Jessica Light (she/her)
@jeclight.bsky.social
Prof @TAMU. Evolutionary Biology. Mammalogy. Parasitology. Curator. March Mammal Madness. Mom.
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Reboosting for weekday crowd: AI is creating incentives that’ll change how scientific papers are written (basically doing SEO [search engine option optimization] but for inclusion in AI training corpus: “AIO”?)
How the use of AI by colleagues to generate citations or overviews, even if we avoid these “tools” ourselves, may put new pressures on scientific publishing: brianomeara.info/posts/ai_opt...
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Reboosting for weekday crowd: AI is creating incentives that’ll change how scientific papers are written (basically doing SEO [search engine option optimization] but for inclusion in AI training corpus: “AIO”?)
Reposted by Jessica Light (she/her)
How the use of AI by colleagues to generate citations or overviews, even if we avoid these “tools” ourselves, may put new pressures on scientific publishing: brianomeara.info/posts/ai_opt...
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
How the use of AI by colleagues to generate citations or overviews, even if we avoid these “tools” ourselves, may put new pressures on scientific publishing: brianomeara.info/posts/ai_opt...
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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Yet another example of the importance of natural history collections. Here, helping to address two questions:
• Responses to climate change (here, temperature and precipitation mattered in different ways)
• What sets range limits
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• Responses to climate change (here, temperature and precipitation mattered in different ways)
• What sets range limits
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Herbarium specimens reveal shifts in species' elevational ranges
Zu et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/VB8MUG...
Zu et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/VB8MUG...
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Yet another example of the importance of natural history collections. Here, helping to address two questions:
• Responses to climate change (here, temperature and precipitation mattered in different ways)
• What sets range limits
🧪
• Responses to climate change (here, temperature and precipitation mattered in different ways)
• What sets range limits
🧪
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I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Consider Sharing Health Challenges With Colleagues (opinion)
Being open with my colleagues about my cancer diagnosis has allowed me to access an enormous source of support and comfort.
www.insidehighered.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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Job Alert! Please share widely. Tenure-track position in Plant Systematics in the Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology at Texas A&M @tamueccb.bsky.social. Job details here: apply.interfolio.com/171016 #plants #botany #herbaria #systematics #ecology #conservation #evolution
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Job Alert! Please share widely. Tenure-track position in Plant Systematics in the Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology at Texas A&M @tamueccb.bsky.social. Job details here: apply.interfolio.com/171016 #plants #botany #herbaria #systematics #ecology #conservation #evolution
Job Alert! Please share widely. Tenure-track position in Plant Systematics in the Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology at Texas A&M @tamueccb.bsky.social. Job details here: apply.interfolio.com/171016 #plants #botany #herbaria #systematics #ecology #conservation #evolution
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Job Alert! Please share widely. Tenure-track position in Plant Systematics in the Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology at Texas A&M @tamueccb.bsky.social. Job details here: apply.interfolio.com/171016 #plants #botany #herbaria #systematics #ecology #conservation #evolution
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🪳 Want to learn all about lice?
Check out Dr. Jessica E. Light’s (@jeclight.bsky.social) new paper on lice classification in Insect Systematics: Past, Present, and Future. This new publication should do the trick!
🔗 academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
#TAMUECCB #InsectSystematics #Taxonomy #Lice
Check out Dr. Jessica E. Light’s (@jeclight.bsky.social) new paper on lice classification in Insect Systematics: Past, Present, and Future. This new publication should do the trick!
🔗 academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
#TAMUECCB #InsectSystematics #Taxonomy #Lice
Phthiraptera systematics: past, present, and future
Abstract. Parasitic lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera) are small, wingless parasites of birds and mammals that have been at the forefront of coevolutionary stud
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September 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🪳 Want to learn all about lice?
Check out Dr. Jessica E. Light’s (@jeclight.bsky.social) new paper on lice classification in Insect Systematics: Past, Present, and Future. This new publication should do the trick!
🔗 academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
#TAMUECCB #InsectSystematics #Taxonomy #Lice
Check out Dr. Jessica E. Light’s (@jeclight.bsky.social) new paper on lice classification in Insect Systematics: Past, Present, and Future. This new publication should do the trick!
🔗 academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
#TAMUECCB #InsectSystematics #Taxonomy #Lice
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Do you know someone who has contributed to strengthening the evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusion and diversity?
Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info:
www.systbio.org/idea-award.h...
You may self-nominate!!!
Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info:
www.systbio.org/idea-award.h...
You may self-nominate!!!
IDEA Award
The ASN/SSE/SSB Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award was created in 2019 by the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the...
www.systbio.org
September 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Do you know someone who has contributed to strengthening the evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusion and diversity?
Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info:
www.systbio.org/idea-award.h...
You may self-nominate!!!
Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info:
www.systbio.org/idea-award.h...
You may self-nominate!!!
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How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You. (My story of some surprising evo-devo!) nyti.ms/42Cg8xH
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You. (My story of some surprising evo-devo!) nyti.ms/42Cg8xH
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Thumbs are cool and all, but have you ever thought about how important thumbnails are? They just might have been the key to rodents' evolutionary success. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
September 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thumbs are cool and all, but have you ever thought about how important thumbnails are? They just might have been the key to rodents' evolutionary success. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529
Curatorial Associate
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...
careers.amnh.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529
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🧬🔬 Explore phylogenetic analysis from genome to tree! Basic workflow with #rstats #bioconductor. Learnt to work with large genomic data. Extract 16S rRNA from 10K+ E.coli strains using dataset dehydrate, barrnap for extraction, rapidNJ for tree building & FigTree for visualization.
