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New theme issue of #PhilTransB on the evolutionary functions of #consciousness. Read: buff.ly/blMm4eR

SAVE THE DATE: the yearly NY Population Genetics meeting will be back on March 9 2026, generously hosted by the @simonsfoundation.org. Details to follow. Please RT.

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

Still some hope. They did say "implies".

I started a new job in Montpellier, France! Happy about new opportunities, sad about the state of things in the US. abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/w...

Hard to know what to say here. So much going on.

New @natgenet.nature.com paper from the brilliant @eszterlakatos.bsky.social presents evidence that chromatin alterations disrupt antigen presentation & neoantigens in colorectal cancer. Also that immune escape is part of the "Big Bang", at the outset of CRC growth. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A new technique called ‘mind captioning’ generates descriptive sentences of what a person is seeing or picturing in their mind using a read-out of their brain activity, with impressive accuracy. go.nature.com/3XbnxB1

@kostchristian.bsky.social has an open PhD position as a part of #SPP2389 ! #microsky #mevosky

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/3X5lbUg

Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Had to draw a cartoon for this fascinating finding! Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #SymbioSky

Looking forward to this binge

Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience 3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social? www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Could major evolutionary transitions arise "from within" -- through internal innovation rather than merger? The case for autogenic transitions in individuality is developed here: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26847/

We need more of this

UChicago Microbiology is searching for tenured or tenure-track faculty working in host-pathogens interactions, viral and bacterial pathogenesis, and emerging infectious diseases. Come join our vibrant Department! microbiology.uchicago.edu Apply here apply.interfolio.com/174404

not if you sum it !

This blog post discusses the policies that will likely evolve as #AI technology continues to advance, and its impact on #PeerReview and the scholarly publishing landscape becomes more pronounced. Read more: royalsociety.org/blog/2023/09... #PRW2025

A new study published in #RSOS has uncovered a potential driver behind the aggressive spread of #glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of #BrainCancer. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Practical quantum computing just around the corner? Two interesting reads: www.wsj.com/articles/her... www.wsj.com/articles/psi...

Will humans and AI coevolve in the future? As interdependencies grow, the two could come to function not merely as interacting agents, but as an integrated evolutionary individual. Check this paper in @pnas.org by @mkhochb.bsky.social & P Rainey @sfiscience.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

What future does AI hold? With @paulbrainey.bsky.social, we hypothesize that human-AI coevolution is leading to the emergence of a new evolutionary unit of selection. Science fiction or looming fact? Read our paper and judge for yourself. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

What makes intelligence unique? Not surprisingly, no single, simple answer! Progress is however possible on the question if we view intelligence in an information framework. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Despite the title, I found these interviews informative, particularly those with Eric Schmidt. Main take-aways: AI moving fast, increasing dependence, semi-predictable future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-b...

unbelievable to say the least

yeast cool - and the shirt's probably full of it after a wear to two

Welcome !!!

Simple and very cool (or rather hot) wapo.st/4mWQ740

Nice article. Provocative last sentence: "Decades later this fascinating material is still not fully understood." Next generation AI may indeed (ironically) decipher some of it.

Assistant Professor position in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford University. Applications due Sept 30, 2025 facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Sharing this new review written by two talented trainees from the Ford lab, Sheera Rosenbaum and Kaiah Fields. @kaiahfields.bsky.social

We are also hiring a 4-year postdoc to study the dynamics and evolution of mobile genetic elements in the C-fixing Icelandic host-spring microbiomes Join our exciting multidisciplinary team funded by @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

An alternative, likely scenario to be published soon. Stay tuned.

Four new species of tarantulas with "unusual male sex organs" discovered by @alirezazamani.bsky.social et al, just published in ZooKeys! Read more here: blog.pensoft.net/2025/08/04/n...

This is so very cool: "ribosomes colliding and stalling". Looking forward to a deeper dig as to how and why.

Very interesting essay on consciousness and self-awareness. Beyond questions of whether there are different grades and different dimensions of each, lies the question of the reliability of assessments. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I am cautiously predicting that ChatGpt (and like) will render Mathematica (and like) largely obsolete.

Consider guest editing a theme issue on a topic of your choice! We are looking for proposals in all areas of biology: buff.ly/gkVdvKU | #PhilTransB #PhilosophicalTransactions

Students attending #Evol2025 Stop by the University of Chicago Press booth to get a free year of American Society of Naturalists student membership and subscription to The American Naturalist. @asn-amnat.bsky.social

1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️ Quetzalcoatlite: - Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour - Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals - This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)

I would love to host a PhD student on my lab with strong quantitative training interested in projects integrating ecology and evolution, or cell physiology and ecological dynamics www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Eye opener www.wsj.com/science/biol...

Bientôt en direct pour une émission spéciale de SCOPE sur les attaques de Trump contre les sciences climatiques 💥 C’est sur le Twitch de @artefr.bsky.social et sur YouTube. Avec @marietreibert.bsky.social @pierregirard.bsky.social Et @valmasdel.bsky.social @palomamoritz.bsky.social RDV à 19h !

Always love a good bacterial warfare study: "Horizontal gene transfer of molecular weapons can reshape bacterial competition" by @prokaryota.bsky.social, @jdpal.bsky.social, et al. in @plosbiology.org journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June

🧬🔬🧫 We have an opening for a senior scientific officer to lead our single cell genomics #techdev and #cancer molecular profiling work @cec-icr.bsky.social Details and application here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/12... Interested? Please do drop me a line to discuss. @icr.ac.uk

Beata Ujvari, Andriy Marusyk and Aurora Nedelcu are organising a symposium on “Cancer in an evolutionary framework: across species and within individuals” at the @eseb2025.bsky.social conference in Barcelona this August. Abstact submission closes on Friday: eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...