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Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks, Kayce!

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Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks, Andre!

Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · 18h

Jackson! You are too kind. Hope to see you on the Great Plains soon.

Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · 21h

My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · 18d

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
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Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco

Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco Job Summary: The Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a fu...

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 19d

🚨🚨 DREAM JOB ALERT 🚨 🚨

Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!

Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

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Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · Sep 10

Congrats, Darren and Libby! Can’t wait to add this to the journal club list.

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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 14

THRILLED to announce that my NSF "Closing the gap: The history of river connections with the formation of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on the evolution of plants in rivers" in collab w/Carlos Jaramillo at STRI and Caroline Strömberg at UW was awarded! Add for a PhD student+a postdoc to come🧵

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Natalie Wright, Ph.D. @coereba.bsky.social · Jul 25

Kenyon is hiring a TT microbiologist! Please share widely. I’m the search chair & am happy to answer any questions. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

Kenyon College - Details - Assistant Professor of Biology (Tenure-Track)

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · Jul 15

Applications now open for the SSE GREG Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! These grants provide up to $3500 to expand your dissertation work. Submit your proposal by September 15!
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Research Excellence Grants. Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards, Deadline: September 15, 5:00 PM Eastern.

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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · Jul 7

the ad is up! applications due 7/15: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · Jun 23

My @asn-amnat.bsky.social Presidents Address for #Evol2025 is now available on YouTube:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=soPd...

ASN Presidential Address - EVOLUTION 2025

YouTube video by Evolution Meetings

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Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · Jun 22

I’m YOUR fan @coereba.bsky.social !

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Jason Gregg @jasongregg.bsky.social · Jun 18

so... which Pacific seabirds need the most attention? Ask the experts! Excited to share a new paper in @society4conbio.bsky.social We interviewed 70+ seabird scientists, cultural practitioners and managers across the Pacific.

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · May 31

The bottom line with the proposed cuts to NSF is to cut the number of working scientists and disappear opportunities to train new scientists.

This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.

screenshot from the NSF budget request to congress showing that the number of people involved in NSF activities will drop from 330,100 to 90,000.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 31

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)

NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · Jun 1

Science is pure awesome. I hope we can all keep doing it.

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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · May 15

Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

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Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · Apr 28

@msbbirds.bsky.social @cgadek.bsky.social

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · Apr 28

The diversity of the avian lung mycobiome is
largely driven by diet and sampling year, reflecting birds’ exposure to environmental fungi. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Phylogenetic and ecological drivers of the avian lung mycobiome and its potentially pathogenic component - Communications Biology

“The diversity of the avian lung mycobiome is largely driven by diet and sampling year, reflecting birds’ exposure to environmental fungi. While host phylogeny and geography contribute to differences,...

www.nature.com

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Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · Apr 26

Jay, I’m so, so sorry…this is awful. Hang in there.

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Flora Rutaganira @frutag33.bsky.social · Apr 21

Hello Community!
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

Flyer for the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium (including QR code in top right corner). This symposium highlights the work of exceptional early-career scientists in the broad field of quantitative biological and biomedical sciences, with a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship, and community engagement. These early career scientists are preparing to launch a faculty search. Applications are due May 30th, 2025.

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Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · Apr 18

A prime catch, I’ll say.

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Ethan Gyllenhaal @ethanofthegulls.bsky.social · Apr 17

Some species had an outsized role in shaping evolutionary theory. The Fiji Whistlers featured heavily in Ernst Mayr's development of the biological species concept and its application to allopatric taxa. In our new paper, we revisited this system with genomic data 🧵

doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · Apr 17

Applications now open for UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evo Bio (1–6 Sept 2025, Lausanne)!
Aimed at PhD students interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology questions like sexual selection, social & life-history evolution. Scholarships available.
Pls share! www.shorturl.at/znk5g

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