Karolina Heyduk

oh good i was worried it was white supremacy and capitalism

🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics!

My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026.

We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems.

#Postdoc #EcoEvo

Pls RT!

Don't worry I saw all the cakes right away 😂

Graph of award probability of R35 and R01 from NIH factbook as a function of review rank percentile. As is apparent, 2025 is a significant departure, with lower award probabilities at all scores <40 and significant departures from norm, where even being in the top 10% is no longer a nearly certain indicator of success. Data source: https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/report/302

The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted.

What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards.

Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.

I need you to tell me about this cake

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

OK I thought about it tho

dunno shortbread is a pretty good contender

Our fabulous lab tech just accepted her dream internship position and it's making me so so so happy. What a nice spot of bright science news!

Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.

But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.

It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:

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An unconventional Rubisco small subunit underpins the CO2-concentrating organelle in land plants In many algae, photosynthesis is boosted by biophysical CO2-concentrating mechanisms, which pack the CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco into liquid-like organelles called pyrenoids. Engineering C3 crops with a...

Our work on #hornwort #pyrenoids is finally out in @science.org! 🎉 We uncovered how hornworts pack their Rubisco into pyrenoids and successfully recreated them in Arabidopsis. A key step toward engineering more efficient photosynthesis in crops @btiscience.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A billion dollars a day to commit wholesale slaughter, not a single fucking penny for health care. America, 2026.

**screams**

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So... A friend was supposed to give a PURELY SCIENTIFIC talk at NIH within the next couple of weeks and it was cancelled because of a "new process" where all speakers/talks have to be CLEARED BY A POLITICAL APPOINTEE.

Lol no. Just unpleasant strings of consonants.

Skyclub hard boiled egg returning me to life right now 🫠

My mom learned English as an adult and we would tease her when she said "fishes." She was so delighted when I one day told her that sometimes her usage of fishes was actually correct!

I think our season is already over! 😭

Enabling Fieldwork for All (EFFA) Framework: Supporting physical, social, financial, and psychological safety in the field Comprehensive review of fieldwork safety literature across disciplines yields synthesized recommendations.

Excited to share a new paper written by a AAAS Policy Fellow I mentor, Dr. Lisa Walsh.

“This review synthesizes literature on fieldwork safety across scientific disciplines, highlighting four facets of safety for leaders and researchers to address: physical, social, financial, and psychological.”

The president of the uni, opening an email with hopes that we are staying warm while watching UConn athletics and "supporting..our coaches," all while staff face looming cuts, is a wild choice.

I simultaneously want to be back home, but also not, because *waves vaguely at everything*

after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.

Square graphic featuring a close-up pink and purple flower background. The Botanical Society of America logo appears at the top. Centered text reads “BSA Impact Award” and “Deadline May 1, 2026.” A description states that the award honors a BSA member, group, or institution for impactful work that builds a more inclusive and engaged community in botanical research and education, including efforts that influence practices and policies or expand access to knowledge and resources through research, teaching, or outreach. A link to www.botany.org/home/awards.html appears at the bottom.

Nominations are open for the BSA Impact Award!

This award honors a BSA member, group, or institution whose work expands access, strengthens community, and improves practices in botanical research and education.

Nomination Deadline: May 1, 2026
Learn more, here: botany.org/home/awards/...

I let out an audible gasp.

What in the absolute fuck.

There's a dark, dark, history of this. Of forced sterilization.

I am so, so sick.

🚨Two fully funded PhD opportunities in Australia!

Improving C4 photosynthesis in vegetation models.
Supervised by Dani Way (ANU, Canberra) and myself (UTS, Sydney).

1. Lab- and field-based project at ANU – see flyer below

2. Modelling project at UTS – www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🤩 perfect no notes

HOW DARE YOU

$300 Million in jet planes lost to a fuckup.

That’s 83 five year NIH R01 grants burned in minutes due to error, aka poor execution of this unnecessary war which serves only to make the world more dangerous.

I'd like to remind everyone that CAM has evolved as many if not more times than C4. There are entire biomes where CAM is dominant. If you like tequila, or pineapple, or your pretty orchid you got at the grocery store, you can thank CAM.

Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk. Or CAMtalk as it were.

How do you write a thing about photosynthetic pathways and not mention CAM. How.