Want to work in one of the most dynamic places in mathematical biology - in one of the oldest universities in the world - great colleagues, great science.

🚨With some delay, we're excited to announce that our proposal for a MSCA Doctoral Network on Evolutionary Medical Genomics (EvoMG-DN) got funded! 🎉 🧬 14 labs and 2 companies across 7 European countries will be coordinated by the EvoMG Joint Program at @crg.eu & @upf.edu. europa.eu/!NNq63m

🗞️Our March issue is live, with killifish artwork by Dario Valenzano on the cover!🎨Read work on senescence in mammary gland remodelling, structural protein changes as readouts of Alzheimer’s disease, the 201 Parkinson’s disease trial & more ✨https://nature.com/nataging/volumes/6/issues/3

We are suckers for hand-drawn fish 😍 @dvalenzano.bsky.social 👏

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I think this is our lab's first paper in a proper ecology journal. We are now card carrying ecologists!

🧵 Thrilled to share that AEGIS (Ageing of Evolving Genomes In Silico) is now published! AEGIS lets you run your evolution experiment in silico. Want to know how predation, population bottlenecks, or mutation rate shape lifespan? Run the experiment. No organisms required. 📄 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Did you know that Evolution Letters now publishes reviews?! Our inaugural one is fantastic! Deep learning is opening new doors for evolutionary genomics, especially for nonmodel organisms with sparse or uncertain genomic data. doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Aging killifish show systemic inflammation and accumulating DNA damage in progenitor-like immune cells, offering a window into the evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of vertebrate immune aging. Great work from Gabriele, @mdonertas.bsky.social, and the whole team. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Now at Princeton, @clairebedbrook.bsky.social and @ravi-nath.bsky.social led a study during their time as postdocs at Stanford that mapped the full arc of aging in individual vertebrates for the first time, finding that activity levels in young adults may serve as an early predictor of longevity.

🚨🧬🚨 We're looking for a specialized Research Assistant to spearhead a project aimed at exploring new RNA therapeutics in diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Junior or Senior, we're hoping to recruit a highly motivated and self-driven scientist interested in both basic and applied science. 🦄

Do you want to know more about how #killifish research can advance our understanding of retinal diseases? Have a look at Sofia Manzo's exciting work! Sofia is PhD fellow of the MSCA-DN @progret2024.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @jrmarmor.bsky.social #killifish #retinaldisease #aging 🧬👌🧬

The VEO Group at @uni-jena.de @microverse.bsky.social has an open position for a Bioinformatics Technician until the end of 2032! Join us to unlock the secrets of the Microverse from big datasets: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/0...

Happy to share my solo-authored Perspective "An Interpretation, Survey, and Outlook of Microbial Macroecology"! Making time these last few months to take stock of the patterns us microbial ecologists examine + models we invoke has been invaluable. Feedback welcome! ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

We have an open position for a bioinformatics/theoretical microbial ecology PhD student to study viral strategies in the global Microverse! Join us at the @microverse.bsky.social at @uni-jena.de, please apply through this link: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/9...

For those interested!

My dept has an open assistant professor position (DL 2nd Feb). Although the call indicates special interest in datacenter-scale computing systems research, any research area is applicable and this would be a great place also for someone doing Bayesian flavored research www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

Decode microbial balance with us! 🦠 Our new PhD & Postdoc positions explore: 📡 SIGNALS (Communication) 🏗️ STRUCTURES (Community assembly) 🔄 TRANSITIONS (Stability & tipping points) Become part of our interdisciplinary network in Jena. ⏳ Deadline: Jan 20, 2026

Hugely proud of superstar postdoc Dennis de Bakker who was awarded the LIFE talent award 2025 at the FSU Jena.

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🚨 15 days left to apply! Be part of EvoMG-DN and advance your PhD career in evolutionary genomics. 👉 www.evomg-dn.eu #PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCareers #LifeSciences #BiomedicalResearch #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA #HorizonEurope #EUResearch #ResearchOpportunities #PhDPositions

This was so much fun - what a great community of smart, passionate and friendly scientists. And I totally loved Sevilla.

Join us! We’re recruiting a PhD researcher to uncover how hedgehogs & other insectivores survive prey toxins. Dive into molecular evolution & protein biochemistry @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social 🦔 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#CABDseminars "Aging mechanisms in short-lived killifish" by Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social, @leibnizfli.bsky.social 🗓️ November 7th ⏰ 10:30 am ‼️ 📍Rosalind Franklin Auditorium at the CABD Hosted by Juan Tena

Phages, huh. Who would’ve thought.

Illustrators call is out! Anyone who knows illustrators in Leipzig area! Tell them! All the info on this website: lauramayer.space/Science-Stre...

