Max Farrell
@maxfarrell.bsky.social
Ecology, evolution, infectious diseases, text mining & biodiversity synthesis // Lecturer at University of Glasgow
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Just came across this neat looking pre-print by @maxfarrell.bsky.social et al "Experimental infections reveal unexceptional viral tolerance in bats" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... - meta analysis across 54 viruses, 85 host species, >5600 individuals
www.biorxiv.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Just came across this neat looking pre-print by @maxfarrell.bsky.social et al "Experimental infections reveal unexceptional viral tolerance in bats" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... - meta analysis across 54 viruses, 85 host species, >5600 individuals
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Fully funded PhD position available on mathematics of deep learning at the University of Glasgow.
Info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Contact me via email with motivation and CV by 10 December 2025. Early applications are strongly encouraged
@uofglasgow.bsky.social #phd #mathematics #AI #ML
Info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Contact me via email with motivation and CV by 10 December 2025. Early applications are strongly encouraged
@uofglasgow.bsky.social #phd #mathematics #AI #ML
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fully funded PhD position available on mathematics of deep learning at the University of Glasgow.
Info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Contact me via email with motivation and CV by 10 December 2025. Early applications are strongly encouraged
@uofglasgow.bsky.social #phd #mathematics #AI #ML
Info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Contact me via email with motivation and CV by 10 December 2025. Early applications are strongly encouraged
@uofglasgow.bsky.social #phd #mathematics #AI #ML
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PhD position (Glasgow, UK)
Build lightweight AI tools supporting One Health decision-making.
with @kirstynbrunker.bsky.social @bljog.bsky.social @jakelever.bsky.social
at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2420
Build lightweight AI tools supporting One Health decision-making.
with @kirstynbrunker.bsky.social @bljog.bsky.social @jakelever.bsky.social
at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2420
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
PhD position (Glasgow, UK)
Build lightweight AI tools supporting One Health decision-making.
with @kirstynbrunker.bsky.social @bljog.bsky.social @jakelever.bsky.social
at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2420
Build lightweight AI tools supporting One Health decision-making.
with @kirstynbrunker.bsky.social @bljog.bsky.social @jakelever.bsky.social
at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2420
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Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please share widely!
#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please share widely!
#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics
Research Assistant/Associate
Job Purpose You will contribute to an international collaborative project entitled “Multi-scale infection dynamics from cells to landscapes: FMD in African buffalo”, working with Prof Roman Biek. T...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please share widely!
#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please share widely!
#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics
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Lina, @ucuglasgow.bsky.social’s amazing current organiser/administrator, has just moved on to greater things at @ucuscotland.bsky.social, so we’re looking for someone to replace her - it’s a permanent job at £42.7k pro rata for 22.5 h/wk (so £27.5k). Please do apply by June 5th / let others know…
We're hiring! Job vacancy for branch administrator/organiser with our Glasgow University branch @ucuglasgow.bsky.social. Closing date 10am on 5 June. Details and application 👇 www.ucu.org.uk/vacancies#BAO5
Work for us
Working for UCU
www.ucu.org.uk
May 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Lina, @ucuglasgow.bsky.social’s amazing current organiser/administrator, has just moved on to greater things at @ucuscotland.bsky.social, so we’re looking for someone to replace her - it’s a permanent job at £42.7k pro rata for 22.5 h/wk (so £27.5k). Please do apply by June 5th / let others know…
Excited to be presenting at the AI for Biological Sciences symposium @edinburghup.bsky.social today 🧠🦠🧬🧪
May 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Excited to be presenting at the AI for Biological Sciences symposium @edinburghup.bsky.social today 🧠🦠🧬🧪
One week left to apply! Please use the University of Glasgow portal to suit your applications! (Link on the right side of findaphd post)
Come do a PhD with me using LLMs and comparative methods to understand the emergence of companion animal viruses! 🧠☠️🕸️🐕🐈🖥️
Fully funded 3.5 year PhD based at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and @cvrinfo.bsky.social supervised by myself, Margaret Hosie, and Willie Weir
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Fully funded 3.5 year PhD based at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and @cvrinfo.bsky.social supervised by myself, Margaret Hosie, and Willie Weir
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Comparative study of tropism and emergence of virulent companion animal viruses using AI-powered text mining at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Comparative study of tropism and emergence of virulent companion animal viruses using AI-powered text mining at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
One week left to apply! Please use the University of Glasgow portal to suit your applications! (Link on the right side of findaphd post)
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We are recruiting!
Applications are open for Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track) grade 7/8/9.
To apply, visit www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-l...
#worldchangerswelcome
Applications are open for Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track) grade 7/8/9.
To apply, visit www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-l...
#worldchangerswelcome
Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track)
This is the job description for the Senior Lecturer Grade 9 level. Please note the role is available at a Lecturer Grade 7 and 8 level. Please refer to the separate lecturer Grade 7/8 job descripti...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
April 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We are recruiting!
