Ok I know it's frustrating that every opportunity these days is for AI in bio (I am frustrated)... But if you are interested in predicting microbial traits from omics data, or modeling phage-host interactions, or anything else we work on please do reach out - we can probably figure out an AI angle

Where can I find a cover of "Blinding Lights" with the same amount of grit that Rizzo injects? I like the rat version better than the original. All Spotify searched covers are in the wrong direction. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5pMe...

Here's the thing about citizen ballot initiatives: they're not just about "direct democracy"—they're about breaking legislative capture. When entrenched interests control the agenda, citizens need a workaround. 🧵

Free money hack!🤑 Suppose a woman attorney makes $200K a year! Or rather, she would, if she had a flexible work schedule and affordable, high quality child care. If I pay a childcare provider $50K to take care of her kid and do drop-offs... but lawyer mom pays $60K in income tax? Free money!

🚨Postdoc to #AcademicJob alert🚨 Do you do conservation paleobiology? Urban ecology? Rapid evolutionary response to rapid environmental change? Or, really, any exciting research at the interface of ecology, evolution, and anthropogenic change? Any taxon, any system? Apply! bsky.app/profile/jlw-...

**JOB ALERT‼️** There’s less than a week left to apply to be a summer entomology learner/intern with the Farmscape Ecology Program! If you love bugs, we want you to join us in studying insects and their conservation in the beautiful Hudson Valley. To learn more, visit hvfarmscape.org/internships/

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Our closed primary system forces voters to choose: register with a party you may not fully support, or sit out the primaries entirely. That's gatekeeping, not democracy. Two-thirds of New Yorkers support open primaries, one of our 5 Pillars of Reform Ready to get involved? www.uniteny.org/volunteer

Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...

I am hiring a staff bioinformatician for my new lab at the University of Utah! Please consider applying if you are on the hunt: employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-ci...

It’s a very insignificant action that’ll have no consequences for them or me, but at least I can use whatever time I have available on people and things I think are worthy of my time 🤷🏾‍♂️

I've been sitting on this for over a month...but given how cross I am with @royalsociety.org at their ongoing inaction over #Elon #Musk I thought I'd share this. They invited me to serve on their Public Engagement Committee; I could have been more eloquent, but I had to give a firm "no"...

Delighted to share my latest publication, co-authored with my postdoc advisors (including @nsvitek.bsky.social) which is a new research direction for me in proteomics. But I am sad that I wasn't at the @sicb.bsky.social meeting when it dropped!

Apply for Sepkoski Grants $1000 USD if you are a paleontologist from Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia www.paleosoc.org/sepkoski-gra... deadline March 1 @paleosoc.bsky.social

Data sciences postdoc fellowship in EEB @ U.Toronto app deadline Jan 23 2026. Opportunity for independent research, encourages collab across labs/disciplines. Lots of great folks to interact with, Come join us! datasciences.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...

Research Scientist position at the Cornell Biological Field Station: exciting opportunity for an aquatic ecologist/fisheries scientist to work with a 50+ year time series of fish and limnology data on Oneida Lake $90-95K/yr academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31352

Some good news to end the year: the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca has raised enough this year to pay off its mortgage in full and keep the doors open!!!

New Job opportunity at the University of Georgia Department of Entomology! Come work a dream job in beautiful Athens! www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/463...

JOB KLAXON! The @nhm-london.bsky.social is recruiting a micro-CT specialist! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Curator of Education job (tenure-track Assistant Professor) at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder! Salary $90-$100K, 9 month full time position. Apply by Jan 21. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Really great to see people quantifying morphological variation across the range of an extant taxon. I saw another paper recently about variation in extant iguanas. It gives us a baseline for what to expect in fossil species academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

What a terrible loss it will be if PRI shuts its doors for good www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...

