Interested in doing a postdoc on fundamental problems in plant biology? Apply for our Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology. Due 12/4/25: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/10/13/applications-for-simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology-now-open/ #biology #lifesciences

new paper! this one holds a special place in my heart--it's the project that brought me to South Africa--just a short 6 years later, we have a product Myrothamnus is a resurrection plant with deep cultural roots. it's been a privilege to study this iconic species that survives with so little.

NYC and adjacent friends: I'm thrilled and terrified to be giving a public lecture in Manhattan at 6pm on Wednesday, 19 November. If you feel like coming into the city* for the evening, I'd love to see you there! *Yes, NYC = "the city" for Jersey girls. www.simonsfoundation.org/event/trade-...

We are coming up on the closing date for an Assistant Professor of Mycology/Plant-fungal Interactions in the Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois - apply before November 1st! See the link below for more details: www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

Another ecology-related faculty position just opened at UIUC, part of a cluster hire in bioeconomics. This one is agroecology in our Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences department, deadline Oct 31. illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

🌴Cinoglu et al. show that only small-scale disturbances & subsequent competition for light can stabilize the coexistence of demographic groups along the growth-survival and stature-recruitment trade-off axes @cfarrior.bsky.social 🧪🌎 🔍Article: buff.ly/xgNwK4Q 📰Blog: buff.ly/OTa5VvY

How do we measure life on Earth? 🌍🌱 The new summary report from the 2025 US-UK Forum on Measuring Biodiversity, hosted by the NAS and @royalsociety.org, explores tools, challenges, and solutions for tackling the #biodiversity crisis. Read here: bit.ly/460RB7R

The 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships applications are open, offering early-career scholars intellectual freedom, transdisciplinary collaboration with leading researchers, and a competitive salary with research and collaboration funds. Deadline: Oct 1, 2025 Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship

Plant biology at UIUC is hiring. Plant-fungal interactions, details below:

Open-rank open-area faculty search in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Application deadline: November 3, 2025. Please share widely! www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26...

Our EEB department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hiring an assistant professor in evo-devo. See go.illinois.edu/EEBAsstProf for details. Please share!

@sarperotto.bsky.social and I are back for the @smtpb.bsky.social, interviewing Warren Ewens. "Get out of that ivory tower and do something useful" might seem unlikely advice for a mathematical population geneticist, but this was key for Warren. Full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_K_...

My sister department EEB is hiring an animal evo-devo assistant prof! I'm the plant evo-devo person on the SC and happy to answer any questions! (spoiler alert: This is a GREAT place to be and with fantastic colleagues & support!!!!) @socdevbio.bsky.social illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Collaborate with researchers globally. Chart your transdisciplinary path. Apply to SFI's 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships. Competitive pay, research funds, and generous benefits to become a leader in transdisciplinary research. Deadline: Oct 1, 2025 Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship

Harvard Radcliffe fellowships open for the 2026/27 academic year: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fe...

Unique opportunity for free-ranging research: "The Santa Fe Institute Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships offer early-career scholars the opportunity to undertake independent research...about the complex systems that matter most for science and society". apply-sfi.smapply.org/prog/complex...

Excited to report that Joy Bergelson (bergelsonlab.org) and I will be running a brand new GRC conference on the Function of Evolving Systems in the summer of 2026. The 2028 one will be chaired by Mikhail Tikhonov (physics.wustl.edu/people/mikha...) and @asanchezlab.bsky.social! Stay tuned!

I am really happy to share that there will be a @nitmb.bsky.social workshop next year on mathematical and biological features of evolutionary game theory. It was really fun to co-organize this workshop with Olivia Chu, Alex McAvoy, and @jplotkin.bsky.social. www.nitmb.org/evolutionary...

🌱🌎 In May, the US-UK Scientific Forum on Measuring Biodiversity brought together leading voices to explore bold new approaches to monitoring and protecting Earth’s diversity of life. 📖 Read a new short summary of the Forum's discussions: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... @royalsociety.org

Apply for a Radcliffe Fellowship! Applications in humanities, social sciences, & creative arts are due Sept 11, 2025 Applications in science, engineering, & math due Sept 30, 2025 www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fe... (I hear they'd especially welcome projects related to climate change) #HPS ⚒️

The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget. Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide. Interactive map and shareable report: scienceimpacts.org/fy26 a 🧵

For “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, @sarperotto.bsky.social and I met with Joel Cohen. We learn how he navigated math and biology, the value of embracing ignorance, and what is a population. Or really, what _isn't_ a population: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCt9... @smtpb.bsky.social

Help us record firefly flashes! 👇🙏

As the world warms, plants in natural ecosystems and agricultural settings find ways to respond to the heat. In a new special issue of Science, researchers examine how heat affects plants at multiple scales, from the molecular level to the biosphere. scim.ag/44cSw3Z

Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space. 2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Sally Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social and I are back with the next installment of “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, supported by @smtpb.bsky.social. Bob Holt shares his personal history and stories of his life in science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hX...

our perspective on desiccation tolerance research is out in @naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I really enjoyed this interview of Simon Levin by Sally Otto and @jpodwyer.bsky.social, hosted on the @smtpb.bsky.social Youtube channel. I particularly enjoyed Simon's discussion of how to integrate math, biology, and economics to study complex adaptive systems. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TpJ...