Applications are open for Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track) grade 7/8/9.
To apply, visit www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-l...
#worldchangerswelcome
Applications are open for Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track) grade 7/8/9.
To apply, visit www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-l...
#worldchangerswelcome
Come do a PhD with me using LLMs and comparative methods to understand the emergence of companion animal viruses! 🧠☠️🕸️🐕🐈🖥️
Fully funded 3.5 year PhD based at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and @cvrinfo.bsky.social supervised by myself, Margaret Hosie, and Willie Weir
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Fully funded 3.5 year PhD based at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and @cvrinfo.bsky.social supervised by myself, Margaret Hosie, and Willie Weir
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Comparative study of tropism and emergence of virulent companion animal viruses using AI-powered text mining at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Comparative study of tropism and emergence of virulent companion animal viruses using AI-powered text mining at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Come do a PhD with me using LLMs and comparative methods to understand the emergence of companion animal viruses! 🧠☠️🕸️🐕🐈🖥️
Fully funded 3.5 year PhD based at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and @cvrinfo.bsky.social supervised by myself, Margaret Hosie, and Willie Weir
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Fully funded 3.5 year PhD based at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and @cvrinfo.bsky.social supervised by myself, Margaret Hosie, and Willie Weir
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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In the UCL Dept of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, we are advertising for people interested in applying for senior fellowship funding. I can say personally that it is a fantastic place to hold a fellowship. Apply at www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
In the UCL Dept of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, we are advertising for people interested in applying for senior fellowship funding. I can say personally that it is a fantastic place to hold a fellowship. Apply at www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social
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Multiple faculty positions available in our department at Trinity College Dublin, including plant conservation, biogeography and biodiversity genomics. #sciencejobs 🧪🌎🌾
For more information, please go to tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ and search the 'School of Natural Sciences'.
You will see that we also have several Assistant Professor positions open at the moment.
Please pass this on to any early career academics / postdocs, especially those who are new to this platform!
You will see that we also have several Assistant Professor positions open at the moment.
Please pass this on to any early career academics / postdocs, especially those who are new to this platform!
February 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Multiple faculty positions available in our department at Trinity College Dublin, including plant conservation, biogeography and biodiversity genomics. #sciencejobs 🧪🌎🌾
March 7th deadline coming up for @uofgecodatasci.bsky.social PhD! Happy to chat with anyone interested in applying 🗓️✒️
Applications open for the fantastic @uofgecodatasci.bsky.social PhD program!
These are 4 year funded positions and 3 spots are allocated to Black UK-domiciled students from low income backgrounds to do a 5 year Masters+PhD program
Diverse projects include using LLMs for disease ecology with me 👨💻🕸️🦠
These are 4 year funded positions and 3 spots are allocated to Black UK-domiciled students from low income backgrounds to do a 5 year Masters+PhD program
Diverse projects include using LLMs for disease ecology with me 👨💻🕸️🦠
@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social has several funded PhD studentships in Ecological Data Science for UK and international students currently being advertised for an October start - ecological-data-science.github.io/about.html - funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social with a deadline of Friday 7th March.
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
March 7th deadline coming up for @uofgecodatasci.bsky.social PhD! Happy to chat with anyone interested in applying 🗓️✒️
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🚨👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁!
Work with us to develop supervised learning and graph analysis of the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues they can infect, and the hosts that can be infected.
3y role based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, apply by 18 Mar:
vibelab.co.uk/blog/25-02-1...
Work with us to develop supervised learning and graph analysis of the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues they can infect, and the hosts that can be infected.
3y role based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, apply by 18 Mar:
vibelab.co.uk/blog/25-02-1...
3y postdoc role available in computational biology! | VIBE Research Lab
Work with us in a three year postdoc research role! The role will develop supervised learning and graph analysis methods to understand the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues t...
vibelab.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🚨👨🏽🔬👩🏿🔬𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁!
Work with us to develop supervised learning and graph analysis of the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues they can infect, and the hosts that can be infected.
3y role based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, apply by 18 Mar:
vibelab.co.uk/blog/25-02-1...
Work with us to develop supervised learning and graph analysis of the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues they can infect, and the hosts that can be infected.
3y role based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, apply by 18 Mar:
vibelab.co.uk/blog/25-02-1...
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The Data Life Cycle is a useful narrative device to understand how data flow within a project. But understanding how it fits with complex model pipelines has been awkward. So we wrote a thing! It's called the Model Life Cycle, and it's now out in PLOS Comp Biol: 🧪
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten quick tips to build a Model Life Cycle
journals.plos.org
February 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Data Life Cycle is a useful narrative device to understand how data flow within a project. But understanding how it fits with complex model pipelines has been awkward. So we wrote a thing! It's called the Model Life Cycle, and it's now out in PLOS Comp Biol: 🧪
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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Up to twenty-one funded UK and International PhD studentships here at @uofglasgow.bsky.social and our partner institutions for potential students interested in Ecology and ML / AI / Computing / Stats / Maths between the two programmes at ecological-data-science.github.io and www.exageo.org.
