Have ideas for your own, independent research program in Theoretical Biology? Then come and join us as a Group Leader at the @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social in Plön, Germany!

I'm looking for a postdoc to work on an Australian Research Council Laureate Project on climate change responses, applying a Julia implementation of the NicheMapR package. The work could go in control theory, DEB theory or population process directions unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External...

Out today in Nature Microbiology: a paper that started in 2021 with an email from @sullivan-lab.bsky.social. Subject line: "Crazy ideas". www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/23

Faculty search announcement 2026: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern in Dallas. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (broadly defined). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...

I'm hiring a #postdoc 🥳 and applications are open 🤩 Candidates with interests in EITHER statistical methodology or microbial ecology / microbiome are welcome to apply. The position / projects will be tailored to the candidate 🌟📈🎤 Thank you for sharing widely! apply.interfolio.com/188571

Our scoping review "Emerging frontiers in infectious disease modelling: reassessing the data-driven feedback loop between human behaviour and disease dynamics" is out now! From a group of epidemiologists, behavioural scientists, & mathematicians. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

we're hiring for a new research assistant to join our group at OU to manage field studies on migratory and Neotropical bats! please see the linked application on our website: beckerlab.weebly.com/join.html. applications will be reviewed in early August and the position can start in January.

Our lab website is updated with a new postdoc opening! This is a 2-year, in-person position looking at the relationships between climate change, pandemic risk, and policy choices over the 21st century. Please reach out (not on here)! www.carlsonlab.bio/join

Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. https://scim.ag/4xY2KCm

"Algae frequently get a bad press" 🤔 But reflecting further, most of the time they do good work. All about #algae in this excellent primer by John Raven and Mario Gordano www.cell.com/current-biol...

Potential postdoc opportunity! We're looking for someone to do Good Work Fast at the interface between zoonotic disease ecology and global climate and land-use projections. Strong skills in statistics and geospatial modeling are the non-negotiable here. In-person in New Haven. More essential info 👉

New update from NSF: "Effective immediately, NSF will not proceed with further removal or descoping of equipment from the remaining arrays and will continue operations including planned maintenance."

Short-form video (~8 mins) on threats to science from @evidentmedia.org, an Emmy-winning nonprofit newsroom, featuring takes from @cdelawalla.bsky.social, @drstarbird.bsky.social & me. Ongoing efforts by OMB are another indication of the ongoing existential threats to American leadership in science.

US GO-SHIP seeks 2 physical and/or biogeochemical oceanographers with hydrographic and cruise-planning experience to serve as Chief Scientist on either the southern (P16S) or central (P16C) leg of the 2027 occupation of the Pacific Ocean meridional line along 150°W. Deadline June 30

What can spatial patterns tell us about tumor growth or dryland ecosystem resilience? Are there bridges and opportunities between these apparently distant disciplines? This wednesday June 17 we'll have the 3rd Session of Eco-Onco Exchange, with @joshuabull.bsky.social and Benoît Pichon !

Reminder — UW #Microbiology has an open search for an Assistant Professor, focusing on fundamental problems in #bacteriology! If you or someone you know would be suitable, here's the ad: apply.interfolio.com/185622

Virus-grazer interplay enhances virus production, particle aggregation, and trophic efficiency during infection of Prochlorococcus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.10.731369v1

Dangerous heat and humidity is expected today and tomorrow for much of Maryland with heat indexes near 100°. Check on older relatives and neighbors to ensure they have working AC. If not, help them get to a local cooling center. Access cooling centers: bit.ly/MarylandCoolingCenters.

LOI deadline June 30 for Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Happy pride 🦇🦠🦟🏳️‍🌈

Viruses are highly abundant in the oceans, but there is one place you won't typically find them: in global ocean ecosystem models... until now. Introducing "vDarwin", an explicit integration of viruses into the MITgcm/Darwin global ecosystem framework: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... a 🧵

SUMOC seminar tomorrow by Giulia Pullano (also online)

Some of the Chesapeake’s smallest inhabitants are driving big scientific questions. In April, researchers studying aquatic viruses gathered at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology for the second annual meeting of the Chesapeake Aquatic Viral Ecology network: https://loom.ly/8I1sbp0

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

NSF is closing down most of the Ocean Observatory oceanobservatories.org/2026/05/anno...

Amidst everything else going on, today's Tracking Report by the @pandemiccenter.bsky.social finds that the # of measles cases in the US in 2026 has exceeded that of 2025--breaking last year's record for the most measles cases since elimination.

Writeup of recent Chesapeake Area Viral Ecology meetup held at the Colwell Center in Baltimore, organized by @beckettstephen.bsky.social, Tapan Goel, @juliepourtois.bsky.social + Eric Schott, with 30+ engaged in dialogue on ways to explore viral impacts in a vital regional and national resource.

