T. Mason Linscott
He/him | On the snail trail | Linscottlab.com
Assistant Professor at NMSU
General ecophysiology and gastropod fan.
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottTribal citizens who live and work on their reservation do not have to pay state income taxes, but OK courts aren’t following the rules. Tribes in the state are asking SCOTUS to weigh in.
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottOur lab at Mississippi State is recruiting graduate students (PhD/MSc) to join us in Spring or Fall 2026! If you—or someone you know—are interested in researching evo-devo and comparative genomics of horned dung beetles, check out our site & get in touch! davidsonlab-msu.github.io
- The Linscott Lab at NMSU is looking for new graduate students interested in ecophysiology, systematics, and trait evolution (often in molluscs)! Please reach out to contact me and see more at my lab website (linscottlab.com) and here: shorturl.at/DvUZa.
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottThis is the idealized model of an animal. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like. 🎢⚛️🧪
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottHow to find Evolutionary Conserved Enhancers in 2025? 🐣-🐭 Check out our paper - fresh off the press!!! We find widespread functional conservation of enhancers in absence of sequence homology Including: a bioinformatic tool to map sequence-diverged enhancers! rdcu.be/enVDN github.com/tobiaszehnde...
- Reposted by T. Mason Linscott(4/4) More here: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l... And here: apnews.com/article/supr...
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottAdvice needed: A former student now in industry is asking about pros/cons of doing an industry-sponsored PhD, given the current climate and not getting in anywhere this cycle. I remember there was chatter about this a couple years ago but it's a good time to revive this chat. Please RT.
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- Reposted by T. Mason Linscott🐌✨ Become a snail detective! 🕵️🐚🔍 Join our WinkleWatcher Luisa Kumpitsch on shore 🌊 and help scientists crack the case of snail shell colors 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 with WinkleWatchers. Who knew science could be this fun? ℹ️ www.gu.se/en/news/beco... #CitizenScience #MarineBiology
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottZancolli, @marcrr.bsky.social @agneeshbarua.bsky.social et al. show that venom glands in marine predatory snails evolved via functional divergence from digestive organs, involving gene expression shifts and enhanced secretory machinery. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf095 #evobio #venom #mollusca
- Reposted by T. Mason Linscottohhh it is Not Good how many people think "just buy organic" is the answer to food safety infrastructure being dismantled in the U.S.
- Reposted by T. Mason Linscott"The core strategy is to slow NIH spending to generate surpluses...then use surpluses as justification for slashing the budget...unspent [$] won’t be because NIH doesn’t have good science to spend on [but] because the administration has blocked spending" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottShell formation is happening right here, right now! If you look carefully, you can see the shape of the next chamber emerging faintly in the cytoplasm, a blueprint From here it gradually calcifies Behind the scenes of live observation research #foraminifera #shell formation #biomineralization
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- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottSome more Zammara smaragdina cicada from @casabentbill.bsky.social #invertefest #bugsky #cicadas #nature
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottMy painting TROUT WATER
- Reposted by T. Mason Linscott🚨Today the entire staff of the Institute of Museum and Library services were cut by DOGE!
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottInside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.
- I am thrilled to announce I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at New Mexico State University this Fall! I can't wait to work with some amazing colleagues and students amidst the sky islands of the SW! Woooo more ecophysiology, evolution, and snails!
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- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottBlackfeet tribal members are suing the federal government, saying that Trump's tariffs on Canada violate the Constitution and tribal treaty rights. It's the latest example of tribes flexing their sovereign status to oppose new federal policy. montanafreepress.org/2025/04/07/b...
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottInterested in calculating complexity metrics for 3D surfaces? Please check out our new package 'habtools' and associated paper @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social ! - Paper: doi.org/10.1111/2041... - R package: jmadinlab.github.io/habtools/
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottNSF GRFP Awards by the Year: 2021 - 2074 2022 - 2193 2023 - 2555 2024 - 2036 2025 - 1000 Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US....... @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottThe deadline for the @systbiol.bsky.social Early Career Travel Funds to attend the #Evolution2025 meetings is coming up! (Mar 31). Get your application in soon!!
- Are you an early career systematist needing a little extra funding for conferences this year? Check out SSB’s new Early Career Travel Fund! www.systbio.org/early-career... Deadline is coming up soon - March 31 to accommodate travel for summer meetings such as #Evol2025
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottA recent Executive Order would gut the only federal agency dedicated to America’s museums. The Institute of Museum & Library Services makes up only 0.0046% of the federal budget. Take action now: www.congressweb.com/aam/95/
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottExclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottLungfish xkcd.com/3064
- Reposted by T. Mason Linscott[New Paper] in Ecology reveals deep-sea snails in family Laubierinidae as obligate associates of crinoids (likely parasitic), including first-ever in situ observations of all 4 genera! This relationship was last seen in fossils >200 mil years old! FREE READ: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottConcordance between genomes, fossils, and morphology? With * molluscs *??? Science is healing
- A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottHoly crap. When the Native groups are scrubbing the word Native from their websites, we are in fricking deep trouble. Also **** the UA BOR. That was a cowardly move and they should be ashamed.
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottApply now for SVP’s Futures Award! 🦕 This award ($5,000 USD) is intended to support a summer research experience for current undergraduate students (incl. community colleges) who are Black, Indigenous, and/or members of other racial or ethnic minority groups! Link: vertpaleo.org/svp-futures-...
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottIn a phone call w/ Sen Murkowski HHS Sec RFK Jr vowed to spare Indian Health Services (IHS) from the 10% job cuts proposed across HHS. IHS, the treaty-based fed program that provides healthcare to 2.8 mil Native Americans already has a 30% vacancy rate. alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/21/y...
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottSomething unsual for #MolluscMonday. Caddis larvae with mollusc cases.
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottOne of the most beautiful baby snails I’ve come across. Many gastropods spend time in a life stage knows as the veliger stage, wherein they drift through the open ocean, filtering microscopic prey & phytoplankton. . . #veliger #gastropod #marinesnail #mollusc #blackwater
- Reposted by T. Mason LinscottThe sea butterfly, Corolla spectabilis, a free-swimming marine mollusc.
