Jessica R. Glass, PhD
@jessicaglass.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Research Associate at SAIAB.
Using genomics to promote sustainable fisheries and communities. Wyandot Nation of Kansas. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally
www.theglasslab.org
Using genomics to promote sustainable fisheries and communities. Wyandot Nation of Kansas. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally
www.theglasslab.org
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EMERGE Alaska | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
www.uaf.edu
🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
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The NSF strategic plan FY 2026-30 is available for public comment until Jan 27. Please make your voice heard! www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...
NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan
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January 17, 2026 at 11:12 PM
The NSF strategic plan FY 2026-30 is available for public comment until Jan 27. Please make your voice heard! www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...
🚨 Job Alert! TT Assistant Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Looking for a candidate with a focus on coastal ecology. Come be my colleague! Please share.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
🚨 Job Alert! TT Assistant Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Looking for a candidate with a focus on coastal ecology. Come be my colleague! Please share.
careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...
careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...
New preprint! Our team at @uafairbanks.bsky.social conducted a review of aquatic eDNA research in Alaska. Takeaways: eDNA is rapidly growing in AK with collabs btwn university, tribes, fed, state & other partners. Major barriers = lack of infrastructure and training.
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Trends in aquatic environmental DNA research in Alaska
ecoevorxiv.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New preprint! Our team at @uafairbanks.bsky.social conducted a review of aquatic eDNA research in Alaska. Takeaways: eDNA is rapidly growing in AK with collabs btwn university, tribes, fed, state & other partners. Major barriers = lack of infrastructure and training.
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
New paper out! Using lcWGS we found huge genetic differences between Pacific herring in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, as well as mitonuclear discordance that may be caused by isolation and secondary sympatry after the last glacial maximum. 🐟🧬
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Biogeographic Structure and Mitonuclear Discordance Reveal Cryptic Diversity in Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii)
As a critical trophic link, the health and stability of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) populations have implications for other marine species, including several targeted by large, productive fishe...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
New paper out! Using lcWGS we found huge genetic differences between Pacific herring in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, as well as mitonuclear discordance that may be caused by isolation and secondary sympatry after the last glacial maximum. 🐟🧬
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Still a few days left to apply for this Assistant Professor position in our department at NYU: apply.interfolio.com/175592
Please pass the word around, if you know of someone at the interface of ecology, evolution, and disease!
Please pass the word around, if you know of someone at the interface of ecology, evolution, and disease!
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November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Still a few days left to apply for this Assistant Professor position in our department at NYU: apply.interfolio.com/175592
Please pass the word around, if you know of someone at the interface of ecology, evolution, and disease!
Please pass the word around, if you know of someone at the interface of ecology, evolution, and disease!
I recently rewatched Jurassic Park and was so excited to share this clip with my Genomics and Bioinformatics class to teach how critical it is to understand Unix/Linux after Lex saves everyone from the velociraptor by rebooting the security system! 😂🦖🦕👩🏼💻
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I recently rewatched Jurassic Park and was so excited to share this clip with my Genomics and Bioinformatics class to teach how critical it is to understand Unix/Linux after Lex saves everyone from the velociraptor by rebooting the security system! 😂🦖🦕👩🏼💻
Thanks; we hope so! Please share with your networks!
October 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Thanks; we hope so! Please share with your networks!
Applications are open until January 15th, 2026!
Eligible applicants must be U.S. Citizens, Nationals or greencard holders who have already received the honorable mention award.
Please share this opportunity with your students and networks!
Eligible applicants must be U.S. Citizens, Nationals or greencard holders who have already received the honorable mention award.
Please share this opportunity with your students and networks!
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Applications are open until January 15th, 2026!
Eligible applicants must be U.S. Citizens, Nationals or greencard holders who have already received the honorable mention award.
Please share this opportunity with your students and networks!
Eligible applicants must be U.S. Citizens, Nationals or greencard holders who have already received the honorable mention award.
Please share this opportunity with your students and networks!
Our 42 faculty and 138 graduate students work with local communities, Tribes, agencies, and the fishing industry, and do research from the Arctic to the Antarctic, including inland waters, coastal systems, and the deep ocean.
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Our 42 faculty and 138 graduate students work with local communities, Tribes, agencies, and the fishing industry, and do research from the Arctic to the Antarctic, including inland waters, coastal systems, and the deep ocean.
EMERGE Alaska focuses on marine and coastal ecosystem research and is anchored on 4 components: academic training, research and innovation, professional development and student success support. The College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences has 3 departments (Fisheries, Marine Biology, and Oceanography).
