Great scientists (and great collaborators) over at Puget Sound Restoration Fund are spreading the word about a job posting for a Microalgae Production Lead or Technician at their conservation hatchery at NOAA’s Manchester Research Station on the Kitsap Peninsula. restorationfund.org/aboutus/join...

Methods Section Poll: A. 100% Passive voice (primers were used) B. 100% Active voice (we used primers C. Whatever, as long as it is clear (Inspired by team editing a manuscript that has a bit of both and arguing about whether it needs to be switched to consistently use one voice)

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Condolences to nearly everyone in ecology and evolution today on your grant rejection!

Has anyone had any success with arguing this? Last year the returns without review were a brick wall, but this year it looks like they at least have a suggested contact email in the rejection letters.

1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded. Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.

Of Barriers and Loops—How Evolution Limits Most Cancer Risks to Older Ages url: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...

Finally out! We studied the retinas of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark, and found that the retinas remain remarkably healthy in animals around 150 years old. What is the mechanism? It may be a highly efficient DNA repair system. Enjoy! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I love that one of the other sites is feeding me a lot of Bill Nye content today because tomorrow is NYE.

Federal funding cuts are having real consequences for biomedical research — including at PNRI. Long-term studies can’t simply be paused. Through Dec. 31, every gift is matched dollar-for-dollar. 👉https://bit.ly/4j1GTma #raredisease #T1D #supportscience #genetics

Check if your property is in the floodplain: skagitcounty.net/GIS/Document... Following evacuation orders and other guidance from local officials is critical.

The new Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) Program page is posted. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have questions. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Honest question: When they say AI will “do science” what on earth are they actually talking about? Do they think LLMs will control armies of robots doing PCRs and running gels and doing cell culture and animal work and field work?

Today is #GivingTuesday. Funding cuts threaten the #raredisease + #type1diabetes research families rely on. Your gift helps protect lifesaving science. Give today: pnri.org/support/scie...

How is it that the bidet signed by the Berserker Blothar is only at $5,000?! Not that I am actually going to bid on it or want it in my house, but it gives me a warm feeling knowing this exists, (and that it will benefit pbs) e.givesmart.com/events/LYw/i...

A mysterious virus may be linked to mass die-offs of Pacific oysters. Curtis Suttle and Kevin Xu Zhong discuss the discovery of a previously unknown nidovirus and its potential implications for global aquaculture in the latest PNAS Science Sessions episode. Listen now: https://ow.ly/oRT750XsRNN

CAN LLMs write about science? @science.org decided to find out, and they did it the curious, scientific way. They did an experiment. Love this thoughtful convo. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/12/w...

Our first Crow Gift! (Crumpled foil from Halloween candy that appeared on our doorstep right after I put out some peanuts)

I just learned that the @burkemuseum.bsky.social has a new giant clam fossil named Chowder! www.biology.washington.edu/news/news/17...

Spoke recently to the great folks at the science foundation on their efforts to fund curiosity-driven science. They have a new RFA out for catalytic awards (up to $10K). Take a look if you’re itching to expand or try out a new idea. science-foundation.org

📢 EvoMG-DN PhD applications are now open! Join our EU-funded MSCA network and explore evolution, ageing, and disease. 👉 www.evomg-dn.eu 📅 Apply by 30 November 2025 #PhD #DoctoralTraining #MSCA #HorizonEurope #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #BiomedicalResearch#EarlyCareerResearchers

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

You too Onion? theonion.com/biologists-a...

We have two fantastically well-funded #PhD studentships available through the @evomg-dn.bsky.social #EU doctoral network (led by brilliant @mirimiam.bsky.social, @crg.eu). These enable students to move to the UK and come and work with us @icr.ac.uk to exploit #cancer #evolution for patient benefit.

Congratulations to Drs. Ramsdell, Brunkow, and Sakaguchi! I actually didn’t realize until today that PNRI’s David Galas was a part of the project to identify the genetic basis of the “scurfy” mice that led to Tregs. (@pnrigenetics.bsky.social) David’s legacy has touched more than I can imagine!

@sse-evolution.bsky.social just announced the following: Call for Proposals: Research Synthesis Working Groups The Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) invites proposals for sponsored Research Synthesis Working Groups at the 2026 Evolution meeting (up to two in-person and one virtual). ...

I am happy to share some good news from the lab! Our paper on the outcomes of Bivalve Transmissible Neoplasia is out this week in PLOS Pathogens! doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Hey US scientists, the NY Times wants to hear from you if you've had your funding cut. 🌊🧪

Before there was the Matrix doorknob shot…

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Let’s talk about AI art. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

Two new positions are available at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology to support development of our genomics facility. Both stand to become permanent. Both offer a ton of opportunity to engage in a wide range of creative science. Pls repost 🙏 www.evolbio.mpg.de/3838377/job_...

Naive question for someone trained in molecular biology and infectious disease: What makes a question or a study ecology v. evolution or vice versa? I find myself following interesting infectious disease questions into evolution and ecology and stepping on field boundaries without realizing it.

Advice: download PDFs of any documents you might need from government websites. The NIFA website went offline during the government shutdown during my PhD

I don’t mean to shame anyone’s artistic chooses when making children’s book illustrations, but I just looked closely at this T. Rex on the Dino book my toddler loves…

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Kicked off a series on #Drosophila TE discovery and naming. The first post covers elements that predate the term "mobile element", and more. artemilin.dev/posts/te_nam...

We created a story about what the dodo looked like and how it behaved, and that story wrong was very wrong; which version of the dodo will #ColossalBio model their #Deëxtinction efforts on, v1 or v2‽ What if there is an even more accurate v3? 🦤 🧪 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

News reporting on the screwworm fly threatening Texas livestock focuses on cattle, but if it arrives here the pest will mostly likely first be seen on wildlife like deer. Texas A&M has assembled a useful guide:

Our labs are making strides in cancer research that were unimaginable even a decade ago. Their work is irreplaceable in the fight to find a cure. We talk often about Trump’s anti-science admin endangering lives now, but the impact of defunding research will reverberate for generations to come

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

Bummer of a week in Seattle—we are losing both an awesome coffeeshop, and one of the few open past 5pm (Distant Worlds) and an amazing toy store (Clover). You have until the 31st for both of these if you have never been. Support the things you want to see in the world and in your neighborhood!

The stupidity of the phrase "PhD-level intelligence" aside, maybe the most important thing that distinguishes undergrad from PhD training is learning to say "I don't know" when you do not know, rather than bullshitting a string of semi-coherent jargony words and hoping for partial credit.

Please share: @UBCScience is searching for 15 TT faculty in diverse areas of expertise science.ubc.ca/about/careers. Included are 2 positions in Quantitative and Environmental Science as part of a hiring cluster for black faculty; you will join 6 current UBC faculty science.ubc.ca/blackscholars.

We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos. Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

BUSCO v6.0.0 has been released. busco.ezlab.org

Deadline for applying for this #postdoc has been extended. You'll work with Erika Burioli, as well as @metzgerm.bsky.social and me, on long reads and Hi-C data of mussel transmissible cancers. Contract is for 18 months, but possibility of extension. #PopGen #MarEvol euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/333894