The great Sally Otto and I are hosting a series of interviews called “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, as part of @smtpb.bsky.social. First one drops next week, with Simon Levin. Tune in for great stories, some pearls of wisdom, and the long view on modeling and theory in biology.

Are you a PI interested in redirecting to something new? @simonsfoundation.org is now accepting applications for their Pivot Fellowships. I'm grateful to be a Simons Pivot Fellow (I'm pivoting from memory to mood). Very few mechanisms like this exist. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/03/03/s...

I am happy to announce that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar is running again in the Spring 2025 semester, with talks held via Zoom on Fridays at 4pm Eastern / 3pm Central. Please reach out to Ning Wei (Purdue University) or me with any questions. sites.google.com/view/midwest...

Open postdoc position at @sfiscience.bsky.social to work with my fantastic colleagues on "emergent engineering": santafeinstitute.teamtailor.com/jobs/5463514...

Symmetry: A Call for Artists, Scientists and Arts Organizations One to ponder #sciart? Applications invited from trios of an artist 🎨, scientist and US-based arts organisation. Deadline January 22 or February 20, 2025 @simonsfoundation.org www.simonsfoundation.org/2024/12/10/s...

Exciting opportunity for folks to work/live in Santa Fe at SFI as resident faculty, 12 month positions, 5 year terms, open at all ranks. Applications just opened & accepted through 3/28/25: apply-sfi.smapply.org/prog/SFI2025...

🦦 Feed your intellectual curiosity & challenge your limits at SFI’s Undergraduate Complexity Research program. Pursue new research directions and walk away with an unforgettable, transformative experience. Apply by January 14: apply-sfi.smapply.org/prog/ucr2025/

“The continued health of all life on the planet, including human life, depends on making choices that will protect biodiversity.” Learn about the importance of #biodiversity and what we can do to address #BiodiversityLoss caused by human activities: https://buff.ly/4fxWVAY

Started a Theoretical Ecology starter pack. For from complete. Respond if you want to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/PwpvZLb

Undergraduate Complexity Research (Jun 1 - Aug 9) — apply by Jan 14 Complex Systems Summer School (Jun 8 - Jul 4) — apply by Jan 28 Graduate Workshop in Computational Social Science Modeling & Complexity (Jun 22 - Jul 4) — apply by Feb 27

Save the dates June 2-6 for the second annual meeting of @smtpb.bsky.social on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology, hosted in Chicago by @nitmb.bsky.social. More details coming later. www.nitmb.org/modeling-and...

Great school one collective behavior in memory of Alma Dal Co next Sept in Venice. Terrific lineup of speakers almadalcoschool.github.io Application deadline Feb 2025, travel grants available

A preview of Part 1 of my book "An Editor's Guide to Writing and Publishing Science" is now freely available on Google Books shorturl.at/0xo93 If you like this preview, consider buying the book. If you can't afford the book, then contact me and I'll send it to you for free.

SMTPB will host a panel discussion on grant writing in theoretical population biology Monday Nov 18 at 8AM PT / 11AM ET. Host: Maria Servedio, panelists: Mark Broom, Thomas Lenormand, Marie-Josée Fortin, Scott Nuimser & me. Register here: unc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

For Science Magazine, I wrote about "The Metaphors of Artificial Intelligence". The way you conceptualize AI systems affects how you interact with them, do science on them, and create policy and apply laws to them. Hope you will check it out! www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Nominations due soon for the 2025 Dobzhansky Prize! This award recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Submit your nomination now! shorturl.at/p70wY

Interested in using computer vision (AI/ML) to help understand, manage, and conserve nature? We looking for someone to join our team working on models, software, and community outreach for our projects using airborne imagery to monitor and understand ecosystems at scales. 🌎 🧪

We're looking for a new #PhD student to join weecology! Come learn and work with us studying ecological forecasting and dynamics with wading birds in the Everglades.

The Santa Fe Institute's Postdoctoral Fellowships offer early-career scientists unparalleled intellectual freedom to pursue key insights about the complex systems that matter most for science and society. For more information go to apply-sfi.smapply.org/prog/complex...

We're hiring a postdoc to work on tree-ectomycorrhizal mutualisms! We are looking for someone interested in working empirically (experimentally or w/ field observations). While some project ideas are listed, we welcome all other ideas in this system, too! recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02772

Please share: Funded PhD project on the ecology and evolution of antibiotic resistance 🦠🧬🫁 at Queen’s University Belfast. Application deadline: 21 June Please 📧 me with any questions, happy to chat! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Was an honor to discuss our recent PNAS paper on developing a predictive science of the #biosphere -The Case for #ScientificTransculturalism - Life will stand a better chance against #climatechange if we mix big- and small-picture thinking nautil.us/the-case-for... 🧪🌎🦋 #ecology #biodiversity