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Call your Program Officer Yes, you. Schedule a phone call. This is the hidden curriculum.

Wondering what you shouldn't say in a proposal? Call your program officer.

Wondering what happened in panel? Call your program officer.

Wondering how the latest federal stuff may affect your proposal? Call your program officer.

Call your PO. 🧪

scienceforeveryone.science/call-your-pr...

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PD ad 2026 — The Lofgren Lab

Hey #fungal26 our lab is hiring a postdoctoral researcher for an NSF funded project in ectomycorrhizal competition. Come find me for more info!

www.lotuslofgren.com/pd2026

1 month ago 22 20 1 0

🌿 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!

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Researchers in the US might be having feelings about writing grants atm-I know I am!

We still need to write them. In this Evolution Exchange, I again chat with Sam Scheiner, who summarizes how to write a competitive proposal.

His advice is gold, and helpful regardless of funder. Pls RT!

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Evolution 2026 meeting logo. Clilp art of a globe and laptop showing a virtual presentation. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Global Meeting Participation.

Evolution 2026 meeting logo. Clilp art of a globe and laptop showing a virtual presentation. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Global Meeting Participation.

SSE is pleased to offer free virtual #Evol2026 registration to all SSE members residing in 152 countries and territories around the world including India, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Request your free registration code today! www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

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NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan

The NSF strategic plan FY 2026-30 is available for public comment until Jan 27. Please make your voice heard! www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

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NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan

The NSF strategic plan FY 2026-30 is available for public comment until Jan 27. Please make your voice heard! www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

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We have reached 10% of our goal and have enough for one travel award! Amazing! Thank you to those who donated 🙏🏻 We aim to raise funds for nine more travel awards. Let’s keep the momentum! gofund.me/c8eaea7df
@ima-mycology.org

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Want to study the genomics of repeated adaptation with data from hundreds of species? New funding for non-Canadians @ grad or postdoc level. Internal competition at UCalgary with very short deadline so please get in touch ASAP!!
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...

3 months ago 61 63 1 1

NSF PDs will be @sicb.bsky.social.

Stop by booth 308 if you would like to sign up to chat with us or catch us in the conference center.

Informal workshop and Q and A session, Sunday Jan 4th from 12:15 to 1:15 in B110/111. #SICB2026.

3 months ago 10 6 1 0
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Please consider donating to this cause. We started this fundraising initiative to help mycologists from low-income countries attend international mycological congresses. The next one is in South Korea 2027. Help us make fungi science more accessible! gofund.me/c8eaea7df

@ima-mycology.com

3 months ago 8 5 2 1

This #postdoc position is now officially advertised: www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-.... #hiring #newPI #CzechScienceFoundation #LFEE

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NSF BIO Virtual Office Hour: Updates from the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences Please join the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences for a virtual office hour on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

NSF will host virtual office hours next week. Please register if you’d like to know more
www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...

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Policy Notice: Implementation of Policy Changes to Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 24-1, Supplement 1 This notice implements several revisions to NSF's Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 24-1.

NSF policy changes - some updates that PIs should be aware of.

www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...

4 months ago 15 23 1 4
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The biodiversity, genomics, ecology and evolution of mushroom-forming fungi - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Mushroom-forming fungi have along evolutionary history and a suite of important ecological roles. This Review highlights advances in understanding of Agaricomycetes evolution and ecology driven by gen...

Everything you always wanted to know about mushroom-forming fungi! Great collab with amazing mycologists. Thanks Laszlo Nagy for leading this effort!

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Image of yeast spotted on an agar plate. Some grow well, others are dying.

Image of yeast spotted on an agar plate. Some grow well, others are dying.

We're looking for a PhD student! If you're interested in #fungal #genomics & #TEs, meiotic drive, or pathogens, please consider applying. The project is about toxin/antidote genes in the human fungal pathogen A. fumigatus. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

5 months ago 21 30 1 1

NSF is open again!

A few comments:

*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.

*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.

*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.

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Opening for a postdoctoral position in my lab We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. Project Ove…

I have an opening for a postdoctoral position in my Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, in České Budějovice, Czechia. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-... #LFEE #postdoc #hiring

5 months ago 22 18 1 1
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Myco-Ed: Mycological curriculum for education and discovery Fungi are important and hyperdiverse organisms, yet chronically understudied. Most fungal clades have no reference genomes, impeding our understanding of their ecosystem functions and use as solutions...

Interested in training students in fungal biology and genomics in your classroom? Myco-Ed is for you!! Amazing educational program supported by JGI and described in journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

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We have a new paper out in Molecular Ecology, led by @devinbendixsen.bsky.social ! Reproductive isolation due to divergent ecological selection is accompanied by vast genomic instability in experimentally evolved yeast populations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

7 months ago 52 26 2 1

I have open position for a postdoctoral research associate in my lab. Additional information and how to apply: tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMUCC...

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I started this #Mycologists Starter Pack, aiming to get all professional fungal researchers on BlueSky in one place. DM if you want to be added.

go.bsky.app/UMrVSsp

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AFGE Local 3403 President Jesus Soriano joined Rep. Zoe Lofgren and AFGE National President Everett Kelley to highlight the damage being done to NSF by the Trump Administration and discuss a letter sent to Congresswomen Lofgren signed by 150 NSF employees
#SaveNSF #SaveScience #FundNSF

8 months ago 26 17 0 2

Congrats, Priscilla!! So great!

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Inspired and overwhelmed after SuilluCamp No.1 - amazing science, nearly 50 attendees, and an outline for a new strategic plan for the International Suillus Consortium. I *could not be* more grateful for this community, or more excited for what we’re building together. Thank you #TeamSlime!

9 months ago 15 3 2 0
Evolution 2025

Late-breaking workshop news! The NSF will be offering an information session to discuss new and ongoing programs and the merit review process. Registration is free. More information here:

www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/pr...

#Evol2025

10 months ago 18 19 0 2
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We are looking for a Postdoc in the LaBella Lab!

Do you love fungi 🍄, genetics 🧬and bioinformatics 💻 - then this might be a good fit for you!

jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/63307

Applications accepted through July 1

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Important and timely work from the Mycological Society of America.

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Tomorrow is NSF's 75th anniversary. 😪

11 months ago 33 17 2 1