Dr. Kathleen M. Munley
@thefishiedoc.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @psychualberta.bsky.social 🇨🇦 | PI: The Seasonal and Social Neuroendocrinology (SeaSoN) Lab @ualberta.bsky.social | social and seasonal regulation of behavioral plasticity in cichlids 🐟🧠🧬 | she/her
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I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂
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🚨Good news, everyone!
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚨Good news, everyone!
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
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My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
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I've updated my Bioinformatics Bootcamp: Zebrafish Special Edition blog post on @the-node.bsky.social! Please do share with trainees or anyone new to the community. I hope it adds some breadth to the many resources available to #zebrafish researchers. 🔗 thenode.biologists.com/bioinformati...
Bioinformatics Bootcamp - Zebrafish Special Edition - the Node
A deep-dive into the many cool (and free) resources available to zebrafish researchers! Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list but a list of useful
thenode.biologists.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I've updated my Bioinformatics Bootcamp: Zebrafish Special Edition blog post on @the-node.bsky.social! Please do share with trainees or anyone new to the community. I hope it adds some breadth to the many resources available to #zebrafish researchers. 🔗 thenode.biologists.com/bioinformati...
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Researchers gave female canaries testosterone, which causes them to sing. Two-photon in vivo imaging reveals that songs emerge due to changes in brain cell function rather than by increasing the size of a key brain region, as was once thought. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/pn1750XhFL5
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Researchers gave female canaries testosterone, which causes them to sing. Two-photon in vivo imaging reveals that songs emerge due to changes in brain cell function rather than by increasing the size of a key brain region, as was once thought. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/pn1750XhFL5
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TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
Brandeis University, Biology Department
Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US
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October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
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During these uncertain times, I’m very happy to see that my institution, @scripps.edu has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Any field in Chemistry or Biology is welcome. I’d especially love to see fellow neuroscientists apply. Please repost!
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October 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
During these uncertain times, I’m very happy to see that my institution, @scripps.edu has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Any field in Chemistry or Biology is welcome. I’d especially love to see fellow neuroscientists apply. Please repost!
apply.interfolio.com/174756
apply.interfolio.com/174756
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For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
Assistant Professor (Neuroscience, Tenure Track) - Lethbridge (City), Alberta (CA) job with University of Lethbridge | 39049
Assistant Professor (tenure track) of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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September 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
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Four subtle changes to an enzyme might explain the longevity of the naked mole rat.
go.nature.com/46QLrWQ
go.nature.com/46QLrWQ
Naked mole rats live for decades — genetic tweaks reveal insights into ageing
Four subtle changes to an enzyme might explain the hairless rodents’ longevity.
go.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Four subtle changes to an enzyme might explain the longevity of the naked mole rat.
go.nature.com/46QLrWQ
go.nature.com/46QLrWQ
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I can’t think of a better reason to finally join Bluesky - my first first-authored paper is out! It being published in @science.org is surreal. This was a community effort in every sense, led by an incredible team with @rosvall-lab.bsky.social @mathcancer.bsky.social @juncowren.bsky.social
As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds took note.
Leveraging nature’s own experiment, scientists and the public joined forces to show how different species responded to sudden midafternoon darkness followed by a new “dawn.” Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/48WbhLL
Leveraging nature’s own experiment, scientists and the public joined forces to show how different species responded to sudden midafternoon darkness followed by a new “dawn.” Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/48WbhLL
October 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I can’t think of a better reason to finally join Bluesky - my first first-authored paper is out! It being published in @science.org is surreal. This was a community effort in every sense, led by an incredible team with @rosvall-lab.bsky.social @mathcancer.bsky.social @juncowren.bsky.social
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Jane taught us that every day we live, we make an impact. The choice is ours as to what kind of impact it will be.
Her life proved that one person, rooted in compassion and sustained by hope, can change the world. Now it is up to us to carry that light forward—not as a farewell, but as a promise.
Her life proved that one person, rooted in compassion and sustained by hope, can change the world. Now it is up to us to carry that light forward—not as a farewell, but as a promise.