#microsky #idsky
#microsky #idsky
Learning The Basics of Phylogenetic Analysis | Everyday Is A School Day
🧬🔬 Explore phylogenetic analysis from genome to tree! Basic workflow with R/Bioconductor. Learnt to work with large genomic dataset. Extract 16S rRNA from 10K+ E.coli strains using dataset dehydrate, ...
www.kenkoonwong.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🧬🔬 Explore phylogenetic analysis from genome to tree! Basic workflow with #rstats #bioconductor. Learnt to work with large genomic data. Extract 16S rRNA from 10K+ E.coli strains using dataset dehydrate, barrnap for extraction, rapidNJ for tree building & FigTree for visualization.
#microsky #idsky
#microsky #idsky
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Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
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Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu
August 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
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Our paper is already one of the ten most-shared on social media articles in the history of the journal.
As of right now, 14 people have posted about it on Twitter.
And 1,018 people have posted about it on Bluesky.
Which sorta makes our point here?
As of right now, 14 people have posted about it on Twitter.
And 1,018 people have posted about it on Bluesky.
Which sorta makes our point here?
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
doi.org
August 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Our paper is already one of the ten most-shared on social media articles in the history of the journal.
As of right now, 14 people have posted about it on Twitter.
And 1,018 people have posted about it on Bluesky.
Which sorta makes our point here?
As of right now, 14 people have posted about it on Twitter.
And 1,018 people have posted about it on Bluesky.
Which sorta makes our point here?
Reposted by Jessica Light (she/her)
Reposted by Jessica Light (she/her)
Calling all natural history/museum collections folxs
The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'
The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026.
ssb2026.github.io
The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'
The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026.
ssb2026.github.io
2026 SSB Breakout Meeting
ssb2026.github.io
August 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Calling all natural history/museum collections folxs
The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'
The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026.
ssb2026.github.io
The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'
The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026.
ssb2026.github.io
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Rare as hen's teeth: an Assistant Curator job, with our fantastic team at National Museums Scotland! Closing date 24th August #museums #museumjobs
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553
Assistant Curator (Vertebrates)
careers.nms.ac.uk
August 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Rare as hen's teeth: an Assistant Curator job, with our fantastic team at National Museums Scotland! Closing date 24th August #museums #museumjobs
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553
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📢 Congrats to Dr. Jessica Light (@jeclight.bsky.social) on her new Zoological Journal paper!
A decade-long international collaboration, presented at the International Louse Conference in France.
🔗 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
#TAMUECCB #Research #Biodiversity #InternationalCollaboration
A decade-long international collaboration, presented at the International Louse Conference in France.
🔗 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
#TAMUECCB #Research #Biodiversity #InternationalCollaboration
August 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
📢 Congrats to Dr. Jessica Light (@jeclight.bsky.social) on her new Zoological Journal paper!
A decade-long international collaboration, presented at the International Louse Conference in France.
🔗 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
#TAMUECCB #Research #Biodiversity #InternationalCollaboration
A decade-long international collaboration, presented at the International Louse Conference in France.
🔗 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
#TAMUECCB #Research #Biodiversity #InternationalCollaboration
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Do you study wildlife disease? Don't just share your sequences - share your testing data! We've developed a minimum data standard and an R package to help you, and wrote a little how-to-share-data handbook for disease ecology and One Health surveillance projects 🦇🦟🦠🗺️🔢
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A minimum data standard for wildlife disease research and surveillance - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A minimum data standard for wildlife disease research and surveillance
www.nature.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Do you study wildlife disease? Don't just share your sequences - share your testing data! We've developed a minimum data standard and an R package to help you, and wrote a little how-to-share-data handbook for disease ecology and One Health surveillance projects 🦇🦟🦠🗺️🔢
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The recording of my IDEA talk is up on the #Evol2025 YouTube channel, and I've thrown that together with a PDF copy of the slide deck and a bibliography: lab.jbyoder.org/2025/06/21/a...
A bibliography for the 2025 IDEA plenary
The recording of my talk for the 2025 IDEA plenary is now posted over on the Evolution meeting YouTube channel (there’s a bunch of dead air at the start of the recording; the action starts a …
lab.jbyoder.org
June 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The recording of my IDEA talk is up on the #Evol2025 YouTube channel, and I've thrown that together with a PDF copy of the slide deck and a bibliography: lab.jbyoder.org/2025/06/21/a...
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Job! Outreach coordinator, Texas Field Station Network. This position will also put you in collaboration with the UT natural history collections, and, by association, me. But don't let that deter you.
Education and Outreach Coordinator, Texas Field Station Network, Biodiversity Center
Job Posting Title: Education and Outreach Coordinator, Texas Field Station Network, Biodiversity Center ---- Hiring Department: Department of Integrative Biology ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ...
utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Job! Outreach coordinator, Texas Field Station Network. This position will also put you in collaboration with the UT natural history collections, and, by association, me. But don't let that deter you.
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Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete our survey gathering data on observations of insects for our study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to our survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in participating!
June 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete our survey gathering data on observations of insects for our study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to our survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in participating!
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Really proud to have worked with my 14-year-old, Anjali, on this new and free kids' book on #evolution.
Published in time for the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Please check it out and share!
www.lsu.edu/mns/news-and...
Published in time for the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Please check it out and share!
www.lsu.edu/mns/news-and...
June 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Really proud to have worked with my 14-year-old, Anjali, on this new and free kids' book on #evolution.
Published in time for the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Please check it out and share!
www.lsu.edu/mns/news-and...
Published in time for the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. Please check it out and share!
www.lsu.edu/mns/news-and...