Tom L Schmidt
@identitybydissent.bsky.social
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Lecturer and DECRA Fellow at the University of Sydney Invasion genomics || Wolbachia || Dispersal https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=ipvZJRQAAAAJ&hl
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identitybydissent.bsky.social
Very excited to announce that I’m going to be joining the University of Sydney (SOLES) faculty later this year! #USYD

I'll be further developing my research program that uses genomic data to understand adaptation and dispersal, with applications in biosecurity and conservation.
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ecoinvasions.bsky.social
Attempted eradication of smallmouth bass promotes rapid evolution. Here's the study that is the focus of the Scientific American article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
identitybydissent.bsky.social
Fairly alarming language prefiguring my move to a new position
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samyeaman.bsky.social
I'm looking to recruit a PhD student to study patterns of local adaptation and introgression across the spruce hybrid zone in the Rockies near Calgary. Projects can include field work, bioinformatics, pop gen theory, or comparison to plant/ conifer species
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austevolsoc.bsky.social
Calling all evolutionary biologists!

**AES 2025 Conference**

📍 UQ Brisbane | 🗓 1–3 Oct

**Talks close 1 Sept**

Don’t miss out — submit & join us for three days of cutting-edge science + community!

aes.corsizio.com/event/685405...

#AES2025 #Evolution #ECR #SciComm #AusSci
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mossplants.bsky.social
Know an Evolutionary Genomicist looking for a faculty position? Join us in EEB @utknoxville.bsky.social Position is open for studying any organism, but personally I have some botany bias. 🌱 Apply before Sept 19 for full consideration. apply.interfolio.com/170735 Please share widely. Thanks!
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mozzienique.bsky.social
I am thrilled to announce the the Beating Buruli ulcer team has been announced as a finalist of this years Australian Museum Eureka prize for Infectious Diseases Research!! 🦟🔬

Fingers crossed, the winners will be announced on the 3rd of September! 🤞🏻🏆

@eurekaprizes.bsky.social @pearg.bsky.social
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cassandrakoh.bsky.social
📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc researcher to join my team for a project on mosquito-specific viruses and host interactions. Peep the job description & how to apply below. Perfect for soon-to-be or recent PhD graduates in mosquito vector biology 🦟 or arbovirology 🦠
🗓️ Application deadline 31 August 2025
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thequietus.com
'Ozzy Osbourne and his band Black Sabbath pulled off an enormous coup by coming out of poverty and profiting against the odds within a hugely overpowered music industry, despite being endlessly ripped off and almost losing their minds along the way'

#OzzyOsbourne Remembered

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Ozzy Osbourne portrait by Dom Slike
identitybydissent.bsky.social
Although most plant pots in Grosetto are allowed to drain freely, those that don't often contain mosquito larvae! @mozzienique.bsky.social is on the case
identitybydissent.bsky.social
@mozzienique.bsky.social and I have begun our conference trip to Italy by joining the greatest and most exclusive club in Florence
identitybydissent.bsky.social
🦟New paper out in Evolutionary Applications🦟
The Australian mosquito Aedes vigilax is panmictic across one city (Newcastle) but has strong structure in another (Sydney). The structure was stable across years and may be due to industrial barriers

doi.org/10.1111/eva....
@evolappjournal.bsky.social
Map of Sydney and Newcastle, NSW (Australia). PCA results show panmixia across Newcastle but structure in Sydney
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emilyroycroft.bsky.social
📣 📣 Calling genomics-y and ecology friends, three permanent faculty positions at @monashbiol.bsky.social in Melbourne, Australia! See job listings here.
bbmwong.bsky.social
The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:

Ecology:
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Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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bbmwong.bsky.social
The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:

Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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devoevomed.bsky.social
Four AI-generated "articles" have now disparaged me, "Colleagues and experts in the field have expressed concerns about the consistency and scientific integrity of his work"

gripeo.com/02/vincent-l...
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stephgodfrey.bsky.social
We're looking for TWO lecturers (in Conservation Biology & Evolutionary Ecology) to join us in this beautiful corner of the world! Come join our pretty awesome (if I do say so myself!) department! 💚 @zoologyotago.bsky.social

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samyeaman.bsky.social
Are you interested in the genomic basis of repeated adaptation? The RepAdapt group now has >70 members working to re-run their whole genome shotgun datasets through a common SNP calling pipeline, sharing VCFs, and working together to analyse data. Please contact me if you'd like to contribute!
identitybydissent.bsky.social
Our new paper on the parallel evolution of insecticide resistance is online now at @elife.bsky.social
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Pest: the two spotted spider mite
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arvidagren.bsky.social
John Maynard Smith meets Alan Turing.

In Husbands, Holland and Wheeler, eds (2008). The Mechanical Mind in History. The MIT Press.
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manpreetkdhami.bsky.social
PhD position available - plant-microbe-pollinator interactions in Kowhai flowers! With myself & Prof Jacqueline Beggs, based at Manaaki Whenua, Lincoln. Details below, or DM me! @microbiologysociety.org @evoldir.bsky.social @aucklanduni.bsky.social @microbiologynz.bsky.social
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3rdreviewer.bsky.social
It's GRFP season again, so I thought I'd share my rejection letter (from 1999!). Hang tough--it doesn't determine your future.
A score sheet for my 1999 NSF GRFP. The reviewers did not think highly of my application.
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vectorgen.bsky.social
BRB gonna make some diremosquitoes