There are a couple of weeks left to apply! I just heard that we can also accept PhD students with a suitable background, so extending the call to those as well. #biomech_sky

“An instructor's freedom to teach includes the right to assess student academic performance. We are gravely concerned that a climate of escalating authoritarian assaults on academic freedom is normalizing politicized interference in classroom teaching & learning.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

The Sensorimotor Superlab with @gribblelab.org and @andpru.bsky.social is a unique place to work and learn. We are now accepting MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2026. Join our awesome team at Western University... For application instructions see diedrichsenlab.org and gribblelab.org/join.html!

Cool looking study 😎🧪 A model of the cerebellum generates gait adaptations in a reflex-based neuromusculoskeletal model during split-belt walking

Moore, @birdbiomech.bsky.social & co discover that desert kangaroo rats don't all behave the same way when placed in the same outdoor enclosure. Some of these differences seemed linked to things like whether the animal was male or female, how big it was and moonlight. doi.org/10.1242/bio....

Read more about this research in our interview with Katrina Moore, a PhD candidate in @birdbiomech.bsky.social's lab at UC Irvine, USA, investigating how wildlife behaviour changes across different contexts and how these insights can guide effective conservation strategies. doi.org/10.1242/bio....

The Nishikawa lab at Northern Arizona University and the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute are hiring a postdoc to help develop multiscale muscle models - please apply and share widely! careers.nau.edu/cw/en-us/job...

hoot hoot hooray

Love this so much. 💜

They unilaterally canceled a faculty hiring initiative so successful it’s become a national model. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

They installed spyware on our computers that exposes our data to federal scrutiny. www.science.org/content/arti...

Link to individual sign-on letter below 👇 @uc-faculty.bsky.social

Protect the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program! The PPFP is a critical faculty hiring incentive for the UC system & the Provost plans to end it WITHOUT Faculty Senate input. This is a violation of shared governance & academic freedom! Sign onto the letter👇

This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.

Folks. The next year in humanoid robotics is going to get deeply weird and will result in products I’ll be uncomfortable talking about.

Reposting with alt

Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.

On today's episode, Daniel and Kelly chat about the development of the polio vaccine. And now seems like a great time to remind folks to get a flu vaccine, if you're able! www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

In their Perspective, Andrew Biewener, George Lauder and Stephanie Pierce discuss how field stations provide unique facilities & access to non-laboratory locations & organisms. They highlight the fundamental contributions of Harvard's Concord Field Station journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Taken at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). Dear god that’s a lot of robots… From Jin L on LinkedIn.

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

I’m thrilled to be a researcher and Outreach Director for the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute. This incredible scientific research center unites over 20 biology, physics, and engineering professors and their students to study how humans and animals move.

Important work by @nidhise.bsky.social discovering signatures of control for stable locomotion across species. Excited to see the models applied to diverse species as part of IMSI @movementscience.bsky.social

A few wks ago I submitted a peer review w/ a point I’d like to share. I said I disagreed with the interpretation—the conclusions and framing—of the paper. I think the authors are wrong, in fact. But the experiments and analyses are strong. So the paper deserves to be published, and… 1/ 🧪🤖🧠

Amen.

By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.

Fight misinformation while supporting your mental health:

They are arriving because of the mass mobilizations and they have figured out that Twitter isn't going to be the main space to monitor activity.

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

Best consideration deadline, Friday Oct 10: #SCIMaP (scienceimacts.org) seeks to hire a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist at U-Maryland to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research. umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-short...

📢We're #hiring Group Leaders! Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning. 🔹5-year renewable appointment 🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches 🔹Collaborate across disciplines Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader

OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx! www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events. Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... 1/14

UC’s Academic Council calls on the Office of the President & the UC Board of Regents to unequivocally reject governmental demands that compromise institutional autonomy and #academicfreedom. This is the way. #DefendHigherEd

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

Emory Biology is hiring a neuroscientist! We have a great supportive and innovative neuroscience and neural engineering community here!

We've already got hundreds of students and mentors here, sharing how the sudden policy change has derailed plans. We're looking at formally "delivering" results to NSF leadership tomorrow, please do keep sharing and spreading the word: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪 Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360 PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies! Let me briefly explain what we're looking for: 1/10

We are planning more action to urge NSF support those excluded students. www.science.org/content/arti...

🧪The NSF has made changes to the GRFP solicitation and eligibility TODAY that may change your eligibility! PLEASE read through the solicitation if you were planning to apply and speak to your mentors about the merits of applying: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

CA Biology job alert My unit at the CA Dep of Fish and Wildlife is hiring a permanent position to write 5 year reviews for species listed under the CA Endangered Species Act. Based in West Sacramento, currently 2x week in office. I am happy to answer questions calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.

I got yer timeline cleanse right here, folks. A whole clutch of teeny tiny snapping turtle behbehs emerged one at a time from their underground nest and crossed the gravel road while I and a couple other humans watched and made sure they were safe from anyone else coming along.

Please repost! We have a second biomechanics faculty position! This is an open rank clinical-track position in sports biomechanics at the University of Michigan. This is a largely teaching-focused position and we have outstanding resources to support teaching and student learning. #BiomechSky

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Grateful to have @nidhise.bsky.social contributing her groundbreaking approaches and unique perspective our community of collaborators in the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute! @movementscience.bsky.social

Learn more about the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute here: @movementscience.bsky.social cims.uci.edu Funded by the US National Science Foundation.

A huge thanks to @chubicki.bsky.social for leveling up our science communication game at @movementscience.bsky.social !!