It's been busy and super overdue (4 weeks late) but... I am happy to share that my #PhD journey is complete as I continue my academic career as a #post-doc. 😊 I'll be studying (a)biotic drivers of chemical diversity in Salicaceae at a global scale. How exciting!

Hi! We are looking for a post-doc to work with us in #plantchemicalecology! Please see details in the link: www.volflab.com/news/postdoc... Applications due on June 25!

Ramping up for field work season with new toys to play! We have lots of VOC samples to collect from willows and poplars in CZ, Minnesota, and Alaska this summer. We are working with our local IT specialist to create sensors (in-house) to collect environmental data along with VOCs. How exciting!

For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵

🦎 Are you a master's or PhD student ? 🎓 The 2025 Graduate Researchers Award will provide 💰 2x€5,000 prizes highlighting research and discovery in biodiversity informatics by graduate students whose studies rely on GBIF-mediated data. 🧬 Learn more 🔗 gbif.link/gra-2025

Thrilled to share that this paper is out now in Development! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

(Please help spread the word!) Post-doc opportunity to work with Petr Klimes for a motivated candidate to apply with him for PPLZ postdoc fellowship in the Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice (for two years, assumed start if funded around July 2025 for 2 years).

Cool new paper on Pierids of the genus Eurema s.l. and how it spread over the tropics worldwide: doi.org/10.1111/jbi.... And for me just a way to slip in this cool Eurema novapallida I saw in Thailand last october!

So happy to share our work investigating the diversification, their biogeography, and taxonomy of grass-yellow butterflies which was just published in Journal of Biogeography! What once started as a master's thesis during my BS/MS days in City College of NY is now finally seeing the light with 1/2

Once, in Gorongosa NP, I thought that I had found Halucinogenia, a near-mythical Cambrian animal with spikes on its back. The creature turned out to be a caterpillar of Acridotarsa melipecta who lives as an inquiline in the colonies of the termite Schedorhinotermes lamanianus. Still cool, though.

Happy to share we have a new postdoc position in "Biogeography of genetic diversity changes or Macrogenetics" at @utu.fi to work on large-scale patterns of genetic diversity using Lepidoptera= moths and butterflies 🦋🦋 Applications are open until March 10! ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkij...

Due to current news, I will be playing this song on repeat 🙃 youtu.be/w3NyycHR3fE?...

This does away with awards based on underrepresentation, student support services based on race, scholarships, etc. Let me explain, pre coffee (wrote this morning, no time to update, you're getting a cut n paste), why this is a bad idea. 🧵 www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE) If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread. There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.

Excited to share our publication in #Oecologia! Here, we study how seasonal turnover affects intraspecific variation in leaf traits and specialization of insect herbivores associated with 6 local Salicaceae species in CZ! dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004...

From reddit: a letter from a postdoc who survived the Bolsonaro years. This is helpful framing for how to science in this administration. 🧪 www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...

Despite having lived/worked outside the US for more than a decade, I am still very moved by the massive destruction of the US's research sector. This+NIH cuts will induce a huge brain-drain out of the US. So many jobs will be lost. Innovation potential will be lost. www.science.org/content/arti...

Please excuse my french sign on my desk - but do turn your attention to my Phylliidae patch that I finally remembered to bring to CZ from NYC! Courtesy of Royce Cumming and friends 🥺

A postdoc opportunity to work on Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) functional genomics with me, @jadrankarota.bsky.social and @chriswheat.bsky.social in Lund, Sweden. We aim to leverage the amazing amount of data being generated by @projectpsyche.bsky.social and DToL projects. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Despite chaotic times, I wish you all a happy chinese or lunar new years! This year is the year of the snake 🐍.

I am so sorry to everyone affected by this. I am at a loss for words. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

This is the cowardice of The New York Times. Legacy media is failing.