October 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jane taught us that every day we live, we make an impact. The choice is ours as to what kind of impact it will be.
Her life proved that one person, rooted in compassion and sustained by hope, can change the world. Now it is up to us to carry that light forward—not as a farewell, but as a promise.
Her life proved that one person, rooted in compassion and sustained by hope, can change the world. Now it is up to us to carry that light forward—not as a farewell, but as a promise.
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Applications for MA, MSc and PhD programs in Psychology @ualberta.bsky.social are now open! For application information and FAQ, please visit our website below. Deadline December 1st. Join us!
www.ualberta.ca/en/psycholog...
www.ualberta.ca/en/psycholog...
September 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Applications for MA, MSc and PhD programs in Psychology @ualberta.bsky.social are now open! For application information and FAQ, please visit our website below. Deadline December 1st. Join us!
www.ualberta.ca/en/psycholog...
www.ualberta.ca/en/psycholog...
I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂
September 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂
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The Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge has a tenure-track position for a neuroscientist studying brain function across the life span in nonhuman animals. Join a terrific community of researchers in a beautiful part of the country.🧠🧪 Re-post
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8586
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8586
September 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge has a tenure-track position for a neuroscientist studying brain function across the life span in nonhuman animals. Join a terrific community of researchers in a beautiful part of the country.🧠🧪 Re-post
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8586
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8586
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See last article on "The cognitive side of communication in social insects", just published in @TrendsCognSci . Free access under this link!
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September 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
See last article on "The cognitive side of communication in social insects", just published in @TrendsCognSci . Free access under this link!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Call for article submission for a special issue "Animal Intelligence: From Individual to Social Cognition" in Acta Ethologica. Deadline is 15 Oct 2025
https://bit.ly/47KZgYX
#Behaviour2025
https://bit.ly/47KZgYX
#Behaviour2025
Animal Intelligence: From Individual to Social Cognition | SpringerLink
From ants to whales, animals face minute-by-minute decisions, such as fight or flee, dominate or obey, take off, share, eat, spit out, or court. This Special ...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Call for article submission for a special issue "Animal Intelligence: From Individual to Social Cognition" in Acta Ethologica. Deadline is 15 Oct 2025
https://bit.ly/47KZgYX
#Behaviour2025
https://bit.ly/47KZgYX
#Behaviour2025
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🎯How did life get multicellular?
Five simple organisms could have the answer
"Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Five simple organisms could have the answer
"Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How did life get multicellular? Five simple organisms could have the answer
Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals.
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🎯How did life get multicellular?
Five simple organisms could have the answer
"Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Five simple organisms could have the answer
"Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Hello Bluesky: Long time listener, first time poster! Excited to share the first publication of my Ph.D. work studying the development of appendage shapes in @plosbiology.org! The zebrafish caudal fin is quite distinctive, and we examine the timing and mechanisms of how its shape might come to be!
Caudal fins show great variation in shape between diverse fish species. New research reveals that #developmental cues in embryonic tissues involving the Sonic hedgehog pathway imprint fin #morphology, highlighting a critical window for modulating appendage morphology. 🧪
plos.io/4mydLnA
plos.io/4mydLnA
August 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hello Bluesky: Long time listener, first time poster! Excited to share the first publication of my Ph.D. work studying the development of appendage shapes in @plosbiology.org! The zebrafish caudal fin is quite distinctive, and we examine the timing and mechanisms of how its shape might come to be!
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Interesting article about part-time working in academia. I'd add
1. Flexi-working can mean you don't have to work '3 or 4 days a week' but instead can accrue time off to align with school holidays.
2. Role sharing can help you do big admin jobs needed for promotion
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
1. Flexi-working can mean you don't have to work '3 or 4 days a week' but instead can accrue time off to align with school holidays.
2. Role sharing can help you do big admin jobs needed for promotion
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia
Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.
elifesciences.org
August 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Interesting article about part-time working in academia. I'd add
1. Flexi-working can mean you don't have to work '3 or 4 days a week' but instead can accrue time off to align with school holidays.
