Jesse Alston
@jessealston.bsky.social
Computational mammalogist at the University of Arizona. Public land and Green Bay Packers enjoyer.
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I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
Opportunities
***PhD and MSc openings – Movement ecology and conservation*** I will periodically support graduate students, postdocs, and other staff through the Biology Department at the University of New…
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December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
US energy mix continues to get greener www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-g...
US added 2 GW of solar in September, putting 2025 ahead of 2024 for new solar generation
Solar accounted for three-quarters of new generation installed so far this year, followed by wind at 13% and gas at 11%.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
US energy mix continues to get greener www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-g...
Sometimes a Great Notion - Ken Kesey
Runner up: Death Comes for the Archbishop - Willa Cather
Runner up: Death Comes for the Archbishop - Willa Cather
What's the best book you read this year?
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Sometimes a Great Notion - Ken Kesey
Runner up: Death Comes for the Archbishop - Willa Cather
Runner up: Death Comes for the Archbishop - Willa Cather
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Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for a minute for a string of announcements, please share widely!!!
1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each)
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1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each)
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Student Research Award
<p>The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a ...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for a minute for a string of announcements, please share widely!!!
1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each)
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each)
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My college roommate Dan went from not reading any books in college to prolific author. If you like football or leadership, you might enjoy his latest one (and Griff is awesome too)
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My college roommate Dan went from not reading any books in college to prolific author. If you like football or leadership, you might enjoy his latest one (and Griff is awesome too)
Highly recommend taking Ben up on this—have taken advantage of this offer in the past, which resulted in my father-in-law self-reporting that Eager is the first full book he has read since high school
Tossed out this bit of shameless self-promotion on insta last week and figured I’d post here too: my own shit makes great holiday gifts! Twenty-five buckaroos gets you a signed and personalized copy of either of my books; DM for details. Help me afford a haircut and a razor!
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Highly recommend taking Ben up on this—have taken advantage of this offer in the past, which resulted in my father-in-law self-reporting that Eager is the first full book he has read since high school
Participated in the North American model of wildlife management in one of my favorite places today
November 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Participated in the North American model of wildlife management in one of my favorite places today
Saw one of these on a weekend trip to Poland during my postdoc. Cool to know they have such weird genomes
What makes a mountaineer bird?
We have published the first complete genome assembly for Redstarts (Genus: Phoenicurus), found across Asia, Europe, and Africa.
Black redstarts genome has 30% repeats, second highest known in passerines.
#genomics #ornithology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We have published the first complete genome assembly for Redstarts (Genus: Phoenicurus), found across Asia, Europe, and Africa.
Black redstarts genome has 30% repeats, second highest known in passerines.
#genomics #ornithology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A complete reference genome assembly and annotation of the Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A complete reference genome assembly and annotation of the Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Saw one of these on a weekend trip to Poland during my postdoc. Cool to know they have such weird genomes
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Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
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I'm recruiting a new master's student for fall 2026 in my lab at Northern Michigan University @bionmu.bsky.social ! Students with interests in evolution of freshwater fish are encouraged to apply. Please see our lab website lizmandeville.github.io and the attached advertisement for more information.
Mandeville Lab
Fish are so delightfully weird. We study the evolutionary genetics and ecology of freshwater fishes, plus a few more things, at Northern Michigan University
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November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm recruiting a new master's student for fall 2026 in my lab at Northern Michigan University @bionmu.bsky.social ! Students with interests in evolution of freshwater fish are encouraged to apply. Please see our lab website lizmandeville.github.io and the attached advertisement for more information.
I haven’t tried using Scholar Labs yet but this has me more interested in trying it aarontay.substack.com/p/scholar-la...
Scholar Labs Early Review: Google Scholar Finally Enters the AI Era
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November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I haven’t tried using Scholar Labs yet but this has me more interested in trying it aarontay.substack.com/p/scholar-la...
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STOTEN is now dead. It has been completely removed from Web of Science mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
Warning to environmental scientists! 🧪🦑🌎🐟
The journal STOTEN has been placed on hold by Clarivate, meaning it is under investigation and may lose its indexing (including impact factor). Consider publishing elsewhere.
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The journal STOTEN has been placed on hold by Clarivate, meaning it is under investigation and may lose its indexing (including impact factor). Consider publishing elsewhere.
mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
STOTEN is now dead. It has been completely removed from Web of Science mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
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There are 3 exciting postdoctoral openings to work on biodiversity research, monitoring and conservation with us at UBC - check them out!
2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...
1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/
2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...
1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
biodiversity.ubc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There are 3 exciting postdoctoral openings to work on biodiversity research, monitoring and conservation with us at UBC - check them out!
