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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 8d

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 11d

Applications are open until January 15th, 2026!

Eligible applicants must be U.S. Citizens, Nationals or greencard holders who have already received the honorable mention award.

Please share this opportunity with your students and networks!

Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 11d

Our 42 faculty and 138 graduate students work with local communities, Tribes, agencies, and the fishing industry, and do research from the Arctic to the Antarctic, including inland waters, coastal systems, and the deep ocean.

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 11d

EMERGE Alaska focuses on marine and coastal ecosystem research and is anchored on 4 components: academic training, research and innovation, professional development and student success support. The College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences has 3 departments (Fisheries, Marine Biology, and Oceanography).

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social

www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...

EMERGE Alaska | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 11d

EMERGE Alaska focuses on marine and coastal ecosystem research and is anchored on 4 components: academic training, research and innovation, professional development and student success support. The College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences has 3 departments (Fisheries, Marine Biology, and Oceanography).

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Ocean Acidification Research Center @uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · Jul 24

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. 🧪🌊🦑 @alaskaepscor.bsky.social @uafairbanks.bsky.social @jessicaglass.bsky.social #EPSCoR

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New federal grant will support UAF doctoral students

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. The program, Enhancing Marine Ecosyste...

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · Jul 22

Super excited to be able to announce this opportunity! We'll be recruiting 12 PhD students to start at UAF CFOS between Jan–Aug 2026 w/ 3 years of full support. Please repost and share with your students who received honorable mentions on the GRFP in the last 3 years.

www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...

New federal grant will support UAF doctoral students

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. The program, Enhancing Marine Ecosyste...

www.uaf.edu

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · Jul 15

Good luck to all of you getting CAREER grants in the final stages!

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · Jun 25

Another day testing the limits of resilience.

The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.

Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.

The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.

‘This is bull——”: National Science Foundation employees protest HUD's takeover

Dozens of National Science Foundation employees crowded the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday to protest the news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, w...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Jun 17

My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
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“Why Are We Funding This?”

Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.

www.americanscientist.org

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · May 29

Literally the last thing you needed. Sorry Zack! 😥

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · May 24

Reminder that SSE members in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and 152 low-income countries around the world can still get FREE registration for the virtual Evolution meeting! Please share with your colleagues: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · May 23

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · May 23

Check out my postdoc Yin Hsieh’s new publication out this week in BMC Bioinformatics!

She created an open-source tool to query protein presence and map it to a phylogenetic tree! 🧬

bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

ProTaxoVis—protein taxonomic visualisation of presence - BMC Bioinformatics

Background: Protein presence information is an essential component of biological pathway identification. Presence of certain enzymes in an organism points towards the metabolic pathways that occur wit...

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 22

🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.

This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · May 22

This is tragic. 😥

Yonatan Grad @yhgrad.bsky.social · May 22

NSF GRFPs terminated for those in graduate school and already attending Harvard, too.

Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · May 22

All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated

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Peter Andersen @germline.bsky.social · May 16

📣 🥳 🧑‍💻 Our department is hiring:

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark

Deadline June 1st

Thanks for sharing!

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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - BiRC - Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University

mbg.au.dk

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University of Alaska Fairbanks @uafairbanks.bsky.social · May 16

The discovery of Sivulliusalmo alaskensis — the genus is named from the Inupiaq and Latin words for “to be first” and “salmon,” respectively — adds another 20 million years to the fossil history of the salmon family.

www.uaf.edu/news/new...

New ancient fish species earliest known salmon ancestor

A new paper published this week in the journal Papers in Paleontology has named three new species of fish from that time period, including a salmonid, dubbed Sivulliusalmo alaskensis.

www.uaf.edu

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · May 9

New pre-print from the Glass and López labs showing strong genomic differentiation between Pacific Herring in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea using whole genome data, plus mitonuclear discordance in the Gulf! 🐟

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · Apr 29

It was a dream come true today to present my lab’s research at the American Museum of Natural History! I am floored by the enthusiasm and amazing research of the PhD students in the Richard Gilder Graduate School! 🐟🧬

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UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social · Apr 21

🚨 Just a few days left before the next review date!🚨 The Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute at @ucdavis.bsky.social is searching for a Director to join us.

View the full position description and apply by April 27th: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07044

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · Apr 19

🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨

We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!

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NSF Grant Termination Information Collection Form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NSF grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.

We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected PIs, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks.

We are actively building a pipeline to organize these terminations and will soon have a tracker akin to our NIH grant tracker at https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA

WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential.

These resources are maintained by Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with input and support from additional volunteers. For any questions, please contact Scott Delaney on Signal (sdelaney.84).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · Apr 18

So humbled and honored to have been the invited speaker for the Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley yesterday. I loved meeting with the PhD students and am blown away by the amazing and impactful research they’re doing!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Apr 18

For the right person, this is a unicorn dream job

serc.si.edu/get-involved... 🧪🦑🌎

Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO) Director

The Smithsonian Institution invites applications for the position of Director of the Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network and Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO) program. MarineGEO is a glo...

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