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Jessica Light (she/her) @jeclight.bsky.social · 8d

Job Alert! Please share widely. Tenure-track position in Plant Systematics in the Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology at Texas A&M @tamueccb.bsky.social. Job details here: apply.interfolio.com/171016 #plants #botany #herbaria #systematics #ecology #conservation #evolution

Picture of an oak tree showing leaves beginning to brown for fall. Picture taken College Station, Texas.

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Jessica Light (she/her) @jeclight.bsky.social · 8d

Job Alert! Please share widely. Tenure-track position in Plant Systematics in the Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology at Texas A&M @tamueccb.bsky.social. Job details here: apply.interfolio.com/171016 #plants #botany #herbaria #systematics #ecology #conservation #evolution

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Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology @tamueccb.bsky.social · 13d

🪳 Want to learn all about lice?

Check out Dr. Jessica E. Light’s (@jeclight.bsky.social) new paper on lice classification in Insect Systematics: Past, Present, and Future. This new publication should do the trick!

🔗 academic.oup.com/isd/article/...

#TAMUECCB #InsectSystematics #Taxonomy #Lice

Phthiraptera systematics: past, present, and future

Abstract. Parasitic lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera) are small, wingless parasites of birds and mammals that have been at the forefront of coevolutionary stud

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The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · Sep 8

Do you know someone who has contributed to strengthening the evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusion and diversity?

Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info:

www.systbio.org/idea-award.h...

You may self-nominate!!!

IDEA Award

The ASN/SSE/SSB Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award was created in 2019 by the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the...

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 21d

How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You. (My story of some surprising evo-devo!) nyti.ms/42Cg8xH

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Jessica Light (she/her) @jeclight.bsky.social · 28d

a man is wearing a hat and scarf and says bingo

ALT: a man is wearing a hat and scarf and says bingo

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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thumbs are cool and all, but have you ever thought about how important thumbnails are? They just might have been the key to rodents' evolutionary success. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Anderson Feijó examining rodents in the collections of the Field Museum. CREDIT: Field Museum

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

Curatorial Associate

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...

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Ken Koon Wong @kenkoonwong.bsky.social · Aug 31

🧬🔬 Explore phylogenetic analysis from genome to tree! Basic workflow with #rstats #bioconductor. Learnt to work with large genomic data. Extract 16S rRNA from 10K+ E.coli strains using dataset dehydrate, barrnap for extraction, rapidNJ for tree building & FigTree for visualization.

#microsky #idsky

Learning The Basics of Phylogenetic Analysis | Everyday Is A School Day

🧬🔬 Explore phylogenetic analysis from genome to tree! Basic workflow with R/Bioconductor. Learnt to work with large genomic dataset. Extract 16S rRNA from 10K+ E.coli strains using dataset dehydrate, ...

www.kenkoonwong.com

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Silu Wang (she/her)🇨🇦 @siluwang.bsky.social · Aug 30

Why do speciation rates vary across the tree of life?
Some of the best yet most underappreciated places for this investigation are natural hybrid zones.
This preprint takes you to the hybrid zones in the origin of species to find a clue. 👉 shorturl.at/N7FXE
#Speciation #Evolution #hybridization

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!

We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.

Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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Andrea Case @andreacase.bsky.social · Aug 20

Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!

plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 20

Our paper is already one of the ten most-shared on social media articles in the history of the journal.

As of right now, 14 people have posted about it on Twitter.

And 1,018 people have posted about it on Bluesky.

Which sorta makes our point here?

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!

We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.

Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

doi.org

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · Aug 19

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Aug 19

Calling all natural history/museum collections folxs

The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'

The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026.

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2026 SSB Breakout Meeting

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · Aug 14

Rare as hen's teeth: an Assistant Curator job, with our fantastic team at National Museums Scotland! Closing date 24th August #museums #museumjobs
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553

Assistant Curator (Vertebrates)

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Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology @tamueccb.bsky.social · Aug 12

📢 Congrats to Dr. Jessica Light (@jeclight.bsky.social) on her new Zoological Journal paper!

A decade-long international collaboration, presented at the International Louse Conference in France.

🔗 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

#TAMUECCB #Research #Biodiversity #InternationalCollaboration

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The Carlson Lab @ Yale @carlsonlab.bsky.social · Jun 23

Do you study wildlife disease? Don't just share your sequences - share your testing data! We've developed a minimum data standard and an R package to help you, and wrote a little how-to-share-data handbook for disease ecology and One Health surveillance projects 🦇🦟🦠🗺️🔢

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

A minimum data standard for wildlife disease research and surveillance - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - A minimum data standard for wildlife disease research and surveillance

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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · Jun 21

The recording of my IDEA talk is up on the #Evol2025 YouTube channel, and I've thrown that together with a PDF copy of the slide deck and a bibliography: lab.jbyoder.org/2025/06/21/a...

A bibliography for the 2025 IDEA plenary

The recording of my talk for the 2025 IDEA plenary is now posted over on the Evolution meeting YouTube channel (there’s a bunch of dead air at the start of the recording; the action starts a …

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Jun 6

Job! Outreach coordinator, Texas Field Station Network. This position will also put you in collaboration with the UT natural history collections, and, by association, me. But don't let that deter you.

Education and Outreach Coordinator, Texas Field Station Network, Biodiversity Center

Job Posting Title: Education and Outreach Coordinator, Texas Field Station Network, Biodiversity Center ---- Hiring Department: Department of Integrative Biology ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ...

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Jun 15

Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete our survey gathering data on observations of insects for our study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to our survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in participating!

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Jun 4

Really proud to have worked with my 14-year-old, Anjali, on this new and free kids' book on #evolution.

Published in time for the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Please check it out and share!

www.lsu.edu/mns/news-and...

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · Jun 3

She is careful and thorough, will maintain whatever level of confidentiality you will need, and telling your story is important for our community.

Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · Jun 3

Journalist request:

If you are a prospective or current graduate student or postdoc impacted by visa uncertainty—in US, UK or elsewhere—I want to talk to you.

RTs appreciated!

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · May 24

More details coming soon, but mark your calendars ...

Breakout meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social‬ The Society of Systematic Biologists - will be Jan 9-11 in Baton Rouge!

Topic is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'

@jembrown.bsky.social is primary host/organizer

ssb2026.github.io

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 24

Proud of Harvard for pushing back, exercising some creativity, and, maybe, helping folks get some needed education.

Harvard is making many of their online government courses FREE.

I just signed up for "Citizen Politics in America".

They even asked me my Gender.

pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

Government | Harvard University

Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.

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