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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 5d

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Read it and (don’t) weep - University Affairs

How to help students tackle texts in a digital age.

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 5d

UMass Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in microbial ecology, starting September 1, 2026. Apply by December 1, 2025. Details: http://www.umb.edu/academics/csm/biology #job

Biology - UMass Boston

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 10d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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tomjwebb @tomjwebb.bsky.social · 8d

Useful overview of R packages / functions for modelling different kinds of response variables (continuous, proportional, counts, bounded, zero-inflated, etc.) in a regression framework, with mixed models and Bayesian options too: strengejacke.github.io/regressionmo...

Overview of R Modelling Packages

Overview of modelling strategies and packages. Which model do I need for my data?

strengejacke.github.io

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Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks to @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social serving as external examiner, and David Lesbarreres for serving on the advisory committee

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Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations to Syd M for her successful MSc defence on helminth parasite infection of small mammals. Gratitude to co-supervisor (and main funder) @jeffcbowman.bsky.social for his many years of collaboration and co-supervision.

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 12d

Join us! We are hiring a new #curator at the #AMNH in #Vertebrate #Zoology careers.amnh.org/postings/4600 #academicjobs #tenuretrack

Assistant Curator, Vertebrate Zoology

The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an Assistant Curator in either the Department of Ornithology, Ichthyology, or Mammalogy to start on or after J...

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Javier Santoyo @jsantoyo.bsky.social · 13d

Advances in haplotype phasing and genotype imputation. #HaplotypePhasing #GenomeImputation @natrevgenet.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 13d

And "fishies" refers to baby lumpfish

youtu.be/uxm-2CKmUZw?...

The cutest lumpsuckers you'll ever see

YouTube video by RUNCL Fishing

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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social · 13d

🚨🚨 DREAM JOB ALERT 🚨 🚨

Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · 26d

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!

Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 13d

Great times at at the University of Calgary Wildlife Health and Ecology Research Group annual retreat, including an inspiring plenary talk by Dr. Sandie Black

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Ecological Dynamics Dept. | IZW Berlin @ecodynizw.bsky.social · 20d

Please RT!

📢 #Doctoral / #PhD position available with us at Leibniz-IZW for 4 years working at the interface of #wildlife + #disease #ecology, #veterinary sciences and #modelling.
🐗🐗🐗🐦🐦🐦
Training within #DFG #RTG 3069 led by @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

▶️Apply here for P7: tinyurl.com/j2ehtz7m

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Diego Gil @diegogil.bsky.social · 18d

Looking for enthusiastic candidates with training in behavioural ecology and experience in bird fieldwork. MSc also required!

Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab @behavecol-lab.bsky.social · 19d

Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 18d

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

Japanese team wins Ig Nobel Prize for using zebra-like stripes to protect cows | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

A team of Japanese researchers has been honored with an Ig Nobel Prize for its study which was aimed at finding out whether cows painted with zebra-like stripes could avoid being bitten by flies.

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ASM @asm.org · 20d

🎉ASM is pleased to launch ASM Animal Microbiology🎉 Submit your original research & reviews now! The journal's EiC is José Vázquez-Boland, DVM, Ph.D., Chair of Infectious Diseases at the University of Edinburgh! @edinuni-irr.bsky.social

➡️ Read PR: brnw.ch/21wVUHf
➡️ Submit Now! brnw.ch/21wVUHe

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 21d

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 22d

Closing date for applications, October 1st, 2025 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · Jun 7

⬇️ potential PhD position ⬇️

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 23d

Please consider applying to our open faculty position call that includes Ecology!

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Joel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 24d

Interested in simulating the kind of data that you might commonly find in evolutionary and ecological studies?

Then we have the R package for you - squidSim!!

Check our new preprint:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

squidSim: a flexible R package for structured and reproducible simulations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

ecoevorxiv.org

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Ivan Gomez-Mestre @igmestre.bsky.social · 26d

We offer a fully funded 4-yr contract for a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology to join our group (www.eco-evo-devo.com). The project will combine genomics and ecophysiology to understand the evolution of developmental plasticity in spadefoot toads. For requisites and contact info please check 👇

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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 27d

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

The future of polygenic risk scores in direct-to-consumer genomics - Nature Genetics

Nature Genetics - The future of polygenic risk scores in direct-to-consumer genomics

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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · Sep 9

🧪 Can researchers stop AI from fabricating citations? Probably not entirely.

While models like GPT-5 are improving, hallucination is fundamental to their statistical design, shifting the burden onto users to build new intuitions for an AI age.
#MLSky #AcademicSky

Can researchers stop AI making up citations?

OpenAI’s GPT-5 hallucinates less than previous models do, but cutting hallucination completely might prove impossible.

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Michael Baym @baym.lol · Jan 4

I have read few papers as immediately useful and important as this one on Cacio e Pepe phase behavior.

Tl;dr: the starchy pasta water is absolutely critical to avoiding “mozzarella phase”

arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · Sep 6

Congratulations to @mickyahn.bsky.social for defending his PhD on parasite ecology of @sihorses.bsky.social with flying colors today! 🎉 >3,000 nemabiome samples from >900 horses 🤯 Kudos to the examining committee including @albrechts-h.bsky.social who travelled across Canada to be there in person 👏

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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · Sep 5

Great seminar by @albrechts-h.bsky.social at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine today. Thank you for visiting us and sharing your research with us!

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