Looking for a faculty job at one of the world's great research stations? We're looking for a marine invertebrate biologist at UW's Friday Harbor Labs. apply.interfolio.com/178804

If you would like to get a tattoo of my art, that's totally fine with me! I'm honored! In lieu of payment, please instead donate some money to Museum of the Earth. They've almost hit their goal! priweb.donorsupport.co/page/FUNWALK...

Softshell turtle evolution is hard to decode. New analyses of 312 specimens show filtering rare & growth-related variation improves phylogeny—but some branches remain fuzzy. Molecular or total-evidence frameworks still needed🐢 Girard & Joyce: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

UF Biology is searching for an Asst Prof in Evolution, Ecology of Infectious Disease - spread the word! @ufresearch.bsky.social @ufgeog.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

I’ve cited this in two reports, written in conversation with it and recommend it to you for further reading.

The administration has resumed its attempt to seize control of medical research funding but has changed tactics: Defunding the NIH has proven politically unpopular, so the new goal is to direct the distribution of federal dollars. www.statnews.com/2025/09/02/h...

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

I’m really excited to be hosting @evoroseman.bsky.social for a 1 hour online workshop for the Biomolecular Humanities group on December 10th (8am to 9am PST : 11am to 12pm EST : 5pm to 6pm CET) on the intersection of evolutionary theory, demography and race/ancestry!

Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology url: academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...

Patent challenges at USPTO aren’t perfect, but they’re a realistic way to fight junk patents. USPTO is trying to take that option away. Submit a public comment while you still can.

I have also just turned down a reference request from the @royalsociety.org 🧪🔭

#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140

Hey everyone! I’m excited to share that one of my thesis projects was just published in @currentbiology.bsky.social and featured on phys.org! In this paper, we use an old statistical approach developed by the US Navy in WW2 to predict the aquatic habits of various dinosaurs and marine reptiles 🦖🐊

TL;DR We're looking for biology/evolution instructors in the US and Canada to test the impacts of inclusive evolutionary biology educational materials on undergraduate learning (you will be compensated). Pasting the official recruitment info in thread below. sunybuffalo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Our NY area population genetics meeting is back and "upgraded", as Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org generously agreed to host. Please save the date: March 9, 2026. Look forward to seeing many of you from NY and beyond.

Regretfully (for the sake of the authors and journal staff), I have this morning declined an invitation to review for a @royalsociety.org journal because of the Society’s continued refusal to stand up for its values in dealing with Elon Musk FRS.

The Onion: Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process "Big Earl here’s got a masters in sociology from Vanderbilt, and nothin’ makes Big Earl madder’n generational cycles of systemic violence"

For anyone who can live in Flordia, a great opportunity in an amazing collection: FMNH is looking for an experienced full-time Collections Manager II or III as Director of Invertebrate Paleontology Collections within the Department of Natural History. 🧪⚒️🦑 explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost! Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5

If the original #SVP2025 feed isn't capturing everything you want, you can try this one: bsky.app/profile/did:... (this v2 editable, so send me any suggestions you have for improvement, added tags, etc)

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Introducing Ozzy! This prehensile-tailed porcupine, Zoo Boise's newest resident, is already becoming a star. 🌠 Settling into the renovated Small Animal Kingdom's Rainforest Building, Ozzy likes to nimbly climb and flip around his habitat’s canopy. 📷: Lead zookeeper Taylor S

Historical reflection by a legendary biometrician, morphometrists, and statistician F. James Rohlf on the emergence of mathematization of the classification and systematics during his life time. academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio

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I am so grateful to all the teachers & students who have participated in the NSF-funded Postcards from the Past project & to my collaborators Tina Miller-Way, JoAnn Mitchell Moody, Nancy Raia, & Linda Hill. Examples of student Postcards are currently on display at the Alabama Aquarium!

I highly encourage folks to apply! I received one in 2015 and it resulted in several publications, including a new species of pinniped (Allodesmus demerei) with Morgan Churchill and a paper on the youngest known "proto-seal" Enaliarctos from Oregon with @ashpoust.bsky.social.