Sparse autoencoders uncover biologically interpretable features in protein language model representations | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Nice write-up about RUBY in our university newsletter: today.ucsd.edu/story/seeing...

Two postdoc positions with @ajfedorec.bsky.social: one computational and one wetlab, for a 5 year grant on synthetic microbial communities Research Fellow in Computational Synthetic Biology www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Research Fellow in Synthetic Biology www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #PostDoc

Interested in #alien species - check our graduated framework for #nativeness here 🌿🌐 #invasivespecies #nonnative

Genomic divergence across the tree of life 🧪🌐https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319389122

The American Society of Naturalists is looking for a new Editor-In-Chief to begin Jan 2027. Info here: www.amnat.org/announcement...

Remarkable! This map shows only the bike paths in the Netherlands that physically separate cyclists from other traffic on the road. They are abundant! I wish the US had this kind of biking infrastructure! https://landgeist.com/2022/11/08/all-bicycle-paths-in-the-netherlands/

Please spread widely and quickly - the more signatures we get the better chances we have of cajoling NSF into changing course on this small but very impactful item

New — with @joannarifkin.bsky.social, @jotlovell.bsky.social, @spicybotrytis.bsky.social, and many more — we created seven new high-quality genomes and explored pangenomic variation in the emerging oilseed crop pennycress (Thlaspi arvense). 1/

Whole-genome alignments revealed pennycress has nearly dichotomous genome compartmentalization: huge gene-poor pericentromeric regions (~300Mb; <1% genic) with frequent rearrangements and highly syntenic gene-rich chromosome arms (~150Mb; ~20% genic). What we call a "two-speed" genome structure. 3/

We are seeking an ornithologist/modeller for a 2-year POST-DOC in Turin. Using archaeological remains, we will reconstruct past avian communities to understand the impacts of climate change and human pressure on birds through time. For details see cutt.ly/irN76QDZ PLEASE RT. #ornithology #AviArch

@maklelan.bsky.social can you summarize the academic consensus about the meaning of Matthew 22:21 and how it has been related to separation of church and state?

Super excited to see our work on the NLRseek program finally published 🥳 Here we identify new NLRs against major wheat pathogens and present a pipeline for NLR identification. Huge thank you to all of the co-authors for bringing this work together! @matthewmoscou.bsky.social rdcu.be/eIGvv

New paper! I am excited about it, since it has some very cool contributions on: -Status of Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi -Definition of what is a invasive mycorhizal 🍄 -Cool picture of trees being brought from Europe in 1920! Lead by @nahpo.bsky.social! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Another solid night of migration. This week alone has seen billions of birds, cumulatively, on the wing. #birds #fall #migration #LightsOutForBirds

Join us at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht to start your research group! Fantastic scientific environment, strong support, and nice colleagues :) Apply and please share broadly in your network.

A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities | Scientific Data share.google/dHobWYzYMDvs...

🧬🌽 RESEARCH 🧬🌽 🧬🌽 Genetic and transcriptome analyses of ZmNRL1, a DUF630 and DUF632 domains-containing protein, revealed its positive role in regulating the response of maize to nitrogen starvation – Zheng et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An incredibly high resolution paleoclimate record has revealed several major, extended droughts that coincide with the period of Classic Maya collapse.

Do not miss it! 1st Place 2025 Small World in Motion Competition "Self-pollination in a flower of thymeleaf speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)" Credit Jay McClellan 🧪 #Science #SciComm #Nature #Photography 1- www.nikonsmallworld.com 2- www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...

Another year using @kitchensjn.bsky.social + @gcbias.bsky.social's intuitive circle plots to discuss human genetic variation in my undergrad genetics class james-kitchens.com/blog/visuali...

Mañana, si están en el área de New Haven, vengan a la Fiesta Latina del Museo del Peabody @yale.edu. Daré una charla a la 1 pm para el público en general sobre cómo las ciencias nos ayudan a entender las memorias. Hay bomba, otras charlas científicas, música, exhibiciones y más.

Justin hodges, not on bluesky, on PhDs

Aaand it's out! Meet MITE - the natural product tailoring enzyme database, just published in @narjournal.bsky.social! MITE DB captures the substrate- and reaction-specificity of tailoring enzymes, allowing to capture this information in a human- and machine-readable way! doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco usfca.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USF_Fu...

🧪Science has saved many lives! Synthetic nitrogen fertilizer: Estimated 2.3 billion lives saved Blood groups/storage leading to blood transfusions: 1.1 billion High yield wheat: 245 million Penicillin: 203M Insulin: 200M Chlorinated water: 177M ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

The NSF posted an announcement on Sept 8th with “full solicitation coming” and no indication of the changes- consistent with a chaotic process occurring to make these decisions. At least they delayed the deadlines and have now provided reference letter deadline (earlier than application deadline).

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

I would not have my Ph.D. if it were not for an NSF graduate fellowship. A lot has changed since 1981 when I got my first fellowship, but this opportunity should still be open.

Assistant Professor Plant or Fungal Genomics. Univ of Wyoming. eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Led by SPUN's @adricorrales.bsky.social, we visited Huila, Colombia with -196°C liquid nitrogen to collect fungal RNA. RNA offers a look into the function of fungal genes, but it degrades quickly, so all samples had to be frozen immediately. Full field update from Colombia coming soon.

Who needs a panda cam, when you can have a corpse flower cam!? Love this from the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens - their newest bloom in the beautiful McMillan greenhouse. 👃🌹 #PlantSci 🧪 www.youtube.com/live/a8o3Pxh...

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This is so so cool and really neat to see evidence of some of the stuff @milesroberts.bsky.social was thinking about when he started working on non-reference-based pop gen approaches.

Biology takes center stage in Nikon's Small World competition, where we glimpse organisms and processes we may not be able to see with the naked eye. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/2025...

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

If you want the Forest Service to be anything other than just a logging company get in those public comments, people

On many points academic writing is not so different from other sorts of writing. In my latest post you read how advise for fiction writers can be applied to academic writing. open.substack.com/pub/aboutaca... #AcademicWriting #BeterWriting #WritingAdvice

New paper by @jcsvenning.bsky.social in Nature Reviews Biodiversity using @gbif.org mediated data: Alien plants and novel ecosystems in the Greater Tropics #CiteTheDOI: ✅ https://doi.org/10.1038/s44358-025-00068-3

Mirabilis jalapa with multi-colored sectors

*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University* We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5 su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

I’m working on totally different data, using totally different coding tools, for totally different purposes but it seems to work the same. I spend a day with nothing working making no apparent progress. I wake up the next morning and everything makes sense. Sleeping on it is a real thing.

The Guardian U.S. is hiring a Washington, DC-based Senior Science Investigative Reporter: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/

BSA’s Graduate Research Fellowship Writing Workshop is back! Whether you’re applying for the NSF GRFP or another graduate-level fellowship, this workshop will help you craft clear, compelling research statements. Apply by Sept. 26: forms.gle/wfFPhVUELj47... Workshop date to be announced soon!

I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm

Our department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the field of Plant-Organism Interactions 🌱🐛🦠🍄! Application before November 30, 2025. See the official job ad for more details: tinyurl.com/mtxdcz6p

My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.