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Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social · 1d

OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 19h

Stony Brook is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Marine Molecular Ecology (assistant encouraged, molecular broadly defined, includes microbial omics!): apply.interfolio.com/174869

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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 23h

Heeeeey #Microbial #Ecology folk! My department has a job opening for a tenure track Microbial Ecologist! Feel free to DM me with questions. Come join our awesome supportive whip-smart & kind crew in the Biology Department of @umassboston.bsky.social! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...

The ISC - your new home at UMass Boston?

The view of Boston Harbor from front of campus

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 27d

My department (ecology and evolution) is hiring a core bioinformatics/comp bio person (not TT but the last person retired after 25+ years). It's a great place to work!: stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersectio...

Computational Biologist

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

stonybrooku.taleo.net

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Suzana (Su) Gonçalves Leles @suleles.bsky.social · 28d

I am excited to share the MMAR Lab is on! 🥳 Our work focuses on plankton and climate change, using numerical modeling and lab experiments. We are recruiting graduate students, 1 research technician, and 2 postdocs! Please help spread the word 📢 More details here: themmarlab.com/joinus

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N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1.

#AcademicJobs #tenuretrack #facultyjobs

apply.interfolio.com/171403

(I love being here. Come join!)

@stonybrooku.bsky.social

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Aug 15

Come join our department! We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Climate Driven Disease Ecology apply.interfolio.com/171403

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jun 24

"Institutions must support transgender and gender nonconforming and other marginalized scientists by securing their safety and privacy; their access to legal aid and health care; and their opportunities in education, employment, and society," argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4kQCMtr

Protect transgender scientists

Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · Jun 9

Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊

Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones

Anaerobic metabolisms are thought to dominate nitrogen cycling in anoxic marine zones (AMZs). However, thriving populations of aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in AMZs challenge this assumptio...

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John Dennehy @drjdennehy.bsky.social · May 28

CUNY and SUNY faculty, please sign this letter to the NY State Congressional Delegation protesting cuts to research funding (and all the other crap going on)!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Thank you for reposting!

New York's Congressional Delegation Must Defend Federal Research Funding for CUNY & SUNY. List of signatories.

FACULTY & STAFF: ADD YOUR NAME BELOW TO THIS OPEN LETTER WRITTEN BY THE DEFENDING RESEARCH FUNDING WORKING GROUP OF THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF CONGRESS/CUNY Federal investment in scientific research gene...

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Jesse McNichol @jcmcnch.bsky.social · May 26

So happy to see this paper finally out! A fun project with collaborators Emily Zakem, @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social and Yubin Raut!

Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · May 26

Functional biogeography of marine microbial heterotrophs #USC_MEB #ResearchAtUSC www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊

Functional biogeography of marine microbial heterotrophs

Heterotrophic bacteria and archaea (“heteroprokaryotes”) drive global carbon cycling, but how to quantitatively organize their functional complexity remains unclear. We generated a global-scale unders...

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Will Shoemaker @shoestrapped.bsky.social · May 27

Happy to have this out! Thanks to @asanchezlab.bsky.social and @jacrickets.bsky.social for their mentorship on this project. Below is the thread I previously posted on then-Twitter

Alvaro Sanchez @asanchezlab.bsky.social · May 27

Macroecological patterns in experimental microbial communities, led by Will Shoemaker & Jacopo Grilli
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Macroecological patterns in experimental microbial communities

Author summary Determining whether an empirical pattern can be manipulated is a crucial step towards building a predictive theory. Our study aimed to determine the extent that experimental manipulatio...

journals.plos.org

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · May 7

Our newest on using genomic and phylogenetic information to predict microbial maximum growth rates www.nature.com/articles/s41... with @liangxu.bsky.social

Improved maximum growth rate prediction from microbial genomes by integrating phylogenetic information - Nature Communications

Microbial maximum growth rates vary widely across species, and their measurement is challenging, especially for uncultivated organisms. Here, Xu, Zakem & Weissman present Phydon, a framework for g...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Apr 18

It's Fustilarian Friday, so here's the latest statement from NSF's director, trying to dodge the news cycle.

www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Updates on NSF Priorities

www.nsf.gov

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Feb 27

PRODiG+ Fellowship in Computational Environmental Science (Bradley defined) at Stony Brook! This is an awesome postdoc with a pathway to a permanent TT position! Come work with us at IACS!
apply.interfolio.com/162468

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Germán Bonilla-Rosso @germusthermophilus.bsky.social · Dec 15

♀️🇲🇽🧪🦠 This paper about the challenges of being a female microbiologist in México is authored by four women central to my career:
my PhD supervisor Valeria Souza
my PhD committee member Gabriela Olmedo
my PhD colleagues Esmeralda Lopez and Ana Escalante

doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

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Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira @bfrancescol.bsky.social · Nov 22

Really over the moon to see this finally out! Thanks for leading us in this again @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social! Glad to be part of the AQTES group and can't wait for what is next!🌈🧑🏽‍🔬
doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring—A call for change

Queer and trans scientists face varied and systemic barriers to their professional success, resulting in a relative absence from faculty ranks at many institutions. This Perspective calls for a change...

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Bruno Lima (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @blimamicro.bsky.social · Oct 10

Are you on an academic search committee, or know someone on one? Please take a look at this comprehensive set of suggestions to make the application process more inclusive for queer and trans folks!

So glad I could contribute my two cents to this work!

ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process

ecoevorxiv.org

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Oct 4

Thanks for the call-out! I'll try to get Liang to post one (his right as first author).

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Sep 25

One week left to apply!

JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are recruiting a postdoc to develop new computational tools for metagenomics analysis and/or to build models of microbial systems! Lots of ongoing cool projects and significant flexibility to shape your own research agenda. microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Sep 16

A little over two weeks left to apply!

JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are recruiting a postdoc to develop new computational tools for metagenomics analysis and/or to build models of microbial systems! Lots of ongoing cool projects and significant flexibility to shape your own research agenda. microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...

microbialgamut.com

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Sep 4

Also recruiting PhD students this cycle!

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are recruiting a postdoc to develop new computational tools for metagenomics analysis and/or to build models of microbial systems! Lots of ongoing cool projects and significant flexibility to shape your own research agenda. microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...

microbialgamut.com

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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Jun 19

One day left!

JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · May 13

Now (again) soliciting community feedback on "Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process"

Now with a much broader scope across the biological sciences (and neighbors). We value your input!

Article: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Feedback form: forms.gle/dj4iNiy4boZ6...

Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process

ecoevorxiv.org

JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · Jun 14

One week left! Get your feedback in by the 20th! Spread the word, email your departments, etc.

JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · May 13

Now (again) soliciting community feedback on "Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process"

Now with a much broader scope across the biological sciences (and neighbors). We value your input!

Article: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Feedback form: forms.gle/dj4iNiy4boZ6...

Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process

ecoevorxiv.org