UNC Chapel Hill is hiring an Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Per Jeff
Dangl MPMI candidates are also highly desired in the search. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

🚨GRFP DEADLINE ALERT!🚨 I missed this in my original solicitation read-through, so FYI 📣LETTERS ARE DUE BEFORE PROPOSALS📣 this year!

"Reference letters are due Friday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)."

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

The Department of Biology at the University of Kentucky is hiring a Microbiologist (broadly defined). Microbial eco-evo folks, this is your sign to come work with us. Not in the search committee, but happy to answer questions.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
#microbiology #ecology

Don’t use ChatGPT to reach out to prospective PhD advisors.

Ooof - "First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar)" - this really stinks for now 2nd year students who waited to apply based on how this worked in the past.

new GRFP solicitation says "Individuals enrolled in graduate degree programs can apply only once, in the first year of their first graduate program" - does this mean 2nd year students who didn't not apply last year are now ineligible?

Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.

Ancient organisms may have left microscopic "biosignatures" on Mars. That's according to NASA scientists, who say a rock sample offers the most concrete proof yet that the red planet once hosted life.

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

David Baltimore, giant of molecular biology, has died.

If anyone happens to be around UNC Chapel Hill this week, I'll be speaking on Tuesday: www.med.unc.edu/cgibd/event/... @microbiomeunc.bsky.social #microbiome

UNC Biology's first seminar this week is by Dr. Lillian Fritz-Laylin (Tues 9/9 12:30 PM). Her talk is titled, “Cytoskeletal specification and the diversification of cell function” 1/n 🧪

Look at this crazy thing!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you are a college student, maybe a week or two into the semester, why not visit office hours and ask your professor that question?

You know, that thing you were wondering in class? Or when you were doing the homework?

Go ask them! That’s why they are there. They will be excited to see you.

This is the science I want funded (alongside curing cancer etc)

A defined microbial community reproduces attributes of fine flavour chocolate fermentation

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please repost and amplify !

We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!

Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...

Deadline for applications is Oct 1

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Good news for NIH MIRA applicants. Grants.gov recently published the forecast notice for the reissuance of the EI/NI MIRA notice of funding opportunity. As indicated at the link, the estimated post date for the NOFO is Nov 3. www.grants.gov/search-resul...

"Fungi can see and react to a wide range of colors." journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

The Parker Lab at UNC Biology is hiring a postdoc to work on insect–microbe interactions.

Support available for multiple years from startup; we are open to a range of project ideas. Come join us to study symbiosis in a supportive, collaborative environment!

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/303...

Please help get the word out - We are hiring at all levels (graduate students, technicians, and postdocs)! If you are interested in sponges, cell biology, evolution, immunity, and symbiosis, please don’t hesitate to contact me to learn more.

Do dogs really understand words or are they just responding to inflection & body language?

This 2018 study using fMRI brain-mapping says they *DO* understand our words.

I'll explain, but first, let's acknowledge the adorable participants, 12 dogs who were trained at home to retrieve two objects.

Corey Allard et al asks how “solar-powered” slugs maintain stolen chloroplasts from their diet for photosynthesis and starvation resistance. @cellpress.bsky.social, @harvardmcb.bsky.social, @harvardmed.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Started a starter pack for the presenters and attendees of the 2025 Animal-Microbe Symbiosis Gordon Research Conference. Let me know if I should add (or remove) you!

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