Last chance to apply !

Can interactive web apps help biology students become better modellers? peischllab.github.io/MEEW.html We're running an ethics-approved, pre-registered study thanks to funding from the University of Bern. Are you lecturing in the Spring? Contact me to receive the survey link!

Claudia Bank's (@cbank.bsky.social) research group, Theoretical Ecology and Evolution (THEE) is now on Bluesky! I posted a thread showing some of the group's publications from 2025 to get the account going. Please consider following the group for updates related to ecology and evolution 😀

🧬 Our 2025 review is here! A (very belated) Happy New Year from the THEE group! From transcription factor evolution to microbiomes, epistasis, biodiversity, and antimicrobial resistance — here’s a thread highlighting our group’s contributions to research in 2025 👇

Last chance to apply - the deadline is tomorrow!

Reminder: the application deadline for this #PhD position is in two days (9 January)! Join us at @unibe.ch to study evolution on and of fitness landscapes!

Check out this advertised professorship in Bern with my colleagues at the Institute of Plant Sciences! Please share widely to reach candidates from across the world and beyond our local academic bubbles. 🫧 #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu

We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩‍💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/ Please share widely! #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527

Please spread the word! 10 days left to apply for this #sciencejobs as Assistant Professor Tenure Track in Quantitative Cell Biology 👩‍🔬 @izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo... #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Read the accepted manuscript online now! 👇 academic.oup.com/evo... @cbank.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social

Speciation occurs when populations are reproductively isolated, though the role of intrinsic postzygotic incompatibility (reduced viability of hybrid offspring) is debated. While the BDM model can explain these, @ayajulio.bsky.social argues multi-locus models may offer better insights! 🌍🧪🧬

Check out my first PhD paper on between-species genetic interactions (intergenomic epistasis) with @cbank.bsky.social 🌿↔️🦠✨ We define intergenomic epistasis mathematically and highlight its potential in understanding co-evolution :)

When the @sib.swiss Roadshow Initiative works out, everyone wins: optimized travel, more scientific exchange, and a chance to catch top speakers across Switzerland—this time with Prof. Piyanun Harnpicharnchai on fungal communities & water quality. @saramitri.bsky.social @cbank.bsky.social

We are excited to announce a new faculty position here in Cambridge, for researchers in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Come and join us! Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50414/

We are looking for a bioinformatician with expertise in microbiome data analysis join our team at the University of Lausanne. The successful candidate will lead and support research projects within nccr-microbiomes.ch. More details here: shorturl.at/mC46o . Please share with potential candidates.

@volksverpetzer.de stellt so viele gute Analysen auf die Beine 😍 👉 Gerade auf der Webseite entdeckt: "So manipuliert man dich über Messerangriffe" Bitte lesen, teilen, liken. Und bitte unterstützt die Arbeit des Teams mit einer Spende 🙏 www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/mani...

📅 Talk Schedule: 🔹 24 March, 15:00, Ephémère Building (EPH), room 160, @unil.bsky.social (hosted by @saramitri.bsky.social) 🔹 26 March, 16:15, Studer Auditorium, @unibern.bsky.social (hosted by @cbank.bsky.social) 🔹 28 March – SUPSI, Mendrisio (hosted by Andreas Brugger) 👉 Join us!

Prof. Piyanun Harnpicharnchai will give a series of talks on Fungal communities (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) in Switzerland. Supported by SIB’s Speaker Roadshow Initiative, which coordinates talks. #RiverBiodiversity #WaterQuality #FungalResearch 📸 CC-BY 4.0, Douglas Perkins

- What happens when a small country decides to play Monopoly... with an ENTIRE US state? 🤯 Buckle up:" - Breaking: One nation's billion-dollar fever dream about to shock the world 💥 - The most audacious territorial acquisition plan you've never heard of...." denmarkification.com?utm=.share.b...

