Leslie Turner
@drlmturner.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist; Mouse geneticist; Scientist administrator. Views are my own.
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1) Are you an Assistant Professor studying evolutionary biology?
2) Are you in the US?
3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa?
4) Are you available to travel September 4-6?
If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.
2) Are you in the US?
3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa?
4) Are you available to travel September 4-6?
If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.
August 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
1) Are you an Assistant Professor studying evolutionary biology?
2) Are you in the US?
3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa?
4) Are you available to travel September 4-6?
If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.
2) Are you in the US?
3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa?
4) Are you available to travel September 4-6?
If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.
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Late-stage PhD students:
We want to bring you to NYU Biology to meet peers and make connections with potential postdoctoral mentors. Apply to be part of our Emerging Scholars Symposium!
We want to bring you to NYU Biology to meet peers and make connections with potential postdoctoral mentors. Apply to be part of our Emerging Scholars Symposium!
Emerging Scholars Symposium 2025
as.nyu.edu
February 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Late-stage PhD students:
We want to bring you to NYU Biology to meet peers and make connections with potential postdoctoral mentors. Apply to be part of our Emerging Scholars Symposium!
We want to bring you to NYU Biology to meet peers and make connections with potential postdoctoral mentors. Apply to be part of our Emerging Scholars Symposium!
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Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
February 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
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Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio
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🧬📝🚨 Out today: A genomics learning framework for undergraduates
We hope this will be one more tool to help integrate genomics into undergraduate education by supporting evidence-based curriculum design with a set of standardized concepts.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
We hope this will be one more tool to help integrate genomics into undergraduate education by supporting evidence-based curriculum design with a set of standardized concepts.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
A genomics learning framework for undergraduates
Genomics is an increasingly important part of biology research. However, educating undergraduates in genomics is not yet a standard part of life sciences curricula. We believe this is, in part, due to...
journals.plos.org
January 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🧬📝🚨 Out today: A genomics learning framework for undergraduates
We hope this will be one more tool to help integrate genomics into undergraduate education by supporting evidence-based curriculum design with a set of standardized concepts.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
We hope this will be one more tool to help integrate genomics into undergraduate education by supporting evidence-based curriculum design with a set of standardized concepts.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Our next VP: “Never underestimate a public school teacher."
"While other states were banning books from their schools, we were banishing hunger from ours.”
“Even if we wouldn't make those same choices for ourselves, we've got a golden rule: Mind your own damn business."
"While other states were banning books from their schools, we were banishing hunger from ours.”
“Even if we wouldn't make those same choices for ourselves, we've got a golden rule: Mind your own damn business."
August 22, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Our next VP: “Never underestimate a public school teacher."
"While other states were banning books from their schools, we were banishing hunger from ours.”
“Even if we wouldn't make those same choices for ourselves, we've got a golden rule: Mind your own damn business."
"While other states were banning books from their schools, we were banishing hunger from ours.”
“Even if we wouldn't make those same choices for ourselves, we've got a golden rule: Mind your own damn business."
Nice benefit of sabbatical - got to see Kamala Harris and Tim Walz tonight in Philly! #HarrisWalz #PhillyForHarrisWalz
August 7, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Nice benefit of sabbatical - got to see Kamala Harris and Tim Walz tonight in Philly! #HarrisWalz #PhillyForHarrisWalz
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🧪🌎 Calling all Biology postdocs in the Mid-Atlantic! West Chester University would like to invite you to give a seminar in our series highlighting diverse early-career biologists. Register your interest here: forms.gle/WwT5DZJSvHTk...
Please share widely!
Please share widely!
Interest Form: WCU Department of Biology Early Career Biology Seminar Series
The goal of this seminar series is to showcase diverse early-career biologists working relatively local to West Chester, PA. Apart from giving our students the chance to learn about cutting-edge scien...
forms.gle
August 6, 2024 at 3:47 PM
🧪🌎 Calling all Biology postdocs in the Mid-Atlantic! West Chester University would like to invite you to give a seminar in our series highlighting diverse early-career biologists. Register your interest here: forms.gle/WwT5DZJSvHTk...
Please share widely!
Please share widely!
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The ecoevo job list for 2024-2025 is out. This is for those who are looking for a faculty position or postdoc in ecology, evolutionary biology, etc
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2024-25
docs.google.com
August 6, 2024 at 4:24 PM
The ecoevo job list for 2024-2025 is out. This is for those who are looking for a faculty position or postdoc in ecology, evolutionary biology, etc
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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I'm recruiting a graduate student this year - please help me spread the word! Research in our lab integrates field work, genomics, statistical methods, and mathematical modeling to test evolutionary theory and to predict species responses to climate change.