Hoping that the world will get a Vine/Tiktok alternative without all the political drama! So excited to explore Bluesky videos 👀✨

this video is the epitome of the American experience and how I am currently feeling these days with our current news while entering 2025 😵‍💫

Ummmmmm….uhhhhhhh Wuh?? [ #frog #frogs #frogmeme #frogmemes #froge #silly #funny #pondhq #frogart #art ]

My supervisor is opening a call for potential collaborators to explore global trends in phytochemical diversity (via metabolomics) in Salicaceae! If interested, for further details, please see in the link below~ Please spread the word - we would appreciate it! ☺️ www.volflab.com/news/explori...

Hi bluesky folks~ My introduction is due! I'm Jing, a PhD student and soon-to-be Post-doc in Biology Centre CAS with Martin Volf . I study drivers of chemical diversity in Salicaceae (+some tropical groups) in response to a/biotic factors. I also dabble in butterfly research. Feel free to reach out!

✅ Do you use R or Python? ✅ Are you an ecologist/biologist? Then you might find our website ALA Labs useful! ALA Labs is full of how-to articles to visualise or analyse biodiversity data. Some are for beginners, others are advanced/experimental 😀 labs.ala.org.au 🧪🌏 #rstats #python #quartopub

There is still time to apply for this wonderful #PhD opportunity to work on #plant-insect interactions and #chemicalecology with us! The deadline is on December 9!

2 New #PhD positions in my institution to study #biodiversity and interactions #ants and #beetles in the tropics!

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One week left to apply! We are still looking for PhD students 👀✨Please spread the word!

I made one! I’ve realized when going to conferences that graduate students and early career professionals in the wildlife world are constantly communicating and will be working together later down the road. LMK if you want to be added, I def missed folks! go.bsky.app/FFFHs9U

my back while sitting at my desk, sorting caterpillar morphotype photos Pictured here: Trichopteryx carpinata (Geometridae)

I want to follow more Asian EEB scientists but I’m drawing blanks. I know there are so many more us out there. Please repost (re-skeet?), make suggestions, or proudly ask to be added!! 🧪 🐟 🦎 go.bsky.app/E1ppJra

Hey Lepidoptera folks, here’s a Starter Pack of Lepidopterologists! If you want to be added (or removed), just @ me with your favourite: #buttetflies? #moths? go.bsky.app/U3HPgpW

A valuable thread from @charliejgardner.bsky.social, but i don't think it's this clear cut. While scientists can do important work taking overy political positions, those who don't may be more effective at communicating to people with very different views who are key to reach. Both are needed.

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Reposting since we have an influx of bluesky fellows! We are looking for 2 PhD students to study global trends in #phytochemical diversity and #plant-insect interactions! Includes really cool fieldwork opportunities (Czech Republic, Minnesota, Japan, Cameroon, and Panama)~ Deadline is on December 9!

Our lab is looking for potential PhD students to study global trends in phytochemical diversity and plant-insect interactions! Spread the word! Feel free to message me to talk about it~ www.volflab.com/news/we-open...

coming down to the wires on #LGBTQSTEMDay to share a little starter pack of QPOC EEB scientists!! help grow this community and nominate your fave QPOC EEBer! CCmment/DM if you'd like to be added, I would love to connect :) go.bsky.app/S5fpXWm

„Another toxic lab: Akito Kawahara, entomologist at U Florida and director of the Florida Museum's McGuire Center“ by Michael Balter michaelbalter.substack.com/p/another-to... 🧪🎓🦋

Our lab is looking for potential PhD students to study global trends in phytochemical diversity and plant-insect interactions! Spread the word! Feel free to message me to talk about it~ www.volflab.com/news/we-open...

#laufey and #beabadoobee's a 'A Night to Remember' and their MV: 💃🕺🌃✨ me: i'm sure this song describes every dog or cat encounter at the dumpster fire at 4am

I’ve come to realize the gravity of wrapping up my PhD and planning the next steps are hitting me like a bus these past few days. I’d rather just have the bus instead.🥲

I'm excited to share some work I did at the tail end of my Ph.D. (yes, literally during the same week of my defense ) on the current knowledge around drivers of monarch butterfly declines...(1/4) doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

It has gone full circle with #Youtube's anti-adblock blocker. In addition to #AdBlock to stop unbearable, unskippable ads, what do I have to download to block the anti-adblocker pop-up? Youtube ain't getting a damn cent from me.