2. Role sharing can help you do big admin jobs needed for promotion
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
1. Flexi-working can mean you don't have to work '3 or 4 days a week' but instead can accrue time off to align with school holidays.
2. Role sharing can help you do big admin jobs needed for promotion
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
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Nemo needs gap junctions, too. New preprint with Marleen Klann, Vincent Laudet, et al. showing anemonefish Snowflake mutant due to E42K substitution in Connexin Gja5b. Found exact same E42K in zebrafish gja5b (= leopard) by ENU, to the nucleotide! Details, inferences: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Nemo needs gap junctions, too. New preprint with Marleen Klann, Vincent Laudet, et al. showing anemonefish Snowflake mutant due to E42K substitution in Connexin Gja5b. Found exact same E42K in zebrafish gja5b (= leopard) by ENU, to the nucleotide! Details, inferences: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at Wake Forest University Fall 2026. Current projects focus on the neurobiology, behavior, and development of identity processing in paper wasps. Contact me if interested. Deadline to apply is Dec. 15th 2025. Please share!
#PhDposition #PhD #wasplove
#PhDposition #PhD #wasplove
August 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at Wake Forest University Fall 2026. Current projects focus on the neurobiology, behavior, and development of identity processing in paper wasps. Contact me if interested. Deadline to apply is Dec. 15th 2025. Please share!
#PhDposition #PhD #wasplove
#PhDposition #PhD #wasplove
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Sharing on behalf of my colleague Marcel Eens:
Post-doc position on #UrbanBirds at University of Antwerp:
6-10 month position with intention of submitting fellowship application (extends postdoc by 3 years if successful).
Deadline Aug 28. www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
Post-doc position on #UrbanBirds at University of Antwerp:
6-10 month position with intention of submitting fellowship application (extends postdoc by 3 years if successful).
Deadline Aug 28. www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
Post-doc position Behavioural ecology in a changing and urbanizing world | University of Antwerp
YUFE vacancies
www.uantwerpen.be
August 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Sharing on behalf of my colleague Marcel Eens:
Post-doc position on #UrbanBirds at University of Antwerp:
6-10 month position with intention of submitting fellowship application (extends postdoc by 3 years if successful).
Deadline Aug 28. www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
Post-doc position on #UrbanBirds at University of Antwerp:
6-10 month position with intention of submitting fellowship application (extends postdoc by 3 years if successful).
Deadline Aug 28. www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
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Want to see the economic impact of #NIH grant cuts in your community? Check out @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and colleagues' project here. Tell your friends and neighbors what is happening. scienceimpacts.org
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
scienceimpacts.org
August 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Want to see the economic impact of #NIH grant cuts in your community? Check out @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and colleagues' project here. Tell your friends and neighbors what is happening. scienceimpacts.org
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🚨Another PI job opening in the Neuroscience dept. at @umontreal.ca ! 🚨
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with Université de Montréal | 12843808
Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry involved in the production of complex behaviors
www.nature.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
🚨Another PI job opening in the Neuroscience dept. at @umontreal.ca ! 🚨
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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🚨 come be my colleague! 🧠
Bowdoin is hiring a tenure track position at the intersection of Neuroscience and AI! Application review starts 9/9!
Supported by our new Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity - we’ve got amazing colleagues, students, and resources!
careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/16669
Bowdoin is hiring a tenure track position at the intersection of Neuroscience and AI! Application review starts 9/9!
Supported by our new Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity - we’ve got amazing colleagues, students, and resources!
careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/16669
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (AI)
Bowdoin College’s Program of Neuroscience invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2026. We seek applic...
careers.bowdoin.edu
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨 come be my colleague! 🧠
Bowdoin is hiring a tenure track position at the intersection of Neuroscience and AI! Application review starts 9/9!
Supported by our new Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity - we’ve got amazing colleagues, students, and resources!
careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/16669
Bowdoin is hiring a tenure track position at the intersection of Neuroscience and AI! Application review starts 9/9!
Supported by our new Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity - we’ve got amazing colleagues, students, and resources!
careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/16669