When we build the greatest stereotype engine the world has ever seen we should not be surprised when it reproduces bias

Job Alert! Looking for a PhD student and a postdoc in quantitative ecology Deets here: resiliencelab.github.io/join/

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Three Associate Professor (or Professor) positions available at Oxford Biology. Come be my colleague! www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/we-a...

Our paper on US contact patterns is now published in The Lancet Digital Health! doi.org/10.1016/j.la... Thanks to my brilliant coauthors @zsusswein.bsky.social, @vcolizza.bsky.social, & @bansallab.bsky.social for their help with this project. Read on for an overview of our findings... 🧵

9 former directors of the CDC penned an op-ed stating that what Robert F. Kennedy has done to the nation's public health system is "unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Hey are you looking for a postdoc focusing on microbial ecology/bioinformatics? Hit me up - it’s not my lab but trying to help someone else staff their lab. If you have a student about to defend, this could be a great chance to get a ton of papers.

Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊

Excited to announce a search for an Associate or Full Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling at Penn State's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. Details at link and below. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

An exemplar of data-driven journalism meeting the moment. 👇

A technology that played a key part in saving millions of lives during the pandemic should be celebrated. Yet in the US, research into mRNA vaccines is being cut. While sadly not unexpected, it’s irresponsible as we argue in our editorial this week 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What's the projected impact of the White House's proposed NIH cuts for FY2026 in your community? Ask the @scienceimpacts.org bot 🤖

As see in the few examples in this thread, the #SCIMaP team has released an interactive bluesky bot. You can ask for scorecards in a variety of ways: Just send a zip (98105) or state (South Carolina) or district (MD-04)

mRNA is about much more than #COVID. It's the frontline of America’s defense against #pandemics and #biothreats. Turning away now would leave us unprepared and vulnerable. My essay in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

Catching up on this important & personal piece by @celinegounder.com responding to attacks on science: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

Do you love alpine plants, ancient DNA, and/or population genetics? My lab will be hiring a postdoc soon to be based at the University of Maine! We’re looking for someone who uses genetic tools and thinks like a community ecologist. Happy to chat at #ESA2025 if you’re interested.

Longer posts soon on recent exec orders that threaten the vitality of America's research capacity, but wanted to step back and highlight the release of in-depth analyses that directly confront the economic impacts of administration decisions building on viz at scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group. The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects. Please RT. Details 👇: shorturl.at/iiiOv

Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team! Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8 osf.io/preprints/ps...

One of the strongest developments so far in my "all of the money that Republicans are pulling out of universities and science will eventually be used to soft-nationalize the AI industry as though it's critical cyberinfrastructure" theory

Modeling effects of population heterogeneity on disease spread. #OpenAccess in JTB, with Jeremy Harris , Esther Gallmeier, @beckettstephen.bsky.social and @joshuasweitz.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

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

Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Fellowship at @ihmeuw.bsky.social www.healthdata.org/gbd-fellowship

#SCIMaP estimates current & future economic losses in local communities across the US (counties & Congressional Districts). We explain our approach in a new preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... (w @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @cl10.bsky.social)

📢New job posting!📢 Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? 🧑🏻‍💻🧬 My group at @swisstph.ch has an opening working with ARTIC2, @pathoplexus.org, & Loculus - read on! 1/5

Featured in @insidehighered.com, #SCIMAP analysis along with new @americanprogress.bsky.social report detailing impacts of terminated grant nationwide. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

No one should be using Generative AI to replace actual thinking, research, analysis, or writing… gizmodo.com/fdas-new-dru...

New paper joint with @phagepasteur.bsky.social (including joint experimental/modeling first authors Sophia Zborowsky and Jeremy Seurat) on in vivo phage therapy efficacy given immunomodulated animal hosts. Nat Comms: rdcu.be/euikl Accessible summary: cmns.umd.edu/news-events/...

Hi folks, we had a last minute cancellation at MBL STAMPS, the microbiome data analysis course in Woods Hole that runs from July 14th to July 24th. We can provide housing space for a woman. If you or anyone you know is interested, pls drop me an e-mail at [email protected]. Thx!

Midway through a full week, early career focused event at University of Maryland. Ever more excited for what could be in the study of phage dynamics across scales. Many thanks to all the lecturers, student/postdoc participants, lab instructors, and support. weitzgroup.umd.edu/workshops/

The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget. Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide. Interactive map and shareable report: scienceimpacts.org/fy26 a 🧵

Extreme heat warning again today, from 11a-9p. Expected highs are a bit hotter than Monday. DC forecast to reach 100+. Details in the forecast at cwg.live.

Fantastic new and thoughtful article by @drjudystone.bsky.social about what we can expect this week from the fraudulent ACIP committee that RFK Jr. installed. www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...

The White House's proposed FY26 budget would cut NIH funding by >40%. Our new #SCIMaP report projects the budget would lead to economic losses throughout the US with $10M+ lost in almost every House district. scienceimpacts.org/fy26 @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @cl10.bsky.social

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

‼️I'm looking for a postdoc‼️ Come join effort in using metagenomes to quantify microbial catabolic potential and carbon substrate availability at the ecosystem level. We seek to understand evolutionary forces shaping the carbon cycle. Part of ccomp-stc.org careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

Profile and interview of Fiona Havers by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social now out in the NYT. A must-read on the loss of experts and expertise. 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

Terrific PhD science opportunity in the world of marine viral ecology and evolution with a stellar team in S. France working with Marcelino Suzuki, David Demory, and Sheree Yau. Applications due July 8. 👇

"We can’t tell all the stories. But we can make sure no one can say they didn’t know."

This is a welcome opportunity for early and mid-career folks committed to equity in STEM: "2030STEM x BWF fellows will reinvent career advancement for individual STEM professionals, and strengthen and accelerate culture change in STEM institutions."

Don't forget about tomorrow's MIDAS Trainee Workshop.

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Out now in @nathumbehav.nature.com: Cuts to NIH funding will impact the economy and employment nationwide. We visualize these losses and advocate for a theory-driven approach to communicating local, self-relevant impact. w/ @joshuasweitz.bsky.social + SCIMaP team: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space. 2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)

Bottom Line Up Front: a warning shot to the future of R&D and America's innovation economy. NSF FY 2024 & 2025 Budgets per year: ~$9B Trump's proposed NSF FY 2026 budget: ~$4B This is not 'efficiency', it's self-destruction. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

🚀Excited to share our new paper out in @Virus_Evo : ‘Eco-evolutionary dynamics of temperate phages in periodic environments’. Co-authored by @beckettstephen.bsky.social and @joshuasweitz.bsky.social ! Full article: tinyurl.com/yeyv76tp A thread 🧵