'No one will judge you for asking what feels like a stupid question.' For #IDWGS2025, the Mathematical, Physical, and Life Sciences Division asked scientists from across the faculty about the advice they wish they had received at the beginning of their careers ⬇️

3,2,1 … und los! Der Wahl-O-Mat zur Bundestagswahl 2025 ist online: www.wahl-o-mat.de

(Non-scientifically) Testing how much #bluesky attention varies between cute #dog picture and #sciencejobs alert (my previous post) 📊🤓

<1 month left to apply for these cool #sciencejobs in #switzerland at @unibern.bsky.social! Check out the accumulating FAQs here: tinyurl.com/IEEjobsFAQ #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

IT'S OFFICIAL! From today, @plos.org and its journals are no longer posting on Twitter/X. If you want to carry on hearing about great science in our journal, follow @plosbiology.org on Bluesky here: bsky.app/profile/plos...

The Institut Pasteur is recruiting group leaders! Pasteur is an absolute incredible environment to start your lab. Surrounded by so many great scientists, in the beautiful city of Paris. Come eat 🥐 and conduct awesome science. Contact me if you want info ! research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...

Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...

Job alert! Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV017/d...

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As my follower count creeps towards that of the old place, an unashamed plug for the FREE online textbook I wrote for #mathbio students. 'Introducing Mathematical Biology' is FREE, interactive, accessible and FREE. Please feel free to share with students. sheffield.pressbooks.pub/introducingm...

🚨JOB 🚨Would a title "Professor of Life History Evolution" suit you? If yes... Become a colleague of us here in Mainz! I am happy to provide more information if this intrigues you. cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de/karriere/wp-...

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

Women remain significantly underrepresented in #STEM fields. The latest #WorldEducationBlog outlines 7 actions to encourage more girls & women to pursue STEM careers. 🔗 bit.ly/4g4DdgN #WomenInSTEM #GirlsInSTEM

"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations" www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

The Guardian view on cruise ships: a licence to pollute | Editorial

Here's a link to a shorter version of the article just published today at PLOS Biology (dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... )

Excited for my first bluesky post announcing TWO openings for tenure track positions in virology! I am chair of the search committee and with a new department head Mike Gale we are in an exciting building phase. Please share with anyone who might be interested: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...

Verstehe ich #Merz da richtig? Er meint “Wir alle 40 Mio in dieser Gesellschaft, sind auf die günstige Hilfskraft in der Wirtschaft, als Aushängeschildchen in der Politik - auch ohne Quote -, zuhause am Herd und beim Vereinbaren eines Zahnarzttermins mit der Sprechstundenhelferin angewiesen.”

Lieber Leser, denken wir die Frauen wirklich mit, wenn wir in unserer Sprache nicht gendern? Gabriela Hofer und Hilmar Brohmer erklären in ihrem Beitrag, dass uns die wissenschaftliche Beweislage das Gegenteil zeigt. Danke fürs Lesen, liebe Leser:innen! de.in-mind.org/blog/...

Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology

Really nice looking postion open here at SLU Sweden: Professor (fully tenured) in conservation ecology with focus on biodiversity linked to forest management & green infrastructure. It is also at our Alnarp campus which is...well...rather nice & even has a castle! 🧪🌎 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

A list of bands in order of efficacy: 3. Placebo 2. The Cure 1. Prevention

Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵

Wow - bluesky! 📈 🦠 Please help me amplify a special faculty search. We're looking for someone in "Microbial Systems Biology" to join me and @kreynoldslab.bsky.social at UTSW Sys Bio / Bioinformatics. There is an empty lab space right next to us waiting for you! apply.interfolio.com/154339 1/4

Bis am 10. Dezember Kampagne «16 Tage gegen Gewalt an Frauen» startet in Bern Am Samstag beginnt die rund zweiwöchige Veranstaltungsreihe der Feministischen Friedensorganisation (Frieda). Geplant sind Podien, Filme und Aktionen in der ganzen Schweiz. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/16-tage-gege...