JL Weissman
@jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social
📤 545
📥 351
📝 27
Microbial traits from genomes and metagenomes | they/she 🏳️⚧️ |
https://microbialgamut.com
My department (ecology and evolution) is hiring a core bioinformatics/comp bio person (not TT but the last person retired after 25+ years). It's a great place to work!:
stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersectio...
loading . . .
Computational Biologist
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
https://stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=2503240
14 days ago
4
28
23
reposted by
JL Weissman
Suzana (Su) Gonçalves Leles
16 days ago
I am excited to share the MMAR Lab is on! 🥳 Our work focuses on plankton and climate change, using numerical modeling and lab experiments. We are recruiting graduate students, 1 research technician, and 2 postdocs! Please help spread the word 📢 More details here:
themmarlab.com/joinus
1
6
3
reposted by
JL Weissman
N.S. Vitek
about 1 month ago
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1.
#AcademicJobs
#tenuretrack
#facultyjobs
apply.interfolio.com/171403
(I love being here. Come join!)
@stonybrooku.bsky.social
0
22
43
Come join our department! We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Climate Driven Disease Ecology
apply.interfolio.com/171403
loading . . .
Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio
https://apply.interfolio.com/171403
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
reposted by
JL Weissman
Science Magazine
3 months ago
"Institutions must support transgender and gender nonconforming and other marginalized scientists by securing their safety and privacy; their access to legal aid and health care; and their opportunities in education, employment, and society," argues a new
#LetterToScience
.
scim.ag/4kQCMtr
loading . . .
Protect transgender scientists
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...
https://scim.ag/4kQCMtr
2
83
24
reposted by
JL Weissman
Cameron Thrash
4 months ago
Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#jcampubs
🌊
loading . . .
Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones
Anaerobic metabolisms are thought to dominate nitrogen cycling in anoxic marine zones (AMZs). However, thriving populations of aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in AMZs challenge this assumptio...
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.ado0742?af=R
1
8
5
reposted by
JL Weissman
John Dennehy
4 months ago
CUNY and SUNY faculty, please sign this letter to the NY State Congressional Delegation protesting cuts to research funding (and all the other crap going on)!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you for reposting!
loading . . .
New York's Congressional Delegation Must Defend Federal Research Funding for CUNY & SUNY. List of signatories.
FACULTY & STAFF: ADD YOUR NAME BELOW TO THIS OPEN LETTER WRITTEN BY THE DEFENDING RESEARCH FUNDING WORKING GROUP OF THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF CONGRESS/CUNY Federal investment in scientific research gene...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddGwakGE6Q2Jcg9_Wfv7oZhVK6YFNx5o7uCmW19Vz6rBp_Nw/viewform
1
10
7
reposted by
JL Weissman
Jesse McNichol
4 months ago
So happy to see this paper finally out! A fun project with collaborators Emily Zakem,
@jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social
and Yubin Raut!
add a skeleton here at some point
0
8
4
reposted by
JL Weissman
Will Shoemaker
4 months ago
Happy to have this out! Thanks to
@asanchezlab.bsky.social
and
@jacrickets.bsky.social
for their mentorship on this project. Below is the thread I previously posted on then-Twitter
add a skeleton here at some point
1
12
5
Our newest on using genomic and phylogenetic information to predict microbial maximum growth rates
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
with
@liangxu.bsky.social
loading . . .
Improved maximum growth rate prediction from microbial genomes by integrating phylogenetic information - Nature Communications
Microbial maximum growth rates vary widely across species, and their measurement is challenging, especially for uncultivated organisms. Here, Xu, Zakem & Weissman present Phydon, a framework for g...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59558-9
5 months ago
3
26
12
reposted by
JL Weissman
Carl T. Bergstrom
5 months ago
It's Fustilarian Friday, so here's the latest statement from NSF's director, trying to dodge the news cycle.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
loading . . .
Updates on NSF Priorities
https://www.nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities
11
127
64
PRODiG+ Fellowship in Computational Environmental Science (Bradley defined) at Stony Brook! This is an awesome postdoc with a pathway to a permanent TT position! Come work with us at IACS!
apply.interfolio.com/162468
loading . . .
Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio
https://apply.interfolio.com/162468
7 months ago
0
2
1
reposted by
JL Weissman
Germán Bonilla-Rosso
9 months ago
♀️🇲🇽🧪🦠 This paper about the challenges of being a female microbiologist in México is authored by four women central to my career: my PhD supervisor Valeria Souza my PhD committee member Gabriela Olmedo my PhD colleagues Esmeralda Lopez and Ana Escalante
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
1
55
28
reposted by
JL Weissman
Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira
10 months ago
Really over the moon to see this finally out! Thanks for leading us in this again
@jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social
! Glad to be part of the AQTES group and can't wait for what is next!🌈🧑🏽🔬
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
loading . . .
Queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring—A call for change
Queer and trans scientists face varied and systemic barriers to their professional success, resulting in a relative absence from faculty ranks at many institutions. This Perspective calls for a change...
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002919
0
15
7
reposted by
JL Weissman
Bruno Lima (he/him) 🏳️🌈
12 months ago
Are you on an academic search committee, or know someone on one? Please take a look at this comprehensive set of suggestions to make the application process more inclusive for queer and trans folks! So glad I could contribute my two cents to this work!
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
loading . . .
Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process
https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/6791/
1
35
26
One week left to apply!
add a skeleton here at some point
12 months ago
0
0
1
A little over two weeks left to apply!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
0
1
3
We are recruiting a postdoc to develop new computational tools for metagenomics analysis and/or to build models of microbial systems! Lots of ongoing cool projects and significant flexibility to shape your own research agenda.
microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...
loading . . .
https://microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postdoc_ad_v2.pdf
about 1 year ago
1
4
9
One day left!
add a skeleton here at some point
over 1 year ago
0
0
0
One week left! Get your feedback in by the 20th! Spread the word, email your departments, etc.
add a skeleton here at some point
over 1 year ago
0
0
0
We extended the deadline to June 20! We appreciate your feedback!
add a skeleton here at some point
over 1 year ago
0
3
6
Now (again) soliciting community feedback on "Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process" Now with a much broader scope across the biological sciences (and neighbors). We value your input! Article:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Feedback form:
forms.gle/dj4iNiy4boZ6...
loading . . .
Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process
https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/6791/
over 1 year ago
0
5
12
reposted by
JL Weissman
Arlin Stoltzfus
over 1 year ago
I’m starting a special interest group with monthly seminars + discussion focused on the role of mutation in evolution covering
#evobio
#popgen
#histsci
#philsci
Upcoming speakers: @PeterALind, @DeepaAgashe, Grey Monroe, Rose Novick, Alex Klug To join, email <myfirstname>@umd.edu Please repost
0
14
24
Reminder to get your feedback in this week!
add a skeleton here at some point
over 1 year ago
0
0
0
Reminder that feedback is due two weeks from today! We'd love to hear what you have to say. Details on form as well as contact info if you have any questions!
add a skeleton here at some point
over 1 year ago
0
0
2
reposted by
JL Weissman
e. kinkaid (they/them)
over 1 year ago
Read my new commentary on the obstacles facing trans people on the academic job market and how geography can respond:
www.aag.org/will-we-aver...
#geosky
loading . . .
Will we avert geography’s ‘trans failure?’ - AAG
AAG - Will we avert geography’s ‘trans failure?’ - All -
https://www.aag.org/will-we-avert-geographys-trans-failure/
0
13
11
Now soliciting community feedback on: "Running a queer- and trans-inclusive microbiology faculty search" We value your input and welcome consortium authors! Preprint:
doi.org/10.32942/X2J...
Feedback from:
forms.gle/Hn13RKchqyVu...
over 1 year ago
1
6
9
Come be my boss! CCNY is hiring an Associate Provost for Research! This is an exciting time for our college, which has seen consistent growth in research expenditures over the last 5y, just joined the NORDP MSI Consultants Program, and was recently awarded a DoEd RDI grant.
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
over 1 year ago
1
2
1
Check out our guidance on how to make your microbiology conference more queer- and trans-inclusive! Now out in mSystems as part of their Special Series: Social Equity as a Means of Resolving Disparities in Microbial Exposure
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
loading . . .
Building a queer- and trans-inclusive microbiology conference | mSystems
Microbiology conferences serve as opportunities for microbiologists to engage with colleagues, learn new research, and build community. For queer and transgender microbiologists, the excitement of att...
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00433-23
almost 2 years ago
3
25
25
reposted by
JL Weissman
Anna Vlasits
about 2 years ago
Many people take "non-traditional" career paths in academia. My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
loading . . .
Supporting nonlinear careers to diversify science
Those who follow non-linear career trajectories often face disadvantages in academia. This Perspective looks at why individuals might choose non-linear careers and how these benefit diversity in scien...
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002291
10
253
161
"What is microbial dormancy?" We present a framework for deciding yourself. (Also hi bluesky)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
loading . . .
What is microbial dormancy?
Life can be stressful. One way to deal with stress is to simply wait it out. Microbes do this by entering a state of reduced activity and increased re…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966842X23002378?via%3Dihub
about 2 years ago
1
16
2
you reached the end!!
feeds!
log in