August 6, 2024 at 2:50 PM
I'm recruiting a graduate student this year - please help me spread the word! Research in our lab integrates field work, genomics, statistical methods, and mathematical modeling to test evolutionary theory and to predict species responses to climate change.
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🌎💧🧪Are you a PI in Ecology/Evolution/Marine science and are recruiting grad students for Fall 2025? Help spread the word and enter the details about your positions in this Google Form. The results are being shared around with potential students docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2025
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2025 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
docs.google.com
July 31, 2024 at 7:35 PM
🌎💧🧪Are you a PI in Ecology/Evolution/Marine science and are recruiting grad students for Fall 2025? Help spread the word and enter the details about your positions in this Google Form. The results are being shared around with potential students docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Sorry about beating the drum constantly but I’ve got basically everything riding on this thing and I’d greatly appreciate if you can share it around. It’s gonna be a great book I think! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
The Unfamiliars
One day, all the wizards disappear overnight. The only magic-users left are the most bottom-of-the-barrel familiars and it's now up to them to save magic and save the world.
www.backerkit.com
July 19, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Sorry about beating the drum constantly but I’ve got basically everything riding on this thing and I’d greatly appreciate if you can share it around. It’s gonna be a great book I think! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
My department at U Bath is hiring 6 new posts in Microbiome Research!
2 x Prof; 2 x Asst/Assoc Pof; 2x Prize Fellows
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/jo...
2 x Prof; 2 x Asst/Assoc Pof; 2x Prize Fellows
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/jo...
Join the Department of Life Sciences
We are seeking candidates with an excellent track record of research and teaching to join our highly-rated department.
www.bath.ac.uk
June 28, 2024 at 8:04 PM
My department at U Bath is hiring 6 new posts in Microbiome Research!
2 x Prof; 2 x Asst/Assoc Pof; 2x Prize Fellows
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/jo...
2 x Prof; 2 x Asst/Assoc Pof; 2x Prize Fellows
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/jo...
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"We will not look back and regret this decision. Although we were wrong about not admitting women, abolitioning racial quotas, US involvement in Vietnam, and divesting from apartheid South Africa, we are confident that this time is different."
"The University administration respects all student protests, just not this one. Students have fought for many important causes over the years, and their right to protest is sacrosanct. In this case, however, we must arrest and slander them."
A Message from the Chancellor on the Recent Student Protest
Dear members of the University community,
The University administration respects all student protests, just not this one. Students have fought for ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
April 25, 2024 at 2:07 AM
"We will not look back and regret this decision. Although we were wrong about not admitting women, abolitioning racial quotas, US involvement in Vietnam, and divesting from apartheid South Africa, we are confident that this time is different."
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I am so excited to share the advance online version of our new paper "Do genetic loci that cause reproductive isolation in the lab inhibit gene flow in nature?" Bret and I really enjoyed thinking about these ideas and we hope others find the discussion useful!
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Do Genetic Loci that Cause Reproductive Isolation in the Lab Inhibit Gene Flow in Nature?
Abstract. The genetic dissection of reproductive barriers between diverging lineages provides enticing clues into the origin of species. One strategy uses linka
academic.oup.com
March 18, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I am so excited to share the advance online version of our new paper "Do genetic loci that cause reproductive isolation in the lab inhibit gene flow in nature?" Bret and I really enjoyed thinking about these ideas and we hope others find the discussion useful!
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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Couple of days left to apply for our postdoc position! If you want to chat in person, I will be at #TAGC24 #PEQG24 next week
#Postdoc alert! wanna come do some postdoc-ing with us in beatiful Tübingen!? #Evolution & #genomics enthusiasts, we want you! 💻🧬🔬 You don't need to love #Drosophila, but if you do, it is a plus :) pallareslab.org/we-are-hirin...
We are hiring! Postdoctoral Position in Evolutionary Genomics
Postdoctoral Position in Evolutionary Genomics The lab “Evolutionary Genomics of Complex Traits” led by Luisa F. Pallares is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team in beautiful Tü...
pallareslab.org
February 27, 2024 at 9:25 AM
I got Helix & CRISPR-Cat9 collars with AirTags, in anticipation of transatlantic travel (to sabbatical in Philly!!!)
Looks like they joined some weird cat cult (or modern bow ties?)
Looks like they joined some weird cat cult (or modern bow ties?)