Happy 100th birthday to the living legend and national treasure that is Sir David Attenborough. Few figures alive have done as much for nature and conservation as Sir David, and we've been very lucky to work with him over the years. #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough100 #Nature #PlanetEarth

Today marks 50 years since John Chambers and Rick Becker presented a new project to colleagues at Bell Labs - an interactive environment that became the S language. For more details, see the #RStats blog entry "S at 50": blog.r-project.org/2026/05/05/s...

Why does antibiotic resistance evolution vary between patients? Come to @officialuom.bsky.social @mermanchester.bsky.social to help us find out! 2.5 year @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position in experimental evolution Closing 15 May. Apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Our new review article “Calibration, Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Complex Ecological Models—A Review” now online and freely available in #EcologyLetters dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #Ecology #EcologicalModelling #SensitivityAnalysis #UncertaintyQuantification 🌐

Want to learn more about how the SCIMaP team analyzed the data for our recent NIH & NSF FY 2027 White House Budget Proposal Reports? Join us on May 7, 2026, at 12:00 pm for a webinar where you will learn about our analyses and our new interactive maps. Register here: lnkd.in/emjgsTEW

Had a great time at the Chesapeake Aquatic Viral Ecology meeting last week. Thanks all for the science and discussions, to fellow coorganizers @tgoel.bsky.social , @juliepourtois.bsky.social and Eric Schott, and to Maryland Sea Grant for supporting our meeting.

Get your applications in today or tomorrow if you're interested!

We made a short animated film about what happens when communities fight back against disease. No words, no narration, no subtitles. Four and a half minutes. Out 23 April. Here's a first look. #releasinghope

CLOSING SOON: 1-2 Postdoc positions (Atlanta, USA) Independent vaccine science and infectious disease epi modeling with Ben Lopman at @emoryrollins.bsky.social More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2489

Big website update at SCIMaP today, including: 📉 maps & reports about projected impacts of White House's proposed FY27 budget 🧪 expansion to include estimates of loss due to NSF cuts 💰 maps detailing economic benefits of historical funding 🔎 search by zip code 🔗scienceimpacts.org #NSF #NIH #scisky

Major update from #SCIMaP, including * Impact analysis of White House's FY 2027 proposed cuts to NIH and NSF. * Fact sheets showing impacts in Congressional districts. * New analysis on how baseline science funding benefits the economy and jobs in local communities. More via scienceimpacts.org

Science and democracy need defending. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you want take a dive into Ioannidis & Bhattacharya's approach to 'Epidemiologic Research' via their flawed Santa Clara serological survey that vastly inflated the scope of prior COVID infections, Asymptomatic is now 40% off at JHU Press w/code: HLFE26. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

The Social Lives of Viruses is coming to Vancouver, Canada, from 4th-8th August 2026! This is a free meeting dedicated to all aspects of virus-virus interactions & evolution. To apply: socialviruses.zoology.ubc.ca @sociovirology.bsky.social #socialviruses #evosky #lovevirology #virosky

How do tumors or bacteria modulate their environment, and how does that translate into their growth? What can we learn from maths, and what are the implications for cancer therapy or ecosystem resilience? Register here for the first Eco-Onco session, April 22nd forms.gle/B77tZmyzCzmp...

Be part of the amazing PhD community at the Living Systems Institute, UoE. @exeter.ac.uk Work in a truly interdisciplinary place with Maths, Physics, CS, Bio & Biomed co-located in one building. Applications for LSI-funded PhD studentships are open now! www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins... #FindaPhD

Hey y'all. Love all the love for the program (we're pretty proud of it too). But the fact that the solicitation is archived does NOT mean that the program is shutting down. We're hanging in there, struggling through the uncertainty with everyone else.

Exciting opportunity for early career scientists! The ISME ECSC is seeking 2 new members. Want to get involved, and help shape the future of the community? Submit your CV and personal statement by 10 April 2026. Find out more and apply here: isme-microbes.org/isme-early-c...

Come work with me at Penn State on the dynamics of pathogen elimination. We're hiring up to two positions to support our work on measles/rubella and foot and mouth disease elimination @ciddpsu.bsky.social

The first Eco-Onco Exchange seminar has been postponed by one week, to Apr 22nd! Register here: forms.gle/B77tZmyzCzmp...

Get ready for #DISCO and #PODS in Dec. 2026! Apply by May 1. www.soest.hawaii.edu/DISCO/ and www.soest.hawaii.edu/PODS/ @usclivar.bsky.social 🌊

Two postdoc positions open at SUMOC (Sorbonne Université | INSERM), Paris, within the EPIcx lab. 🦠 Network epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections (ARCANE) 🧠 Coupled behavior–disease modeling (PREVIX) 2-y positions | Start June 2026 #epidemiology #networks #matrices