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Evolutionary biologist in Philly 🧬🐭🥽
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Jordan S. Martin
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I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
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Luca Soldini
15 days ago
Are stick insects unique in their ability to transition to parthenogenesis? Our new review in
@journal-evo.bsky.social
covers intraspecific and hybrid origins, cytological mechanisms, and co-occurence of female-only and sexual populations, with comparisons to other taxa.
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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On the repeated evolution of parthenogenesis in stick insects
Abstract. Female-producing parthenogenesis is widespread in stick insects. It ranges from rare in sexual species to facultative or obligate, the latter som
https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf264
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If you have developed outreach/education resources and want to get the word out—
@sse-evolution.bsky.social
has a deadline coming up for funding to present at an education focused session/conference. Grad students and Postdocs are very welcome to apply!
evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
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Thomas Henry Huxley Award
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
6 days ago
Ooh, now with fancy flyer. Zoom link
usc.zoom.us/j/96588553185
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Daniel Swain
11 days ago
Attention 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/...
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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻
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ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement. "I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish. Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature. Minneapolis, MN
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Rabih Alameddine
15 days ago
Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961
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Molly Przeworski
20 days ago
Registration for the 2026 NY Area Population Genetics meeting is now open, at
events.simonsfoundation.org/e0mEoL?rt=8k...
. Registration is free but required; if you are submitting an abstract, note that the deadline is *January 30th*.
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Molecular Biology and Evolution
21 days ago
@phiferrixey.bsky.social
Ward &
@katyamack.bsky.social
investigated wild-derived strains of house mice from different climates on standard and high-fat diets, showing the potential of alternative splicing for adaptation and plasticity. 🔗
doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf332
#evobio
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Alternative splicing contributes to plasticity and regulatory divergence in locally adapted house mice from the Americas
Abstract. Alternative splicing is a major driver of transcriptome and proteome variation, but the role of alternative splicing in regulatory evolution is o
https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf332
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Mitchell R. Vollger
22 days ago
I am hiring a staff bioinformatician for my new lab at the University of Utah! Please consider applying if you are on the hunt:
employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-ci...
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Jobs | University of Utah
Founded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. Uni...
https://employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-city-ut/research-informaticist/8FFEE8A533D84DD2B6FAECAD354F7851/job/
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Chris Sutherland
about 1 month ago
We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):
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DrArchivalGenomics
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NSF announces organizational realignment
https://www.nsf.gov/od/updates/nsf-announces-organizational-realignment
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George Matsumoto
about 1 month ago
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Marine Scientist Position – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), full-time, permanent Marine Scientist position based in Panama. Application review begins February 15, 2026 (open until filled). Early-career researchers are strongly encouraged to apply.
www.stri.si.edu
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute was founded with the purpose of increasing and sharing knowledge about the past, present and future of tropical ecosystems and their relevance to human welf...
https://www.stri.si.edu
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HHMI
about 1 month ago
Rising undergrad junior or senior? Last chance to apply! Applications close TOMORROW, Dec. 22, 11:59pm EST. 🧪 Our 9-week summer research experience includes hands-on lab work, a generous stipend, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists. Learn more & apply at
bit.ly/CechFellows
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
about 2 months ago
We have 526 scientists signed up for spring semester. We try to get that to about 1000 scientists before unleashing the teachers on the database. Wanna connect a class of kids with science this spring? Sign up!
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Sam Price
about 2 months ago
🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration
apply.interfolio.com/179070
I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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Laura Bassett
about 2 months ago
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
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Dave Baltrus 🦦
about 2 months ago
Live thread of the NSF biology virtual office hour: 🧵
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Chris Balakrishnan
about 2 months ago
A good time for a reminder that the BIO Directorate will hold a Virtual Office Hour on Thursday
www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...
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The winning cookies from our lab party
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Dr. Arun Sethuraman
about 2 months ago
I’m so speechless at this meaningless cruelty and disrespect for the best of our citizens who often had to QUIT TENURED JOBS to serve our country instead. Way to make us great again I guess 🤬
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Sara Branco
about 2 months ago
NSF policy changes - some updates that PIs should be aware of.