January 9, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I got Helix & CRISPR-Cat9 collars with AirTags, in anticipation of transatlantic travel (to sabbatical in Philly!!!)
Looks like they joined some weird cat cult (or modern bow ties?)
Looks like they joined some weird cat cult (or modern bow ties?)
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I'm advertising two awesome macroevolution-y PhD projects (at the University of Aberdeen) with upcoming deadlines:
1. On the global vertebrate pet trade, due Jan 17: quadrat.ac.uk/projects/tra...
&
2. On parental care in fish, due Jan 30: findaphd.com/phds/project...
Join us!
1. On the global vertebrate pet trade, due Jan 17: quadrat.ac.uk/projects/tra...
&
2. On parental care in fish, due Jan 30: findaphd.com/phds/project...
Join us!
January 9, 2024 at 6:23 PM
I'm advertising two awesome macroevolution-y PhD projects (at the University of Aberdeen) with upcoming deadlines:
1. On the global vertebrate pet trade, due Jan 17: quadrat.ac.uk/projects/tra...
&
2. On parental care in fish, due Jan 30: findaphd.com/phds/project...
Join us!
1. On the global vertebrate pet trade, due Jan 17: quadrat.ac.uk/projects/tra...
&
2. On parental care in fish, due Jan 30: findaphd.com/phds/project...
Join us!
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We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for Summer 2024 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES, BIOLOGY at the American Museum of Natural History. Application Deadline: January 31st 2024 www.amnh.org/research/ric...
Biological Sciences: Research Experience for Undergraduates | AMNH
Approximately eight students gather each summer at the Museum for a ten-week experience working with curators, faculty, and post-doctoral fellows.
www.amnh.org
January 3, 2024 at 12:23 AM
We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for Summer 2024 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES, BIOLOGY at the American Museum of Natural History. Application Deadline: January 31st 2024 www.amnh.org/research/ric...
Excited to share this cool paper from the Delmore lab! 🧪
@kdelmore.bsky.social
I enjoyed contributing a bit as a coauthor.
#birds #ornithology #evosky #evolbiol
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@kdelmore.bsky.social
I enjoyed contributing a bit as a coauthor.
#birds #ornithology #evosky #evolbiol
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Gene regulation and speciation in a migratory divide between songbirds - Nature Communications
Little is known about the genetic basis of many natural behaviours and how they contribute to speciation. Here the authors address this by identifying genes linked to migration of a songbird, investig...
www.nature.com
January 4, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Excited to share this cool paper from the Delmore lab! 🧪
@kdelmore.bsky.social
I enjoyed contributing a bit as a coauthor.
#birds #ornithology #evosky #evolbiol
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@kdelmore.bsky.social
I enjoyed contributing a bit as a coauthor.
#birds #ornithology #evosky #evolbiol
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Don’t let money go by. Supplements are one way to support individuals in your lab. www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
NIH diversity supplements offer a pathway to independence
These funding mechanisms have been underutilized. The ASBMB public affairs staff offers recommendations to change that.
www.asbmb.org
December 18, 2023 at 9:07 PM
Don’t let money go by. Supplements are one way to support individuals in your lab. www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
Xmas decoration in Bath is impressive this year!
December 8, 2023 at 6:26 PM
Xmas decoration in Bath is impressive this year!
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Current starting point for postdoc salaries at Oxford University is just over £36k - £2.7K under threshold. According to The Royal Society 62% of postdocs are non-UK nationals (5/6 in my lab). Two things: (i) postdocs are underpaid; (ii) UK science is screwed
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
December 4, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Current starting point for postdoc salaries at Oxford University is just over £36k - £2.7K under threshold. According to The Royal Society 62% of postdocs are non-UK nationals (5/6 in my lab). Two things: (i) postdocs are underpaid; (ii) UK science is screwed
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
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Captain Georg von Trapp-crushers everywhere: listen, for the first time in nearly 60 years, to Christopher Plummer's original vocals on "Edelweiss"! He actually has a perfectly nice voice that there was no need to dub. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Ta...
"Edelweiss" ft. Christopher Plummer's Original Vocals | The Sound of Music Super Deluxe Edition
For the first time ever, hear Christopher Plummer’s original vocals (dubbed by Bill Lee in the 1965 film and original soundtrack), featured on The Sound of M...
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December 1, 2023 at 6:35 PM
Captain Georg von Trapp-crushers everywhere: listen, for the first time in nearly 60 years, to Christopher Plummer's original vocals on "Edelweiss"! He actually has a perfectly nice voice that there was no need to dub. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Ta...