Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 22h

Rutgers is looking for a vertebrate paleontologist: www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...

Assistant Professor in Paleontological Vertebrate Evolution - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

www.higheredjobs.com

1 11 12

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

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

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

apply.interfolio.com

16 11

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Cody Coyotee @wile-phylote.bsky.social · 1d

Join us at the University of Central Florida! 🍊🚀🌴

We’re seeking an Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology! We’ve got growth chambers, hoop houses, greenhouse space, an arboretum, and students chomping at the bit for more plant courses!

#PlantPeopleFTW #IAmABotanist

jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology - Orlando, Florida, United States

The OpportunityThe Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for the position of tenure track Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology (9-month appointment), a...

jobs.ucf.edu

5 7

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 1d

Applications for JamCoders, a 1 month free algorithms & programming camp for Jamaican high schoolers, are now open.

Head over to jamcoders.org.jm#apply. No programming experience required for students.

We're looking for students & teaching assistants.

Deadline January 31.

JamCoders

jamcoders.org.jm

1 48 55

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Charles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 4d

Do you know anyone with an interest in pursuing a PhD studying the genetics, development, and evolution of skeletal morphology and life history? If so please encourage them to apply to work with me through any of the University of Illinois' EEB or PEEC programs. 1/4 🧪🦷🦴🐭🐒

1 21 20

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Justine A Smith @justineasmith.bsky.social · 5d

Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351

Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

16 15

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 5d

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!
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...

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....

caetanods.weebly.com

33 29

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 5d

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green

2 54 62

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 7d

We mapped vertebral shape variation in rabbits, hares & relatives, from within species to across mammals. Patterns differ by scale, revealing new insights into how the spine evolves: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Taewcharoen et al. @anatomygiraffe.bsky.social

Multi-level analysis of morphological variation in the vertebral column of lagomorph mammals

Abstract. Characterizing morphological variation along the vertebral column of mammals is commonly investigated at a broad phylogenetic scale, leaving with

doi.org

3 5

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Arthur Porto @agporto.bsky.social · 6d

Come join us at UF!

Christy Schnitzler @christyschnitz.bsky.social · 8d

Now Hiring! Whitney Laboratory Assistant/Associate Professor in Marine Bioscience
Apply & More Info - explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We seek a creative, collaborative scientist whose research harnesses or advances cutting-edge tools. Please help spread the word & reach out with any questions!

2 1

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 7d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

1K 5.4K 20K

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Mayara Neves @mayaranevesbio.bsky.social · 8d

Thrilled to see our PNAS paper out! Such an amazing journey and couldn’t have asked for a better experience working with the Evans Lab 💙🐟

Kory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · 8d

New paper alert!!!🚨 in our new study we find that Antarctic icefishes added a new module in their skulls during their adaptive radiation special shout out to @mayaranevesbio.bsky.social who led this project!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

www.pnas.org

1 7 27

N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 8d

I was excited for the clear guide to ag in the real world. I was not prepared for the awesome quotes.

Black and white photo of a woman with a baby and a quote from Martha Hughes Cannon, born 1857: "You give me a woman who thinks about something besides cook stoves and wash tubs and baby flannels and I'll show you, nine times out of ten, a successful mother."

N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 8d

Full of gems, start to finish.

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 9d

IT'S FINALLY POSTED. If you've ever wondered

-what the Ballerina Farm dynasty is up to

-if their meat is worth the $11/lb+ pricetag

-how the trad hype stacks up against the real live Mormon women of the 1800s

I got you covered

youtu.be/yLZUWoDq9QA

Ballerina Farm: A Small Farmer, Mom, & Onetime Mormon's Thoughts

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

youtu.be

N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 8d

Please pass along to High School Seniors in your life:

Stony Brook University seeking applicants for
Simons STEM Scholars Program

Full Scholarship Funding!
More info in link.

(PS: then come join the current, rad Simons Scholar in my lab, work on next gen measures of shape in biology!)

Home | Simons STEM Scholars Program

The Stony Brook Simons STEM Scholars Program will be a training ground for the next generation of diverse leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and will vastly improve the pathw...

www.stonybrook.edu

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Florida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · 12d

Work with us! 👉 Florida Museum Registrar
The Registrar oversees the technical and regulatory aspects of collection accessions, permitting, and exchanges.

🔸 Full position info: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/caree...

🔸 Apply via UF: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

🏛️📌 Apply by Oct 31, 2025

two people are sitting at a work station in a storage room looking at ceramics pieces and cataloging them on paper and into a computer

a person is leaning over a drawer in a cabinet full of shallow drawers full of tiny boxes of small fossils in a collections room of some kind

a person is standing on a narrow library corridor looking through a card catalog on one side and holing open drawers full of short planks of wood

2 4

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · 12d

Really cool, conceptually simple approach here: cross-referencing grant proposal scores with literature citations and explicit acknowledgments in drug patents to identify patents linked to projects that wouldn't have been funded given a smaller budget

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 12d

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

1 45 78

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Joe Bondy-Denomy @jbdsf.bsky.social · 12d

Our Department of Microbiology & Immunology at UCSF is running a faculty search this year for a new Assistant Professor! Please see the ad below for details. Searching for a great colleague, mentor, and scientist!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05807

Microbiology and Immunology – Faculty Position (Ladder Rank) – Assistant Professor

University of California, San Francisco is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.ucsf.edu

24 16

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 12d

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

1 160 210

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Anne Hilborn @annewhilborn.bsky.social · 13d

CA Biology job alert
My unit at the CA Dep of Fish and Wildlife is hiring a permanent position to write 5 year reviews for species listed under the CA Endangered Species Act.
Based in West Sacramento, currently 2x week in office.
I am happy to answer questions
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

2 63 71

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

ProPublica @propublica.org · 14d

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others.

See what changes are in store for your county 👇

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States

According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America...

projects.propublica.org

26 350 800

N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 15d

Another @stonybrooku.bsky.social 🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

Endowed tenure-track job (assistant/associate/higher) in in Physical and Quantitative Biology at the Laufer Center at Stony Brook University. Deadline: December 1.
apply.interfolio.com/173357

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

apply.interfolio.com

Reposted by N.S. Vitek

Christopher Krieg 🌿 @ckrieg.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 1 Week Left to Apply! 🚨
The Krieg Lab is hiring a Research Professional in Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution.

📅 Deadline: October 1, 2025
📧 Sending materials (Cover Letter, CV, References) to: kriegc[at]wfu.edu

36 22

N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · 18d

Strong community, soft power, clean government, and the power of social work...almost as if all of this is important after all.
theconversation.com/can-violent-...

Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out

Security crackdowns may miss the root cause of radicalization.

theconversation.com