Your regular reminder that measles vaccines are the most lifesaving childhood vaccine in the schedule, and save over a million lives globally per year. ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...

Massive investment in science in the upcoming Canadian budget would send a strong message that rationality and reason should lead the world, not charlatanism. People will return to science-based policies and health measures, and countries that have not given up will have a strong economic lead!

New grant season, new CV formats. Thanks #CCV

Adaptation is less accessible through mutations in promoters than in coding sequences when large effect sizes are needed https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675213v1

Really excited to share our latest paper led by @simonaube.bsky.social. Fascinating results examining whether regulatory mutations can lead to adaptation as fast as coding mutations do. #mevosky #evobio #evoSky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We have several open positions in my group, funded from the ERC Grant on the Early Sequestered Germline of Fungi. We search broadly for applicants at both PhD and master-level, with a dedicated interest in fungal evolutionary biology. Please forward and RT! Find the positions here: su.varbi.com

The richest country in the world turning its back on knowledge and rationality. Now, the richest province in Canada looking in that direction too.

Pls share: Distributing this advertisement from EMBL for a group leader position at their Hamburg, Germany site: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

The pre-vaccine era was HELL for kids. We have already failed them on gun safety, we cannot fail them on the issue of vaccines. #VACCINES cause Adults!

Has anyone encountered DNA fragments that were hard to clone because “toxic” in E. coli? (Not because of expression). Any tools to detect that? #microsky

JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please repost!

BIG NEWS!! We will be hiring a new professor with 25 years of endowed funding at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch, focused on using biophysics and structural biology to explore climate-related fundamental science topics. Come start an innovative research cluster with us! 🧪🔬🧶🧬🌾🌍

#ResearchBriefing Better knowledge of which fungal mutations give rise to antimicrobial resistance and by which mechanisms is key to improving treatment strategies and drug development. #MicroSky #FungAMR @christianlandry.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Collectively charting the landscape of antifungal and fungicide resistance www.nature.com/articles/s41...

On parle de nos travaux sur la résistance aux antifongiques aux Années lumière. ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

Assistant/ Associate Professor of Mycology at UGA - Go be part of a Legendary Fungal Group fungi.franklinresearch.uga.edu and dept of plant pathology plantpath.caes.uga.edu www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

Hey mainstream media colleagues: you cannot be deported to a country you are not from. That’s kidnapping and trafficking. Call it that. You are lying if you say otherwise.

Utterly devastating: FlyBase zapped. www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha... #modelOrganism

When a paper mentions x number of years ago to say that something was done a long time ago, and this was during your PhD....

Final call: Applications close September 2! KI is recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential. All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Earth is no longer a planet

My PhD student @leonielorenz.bsky.social (with Eva Geissen) has made this nice (free) online course to introduce mathematical modelling for biology: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl... Including both molecular and epidemiological examples

Congratulations to the authors on this monumental effort! I am pretty sure this endeavour had a positive side-effect of training young graduate students in reading and extracting information from published papers 😊 #MicroSky

#Resource An online, manually curated, and continually updating database of fungal antimicrobial resistance mutations that provides a starting point for further research in fungal AMR @christianlandry.bsky.social @camillebed17.bsky.social @nmquijada.bsky.social #MicroSky 🦠🍄💉 rdcu.be/eAUZm

Defending US democracy: the role of scientists @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I spoke with Kari Jordan and Erin Becker of The Carpentries about why they declined a $1.5M NSF grant intended to expand data science training. Their decision highlights the growing intersection of #science, #DEI, and federal policy. Read the full story on Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

Just over a month to submit your proposals for the International Event Grants! These grants support symposia, workshops, courses, and other evolutionary biology events, including virtual events. Learn more and apply by September 15: rb.gy/76fgi

Sustainable jet fuels could cut flight emissions without redesigning planes. Unfortunately new federal cuts slash funding for the research needed to make them viable at scale, and reduce aviation’s production of 2.5% of global carbon emissions.

Our efforts to collect and analyze mutations causing drug resistance in fungi www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please RT 🙏 If you’re an early career researcher working in the fields of structural or synthetic biology wishing to start your lab then come join us at Imperial. We’re looking to support outstanding individuals for external Career Development Awards/Fellowships. www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...

Dr. Katalin Karikó who won a Nobel Prize for developing mRNA vaccines responds to RFK Jr: "When you are sick, you wouldn't ask for advice from a lawyer like Kennedy. You ask experts, your physician, for advice."

I have seen rooms full of PhDs not able to make a projector work or make sound work in a Zoom session so not sure what we'll achieve with that :)

I need to update my presentation on how to prepare fellowship applications for graduate students and postdocs. Any advice you think should be in there, beyond "read and follow the instructions"? I promise I'll cite my sources. Memes are welcome. Please share in your academic circles.

We are excited to announce the SMBE Fellows Program! ✍️ Designed to provide networking and mentorship opportunities to early-career researchers through scientific writing in evolutionary biology for @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social 📆 Aug. 31 🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program

Beautiful morning in Gaspésie!

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

If you are attending the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Evolutionary Biochemistry of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides in Houston, Texas (USA), please register before the deadline on July 31st. 📝 July 31, 2025 📅 October 13-15, 2025 🔗 uh.edu/nsm/biology-biochemistry/news-events/smbe-meeting/index.php

For all attending the SMBE Satellite Meeting in Puerto Varas, Chile, on Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation and Experimental Evolution, please remember to register before the deadline on July 31st. 📝 July 31, 2025 📅 October 6-8, 2025 🔗 smbechile2025.cl

After how many desk rejections do you start doubting the amazingness of your paper?

Reminder from Brian and Deborah Charlesworth that what we do is important.

Another piece on the NIH responding to the deluge of AI-written grants www.404media.co/nih-capping-... #nih #artificialintelligence

Become our colleague! Tenure-track Assistant Professor position at The Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. unil.ch/cig/en/home.... More details for how to apply are here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

🤝 Join us for the joint MBE/GBE Q&A session on July 23rd, at 13h00, during #SMBE2025. We will answer questions on our journals processes, outlooks, and why choosing MBE or @genomebiolevol.bsky.social as the journal for your next paper supports the growth of our evolutionary biology community.

New preprint about open science in eco-evo! We sampled 110 journals, 550 articles, and assessed whether data and code are accessible: (1/5) ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... #ScientificPublishing #OpenScience #ecology #conservation #EvolutionaryBiology #paleobio #systematics #archeology

Pls. share widely Calling all transposon fans & lovers of genetic innovation MOBILE GENOME welcomes you in Heidelberg, Nov. 4–7 2025 → Vibrant & friendly community → Cutting-edge talks from mechanisms to physiology → Plenty of surprises (TEs never stop innovating) submit abstract by July 29

Tyre-wear particles are a major source of microplastics that harm the environment. The good news? Prevention and mitigation can help to #BeatPollution. Explore more from this online brief: www.unep.org/resources/em...

And big T. just speaks one: bullying.

When we say hockey is our national sport, we mean it.

One of my former colleagues as a PhD student is now the president of a major Canadian university. Wow! It’s time I start being more serious about my life :)

Il y a une faute en plus. Selon mes 500,000 concitoyens, on dit “une” bus.