2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...
1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/
2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...
1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/
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We churned through over 100 million radar samples to quantify the structure of migration through the airspaces across the United States: Just out in Ecology esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We churned through over 100 million radar samples to quantify the structure of migration through the airspaces across the United States: Just out in Ecology esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Outstanding new job at @biodivpathways.bsky.social and @ubcokanagan.bsky.social
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Manager of Operations, Biodiversity Pathways and the BRAES Institute
Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level C Job Title Manager of Operations, Biodiversity Pathways and the BRAES Institute Department U...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Outstanding new job at @biodivpathways.bsky.social and @ubcokanagan.bsky.social
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcsta...
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcsta...
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After cursing at clumsy paste(...) constructs for years, why am I only now learning about the glue package? https://glue.tidyverse.org/
Byebye
paste("Iteration: ", iter, ", value: ", val, sep="")
Hello
glue("Iteration: {iter}, value: {val}")
#rstats #tidyverse
Byebye
paste("Iteration: ", iter, ", value: ", val, sep="")
Hello
glue("Iteration: {iter}, value: {val}")
#rstats #tidyverse
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
After cursing at clumsy paste(...) constructs for years, why am I only now learning about the glue package? https://glue.tidyverse.org/
Byebye
paste("Iteration: ", iter, ", value: ", val, sep="")
Hello
glue("Iteration: {iter}, value: {val}")
#rstats #tidyverse
Byebye
paste("Iteration: ", iter, ", value: ", val, sep="")
Hello
glue("Iteration: {iter}, value: {val}")
#rstats #tidyverse
On this Giving Tuesday, please help our professional society that gives nothing to students and charges the highest annual dues among peer societies by donating so we can spend more money on lobbyists to continue to fail on our signature policy initiatives
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
On this Giving Tuesday, please help our professional society that gives nothing to students and charges the highest annual dues among peer societies by donating so we can spend more money on lobbyists to continue to fail on our signature policy initiatives
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If you're interested in working with me on a master's or PhD with questions related to genomics, biodiversity, and climate change, I'd love to chat about the CAMBIUM fellowship! There's an informational webinar next week and applications are due December 1st.
Join us on Nov 18 at 2:30 PM MST to learn about CAMBIUM grad fellowships in biodiversity informatics & climate change @uarizona.bsky.social. For incoming Fall 2026 students interested in big data, ecology, evolution, climate adaptation & more. Register: events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/... 🌵🧬🌐
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If you're interested in working with me on a master's or PhD with questions related to genomics, biodiversity, and climate change, I'd love to chat about the CAMBIUM fellowship! There's an informational webinar next week and applications are due December 1st.
Thought this was good inexactscience.substack.com/p/university...
University education as we know it is over
Take-home assignments are dead, "one prompt away" is one prompt too far, and what we should do next
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November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thought this was good inexactscience.substack.com/p/university...
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Join us on Nov 18 at 2:30 PM MST to learn about CAMBIUM grad fellowships in biodiversity informatics & climate change @uarizona.bsky.social. For incoming Fall 2026 students interested in big data, ecology, evolution, climate adaptation & more. Register: events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/... 🌵🧬🌐
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Join us on Nov 18 at 2:30 PM MST to learn about CAMBIUM grad fellowships in biodiversity informatics & climate change @uarizona.bsky.social. For incoming Fall 2026 students interested in big data, ecology, evolution, climate adaptation & more. Register: events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/... 🌵🧬🌐
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The CAMBIUM NSF NRT is recruiting PhD students @uarizona.bsky.social! Fellowships for interdisciplinary training in biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, plant adaptation, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
The CAMBIUM NSF NRT is recruiting PhD students @uarizona.bsky.social! Fellowships for interdisciplinary training in biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, plant adaptation, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
If anyone’s looking to get me a birthday present…
Hi friends! It's that time again. From today through Thanksgiving weekend, all prints on my website are 25 percent off, including a big old print of my recent mural painting in Tonasket! Go get you something nice 🦋 www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...
October 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If anyone’s looking to get me a birthday present…
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1 week left to apply to our Postdoc job with our lab using AI to analyze camera trap images at the NC Museum of Natural sciences and NCSU and in collaboration with Wildlife Insights https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/223025
October 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
1 week left to apply to our Postdoc job with our lab using AI to analyze camera trap images at the NC Museum of Natural sciences and NCSU and in collaboration with Wildlife Insights https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/223025
Worth considering www.nber.org/papers/w34313
Understanding and Addressing Temperature Impacts on Mortality
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Worth considering www.nber.org/papers/w34313