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
EMERGE Alaska focuses on marine and coastal ecosystem research and is anchored on 4 components: academic training, research and innovation, professional development and student success support. The College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences has 3 departments (Fisheries, Marine Biology, and Oceanography).
🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
EMERGE Alaska | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
www.uaf.edu
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
EMERGE Alaska focuses on marine and coastal ecosystem research and is anchored on 4 components: academic training, research and innovation, professional development and student success support. The College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences has 3 departments (Fisheries, Marine Biology, and Oceanography).
October 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
EMERGE Alaska focuses on marine and coastal ecosystem research and is anchored on 4 components: academic training, research and innovation, professional development and student success support. The College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences has 3 departments (Fisheries, Marine Biology, and Oceanography).
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The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. 🧪🌊🦑 @alaskaepscor.bsky.social @uafairbanks.bsky.social @jessicaglass.bsky.social #EPSCoR
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New federal grant will support UAF doctoral students
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. The program, Enhancing Marine Ecosyste...
www.uaf.edu
July 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. 🧪🌊🦑 @alaskaepscor.bsky.social @uafairbanks.bsky.social @jessicaglass.bsky.social #EPSCoR
www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
Super excited to be able to announce this opportunity! We'll be recruiting 12 PhD students to start at UAF CFOS between Jan–Aug 2026 w/ 3 years of full support. Please repost and share with your students who received honorable mentions on the GRFP in the last 3 years.
www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
New federal grant will support UAF doctoral students
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. The program, Enhancing Marine Ecosyste...
www.uaf.edu
July 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Super excited to be able to announce this opportunity! We'll be recruiting 12 PhD students to start at UAF CFOS between Jan–Aug 2026 w/ 3 years of full support. Please repost and share with your students who received honorable mentions on the GRFP in the last 3 years.
www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
Good luck to all of you getting CAREER grants in the final stages!
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July 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Good luck to all of you getting CAREER grants in the final stages!
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Another day testing the limits of resilience.
The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.
Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.
The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.
The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.
Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.
The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.
‘This is bull——”: National Science Foundation employees protest HUD's takeover
Dozens of National Science Foundation employees crowded the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday to protest the news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, w...
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June 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Another day testing the limits of resilience.
The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.
Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.
The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.
The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.
Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.
The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.
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My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
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“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
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Literally the last thing you needed. Sorry Zack! 😥
May 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Literally the last thing you needed. Sorry Zack! 😥
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Reminder that SSE members in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and 152 low-income countries around the world can still get FREE registration for the virtual Evolution meeting! Please share with your colleagues: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
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May 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Reminder that SSE members in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and 152 low-income countries around the world can still get FREE registration for the virtual Evolution meeting! Please share with your colleagues: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
May 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Check out my postdoc Yin Hsieh’s new publication out this week in BMC Bioinformatics!
She created an open-source tool to query protein presence and map it to a phylogenetic tree! 🧬
bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
She created an open-source tool to query protein presence and map it to a phylogenetic tree! 🧬
bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
ProTaxoVis—protein taxonomic visualisation of presence - BMC Bioinformatics
Background: Protein presence information is an essential component of biological pathway identification. Presence of certain enzymes in an organism points towards the metabolic pathways that occur wit...
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May 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Check out my postdoc Yin Hsieh’s new publication out this week in BMC Bioinformatics!
She created an open-source tool to query protein presence and map it to a phylogenetic tree! 🧬
bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
She created an open-source tool to query protein presence and map it to a phylogenetic tree! 🧬
bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is tragic. 😥
NSF GRFPs terminated for those in graduate school and already attending Harvard, too.
All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
May 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is tragic. 😥
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📣 🥳 🧑💻 Our department is hiring:
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark
Deadline June 1st
Thanks for sharing!
mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark
Deadline June 1st
Thanks for sharing!
mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - BiRC - Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University
mbg.au.dk
May 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
📣 🥳 🧑💻 Our department is hiring:
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark
Deadline June 1st
Thanks for sharing!
mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark
Deadline June 1st
Thanks for sharing!
mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
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The discovery of Sivulliusalmo alaskensis — the genus is named from the Inupiaq and Latin words for “to be first” and “salmon,” respectively — adds another 20 million years to the fossil history of the salmon family.
www.uaf.edu/news/new...
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New ancient fish species earliest known salmon ancestor
A new paper published this week in the journal Papers in Paleontology has named three new species of fish from that time period, including a salmonid, dubbed Sivulliusalmo alaskensis.
www.uaf.edu
May 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The discovery of Sivulliusalmo alaskensis — the genus is named from the Inupiaq and Latin words for “to be first” and “salmon,” respectively — adds another 20 million years to the fossil history of the salmon family.
www.uaf.edu/news/new...
www.uaf.edu/news/new...