to the populist far-right movement he created.

contemplating opening the champagne

www.reuters.com/world/americ...

When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.

needless to say I'm a big fan of the latest review by Mingxu Fang (now at OSU), @partchlab.bsky.social, Andy LiWang and Susan Golden!

if you haven't read it yet and you're interested in circadian clocks and/or bacteria, definitely check it out!

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

🇧🇷 ATENÇÃO: STF tem maioria formada para barrar qualquer indulto ou anistia a Bolsonaro, informa a colunista Mônica Bergamo, da Folha.

O entendimento da Corte é que crimes contra a democracia são imperdoáveis pela Constituição, tanto por indulto presidencial quanto por anistia aprovada no Congresso.

Luis Fernando Verissimo e suas crônicas me ensinaram, ainda criança, a amar a leitura. Depois vieram os romances, as cobras... vai deixar muitas saudades.

Now published @natecoevo.nature.com with @annika-nichols.bsky.social, our latest on the evolution of 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 across 𝟲𝟬 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 of cichlid fishes! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social

PhD position available on climate change, cyanobacterial blooms, and human health @ebdonana.bsky.social We are looking for interested candidates, details attached. Please share.. @sibecol.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social @aillimnologia.bsky.social @aslo.org @sil-limnology.bsky.social

this trip to Germany has taught me that DB clocks entrain to local time by non-parametric entrainment #EBRS2025

I am missing you!! Lots of interesting sections and I'd have loved to discuss things with you :( hopefully it'll be easier to travel soon? 🤞

as a prelude to EBRS, we find ourselves in Hamburg having tacos next to a bunker

Annie Hatmaker Explores the Global Diversity of a Pathogenic Fungus - Evolution@Vanderbilt By Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Annie Hatmaker, Ph.D., has spent the better part of a decade studying fungi and their secondary metabolites – small molecules they use to com...

If you’d like to learn more about the project before (or after) reading the paper, check out this press release from
@evolutionvu.bsky.social
www.vanderbilt.edu/evolution/an...

Population structure in a fungal human pathogen is potentially linked to pathogenicity Nature Communications - Genetic diversity between clinical and environmental fungal isolates of Aspergillus flavus is poorly studied. Here, the authors analysed genomic data from a global set of...

Thrilled to share that the final chapter of my PhD with @rokaslab.bsky.social is now out in @natcomms.nature.com 🎉
Read it to find out how population structure impacts pathogenicity in Aspergillus flavus, a fungus that infects humans 🧪
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