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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · 22h

One week to apply before reviews start for the postdoc I am offering investigating the tempo and pattern of river connections with the closure of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on river plant (Podostemaceae) migration. Genomic+fossil+geological data + fieldwork 👇

Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · Aug 29

I am recruiting a postdoc to work for 2-3 yrs on our NSF-funded project aiming to investigate plant migration and river connectivity with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Leading publications, fieldwork in CR & Panama, applying and expanding phylo. & pop.gen tools👇

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Employment | New York Botanical Garden

Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.

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Eleonora Dávalos @eleodavalos.bsky.social · 1d

Come work with us at Universidad EAFIT! We are looking for an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) interested in Economics of Education and Education Policy. Send your cover letter, CV, job market paper, and contact information for 3 references to [email protected]

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · Sep 19

Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.

Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors

The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).

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Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 5d

🚨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)."

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 6d

Master's degree position at Towson University with Daniel Caetano on macroevolutionary and phylogenetic comparative methods! Daniel is an awesome human and a great mentor, share with your students!
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Join the lab

The Caetano lab at Towson University (Maryland, USA) is seeking a Master's degree student to start in Fall 2026. A Research Assistant (RA) position is available to the student during part (or all) of....

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 6d

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 6d

Therefore both ‘general intelligence’ and ‘intelligence’ have already outlived the (limited) scientific usefulness they had, and it’s high time to put them on the relic shelf next to phlogiston. Or behind it. At least phlogiston wasn’t invented by eugenicists.

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 7d

The Weir Lab at the University of Toronto seeks PhD students for Fall 2026 to study avian genomics and speciation. Competitive funding, diverse training, and a collaborative environment are offered. Apply: [email protected]. More info: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~jweir/index.html #phd

Jason Weir's research page

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 8d

🔁 Please share - we remind the SMBE community that the Call for Symposia for SMBE2026 in Copenhagen is open.

We invite you to submit a symposium proposal to help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting.

🗓️ Deadline: October 15th

More information: smbe2026.org/symposia

#SMBE2026

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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 9d

Natalia’s paper on morphological changes in forest birds in 100 years is having some coverage on the national news

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Aves de Barbacoas | Blogs El Espectador

Entre 1911 y 1914 el Museo Americano de Historia Natural de los Estados Unidos auspició la Expedición Chapman a Suramérica, la intención era observar y estudiar las aves del continente y dejar registr...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 9d

Conclusions
1. Vaccines don’t “weaken” the immune system, they trigger/ strengthen its memory and ability to respond.
2. Giving vaccines together can actually be easier on the body: fewer: visits, fewer needle sticks, less stress.
3. The real risk isn’t too many vaccines, it’s too little protection.

a man in a suit and tie stands at a podium with the words " i 'm immune to all infectious diseases "

ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands at a podium with the words " i 'm immune to all infectious diseases "

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Natalia Pérez-Amaya @nataliaperez-a.bsky.social · 9d

💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.

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The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · Aug 19

Early career researcher in systematics?

Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026

👇
www.systbio.org/early-career...

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Eleonora Dávalos @eleodavalos.bsky.social · 9d

¡Becas en Medellín! En la Universidad EAFIT buscamos talentos en investigación, conoce el Doctorado en Economía, las becas cubren matrícula y estipendio
🚨 Últimos 8 días para aplicar
📌 Fecha límite: 30 de septiembre
👉 Más información sobre de las becas disponibles
www.eafit.edu.co/becas-y-fina...

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 9d

¡Hay plazo hasta mañana!

Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 15d

¡Becas en Medellín! En la Universidad EAFIT buscamos talentos en investigación, conoce el Doctorado en Economía, las becas cubren matrícula y estipendio
🚨 Últimos 8 días para aplicar
📌 Fecha límite: 30 de septiembre
👉 Más información sobre de las becas disponibles www.eafit.edu.co/becas-y-fina...

Becas EAFIT para doctorado en Economía https://www.eafit.edu.co/becas-y-financiacion/talento-en-investigacion-posgrado

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Prof. Dr. Dolors Armenteras @darmenteras.bsky.social · 10d

I can’t promise this will be the last time I talk about inequity — or equity washing — in science. But after the multitude of responses to my Nature piece, I know something has shifted. Many came from the Global North. That alone feels like a small win. 👉 rdcu.be/eGEun

Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending | Nature

Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system. Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 10d

It was instructive to go to the Amazon after that a year or two ago. In NYC, some of the world’s luckiest more or less despairing over salad. In the Amazon, people who can’t afford despair, getting on with their lives as best they could, with great efforts but little material support.

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Matt Rockman @wormsrock.bsky.social · 14d

We went to the only place with high elevation forest between Hawaii and Asia: the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. An extinct volcano older than the main Hawaiian Islands, Pohnpei is covered in intact ancient rainforest and cloudforest.

A view toward the ocean across forested mountain scenery, with palms in the foreground. This is on the slopes of Kupwuriso.

A map of the southwest Pacific Ocean, with an arrow pointing to Pohnpei (capital city Kolonia). It's about 1500 km northeast of New Guinea and 1500 km southeast of Guam and 5000 km southwest of Hawaii and perfect in every way.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 13d

And as for writing, don't get me started. Most often, the process of writing is not a laborious business of transcription, but a process of thinking itself. I'm not about to outsource my thinking to a machine.

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Alessio Capobianco @acapomorphic.bsky.social · 14d

I am extremely happy to see that our review on fossil tip-dating is out in early view in Systematic Biology! A huge thanks to all the authors of this massive project (@heckeberg.bsky.social, @basantakhakurel.bsky.social, Gustavo Darlim, and @hoehna.bsky.social)! academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 15d

¡Becas en Medellín! En la Universidad EAFIT buscamos talentos en investigación, conoce el Doctorado en Economía, las becas cubren matrícula y estipendio
🚨 Últimos 8 días para aplicar
📌 Fecha límite: 30 de septiembre
👉 Más información sobre de las becas disponibles www.eafit.edu.co/becas-y-fina...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 15d

Over the past decade, thousands of African gray parrots have been exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo despite a ban on their international trade.

The DRC government has finally taken action to prohibit the capture and sale of this iconic species.

DRC finally moves to protect African gray parrots from unsustainable trade

LUBUMBASHI, DRC — African gray parrot populations in the central and northern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo are declining. Data collected by patrols carried out by the Lukuru Foundation…

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Prof. Dr. Dolors Armenteras @darmenteras.bsky.social · 22d

Equity in science is still a beautiful lie. After 27 years in Colombia — shaping me as a person and scientist — I begin a new chapter as Distinguished Researcher @csic.es in Spain. Yet I learnt that geography, networks & prestige still outweigh merit, favoring privileged colleagues, conscious or not

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 15d

¡Becas en Medellín! En la Universidad EAFIT buscamos talentos en investigación, conoce el Doctorado en Economía, las becas cubren matrícula y estipendio
🚨 Últimos 8 días para aplicar
📌 Fecha límite: 30 de septiembre
👉 Más información sobre de las becas disponibles www.eafit.edu.co/becas-y-fina...

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Prof. Dr. Dolors Armenteras @darmenteras.bsky.social · 22d

I wrote my new Nature World View in this transition — one last reflection before leaving Colombia. It explains why inequities persist in science, even when dressed up as inclusion, and why we must stop mistaking access for change. 👉 rdcu.be/eGEun

Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending | Nature

Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system. Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 18d

New research analyzing more than 3,000 tropical forest sites reveals that areas with fewer seed-dispersing animals store up to four times less carbon than forests with healthy wildlife populations.

The study found that 81% of tropical trees rely on animals to disperse their seeds.

Animals that spread seeds are critical for climate solutions

When a toucan plucks fruit from a tree in the Amazon Rainforest, it’s doing more than just finding lunch. Moving to a new location and depositing seeds via its droppings could be crucial in…

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