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
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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.
https://www.nsf.gov/policies/document/pappg24-1-supplement-1
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Ian Petrie
about 2 months ago
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Ted Morgan
about 2 months ago
The new Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) Program page is posted. Please contact us at
[email protected]
if you have questions.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Enabling Discovery Through Genomics (EDGE)
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/edge-enabling-discovery-through-genomics
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Shematologist, MD
about 2 months ago
Practice changing plenary
#ASH25‼️
Iron is hypothesized to feed infxn & IV iron often avoided in that setting. >85k people hospitalized w/5 most common bacterial infxns, compared those who recvd IV iron to those who did not. 🩸greater hemoglobin increase 🩸lower mortality at 14 & 90 days
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
2 months ago
The UC Davis Ecology and Evolution in Working Landscapes REU provides undergrads with research experience in ecology and evolution in natural and managed landscapes. Apply now through Feb 15 via
etap.nsf.gov
Contact me or
@clhom.bsky.social
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Ecology, Evolution, and Working Landscapes
https://ecoevoreu.ucdavis.edu
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California Academy of Sciences
2 months ago
It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
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Sung-Ya Lin
2 months ago
So excited to see my PhD work finally being published!!! It was such a pleasure working with a great team!!!
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Mia Levine
2 months ago
How to keep in step when your (protein) partner speeds up… Here we investigated the adaptive remodeling of a protein-protein interaction surface essential for telomere protection. Congrats to whole team!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Rapid compensatory evolution within a multiprotein complex preserves telomere integrity
Intragenomic conflict with selfish genetic elements spurs adaptive changes in subunits of essential multiprotein complexes. Whether and how these adaptive changes disrupt interactions within such comp...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv0657
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Christina de Bellaigue
2 months ago
What an amazing offer!
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Liz Mandeville
2 months ago
I'm recruiting a new master's student for fall 2026 in my lab at Northern Michigan University
@bionmu.bsky.social
! Students with interests in evolution of freshwater fish are encouraged to apply. Please see our lab website
lizmandeville.github.io
and the attached advertisement for more information.
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Mandeville Lab
Fish are so delightfully weird. We study the evolutionary genetics and ecology of freshwater fishes, plus a few more things, at Northern Michigan University
https://lizmandeville.github.io
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Jo Rhodes
2 months ago
Fungal friends: The University of Minnesota is hiring a tenure track medical mycologist, with emphasis on emergence of pathogens, genomics and evolution!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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New Assistant Professor: Tenure Track - Fungal Biology/Medical Mycology - Minneapolis, Minnesota job with University of Minnesota - Medical School | 12848307
About the Job: The Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute on Infectious Diseases (UMIID) at the University of Minnesota Medical ...
https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12848307/new-assistant-professor-tenure-track-fungal-biology-medical-mycology/
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)
3 months ago
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Sandra L Lester
3 months ago
I’ve been a semi vegetarian for 32 years because of climate change. A NZ study discovered that the better your diet is for your health AND the planet, the higher the cost. Same here in Canada. But why? Is it due to the beef and dairy industry subsidies. Can we change this?
#CdnPoli
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Cost and greenhouse gas emissions of current, healthy, flexitarian and vegan diets in Aotearoa (New Zealand)
To compare the costs and climate impact (greenhouse gas emissions) associated with current and healthy diets and two healthy and environmentally friendly dietary patterns: flexitarian and vegan. Modelling study Aotearoa (New Zealand). The ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8258060/
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Elaine Luo
3 months ago
My department (Biological Sciences) has opened a tenure-track position! This is a broad search, with some preference for ecology/evolution/environment, but any and all research foci in biology are encouraged to apply! Review date is Dec 15th.
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
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Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
https://jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
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Dmitri Petrov
3 months ago
We have 115 people signed up already for BAPG! Great representation across career stages too. If you want to attend don't forget to sign up. It is free but required.
@sophiejwalton.bsky.social
and I are looking through the wonderful talk submissions and will announce the talks shortly. Stay tuned!