Are you bravely deciding to do a postdoc in the US? And also interested in some combination of genomics, immunology, and transposons? If so, consider applying to my lab at the BioFrontiers Institute in Boulder, Colorado! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... 🧪🧬 #TESky #interferosky

Exciting news: DFG funds FOR5872 – Chaperone-mediated regulation of amyloids in condensates! Led by Prof. Janine Kirstein (FLI), researchers from Germany and Israel will explore how chaperones counteract disease-causing protein misfolding. Good luck to the team! #FLI #DFG #FOR5872 #Chaperones

Aging and Microbiome Conference 2025 📢 We would like to draw your attention to the abstract submission deadline ➡️ June 30, 2025 ‼️ Read more: amc25.leibniz-fli.de 📅 Registrations under: amc25.leibniz-fli.de/registration/ #AMC2025 #Jena #microbiome #aging

Please share! We are accepting applications for the Biology Preview Program, which aims to make the PhD application process accessible and work with students to strenghten applications. Participants will receive a fee waiver, work 1:1 w/ a mentor, and meet w/faculty. Link: forms.gle/1xBShmvot5Vr...

I'm in the field so can't attend the #NoKings protests today, but I'm so proud of our communities and country for the massive outpouring in defense of our democracy! And glad to see so many signs in defense of science #StandUpForScience

Sad to learn we lost Keith Blackwell, an unsung hero of the aging field. Keith showed rapamycin extends C. elegans lifespan, that mTORC2 has diet-dependent effects on aging, and linked together skn1 TOR splicing and aging. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

Amazing way to kick start the 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium. Felicity Jones’ inspiring keynote talk on convergent adaptive evolution in three-spine sticklebacks. #NOTHO25

🧫 #Insights to the @leibnizfli.bsky.social 🔬 This week we would like to introduce you to the work of Prof. Dr. Helen Morrison´s research group. ➡️Nerve regeneration: How damaged cells recover 🎬Videolink: youtu.be/OHFkw-oWxSs

📣 103 participants and counting… The 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium is fast approaching! 🧬 Join us in beautiful Jena, Germany, June 5–6, 2025, for cutting-edge talks on #killifish. 📝 Abstracts accepted until April 22 🔗 notho-2025.de We look forward to meeting you at #Notho25!

Recent events made this one rapidly climb my must-read list for 2025.

'The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), one of Europe’s leading institutes for basic research in the life sciences, is seeking outstanding candidates for a faculty position.' #ScienceJobs in Vienna. www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-...

Cool bits from our recently concluded killifish field research work in the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe. A nicely camouflaged lapwing nest (it’s a bird) and some giraffe spoors by one of our favorite seasonal ponds in the center of the park.

📢 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium – Call for Abstracts 🐟 Submit your abstract now and be part of #Notho25 in beautiful #Jena, Germany. 🚨 Abstract submission deadline: April 1 📄 Abstract guidelines: notho-2025.de#call-for-abs... ➡️ Website & registration: notho-2025.de #killifish #aging #research

One week left to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful Edinburgh! Fully funded, 3 years, visa sponsorship. Explore interactions between host genomes and microbiomes during population declines using #museum collections ( #aDNA #popgen #hologenomics )!

If you’re interested in fieldwork as part of your Postdoc, check out this fishy position with the Valenzano Lab @leibnizfli.bsky.social: jobs.leibniz-fli.de/jobposting/7... #killifish

It’s that time of the year when our team at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social does field work in the Gonarezhou National Park. This year the rains came late and in large amounts, making it harder to find fish. In the pics a beautiful spotted killifish and the typical butterfly-shaped mopane leaf.

We're recruiting a postdoc to join our team at @leibnizfli.bsky.social to explore microbiome-host interactions in aging. Apply here: jobs.leibniz-fli.de/s48bh #microbiome #aging #killifish #Postdoc

It's been great fun discussing with @chrisnsimms.bsky.social about our recent preprint linking Amyloid beta to brain aging. This story was a tour de force led by super talented postdoc Dennis de Bakker at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social.

Deadline is coming up, register now and join us for the most exciting meeting of the year 2025!

➡️ FLI Colloquium with Prof. Jesus Gil Prof. Jesus Gil, @mrc-lms.bsky.social, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, UK, will speak on March 6, 2025, @leibnizfli.bsky.social about the "Cellular senescence as a therapeutic target". 👉 Read more: bit.ly/3QB4iO7

🚨 Registration Now Open for the 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium! 🚨 Join us in beautiful Jena (Germany) on June 5-6 to share the latest and greatest about Nothobranchius research. 👉 website and registrations: notho-2025.de #Notho25 #killifish #aging @leibnizfli.bsky.social

If you’re not familiar with how it works, this short explainer video is worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnJ...

Perhaps, for example, current uncertainty in the federal climate for science is prompting you, or someone you know, to consider looking for non-governmental opportunities to lead research culture reform. THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY.