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How can we make scientific spaces more deaf accessible? Our Editorial (go.nature.com/3Q0JSOZ) collates resources & articles by The Mind Hears Ana Caicedo Michele Cooke Megan Majocha, PhD Ahmed Khalifa 🔉🦻🏾 (Moved to Bluesky) Tom Tam & others! #AcademicTwitter

Parents matter when it comes to QTL crosses! Congrats @xiang68698752 on another this weedy rice evolution paper!

This week for PB seminar Dr. Gersony Jess Gersony (she|her) from Smith College will gave a talk! She runs the PLACE (PLant physiology, Art, and Community Engagement) Lab and focuses on plant physiological responses to climate change. Join us this Thur, Nov. 30, 4 - 5 pm in Morrill Rm 222.

We published our first issue 5 years ago today! Plants, People, Planet has come a long way since 2018. Thank you to everyone who's contributed to and supported the journal so far! Here are some of our highlights from our fifth year 🧵👉

Our annual update of recommendations on how to make academic settings more accessible for deaf and hard of hearing academics is out! Spread to allies far and wide! themindhears.org/2024/01/04/new…

Come work with us at UMass Amherst!

Shattering is such a consequential phenotype, but difficult to measure well and so much we don't yet know. Check out our review paper on seed shattering in rice!

Are you a deaf or hard of hearing academic and want to share your perspective on deafness? Sharing our experiences helps reduce our isolation. Thanks to support from NSF The Mind Hears can offer $150 for original posts (750-1500 words). Pitch us an idea! theMindHears.org

Great news! 🎉The Mind Hears has a new look that makes accessing content easier than ever! You’ll find > 55 posts and ~18 profiles capturing experiences of deaf & hard of hearing folks in academia. #disabledAcademics #disInHigherEd #deafAcademics themindhears.org

What works and what doesn’t in making it in academia as #DisabledFaculty? I recently shared my twisty academic disability journey in this post in The Mind Hears. Peer support matters! #DisabledInSTEM themindhears.org/2024/05/01/my-…

Michele Cooke is listed among five scientists who contributed personal stories to the amazing collection of essays in Uncharted, edited by @drsBayar and @gSerratoMarks. #DisInSTEM cupblog.org/2024/06/05/fiv…

Did you know that 16.6% of US federal employees have a disability? EPA program specialist, Andrew Mutter, shares the hiring pathway available to people with disabilities interested in government jobs. Such a wealth of information in this post! themindhears.org/2024/06/13/are…

Congratulations, Xiang Li! Cool parallel evolution story, a shake-up of what we know about the loss and gain of seed shattering, and a nice UMass press release to boot! umass.edu/news/article/r…

Rice gone wild: How humans have inadvertently selected for 'weedy' rice @umassamherst JXB @jxbotany.bsky.social phys.org/news/2024-07-r…

Great work from Xiang Li!

September is #DeafAwarenessMonth! Check out grad student Eric Heinze’s profile where he shares what it’s been like to move from a hearing institution to a deaf one, and back again! themindhears.org/2024/08/28/pro…

The Biology Dept at UMass Amherst is hiring (again!). We have TWO TT faculty positions: Developmental Cell Biology and Plant Biology. Please share and apply! careers.umass.edu/en-us/job/5246… careers.umass.edu/en-us/job/5246… umass.edu/biology/

Come work with me as a #postdoc in beautiful UMass Amherst on dodder pop genetics and adaptation! Join an NSF-funded collaboration with researchers at Penn State and Rutgers. Great plant and evo bio folks at UMass too! Job details and how to apply below. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/…

The Mind Hears is now on Bluesky! Find us at themindhears.bsky.social. We will be winding down activities here on X. Blog posts by and for deaf and hard of hearing academics continue at themindhears.org