Paul Ehrlich has died. Most will remember him for "The Population Bomb." But for many of us, Ehrlich and Raven 1964 was a foundational read that influenced our careers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Happy weevil Wednesday yall!

📢 NEW GENOME ALERT The Coffee Leaf Miner, a global pest of coffee plants, is a serious threat to your morning brew. ☕️ Its newly assembled genome from @caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social may offer clues to fighting this pest and protecting the most beloved stimulant. Paper in #G3journal: buff.ly/lGbPeM0

Resharing again! I'm looking for a postdoc with experience or interests in longitudinal data collection OR analysis: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32132

i have never before hoped that Nintendo would file a lawsuit, but i guess there's a first time for everything

what software are people using to scaffold inveetebrate genome assemblies with hic data these days?

🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics! My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026. We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems. #Postdoc #EcoEvo Pls RT!

🗣️ Reminder: @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social FWO-funded 3y #postdoc position deadline tomorrow (10/03/2026) 🐸🧬 👉: Applications welcome! jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P... @vubrussel.bsky.social #postdoc #Brussels #sexchromosometurnover #meiosis #recombination #transposableelements

"your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didnt stop to think if they should"

Finally finished my timelapse of the lunar eclipse under the aurora in Fairbanks, Alaska! Check out the massive substorm turning the ground green in front of the eclipse, too! This is one of my favorite timelapses I have captured!

too bad gpus cost more than cars these days 😅

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$1B per day is about $42 million per hour. About 30 min worth of that spending can fund my lab for my ENTIRE career (~20 3-year NSFs or ~10 5-year R01s). Please wrap your head around that.

Deadline for applying is 9 march. Don't miss out!

one of my bandmates shared this with me a couple days ago and i legit have no stopped listen to them ever since 😅

🚨JOB alert🚨 We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology ⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026 🙏Please circulate widely 😊Come join us! Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc

does legalizing raw milk mean we get clotted cream in the US now?

Some folks think that if we preprint papers, then double-blind review is pointless. Here @comecology.bsky.social argues that even if double-blind can't be an impermeable shield, it's still worthwhile as a compass: www.oikosjournal.org/blog/view-ed...

is pizza a pancake?

tech companies stop making Black Mirror episodes irl challenge

roses are red violets are blue both make sugars from atmospheric CO2 🌹🌹🌹

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

my hot take is that double blind review should always be an option, but not mandatory since it is mutually exclusive with pre-printing

JOB ALERT! We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level! Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too! We look forward to receiving your applications! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Fecal Flakes would make a great band name 😅

LOVE seeing the work on @nativebio.bsky.social and @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social highlighted in the NYT. More good news of Indigenous data champions! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...

NativeBio is comprised of leading Indigenous Scientists & Ethicists in fields of technology that will affect, or steal Indigenous Data & Resources for the "discovery" behemoth of today's world economy. Here, OUR scholars talk about CRISPR in relation to Native plant, microbial & animal relatives.

For peat’s sake, read this thread.

Back in the states and I cannot tell you much I missed watery diner coffee 😅 There's something wonderful about downing 6 cups and not feeling even the slightest bit jittery

Dinosaurs didn't go extinct

The IWRS is hiring! Help us build the infrastructure for invertebrate welfare research—from husbandry databases to educational resources. 🐛📖 Remote Research Scientist position, $55-60K. We will begin reviewing applications on March 15. Learn more and apply here:

I'm hiring postdoc in my lab to work on temporal dynamics of sorghum root microbiome assembly! This position is funded by the Moore Foundation through UGA, and would be perfect for someone finishing up their PhD this spring. Details here: chunglab.franklinresearch.uga.edu/join-lab

Ever wondered if diverse plant species respond similarly when infected by the same exact pathogen? Infect different asterids and rosids with the same Botrytis genotypes and teh short answer, quite differently. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @annajomu.bsky.social @ccaseys.bsky.social (1/3)

This is such an important and under-appreciated aspect of modern mentorship: We have to help trainees navigate the absurdly blurry landscape of good, sorta-sketchy, and outright predatory actors across the scientific ecosystem

ECRs in plant–microbe interactions: Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions. (We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)

Do people actually read MDPI journals? I honestly just pretend they don't exist 😅

Our Coffee Leafminer draft genome is finally out!! This is just the first step in our journey to protect the world's stimulant supply from a tiny, but devastating global pest doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...

How much ramyun is too much ramyun? Asking for a friend (my intestines)

How much ramyun is too much ramyun? Asking for a friend (my intestines)

So excited to be giving a keynote talk on my career path and science at the @gmivienna.bsky.social in beautiful Vienna for the Early Career Symposium! Consider attending and presenting--registration opens January 26: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve.... Also look at how cute their poster is:

We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Saskia Hogenhout as the new BSPP President, whose pioneering research on plant-microbe-insect interactions is transforming our understanding of pathogen transmission and plant health. More about her work @johninnescentre.bsky.social www.jic.ac.uk/people/saski...

I would LOVE to do more reviews for the journals I publish in, but they rarely hit me up. Presumably because I'm still just a lil ol' postdoc. All the requests I get are from DToL genome reports and predatory publishers 🙃

Is anyone else in the UK getting served an absurd amount of online army recruitment ads all of a sudden? 😬

It's only a war if its made in the War river valley, otherwise it's just a sparkling military operation

#ERGAReads | We start the year by highlighting our partner Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe! 🦋 🌍 🧬 @projectpsyche.bsky.social 🔗 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... #butterflies #moths #genomes

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't grunge

Nachos are salad

Merry Christmas from the Sonoran Desert 🏜️ 🌵☀️