New paper from the lab! Led by PhD student Chris Carlson, with me and Matt Osmond (not on Bluesky), this study explored the effects of genotype-by-environment interactions on the maintenance of genetic variation in mutualisms

Calling all Canadian prospective grad students! Domestic PhD & MSc application deadline = Jan 9 for EEB @ U. Toronto! Great community of researchers! Guaranteed funding >$40k/y! Join us! eeb.utoronto.ca/education/gr...

Happy holidays from CSEE! ☃️ Now’s a great time to (re)join. Learn more: csee-scee.ca. Faculty: consider gifting CSEE memberships to students & postdocs! They're just $30/person and grant-eligible.

Our plant-focused REU program, led by Prof Nagel, is open for applications, please forward to undergrads and reskeet etap.nsf.gov/award/7573/o... 🌱 🧪

Me too. Lucky us.

EEB Postdoctoral Fellowship @ U.Toronto app deadline Jan 15 2026. Opportunity for independent research, encourages collab across labs/disciplines. Lots of great folks to interact with, Come join us! eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/

Would love to read this! Any chance you have a gift link?

#PhD Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication? Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW

I'm the incoming SSE president and am behind this idea -- if you're interested in putting together an app and have questions, pls reach out!

And now for an update on my office window. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601

First year I've felt like reporting information to my government science funding agency is potentially... risky. I'll probably still report, now that I have the protections of tenure, but it makes me sad for both science and the study of science.

✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨ Please spread the word! www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us #CSEE2025

Apply for a Radcliffe Fellowship! Applications in humanities, social sciences, & creative arts are due Sept 11, 2025 Applications in science, engineering, & math due Sept 30, 2025 www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fe... (I hear they'd especially welcome projects related to climate change) #HPS ⚒️

Staff scientist position (computational): I am looking for a computational scientist to join my genomics lab at Stanford. They should have an outstanding skillset in ML/statistical methods for genomic applications, postdoc experience and a strong publication record. #sciencejobs

Neat story on Canada's brain gain, but @nytimes.com should correct a mistake. @timothysnyder.bsky.social's new history course, cool as it sounds, will NOT be U of T's largest ever. I teach intro bio to 2000 students every fall, going back years. @uoft.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...

Wasn't sure it was possible for something to compare to my love of corn t-shirts. From www.stempotential.com/mission

"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT. I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up." Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!

A very powerful message from NIH staff

I signed, as did alums from graduating classes of every single year from 1950 to 2025

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...

Those who stick with bio into 2nd year will have me, more pikas, and this awesome remix of a pika covering Freddie Mercury. (Megan and I do teach biology other than pikas). www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zpf...

U of T is considering late applications from prospective undergrads for Sept 2025 "to support students who are newly exploring U of T and facing unexpected challenges in their post-secondary education." US student visas being one "unexpected challenge," I imagine future.utoronto.ca/apply/applyi...

As a former international student, I'm proud of my alma mater for fighting to protect the current generation of international students and scholars. I would have stood and clapped too

Last chance! Our webinar survey closes this Friday. 💡Got ideas for future topics? We’d love your feedback! Link below.

not sure if they're reading this feed. but if you're an international student at harvard please drop me a line. i'm at asteinindc.09 on signal. dms open too

"This means Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Wait, what? First time in my life I've thought of Harvard as the underdog

Canada is lovely this time of year

This is bad. I'm not an immigration expert, but from having been an international student and scholar there, I think this affects not just undergrads, but grad students, postdocs, and even visiting professors on sabbatical.

Absolutely. How nice to hear BC Premier David Eby express a commitment to science and the evidence that science directs us to. I hope Canada can welcome, with open arms and grateful hearts, not just American health care professionals, but American scientists more generally

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

CSEE Friends - If you are a current member, please vote now! Having an active engaged Council is vital to our society. Please consider all aspects of diversity - and the make-up of our current Council (csee-scee.ca/contacts/) - when voting. #CSEE

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

📣🧪 $25k grants for those who: 1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and 2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF. Early-career scholars prioritized

"Watching David, I came to realise that every time we recognise something human in creatures, we are also recognising something creaturely in ourselves." www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

We're hiring an assistant prof in global change ecology! Apply!!! We're vibrant, supportive, and interdisciplinary EEB community! Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions! apply.interfolio.com/164677

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It held! A double loss for Poilievre: his party lost the election and he lost his own riding.

She is a national treasure. I watched her commentary last night as I have most election nights that I can remember @chebert18.bsky.social

Okay, we're entering the area of "Poilievre might actually lose his seat, but hold on"

In Atlantic Canada the Libs looked shaky and the advance vote came in like a tide. The question now is whether that repeats in enough ridings to tip this to a majority

Still early, and unlikely to hold, but hope springs eternal

Breathing a sigh of relief, Mark Carney will remain the Prime Minister of Canada

In Atlantic Canada, the Liberals are leading or elected in 23 ridings, the Conservatives in 10. Despite those lopsided numbers, it is not great news for the Liberals, who had been expected to do even better. Still early, of course

First riding called for the Liberals

An important reminder for our neighbors to the south

Federal elections always remind me that Canada is enormous. It's 9pm in Newfoundland, but ~5000km away in BC, it's only 4:30pm.

First few hundred votes counted. Follow along at: newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/fe...

Results from Newfoundland and Labrador will start coming in any moment. Let the rampant speculation about what they mean begin