Carol Boggs
ecology /evolution/ life history/ behavior/ physiology; nature. Using butterflies as a study system.
- Reposted by Carol BoggsAttention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsNSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃
- Reposted by Carol BoggsTemporal variability in demographic rates has been viewed as detrimental to long-term fitness, but a newer idea is that it may sometimes be beneficial. Morris and Doak reassess the conditions necessary for lability to occur. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
- Heredity did a podcast on our paper from Nitin's dissertation! Listen to learn more about the cool results.
- 🎙️ New podcast! We often hear that invasive species are bad for ecosystems they invade, but the consequences can seem fuzzy. We hear from @naikasanuchara.bsky.social and @carolboggs.bsky.social about their study system, where an invasive plant has very tangible effects for a native butterfly.
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- Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social spoke today at #LivingData2025 about journals that disappear from the web. To learn more about his example: the hijacking and fraudulent DOI Assignment of The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, see our BHL blogpost: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2022/10/jour...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsBumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙 Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
- Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains? My lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! 🧪🌍🐙 Apply by Nov 1! Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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- Reposted by Carol BoggsThis is what happens when you give an interview while you're hungry. #TACO #BURRITO #CHURRO #SALSA #ENCHILADA (Also, #economics)
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- Reposted by Carol BoggsFor 5 days straight, NASA scientists will be sharing what cuts to U.S. climate research will mean. They’re answering live questions and refusing to be silenced. This is what #makesciencegreatagain looks like. #standupforscience 📺 Watch the livestream now: 👉 app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/f1a16e...
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- Reposted by Carol BoggsThe program for Evolution 2025 is now live! Talk schedules for both the virtual and in-person meetings can be found here: www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/pr... @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025
- Reposted by Carol BoggsNew from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share! donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsI know NIH is ~5x bigger than NSF but I think the gutting of NSF is getting a lot less than 1/5 the attention— in the news media and in higher ed— compared with what's happened to NIH.
- Reposted by Carol BoggsI was wondering who’s responsible for the ongoing demolition of NSF. Aside from Chief Management Officer Cheatham, whose resignation the staff union seeks, it appears to be 3 DOGE agents: Farritor (23), Terrell (25), and Riley (33). None appear to have any familiarity with scientific research.
- Please circulate to your colleagues, friends and family. The QR code has templates for messaging, and more information. #withoutNSF #saveNSF #supportNSF
- Join us in the evolution tri-societies Week of Action for NSF! Call/write congress, engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding! Scan the QR code on the attached image for instructions and scripts. We must make noise! Pls RT!!!! #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF
- Reposted by Carol BoggsFYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsYesterday, the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook showed us the first glimpse of August & it is not pretty. Neither is July. As for June, it looks rough in the SW. This, with diminished federal response capacity & who knows what with FEMA. Buckle up--you're probably on your own.
- Reposted by Carol BoggsI just got word that this federal transportation grant was terminated today, despite us removing the word "climate" from the title. The moral of the story? Obeying orders doesn't keep you safe with this administration.
- I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
- Reposted by Carol BoggsThere’s some inaccurate NSF information spreading and causing extra panic. New increments on existing awards are paused. But: to the best of my knowledge, drawdown (reimbursement) on existing increments is not paused. ACMS is still accessible. Could change at any moment, though. Please share.
- Reposted by Carol BoggsPause for a minute to appreciate the valiant Program Officers still at NSF, who are doing their utmost to preserve what they can. They’re in the stinking rotting belly of the beast, laboring on our behalf. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ to them
- Well done! but it shouldn't be necessary.
- Last week, the govt dismissed 400 researchers working on the US National Climate Assessment. I was one of them. Today, @agu.org & @ametsoc.org announced they are joining forces to sustain the momentum. It's not a replacement, it's a reminder that science is unstoppable. news.agu.org/press-releas...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsDonald Trump and Elon Musk have left Houston, Tampa, New York and other major cities without head meteorologists just ahead of what will be another busy hurricane season This is straight-up life-threatening malpractice (h/t @lisamjarvis.bsky.social ) www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
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- Reposted by Carol BoggsScience and R&D has traditionally received strong bipartisan support in the US Congress. But the White House is supposedly pushing cuts of 55% (NSF), 44%(NIH), 27% (NOAA), 50% (NASA), 100% (USGS ecosystems). Meanwhile China INCREASED their R&D spending by 8.3%
- Reposted by Carol BoggsAn essential paper, one that will guide conservation and restoration for landscape connectivity at local to global scales. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsMy NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday. I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further. If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
- Reposted by Carol BoggsNEW: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods is (or was) an advisory committee housed within the USDA which provides outside expert advice to advance food safety across the US and across different levels of govt. It was ordered disbanded this afternoon.
- Reposted by Carol BoggsThe National Academy of Sciences Committee on Human Rights, which has been active in supporting the rights of scientists in other countries, has a list of resources for researchers and scholars under threat here in the United States. www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsAdded bonus: You would get to live in the South of France!🇫🇷 🍷☀️ 🧪 www.404media.co/french-unive...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsIn our latest Editorial we discuss the continuing damage being done to US science, and its impact on researchers and the environment 👇 Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsOne month left for early registration and in-person talk submission for #Evol2025! Don’t forget - SSE members get significant discounts on virtual and in-person registration. Check your membership and register today: buff.ly/IadATYh @evolmtg.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Carol BoggsGoosebump producing news this week out of Oregon Health and Science University in the diagnosis of pancreatic CA. They developed a groundbreaking blood test, called PAC-MANN. This new test can find pancreatic cancer in just 45 minutes, even in its earliest stages.
- Reposted by Carol BoggsNEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. propub.li/43487Tj
- Reposted by Carol BoggsUpon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
- Another way to make a difference for science, regardless of your politics. sciencehomecoming.com
- Reposted by Carol BoggsThis is why it is so important that our scientific societies speak out against factual inaccuracies like in the sex EO.
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- Reposted by Carol BoggsRegistration for Evolution 2025 is now open! Come join us virtually from May 29-30, and/or in-person in Athens, GA from June 20-24. @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025 www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...
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- Reposted by Carol BoggsMessage from SSE Council: Supporting our Community and our Mission mailchi.mp/evolutionsoc...
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- Reposted by Carol BoggsAttention Attention Attention If anyone knows clinicians or patients who have knowledge of pediatric patients with the very rare cancer interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS) or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytoc sarcomas please contact Sri
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- Reposted by Carol Boggs1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsOn changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsThe entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsInterested in giving a workshop or special event at Evolution 2025? Proposals are due January 15th! See here for more information: www.evolutionmeetings.org/workshops-an...
- Reposted by Carol BoggsWe're hiring an ecosystem ecologist (open rank) @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social It's a great place to work and live! Lots of opportunities for collaboration including with @kbslter.bsky.social KBS Long Term Agroecosystem Research careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
