A personal favorite, long time in the making. Adelina and David (@dduneau.bsky.social) were instrumental in getting this done. doi.org/10.1186/s129...

The very hungry caterpillar became a fluttering butterfly uniofbrighton-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/univers...

The annual meeting of the Portuguese Society for Evolutionary Biology will be in beautiful Bragança, on December 18 - 19. Save the date and "vinde" !! enbe2025.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt

Nada é por acaso, o objectivo deste governo é arrasar com o SNS até que tudo esteja nas mãos dos privados que financiam campanhas, "spinumvivas" e lhes arranjam tachos. Nem que morram velhos ou novos à porta dos centros de saúde. E nos OCS o "caos" do tempo do Costa passou a "constrangimentos".

E depois digam lá que não vivemos MESMO no Absurdistão...

Sarota acantus! 😍 Extremely cute butterfly we spotted one afternoon in Costa Rica - a male (note reduced front legs) metalmark butterfly (family Riodinidae) - one of several fluttering about a plant at chest height - a pleasure to photograph!

Interested in pursuing a PhD to study the epigenetic functions of the meiotic synaptonemal complex? This research position offers an excellent entry point! The application deadline is 15 September. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/365827

Wow Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions ki.se/en/about-ki/...

We are looking for a new @thembauk.bsky.social Anne Warner Research Fellow (5 year post) to develop an independent research group in the area of cell and molecular biology of marine organisms here in #Plymouth 🔬🦠🧫🧬 mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing....

😮 (can one be simultaneously established and anti-establishment? asking for a friend.)

expliquem-me como se eu tivesse 6 anos qual a razão legítima para um político não querer ser transparente na sua declaração de rendimentos e interesses.

(2/2) 🦋 Read more to see why the authors suggest that a high number of short chromosomes = more recombination per base ➡️ faster sequence evolution. 👉deep dive: bit.ly/3TIXLSU This could supercharge adaptation and accelerate population divergence. #Genomics #Evolution #Butterfly #Chromosomes #Atlas

Small butterfly, many chromosomes

What every initiative like this says is "we underinvest in science or suck in some other fundamental way so have to bribe people to come here." A+ formula for developing a research ecosystem.

This !

2025, records de temperatura para junho atingidos em portugal e na europa. curiosamente tb é o ano do alargamento para 8-oito-8 faixas da auto-estrada para a costa de caparica. #éstrumpistaenãosabias

Ongoing academic jobs lecturer in ecology or genomics level b and c at Monash University, Australia careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... Deadline 7th August

Job alert! We have a postdoc position available in the Stelkens Lab at Stockholm University. Join us and apply experimental evolution and comparative genomics in the model system yeast to test for parallel climate adaptation. Apply through this link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 15 August.

Very excited to say that we are seeking an Assistant Curator to join our entomology team! 😁🪲 For full details on this 2 year fixed-term post, head to our website: ➡️ careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783 #Entomology #InsectCollection #EntoJobs #MuseumJobs

I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you! Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs 1yr FTC, remote in the UK job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages. ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-biodiversity-research-using-genetics #job

New lab's pre-print on immunity & pigmentation pattern formation. 🦠🦋

Come and be our colleague at Monash, there can’t be any better place! ;) Two ecologists: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... One genomics: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…

🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies 2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ. Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct. Details: christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com

Schrödinger’s nuclear program: it is both completely destroyed and must be surrendered.

Brace! showyourstripes.info/c/europe/por...

É este o "problema de segurança" que o governo quer resolver com urgência, pois?

Assim, a ideia de 24 dias de férias para todos fica arrumada na gaveta durante 15 anos. Queres mais férias? Tens dinheiro e compra. És pobre por que o patrão paga mal, trabalha mais

Students (Master's/PhD), do not miss this fantastic Developmental Biology course of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @institutcurie.bsky.social - It is FREE and open to international students, however, room and board + travel are not included. training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...

Soldiers in golden bottoms <3

Depois de 8.3 mil milhões€ públicos terem salvo o BES/NB, a Lone Star, com um investimento residual e sem risco, encaixa 6.4 mil milhões€. NB e ANA são, definitivamente, os maiores roubos da nossa democracia, concebidos por criminosos que nunca serão julgados nem condenados.

How many proteins are in the human body? Excellent question! At least 20,000. But maybe 30,000? Maybe more? Here's my story about scientists exploring the hidden world of microproteins, and what it may mean for the future of medicine. nyti.ms/3HEPQTY 🧪

The new LepEU website is looking great: lepeu.github.io 🦋🧬 #PopulationGenomics #EuropeanButterflies #COSTaction

I hope this reaches Portugal's Higher Education decision makers.

Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies... 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

O de sempre.... ☹️ www.publico.pt/2025/06/07/c...

Aberto mais um concurso para Prof Auxiliar na área da Biologia Evolutiva, para a Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. Prazo de candidatura: 23 de julho de 2015. Edital: diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/e...

Asco

Que surpresa!!! Nunca imaginei.

WTF

Nature Methods is hiring a new editor! The position will be shared with the Nature Research Cross-Journal editorial team, and is available in the US (NYC/Jersey City) or China (Shanghai/Beijing) on a hybrid working model. Apply by June 1! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

(1/4) 🦋 From May 12–16, 21 researchers from across Europe met in Montpellier for the 1st LepEU Workshop, coordinated under the COST Action @10klepgenomes.bsky.social The goal: build a roadmap for collaborative butterfly and moth #PopulationGenomics to advance biodiversity research & conservation 👇