February 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Up to twenty-one funded UK and International PhD studentships here at @uofglasgow.bsky.social and our partner institutions for potential students interested in Ecology and ML / AI / Computing / Stats / Maths between the two programmes at ecological-data-science.github.io and www.exageo.org.
Applications open for the fantastic @uofgecodatasci.bsky.social PhD program!
These are 4 year funded positions and 3 spots are allocated to Black UK-domiciled students from low income backgrounds to do a 5 year Masters+PhD program
Diverse projects include using LLMs for disease ecology with me 👨💻🕸️🦠
These are 4 year funded positions and 3 spots are allocated to Black UK-domiciled students from low income backgrounds to do a 5 year Masters+PhD program
Diverse projects include using LLMs for disease ecology with me 👨💻🕸️🦠
@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social has several funded PhD studentships in Ecological Data Science for UK and international students currently being advertised for an October start - ecological-data-science.github.io/about.html - funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social with a deadline of Friday 7th March.
Ecological Data Science - About
ecological-data-science.github.io
February 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Applications open for the fantastic @uofgecodatasci.bsky.social PhD program!
These are 4 year funded positions and 3 spots are allocated to Black UK-domiciled students from low income backgrounds to do a 5 year Masters+PhD program
Diverse projects include using LLMs for disease ecology with me 👨💻🕸️🦠
These are 4 year funded positions and 3 spots are allocated to Black UK-domiciled students from low income backgrounds to do a 5 year Masters+PhD program
Diverse projects include using LLMs for disease ecology with me 👨💻🕸️🦠
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If you're a non-UK scientist who wants to come to the UK for a postdoc, this year's Newton Fellowships are now open. You'll need a lab to host you (which could be me, but truly, could be any PI, so get in touch with someone you'd like to work with!)
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society
This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.
royalsociety.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you're a non-UK scientist who wants to come to the UK for a postdoc, this year's Newton Fellowships are now open. You'll need a lab to host you (which could be me, but truly, could be any PI, so get in touch with someone you'd like to work with!)
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
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Reboosting this with the hope of offering colleagues in the US, especially those in precarious situations, a potential escape route as the system over there collapses… great team and place to live and work…
🚀 We are looking for a Junior Research Group Lead as part of the Helmholtz Initiative with 2 to 6 years of academic experience 🌟
👉 Application process:
You apply by 15.02.25. One candidate per institute will prepare a full proposal by 30.04.25.
📄 More: one2.vs12951.internet1.de/sites/defaul...
👉 Application process:
You apply by 15.02.25. One candidate per institute will prepare a full proposal by 30.04.25.
📄 More: one2.vs12951.internet1.de/sites/defaul...
January 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Reboosting this with the hope of offering colleagues in the US, especially those in precarious situations, a potential escape route as the system over there collapses… great team and place to live and work…
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‘There is a worldwide shortage of scientists and because it’s a worldwide shortage, there’s worldwide competition,' says our Foreign Secretary Professor Alison Noble, as she warns that the UK's visa process and costs could put off scientists from moving to the UK: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
High visa fees putting skilled scientists and entrepreneurs off the UK
Leading scientists have now called on ministers to review the upfront costs that must be paid by workers in science, technology, engineering and maths fields.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
‘There is a worldwide shortage of scientists and because it’s a worldwide shortage, there’s worldwide competition,' says our Foreign Secretary Professor Alison Noble, as she warns that the UK's visa process and costs could put off scientists from moving to the UK: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Don't miss out! 📣 The 4th round of applications for the
@uofgjmsphd.bsky.social Scholarships are open until 31 Jan 2025.
12 Scholarships are available in any research area where the University can supervise. Plus mentorship, placements, networking and much more!
➡️ www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
@uofgjmsphd.bsky.social Scholarships are open until 31 Jan 2025.
12 Scholarships are available in any research area where the University can supervise. Plus mentorship, placements, networking and much more!
➡️ www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
December 20, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Don't miss out! 📣 The 4th round of applications for the
@uofgjmsphd.bsky.social Scholarships are open until 31 Jan 2025.
12 Scholarships are available in any research area where the University can supervise. Plus mentorship, placements, networking and much more!
➡️ www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
@uofgjmsphd.bsky.social Scholarships are open until 31 Jan 2025.
12 Scholarships are available in any research area where the University can supervise. Plus mentorship, placements, networking and much more!
➡️ www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
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🦠 We are recruiting two 2-year postdocs to work at the intersection of virus genomics and infectious disease. jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Please share widely!
December 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM
🦠 We are recruiting two 2-year postdocs to work at the intersection of virus genomics and infectious disease. jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Please share widely!