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB)
3 months ago
Our lab from @HHMINEWS & @UCBerkeley is looking for undergrads to come for an internship!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
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Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
https://www.hhmi.org/programs/cech-fellows
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Chris Ingraham
3 months ago
JAMA study: NIH grant terminations disrupted 3.5% of active clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 patients and resulting in a $1.81 billion funding loss. More than 115 active cancer trials were disrupted.
www.ajmc.com/view/nih-gra...
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NIH Grant Terminations Disrupt 1 in 30 Clinical Trials, Impacting Over 74,000 Participants | AJMC
Infectious disease was hit hardest by funding cuts to NIH grant for clinical trials that did not align with the Trump administration's priorities.
https://www.ajmc.com/view/nih-grant-terminations-disrupt-1-in-30-clinical-trials-impacting-over-74-000-participants
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Aaron Ragsdale
3 months ago
Wisconsin Evolution is accepting applications for our Seminar Series' Early Career Scientist Award. Come share your evolution research and visit UW-Madison's evolution community. Open to grad students and postdocs (<5 yrs post PhD) from outside UW-Madison. Apply by Dec 15th here:
shorturl.at/4a4O6
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Early Career Scientist Awards 2026
Application to the UW-Madison Evolution Seminar Series - Early Career Scientist Awards.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/XUfKVvmsqNC4tAAo9__;!!Mak6IKo!PMlydX51GvgAXaKaMmgFG3gtBS61lwBD7hNWvCz9fQ2sIOOTg4b0RONGdiQm3PkMl112As2RqIP43umxhFzXSKfL456KCs8OOo3t6Q$
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kottke.org
3 months ago
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. “The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emission. You can make a pretty immediate impact.”
[nytimes.com]
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/climate/iowa-city-free-buses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U8.ikg9.G_8g-6-gYeyM
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Catherine Sheard
3 months ago
Anyone looking for a Australia-based postdoc? Like animal behaviour / coding / birds? My fantastic collaborator, Iliana Medina, is advertising a position researching bird nests:
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
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Research Fellow in Behaviour and Ecology
Role type: Full Time; Fixed Term for 2 years Faculty: Faculty of Science Department/ School: School of Biosciences Salary: Level A: $87,266 - $118,416 (PhD Entry Level - $110,319) plus 17% super Colla...
https://unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_External_Career/job/Parkville/Research-Fellow-in-Behaviour-and-Ecology_JR-005828
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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩
3 months ago
Don't miss out on our free virtual symposium (Dec. 12th) focused on microbial metabolites and their effects on the host. Sponsors:
@amiposts.bsky.social
, Pendulum, & Liv (
@zymoresearch.bsky.social
) Registrants will receive free memberships to Applied Microbiology International. Details below 👇
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District
3 months ago
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
https://neorsd.medium.com/what-tom-hollands-historic-lip-sync-showcase-taught-us-about-stormwater-management-9dead8680143
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Dr. Jennifer Wade
3 months ago
Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you:
www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
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Resumption of Operations at NSF
Information for NSF staff and the research community regarding the agency's resumption of operations after a lapse in appropriations.
https://www.nsf.gov/resumption-operations
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Morgan Carter
3 months ago
We are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor. Apps reviewed 12/15. Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci
🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
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Li Zhao
3 months ago
Our NY area population genetics meeting is back and "upgraded", as Simons Foundation
@simonsfoundation.org
generously agreed to host. Please save the date: March 9, 2026. Look forward to seeing many of you from NY and beyond.
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Molly Przeworski
3 months ago
SAVE THE DATE: the yearly NY Population Genetics meeting will be back on March 9 2026, generously hosted by the
@simonsfoundation.org
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Claus Wilke
3 months ago
My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, broadly defined. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have.
apply.interfolio.com/177547
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Aylwyn Scally
3 months ago
Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
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Faculty Position in Computational Biology
Applications are invited for an Assistant/ Associate Professorship in Computational Biology to commence on 1 April 2026 or shortly thereafter. This is a joint post between the Department of Applied
https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty-position-in-computational-biology-le47769
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Dr. Arun Sethuraman
3 months ago
Hi Bluesky community - I'm teaching computational genomics again in the Spring term; always happy to have auditors or folks Zoom in. Just have your students email me for deets.
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